A hands-on introduction to coding that teaches you how to program bots
to do cool things in the game you love--Minecraft! This book takes the
robotic turtle method, and extends it to the 3D, interactive world of
Minecraft.
You've mined for diamonds, crafted dozens of tools, and built all sorts
of structures--but what if you could program robots to do all of that
for you in a fraction of the time?
In Coding with Minecraft(R), you'll create a virtual robot army with
Lua, a programming language used by professional game developers.
Step-by-step coding projects will show you how to write programs that
automatically dig mines, collect materials, craft items, and build
anything that you can imagine. Along the way, you'll explore key
computer science concepts like data types, functions, variables, and
more.
Learn how to:
- Program robots that make smart decisions with flow control
- Reuse code so that your robots can farm any crop you want, including
wheat, sugar cane, and even cacti!
- Program a factory that generates infinite building supplies
- Design an algorithm for creating walls and buildings of any size
- Code yourself a pickaxe-swinging robotic lumberjack!
- Create a robot that digs mine shafts with stairs so you can explore
safely
Bonus activities in each chapter will help you take your coding skills
to the next level. By the end of the book, you'll understand how
powerful coding can be and have plenty of robots at your beck and call.