Whale / O'Hanlon Adventures in Minecraft

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-94684-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Adventures In ...

Here's your ticket to a world of adventures with Minecraftand programming.
Learn how to extend Minecraft and create a new gamingexperience, by exploring the magical world of Minecraftprogramming. Adventures in Minecraft, like other books in thehighly successful Adventures series, is written especially for 11-to 15-year-olds. With this book you will learn new programmingskills while having fun with Minecraft!
Minecraft programming experts David Whale and Martin O'Hanlonwalk you step-by-step through everything you need to know to:
* Get started writing Minecraft programs in Python on your PC,Mac, or Raspberry Pi
* Build houses and other structures in the blink of an eye, andmake a 3D duplicating machine
* Write interactive games like a field that charges you rent, anda treasure hunt using magic vanishing bridges
* Build custom game control panels using simple electroniccircuits
* Easily build huge 2D and 3D structures such as spheres andpyramids
* Build intelligent objects like a massive Minecraft clock, andprogram an alien invasion
* Plan and write a complete interactive arena game
Using the programming skills you learn from this book, writingMinecraft programs offers endless possibilities to create anythingyou can imagine.
To make your journey that much easier, the Adventures inMinecraft companion website supplies you with avideo for each adventure in the book, downloadablecode files, helpful programming reference tables, a bonusadventure, and badges to collect for your Minecraftaccomplishments.
By day, David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon are software engineerswho design computer products. By night, they play Minecraft anddevelop exciting new programs that interact with the Minecraftworld. They both work regularly with young people in schools,computing clubs and at community events, giving talks aboutMinecraft programming and running programming workshops.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whale, David

O'Hanlon, Martin

Über Autor(innen)

Martin O'Hanlon (Birmingham, UK) describes himself as aprofessional geek and amateur snowboarder. Martin blogs aboutMinecraft and Raspberry Pi at http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/.
David Whale (Essex, UK) runs the Saturday Club, wherekids learn Minecraft and the Raspberry Pi, among other things.David was the Tech Editor on Adventures in Raspberry Pi.