Minecraft update
Sep. 23rd, 2012 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lighterthanairLike with many games, I started a new Minecraft game because I was getting tired of how my house looked in my first game, and I couldn't be bothered to tear it down and start over. So, new game it is.
I've been making some good headway. My new game started on a small island with a hill, a perfect size for the castle I wanted to create. So I spent the last while tearing down the hill, making sure the land is flat, and piling up large amounts of cobblestone blocks into 5-block high walls around the whole island. I laid down the outlines of where I wanted the rooms to be, then started working on the roof.
So far, I have about half the roof finished, and most of the interior walls built up.
Once I get done the first floor, I plan to add on a second floor, too. Plus turrets. Possibly a glass observation tower at the very top, just because I can. That's part of the fun of Minecraft. Even if it can be a bit of a pain to get all the materials together, there's really nothing stopping you from building whatever you want, however you want it.
Food isn't a problem, thanks to a large patch of grass on my island. I gathered the seeds and started growing wheat, and now have a good supply of it.
Same with wood. Since I denuded my own island to take it back to bare earth, I expanded a neary little island and planted saplings there, so that I'd always have a steady supply of wood when I need it.
The downside is that I'm really running out of cobblestone that's easily accessible, and I've still got a lot of building to do. This is going to mean trips into the wilderness, and the building of temporary cabins so that I don't get exploded by Creepers or eaten by zombies or spiders. And while I don't really have a problem with this plan, some part of me feels annoyed when I have to build temporary cabins only to tear them down later. It seems like a waste, of time if not resources.
But it's either that or get face-raped by night creatures, and I'd rather build those temporary cabins than die constantly. And I need the stone, after all. True, I could always just dig under my castle island, but I worked so hard already to make that land nice and flat, and I don't want to have to ruin that just to get a few more cobblestones. I'll just go somewhere else and ruin their scenery instead!
This game, honestly, is far too addictive. It kept me up until almost 2 in the morning last night, and considering I've been used to going to bed at around 11, sometimes a little earlier, that's saying something!
I've been making some good headway. My new game started on a small island with a hill, a perfect size for the castle I wanted to create. So I spent the last while tearing down the hill, making sure the land is flat, and piling up large amounts of cobblestone blocks into 5-block high walls around the whole island. I laid down the outlines of where I wanted the rooms to be, then started working on the roof.
So far, I have about half the roof finished, and most of the interior walls built up.
Once I get done the first floor, I plan to add on a second floor, too. Plus turrets. Possibly a glass observation tower at the very top, just because I can. That's part of the fun of Minecraft. Even if it can be a bit of a pain to get all the materials together, there's really nothing stopping you from building whatever you want, however you want it.
Food isn't a problem, thanks to a large patch of grass on my island. I gathered the seeds and started growing wheat, and now have a good supply of it.
Same with wood. Since I denuded my own island to take it back to bare earth, I expanded a neary little island and planted saplings there, so that I'd always have a steady supply of wood when I need it.
The downside is that I'm really running out of cobblestone that's easily accessible, and I've still got a lot of building to do. This is going to mean trips into the wilderness, and the building of temporary cabins so that I don't get exploded by Creepers or eaten by zombies or spiders. And while I don't really have a problem with this plan, some part of me feels annoyed when I have to build temporary cabins only to tear them down later. It seems like a waste, of time if not resources.
But it's either that or get face-raped by night creatures, and I'd rather build those temporary cabins than die constantly. And I need the stone, after all. True, I could always just dig under my castle island, but I worked so hard already to make that land nice and flat, and I don't want to have to ruin that just to get a few more cobblestones. I'll just go somewhere else and ruin their scenery instead!
This game, honestly, is far too addictive. It kept me up until almost 2 in the morning last night, and considering I've been used to going to bed at around 11, sometimes a little earlier, that's saying something!
