Welcome to Open Academy!
We are a friendly community of scholars working on cool problems like developing the artificial intelligence afterlife. This is a mostly vanilla survival server with land claim, since March 8th, 2020.
Please feel free to join us on discord at: https://discord.gg/HsWTQpU
Our world map is available through dynmap at: http://openacademy.live:8123/
Come drop by and introduce yourself! You may be find that you will meet interesting people here, and maybe even make a lifelong friend or two!
History of the server:
- Founded at the start of the pandemic out of a dorm room at Harvard
- Active players fizzle out around January of 2021
- Players stayed in contact over the years through Discord chat
- Server rebooted February 2024, update to 1.20.4
- New players join our friendly community!
What kind of Minecraft Server is Open Academy?
Open Academy is a Minecraft Server that specifically serves players using the Java edition of the game. The server aims to provide a friendly and welcoming environment for players to enjoy a balanced and engaging unknown experience.
- Java Server IP: openacademy.live
- Minecraft Version: The server operates on version 1.20.4
Types of Games and Gameplay on Open Academy?
Minecraft servers offer a diverse range of game modes and gameplay types, which is what sets them apart from one another. Open Academy is a Minecraft server that offers several types of games and gameplay, including Roleplay, McMMO modes.
Server software used to run Open Academy?
Using custom server software provides additional features, customization options, and plugin support compared to the original Minecraft server jar. This server has registered their server to use the following server software: Spigot
Additional plugins / mods installed on server
Essentials, Dynmap, GriefPrevention
How do I join the Open Academy server?
Join with Minecraft Java edition
- Click on the Java IP here to copy it: openacademy.live
- Open Minecraft and click the Multiplayer tab and click Add Server
- Paste the IP into the Add Server option. Click Done
- Click Join and enjoy playing on Open Academy
