I have a survival world that my younger siblings occasionally join on. I mostly focus on building but do have the occasional small redstone project. I think the main thing that’s helped me is accepting that I don’t have the time or the discipline do do the things I see other people do online. It might help that I’ve only been playing for 3 years so there are still a lot of things in the game I haven’t done. My inspiration with the game is also driven by the content I consume, mostly Hermitcraft. The important thing is to find the thing you enjoy most. I personally enjoy worldbuilding and making every build with a purpose and story. If you don’t have anyone IRL to play with then joining a whitelist server could be something to try. Or maybe a public server with lots of minigames.
I play it once a year for like 2-3 weeks playing nothing else (with maybe a few extra plays here and there).
But I like doing it as if it’s some engineering project. Like in my current world the biggest thing right now is making a road from spawn to where I’ll put the base. But it’ s survival in an amplified world, and I’m forcing my self to make the road like it would be in real life, first I did a survey so find the route with the least need for (in order of priority) tunnels, bridges, and “blasting”/rock cutting. Then I clear cut the “right of way” then constructed the road from the tree farm and quary/mine to the first bridge location and make a nice looking bridge with a stone brick retaining wall and staircase down to the lake. Also I’m adding in retaining walls and supports where realistic. It’s kinda fun and so far has resulted in a lot more scenic and impressive looking road than the usual strategy of boring a straight line to the destination and treating bridges and tunnels like they are free.
Hey OP. Can you give me some insight into how you play and enjoy the game? I’m always exhausting myself with my negative thoughts. 😮💨
Go play an older version. I’ve been playing Beta 1.7.3 with the Better Than Adventure mod and having a blast
I have a survival world that my younger siblings occasionally join on. I mostly focus on building but do have the occasional small redstone project. I think the main thing that’s helped me is accepting that I don’t have the time or the discipline do do the things I see other people do online. It might help that I’ve only been playing for 3 years so there are still a lot of things in the game I haven’t done. My inspiration with the game is also driven by the content I consume, mostly Hermitcraft. The important thing is to find the thing you enjoy most. I personally enjoy worldbuilding and making every build with a purpose and story. If you don’t have anyone IRL to play with then joining a whitelist server could be something to try. Or maybe a public server with lots of minigames.
I play it once a year for like 2-3 weeks playing nothing else (with maybe a few extra plays here and there).
But I like doing it as if it’s some engineering project. Like in my current world the biggest thing right now is making a road from spawn to where I’ll put the base. But it’ s survival in an amplified world, and I’m forcing my self to make the road like it would be in real life, first I did a survey so find the route with the least need for (in order of priority) tunnels, bridges, and “blasting”/rock cutting. Then I clear cut the “right of way” then constructed the road from the tree farm and quary/mine to the first bridge location and make a nice looking bridge with a stone brick retaining wall and staircase down to the lake. Also I’m adding in retaining walls and supports where realistic. It’s kinda fun and so far has resulted in a lot more scenic and impressive looking road than the usual strategy of boring a straight line to the destination and treating bridges and tunnels like they are free.
I should play it again…