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The amazing thing about this game is that I'm using it to teach my girls how to program with it. Its a great tool because it allows them to see the value in wri
by orangethirty 14y ago
The amazing thing about this game is that I'm using it to teach my girls how to program with it. Its a great tool because it allows them to see the value in writing code by getting real results quickly.
The oldest one wanted to create pink wood to build herself a pink wood house. Why? Well duh, its pink (her words). We quickly dug the source code and had a pink wood block in a short time. She was so happy and learned about Java. A double win in my book.
- Simucal 14y agoWould you need to dig into the source code for this? I thought there were just texture images that you could modify.
- beering 14y agoYou would if you wanted to add it as a separate block type, or if you wanted to change non-visual properties of the block.
- splawn 14y agooooh, have you seen pi version? Its purpose is for teaching children programming (its scriptable with python). It doesn't look like its quite ready, but here is the link to watch: http://pi.minecraft.net/ http://pi.minecraft.net/
- mweibel 14y agoHow did you dig through the source code? Dissasembling or is it somewhere available?
- DanBC 14y agoThat would make an amazing texture pack! Have you seen Aureylian and her (very young) daughter playing Minecraft? (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAA32A313F61AFBBB http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAA32A313F61AFBBB) I especially like the Zoo episode (http://youtu.be/kPMq0V_6KH8 http://youtu.be/kPMq0V_6KH8)
- adjin 14y agoI thought you were going to say you taught your children programming by creating algorithms visually through blocks. Otherwise they are pretending to be having fun.
- ryanhuff 14y agoMy 8 year old son wants to do the same. Have you found any resources that would be helpful for somebody with intermediate java skills (me) but no modding experience get up to speed with modding minecraft? Modding minecraft could be a great gateway for getting my son excited about programming.
- orangethirty 14y agoI'm actually writing a short e-book on the subject that I will host on github for all to enjoy. I will announce it here once its out.
- rufugee 14y agoCould you explain more about your setup? My own daughters love Minecraft and also want to learn to code...I'd be very interested in how you're accomplishing this. Thanks!
- orangethirty 14y agoI'm writing a short e-book on the subject. But the best way to do this is to go to the minecraft wiki and start reading. They have tutorials in there. Reddit also has some very good information and you can ask questions. You can always shoot me an email.
- anthonyb 14y agoThere's also Computer Craft, which adds craftable computers and turtles in Lua: http://www.computercraft.info http://www.computercraft.info
- orangethirty 14y agoI'm preparing to try that one out. It looks so interesting and much more fun that writing stuff on Eclipse.