Survival is a near-perfect example of what we hope developers mean when they start talking about "emergent gameplay." Beginning with nothing but the ability to punch the hell out of things in a variably hostile and procedurally generated world, you can with a little effort and luck and time build something worth bragging about to your disinterested family and friends. Build a house or a lake or a farm or a subterranean lava maze, brick by fucking brick. Hunt spiders for thread. Kill pigs for delicious ham. Master the red flower. Run out of torches so far beneath the earth that digging upwards in a panic is as likely to get you a face full of lava as it is to get you a face full of ocean. Build shit no one else has ever built in places no one else has ever been.
This afternoon Corey Peters suddenly yelped and jumped out of his chair claiming that a Creeper had gotten into the new training map he was working on and that it was blocking his ability to get any work done. This was followed a few minutes later by Jon Lippincott claiming he couldn't finish up his code because he had run out of Iron Ore. Even as I write this I can hear Dave Riller telling a story about how he beat a sheep to death with his bare hands to make a new set of pants and a woolly hat...
...In Minecraft you carve out your own little empire in the wild, building just about whatever you want while the natural world tries to slaughter you every nightfall. The game's box-like representation of reality is cute and definitely charming...until a horde of cute box-like skeletons rip your cute little box-like arms from your cute little box-like body in a spray of cute little box-like blood and gore.
I've been playing it occasionally, and recently got bored of my first world and generated this thing after some tries:
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2250/minecraftin.th.png) (http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2250/minecraftin.png)
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4623/minecraftin2.th.png) (http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4623/minecraftin2.png)
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4204/minecraftin3.th.png) (http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4204/minecraftin3.png)
I'm going to be playing around with this one a bit, for sure.
You really don't have to do that, as the world is generated as you go along.oh but what if I like to have awesome geometry generated near to my start position instead of walking around for a long time to find such?
FUCKlol, I've walked past windows before just to end up freaking out when a creeper suddenly jumps up
(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2595/fffffffffffffffffffffffwg.th.jpg) (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/fffffffffffffffffffffffwg.jpg/)
HE'S COME FOR ME I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN
I've always been vaguely interested in this game, but never got around to dropping 20 dollars on it.I think this might answer your question. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94)
How complex can you make your buildings? :V
Like for example, if I really had the timeand the aspergersto recreate say, the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower, could it be done?
Now if only you could make tickets ...Pardon?
My game froze for about a minute and I could only hear explosions after explosions. I really can't wait to bomb the hell out of Hell. Should I try again with 10 times as many explosives?I filled an entire mountain with TNT using a map editor and set it off from a distance with a lava arrow while recording with Fraps.
also minecraft space program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM)
Put a saddle on the pig and mount that fucker to the moon!
also nobody ever uses my server :<I've only played Multiplayer on Classic, is the Multiplayer different in the Alpha? What does your server have?
also nobody ever uses my server :<
I went on esoterica's server and fucked around a bit.Wait, what? I don't remember putting any gold anywhere.
What's up with the gold blocks and why can't I right click them?
Wait, what? I don't remember putting any gold anywhere.
Your server's at 24.197.176.245:27015 right?oh right that
I joined there and there was some floating islands, some diamond armor in a chest, and a sign that said "DO NOT RIGHT CLICK GOLD BLOCKS". The gold blocks were in the middle of these strange formations made out of cobblestone and bookcases.
I can't connect anymore, else I'd take a screenshot.
I've made my own teleporter using the log blocks, hope that's okay :VPerfectly acceptable, saves me time too. :V
EDIT: I wish the portal tiles wasn't hardcoded into the game, I wanted to make Yukari gapsI don't see why you wouldn't be able to. It's just another block like everything else.
Touhou (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5fkJ73fLGg)
also nobody ever uses my server :<
also minecraft space program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM)
I think I'd be interested in giving your SMP server a go. I only just found out now that there was a minecraft thread here.I'll let you know when Runecraft gets updated, then. Since the current Runecraft conflicts with the Halloween update I can't host until that gets fixed. :<
I just finished the Hakurei Shrine, sort of.Awesome. I should locate a good mountain top for a Moriya Shrine.
The shrine's gate (http://i53.tinypic.com/141qgkn.jpg)
The shrine itself (http://i51.tinypic.com/2us8rjr.jpg), I think it might be too big
The donation box (http://i51.tinypic.com/2ywzn0o.jpg)
The inside of the shrine (http://i54.tinypic.com/2v3q9g7.jpg), I might need to hire an interior decorator
Genjii's pond (http://i54.tinypic.com/3132lud.jpg)
The small house at the back (http://i54.tinypic.com/ilhpcg.jpg), this will be used as a waypoint for the Runecraft mod
and the Underground entrance.
