The World of Minecraft holiday camp was held at the Lake Albert Hall on Wednesday were more than 20 children had to work through challenges to achieve set goals.

Despite it being the first time the camp was held in Wagga, tickets sold out weeks in advance.

Wagga's eight-year-old Carter George said he was super excited to attend the event.

"I like playing Minecraft a lot and I like meeting people too because knew other people would be here too," he said.

World of Minecraft mentor Noelene Callaghan said she was "blown away" by the response they got from Wagga and surrounding residents.

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"I did not expect the turn out to be this large," she said.

"Hopefully we will be able to hold more camps in Wagga in the future."

Mrs Callaghan said the camp mixes Minecraft with education.

"We have a curriculum that we follow," she said.

"We set three challenges throughout the day and set goals that the children have to achieve for each challenge."

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