Martin O’Hanlon continues his series on Minecraft by using his MinecraftDrawing object to create 3D geometric shapes in the virtual world. Read more here
Category: Games
Guest Post: The Building of AstroBlaster
Due to the unfortunate closure of the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam; the forum including details of this project had to be removed which meant the build history would have been lost forever. However luckily for me, Mike being a lover…
#RaspberryPi table-top arcade build
A nice bit of happy Friday blogging that I might have covered before but never mind! Worth more air-time. Rob Miles (@robmiles) has been working on a large (an entire table) table-top arcade machine. You can check out his build…
Create a Sudoku Solver using a #RaspberryPi, Python and Pygame
Trevor Appleton has written an extensive post (and I mean extensive) about this programming problem. Very well worth reading if you’re a newcomer to Python, Pygame and Tkinter (for creating GUIs). Read the tutorial here
How To Setup Minecraft On The #RaspberryPi
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has decided to give Minecraft on the Pi a go. You can follow his installation procedure here on the blog.
Community mashup time! #RaspberryPi Minecraft, Ordnance Survey and Rastrack come together
Following a suggestion from and Twitter conversation with David Whale (@whaleygeek), Martin O’Hanlon (Minecraft Pi guru) has mashed together some recently released Ordnance Survey data, the map-of-Pis data from Rastrack and some Minecraft know-how. He’s created a map of the…
#RaspberryPi used in bitcoin-operated pool table
Games room company Liberty Games has created a pool table that is operated by bitcoins and runs with the aid of a Raspberry Pi. Read more here
Early draft of Python programming uses Minecraft on the #RaspberryPi
Craig Richardson has been working on a book in which programming is taught using Python and then utilised in the visual environment of the Pi edition of Minecraft. This yet-to-be-finished book was featured on the Foundation website a couple of…
Game of Life programming tutorial for the #RaspberryPi
Trevor Appleton has done a great tutorial on creating Conway’s Game of Life using Python and Pygame. This is a great idea for schools as it teaches children programming in general, algorithms, a little graphics and has a good, visual result.…
Build your first game using Scratch on the #RaspberryPi
TechRadar have just published an in-depth tutorial on creating your first game using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi. Read the tutorial here