Vanilla Minecraft without guidance isn't especially educational. But my impression at least is that players often add mods, and then might want to make their ow

Vanilla Minecraft without guidance isn't especially educational. But my impression at least is that players often add mods, and then might want to make their own. And there are opportunities for programming inside of Minecraft. And some of the more impressive "creative mode" constructions rely on scripts to automate much of the grunt work. For instance: https://nostarch.com/automateminecraft https://nostarch.com/automateminecraft My inclusion of Minecraft is about the ease and support of modding/scripting/botting rather than the vanilla game. There's a certain subsection of professional developers who got their start by modding their favorite games.