Would this also entail adding Parsee's bridge, the Ancient City, the Palace of the Earth Spirits, and Utsuho's playground?
I haven't gotten too deep into Minecraft yet, but I'm not sure you'd be able to fit all that in the space between ground level and the void below the map. :ohdear:
It'a probably gotta be a huge mountain. Youkai mountain also has the Tengu Village near the top, Kappa Village near the bottom, and the Underground entrance. We could try to get people to help us make other key areas of Gensokyo so we can then put them together with a map editor. I was thinking of making the Palaquin Ship next but the wiki says that it was turned into a shrine near the Human village. Maybe I could make both the ship and the temple and have a teleporter in the temple that takes you to the ship.I was really only going for the shrine and the lake on a mountaintop, not an entire rendition of the mountain. I'm not even sure if there'd be space on the map for that. :v
I'm sorry if it seems that I'm asking for too much, it's just that I think it would be really cool to have a server with the World of GensokyoIf I'm not mistaken there's multiple Gensokyo servers on creative. I remember watching my friend screwing around on one where he found the Sanzu river at the bottom of the map, eventually leading to Shikieiki's office.craft. I'll probably try to do most of the work anyways.
Palanquin Ship operational (http://i51.tinypic.com/mi2geo.jpg)
Now with more TNT cannons (http://i55.tinypic.com/2unx8hl.jpg)
Captain! Prepare to arm the cannons (http://i52.tinypic.com/2j41xy1.jpg)
Added a third floor (http://i55.tinypic.com/2czyerc.jpg), though I don't know what to put here. I can make this room as long as the ship.
nonono thats not what I meant, but very useful information that'll stop my cannons blowing to peices.I believe I remember something like that being mentioned regarding the update.
I mean I've not been able to get TNT to blow up by adjecent redstone wires, only wires feeding straight into the TNT appear to work.
I dunno if this is a result of the haloween update maybe...?
EDIT: Spend hours building a 42-TNT cannon, have it break due to misfire, end up accidentally saving because your finger slipped when turning down the volume after forgetting how loud it would be. FML
There are hacks that let you spawn materials or/and you can set the difficulty to peaceful and there are no monsters.The SDM vid actually was creative, though. :V
So so so I got Minecraft today.
I spawned in an area filled with sand. Not too many resources = Rough first day. I saw cacti and freaked out because I thought they were all creepers. I met a creeper for real later on. I was curious about what the sizzle sounded like and ended up getting hurt.
I recommend it!Pigmen zombies, too.
Also, is it true that Ghasts can't be hurt by (fire/lava/something) anymore...? :ohdear:
Also, SMP?survival multiplayer
survival multiplayer
Guh. I died. Now I can't find my cave-house. Has it been erased?Unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, it shouldn't have been.
Wow D: I'm glad I bought it already.
I purposely avoided this game for the longest time because I knew it was the sort of thing that would consume my life. Sure enough, once I bought the alpha and played it, nobody saw me for a week...
not going to become a Touhou fan he said.
And if they use the code before the 20th, it'll be marked as Alpha and thus get all the Alpha benifits.Actually, it's if the code is purchased before the 20th that it creates an alpha account. Notch has said that if it is used afterwards, it will still give access to the Alpha benefits.
Sure wish I could have a gift code, but I guess I'll have to have my friend help me get an account before the beta rollover.
One more day left before the beta. I am curious if the author will make the mine carts more efficient. Their speed is to cry for while it was suppose to be a "faster form" of transportation. And I know about the boosting glitches, but they are annoying to build.
Say I always wondered. What does Notch mean with you don't have to pay for updates when you buy the alpha? Yes, it's obvious what he means, but who makes their customers pay for updates? ???
Well if I recall correctly. Notch explained that he wouldn't be fixing the minecarts till around Beta. Also Notch hasn't done his final Alpha update which still needs to be done (leaf decay). I think it's because he's in the middle of participating in a 48 hour indie game design contest, so knowing him he might not have it done till on or after that the beta date (maybe he'll delay beta for a day or two)Oh so that's how it works. I was always thrown off by the word 'update'.
More or less it's like this:
For Alpha players, all update will be completely free even after the game is offically released. (as in past beta and in release form.)
