Minecraft Crash Course

Course  Outlines 

• Starting learning with prebuilt blocks that introduce you to the concept of coding with minecraft.
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  • Understanding movement:
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    • moving your character or other characters, learning how to use degrees, x-y planes, and coordinates.
  • Conditionals and loops:
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    • using if/ if-else conditions and while loops along with operators and getting information from a game.
    • Customizing games:
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      • Playing sounds, creating effects, changing character costumes, customizing the world, and learning new minecraft specific codes.
• Python
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  • Switching to Python:
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    • After understanding how to use codeblocks, advancing to learning python basics with minecraft.
    • Using the same principles:
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      • using principles above in a different programming language, learning how to move characters and translate code blocks to Python.
    • Coding in python:
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      • Using if/if-else and while loops in python as well as variables and operators, and other specific minecraft functions.
• Design
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  • Designing new projects and worlds
  • Creating new characters and items (world blocks) using graphic design.
  • Implementing the code block and python skills learned to make new designs do certain tasks.