2025 Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft Contest: Feed A Pet
The Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is a STEAM competition where students compete with machines that they have imagined, designed in Minecraft, and created in a fun and competitive forum.
The competitions encourage teamwork and out-of-the-box problem-solving in a fresh learning environment and level playing field. As always, the digital challenge mirrors the analog event.Ā This year's challenge is to use Minecraft to build a wacky machine that willĀ Feed A Pet.
ThereĀ are two divisions students can compete in: Junior (8-13 years old), and Senior (13-18 years old).
Registration for this event is now closed. Join us for the award stream on May 7, 2025 at 12:00pm PT!

Missed the award stream? Watch the Video-on-Demand (VOD) below!
Congratulations to the winners!
Ā Junior Division Winners
1st place: JB Minecraft fromĀ Sunny Isles Beach, FL
2nd place: Levi Liners fromĀ Sunny Isles Beach, FLĀ
Senior Division Winners
1st place: CrocodiloĀ Guys fromĀ Sunny Isles Beach, FLĀ
2nd place: The Patata Potatoes fromĀ Stillwater, MN
3rd place: Team Alfonso fromĀ Islesboro, MEĀ
Missed the livestream? Watch the videos on demand below!
Resources for EducatorsĀ
- How to Make Inclined Planes PowerPoint
- How to Make Pulleys PowerPoint
- How to Create Screws PowerPoint
- How to Create Wedge PowerPoint
- Watch our previous streams on how to build the six simple machines
- Watch our previous streamsĀ on how to weave Theme, Humor, and Storytelling
- Watch our previous streams about the Engineering Design Process
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for Upcoming Streams

NASEF & Rube Goldberg / Unreal Engine
NASEF, in partnership with the Rube Goldberg Institute, announces theĀ Rube Goldberg Unreal Engine ChallengeĀ®. This interactive 3D competition invites students to use their creativity to animate a virtual Rube Goldberg Machine in the digital world.Ā
Create, record, and submit a video of your Rube Goldberg Unreal Engine Machine that accomplishes theĀ 2024-25 task: FEED A PET
Submission deadline: May 2, 2025 at midnight EST
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