DECONSTRUCTING COMPUTER GAMES

MINECRAFT

By Callum Kennedy

WHAT “WORLD” IS IT SET IN? You play in a randomly generated world, Every world is different.You can also use seeds which are unique codes or words that allow you a certain map

WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE GAME? The main character is Steve.

ARE THERE AND NON PLAYABLE CHARACTERS? (NPCS) Yes, there are many such as; Animals – Sheep, Pigs, Cows, Chickens, Ocelots, Horses, Squids, Bats and MooshroomsEnemy's – Blaze, Cave, Spider, Creeper, Ghast, Magma Cube, Silverfish, Skeleton, Slime, Spider, Spider Jockey, Witch, Wither, Skeleton, Zombie, Zombie Villager

There are also normal Villagers who you cant play as.

WHAT PERSPECTIVE DOES THE GAME USE? (2D, 3D, FIRST-PERSON, THIRD-PERSON, SCROLLING, AERIAL) First person, Third Person, and they use 3D animations

Third PersonFirst Person 3D

WHAT DO YOU PLAY THE GAME ON? (CONSOLE?, PC?, MOBILE PHONE?) I play on Xbox, but you can play on PC, Mobile Tablet etc…

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE GAME? There is no main goal in Minecraft, Just two rules “Mine” and “Craft”, its essentially in the name, Just make sure you have a house to live in by Nightfall, Don’t want those creatures killing you.

WHAT RULES ARE THERE? You do not dig straight down.

Your best, fastest, and nearly infinite source of food is mushrooms.  Get the mushrooms, add bone meal. harvest, cook, repeat.

You don't need a house to have shelter. A pickax can be just as effective as a sword.

Learn to strafe.Skeletons are snipers. They will pop up out of no where, so learn to avoid their arrows.

If you can't find your home base? Build another one.

WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? There are none.

CAN YOU CHANGE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL? There are 4 Difficulty‘s – Peaceful, Easy, Normal and Hard.

WHAT REWARDS CAN YOU GET? You can get achievements for completing different aspects of the game

IS THERE A STORYWake up on a island and hit some tree’s

WHAT GENRE OF GAME IS IT?  Minecraft is a sandbox indie game

WHAT AGE GROUP? All ages

WHAT GENDER? Male, Female or alien

HARDCORE GAMERS OF CASUAL GAMERS? Anybody!

VIDEO LINKS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj27qUi8Ilc