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Autcraft
Type of site
Minecraft server
Founded23 June 2013 (12 years ago)
FounderStuart Duncan
URLwww.autcraft.com Edit this at Wikidata
Users19,000 as of December 2025 (unique players) [1]
Launched2013 (2013)

Autcraft is a Minecraft server dedicated to be a safe haven for children who have a diagnosis of autism.[2]

History

Founded in 2013, Autcraft was the first Minecraft server created with autism in mind. It was founded by Stuart Duncan, a web developer in Timmins, Canada whose son is diagnosed with autism, and is known in-game as AutismFather.[3][4] Autcraft was created so such children could play their favourite game with others without facing the threat of bullying and discrimination.[5][6] Autcraft is administrated by adults with and without mental conditions as well as their friends or family.[7][8] As of December 2025, the server has over 19,000 whitelisted players.[9]

When asked about the server, Duncan stated, "We just let them know that they're not alone... We're here for each other and will support each other for as long as need be... We all know how terrible it can feel sometimes and none of us want the others to feel that same way."[7]

Autcraft was the subject of a 2015 conference paper by Ringland et al. in which empirical data was gathered from a digital ethnography of the server to explore how parents of autistic children continually create a "safe" virtual world through both implicit and explicit means.[10]

Gameplay

Autcraft's gameplay is mostly similar to vanilla (unmodded) Minecraft, however offers a variety of server plugins to facilitate moderation, prevent griefing (unauthorized destruction of another player's builds or items), let players make shops, and add custom crafting recipes. It also offers Player Of The Week (POTW) events, in which an outstanding player is selected as the POTW in an event, as well as Darkness Fights, where players must fight waves of both normal enemies and significantly stronger custom bosses collaboratively. Oftentimes these bosses will drop rare, sought after items, such as a wearable head that gives you a permanent beneficial effect, or simply a trophy.

Staff & Moderation

There are eleven ranks on Autcraft, three of which are staff ranks. The staff ranks are Helper, Senior Helper (officially known as SrHelper), or Admin. The staff team are alerted (via the social media platform Discord) for things like writing signs, books, items, or when a new player joins, among many other things.[11]

References

  1. ^ Duncan, Stuart (1 December 2025). "Autcraft now has 19000 names on the whitelist!". Autcraft. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  2. ^ Boddy, Zachary (10 September 2020). "Learn about Autcraft, a Minecraft server built for players with autism". Windows Central. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ Winkie, Luke (26 March 2020). "Meet the dad who quit his job to run a Minecraft server for autistic kids". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ Rutkin, Aviva (27 April 2016). "How Minecraft is helping children with autism make new friends". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ Warzel, Charlie. "This 'Minecraft' Community Is Saving The Lives Of Children With Autism". Tech. BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ^ Beck, Kellen (25 May 2017). "'Minecraft' players on the autism spectrum find a safe space on the Autcraft server". Mashable. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Stuart Duncan's Autcraft: crafting a playspace for children with autism". Royal College of Psychiatrists. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  8. ^ Thorbeke, Catherine. "Single father creates a safe haven for children with autism to play together online". ABC News. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ^ Duncan, Stuart (1 December 2025). "Autcraft now has 19000 names on the whitelist!". Autcraft. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  10. ^ Ringland, Kathryn E.; Wolf, Christine T.; Dombrowski, Lynn; Hayes, Gillian R. (28 February 2015). "Making "Safe": Community-Centered Practices in a Virtual World Dedicated to Children with Autism". Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing. Vancouver BC Canada: ACM. pp. 1788–1800. doi:10.1145/2675133.2675216. ISBN 978-1-4503-2922-4. S2CID 5858849. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Autcraft Info - First Minecraft Server for Children with Autism". autcraft.info. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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