H here once again! In this post I would like to tell you about a really cool indie game called Minecraft. The home site of Minecraft can be found at www.minecraft.net.
In Minecraft the game world is procedurally generated every time you play, and that game world is made up of (1 meter by 1 meter) cubes of various materials, i.e. dirt, glass, stone, metal, which you can collect, later you can place the cubes to create structures within a block world. You can use the “classic creative” version so see if you like it for free. There is a version that contains a lot more content for $20. The goal of the game is to survive, of course you can just bury yourself in some dirt for the whole game, but that would not be very interesting, instead you could build anything: a castle, a pyramid, an underwater dome, or an underground cave complex, just about anything you can imagine; at least until nightfall when all sorts of nasty creatures come out to get a taste of your yummy brain. Also while you’re building during the day you will encounter creatures like cows, chickens and pigs. Nightfall and sunrises are really nice to watch.
If you search Minecraft on youtube you will likely find all manner of videos exhibiting the many and varied Minecraft creations, that is what makes Minecraft special, even though the graphics may seem “bad” they actually have a sort of charm to them, and you can build literally anything.
Check it out! I have created a variety of creations from castle, to hobbit holes, to underwater domes. Send me a post if you check out and let me know what you think.
-H-
