Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Starting a New Game
The Create New World screen shown in
Figure 1.5
allows you to set a few essential para-
meters. Just follow these steps:
1.
Type a name for your world in the
World Name
text box. You can use the default
“New World” multiple times because Minecraft keeps the saved game files separ-
ate, but doing so can become a little confusing over time.
2.
Click the
Game Mode
selector to choose between Survival, Hardcore, and Creat-
ive modes. (See “
Singleplayer Game Modes
” later in the chapter for more inform-
ation.) For now, leave it on Survival.
3.
Click
More World Options
. Ignore the
Seed
field at the top for now. You can read
about it later in “
Seeding Your World
.
” Ensure
Generate Structures
is On so that
Minecraft can populate the world with villages, temples, pyramids, and dungeons.
This is an essential gameplay element. Leave the
World Type
as Default (see the
next Note). Set
Allow Cheats
to On. We'll walk through a few of the basic cheat
commands in this and the next chapter. Finally, leave
Bonus Chest
set to Off.
When turned On, this option places a chest with a few random but typically useful
items near your spawn point, but we're going to start from scratch.
Note:
Cheats, Really?
Minecraft's “cheats” are a series of commands accessed by tapping the
/ key, or the T key. Cheats reset the time, change game modes and diffi-
culty on the fly, allow you to set a spawn point, teleport to another loca-
tion, and more. They mostly provide a host of commands that help with
managing players on shared servers, but they can also save your bacon
in Survival Mode. I've suggested setting cheats here so that you can ex-
plore some ofthe different options, butafter youknowthe ropes,it'snot
a bad idea to turn them off for a survival experience that's true to form.
4.
When you've finished, click
Create New World
. Welcome to Minecraft!