The document discusses a panel on custom map making in Minecraft. It provides an overview of the panelists and their experience creating maps that have been downloaded millions of times and used in various media. The panelists will discuss the tools and websites they use, how to add custom items to a map, what it means to be a map maker, and how successful maps require feedback, teamwork, and input from multiple disciplines. They will also discuss command blocks and why they continue creating maps. Two panelists focusing on education will discuss how they create maps to demonstrate curriculum topics and that anything is possible as long as you are willing to compromise and figure out difficult challenges.

1. Creating Custom Maps: Your Panelists

2. • Inspiration / Story
• Teams / Builds
• Commands
• Release
• Fails
• Live Q&A
Panel Overview

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• Cannot give you detailed explanations
of commands or how to use them

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• What tools and websites do you use for
your mapmaking?
• How can you add custom items to a
map?
• When can you call yourself a map
maker?
• What would you call a Map?

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Map Making:

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8. A successful map is not created in
isolation.
It takes feedback, teamwork, socialising,
testing & multiple disciplines.

9. Between the panelists we have millions of
map downloads, hundreds of thousands of
hours of work put into Minecraft and hundreds
of millions of views on our videos.

10. Our maps have been used in books, won
several competitions, used on 3rd party
licensed products, appeared in digital and
physical magazines and newspaper, in
education, and on thousands of servers.

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Oddballs.

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Command Blocks

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Why We Carry on.

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I create a working mechanic
of a given curriculum topic and
then show the kids / teachers
how to do it as well.
This leads to greater enthusiasm and
understanding original topic.
Education Panel

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Anything is possible.
As long as you willing to compromise.
Figuring out how to do the most
difficult thing you can think of is the best
way to learn.
Education Panel

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Never be afraid to ask for help.
You might just get it ;-)
You are not alone.
Twitter, Instagram, Google, YouTube
and Forums are your best friends.
Education Panel