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The latter. It's totally possible I'm missing something, but I checked the site's wiki and can only seem to pick up flowers, beat cows to get meat, and pick up

The latter. It's totally possible I'm missing something, but I checked the site's wiki and can only seem to pick up flowers, beat cows to get meat, and pick up tiny little trees. How does one actually PLAY?

Groxx 16y ago
An utterly massive part of the game is through crafting: http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting You can't get anywhere without it, and yes, it's very boring if you're not a total-sandbox-fan playing multiplayer. And the game does utterly squat to inform you that it exists. It took me an hour of poking around before I found that page, and then it all clicked. So maybe I should warn you: it gets way more interesting when you start crafting. You start planning. Exploring. Fighting back against the zombies. Some caves are massive - light them up and find veins. Earning the ability to build your floating fortress is strangely rewarding. It's also an oddly beautiful game in its simplicity - your lit caves are visible from a long way off with a soft glow, and you'll quickly find that light means safety... until the spider-riding skeletons start chasing you when you venture too far. And it's kind of creepy how quickly you start to feel ownership over what you've made.
- endlessvoid94 16y ago
  Yeah, I found that page. The problem is, I don't see any zombies. All I see is terrain and flowers. And the occasional cow/sheep. Do I just need to keep looking? What am I looking for? How do I get the different types of blocks? I found some by hitting the sheep (or whatever they are) but the same thing didn't seem to work on trees or terrain. Gah. I do enjoy the freedom of the game. But I need to do something soon or I just lose interest and quit.
  - Groxx 16y ago
    Playing... infdev? or alpha? I think only Alpha has enemies. Or whatever the free weekend played. edit: With only exploration I didn't get any real interest. Personally, I'll probably get hooked when larger mobs come out, and when you start having to defend during the night from mobs which damage your fortress. Otherwise your investment is always secure, and there's no real threat that can't be solved by boxing yourself in and getting a sandwich.
    - endlessvoid94 16y ago
      alpha
      - Groxx 16y ago
        And no mobs at night (edit: single player?)? Not sure, there might be a glitch, or you've got an old version. It's pretty easy to get killed the first night. Another possibility is that you're too high up. They seem to cluster in the valleys, the "mountains" sometimes almost empty.
        endlessvoid94 16y ago
        Wait, so I need to kill enemies to obtain something besides flowers, meet? I just need a HINT. I have no idea what to do! I've seen one day and one night and I am in the same place. Am I looking for something?
        Groxx 16y ago
        General starting point: punch some tree trunks to get wood, press "i" to open your inventory, and turn it into planks => wood. Build yourself a sword and some basic tools (arrangement of items matters), and start digging around in the stone areas / exploring to find caves. Digging totally randomly is unlikely to be too productive, so find caves to start. Find stone blocks with black specks, and use your pick to get coal - combine with sticks to get torches. Enemies spawn at night anywhere it's dark, so lighting caves is important to your safety. Beyond there, it's mostly an exploration / building / sandbox game. It's not an appealing game model for everyone, though, so it may just be that it doesn't click for you (though give it a bit of time).
        endlessvoid94 16y ago
        I'm starting to think I'm running a buggy version, because punching trees does NOTHING. Unless i have to punch it 10000 times, in which case, fuck this.
  - daychilde 16y ago
    Go to options and change "difficulty" from "peaceful" to something else.
rsaarelm 16y ago
Punch a tree trunk into logs, then craft a wooden pickaxe. Then go dig some coal and rock. http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting This took me a while to figure out, since the pickaxe is the key to starting up all the crafting chains, and making the first axe head out of wood isn't very intuitive.
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cdawzrd 16y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VWnQHS-ffs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VWnQHS-ffs http://minecraftwiki.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35905&sid=0b598d57d70da327a4329a294847252a http://minecraftwiki.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35905&...
il 16y ago
I was very confused at first too. This tutorial helped: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19065 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19065

Groxx 16y ago

An utterly massive part of the game is through crafting: http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting You can't get anywhere without it, and yes, it's very boring if you're not a total-sandbox-fan playing multiplayer. And the game does utterly squat to inform you that it exists. It took me an hour of poking around before I found that page, and then it all clicked. So maybe I should warn you: it gets way more interesting when you start crafting. You start planning. Exploring. Fighting back against the zombies. Some caves are massive - light them up and find veins. Earning the ability to build your floating fortress is strangely rewarding. It's also an oddly beautiful game in its simplicity - your lit caves are visible from a long way off with a soft glow, and you'll quickly find that light means safety... until the spider-riding skeletons start chasing you when you venture too far. And it's kind of creepy how quickly you start to feel ownership over what you've made.

endlessvoid94 16y ago
Yeah, I found that page. The problem is, I don't see any zombies. All I see is terrain and flowers. And the occasional cow/sheep. Do I just need to keep looking? What am I looking for? How do I get the different types of blocks? I found some by hitting the sheep (or whatever they are) but the same thing didn't seem to work on trees or terrain. Gah. I do enjoy the freedom of the game. But I need to do something soon or I just lose interest and quit.
- Groxx 16y ago
  Playing... infdev? or alpha? I think only Alpha has enemies. Or whatever the free weekend played. edit: With only exploration I didn't get any real interest. Personally, I'll probably get hooked when larger mobs come out, and when you start having to defend during the night from mobs which damage your fortress. Otherwise your investment is always secure, and there's no real threat that can't be solved by boxing yourself in and getting a sandwich.
  - endlessvoid94 16y ago
    alpha
    - Groxx 16y ago
      And no mobs at night (edit: single player?)? Not sure, there might be a glitch, or you've got an old version. It's pretty easy to get killed the first night. Another possibility is that you're too high up. They seem to cluster in the valleys, the "mountains" sometimes almost empty.
      - endlessvoid94 16y ago
        Wait, so I need to kill enemies to obtain something besides flowers, meet? I just need a HINT. I have no idea what to do! I've seen one day and one night and I am in the same place. Am I looking for something?
        Groxx 16y ago
        General starting point: punch some tree trunks to get wood, press "i" to open your inventory, and turn it into planks => wood. Build yourself a sword and some basic tools (arrangement of items matters), and start digging around in the stone areas / exploring to find caves. Digging totally randomly is unlikely to be too productive, so find caves to start. Find stone blocks with black specks, and use your pick to get coal - combine with sticks to get torches. Enemies spawn at night anywhere it's dark, so lighting caves is important to your safety. Beyond there, it's mostly an exploration / building / sandbox game. It's not an appealing game model for everyone, though, so it may just be that it doesn't click for you (though give it a bit of time).
        endlessvoid94 16y ago
        I'm starting to think I'm running a buggy version, because punching trees does NOTHING. Unless i have to punch it 10000 times, in which case, fuck this.
- daychilde 16y ago
  Go to options and change "difficulty" from "peaceful" to something else.

rsaarelm 16y ago

Punch a tree trunk into logs, then craft a wooden pickaxe. Then go dig some coal and rock. http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting This took me a while to figure out, since the pickaxe is the key to starting up all the crafting chains, and making the first axe head out of wood isn't very intuitive.

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cdawzrd 16y ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VWnQHS-ffs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VWnQHS-ffs http://minecraftwiki.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35905&sid=0b598d57d70da327a4329a294847252a http://minecraftwiki.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35905&...

il 16y ago

I was very confused at first too. This tutorial helped: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19065 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19065