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Minecraft Science Theater 3000I am speechless. Bravo to “cantwearhats.”
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Keep the zombies off of Tom!
I would totally live in a Tom Servo house. The talented things people can produce in Minecraft never ceases to amaze me.
Everything I love in one image!
Of course, it’s all fun and games until a Creeper gets near the hoverskirt.
Wow. I’m not Minecraft savvy but yea that sure is cool. Good job!
What’s a Minecraft? And is it better than a Megaweapon?
*builds wooden shovel*
*begins digging to Deep 13*
no Gypsy?
I know little about Minecraft, I know it’s a video game, buy why do I keep seeing Minecraft related things all over the Internet?
Minecraft on the Internet. How did it get there?
I was expecting a scale replica of the S.O.L. like the trekies have with the USS Minecraft Enterprise, but this is still pretty neat.
#10 – All of a sudden I have a new idea for a Minecraft project. Thing is, can one really make a scale model of the SoL? Do we even know how big it is? :)
Minecraft 101
For those not in the know regarding Minecraft, and there seems to be at least a couple of interested parties here, it is an independently developed computer game that’s been out for a couple of years as an alpha and beta version and was released in its full version last November I believe. Even prior to that point, it had become a mega best-seller (not to be confused with a Megaweapon), hitting platinum sales of millions of copies (or licenses, in the days of digital download I suppose). It’s popular for a number of reasons. It’s sort of riding the crest of a new wave of indie game development made possible by the advent of digital download platforms such as Steam, Xbox Live, etc. Other indie games to gain a lot of popularity include Super Meat Boy, Terraria, Fez, and The Binding of Isaac. These games are popular for a lot of the same reasons indie movies are, namely that since they are developed outside of a studio system they tend to be more personal, more bizarre, and more artistically compelling (when they work out, of course, plenty of crap indie games as well).
Minecraft in particular is popular because it is essentially a creativity tool in addition to being a really fun and addicting game. It’s a sort of modular world that is for all practical purposes infinite (eight times the surface area of the earth is often cited as the capacity), in which you can harvest and place any kind of block you encounter (wood, stone, dirt, and many many more) provided you have the right tools. This is the mining component. The crafting component comes from using your inventory to rearrange and combine harvested blocks into new and more complicated blocks or tools. It essentially has two modes, a creative mode in which you can access and generate any of the blocks and build basically whatever you can imagine (albeit in modular block form). This is further complicated by the capacity to generate engineering components such as wiring, pistons, etc., to build complicated machinery and logic circuits. The other game mode, survival, has all of this as well but includes a day/night cycle, the spawning of various sorts of monsters, and any blocks you wish to acquire must be located and gathered/crafted in world, rather than simply pulled out of a menu like a box of legos. You have a health and hunger meter to manage as well. This mode is therefore more geared towards exploration and adventure than the generation of mega-structures, though that is still entirely possible if you are patient enough. The lack of an ability to fly, as in creative, and the presence of fall damage will however mean you will need to employ scaffolding and similar techniques for more ambitious projects than simply creating a house for a safe place to stay at night.
This is all a really simplified explanation, as there is still new content being added. If you want a good practical example of what it’s like playing Minecraft, check out a Let’s Play on Youtube. Let’s Plays are recorded video game sessions with live or sometimes post-recorded commentary by the folks playing the game, often of a humorous nature (sound familiar?). There’s tons of series out there for Minecraft alone. One of the more popular ones is the Yogscast, which has a number of ongoing Minecraft series. I’d try and start at their first Minecraft video if possible, as that is the best introduction to the game in its earlier, less complicated form and is a sort of learn as you go experience. There are other more informative series out there as well, but the Yogscast tends to be one of the more consistently entertaining ones (admittedly, I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of these things).
As a quick follow-up to the last post, here’s a link to the video I mentioned.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=ELK85b7_N8iDQ&feature=plcp
This link is for a well-produced fan-made trailer if you want a more general look at what goes into the game (for survival mode, anyway).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5fS4RF3ht0
I’ll close by saying this is an amazing game (hence it’s bloated internet presence) and is an amazing value for its money (something like twenty, twenty-two dollars). It is also available now in pared down versions for mobile and Xbox Live platforms.
……yeah, but……..how does it compare to MEGAWEAPON???
#10 and #11 – Already got you covered. ;) Did this over the course of a weekend:
http://www.angelmapper.com/img/misc/SatelliteOfMinecraft2.jpg
http://www.angelmapper.com/img/misc/SatelliteOfMinecraft3.jpg
http://www.angelmapper.com/img/misc/SatelliteOfMinecraft4.jpg
http://www.angelmapper.com/img/misc/SatelliteOfMinecraft5.jpg
http://www.angelmapper.com/img/misc/SatelliteOfMinecraft6.jpg
And a video of it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x23yj6P-qGo
That’s a lovely job you did there on the S.O.M., Rachel, especially in such short amount of time. :yes:
Well, that’s it, Rachel, you’re officially my hero. Freakin’ fantastic work, and you made an interior besides! Huge props.
#14 – I’d say it compares favorably to Megaweapon (uh oh, there’s another idea for a Minecraft project right there.)
“We’re huge!”