Week 2 of mine craft building I have started to develop all of my water ways to simulate the trade routes and near water passages that Henry Hudson discovered back in his day. Since the water ways and trade routes were one of the most important resources in the world of my explorer, I am making sure that I make it the standout of the world and also making it look as realistic as possible. I want to incorporate signs that label what water way is what but so far I have not been able to label the water ways yet. I also am currently trying to figure out how to spawn some kind of whales in the water ways to simulate Henry Hudson's whale hunting territory but I have yet to figure out how to do that. I will have little pieces of land within the water to represent little colonies that Henry Hudson comes across on his journeys.
As far as the land goes I have been adding in a stone foundation to build a top to ensure that the foundation of my land will be nice and solid. Since self sustainability also played a major role in the lives of the villagers, I have just been working to form pens with cattle and pigs and also trying to set up places for agriculture to. The only difficult thing that I dealt with during the second week of using mine craft is the problem with the portals leading to the worlds of my classmates and I. There was something that wasn't quite right with the server which made it difficult because people where being sent all over the map instead of just their own places. After we figured out the problems with that, we were able to move along smoothly and the progress that we have completed was not affected so everything was saved properly.
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The world that I started to develop in mine craft is the world of the explorer Henry Hudson. Five important facts to understanding the life of Henry Hudson is that he takes risks by sailing in to uncharted sea, he dedicated his life to exploration, he believed unity of the crew is most important, it was believed he was killed by sea by one of his crew mates and he was determined to find new lands and new civilizations. Some of the things I wanted to include in my explorer's world is different land with small civilizations, small waterway passages to use as trade routes and an open ocean with whales since whale hunting was a big part of explorers lives. I want to make sure that I include signs like a directory, maps and small informational billboard so the viewer can understand what each place and thing is.
To me using mine craft has been very difficult because of the fact that I have never used this software in my life and the controls are confusing. I do find it fun because there is endless possibilities to what you can build and create using this software. I have received lots of help with how to use certain things and some of the shortcuts and tricks to how to create a successful map. Since I just got computer fixed, I havenʻt had much time yet to build my key items in mine craft but I am pretty comfortable using the software. I have started the basic layout of my map so I have a good idea where I will put things. |