Minecraft Mania

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Hey!
The end of this project has finally come. I've presented to the class all my progress and what I've learned, and it all went very well. Even though I did not complete all of my goals (the achievements one), I still think I progressed a lot and got a lot accomplished in such short of time. Even though the project is over, I will still be playing on the server with Braden and we will try to get all of the achievements, as well as other things. Overall, I think this was a great project, I've enjoyed it very much, and I'm hoping my next project will be just as great.

Thanks again! You are all Minecraft pros now!
Kyle

Sunday 12 January 2014

Ok so I'm going to go over my goals/plans to cross off which ones I've completed. Here they are:

- ~~Create a working Minecraft server in which my friends and I can play on~~
- ~~Learn how to manage the server, how to update it, and how to edit it~~
- ~~"Beat the game", or defeat the Enderdragon~~
- ~~Obtain the best materials/armour/tools in the game~~
- ~~Have a fully functional house/base that has everything I would need in order to achieve the above goals~~
- Complete all 33 achievements

I only have 4 achievements left to complete! So close!

Progress report!

I've had a very very productive day today. In addition to killing the Enderdragon, Braden and I worked on a lot of achievements. I only have 4 left. Here is a picture of the achievements page showing the ones I still need to do.

Hey!
GUESS WHAT! WE BEAT THE ENDERDRAGON!
Watson, Braden and I all went on together today and we got all our stuff ready and fought and killed him! It was pretty intense. Here are some pictures. They might not be the greatest pictures because I was taking them whilst fighting the dragon, so bear with me.

The Enderdragon through my pumpkin mask (a mask used to hide from the Endermen)

The healing pillars that we had to destroy before trying to kill the Enderdragon. (Somebody else's picture because I forgot to take one while I was playing)

Me shooting the Enderdragon (Take note of the health bar at the top)

The Enderdragon blowing up after we killed it!

Braden and I collecting the experience it dropped

The portal to bring us back home

The Enderdragon egg it dropped! (Kinda useless but cool)

The beginning spawn point for The End and a bridge we made

The End and the portal to bring us home

The "credits" after we killed the dragon and enter into the portal. It was kinda weird and suuuuper long. Don't really know what it's about. Just part of the storyline I think.

Saturday 11 January 2014

I've talked lots about my Minecraft adventure, but I haven't really explained about how I got there. I'm going to show you guys what my server looks like, up and running. Here it is:

I had to blur out some of the numbers and such just for privacy concerns, but that is what a Minecraft server looks like. Up in the top left corner is an application called "PortMap". It is used to give out my ip address for my server to find and use. To the right of that is an application called "LogMeIn Hamachi Launcher". It is used to hook my friends up into my server, if they are logged into my network. To the right of that, in the top right, is just a folder which is the server. It has a bunch of different folders inside of it which give properties and options in the server. And underneath the PortMap window is the server info, which in run out of "Terminal". That window just shows all of the information that is going in and out of the server. (Example: somebody dying, somebody joining the server, lag, someone gaining an achievement)

I will put some links here for you guys if you would like to make your own server the way I did, using the Minituff pre-made folder.

- PortMap

- LogMeIn Hamachi

- Minituff's video and downloads