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Do you have kids? Do they play video games? Then chances are you’ve heard of a game called Minecraft. This massively popular video game has created its own sub-culture, making it difficult for parents to keep up with all the words, YouTubers, and gameplay mechanics that come with it. That’s where the Parents Guide to Minecraft can help. Use our handy guides to help you decipher what’s happening next time your kid complains about phantoms at night or gets blown up by a creeper.

Audience

The target audience for this site is almost exclusively parents, guardians, grandparents, and other caretakers with kids who love playing the open-world sandbox game known as Minecraft. Minecraft has exploded in popularity over the past decade since its release and many parents feel lost and confused when trying to understand what their kids are playing and talking about. This site gives parents an easy-to-understand guide to figure out one of the most popular games of all time. This site and guide is intended for people who have an interest in knowing more about the game but may not have an interest in playing Minecraft.

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Heading Font: Press Start 2P

This font is easily readable as a display font that's also similar to many monospace fonts. The letters are big, bold, and pixelated. This font is accessible for the target audience (parents) and reminiscent of the fonts used in Minecraft.

Paragraph Font: Noto Sans

Noto Sans is used on the official Minecraft website and is similar to fonts used on other popular Minecraft websites. It's a simple sans-serif that's highly readable and accessible, even in other languages.

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Minecraft Guides

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What is Minecraft? Minecraft is a block-based sandbox game created in 2009. Since then, it’s been developed for many platforms and sold more than 200 million copies. Minecraft is available on all major gaming consoles, mobile phones, and PC and Mac computers. Before we get into what exactly Minecraft is and why it’s so wildly popular, it’s important to understand what exactly a sandbox game is. Sandbox games come in many forms. In the case of Minecraft, “sandbox” means players are presented with an open world in either creative mode or survival mode (more on that later) where they can manipulate the world in an almost infinite number of ways. Minecraft gives players “items”, “blocks”, and “mobs” with which to interact. Items include things like usable tools (a pickaxe, for example), food, potions, armor, and many other similar items. Blocks are the basic foundation of the world and game. The entire Minecraft world is built with blocks, such things as stone, grass, dirt, sand, gravel, wood, and more. There are dozens and dozens of types of blocks, all with varying colors and properties. Blocks can be mined, collected, moved, and used to build all types of things in a Minecraft world. And finally, the world is populated with a wide variety of “mobs”. A mob is simply a creature in the Minecraft world. Some are peaceful, like pigs, cats, and parrots; while others are not so peaceful, like creepers, zombies, and skeletons. Minecraft combines hundreds of different blocks, items, and mobs to create randomly generated worlds where players can explore endless terrain, explore landscapes, fight monsters, and build epic bases.

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Q&A

Submit Your Questions: We love getting Minecraft questions from fellow parents and new Minecraft players! If you’re wondering why your child is talking about phantoms and creepers, or how to find the elusive netherite, submit your questions using the form below and we’ll answer your questions here in our weekly column: Your Minecraft Questions, Answered.

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