Minecraft Round Up - Let's Play Dropper
In this week's Minecraft Mod Club, we are continuing our Minecraft Mini Game Series by coding our very own game of Dropper!
Dropper is a popular game in the Minecraft world where players are teleported high into the sky to start on a floating block. To win Dropper, the players have to fall from the top block and try to reach the bottom without being hit by any of the floating obstacle blocks on the way down - a lot harder than it actually sounds!
The floating blocks are generated using a function which repeatedly places blocks at random 250 times over. You can modify how high or wide your game of Dropper is by editing the coordinates in the randomisation code. You can also further modify this code to make it your own by changing the distance between the floating blocks or by giving the whole game a brand new look. Swap out the colour blocks for one of your choice - we love using the terracotta Minecraft blocks when restyling our worlds!
We also coded in a nifty feature which checks if the players are ever touching one of the floating blocks - if so they are teleported back up to the starting block which is very cool!
Furthermore, we coded it so that the blocks at the base are also checked for this condition - so if the players do manage to win and get to the bottom, they can simple stand on one of these blocks to be teleported back up from round 2.
Drop us a message in the chat to let us know how you did in Dropper - would you like us to hold a big Dropper game for our next Minecraft Mod Club online event?
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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The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
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.
The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details. Book a free taster session, see what it costs, or read about support for neurodivergent children.
