@: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.
In this game known and appreciated by the students, the possibilities of teaching (and educational activities) are countless… Here are some examples and suggestions.
## 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]
### 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)!
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 :
