“Coastal erosion is a natural and ongoing process and England’s coastline has never been static, but we know climate change is increasing the risks,” said Ms Douglas, who is the agency’s executive director for flood and coastal risk management.
“CoastCraft inspires young people to use their creativity to experiment in order to find solutions to real world problems within a virtual Minecraft world.”
The game has been developed in partnership with Minecraft Education, Cornwall Council and the agency as part of the latter’s £200m Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme.
It follows the success of the similarly themed Rivercraft games, which also centred on flood risk management while providing an innovative twist on Minecraft’s interactive block-building format.