An in-game model of the entire region, featuring 15 of the voivodeship’s landmarks, was prepared by students of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and has since then been developed by gamers. The model not only features important buildings from the region but also interactive elements such as quizzes, educational games and battle reconstructions.
A Nearly 18,000-Square-Kilometre Region
Minecraft is a popular video game in which one can construct whole worlds from simple blocks representing various substances such as wood, water and brick – a kind of virtual Lego. Recently, on occasion of the Holiday of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship that takes place on the 7th of July, the Marshal’s Office of this voivodeship launched a project meant to promote this region, a 1:10 Minecraft replica of the nearly 18,000-square-kilometre area.
The map of the region was created by students of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz under the supervision of the university’s lecturers and on commission from the Marshal’s Office. Working for the Office, students overseen by their lecturers provided the replica with 15 models of landmarks from the voivodeship. These 15 models include, amongst others, representations of an archaeological site in Biskupin, a reconstructed 7th century BC settlement, the city-hall tower in Żnin – a Gothic 15th century monument – and the Włocławek Cathedral, one of the oldest Gothic cathedrals in Poland. The project was made accessible online to the public on the 1st of June 2015 and since then all people visiting the Minecraft replica of the voivodeship are allowed, under certain conditions, to construct their own structures on the map prepared by the students. The project is coordinated by Dr. Michał Mochocki of the Kazimierz Wielki University.
