25 Minecraft hacks of Christmas '18

Over the next 25 days I shall be recycling existing blogs and maybe a few new ones to look at 25 different coding experiments with Minecraft and Python.

Day 1: Modding interface with GUIZero. This experiment pulls together several previous coding experiments and cements them all into one GUI which can trigger a range of different array of block based events.

Read more here ...... Link

Day 2: This blog has a link to dozens and dozens of my Minecraft experiments from over the years. They are all linked into a pdf document called the 'hackpack' here is the link to the related blog .........Link

Day 3: Getting started with BitIO and MInecraft....... Link

Day 4: BitIO and Minecraft 'Tilting Rainbow Road'......... Link

Day 5: EduBlocks  and MInecraft getting started............ Link

Day 6: EduBlocks  and MInecraft ...........Amen to walking blocks............Link

Day 7: BitIO  and MInecraft 'Touching pins takes you places'...........Link

Day 8: Edublocks / BitIO and MInecraft..........The Liverpool Makefest Minecraft Pixel art Twitter bot........... Link

Day 9: BitIO and MInecraft  ''Minecraft CPU temperature graphing"

http://warksjammy.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/bitio-blog-7-minecraft-cpu-temperature.html

Day 10: Edublocks and Minecraft 'Bridging the gap between visual coding and text based coding with EduBlocks'.......Link

Day 11: MInecraft Education Edition My First Command Block.......Link

Day 12: BitIO and MInecraft : PixelCraft.......Link

Day 13: Minecraft Education Edition: Give inventory and changing weather.......Link

Day 14: BitIO and MInecraft 'Micro:bit Transport' ........LInk

Day 15: M:EE MakeCode 'Get coding'........Link

Day 16: BitIO and MInecraft 'Scalable Housing'..........Link

Day 17: MInecraft Education Edition: MakeCode Getting started........Link

Day 18: MInecraft Education Edition:MakeCode 'Wool Wall'........Link

Day 19: Raspberry Pi Minecraft controlling Lego motors .... Link

Day 20: Raspberry Pi and Minecraft: Pixel Cakes(RPI big birthday weekend resource)
...................link

Day 21:  Raspberry Pi and Minecraft: Pixel Craft 2.0......Link

Day 22: Raspberry Pi and Minecraft: Experiments with GPIO triggers and Minecraft
.......Link

Day 23: Minecraft Education Edition: Vertical farming ......Link

Day 24: Raspberry Pi and Minecraft: GPIO zero Minecraft "Whack on board Led's"
........Link

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TUI Calculator/ binary to denary conversion

This is code covers:

• Casting 
• Functions 
• Tui's
• Basic input
• Procedures
• String element checking
• Basic mathematical operators
• Simple validation on binary section

It allows the user to chose from a text based menu and either:

• add, subtract, divide or multiply two numbers that the user inputs
• enter an 8 bit binary number and convert it denary

Here is the code:

link

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Lists and TUI's

Here is a program I used with year 9 to introduce list basic list functions and TUI's.
It contains:

• selection
• procedures
• procedure calls
• casting 
• pop
• remove 
• lists 
• append

It is a very simple simulation of a "game server" allows the user to add gamer tags, remove and pop off the end of the list. 

Here is the code : link

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Micro:bit Express 2.0 'adjustable speed'

This is an incremental improvement to the original Micro:bit Express which went via remote control fwd and back and stop. The next project the Micro:bit controlled Ferris Wheel allowed you to adjust the speed within a small range. This project applies the same logic to the train with a greater range of speed.

You will need all the same kit as in the original blog here is the key info:

• A video of the updated train in action link
• Code for the updated remote link
•  Code for the updated motor controller link 

Enjoy :)

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Micro:bit Controlled Lego Ferris Wheel

Micro:bit Controlled Lego Ferris Wheel 

Here is the basics of what you need to create your own remote controlled Micro:bit Ferris Wheel. You will need:

• 2 x Micro:bits
• 1 x Lego Ferris Wheel
• 1 x 4.5 battery box
• 1 Kitronic motor controller link 
• 1 Lego motor

Here are photos of the set up.

Video of action

link

remote code link

motor controller code link

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Harry Potter sorting

This code consolidates:

• Lists
• Count controlled loops
• Conditions 
• IF Then Else 
• Random and time libraries.

I've used this with year 9 who have just done basics with input, loops, basic conditions etc. This takes their learning a little deeper without killing it.

Here is the link to the code: link

Here is the code:

import random

import time

Students_List = ["Harry","Ron","Dave","Hermione"]

Slytherin_Students = [] # stores s students

Hufflepuff_Students = [] # stores hp students

Ravenclaw_Students = [] # stores rc students

Gryffindor_Students = [] # stores g students

House_Names = ["Gryffindor", "Ravenclaw", "Hufflepuff", "Slytherin"] # list of house names to randomly select.

#create a variable to store current position in student list

Current_Student = 0

while Current_Student < len(Students_List) :

#randomly choose a house for the 1st student

House = random.choice(House_Names)

time.sleep(5)

print("Your house is",House)

#add student to correct house list

if House == "Gryffindor":

Gryffindor_Students.append(Students_List[Current_Student])

print(Gryffindor_Students)#show house population

elif House == "Ravenclaw":

Ravenclaw_Students.append(Students_List[Current_Student])

print(Ravenclaw_Students)#show house population

elif House == "Hufflepuff":

Hufflepuff_Students.append(Students_List[Current_Student])

print(Hufflepuff_Students)#show house population

elif House == "Slytherin":

Slytherin_Students.append(Students_List[Current_Student])

print(Slytherin_Students)

else:

print("You have chosen a house that doesn't currently exist")

#add one to current position in student list

Current_Student = Current_Student + 1

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Python programming resources

Here are a links to any Python resources that do not involve any hardware such as Raspberry Pi or Micro:bit.


Blog 1 Harry Potter sorting
link

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