Minecraft: Build Something Epic

For this quest, my job was to build something epic and be able to explain my creation. Minecraft is very new to me, so this has taken hours and hours and days to create the simple house below. I have learned how to mine and craft for all of the materials in and around my house. In order to learn how to craft I Googled Minecraft recipes and found Minecraft Gamepedia. This site has been essential in my learning how to craft.

I spent hours exploring this new world to collect the resources I needed. As well as lacking the ability to visualize, I also have zero sense of direction, so getting lost on my new world was always a huge problem. I must have crafted hundreds of torches and used them as my crumb trail to be able to find my way back to my house. My students explained I could make a map, but I haven't been able to find the resources for that recipe as of yet. I am the type of person that gets lost even using the map program on my phone, so I am not sure how well a map will work for me.

All that being said, I wanted to construct my house out of wood this time. I am a mountain girl and find wood very comforting/warming. I chose a space in the side of a mountain and began construction. I had to mine hundreds of cubes of dirt and cobblestone to get enough space for my floor plan. I chopped trees down and crafted wood planks and began building. I found sand and learned how to craft glass, I was very proud of myself; I didn't have to look up the recipe for that one. I discovered how to make beds and fences. I was also able to enlarge the pond so it is closer to my house. The house offers two great rooms and five bedrooms. It definitely needs some more furnishings. Later, I would like to go back and add in some gardens and learn how to garden.

 

  

 The view from the upper deck, you can barely see my pond on the right, down where the torches are.

 

 

I came home today and found 2 strays on my upper deck. I must have left the doors open.

For me, my house is an epic start. I can't compare it to anything like what the kids are creating in Lucas Gillispie's Worlds, but I am proud of what I have accomplished here. I can also say, I am hooked.