Minecraft Designer - CODE

Minecraft Designer

Minecraft Designer is a fun and easy way to learn how to code. Many are familiar with the video game Minecraft, and the game was used to teach students how to code and make games. There are two Minecraft activities - Minecraft Designer and Minecraft Adventurer. Minecraft Designer gives the student the basic steps of how to program things like chickens, sheep, and monsters. There are many functions that can be programmed to these creatures. For example, a chicken can be programmed to drop an egg every three steps, and a creeper can be programmed to make a hissing sound when touched by a player. Minecraft Designer is all about moving and using.

Minecraft Designer is interesting to me personally because computer science is being taught while playing a video game! I love the fact we are open to programming anything we want in Minecraft Designer, even if it’s something crazy. When using Minecraft Designer, everyone can let their creativity and imagination out.

Below are some key points of Minecraft Designer:

1. The area is split into three spaces - gamespace (where you can test your game), toolbox (the actions and events you can use), and workspace (where you program your game). Press run to test your game.

2. This is the forever do loop. You can use it to repeat an action forever.

3. To make the game more realistic, you can use the turn random key so creatures seem more real.

4. Use the up, down, left, and right keyboard buttons to move your player.

5. You can use animals by pressing the space bar and program the game so creatures follow you when you touch them or whatever action is put into the workspace.

6. You spawn animals during the day or night, and on the top, bottom, left or right part of the screen/world.

7. You can program the game so you earn points when doing certain actions

8. Have fun! 
Also, in case you need it, here's the link :-) --> https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1