From there, add ons and expansions (yes Notch has mentioned about expansion packs for Minecraft) will be free for you after the offical release.
But for the Beta player, once the game is offically release, any exspansion pack that comes out after the offical release. Players from beta and beyond will have to pay for those little expansions. (they will still however get bug fixes for free!)
Some ideas that are mentioned include "Zombie Seige".
One more day left before the beta. I am curious if the author will make the mine carts more efficient. Their speed is to cry for while it was suppose to be a "faster form" of transportation. And I know about the boosting glitches, but they are annoying to build.It's not hard to put three carts on a 2x2 track. :V
Gift Codes are now up, and Notch's team has redesigned Minecraft's website.
So now you can give someone you know minecraft if you like! : )
And if they use the code before the 20th, it'll be marked as Alpha and thus get all the Alpha benifits.
Sure wish I could have a gift code, but I guess I'll have to have my friend help me get an account before the beta rollover.
And I don't want to die and never find it again. :ohdear:
and never find it again. :ohdear:
Bah, cartograph is cheating.
If you wanna keep things honorable, just use a compass and track your way to your spawn point, leving a torch trail.
That way, day or night, if you die, just follow the torches and you'll be back at base. (and maybe pick up your stuff again)
That sounds like the coolest bridge anyone has ever made.
I'm having more fun just wandering around and digging on Peaceful instead of building and fighting. This game has the best random level generator ever, and it's strangely beautiful. Like this loop thing (http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1417/20101226182110.png), or a waterfall and lavafall combo (http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4639/20101227213014.png). I also discovered a gigantic cave system that took two hours to explore, just exploring the natural caves instead of digging... every time I thought there was a dead end, it just kept going.
Hmmm... think I'll give SMP a chance...
... I really, really hope I don't log in when it's 'night' on y'all's server.
/me logs in, sees creeper, screams, dies. :ohdear:
Not to mention that caverns are linked all together in a clever way.
HALP IT DONT WORK
it says my pc lacks openGL acceleration or something. and Intel doesn't let me download the required software.
Oh! I didn't try any server, because I got distracted by Higurashi. :V
But that will likely be my situation. :ohdear:
Azure - A little-known fact is that most large cave systems actually go on forever; a lot of the dead ends exist only due to blobs of dirt/gravel, and peoples' unwillingness to dig through them! Other times, it seems like, "Oh, I found a [cave/new branch of a cave I'm already in]! ... Oh, wait a minute, it only goes on for about ten blocks. Ah well." But if you just dig through a stone wall in the right place, that tiny cave/branch leads to a massive cave system that goes on forever!Yeah, I noticed this while exploring a giant cave system with Raibys. We would find a branch in the cave, then split up. 5 minutes later one of us would say "wow, this is awesome, come look at it", and the other person would start digging straight towards the nametag of the other person, but then discover another long cave halfway there. Or we'd stay together and take one branch, then reach a dead-end, dig around a bit, find another cave, follow it... then discover that was the other branch we missed. It's so much fun!
Well, I won't let it be! You'll have a fun time, dammit, and you'll like it! D<
...
But, seriously- let's find a fun server for you, ja? :3 What do you know about SMP plugins? Do you have any that you particularly like, like Runecraft or Craftbook?
Yeah, I noticed this while exploring a giant cave system with Raibys. We would find a branch in the cave, then split up. 5 minutes later one of us would say "wow, this is awesome, come look at it", and the other person would start digging straight towards the nametag of the other person, but then discover another long cave halfway there. Or we'd stay together and take one branch, then reach a dead-end, dig around a bit, find another cave, follow it... then discover that was the other branch we missed. It's so much fun!
My knowledge of SMP is the following:
It exists. :V
It's fun playing in my friend's server, except those annoying monsters at night. I died three times in the hands of creepers. :U
Holy crap that's a lot of text. And I'll give your server a shot sometime. When I stop getting distracted by Higurashi... :ohdear:
Also, a smaller (or newer or whatever...-er) one would be better, personally. I'm like you, too many people or too much 'holy crap look at what he built'-ness kinda puts me off.
When I stop getting distracted by Higurashi... :ohdear:
Higurashi... :ohdear:
Don't bother searching for a server. Just get Hamachi (for setting up the network), get Minecraft_server.jar/.exe (http://minecraft.net/download.jsp), and get a few friends together. It's much, much better that way. Everyone knows each other already, you can set it up exactly to your desires, and you get no restrictions at all.
