Yes, i started the last game hoping i could stick to it and blog about it and make a nice little record of adventures in the game, but there is something wrong with me and i can't seem to fully commit to a world...yet. i will build away happily for hours, days even! Then something happens and i can't stop myself, i open the singleplayer menu and delete the game. And then i start a new game, a new world generates and i set out once again, fresh! completely empty handed and ready to do it all over again. I liked the floaty home, but something wasn't quite right. and now its gone.
So i start a new game and spawn on a beach area with a hill-forest area in the distance, i do like starting in a nice sandy world, because that means there is possibly a fair bit of clay around!
Down the slope to my right is a nice patch of cacti which i quickly destroy in order to take the blocks for my own!!! they will make loveli barriers later to kill pesky mobs who come to close to my home and garden (getting a little ahead of myself here).
As i wander over the the forest area (to get some wood sorted) i meet some piggies, these i dispatch in order to gain their nice pork candies! thank you piggies, your spirit goes with eywa, your body stays behind to become a part of the people.I also find a tiny (one block) bit of clay on the way, and can't resist digging it up, i hope there is more in the area, its my fav building material! very difficult to get enough of.
I then roamed the forest bit chopping down lots of trees, i stopped to make some primitive wooden axes (useless junky tools) which i used up very quickly chopping down lots more trees. i collect a decent amount of wood blocks and masses of saplings to plant later.
Its a nice enough area here, right near my spawn point, beach and forest, but i decide not to settle down here. I prefer a starter base in a good solid stone cave, somewhere i can just whack a door down and spend that long first night burrowing into the earth, safely hidden away from the night time critters. So i venture along the coast further, keeping an eye out for that perfect spot.
And i spot something that looks pretty much perfect! a nice chunky island in the distance. This could house a nice mining system underneath, support a decent size garden on top, and its right on the water for a cute little boaty port (for speedy exploration later). There is a good stretch of water between me and this dreamy island, so i waste no time and throw myself in the water, starting my pathetic desperate paddle towards the landmass, it is painfully slow plodding through the water! and the sun is starting to set.
But i make it with time to spare, not enough to explore the island though, so i choose a hollowed spot on the cliff and burrow in for the night. with work bench set up i hastily make a wooden door and close the cave entrance with it. There is coal here so i have plenty of torches to light up my little space. I make a few picks and expand the new base! Digging away i find there is more coal and a huge vein of iron ore! HOORAH!!! (nerdy cheer for virtual resources.) By midnight the base is a roomy ...room, with a couple of furnaces smelting iron ore, and i have made a large chest to hold various bits and pieces i would prefer to not lose during the next day (disadvantage of living down in a cave, creepers like to fall on your head as soon as you open your door in the morning).
Out my little stone window the block sun is rising. Aww how pretty!
Once the sun has been up for a bit (and hopefully killed all the zombies and skeletons) i venture out of my cave. Immediately a sunproof creeper falls down from above and explodes near me (what did i tell you!) Now feeling a little shaken i CAUTIOUSLY climb the cliff and examine the forest zone. I meet a friendly evil spider! and take in some nice views of the surrounding area.
This view of the bay is one of my favourites, especially as i can see a big clay deposit!!!To be continued tomorrow. Victoria (NoodlesNZ- clay enthusiast) signing off!
