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Tag proposal: [minecraft]

I'm proposing we create a minecraft tag for challenges relating to the game Minecraft. There are currently 15 applicable questions: this, this, and this just to name a few. …
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Minecraft I/O Methods

Seeing as how we've discussed a size measurement for Minecraft redstone creations, I thought I'd follow that up with establishing standard output and input methods. … Minecraft, obviously, does not have STDIN or STDOUT in the traditional sense. So how exactly should we handle input and output for Minecraft redstone "programs?" …
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Minecraft Commands I/O Methods

What I/O should be allowed for Minecraft commands answers? There is already this post, but it is mainly focused on redstone creations, and is quite outdated. …
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Programming in Minecraft (Redstone) - how to measure program size?

Since programs may be created in vanilla (un-modded) Minecraft using redstone to create logic gates (and more), someone could create such a program for a challenge on this site. … These are separate programs with partial functionality from Minecraft, useful for circuit creation, simulation, and exportation. …
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Should we consider the starting mechanism for Minecraft programs?

Time to add to the list of Minecraft Meta Questions! So, my question is fairly basic. When we run programs in other langs through the command line, we don't count anything but their flags. … So why do we count Minecraft starting things, such as a button? It's really just hitting the enter key and starting the program, when you think about it. …
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Methods / Tools for counting Minecraft program size

Extension of this thread. In this thread, please post tools or methods to count the size of programs to aid others in this process. These tools/methods should follow the counting rules listed in the c …
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Are OPPCGMCS questions allowed on meta?

As the title says, are questions about the PPCG Minecraft server allowed on the meta site? …
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Programming in Minecraft (Redstone) - how to measure program size?

Total Bytes = Bytes of files + Bytes of ingame function call Extra: It should be noted that in Minecraft, the namespace minecraft is automatically added if not defined. … Therefore, you can save the maximum amount of bytes by using a single letter function name stored in a minecraft namespace. i.e. …
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Programming in Minecraft (Redstone) - how to measure program size?

This is the simplest and most natural way to score Minecraft submissions. It's a direct measure of space taken up, just like a byte count is the amount of memory taken up. … So the title of a Minecraft submission might look like #Minecraft - 20 blocks, 17 bytes. …
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How to count bytes FAQ

shebangs How to count "expanded text" How to count encodings How to count language-switch flags Language/feature-specific questions 7 Algodoo APL Assembly Box 256 Desmos.com Folders LabView Lego WeDo Minecraft
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Tag proposal: [minecraft]

But only for challenges that relate specifically to features unique to Minecraft, and not challenges that were inspired by Minecraft/Minecraft features Minecraft has a system of commands, as well as a … to Minecraft this way. …
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What mouse interactions are allowed by default as part of Input/Output?

To be clear, Excel only happens to be the catalyst for this question, but there are plenty of other situations where mouse input is possible -- Minecraft, Terraria, Logisim, LabVIEW, HTML+CSS, Scratch …
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Should graphical-output challenges accept straight up image files by default?

graphical-output and kolmogorov-complexity that have some answer being image files, and they are often disagreements in the comments. examples: Swiss flag (PNG) Swiss flag (GIF) Iceland flag Carpet an airport Minecraft
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Installation and testing instructions for specific programming languages

Minecraft (Java Edition) Create a Mojang account at https://minecraft.net/store/minecraft/#register Download the Minecraft launcher from https://minecraft.net/download/ Login with your account and install …
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Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

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