Minecraft Pi Edition Snippets

If you want to get Minecraft Pi Edition: see here This is more difficult because I don’t know python (or any language for that matter) I open LXterminal: cd /home/pi/Desktop/mcpi cd /home/pi/Desktop/mcpi/api/Python/mcpi python import minecraft as minecraft then python shows >>> To connect with the new API: mc = minecraft.Minecraft.create() mc.postToChat(“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey”) … Continue reading “Minecraft Pi Edition Snippets”

If you want to get Minecraft Pi Edition: see here

This is more difficult because I don’t know python (or any language for that matter)

I open LXterminal:

cd /home/pi/Desktop/mcpi
cd /home/pi/Desktop/mcpi/api/Python/mcpi
python
import minecraft as minecraft

then python shows >>>

To connect with the new API:


mc = minecraft.Minecraft.create()
mc.postToChat("Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey")
mc.postToChat("Hey, beautiful day")


mc = minecraft.Minecraft.create()
mc.setBlock(0,0,0,46)
mc.setBlocks(0,0,0,10,10,10,3)

The latter creates a block of dirt, 10x10x3.

Code from MinecraftForum

Others:

From StuffAboutCode:

  • Minecraft – API – The basics – an introduction into the Minecraft API, its functions and how to use it.
  • Minecraft – Hide and Seek – a really simple game of hide and seek for Minecraft.
  • Minecraft – Auto Bridge – an absolutely brilliant utility (even if I say so myself) which automatically creates a bridge in front of you, no more falling off cliffs, no more having to swim across oceans, the auto bridge allows you to walk straight on

Pi-Cade Project Team at Bangor Academy

Ingredients: + Case designed and constructed + Electronic bits and bobs (wires, breadboard) + Car reversing monitor screen (with separate power) + Raspberry Pi with 5V power + SD card + Salvaged and donated joystick and buttons Special thanks to Mr Pollock ([Bangor Academy](http://www.bangoracademy.org.uk/) Technology Dept) and Steve Sloan (Momentum/All Island Software Network) for getting … Continue reading “Pi-Cade Project Team at Bangor Academy”

Ingredients:

+ Case designed and constructed
+ Electronic bits and bobs (wires, breadboard)
+ Car reversing monitor screen (with separate power)
+ Raspberry Pi with 5V power
+ SD card
+ Salvaged and donated joystick and buttons

Special thanks to Mr Pollock ([Bangor Academy](http://www.bangoracademy.org.uk/) Technology Dept) and Steve Sloan (Momentum/All Island Software Network) for getting things moving.

Anatomy of a Raspberry Pi

Click through to get the app. Written by Hadley Beeman, HTML/CSS by Christian Heilmann. Related posts: A light went on somewhere… Raspberry Pi: some useful links for doing more than playing around. Raspberry Pi books: Caveat Emptor Raspberry Pi Jam’12 @FarsetLabs

Anatomy of a Raspberry Pi

Click through to get the app. Written by Hadley Beeman, HTML/CSS by Christian Heilmann.

Raspberry Pi Jam’12 @FarsetLabs

We’re in the top left hand corner. When the room empties, it’s because the geeks are out looking at the AR Drone. Here’s their blog post on the event: Raspberry Jam: So good we’re going to *preserve* it in our calendar with nice photos and everything! You can follow @FarsetLabs, visit them or even just … Continue reading “Raspberry Pi Jam’12 @FarsetLabs”

We’re in the top left hand corner. When the room empties, it’s because the geeks are out looking at the AR Drone.

Here’s their blog post on the event: Raspberry Jam: So good we’re going to *preserve* it in our calendar with nice photos and everything!

You can follow @FarsetLabs, visit them or even just give them money.

Raspberry Jam

Getting people together to do things can be hard. But, interestingly enough, a Pi can be powered by the USB port on a Time Machine or Airport. Which makes it a cinch to get on the network. Related posts: Mobile/Portable Computing Caveats MWSF2008: The Good, the Bad and the Fugly BarCamp WiFi Disaster Solar…portable…renewable

Getting people together to do things can be hard.

But, interestingly enough, a Pi can be powered by the USB port on a Time Machine or Airport. Which makes it a cinch to get on the network.

Raspberry Pi books: Caveat Emptor

Watch out if you’re looking for a starter book for the Raspberry Pi. Both of these books are just the free starter book relabelled and released on the Kindle Store. There’s no special content in there, they’re just rip-offs. Related posts: Google: I don’t trust them. iPhone vs Android: software lock-in and halo effect Raspberry … Continue reading “Raspberry Pi books: Caveat Emptor”

Watch out if you’re looking for a starter book for the Raspberry Pi. Both of these books are just the free starter book relabelled and released on the Kindle Store. There’s no special content in there, they’re just rip-offs.

Raspberry Pi: some useful links for doing more than playing around.

Miranda Sawyer at the Guardian: Everyone wants a slice of Raspberry Pi The £25 programmable computer invented by British scientists has turned into a global sensation. Will it encourage kids to teach themselves code, or just end up in the hands of nerds? Kit Buchan at the Guardian: 12 things to do with a Raspberry … Continue reading “Raspberry Pi: some useful links for doing more than playing around.”

Miranda Sawyer at the Guardian:

Everyone wants a slice of Raspberry Pi
The £25 programmable computer invented by British scientists has turned into a global sensation. Will it encourage kids to teach themselves code, or just end up in the hands of nerds?

Kit Buchan at the Guardian:

12 things to do with a Raspberry Pi
From keeping tabs on your baby to brewing your own beer, here’s a dozen DIY jobs for a Raspberry computer

  1. Nixie Clock
  2. Robot Slave
  3. Weather Station
  4. Rocket Launcher
  5. Portable/In-Car PC
  6. Jukebox
  7. Radio
  8. Arcade Game
  9. Baby Monitor
  10. Home Brew Beer
  11. Bird Box
  12. Near-space craft

Liam Fraser from LinuxUser.co.uk

Use Python to make your first game on Raspberry Pi in our easy to follow step by step tutorial
In this tutorial we’re going to be remaking the classic game, Pong. To do this, we’ll be using a Python module called Pygame. Pygame is great, because it allows the programmer to create 2D games without having to worry about things such as rendering the graphics in too much detail. The main portion of the code will be the code that makes up the game’s structure and logic.

Rob Zwetsloot from LinuxUser.co.uk

Build your very own media centre out of a Raspberry Pi to save on space and money using XBMC
One of the great things about the Raspberry Pi is that it not only has plenty of power to play back high definition video, but it also has the HDMI output to allow you to do so. This would naturally lead the media enthusiasts among you to think of the possibilities for using the RasPi as a media centre, but the list of advantages don’t stop there. It has network support to stream video, has a ridiculously small form factor so you can tuck it out the way, and of course the low price doesn’t hurt.