Minecraft Pi Recipe Cards
by arghbox
These Raspberry Pi recipe cards include a selection of basic Python programs that work with Minecraft: Pi Edition. They are designed to be used in workshops or classrooms and cover some fundamentals of programming in Python. You can also use them by yourself as a quick introduction to Python programming with Minecraft Pi.
Each of the six recipe card has three parts. The front page gives an overview of what you’ll be doing:
The inside pages contain Python code that will create the program alongside an explanation:
The last page covers the concepts that were used in the program:
The first recipe card includes steps on how to allow Python to interact with a Minecraft Pi game. You’ll need to have Minecraft Pi installed, instructions to do this can be found here.
There are two sets available, one which is designed to be read on the computer and the other which is designed to be easily printed.
Recipe Cards Formatted for Computer
1. Teleport
2. Flower Path
3. Warehouse
4. Chat
5. Freeze
6. Block Fighter
Recipe Cards Formatted for Printing
1. Intro (Printer Friendly)
2. Flower Path (Printer Friendly)
3. Warehouse (Printer Friendly)
4. Chat (Printer Friendly)
5. Freeze (Printer Friendly)
6. Block Fighter (Printer Friendly)
There is also a free draft book on Python Programming with Minecraft Pi that goes into more depth, which can be found on here.
Thanks for the update I will send them on to my students regards Richard Bradley
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Hi, there appear to be a couple of typos in the first two paragraphs of the Teleport section.
‘the’ every, and ‘control teleport’ don’t make sense.
HTH, keep up the great work!
Eric
Well spotted. I keep missing these things.
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Thanks so much for these easy to use ideas. I’ve used them with some of my students and they were quickly exploring alternatives. They especially liked the flower path and water to ice cards, very simple to understand and modify. The best fun we had was making a warehouse of wood then filled it with lava, I wish I’d thought to take a screen shot! You’ve given me a bit of inspiration to take these ideas further.
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Hi I’ve found some errors in the teleport exercise, under the latest version of Raspbian.
Is there a public repository I can commit fixes to?
Nick
Unfortunately not. I might create a repo for them in the future.