Calling all future Urban Designers, Architects, Engineers, Designers, Artists, Ecologists, and Landscape Architects! Do you love Minecraft? Do you love urban design? As part of a BioDesign Studio and WWU Urban Planning Internship, we seek youth participants (under the age of 18) to share your vision for the Bellingham Waterfront.
You can submit a screenshot of your design to parkk9@wwu.edu to win a prize* in the following categories:
Greenest Design
Most Futuristic Design
Healthiest Design
Most Adventurous Design
In your email submission, make sure to include a subject heading stating the Minecraft and the category you are entering (example. Minecraft: Greenest Design)
Prizes: $10 gift certificates to Mallard Ice Cream
Submit your entry by August 14th, 2022.
To Participate - Step #1 - Download a Minecraft World
There are two ways to download the Minecraft Bellingham Waterfront World:
Educational Version: Link to Download Here
Java Version: Link to Download Here
A big thank you to WWU's Carson Cortez for creating the Minecraft worlds! Questions regarding downloads? Please email Carson carson.r.cortez@gmail.com
Minecraft Educational Download Instructions
If you don't have Minecraft Education downloaded, you can sign up for free with a school email address: Download Minecraft Education (Free for students)
Then download the Bellingham Waterfront files (listed above).
Save the downloaded file somewhere easy to remember on your computer, such as your Desktop.
Launch Minecraft Education Edition and, if prompted, sign in using your school email account and password.
Once Minecraft has loaded in, press Play
On the Minecraft home page, Press Import
Find the Bellingham_Waterfront_Edu (.mcworld file) you downloaded and press Open.
Press View My Worlds
Press Bellingham Waterfront
Press Play
Once you are finished with your world, take a screenshot and email us at parkk9@wwu.edu to enter the community contest.
Download Minecraft Java Version
Instructions for opening Minecraft worlds in Java Edition. (We assume you have already downloaded Minecraft, if not, here is a link (it requires a paid subscription).
For Windows:
Download the Bellingham_Waterftont_Java file (listed above) and save it to an easily accessible place
Right-click on the Bellingham_Waterfront_Java file and press Extract All
A pop-up window will appear; click Browse
In the file finder, click on Desktop and press Select Folder
Type [windows key] + R
In the text box, type %appdata% and then click OK
Click on the folder titled .minecraft
Click on the folder titled saves
If you cannot find a saves folder:
Launch Minecraft, then log in
Press Play
When at the title screen, press Singleplayer
Press Create New World
At the bottom of the screen, press Create New World again
Once you have loaded into a world, press escape(ESC) on your keyboard
Press Save and Quit to Title
Press Quit Game
You should now have a saves folder where there wasn't one before
Continue with the instructions below
Left-click and drag your extracted desktop folder into minecraft's saves folder
Launch Minecraft, then log in
Press Play
When at the title screen, press Singleplayer
Click on the newly added minecraft world and press Play Selected World
Once you are finished with your world, take a screenshot and email us at parkk9@wwu.edu to enter the community contest.
For Mac:
Download the Bellingham_Waterfront_Java file and save it to an easily accessible place
Launch Minecraft, then log in
Click on Options
Click on Resource Packs
Click on Open Pack Folder
On the file finder that opens up, at the top of the view pane, is your taskbar. Find the button that resembles a rectangle split in four and click it
Three panes will appear. In the middle pane, scroll down and find the saves folder. Click on it
If you cannot find a saves folder:
Launch Minecraft, then log in
Press Play
When at the title screen, press Singleplayer
Press Create New World
At the bottom of the screen, press Create New World again
Once you have loaded into a world, press escape(ESC) on your keyboard
Press Save and Quit to Title
Press Quit Game
You should now have a saves folder where there wasn't one before
Continue with the instructions below
Click and drag the Bellingham_Waterfront_Java file into the saves folder
Go back to the Minecraft Launcher and press Play
When at the title screen, press Singleplayer
Click on the newly added Minecraft world and press Play Selected World
Once you are finished with your world, take a screenshot and email us at parkk9@wwu.edu to enter the community contest.