if you've already seen this video and you are playing Minecraft on your own server, you're ready to start playing on custom maps. You can download maps here. Custom maps make playing Minecraft even more fun. Enjoying exploring these new worlds!
DucksTheName and I try out a new custom puzzle/adventure map created by CubicDelight! We absolutely love this map, it's my personal favorite out of all the maps we've played in the past. More episodes will be coming! I had myself in creative for the first few minutes (derp). ...more
In this video, we learn how to use custom map or UVW map in 3D Studio Max. First, go to the material editor and add a custom map to it using a hardwood deck. Change the material to cedar fence, then change the size as you would like it. As you continue to edit the different su ...more
Now that Minecraft is officially Minecraft Beta, it's time to do some of your own enhancements, and skins are a great start. Minecraft skins are a way to personalize your gaming experience, giving your Minecraft character the wardrobe that best suits him or her. You can make ...more
Starcraft 2, like it's predecessor before it, has a very robust level editor that allows you, the DIY modder, to create nearly any scenario within the bounds of the Starcraft 2 engine that you could imagine. We have compiled videos on how to do all sorts of fun things with it, ...more
If you've completed chapter 3 of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten, you can access the map maker and start to create your own maps for multiplayer. This guide teaches you how to use the map maker in Disgaea 4 to create unique maps for use against your online opponents!
A map is a map is a map. Unless, of course, it's a map that you're using to navigate around Left 4 Dead. Having a customized map design lets you quickly find safety points, fellow players, and identify zombie locations so you don't, well, die. The tutorial is excellent for th ...more
Jeb just announced a great new feature that will be added in the 1.2 update. This map format, titled "Anvil," will open Minecraft to so many more possibilities with the new update to mod compatibility. "The purpose of the new format is to prepare for modding, especially to al ...more
Maps are the biggest new thing in the Minecraft 1.6 update to Minecraft beta. Learn how to make a map by watching this helpful video and following along. Your map will help you situate yourself in your Minecraft world, so check this video out ASAP.
For this tutorial, you will need the app Cartagraph, and the free software program GIMP (or another graphic program that supports multiple layers). Once you have those, follow this tutorial so you can reveal where the caves are on your island.
Hello, everyone. My friend and I recently released a Defense of the Ancients (DotA) map that went viral and thought I should share it with Minecraft World on WonderHowTo since you guys helped me out when I first started making videos! We were featured on Kotaku, RockPaperShotg ...more
First, make sure that your image is hosted on a secure place online (such as your own Photobucket account). Then go to ImageMaps.com and use this free site to create your own image map that can now be added to your website.
This is a super easy hack that anyone playing Minecraft on a PC can do. Hack a custom client for the game, which will give you access to things like noclip mode and fly jumps. You won't need a broswer loaded to use this, either.
Minecraft is an incredible game with a unique art style that captures its own form of humor and beauty. But if you're more on the creative side, or are a little tired of the current look of Minecraft world, then check out this awesome video! In it, you will learn how to create ...more
You've seen the custom skins and textures on Minecraft fansites, but how can you make your own? You'll need Minecraft, WinRAR and an art program like Photoshop or Paint.net (as long as it supports transparency) to create your own custom skins and textures.
This is your video guide to the newest additions to Minecraft Beta that comprise Minecraft 1.6.2. Watch this video to learn what maps and trap doors are, how to build them, and what to do with them. Minecraft beta has updated, don't lag behind.
While this tutorial shows you only how to install a custom skin for your Minecraft avatar, you can use this procedure to install nearly any skin and mod in your Minecraft game. Make everything look more interesting in your game!
