Drawing with turtles

Minecraft is one of the most creative video games of our time. With virtual environments spanning acres of procedurally generated random biomes, the world and its contents are left to the player’s imagination. In survival mode, we’re left to fend for ourselves in a Darwinist experiment of resource-gathering, while fending off bad guys – make sure you build a shelter before nightfall! Creative mode opens up a world-building toolset where a childhood spent with Lego proves to be a transferable soft-skill.

However, in the limits of one’s creativity is usually the provided tools. Now, thanks to the release of the Raspberry Pi version of , we’re finally able to hook directly into the API with Python and program away to our heart’s content. Combining Raspberry Pi Jam, developed by Alexander Pruss, with community project Forge we’re able to use the Raspberry Pi API on any desktop Linux distro. We’ve put together a package called McPiFoMo ( Pi Forge Mods) that does all of this for you: . McPiFoMo includes MCPiPy by fleap and bluepillRabbit of . We’ll also be using Minecraft Turtle this issue, which was put together by Martin O’Hanlon (<) of .