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and building whole tower blocks around it! One day, I want to build a virtual
Shard building (
http://www.the-shard.com
) around the lift, or will you beat me
to it?!
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One of the children at our Raspberry Pi club had a fantastic idea of building an
adventure map out of a piece of card and pushing LEDs through holes in it. The
idea was to draw a map on the card that represented the Minecraft world that
they built, and then each of five LEDs pushed through the card would light up
when you completed some challenge in that part of the world. I'd really love to
see that game designed, and I hope one day to find a You-Tube video of someone
who has built it all—will you be the first person to build that fantastic game?
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Someone worked out how to connect an electronic accelerometer to the com-
puter so that it could sense movements of his real arm and translate these into
movements of a robot arm. Look at his video here:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=_KGc9vlOrNk
. See if you can find a way to link up an accelerometer to
your computer so that you can control your Minecraft games just by moving
your arms! When you've got that working, why not show it off as a project at a
local maker faire to inspire others to learn about the fascinating world of
Minecraft electronics?
Achievement Unlocked:
You have escaped the confines of the Minecraft
virtual world into the real world! You're a pioneer in the fascinating new
industry of Minecraft Electronics. The boundaries of your gaming experi-
ences are now limitless!
