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. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
