Minecraft Diary: September 19, 2010

I decided that I would make a diary of my adventure in Minecraft.  This is my first serious world, and I have been playing this for a couple of days with what little free time I have.  This is what I've been doing to keep my sanity at a time when my stress levels are high most of the time.

Anyhoo, the following picture is the inside of the perch that I made.  If you are caught outside at night in game, there are Zombies and Creepers that will attack you, and right now, I'm way to vulnerable to have that happen.  Later in the game, I can put on armor and go about hacking away at the creatures, but for now, the wise thing to do is to stow away somewhere in relative safety.

Note the glass areas on the floor.

Even though the Zombies and Skeletons burn up and disappear at first light, the Creepers, (which are the biggest danger because they explode) do not.  When daylight finally comes, I can look down to see if there are any by the front door, which would suck.  The Creeper would explode once it got near me, I would lose some of my life and part of my house would be decimated.

Here is the perch in daylight.  Down below the perch, I have a house where I keep some storeboxes for materials.  I have a ladder going up the column that takes me to the perch. Aw, goddammit!  You remember when I told you that creepers explode?  Well, one caught me off guard and you can see what happened.  That hole used to be a window.  At this point, I had to fill everything back in.  There is one good thing that came from this mishap. I was able to find a vein of coal, which is very useful early in the game.  I use it as fuel to make smelt iron, gold, and make glass, which can be used for various things. And here is the beginning on my excavation.  This is where my main mining will take place, where I will build my minecart track and have it lead up to here.  My plan is to make a fortress in a spot that is EPIC, but I am going to have to do a lot of mining.  There are dangers underneath the ground, though.  The farther I dig down, the greater the materials, but the nastier the monsters.  The same creatures that come out at night are also hiding where it is dark.  It will take some careful planning and patience to get this project going, because haste will only cause Creepers to explode and my precious, precious diamonds to fall into the lava. I'm still learning this game, but this is a good beginning so far.  The great thing about this game is that setback are irritating, but not irreversible.  I have to go to work now, but later on, I will start some serious mining and I'll keep you posted on the things that I find.  

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