Project: CodeCraft

Introduction

Learn aspects of graphics and game design by making improvements to a basic 2D Minecraft game clone. Create new resources as well as crafting rules for combining resources to make new ones. This will be achieved by understanding and manipulating variables, lists and dictionaries.

What you will make

A basic 2D version of the game Minecraft.

What you will learn

Creating and editing graphics
Game design
Editing variables and lists
Creating dictionaries

What you will need

A computer or tablet capable of accessing the internet.

Let's get started

Use this link to go to the Code Club online project: projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/codecraft and follow each step in the project.

Challenge 1: Build your world - play the game, place and craft existing blocks.

Challenge 2: Change your world size - edit the MAPWIDTH and MAPHEIGHT variables to change the world size.

Challenge 3: Creating sand - create a new sand resource, along with associated game data.

Challenge 4: Crafting glass from sand - create a new craftable glass resource.

Challenge 5: Create more resources - use what’s been learnt to create more blocks and crafting rules.

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