Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 1.5
Change your Minecraft world name so that you can better keep track of
each as you create multiple files.
Now that you're up and running, turn to
Chapter 2
to start the survival tutorial, or keep
reading for a little more background information.
Choosing a World Generation Style
Minecraft provides three basic world-generation styles. The default World Type provides a
traditional Minecraft world, even if each of those worlds features different topology above
andbelowground.Thetwoothersare
LargeBiomes
and
Superflat
.Usuallybiomes(think
of them as individual ecosystems) are quite small and can be traversed easily, providing
diversity of terrains and ecosystems in each world. Selecting Large Biome increases their
size 16x, making for much more extensive biome traversals. A superflat world is actually
completely flat except for any generated structures. If you select Superflat, you'll also gain
access to new customization options and a range of presets for different types of superflat
worlds.
So which biome is for you? The default setting is great for starting out. Each biome con-
tains different resources and their smaller size in this setting makes them easy to traverse
