Minecraft Hour of Code: Introduction

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Hour of Code Minecraft | Introduction

Hi, my name is Jens and
I'm the lead creative designer

of Minecraft.

In the next hour, you'll make your own Minecraft
game.

This looks like Minecraft but the world has
stopped.

The sheep aren't moving, the chickens aren't
laying eggs, and zombies are just standing

still.

It's up to you to add the code to make the
Minecraft world work.

My name is Melissa and I am a user researcher
at Minecraft.

(So do you want them to do all that stuff
forever?

Yes.)

What I'm really interested in is how people
think and interact with technology and so

this job is the perfect job for me to put
together the computer engineering with the

psychology: how people think and behave.

You'll see your screen is split into three
main parts.

1) On the left is the Minecraft game.

Right now the world is frozen but we're going
to fix that with code.

2) This middle area is the toolbox.

Each of these blocks is a command that chickens,
sheep, and other Minecraft creatures can understand.

3) The space on the right is called the workspace
and this is where we'll build our program.

If you forget what to do, the instructions
for each level are at the top.

To start off, we're going to program a chicken.

Let's drag the "move forward" command to the
workspace.

When I hit "Run" the chicken moves forward
one step.

To go further, I'll drag another "move forward"
block underneath the first "move forward"

block until the highlight appears.

Then I'll drop it and the two blocks snap
together.

If I hit "Run" again, the chicken walks two
steps.

If you ever want to delete a block, just remove
it from the stack and drag it back to the

toolbox.

After you've hit "Run" you can always hit
the "Reset" button to reset the game and start

over.

Now, it's your turn to make your very own
version of Minecraft.

Have fun!