2011-07-17 - Minecraftian Plans

As you may be able to guess I play a fair bit of minecraft. Now it is said that minecraft is a game of plans and I agree with that. It is a wide open sandbox that allows you tons of freedom which means you need to provide your own directions and goals. If you don’t have a plan you will get bored really fast. I would like to share with you some of my current minecraft plans.

Plan 1 – Mine: Mining is always plan 1 because you need to mine in order to get resources to make things. I usually make my mines by digging out a long corridor and then digging side corridors off of that with two block spacing. The two block spacing means that you can see the majority of blocks in a section without having to mine all of them. Though sometimes I get bored and try to make squares and things.

Plan 2 – Giant sign: I decided that I needed to put my name on my land. I figured the best way to do with would be to make a giant lightstone sign so that my name glows. I currently have part of the framework built but I need more lightstone before I can start making the actual sign.

Plan 3 - Giant underground room: I am thinking of building a large lavish underground room full of bookshelves and fireplaces. I imagine it to have a very Illuminati meeting place feel deep below the surface. The kind of place a secret organization could meet and feel hidden but at the same time comfortable.

Plan 4 – Globe and hand: To mark the entrance to the underground cavern I plan to make a small tower. Out of this tower would be a good sized open palmed hand with a large sphere resting in it. The hand holding the globe fits with the secret organization feel of the room itself. I also want to figure out how to make something approaching a sphere out of blocks.

Plan 5 – Giant sphere: Working on the possible success of the last plan my far reaching goal is to build a huge sphere. Inside of this sphere will be a lake with a good sized island in the middle. This plan will likely not be finished for a while but it’s good to have long term goals. My main problem will be light, I want it to be enclosed but at the same time I don’t want it to be dark. I may end up either using lots of torches or having parts of the roof be made out of glass.