Here at Textbookly we are not just a business (we'll attitude wise), we are a group of nerdy college students with way to many side projects. Our team works hard and plays games, that's pretty much all we do.
Recently we picked up an awesome game, Minecraft. Our team discovered this Alpha title a few weeks ago and have had a hard time putting it down since.
What is Minecraft?
-Minecraft is awesomeness incarnate. In short Minecraft is a Zombie/Creature Survival // Builder // Mining // Crafting piece of art. It's coded in Java and can run on all big time operating systems also.
-Basically in Minecraft you start out with nothing, in the middle of a randomly generated expanding map and build your way up. During the night creepers/zombies/skeletons/spiders come out and attack, so building a shelter is advised.
-Everything in the game is breakable and building isn't limited, so you could build your fortress anywhere.
About Crafting
-This is a place Minecraft shines, you begin with a 2 x 2 crafting square and will need to build a crafting station that gives you 3 x 3.
-Basically all crafting items have schematics and ways you have to setup the goods that you have mined (or the wood you've got from cutting down trees, or food that you have farmed, etc) in order to create new objects. For instance you might need to build a torch for underground/lighting up a room. You have to put coal above a stick and that will give you a torch.
-You can build minecarts, structural items, sticks, pickaxes, axes, swords, armor, and more. (Notice I tried to use the most vague because the list is stupid long.)
Multiplayer
-Yes there is multiplayer, however you are limited to the Alpha Zombie Survival server or the free-to-play build server. And the Zombie Survival Server is lacking most of its features right now, but the features are coming quick. I can't wait honestly, building a fort with friends to horde off the zombies at night while one guy runs down the mines and gets items to craft so we can fortify and make the fort tougher. Or go out during the night with friends and raid other players for all their goods.
So whats the price?
-The game is currently €9.95 I can't fully remember but I'm pretty sure that is about $13.00 US (This price will double at the beginning of Beta.
-Is it worth it? Yes! I played the free build server for awhile before I bought it but I can assure you it's worth your 13$.
Link
http://minecraft.net
Screenshots
-Ill take some soon!
If anyone plays or has an opinion or suggestion on a game we should try leave a comment!
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