My copy of “Adventures in Minecraft (2nd Edition)” arrived yesterday, introducing a whole new chapter on how to use the BBC micro:bit as a Minecraft controller. I can’t wait to get stuck in to it. I’ll be posting bits and pieces about it as I read through.
Update to How to Code in Minecraft
Over on my subdomain, minecraft.jimchristian.net, I’ve posted some new instructions for connecting Scratch up with Minecraft via Python and the RaspberryJuice plugin. For those of you who have recently bought the book and are looking to get started as soon as possible, the good news is that you are no longer constricted to Minecraft 1.6.4…
Should Teachers Be Using Minecraft in the Classroom?
“Looking at the faces of these young men as they explain why Minecraft needs to be in the classroom says it all.”
United Kingdom Ordnance Survey in Minecraft
Sadly not to scale, but still impressive.
BBC British Museum to be digitally recreated in Minecraft
“It’s the digital equivalent of building the British Museum in Lego. You have to build it brick by brick”.
Five Secrets About Minecraft
Quib.ly has five things you may not have known about Minecraft, including Killer Bunnies: There is however, one deadly exception. Whenever a rabbit is spawned by the game there is a small chance that what will appear is not the twitchy-nosed ball of cuteness you might expect, but a terrifying killer rabbit with glowing red…
3D Scanning LEGO R2D2 into Minecraft with an XBox 360 Kinect
Tutorial: Using a Microsoft Kinect as a makeshift 3D camera to scan everyday objects as 3D models into Minecraft.
Exploding Head in Minecraft
Above is an example of what happens when you do the following: Import 3D model of a head into MCEdit made of stone Bulk change the stone into TNT Load the level up and ignite the TNT head. At some point, the game crashed out and refused to load the level any longer. I was…
The New Minecraft Club
Gearing up for another term of Minecraft as an After School Activity, I’ve got a few ideas and intentions.