D&D Meets Minecraft

[weem]

Anyone else out there playing Minecraft like it's your new job?

I've been helplessly addicted to this game for the past two weeks or so. In fact, I spent so much time playing this last weekend I had to push off tonight's game as I was not prepared (I let the players know on Sunday, so it wasn't too last minute or anything).

Anyway, for fun I did one of my usual D&D mashups, though this time with a Minecraft twist...

You can see the full size version here...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I hear that game is pretty popular...even in Chile! (They won't let the miners play, though..."too isolating.")

But I've never played it. I'm trying to complete the last 1 or 2 challenges of Peggle...between attempts to boost my Bejeweled high score.

Hmmm...Dungeons & Peggle?

 

[weem]

It's very addicting. It's one of the first things you will hear from most people who play it including myself.

If you are trying to finish a current game (or any activity really), I suggest completing it/them first before checking this out, hehe.

With that said, it is very fun. It's easily the most fun I have had with a game that cost $13. The free version lets you mess around sandbox-style building/destroying to your hearts content which is really fun, but it's the 'survival' mode that really sucks you in

 

[Cor_Malek]

Hehe, it's surprisingly addictive, yeah Back with the Indev version (because the game is still in Alpha stage of development, so new things are added all the time, although pre-purchase is possible) I'd just dig into mountains and think "Huh. Doesn't this remind me of dwarfs".
I have a confession to make though. I've played it for several hours, um... without making any tools. Still "mined" iron, though. And, yeah - it's better if you actually get some ore out of the business

Then again, you can plant lot's of trees, and cut them down if they don't grow as big ones, until you can build Elven City on the treetops.

Or just roam around as a hunter gatherer, watching out for the damn creepers (Creeper on a high cliff you're walking below? Scary.)

It's like Lego meets Sims - the Hunter Gatherers, and meshes it with mechanical devices. And trains

I dig almost exclusively with stone tools, just to save all the metal I can, for cart tracks

BTW - they do plan a Dungeons and Levers mode, although it might join the game in late Beta. It's context is dubiously described:
Toodledo : Public To-Do List for Notch

 

[MichaelSomething]

A friend of my hates the game... because he knew he would be hopelessly addicted if he brought it.

 

[jasonbostwick]

I got this and Civ V in the last two weeks, and have barely even thought about RPGs...

The most addictive part about Minecraft is that there is no natural stopping point. With Civ, you can say "one more turn" for hours, but after each turn you get a small break in the action.
In Minecraft, you can end up going into your tunnels to look for a few iron ore and still be exploring them 6 hours later.

 

[OchreJelly]

Ok can someone give me a quick rundown on this game? I have watched youtube videos and looked at the site and still haven't been able to quite place it.

Is it basically an open-world building game? Are there creatures or things that threaten you?

 

[Cor_Malek]

Ok can someone give me a quick rundown on this game? I have watched youtube videos and looked at the site and still haven't been able to quite place it.

Is it basically an open-world building game? Are there creatures or things that threaten you?

In survival mode, yeah - there are various creatures that can harm you. Some are nocturnal (and killed by sun), some (spiders) are aggressive only by night, some can threaten you anywhere (damn creepers!).
It's essentially a sandbox meets Lego meets Engineering toys.

Gathering resources and having a shelter from dangers is essential. To gather some resources you need to either have special tools (ie - to mine stone, you need a pick, even wooden will do. To mine metal, you need at least stone pick, to gather redstone - at least a metal one (redstone can be used to make simple electronic mechanisms)). The tools wear out, so you don't want to overkill. Especially, since many resources are scarce or difficult to get. If you run around with all metal tools, you'll have more problems to get enough to build a train-track. And if you get killed... Well, they'll still be where you were slain, but you'd have to go all the way back there (assuming you remember the way), and face what you've already lost to.

As with Lego, a lot of people play it in different ways. But the main I've seen are:
- building some kind of structure/city
- "Dwarf-mode": you dig and gather resources, build often complicated train infrastructure, and at some point you'll "dig too deep" and face lots of hostile mobs. On surface it's a lot easier - during day you have to worry only about creepers. But underground everything is hostile, all the time.

But I'm not giving it it's justice. It's free to test it, so just go to minecraft site and try it yourself. You might want to explore crafting recipes yourself, or use aid of Minepedia.