I also decided to add a cobblestone facade and wool flooring to my house. Once again, the dorkiness of my morning was high, but I can see why kids love this game.
Lastly, while planting seeds and thinking about the bread I made from the wheat I planted, I started wondering about the trees I'd pillaged to build my house. In the process, I learned about saplings, which sometimes fall from trees when you cut their leaves. I have planted my first sapling, but will have to wait and see whether it likes the spot I chose.
I love it! I have the same thrill - I enjoy gardening in real life but it's so much faster in Minecraft. Seeing the little sheaves of wheat pop out when the wheat plants have matured - dorky, perhaps, but very satisfying...
ReplyDeleteI liked your concern about sustainability. This is a concept I like to pursue with students - as in yes, you can go ahead and kill off the sheep/pigs/cows or clear cut the forests but what happens when you don't have anymore? How about learning how to breed/grow them or in the case of sheep, learn to shear them. This is also a significant area of interest for teachers who teach with Minecraft. There are a number of worlds from the MinecraftEdu World Library that have a sustainability theme to them.
Sally
HA! Dorkiness does not even come close to describing you! You're not at that level by any means!
ReplyDeleteI spent three hours last night wandering through and getting hooked. Here's how "bad" it was for me: I dreamt about it MULTIPLE times last night! I have also grown a bit, and it comes up fast. I have grown a number of trees, of a variety, and they were up within maybe an hour so you could harvest them.
I have also been searching through the Minecraft Wiki and various YouTube videos to figure out how to accomplish different things. I am working on a boat next. Have fun!