Gamers have been invited to help shape the future of Exeter City Centre – on Minecraft.
Exeter City Futures released a unique map of the city, which encourages Minecrafters to put forward their ideas on how to shape the future of the city.
The map, generated from Open Data, is an interactive and accessible map which can be used to redesign the city.
The best idea will be incorporated into a final version of the map, which will be released later this year.
The project is part of a collaborative vision of Exeter in 2025.
Rick Lawrence, Digital Media Officer at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM), explained the work that went into to recreating the city centre at the meetup, on Friday at the City Futures Space in Broadwalk House, Southernhay.
Following the talk there was an opportunity to join a 16-person online server and collaboratively create a vision of future Exeter via Minecraft.
Some of the challenges Exeter City Futures is inviting people to answer to are how a car-free city centre would look like, a sustainable High Street, and alternative transport ideas.