What better way to introduce young people to the story of Burns in the south of Scotland, an area which is absolutely brimming with literary connections to discover – perfect for the growing trend in literary tourism.” “It’s such an innovative way to use new technology to reach a wider, younger audience. The designers have done a fantastic job bringing Robert Burns’ Ellisland Farm home into Minecraft and I’m sure players will be inspired to come from far and wide to visit the farm and see for themselves the beautiful area where Burns lived and wrote. Ross McAuley, Chief Executive of the South of Scotland Destination Alliance, said: “We were delighted to be able to support this very exciting project and it’s amazing to see it come to fruition and to watch people actually playing the game. We are so excited about it and loved working with Bailey and the Glasgow University team.” “The game includes a brand-new version of the song by our trustee the singer Emily Smith and original audio of Tam o Shanter. They will know Auld Lang Syne, but may not have known where it was written or by whom. Joan McAlpine, the Business Development Manager of the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust, said: “Heritage attractions are always striving to attract diverse new audiences and this Minecraft Game opens Ellisland to potentially large numbers of children and young people all round the world. “It has been a privilege to work with the different partners to bring both Ellisland and Minecraft together in this creative project, and we hope it is something which will inspire new ways of people engaging with this cultural treasure in the years ahead.” The Minecraft Ellisland project was led by Dr Timothy Peacock and Dr Matthew Barr from the University’s Game and Gaming Lab – a cross-disciplinary lab – based in the University’s College of Arts - on how games and gaming can be used in research and teaching.ĭr Peacock, the Lab Co-director and a history lecturer based at the University’s School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan, said: “Robert Burns’ life and works have a significant global impact in inspiring people, while games have, in different forms, inspired and transported players to new worlds or even provided new ways of understanding our own. We hope that everyone who gets to experience it has an enjoyable time while also learning something about Burns and his work.” “Everybody that worked on the game is delighted with the project we have created. Players can interact with Burns as well as use this experience to read and listen to his works. “We worked closely with Joan McAlpine at Ellisland along with Dr Timothy Peacock and Dr Matthew Barr to ensure we created an authentic experience that captures the farm as Burns would have known it, while also having educational elements. We found that our play testers said the game encouraged them to want to visit Ellisland in real life. Our society is new with just under 100 members, around 15 of us were actively involved in different parts of this from building to testing. The Minecraft Ellisland world was built by around 15 students – undergraduates and postgraduates drawn from a range of different subjects - who are part of the University’s Minecraft Society.īailey Hodgson, the Minecraft Society’s President and one of its founders, who has been playing Minecraft for a decade, played a significant role both in project setup and delivery.īailey said: “I live on a farm near Ellisland so this was a project I really enjoyed taking on. It was funded through the Scottish Government’s Tourism Leadership & Recovery Fund to support business and community-led tourism enterprises taking the lead in the sector’s COVID-19 recovery. The project is a partnership between the University, Robert Burns Ellisland Trust which runs Ellisland Museum and Farm and The South of Scotland Destination Alliance (SSDA). It is believed to be the first time Scots has been used in Minecraft which has nearly 140 million monthly active users around the world. Players also have an opportunity to not only hear Burns’ poetry and song while in the Minecraft world but will also be able to interact in Scots with the poet and his wife Jean Armour. Students and academics at the University of Glasgow working with the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust have helped to faithfully recreate, in Minecraft, the 18 th-century farm as Burns and his family knew it. Now Ellisland Farm, where Burns lived from 1788-1791, is being brought back to virtual life in the video game Minecraft.
It was also the location and inspiration for some of the poet’s most famous works including Tam o Shanter and Auld Lang Syne.
It was home to Scotland’s national bard Robert Burns.
Robert Burns Ellisland Farm recreated in Minecraft
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