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This Halloween world came about as a request for a spooky, Halloween themed math activity for Grade 1 and 2 students at the WCDSB. With about a month before Halloween (and still working my day job as an IT professional), I was short on time and quickly pulled this together by borrowing elements from some of my other builds.
The house was copied from my Flatville Activity world as it had already been created as part of a spooky escape room, haunted house mystery activity, and was perfect for re-purposing.
The surrounding terrain and other structure elements (crypts, creepy swing set, witches cave, and graveyard) were quickly built, and I copied and integrated spooky cave from a zoo project (it was originally a bat habitat)!
A very small addon pack was created to make an autumn moon to replace the normal Minecraft moon.
I try to add new elements to the activity every year. Last year I added a Vampiress NPC and a gravestone block. I also removed the Math elements turning it into a fun Hide n' Seek activity for all age groups; the house and surrounding area is now filled with all sorts of new hidden spaces.
This year I added a new Headless Horseman NPC, and some additional Hide n' Seek mechanics including a timer. I also enlisted a friends assistance who provided a custom scripting addon to for some additional wow factor to the Hide n' Seek mechanics.
Vampiress
Vampiress
For those of you who are into mockumentary series, you may be able to guess the inspiration for my terrifying vampiress. I added some texture animation for a little extra kick. As blood is prohibited in Minecraft Education, you won't be seeing it in the Library... ever... but you can request a copy of the world from me directly.
Gravestone
Gravestone
I'm a massive fan of "The Simpson's" and many of my works over the years have subtle references to the series. This is a block, rather than an entity, and it took me over a year to finish... not because it was in any way challenging... my time was at a premium and dedicated to other projects.
Headless Horseman
Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is one of my favourite Halloween characters. Incidentally, it was my final Halloween costume as a kid, quickly cobbled together from items around the house on the spur of a moment decision to head out trick or treating one last time. Halloween is my favourite holiday, and much like Minecraft, it provides the most opportunities for creativity, almost no creative restrictions, and encourages the use of unbound imagination!
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