Minecraft

Have you ever heard or played Minecraft? Most people do. I’m one of them! I did a poll and pretty much everyone I know is familiar with this game.

On May 17, 2009, a Swedish programmer named Markus Perrson; otherwise known as "Notch" created a sandbox indie game called Minecraft.

Minecraft allows players to create things no one has ever seen before with 3D textured blocks in their inventory. They are randomly spawned in a 3D world surrounded by mobs (A.K.A creatures) like sheep, cows, pigs, horses, and more. At night, monsters lurk in the darkness waiting to hunt you down. The monsters can be creepers, zombies, & skeletons. They all have special abilities to catch you. For example, a creeper can blow up when provoked. Creepers are VERY popular!

There are two modes to play in, Creative and survival. Creative is more likely to be used to build awesome structures. It allows players to have an infinite supply of everything. Also, they are given the ability of flight. On the other hand, Survival mode is more challenging. As its name states, you're basically surviving. You have a health and hunger bar that increases and decreases according to what activity you are doing. Players hunger bar goes down when they sprint or lose health. Players lose health when they fall great heights or get attacked by some sort of mob. Along with your health bar going down, your hunger bar goes down too! The only way to regenerate (heal) is to get your hunger bar back up. In addition to all of that stuff, you need to collect wood, mine stone, smelt ores (melt the metals) in order to survive. Basically, Survival is a pain to play.

Minecraft never gets boring because every few weeks, there is an update that would add new things to your Minecraft game. Right now, the most recent update is 1.6.4.  It removes bugs. In 1.6, horses were added but they would lag your computer. So that's why 1.6.2 and 1.6.4 fix bugs.

A con about Minecraft is that it costs a lot to buy the full version. You need to pay $26.95. But once you buy it, you won’t regret it.

This game teaches you to be resourceful and use the IB Learner Profile, THINKER. It’s a pretty complex game!

That's pretty much all about Minecraft. I LOVE it!

By: Jayde 

Posted by Mrs. Aimee Matsuura's Class