What Minecraft Is Missing

[justnotcricket]

If it makes anyone feel any better, at least the blue dye rarity issue is historically accurate =P

Since there's no easily obtainable blue pigment that is so bright and *blue* (if you think about it indigo is probably the closest, but it is still quite purply unless very dilute). the only way to get sky or royal blue colours was to grind up gemstones like Lapis Lazuli - which makes the colour ultramarine. This was so rare and precious back in the days before synthetic colours that it was worth more than gold, was the reason renaissance artists needed rich patrons (Borgias, Medicis, etc), and was the reason it was only really used for the robes of figures like Jesus or, more particularly, Mary.

Sorry...tangentially relevant historical lecture. =P

Since, in Minecraft, you're using pre-coal tar dye methods for getting all the other colours...

 

[triggrhappy94]

I think a way to make robots or something to help you do some of the mining or something, because I kinda got lonely

 

[Ashsaver]

I want furniture,lots of furniture i don't wanna arrange a bunch of wool block and pretend it's a bed anymore.

 

[blankedboy]

"Bursts of coloured confetti and sounds of fanfares and rounds of applause playing whenever you successfully kill an exploding bush monster before it gets to you.

That would be nice."

sounds like someone played a Halo game with Grunt Birthday Party on

There's actually shitloads of games that include that. TF2 comes to mind.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

I'd like to be able to mix materials when building tools, like a 2/3 iron and 1/3 diamond pick/axe/shovel/hoe. Ones like the aforementioned would be more durable than a normal iron pick, but still not as durable as a full diamond pick. There could also be certain limitations, like you can't do a wood and diamond pick, you have to have iron or above to mix with diamond, etc.

 

[AcidMittens]

Problem is if Notch put all of the ideas people come up with into the game it would lose its challenge. sure some things would be better such as more blue dye but a metal detector or other type of detector would make frequent players stand up and shout "FUCK!!!!" for all the hours spent trying to find the ore only to have a new, easier way of finding these ores. The satisfaction of finding diamond would be non existant and people would find the game too easy to play any longer.

 

[tehbeard]

http://www.minecraft.net/help.jsp <-- Somewhat a tutorial, It is out of the way I know. hopefully notch will add an integrated tutorial some time, along side sluice gates.

Minecraft is balls.... Less balls would fix it....

When you play minecraft you realise that your shoes need cleaning because that would be more fun. When minecraft is "fun" you know you should end your life. In fact it's the perfect litmus test for euthanasia.

I don't hate on your black ops/JRPG/RTS/, you don't hate on my mine-crack. Deal?

 

[hawk533]

And maybe water should be able to flow through doors as well.

I disagree the point of the door is to keep things out so I think if you did want water or lava to flow through it should be like a grate rather than a door.

Maybe it's just been a while since I tried this but I don't think water or lava will flow through an open door. I wouldn't want it to flow through a closed door obviously. If the doors let water in when open then I'm set. I hope the visitors to my house are ready to have lava dropped on their heads.

 

[tetron]

I agree with the sluice gate but then I haven't tried to make one so it might already be possible without any hassle.

I play this game online, with monsters off, and on a server that's practically creative mode so the rest of the stuff I couldn't really care about.

All in all from these suggestions I'd say, "not being beta" is what yahtzee thinks minecraft is missing.

 

[danirax]

about the detection system.... there are Mappers for that....

 

[TheScottishFella]

And maybe water should be able to flow through doors as well.

I disagree the point of the door is to keep things out so I think if you did want water or lava to flow through it should be like a grate rather than a door.

Maybe it's just been a while since I tried this but I don't think water or lava will flow through an open door. I wouldn't want it to flow through a closed door obviously. If the doors let water in when open then I'm set. I hope the visitors to my house are ready to have lava dropped on their heads.

Ahh, okay fair enough. I guess that would be a good trade, but you know still beta.

 

[blamehoffman]

I'd like a Compass built into the dsiplay screen; I havent found the materials to build one ingame yet and I'm fuckin tired of digging under ground for 40 minutes then tunneling your way out only to discover that you have no fucking clue where you are.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Like the idea of metal detectors or hints to large Iron/gold veins.
Also a mob of like wandering bandits would be good. They could like make camp around rich mines as an indicator.

 

[Trombone_Hero]

I personally would like a locomotive. I have multiple little projects all around my area but it takes forever to walk to each one... and I don't have enough steel to make drops for every rail system... and I can't figure out how to make powered minecarts work.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I like that Yahtzee describe's Minecraft as not being a game. Given that part of Ebert's rant against gaming was that it is always goal oriented and thus cannot be art, a game like Minecraft which apparently is all about creation with occasional exploding hedges, that seems a lot closer to art, and as has been said, no goal. Thus, a game with no goal but still creating art.

In other words, Yahtzee is perpetuating Ebert's rant about gamers, whereas anyone willing to accept that maybe Minecraft can be a game that is just the wide open sandbox, well that's a game that might be art.

In short, Yahtzee is the one now behind the times, ranting about the good old days.

 

[jawakiller]

a crossbow for S&Gs. and more uses for gold, it is so rare yet completely useless. hey guys! i just used 4 gold bars to make a clock. now what? and being able to teleport to the nether world in multi-player would be nice (i know thats difficult to do but its worth a shout-out) but its still an awesome game.

 

[jawakiller]

use the double minecart trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzGcirn15to it takes advantage of a popular glitch