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Minecraft Modding

Create your own Minecraft server modifications and minigames while learning fundamental coding concepts. Discover what you can do with code!
No prior programming experience required.

Minecraft Modding

Create your own Minecraft server modifications and minigames while learning fundamental coding concepts. Discover what you can do with code!
No prior programming experience required.

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Tynker's visual code blocks are a great way for beginners to code, without needing to remember how to type syntax. By dragging and dropping code blocks together, young coders can produce vividly complex programs and games in our proprietary app, which includes support for graphics, sound, physics, and more.

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Kids learn on their own with a guided, hands-on approach that individualizes the learning experience. Tynker's online courses provide a complete learning system for your child to master the fundamentals of programming. Tynker's visual programming language makes it easy to learn, and once kids gain proficiency, they can seamlessly transition to Javascript coding within the Tynker learning system. Enroll in one of our plans for unlimited play across all courses.

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Tynker's self-guided lessons break down coding concepts while solving puzzles and making cool apps.

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Quick practice quizzes and assessment tests evaluate a child's comprehension of subjects taught.

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There's always something to learn with multiple subjects, projects, and coding languages available.

System Requirements

Online courses require a desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet connection and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required. Courses are not supported on tablets.

Minecraft courses and server access is available to verified accounts. Minecraft for Windows 10 is required for Training Day, Agent Recall, Gears of Time, Mythicraft, and Mind Crafters courses. Content and courses are subject to changes. NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.

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Introduction

Set up your tynker account, customize your character's skin and find out how to start talking to your private server.

10 Modules:

  • Getting Started
  • Minecraft Skins
  • Concepts: Start Modding
  • Start Modding
  • Concepts: Twinkle Toes
  • Twinkle Toes
  • Concepts: Smoke Trails
  • Smoke Trails
  • Concepts: Block Reporter
  • Block Reporter
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Decisions and Resource Packs

Smash blocks with explosive punches, turn creatures to gold with a touch, and customize the creatures, blocks, and items in your server.

9 Modules:

  • Concepts: Smashy Hands
  • Smashy Hands
  • Concepts: Midas Touch
  • Midas Touch
  • Concepts: Wacky Wand
  • Wacky Wand
  • Custom Blocks, Mobs, and Items
  • Concepts: Mob Arrows
  • Mob Arrows
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Repetition, Delays, Variables, and Randomness

Add randomness to your mods, use variables to help guide decisions and discover how loops can multiply your coding powers.

10 Modules:

  • Loops
  • Concepts: Lightning Arrows
  • Lightning Arrows
  • Variables
  • Concepts: Rainbow Sheep
  • Rainbow Sheep
  • Concepts: Master Hunter
  • Master Hunter
  • Concepts: Pigstorm
  • Pigstorm
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Intervals, Breaks, and the Command Block

Discover a powerful loop with a built-in time-delay and how to break a loop. Start activating code at will with the command block.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts: Smoke Bomb and Firework Machine
  • Smoke Bomb
  • Firework Machine
  • Concepts: Crazy Bats
  • Crazy Bats
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Building with the Drone Tool

Discover the incredible power of the drone tool as you build massive or complex structures with ease.

6 Modules:

  • Drone Building
  • Beacon Pyramid
  • Brick House
  • Tree Home
  • Concepts: Magic Pickaxe
  • Magic Pickaxe
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Functions

Combine building with the drone tool with the power of functions. Use parameters to make functions do many different things.

7 Modules:

  • Concepts: Functions
  • Parkour Forevermore
  • Random Tree
  • Concepts: Function Parameters
  • Three Little Pigs
  • Blast Off Rocket Ship
  • Instant Castle
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Fowl Play - Setup

Use your skills to build an arena for a Duck Hunt like game.

2 Modules:

  • Concept: Get Name Of
  • Fowl Play: Setup
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Fowl Play - Game Rules

The stage has been set. Now add game logic to complete the "Fowl Play" minigame.

3 Modules:

  • Lists and For-each Loops
  • Concepts: Data Structures
  • Fowl Play: Game Rules
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Capture the Flag - Setup

Use your skills to build an arena for a "Capture the Flag" game.

2 Modules:

  • Concepts: Capture the Flag
  • Capture the Flag: Setup
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Capture the Flag - Game Rules

The stage has been set. Now add game logic to complete a "Capture the Flag" minigame.

2 Modules:

  • Concepts: Entities Riding Entities
  • Capture the Flag: Game Rules
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Bonus: Lucky Block

Create a custom block called a lucky block. Every time the lucky block breaks something different will happen.

1 Module:

  • Lucky Block
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Bonus: Memory

Create a memory game that you play inside of Minecraft.

1 Module:

  • Memory
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Bonus: Disco Floor

Create new functions that work with the drone tool; then build with them.

1 Module:

  • Disco Floor
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Bonus: Monster Totem

Use loops, variables, functions and the "start riding" code block to make all the creatures in your server into a totem pole.

1 Module:

  • Monster Totem
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Bonus: Monster Smash

Use functions, random numbers, and the "set target" code block to make two random creatures fight to the death.

1 Module:

  • Monster Smash
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CTF: Part 1

Set up your Tynker account, customize your skin, and start using your private server.

10 Modules:

  • Getting Started
  • Concepts
  • Rise and Shine
  • Drone Tool
  • Concepts
  • Build a Spawn Location
  • Deactivating Minecraft Mods
  • Concepts
  • Basic Setup
  • Minecraft Skins
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CTF: Part 2

Program game logic to control the flag and players, then program the win condition.

5 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Death and Rebirth
  • Capturing the Flag
  • Concepts
  • Keep it Fair
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CTF: Part 3

Finish the CTF game by getting all players on the server and assigning them to a team.

8 Modules:

  • Lists and For Each Loops
  • Concepts
  • Team Player
  • Class Warfare
  • Concepts
  • Bonus: Semaphores
  • Concepts
  • Bonus: Cleanup
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Bonus - Castle

Use the drone tool and custom functions to build a sturdy stronghold.

1 Module:

  • Castle
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Soccer: Lay the Field

Use the drone tool and build the soccer arena.

3 Modules:

  • Drone Tool
  • Building the Field
  • Team Theme
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Soccer: Slimeball

Modify the Slime entity to become a ball that can be used in all kinds of games! Make it, skin it, change it!

4 Modules:

  • Custom Blocks, Mobs, and Items
  • Ball Spawn
  • Concepts
  • Behavior Modification
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Soccer: Player Setup

Create objects to represent each team, then add team lists to your objects to know who’s on each team.

6 Modules:

  • Objects
  • Concepts
  • Spawn Points
  • Set Up Teams
  • Goal!
  • Winning Score
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Bonus - Scoreboard

Use functions, variables, and world manipulation to create a custom LED scoreboard.

1 Module:

  • Scoreboard
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Tower Defense: Level Setup

Build a basic level for a Tower Defense game, spawn enemies, and create an objective to protect.

4 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • The Nexus
  • Defense Team
  • Danger Lane
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Tower Defense: Defensive Towers

Build towers for the tower defense game and modify their artificial intelligence (AI) to do your bidding.

4 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Enemy Attackers
  • Concepts
  • Defensive Towers
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Tower Defense: Enemy Waves

Modify the game logic to allow for multiple waves of enemies.

3 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Win/Loss Condition
  • Enemy Waves
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Tower Defense: Finale

Add a final boss and a victory fireworks show.

3 Modules:

  • Concepts
  • Final Boss
  • Victory Fireworks

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