my journey

I've been playing minecraft since 2012.

over a decade. across multiple devices, versions, updates, everything.

and yet

somehow

...

I've never actually beaten the game.

...

I've played hundreds, probably thousands of hours, across single player, survival, creative, small private servers with friends, large public servers, and everything in between, but somehow, never actually sat down, and got to the end of the game completely on my own, no cheats, no mods, just.... minecraft.

...

so i started a new save!

I didn't want to just do a letsplay series on youtube. the combination of needing a lot of storage space and a lot of time to dedicate to editing and uploading videos, it just didn't seem appealing. That said, I still wanted a way to document my progress, so I thought I'd make a bit of a digital scrapbook!

this is my starter house! tucked behind the stairs, I have a crafting table, a furnace, and some more barrels. It's basically on top of a village, but I didn't want it to feel like it was just plopped right next to the village, I planted lots of trees around to make some cover and make it feel cozy.

this is a little bit better shot from the nearby hillside lol, eventually I want it to be very dense with trees!

the back garden of my starter house is one of my favorite spots.

my farm! I'm working on getting a villager trading hall going and crop trades are one of the easiest ways to get emeralds. I also love how the village houses look from there.

I've got a rudimentary trading hall going, it's pretty plain, but it's been useful in getting better items

I also found a dried ghast! I got him soaking in some water to perk back up =)