Here's the trailer for the "Skyjacking" Terrorist vs. Counterterrorist map that I built using redstone for bombs, timers and more features, along with the SDK Gun Mod. If you want to give the PvP map a try, you can download it here. The goal is to defuse 3 bombs within 10 minu ...more
Thanks to ever more powerful smartphones — the iPhone X with its advanced A11 processor and the Galaxy Note 8 powered by Snapdragon's 835 come to mind — the mobile industry is fast closing in on consoles and PCs with regards to gaming. Game developers have been aware of this f ...more
Starcraft 2, like it's predecessor before it, has a very robust level editor called Galaxy Editor that allows you, the DIY modder, to create nearly any scenario within the bounds of the Starcraft 2 engine that you could imagine. We have compiled videos on how to do all sorts o ...more
Starcraft 2, like so many modern games in this age of modding, has a really robust level editor that's going to extend the lifespan of the game for years. You can edit almost anything about any of the game's many units buildings and maps, and make the game however you want it ...more
Starcraft 2, like so many modern games in this age of modding, has a really robust level editor that's going to extend the lifespan of the game for years. You can edit almost anything about any of the game's many units buildings and maps, and make the game however you want it ...more
Introduction Halo: Reach is Bungie's latest and final addition to the franchise. Microsoft has claimed the title and from now on 343 Industries will be working on the Halo franchise. In my opinion, Bungie's last game is the best out of all of them. These are some tactics and ...more
In earlier versions of Minecraft, Ender Pearls only allowed you to scare off Enderman. Thankfully, Minecraft 1.9 has introduced new functionality to those pearls--the ability to teleport around the map by tossing them in a direction. Take a look at this guide to learn how to t ...more
Who hasn't gotten completely lost in Minecraft? You can build a compass, but that's no replacement for a map. In 1.6 player maps will finally be implemented. The map will reveal the places where the player has traveled, and if changes are made to the terrain it will update th ...more
How to make maps for Crysis using the Sandbox map editor.
Bring a little bit of the excitement of Las Vegas to your Minecraft world. Watch this video to learn how to build a working slot machine, based on a random number generator, in your Minecraft map. Luck be a mob tonight. Part 1 of 2 - How to Build a working slot machine in Mine ...more
Want to see your Minecraft creations in real physical form outside of your server? Mineways is a free program for Linux or Windows users that renders all of your Minecraft builds into full color 3D model files. Those files can then be sculpted using your own 3D printer (if yo ...more
Forget keyboard commands, try out some simple mouse gestures to control your Windows computer. You can customize mouse gestures that let you take command of your PC in ways you never thought existed. If you prefer the mouse over the board, this is for you! High Sign is an app ...more
Starcraft 2, like it's predecessor before it, has a very robust level editor that allows you, the DIY modder, to create nearly any scenario within the bounds of the Starcraft 2 engine that you could imagine. We have compiled videos on how to do all sorts of fun things with it, ...more
Sure, you've sailed the oceans and you've explored the nether, but have you been to the farlands yet? The farlands are the area at the very edge of the map of your Minecraft world. Watch this video to learn the coordinates of the farlands and how to get to them.
In this clip, you'll see how to use sub-surface scattering inside modo, learning how to create a simple skin shader for a goblin creature using diffuse color and a custom procedural map to control skin roughness and bump effect. You'll also see how to create a simple but effic ...more
Most indie game developers will never see a million dollars in their bank accounts, and I certainly doubt that Eul, the anonymous developer responsible for the original version of Defense of the Ancients (DotA), expected to. But now even the fans can earn a little green. Some ...more
You can personalize not only your avatar in Minecraft, you can also create custom skins for the monsters and animals as well. This tutorial shows you how to create these custom skins using Adobe Photoshop (though it will probably work for other graphics programs as well).
Want to personalize your Minecraft game? This tutorial shows you how you can find custom skins and texture packs on Minecraft fan sites, and then import them to your game. This method will only work for machines running either Windows Vista or 7.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make crystal text in Sony Vegas. First, drag in your clip in the software, then right click on the track area and insert a new video track. Now, go to "custom", then "sony height map". On amplitude, change this to .76. On the first level, chan ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. VoxelSniper is one of many very useful world editing plugins available to Minecraft servers. In my opinion, it is one of the best and certainly the most used of all server side plug ...more
This parkour map seems nearly impossible for the standard Minecraft player... to build AND to jump! Can you imagine being the one to set the timing for the boats/pistons? I'd certainly go mad... Questions for the audience: Have you ever made a parkour map, or played in one b ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. Sometimes it's easy to get overwhelmed with the sheer scale or complexity of a build or group project on your favorite server. Too much stress from any creative endeavour can lead t ...more
Are you familiar with Studio Ghibli? It's the dreamy Japanese animation studio responsible for anime classics Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Howl's Moving Castle. Regarded as highly inventive, serene, and spooky, Studio Ghibli puts out internat ...more
Two wonderful, wonderful things converge! Minecraft Forum's rushone2009 introduces the Bladecraft Project, a melding of Blade Runner and Minecraft. The current texture pack and map downloads contain no adventure or goal, just exploring and discovering movie references. Downloa ...more
This video tutorial series shows you how to use the Yahoo Maps AS3 API in Adobe Flex 3. This new API gives you the ability to place Yahoo maps directly into Adobe Flex 3. Mike Lively Director of Instructional Design at Northern Kentucky University will be taking you through th ...more
Survive 25 waves of monsters by managing limited supplies and hidden treasures in this map powered by redstone!