I want the server to be entirely in The Nether! n
I want hostile monsters to spawn, including creepers! y
I want friendly animals to spawn! y
I want to be able to kill other players, and for other players to be able to kill me! I'd say y if there were a way to limit this to a certain area, but there unfortunately isn't, so n
I want /kit basic to give me one of each stone tool and a stone sword! y
I want to be a/an [builder/mod/admin]! y to mod, but I don't think I'd be active enough to justify it :c
Oh that ain't cool... :ohdear:I don't know. Some experimentation has led to the discovery that it only crashes when I try to launch the game through Steam, so I seem to be fine now so long as I remember not to do that @_@
Are there any threads on, say... a Minecraft site that could help?
I don't know. Some experimentation has led to the discovery that it only crashes when I try to launch the game through Steam, so I seem to be fine now so long as I remember not to do that @_@
I want the server to be entirely in The Nether! n
I want hostile monsters, [including] creepers, to spawn! y
I want friendly animals to spawn! y
I want to be able to kill other players, and for other players to be able to kill me! n
I want to be a/an [builder]!
I want fall damage to be disabled! n
I want fire damage to be disabled! n
I want water damage (drowning) to be disabled! n
I want lava damage to be disabled! n
Yeah, but the new update also includes colored cloth (http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4387/20110114011354.png)! It's really fun to play with.Notch finally added colored cloth back in? Awesome.
http://img214.imageshack.us/i/9man.png/ (http://img214.imageshack.us/i/9man.png/)
I did 9 Man from 999. It's my first attempt at a skin and it's not very good, since arms mirror and it looks like he's wearing 2 bracelets.
I hope you like it :ohdear:
Moustache? The eyebrows are his glasses :(
protip: never make a fireplace in a wooden house (http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/371/20110121142219.png)
Sympathy :( (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/sympathybritonriviere.jpg/)Personally mine was a reaction more of Hilarity and Depression (http://www.sebastianspeaks.com/images/hilarity.jpg)
I'm planning to buy the game, I'm guessing that offer of a free alpha account a few pages back was already taken, also:
So what exactly are the system requirements of this game? I have been thinking of getting it for a while, but my computer is just all kinds of old and terrible and buying a game only to be unable to run it wouldn't be very fun.Minecraft... well, I'll put it this way: It can lag just about any computer if it wants.
You can try the free browser version and see how badly it runs, then make your decision I guess.I didn't even know that existed; thanks for telling me. Messed around a bit in classic mode, and it seems like my computer can handle it just fine with the next-to-shortest rendering distance setting, so I guess that is a somewhat good sign.
That's it, I've fucking had it with this game and its crashing every few minutes.Setting the fog distance to normal/short seems reduce the random crashes alot for me, you should try that out.
Every time it crashes and I load it back up I respawn in a fucking wall and have to rush back to where I was praying my shit didn't disappear.
Awwww. My log/wood fireplace that never burned out just burned out cause of the changes. Now I need to mine obsidian so I can go to the Nether and get some of the red blocks there.
This glitch scared me the first time I saw it.Those glitches are handy :V helps you find diamond and gold faster :V
Those glitches are handy :V helps you find diamond and gold faster :V
Those are all pretty cool! You should apply a slight texture to the skin and other smooth areas though, so it's not just a single color. 3D perspective "breaks" if you use a single color with no shading, and Minecraft has no shading for character models. If you're using Photoshop, a simple Add Noise filter set to a small amount works wonders.(http://oi56.tinypic.com/nfmj6d.jpg)
Cirno and Satori definitely need a longer skirt of some sort, in addition to what Azure said. Bit too much leg.
I totally want that Aya skin, though. Wow.
I could see a... okay bad term coming up, but... 'block' or so more skirt on Satori'n Cirno.Well, I can't edit the actual shape of the model so adding skirts is kind of impossible. :(
Lookin' nice, though!
You should just make a skin for every Touhou character. I'm sure quite a few people would like that.
On a related note, I'm working on a texture pack (http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4018/20110228024848.png) that makes some things easier to see, and also makes it more cute because cute is good.
nightmares in that link
So anyone been hearing about this "Nations at War" server?Nope. Mind telling us about it?
If anyone still needs a free Minecraft account to play with- one that's been paid for during Alpha, so it will receive all future updates for free, even after Beta ends- just send me a PM.On this subject, did you change the password? I can't seem to log in to the minecraft website :wat:
Any image editor that supports the alpha channel (transparency). Most people use the Gimp.