Modding Minecraft

Introduction 2    About Minecraft and LearnToMod 2    About This Book 2    About You 3    About the Icons 4    Project 1: Start Modding 5    Know What Minecraft Modding Is 5    Use the LearnToMod Online Software 6    Sign up for LearnToMod 7    Use the LearnToMod badges 8    Connect your mods to Minecraft 8    Connect to the LearnToMod Server 12    Check Out the Coding Environment 13    Test Your Mod 15    Run Your Mod in Minecraft 19    Get Ready to Write Your Own Minecraft Mods 22    Share a Mod with Friends 24    How Your Friend Finds Your Mod 25    Earn Modding Badges 27    Earn Scramble badges 27    Earn the Saying Hello badge: Scramble Edition 29    Communicate with your computer 30    Earn Missing badges 31    Trace code 32    Earn the Saying Hello badge: Missing Edition 33    Project 2: Spleef 36    Introduce the Gameplay Loop 37    Start: Create a basic scene 38    Goal: Add a way to win and lose 38    Challenge: Make it harder to win 39    Reward: Make players want to win 39    Plan and Try Test Cases 40    Debug Your Code 41    Make Spleef: Iteration 1 42    Explore the ArenaBuilder library 42    Start: Import the ArenaBuilder library 44    Goal: Make a way to win and lose 48    Challenge: Make blocks disappear one second after touching them 55    Reward: Give the player points 59    Make Spleef: Iteration 2 62    Start: Add a lava platform 63    Goal: Destroy at least 200 blocks 63    Challenge: Add an enemy 64    Reward: Add fireworks 64    Project 3: Monster Arena 67    Draw the Gameplay Loop 67    Iteration 1: Make Monster Arena 68    Start: Create a basic arena with a fence 70    Refactor: Move the arena code to a new function 76    Goal: Add a melon block to break 76    Test: Make sure your game works 78    Challenge: Add monsters to the arena 78    Reward: Replay the first level 80    Test: Iteration 1 completed 84    Iteration 2: Add Levels 85    Start: Make the arena unique 86    Goal: Wait until a later iteration 87    Challenge: Add monsters 87    Reward: Add a second level 87    Test: Make sure both levels work 90    Iteration 3: Add Levels to Your Levels 90    Challenge: Switch to Survival mode 91    Reward: Add five more levels 93    Make More Iterations: Be Creative and Unique 95    Project 4: Capture the Flag 97    Use the Capture the Flag Library 97    Make a Basic Capture the Flag 99    Test Your Two-Player Capture the Flag 102    Add Wands 104    Attach Magic to Your Wands 106    Make Your Own Wand 111    Give Each Player Two Wands 115