Minecraft Round Up - Let's mod a Gliding game! ✈️
In this week's Minecraft Mod Club, we are continuing our Minecraft Mini Game Series by coding and modding our very own gliding game.
In this mod, the player is placed on a block high in the sky and given a pair of elytra wings. The aim of the game is to jump off this block and glide through the 10 spawned rings without hitting them or falling to your death. See how far you can glide and challenge yourself to reach the bottom without taking any damage!
We start this mod by teleporting the player 100 spaces in the sky and placing a single block beneath them. We then use the 'give player' coding block to equip the player with the much-need elytra wings before changing the game mode to survival.
The 10 rings are generated through a function which is repeated 10 times; using the 'shape: circle' coding blocks, we can generate the rings and even adjust the radius of the rings to make the game easier or harder.
We randomise each ring's x axis to make the game unique and different with each play, whilst also adjusting the y axis by -10 and the z axis by 30 in order for the rings to descend and go further away from the player - making a clear guide as to where the player needs to glide to.
Try modding this game to make it your own - adjust the size of the rings to make the game more challenging, or even spawn some flying enemies on the gliding course to make the game even harder! We can't wait to see how you make this fun gliding game your own :)
Until next time, happy building!
About Minecraft Mod Club
Minecraft Mod Club uses Minecraft Education Edition to teach real code. Children write mods rather than just playing: custom blocks, new behaviours, things the game does not do out of the box. For a child who would happily spend all weekend in Minecraft, it is usually the easiest way in.
It is included with every membership rather than sold separately. Sessions are one hour a week in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor, and children build their own projects rather than following a set course. Most start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready.
Modding is a good bridge because the feedback is immediate and visible: change the code, reload the world, see whether the block behaves. That makes the jump from block-based coding to written code less abrupt than it usually is, which is the point where most children stall when they are learning alone.
Mentors write a note on every child after every session, so we know when somebody is ready to move up a level or would rather stay put.
More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join, and in 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society. Children can keep the camera off, type instead of speaking, and take a break without it disrupting anyone.
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Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what an hour actually looks like before you book anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
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