I have now set up a Minetest server on a Raspberry Pi. This works and I am able to ssh in to the Pi and start remotely.

I have also set up a 3.5” Pi screen, set the pi to auto login and display the IP address(s) of the Pi. I followed some of the instructions at [2],[3] to set up the screen but didn't need the sections for setting up the gui.

The next step is to set up a router so try and provide an internal network at the library for playing minetest. I followed so

1. Minetest
2. 3.5 Inch RPi Display Touch – XPT2046 (480x320) Guide – Raspberry Pi Forums part 1
3. pi 3 – What have you done to make generic TFT touchscreen display work? – Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange part 2

Should be able to bring some of this to the STEM Group on Saturday and probably need help setting up the router to provide a simple LAN.

Tags

#Games,#MineTest,#PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup

Some of the laptops at Code Club have had Minetest installed, this is the free software clone of Minecraft. As with Minecraft, Minetest has lots of mods etc available.

The diode.zone peertube instance has some reviews of these mods. Please see link below.

Links

• Minetest
  • Mod reviews
• Peertube Diode.zone

Tags

#CodeClub,#Minetest,#Mods

An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.

Available for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and Android.

Links

• Minetest
• Lets Play Minetest: EP1
• Lets Play Minetest: EP2
• Minetest videos

Tags

#MineTest,#Windows,#macOS,#GNU/Linux,#FreeBSD,#OpenBSD, #DragonFlyBSD,#Android

The next Code Club will be on Saturday 20th August 2022 @ Paignton Library, we will carry on with what we are doing, mostly Hour of Code, block based programming, Scratch and the Free Code Camp responsive web design course.

We need MORE people in Torbay to come forward and run Code Clubs. Code Clubs could really benefit from working together too, so we can share expertise to benefit those who attend. We can then come together at STEM group meetings and share further.

Links

• Paignton Library
• Code Club
  • Projects and activities
• Minetest
  • Minetest LuaAPI
  • Lua Lanugage
• Free Code Camp
• Scratch
• Micro:bit
• Projects page
• Replit
• Lego WeDo
• GNU Nano Cheat Sheet
• Cybersecurity Series
• Rocks n Diamonds level creation

Tags

#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit,#Minetest

Next session

• Next Code Club is Saturday 3th September 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

*An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.

This could be a great way to start programming and collaborating with others, could be something that can be discussed at the Paignton Library STEM group (see links below).

We do have two Raspberry Pi's, which we could install Minetest, Lua along with other related software. We just need people with the right expertise to help, either in person or virtually.

If you do come to the STEM group with the view to doing this then you will need to bring your own Laptop, Raspberry Pi or other device with you. We don't have Minetest installed on the computers at the library.

Image from website (Embed).

Available for :-

• Windows
• macOS
• GNU/Linux
• FreeBSD
• OpenBSD
• DragonFly BSD
• Android.

Links

• Minetest
  • Mods
  • Texture Packs
  • Gaming On Linux article

Learning and Modding

First step with this is probably going to be learning to program in Lua. The following may provide some useful links for this.

• Lua
  • Lua Tutorial
  • Lua Documentation
  • Lua Reference
  • Replit.com – has support for Lua
    

Developer Links

• Modding Api
• Developer Wiki

Other

• Paignton Library
• Paignton Library – STEM Group

Tags

#Games.#FreeSoftware,#Voxel,#Minetest,#Lua

MINETEST

Source: minetest.net

An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.

Available for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and Android. 

I have found this to be a really nice game, I never really got in to Minecraft, but this should easily appeal to those who like minecraft and similar games. Lots of options to build on this, develop levels, mods etc.

REFERENCES

• Minetest
• Minetest Addons
• @Minetest@fosstodon.org">Minetest – Mastodon
• Lua
• #minetest-dev on Freenode IRC
• Free Software Foundation

TAGS

#YearOfTheFediverse,#Game,#Engine,#Minetest

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