Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Note:
Welcome to The Overworld
The Minecraft world is comprised of three dimensions. You arrive in
The Overworld, the largest dimension. Over time, you'll make your way
throughaportalintoTheNether,Minecraft'sveryDante-esque“hellish”
dimension, and then finally into The End, a small dimension where
you'll fight the Ender dragon. That being said, most of your time will be
spent in The Overworld.
Chapter 12
, “
Playing Through: The Nether and
worry too much about that for now.
Your second main task is to scout for a handy cliff or mound into which you can dig your
first shelter or, failing that, a little bit of level ground so you can build the Minecraft equi-
valent of a shepherd's hut, even if it's just made from some dirt blocks.
Here, then, is a brief list of your first-day tasks:
Find a few trees and punch their trunks to obtain wood.
Turn the wood into planks and build a crafting bench.
Turn some of those planks into sticks.
Craft a wooden axe out of planks and sticks to speed up the collection of more
wood.
Craft a wooden pick to dig up stone, turning it into the cobblestone required to
build a furnace.
Craft a wooden sword, just in case.
Dig out a basic shelter.
Build a wooden door for your shelter, but you can also just block it off with some
of the materials you've dug up if you run out of time.
Build a furnace and smelt some wood to make charcoal.
Use the charcoal and sticks to create torches.
Optionally, find three sheep so you can build a bed.
That's quite a list, but it won't take you long. Think of it as survival of the quickest.
Tip:
Make Good Use of the Esc Key
Minecraft days are short, so feel free to press your keyboard's Esc key any time
you like to pause the game, and use it as often as you need.
