[NetBehaviour] Minecraft (Was Re: Year of Code begins with 404 ; -) )

[Rob Myers]

On 08/02/14 08:19 AM, James Morris wrote:
> 
> No more 404. Its very gooey coding they're presenting. Reminds me of how
> a certain programming promoting thing around my way is almost
> exclusively minecraft oriented from what i can tell.

Minecraft has got my youngest into Blender game engine Python
programming and Minecraft server mod Java programming. The game itself
includes effectively visual programming tools (someone made a 6502
processor in it...
http://hackaday.com/2012/05/20/building-a-6502-in-minecraft/ ). So I've
a soft spot for it even if it's a proprietary fork of a free software
project.


There are some good free software replacements for it:

http://minetest.net/

http://terasology.org/


Some examples of fun stuff in Minecraft:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraft-map-britain.html

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/20/the-6-most-amazing-things-ive-seen-in-minecraft

http://mashable.com/2013/02/13/amazing-minecraft-creations/


The mod community has that annoying almost-free-software vibe. There are
some very interesting mods:

http://www.technicpack.net/tekkit/

(As a recovering D'ni fan, I really want to try Mystcraft)


You can import stuff into Minecraft (I want to import my genome...):

http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/converting-3d-models-to-minecraft---simplified/

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Programs_and_editors


There's also people 3D printing from Minecraft:

http://www.minecraftprint.com/

http://www.pinterest.com/patlichty/327-virtual-arts-student-work/


The amazing creativity around Minecraft, where people quickly build
worlds and communities then move on to another server, reminds me of the
old MUD/MOO/MUCK/MUSH scene. With the same ownership and archiving
problems that result.

- Rob.