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This is a rather surprising development to me, I didn't imagine that this would inspire writers, but I quite applaud what Minecraft does for creativity at all a
by chungy 10y ago
This is a rather surprising development to me, I didn't imagine that this would inspire writers, but I quite applaud what Minecraft does for creativity at all ages!
- dagw 10y agoMy daughter loves telling Minecraft stories when we are going for walks or in the car. They're long quite complicated stories about her, me, and her friends having various made up adventures in the Minecraft world. More often than not they'll spin off to include elements not possible in the game, but they always start in the Minecraft world.
- vblord 10y agoWow, that's really awesome. If you don't mind me asking, how old is she? Do you have any clue where she got her imagination/love for story telling?
- dagw 10y agoShe's 6 and at least the Minecraft storytelling aspect came from watching people do so on Youtube. There are a bunch of people on Youtube (Stampycat being her favorite) who use Minecraft do semi-scripted lets-plays/machinima stories and for some reason she finds this to be the most fun and interesting thing ever created.
- vidarh 10y agoIt's a fantasy world that is more tangible to them than most, because they can dip in and out at will and explore it more. I know for my own part, I can still remember part of the geography of various CIV games I played 10-15 years ago, and often elements of what played out. It's the same with Minecraft - once you get games like this, where the spatial aspects of the game world hangs sufficiently together, we're very good at remembering it. And what we're good at remembering, we have a better shot at describing well. That makes it a comfortable, safe, but still exciting starting point.