Minecraft

[Mino]

As is my habit, I spent an ungodly amount of time playing this game last night/this morning. I started by making a giant, rectangular, ugly wooden building on top of a hill, which you can probably make out in the distance in the pictures below. After that, I started mining the *censored.2.0* out of everywhere, mostly just trying to learn the game's mechanics and whatnot. After I made several interconnecting (yet very, very crude) mines, I decided to make a decorative waterfall on the cliff face in front of my wooden-house thing. That went nicely, and I decided to go to sleep. While lying in bed I got an idea, and instead of sleeping for the last two hours, I went and did this:

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This is my floating water-castle thing, seen from another hill. It's not finished yet, but I'll show you some interior shots when it is. I somehow managed to run out of stone. :/

Same view, but at night.

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[Mino]

One more picture:

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From atop my aforementioned wooden-house-thing. I'm considering putting in a 7th waterfall on this side, one that splits into two over the entrance.</div>

 

[Mr. L]

I can't believe what all of you guys built, hopefully my crafting skills will be great too :l.

 

[Mino]

I can't believe what all of you guys built, hopefully my crafting skills will be great too :l.

It really is quite simple. Once you understand the environment you can build pretty much anything you want.

It helps if you were the kind of child that preferred blocks, Legos, etc. over other toys, though.

 

[Zoroua]

I have a funny story. I built a big fort out of wood then I burnt it down by accident...

 

[Mr. L]

I can't believe what all of you guys built, hopefully my crafting skills will be great too :l.

It really is quite simple. Once you understand the environment you can build pretty much anything you want.

It helps if you were the kind of child that preferred blocks, Legos, etc. over other toys, though.

Oh, that's a relief. Also, how to you get to your floating castle thing if it's in mid air?

 

[AndyB]

I can't believe what all of you guys built, hopefully my crafting skills will be great too :l.

It really is quite simple. Once you understand the environment you can build pretty much anything you want.

It helps if you were the kind of child that preferred blocks, Legos, etc. over other toys, though.

Yeah that kind of imagination/creativity really helps.
And very nice floating castle Mino, it's given me an idea with the mountains I found recently.

 

[Mr. L]

Question, is it better to build a base outside or underground?

 

[AndyB]

Question, is it better to build a base outside or underground?

If you are playing on peaceful difficulty, it doesn't really matter. Outside is probably better to start off with. If you can set up somewhere near a cave, or where you started digging... that helps alot.

 

[Mr. L]

Downloading it now !

Question: How do you decide which mode to play?

 

[Mr. L]

I can't really do anything, it won't let me smash through types of blocks.

 

[Mino]

I can't really do anything, it won't let me smash through types of blocks.

This may not be your problem, but are you holding down left-click? It takes a certain amount of time to get through the blocks, depending on what type they are and what type of tool (if any) that you are using.

 

[Mr. L]

I can't really do anything, it won't let me smash through types of blocks.

This may not be your problem, but are you holding down left-click? It takes a certain amount of time to get through the blocks, depending on what type they are and what type of tool (if any) that you are using.

Oh, thanks. Also, how to exactly craft tools?

 

[Mino]

I can't really do anything, it won't let me smash through types of blocks.

This may not be your problem, but are you holding down left-click? It takes a certain amount of time to get through the blocks, depending on what type they are and what type of tool (if any) that you are using.

Oh, thanks. Also, how to exactly craft tools?

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting

That will tell you how to craft everything. But first you'll need a workbench to craft most things. Find some trees, and get all of the wood blocks from the trunk. In the inventory, take your trunk blocks and put them into the crafting grid at the top of the inventory screen. It should turn them into planks, which you can then grab and drop into your inventory. Next, take four planks and put one in each slot in the crafting grid. Use right-click to drop just one item from a stack. That should produce a workbench block. Grab that and put it into your hands (by placing it in the bottom-left slot in the inventory.) Now right-click anywhere in the game to place the workbench. To use the workbench, you right-click it. The workbench has a larger crafting grid and is therefore required to craft most things, including tools and various other things.

 

[Gnome]

Downloading it now !

Question: How do you decide which mode to play?

The client you're downloading plays the Alpha so don't worry. that's the one getting updates.

 

[Mr. L]

Downloading it now !

Question: How do you decide which mode to play?

The client you're downloading plays the Alpha so don't worry. that's the one getting updates.

How do I get infdev? Or is Alpha infdev?

 

[Gnome]

Downloading it now !

Question: How do you decide which mode to play?

The client you're downloading plays the Alpha so don't worry. that's the one getting updates.

How do I get infdev? Or is Alpha infdev?

Alpha = infdev

 

[AndyB]

So after getting the Cartograph I know my next goal.... dungeons.
There's quite a few nearby to my castle, not too far to walk. No doubt going to need alot of tools though.

 

[Gnome]

Gentlemen, behold my future home.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Nice, everyone. Yeah, being a Lego whore as a child helped quite a bit.

My pet sheep still hasn't escaped, either!