Chapter 13
Programming Minecraft with Python
In This Chapter
Installing Minecraft
Exploring the Minecraft world
Manipulating the Minecraft world in Python
Generating a random Minecraft maze in Python
Minecraft appeals to the Lego fan in everyone. It enables you to build immersive 3D worlds from blocks of materials, and it’s fired up imaginations to the extent that an estimated 20 million copies have been sold across platforms, including the PC and Xbox.
An early development version of Minecraft is available for the Raspberry Pi. It features only the creative mode, where you can build things peacefully without the threat of monster attacks or starvation, but it has one neat twist: You can program it using multiple languages, including Python. This means that you can build a grand palace without having to manually place every block, and can write programs that can invent original new structures for you to roam around and explore, as you see in this chapter.
This project uses a Python program to build a maze in Minecraft. Each time you run the program, it will build a new maze for ...
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