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The principles and history of procedural generation, where rules and random numbers rather than people build game maps and items, told through Rogue, Elite, Minecraft, No Man's Sky and the Wave Function Collapse algorithm.
The definition and appeal of survival crafting games, where you start empty-handed and hold out by gathering resources and making tools, plus subcategories such as sandbox, multiplayer, and story-driven, and a history running from UnReal World to Minecraft, DayZ, and Palworld.
The Oregon Trail, the 1980s edutainment boom, Minecraft Education, Discovery Tour, and Foldit's science: how games and education have met over the years.
How Minecraft, started solo by Markus Persson, came to be, how it's played, and why it's still loved today, from its alpha to the best-selling game ever.
What sandbox games are, how they differ from open worlds, subgenres like survival, creative, and physics, and key titles from Elite to Minecraft and Roblox.