This is the beginning to one of my favorite Minecraft series, Shipwrecked. Three guys (Brent, Eric & Wes) film themselves as they go through an Adventure Map called Shipwrecked. Brent, Eric and Wes really get into character and make this series a must-see! It's hilarious and s ...more
This video tutorial teaches you how to use Traveling Luma Matte in Final Cut Pro 6. To do this, you have to go to custom gradient. Open the "Find" option and type Custom Gradient or Gradient in the search field and click Find All. This will bring up a separate search window wi ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play with us on our free server. One of the easiest ways to get your creative juices flowing in Minecraft is pixel art. Pixel art uses various blocks in Minecraft to create pictures. These pictures are typi ...more
Back in the Super Nintendo days, playing one RPG after the other, memorizing maps and mazes became second nature if you didn't want to look at the mini map or get lost often. I would make it a point to memorize corners and the overall structure of the dungeon or location, so t ...more
Back in the days of NES and 8-bit gaming, I used to be a huge Castlevania fan. And it looks like I wasn't the only one. However, unlike me, gamer Nick "Nario" Hagman just couldn't let go of his Simon Belmont fascination that easy. Nario recently spent over 100 hours in Minecra ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! There have been a ton of cities and towns popping up all over the map recently, and I'm thrilled that one of them is the winner of this week's Staff Choice ...more
The outer skin is nearing completion with only one more lava panel to go (in addition to 2 more water panels on the inner-sphere, but they're a cinch compared to the 1-2 month slog each lava and double-glass panels take to make). I'll post a longer (video) teaser showing the ...more
Video: . The Walls is a PvP survival map that takes back Minecraft to it's roots: crafting, surviving and creativity. The map is separated by giant sand walls, players start each on their own platforms and when the timer reach 00:00, the walls falls and the player can kill ea ...more
Instagram has extensive tools built in for creating and editing posts and Stories, but there could always be more. Third-party apps can help you add photo and video effects for even more visually stimulating content, as well as create announcements, text-based images, and ever ...more
With so much stimuli in today's world, it can be hard to keep track of all the places we've visited and the events we've attended. Thankfully, a great feature in Google Maps lets you view a detailed log of your phone's location history to help you remember where you were at al ...more
In Minecraft, many people enjoy "Faction" aka "Raiding" multiplayer servers for their unique gameplay and survival aspect. Plus, it's always fun when you find a chest full of somebody else's free stuff. In this guide, written from years of experience with PVP and base creatio ...more
Video: . This map requires the 12w37a snapshot or better, and you must turn on command blocks to use it. Gameplay: Suggested team sizes: 6v6 - 12v12 Three stages, each with two control points Attackers (Blue team) must capture control points in order Defenders (Red team) are ...more
Wearables startup North has made a smart move to get its Focals smartglasses into the hands of more consumers. On Wednesday, the company launched a new Focals Showroom iOS app that leverages the TrueDepth FaceID camera on iPhone X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max s ...more
Apple might not be ready to unveil its rumored-yet-unconfirmed smartglasses. But the iPhone's current depth-sensing hardware is proving to be useful for both smartglasses makers and mobile AR apps. This week, North launched a new app that leverages the TrueDepth camera on the ...more
Having your home and work addresses set in Apple Maps makes them incredibly easy to navigate to no matter where you're located. If you move to a new house, stay in a hotel or resort while vacationing, report to a different office, or have multiple job sites to visit regularly, ...more
Happy hour is a great way to wind down after a long day at work or school, to relax with friends and enjoy a well-deserved drink. While the experience of this on-the-cheap imbibing promotion is great, the hours usually aren't. Since happy hour is partly intended to bring in c ...more
Hello, budding augmented reality developers! My name is Ambuj, and I'll be introducing all of you Next Reality readers to the world ARKit, as I'm developing an ARKit 101 series on using ARKit to create augmented reality apps for iPad and iPhone. My background is in software en ...more
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