About This Session
In this session, you will learn the basics of making Minecraft mods using Forge. Server mods let you change the way the Minecraft server works. You can make bigger TNT explosions, change the sound of entities, make zombies drop diamonds, create new crafting and smelting recipe and much more. This session will cover the basics of setting setting up Forge environment and an introduction to creating mods. We will create a few plugins. Make sure to bring your laptop. The list of software will be provided a few days before the event.
The Speaker(s)

Student, Devoxx4Kids
Aditya Gupta is an twelve-year old boy who loves to play and modify Minecraft. He also has experience in many other types of programming like Scratch, Java, Greenfoot, and Android. He is the youngest speaker ever at the Community Keynote of JavaOne 2013 showing how pigs fly in using Eclipse in front of 1500+ Java developers. He builds and delivers workshops for Devoxx4Kids and excited to teach programming skills to young kids like him. He is also a Boy Scout and like to tinker with LEGOs.

Vice President, Developer Advocacy, Couchbase
Arun Gupta is a Principal Open Source Technologist at Amazon Web Services.