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Govlaunch podcast about City of Adelaide

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Clayton Wehner

I was interviewed in a podcast by Lindsay Pica-Alfano from Govlaunch about the City of Adelaide’s digital innovation program and content marketing regimen. The podcast is available at: https://podcast.govlaunch.com/episodes/govlaunch-ep25-adelaide-au

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Interview on ABC Breakfast with Spence Denny about Minecraft

Posted on January 2, 2021January 13, 2021 by Clayton Wehner

I was interviewed by Spence Denny on ABC Breakfast on New Year’s Day about our Minecraft project. The audio is expired, but here’s the link. My notes for the interview: The City of Adelaide has created an ‘Adelaide’ world in the popular children’s computer game, Minecraft.   What is Minecraft? Played by over 126 million people…

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Christmas edition of the Minecraft Adelaide 2021 world

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

We’ve just released a special edition of the Minecraft Adelaide 2021 world in time for Christmas. This special release contains the Victoria Square Christmas tree and decorations, as well as the Town Hall, GPO and other surrounding buildings, as built by David Poli (aka David Cubic).

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Minecraft project in KPMG Smart Cities paper

Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Our Minecraft project has received a mention in a KPMG Smart Cities paper. Here’s the text: To engage the community and relieve boredom in isolation during school holidays, the City of Adelaide released two Minecraft challenges. The city asked citizens to become chief town planners and engineers and build a new city based on the…

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Minecraft presentation to Intelligent Communities Forum

Posted on September 9, 2020September 14, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Today I delivered a ten-minute presentation about our Minecraft project to the Intelligent Communities Forum Adelaide pitch. I was supported by Josh Roberts who drove Minecraft, while I did the speaking. Here’s the narrative: Hello again gentlemen. My name is Clayton and I’ve got a colleague Josh helping me today with the presentation.  He’s driving…

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Minecraft Town Hall continues to take shape

Posted on July 2, 2020July 20, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Our Town Hall Minecrafter is continuing his work – the facade is coming together nicely! Update as at 13 July…it’s nearing completion.

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The Adelaide Town Hall…in Minecraft

Posted on June 22, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Twitter user David Cubic tweeted his Minecraft creation over the weekend.  Inspired by the ‘Adelaide 2021’ world, he’s built the Adelaide Town Hall in its full grandeur.  He’s also built the pipe organ on the inside…will try and get some screenshots for a future post.

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Minecraft Adelaide on NITV website…but not in a positive light

Posted on June 1, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Our Minecraft Adelaide project has attracted some negative criticism. The following article appears on the NITV website: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2020/05/31/computer-game-project-draws-fire-undermining-adelaides-true-history For my part, there was no ill intent, or deliberate aim to exclude the Kaurna nation, in the work that we have done to date.  Our Minecraft worlds were built in January/February and we chose to release…

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Minecraft Adelaide now available in Education Edition

Posted on May 20, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Our Minecraft project continues to grow and improve. We’ve now published versions of our Adelaide worlds in ‘Microsoft Minecraft Education Edition’, providing better access for schools and students. The two worlds are now available in Java, Bedrock, Portable (iPad/Android tablet) and Education versions from https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/minecraft

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Minecraft Adelaide covered in Sunday Mail

Posted on May 11, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

The City of Adelaide’s Minecraft ‘Adelaide 2021’ world was covered in an article in yesterday’s Sunday Mail. Kudos to Jonathon Bailey and Josh Roberts, who together are the driving force behind our Minecraft project. Jonathan is a final-year Maths student at the University of Adelaide and worked on the project as a work experience student…

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Minecraft ‘Adelaide 2021’ World is now live

Posted on May 9, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

We’ve taken the ‘Adelaide 2021’ Minecraft world live today at https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/minecraft. The new world has the built-form of Adelaide in place, created using GIS data. Today’s release follows on from the earlier release of ‘Adelaide 1836’, which contains Colonel Light’s original town plan, before building has commenced. The 1836 world has had over 820 downloads…

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Minecraft Adelaide is live

Posted on April 15, 2020July 23, 2020 by Clayton Wehner

Kids driving you nuts yet? Mine are. Here’s an idea to keep them occupied for a short while. Last week we released the ‘Adelaide 1836’ Minecraft world and so far we’ve had 600+ downloads. Your kids can take Colonel Light’s original plan of Adelaide and build an entirely new city, whether it’s sympathetic to Light’s…

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