Does anyone else play Minecraft?

[Mattroid]

This is rather old news by now, but Minecraft is currently free because of some server issues. Once everything is back up, you'll have to buy the game in order to keep playing.

Anyway, I had played off and on a while back, but with the latest update, I'm actually getting into it now. A friend of mine set up a server so we can play multiplayer, which is a lot better.

I won't go into all the details about it, but will say that it can be insanely addictive, despite the graphics...it's basically a sandbox game where you don't have any "real" objective other than to stay alive. You spawn in a randomly generated world, where you must mine stone, ore, etc in order to build shelter and craft tools, weapons, traps, etc. Some of the public servers out there have some insanely elaborate maps.

Home page/Download
Wiki/Crafting recipes

 

[Mattroid]

Ever spent a load of time doing something only to ruin it yourself?

 

[Mattroid]

Looks like the free version is back online for anyone who wants to check it out (you still need to create an account). This version is pretty limited - no crafting, enemies, etc. You basically are allowed to build whatever you want and have unlimited blocks to do so with. "Alpha" is much more involved.

http://minecraft.net/play.jsp

 

[zzaz3]

Thank you for this... I am now addicted.

 

[Mattroid]

Thank you for this... I am now addicted.

My job here is done

 

[Mattroid]

Epic trailer of epicness.

 

[Mattroid]

So I'm playing on a friend's server and he builds this giant fucking robot.

Then he logs off for the night.

I did what any self respecting gamer would do when the sysop logs off...

I call him mecha-wang.

 

[osver]

You still have time to give him a set of cock-hands...

 

[ncfiala]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/working-16-bit-computer-built-inside-minecraft/

 

[Mattroid]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/working-16-bit-computer-built-inside-minecraft/

I heard about that yesterday but hadn't gotten around to watching it until now. That redstone dust is some basic, yet complex shit.

 

[StreetzKing]

shit is wild, I played around in the free version. build a castle and then took away everything underneath it LOL was floatin there. is the full version worth the 15?? Only being able to play the basic I wouldnt know what to expect really

 

[Mattroid]

shit is wild, I played around in the free version. build a castle and then took away everything underneath it LOL was floatin there. is the full version worth the 15?? Only being able to play the basic I wouldnt know what to expect really

It's closer to $13, I think, unless he upped it in the last few days. Once the final version comes out, it's scheduled to be closer to $20.

For me, it was more than worth it. My gf and I have had a blast playing the multiplayer, even though there are tons of bugs in Survival Multi. For her, she sees it as "what Animal Crossing should have been" in terms of building crap and farming, etc; whereas I just love the exploring and the impressing shit some people do on the public servers (just search YouTube).

To each their own. I think the idea is that if you like the free version, then you'll love the paid version. The free one is VERY limited in that all you do is build, but have unlimited blocks. Not all blocks are available, though, and crafting and enemies are not available.

While I don't agree with people going to random servers and destroying people's shit (cause a lot of it takes HOURS), but the simple vandalism with your buddies is fucking hilarious (like mecha-wang up there). I didn't damage the robot at all, only added to it, and it'll only take him like 5 minutes to remove it if he wants to. Either way, it had us all rolling last night.

So yes, if you have even the slightest creative bone in your body, love collaborating on shit with friends, or just want to see what can come from such a simple concept in the future (remember, it's only in Alpha right now - once multiplayer is fixed, it'll be Beta - but it's FAR from complete), then $13 is a small price to pay.

 

[StreetzKing]

is there a single player aspect to it? I would buy it if I had a group of people to play with. if this was on xbox I would without a doubt already be playing it. I just dont know anyone who plays via pc anymore. I like the idea of the game definitely seems like a lot of fun

 

[Mattroid]

is there a single player aspect to it? I would buy it if I had a group of people to play with. if this was on xbox I would without a doubt already be playing it. I just dont know anyone who plays via pc anymore. I like the idea of the game definitely seems like a lot of fun

Yeah - the game itself is single player, but there's a multiplayer version. Multiplayer is much more bugged than single player is, which sucks. For example, damage is disabled in multi because apparently it was so bugged that the game was almost unplayable. This means you can't hurt yourself, others, or even enemies. That means they can't hurt you either, but it takes any challenge out of it, which is a shame. That's part of why multi ends up being more of petty mecha-wang-like antics than actual "survival," as the game mode is called

You could probably join up on my friends server for multi, if you wanted to. As long as you don't come in and destroy anyone's stuff, I don't think he'd mind. I think the server can probably handle a few more people...it lags the more that log in at a time...most people seem to say their servers crash around 20 people. I think we have 5 at the moment.

If you get it, let me know and I'll talk to my friend to see what he thinks and message you the IP to connect to.

Here are some good reference links regarding game modes, crafting, etc:

Minecraft Alpha information
Game modes
Crafting recipes
Known bugs
Known bugs in Survival Multiplayer
Minecraft forums - very active!
Public server list

 

[Mattroid]

Scary updates coming!

http://www.minecraft.net/boo

 

[Mattroid]

Since the boo update went live recently, I built my first portal to hell in single player. I didn't get any pics of hell since I was too busy running from pig men and fireballs. It was pretty awesome, though. The sounds are creepy as shit!

 

[Mattroid]

Holy hell, an entire working subway system.

 

[Hyde]

I'm going to bump this thread up again.

Minecraft is a really cool game. Plus, its only about $13 right now. If you haven't tried it out yet, give it a shot!

I'm currently working on a new texture pack for the game for texture pack competition. I'm about halfway done with it right now, but still need to work on all the monsters.

 

[Mattroid]

Any n00bs? Someone want to start a KLOV server?

Hyde, how did your texture pack turn out? Got a link?

 

[StreetzKing]

I wanna play as much as possible, me and zzaz3 been playing like crazy and its awesome but not enough!!!



I also wanna say, this game pisses me off more than any other game. I have never gotten into a server in one try. I always have problems. Sometimes its great and some days its like noooo wayy