The Rocks and Minerals of Minecraft
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The Rocks and Minerals of Minecraft
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#2It's probably amazing to incorporate what we can do in Minecraft and convert it into a real-world object. Given that we will only use it for good purposes. It will drastically transform our world and imagine the countless possibility of the creative minds can do.
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#3The process of going from rocks to manufactured goods is fascinating, and probably part of the interest in Minecraft.
Obligatory link to a video showing the home refinement of iron metal from minerals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBt7IhHOFQ
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#4The process of going from rocks to manufactured goods is fascinating, and probably part of the interest in Minecraft. Obligatory link to a video showing the home refinement of iron metal from minerals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBt7IhHOFQ
The best ref on _primitive_ Iron production I've seen is acoup.blog ... also textiles, food, etc
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#6For a while I would work as a coder during the day, and in the evening I would work in the mines, for my son.
"Dad we need more iron ore. Dad, make sure the furnaces have coal in them."
Eventually my kid worked out that you can build generators, effectively coding it in MC bricks and providing infinite resources. Probably the first time he's coded something, he just doesn't know it.
This made my evenings a bit less monotonous to start with, but then I was managing a factory instead of hacking out blocks underground.
One thing I never understood about the game was how TNT and minecarts are supposed to work, economically. It seems you need to kill creepers to get TNT? That takes time, even if you make a farm. And then when it blows up, it doesn't really blow up enough blocks to make it worth the time, surely? Same with the tracks for minecarts. How does the investment pay off? You need a huge amount of iron to make the tracks, and all it lets you do is transport stuff about as fast as riding a horse.
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#7Strike the Earth!
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#8For a while I would work as a coder during the day, and in the evening I would work in the mines, for my son. "Dad we need more iron ore. Dad, make sure the furnaces have coal in them." Eventually my kid worked out that you can build generators, effectively coding it in MC bricks and providing infinite resources. Probably the first time he's coded something, he just doesn't know it. This made my evenings a bit less m…
Minecarts really are useful only to transport creatures around, and to distribute stuff from and to furnaces.
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#9It's probably amazing to incorporate what we can do in Minecraft and convert it into a real-world object. Given that we will only use it for good purposes. It will drastically transform our world and imagine the countless possibility of the creative minds can do.
Since you've got a pretty new account, here's a tip: Hacker News is not Reddit. This community takes a very dim view of sarcastic dismissiveness.
You're welcome to dislike anything you want, but generally speaking, let those of us that are more playful enjoy our whimsy.
Or, to borrow a phrase that's long out of favor - don't harsh the mellow, man.
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#10For a while I would work as a coder during the day, and in the evening I would work in the mines, for my son. "Dad we need more iron ore. Dad, make sure the furnaces have coal in them." Eventually my kid worked out that you can build generators, effectively coding it in MC bricks and providing infinite resources. Probably the first time he's coded something, he just doesn't know it. This made my evenings a bit less m…
> I never understood about the game was how TNT and minecarts are supposed to work
I haven't played for a long time but yeah it doesn't really make sense given that you have such a large inventory. If they added some extra difficulty level where the inventory is miniscule it might make more sense. Maybe they need to make mining slower and more rewarding per ore block as well.
Has to be a mod for this?