Minecraft

[kindofdoon]

I don't care for WoW, but I love Minecraft.

[Fierce Deity]

I gave up on WoW. Minecraft looks fun, but it looks like it requires a lot of farming for materials. And "farming" is what I hated about WoW. I have a strict policy that has limited me to games that don't require an entire lifetime to finish. I like to move on from one game to another. Playing one game endlessly is regarded as the textbook definition of "addiction". Still, if you are getting some enjoyment out of it, it's worth it, right? 

[kindofdoon]

This may sound weird, but the farming is actually enjoyable. This is because (for me personally), other games confine you to a map and tell you what to do. Or maybe the game is non-linear and doesn't require you to do anything in order; still, even then, you are confined to a map. Minecraft is completely non-linear and completely non-map-confining. It is pure liberation to do whatever you want.

On the other hand, if getting any resources at all isn't your thing, you can cheat to give yourself resources and just build away.

[Fierce Deity]

The world that I'm assigned to, is the entirety of it mine-able? In other words, can I mine the world until nothing is left?

[tessspoon]

Yep, except for bedrock (the very bottom layer).

[kindofdoon]

But it takes a few hours of mining to get there. And it would take several lifetimes to mine every block; according to Weldon, each randomly generated map has 8 times the surface area of the Earth.

[Fierce Deity]

But it takes a few hours of mining to get there. And it would take several lifetimes to mine every block; according to Weldon, each randomly generated map has 8 times the surface area of the Earth.

It should be my lifetime goal then. I'll just hope my reincarnations can remember my password. 

Still, with these worlds built the way they are, has anyone tried to recreate a world from another video game? Like Azeroth from Warcraft? I think it'd be cool if someone tried to create a Daventry. Especially with all of the details that King's Quest fans have retained, they can create a Land of the Clouds above Daventry and an underground cavern for the Land of Leprechauns.

[kindofdoon]

Yay the forums are back up!  And on that happy note, I also have this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqVAxohYci4

I've actually done a bunch more work even since posting that video, like digging out the rooms in the basement and putting in a bunch of windows and stuff, but you get the general idea.

You must have missed this post. Weldon made the Castle of the Crown, and it is amazing.

[Fierce Deity]

Wow, that's amazing. Yeah, I must of missed that. I think I'm gonna try out Minecraft and see what I can do. I'll probably regret it later, but it looks kind of fun.

[kindofdoon]

Yay! You'll probably love it!

[wilco64256]

Another reason I love Minecraft - no monthly subscription fees.  Buy it once up front and you're good to go.  And the farming is better in Minecraft because there's no leveling involved - it's not like it progressively takes longer and longer for each successive block.  It's surprisingly fun.

I'm actually thinking (and this is down the road a bit, like sometime next year) about taking a shot at recreating the Mask of Eternity zones somewhere.  Minecraft has the ideal setup for creating areas like the underworld area (forgive me, I don't remember the names right off the top of my head) and the mines where the gnomes live.

[kindofdoon]

True, plus it's completely DRM-free as well.

[Fierce Deity]

True, plus it's completely DRM-free as well.

I'm sold! 

[kindofdoon]

Here's my latest project:

Minecraft - Redstone Door Lock

[drunkenmonkey]

Pretty sweet, doon.

[tessspoon]

Was the building on fire on purpose?

I still need to learn how that redstone stuff works...

[noonchild]

I'm not too good with it myself, but that's a cool lock!  The castle of the crown is coming along nicely as well, really impressed with that.


I've been working on a castle for a few weeks... will probably take a few weeks more.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4703/caste.png

[drunkenmonkey]

Is that a whole building of gravel, good luck with that. 

[tessspoon]

I'm not too good with it myself, but that's a cool lock!  The castle of the crown is coming along nicely as well, really impressed with that.


I've been working on a castle for a few weeks... will probably take a few weeks more.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4703/caste.png

Looks cooler than anything I've made so far!

[kindofdoon]

I'm not too good with it myself, but that's a cool lock!  The castle of the crown is coming along nicely as well, really impressed with that.


I've been working on a castle for a few weeks... will probably take a few weeks more.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4703/caste.png

That looks amazing!

Was the building on fire on purpose?

I still need to learn how that redstone stuff works...

I built this great wood cabin with nice glass windows so I could watch the sun rise...I thought it would be a cool idea to have a lava fountain inside of it...In retrospect, that was a terrible idea. I left the remaining pieces burning so that I could recreate the cabin using those few intact pieces as guides if I ever want to.

As for Redstone, there are plenty of helpful tutorials on YouTube. I linked to two in the description of my video.