To participate in the development of the software, propose improvements or simply download it, go to [the development site](@:src.minetest) If you want to install this software for your own use and thus gain in autonomy, we help you on :
To connect to a Minetest server (including ours) you must download software (a “client”). It is available for many operating systems. - [GNU/Linux](http://minetest.net/download#linux) (choose your distribution) - Android : on the [Google PlayStore](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.minetest.minetest) or on [the free F-Droid blind](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.minetest.minetest) - [All versions](http://www.minetest.net/downloads/) (Windows, Mac OSX) ### Configuring your keys You must launch the software, click on the `Settings` tab, then on the button `Change keys` at the bottom right: {screen1} Next, configure each of your keys by clicking on the one you want to change and pressing the desired key. Here is our model: {screen2}
### Launch a game You downloaded Minetest and you want to play? At the beginning, two simple solutions exist: play in solo mode on your machine or join the world of @:(color.minetest-edu). #### In solo mode - Click on the `Solo` tab - Create a «New World» by filling in the "World Name" box and clicking `Create`. - Click on this world then on the `Play` button #### On the world @:color.minetest-edu - Click on the `Client` tab - Choose the server `framinetest.org` - Enter a name (or nickname) then a password and click on `Play`! ### How to play? The game using your mouse, you don’t know how to get out? Don’t panic! Tap on <kbd>Esc</kbd> (menu), <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> (change program) or simply <kbd>I</kbd> (Minetest inventory) - **The mouse** serves to direct your gaze - **Left-click**: mine, attack (in the inventory : move a stack of objects) - **Right click **: place blocks, use (in the inventory : move an object, separate) - **Wheel** or <kbd>0</kbd> to <kbd>9</kbd>: Select an object in the action bar - <kbd>Z</kbd> / <kbd>Q</kbd> / <kbd>S</kbd> / <kbd>D</kbd>: move (top, left, bottom, right) - <kbd>A</kbd>: release what is in the hand - <kbd>Shift</kbd>: relax or walk carefully - <kbd>K</kbd>: fly (activate/deactivate “free movement” mode) - <kbd>J</kbd>: Activate/deactivate “fast” mode - <kbd>I</kbd>: open inventory - <kbd>T</kbd>: open chat window - <kbd>Esc</kbd>: open menu (to exit, among others) ### Be constructive: craft! Minetest is not just a game that breaks bricks, it’s a world where you can use the raw materials harvested to make objects (in the jargon of the game, we say “*to craft*”). Find out how and what to make [in Minetest’s wiki](http://wiki.minetest.net/Crafting)!
## Explore a digital world You’re a Robinson in a living lego game. A world made of cubes: earth, water, sand, minerals, fauna and flora… whose rules govern it simulate ours (day & night, temperature, erosion, species reproduction…) … Why not start by exploring it? - Present the rules of the game to your class (here [an example](@:baseurl/files/a-lire.pdf) [FR]]) - Accompany them to their first connection. - Ask them to fill in a [Explorer sheet](@:baseurl/files/Mission-Exploration-Planete-SVTux.pdf) [FR]
It’s summer, Framinetest is taking a break to update itself and will therefore be closed for a few weeks. Take the opportunity to disconnect a little! To continue playing, you can connect to another server, create your own or stay local.
In this game known and appreciated by the students, the possibilities of teaching (and educational activities) are countless… Here are some examples and suggestions.
@:color.minetest-edu is a sandbox game world @:meta.src (world of blocks to edit) dedicated to education, pedagogical activities and the <i lang="en">serious gaming</i>. Getting started: - Download the game; - Connect to our server; - Play! - Read [documentation](http://wiki.minetest.net/Main_Page/) for more information.
