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Worlds built one block at a time.

Block Studio is where ideas become places. LEGO castles, Minecraft cities, and block-by-block inventions — each one starts with a sketch, grows through trial and error, and ends as a world I am proud to share.

Featured Build · Minecraft Education

Niagara Falls Theme Park — a world carved from a single block of grass.

The idea sparked while watching a documentary on waterfalls. I grabbed a foolscap paper and sketched out the whole park before opening Minecraft Education.

I started with a single block of grass, then pulled ten TNTs from my inventory and set them off with a redstone torch. The blast carved the cliff — I poured water down one side and named it Niagara Falls.

The Falls

Water, fences & art

Fences trace the edge of the drop. Balloons float from the railings and paintings by famous artists hang on the surrounding rocks. A lamp-lit staircase climbs alongside the falls.

The Rides

Coaster & viking ships

  • 🎢 Rollercoaster — spiral, drop, two hills · $50
  • ⛵ Long viking ship · $20
  • 🚣 Short viking ship · $10

The coaster was built from a custom code block that lays the whole track.

The Views

Three ways to watch

  • 🔭 Far — cheapest, panoramic angle
  • 👀 Close — mid-range balcony
  • 💦 Actual — right at the falls, priciest

The closer you stand, the more it costs.

The Souvenir Shop

At the exit, a souvenir shop sells unique paintings, balloons, and even vintage cameras — so every visitor leaves with a little piece of the park.

Featured Build · Makeblock Robotics

mBot Ranger — a 3-in-1 tank that thinks for itself.

Top view — the mCore control board, LED ring, and button matrix wired to the tank chassis.
Ultrasonic sensor 'eyes' scan ahead so Ranger can dodge obstacles on its own.
Front angle — dual ultrasonic sensor, line-follower module, and rugged rubber tracks.

The mBot Ranger by Makeblock is a buildable STEM robotics kit that transforms into three different forms — a Dashing Raptor tank, a Nervous Bird self-balancing bot, and an Off-Road Land Raider.

At its brain is the Me Auriga control board, packed with an on-board gyroscope, sound and light sensors, a temperature sensor, a buzzer, and a 12-LED ring. It talks to an ultrasonic sensor and a line-followerso it can see obstacles and follow tracks all on its own.

I program it with mBlock — drag-and-drop Scratch-style blocks that drop straight into real robot behaviour. Wireless control works over Bluetooth or 2.4G from a phone or laptop.

3-in-1 Builds

Three robots, one kit

  • 🐦 Nervous Bird — self-balancing on two wheels
  • 🦖 Dashing Raptor — tank tracks that grip anything
  • 🚙 Land Raider — off-road explorer
The Brain

Me Auriga board

Arduino Mega 2560 based, with a built-in gyroscope, sound + light sensors, temperature sensor, buzzer, and a 12-LED RGB ring — all on one board.

Senses

Ultrasonic + line

An ultrasonic sensor spots obstacles from centimetres to metres away, while the line-follower keeps Ranger locked on a track. Coded in mBlock, driven by Bluetooth.