ive been playing this game since 2011 when i was in middle school and im still coming back to it. im sinking hours into it after work while my puppy sleeps next to my desk and my gf is working evening shift. its such a cozy game and reminds me of when i spent all day after school playing MC and other games w friends. its not just nostalgia tho, its just such a cute game that can be whatever the player wants. after all this time, i still derive so much joy from exploring a new world, building a sprawling estate, spelunking, and even just mining. even tho MC doesnt track ur hours played, im certain its my most played game
just wanted to share that i love this game 
I tried to get into minecraft ages ago but it wasn’t easy. I had to learn that among the things you’ll have to do, is craft two things that you’ll then use to craft another (for example), or learning that there’s lots of (gadgets? machines?) you’ll be able and will need to build to make other stuff. Then night comes for the first time and you’re wrecked by a monster because you have no idea what you’re doing. My current save game has a long line of blocks going straight up, and then a giant landing atop it so I can just build up there instead and avoid the monsters.
I’m having trouble really sinking into the game as I’m having trouble really getting it, but I do feel like it’s a great game if I can just learn how it’s to be played.
Have you watched anyone else play Minecraft or played with anyone else? I feel like the game got popular because everyone was watching Minecraft let’s plays on YouTube, so nobody was really going in blind. Imo Minecraft doesn’t reward you much if you go in blind, there’s no big surprises, it’s just a bit confusinf
The only way to really surprise people is by actually bothering to fix chest loot tables in modpacks. They think you’re God
You might be interested in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76lcBpDbvw
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Some of the later versions show you how to make stuff within the UI. This is not cheating- the original game had people reading patch notes and knowing what to do. The recipes aren’t designed to be “figured out”
That knowledge makes the game make way more sense. I also remember running around punching zombies and hiding in a dark hole the first time I played
I had a hard time differentiating between creepers and zombies in the dark of night (mind you, it was Beta 1.5 and the night was dark). Suffice to say, the beach that I had settled on looked like Omaha Beach by dawn.
Yeah I remember playing back in the day and it was so fucking hard to see at night