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SHOW HN2023
171points
53comments
#353of 3,109 in 2023
Top 12%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for teaching kids programming
From 3 comments
I like this. Obviously, internally, the original Minecraft runs Java, but that's quite a difficult sell to an 8-year-old. This is potentially a nice way to get them into…
b800h on HNCurious timing! I signed my niece up for a programming course for children yesterday where they are going to learn python with Minecraft! Now I wonder if they'll use your…
amarant on HNMy son will be interested in this for sure.
marmot777 on HN
Objections
Setup instructions are intimidating with many prerequisites
From 2 comments
To be fair. My instruction page is setting up Minecraft, Docker to run a minecraft server in, Python and VSCode. So I have quite a few prerequisites for my Python tutorials and…
gilesknap on HNI honestly cannot understand how Microsoft is running Minecraft. How do they not seem to realize the value in making it easy for people to hack it like this? Look at the…
VikingCoder on HN
Minecraft Education Edition already offers Python coding
From 1 comment
Minecraft Education edition already does this. Press C, code window appears, you can use Python, Javascript or a visual Scratch-like language, controlling an agent in the…
tempaway45754 on HN
Questions
How does it compare to MakeCode for Minecraft
From 1 comment
What's the advantage over MakeCode for Minecraft (other than that requiring Minecraft education edition)?
askvictor on HN
Alternatives named
Minecraft Education Edition
From 1 comment
Minecraft Education edition already does this. Press C, code window appears, you can use Python, Javascript or a visual Scratch-like language, controlling an agent in the…
tempaway45754 on HN
Minetest with Lua
From 1 comment
If you don't mind using Lua instead, I can recommended minetest as a free alternative. I've had a lot of fun messing around in it. It has a lot of great games and mods as well.…
infinitezest on HN
Raspberry Juice with Bukkit
From 1 comment
Nope, it uses regular Minecraft with https://pypi.org/project/mcpi/ and https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/raspberryjuice so full Python.
billyjobob on HN
Miney
From 1 comment
Minetest is definitely fun, and I've had good luck using Miney to build in it with Python https://miney.readthedocs.io/en/dev/index.html
b_mc2 on HN