Oh, and this video show some of the accolades Journey has received if you're curious about other peoples' thoughts, as well as showing a wider variety of the environments in the game.
Oooh! I get to proselytize - cool! I'm happy to tell you about them.
thatgamecompany specialises in games that are more about an experience and/or an emotional state than mastering difficult game mechanics or hours of grinding. They're usually quite short - Journey is probably the longest at about two or three hours - designed to be played in one sitting to create a single experience, like you'd watch a movie. In terms of gameplay and style they are most often compared to Shadow of the Colossus: an awe-inspiring, explorable world with as much thought given to the emotional impact of the story and surroundings as the gameplay.
Flow was actually a thesis project, and you can play it online here. But it made enough of an impact that Sony signed them for a three-game deal for the PS3. They improved and re-released Flow as the first one, Flower was the second, and Journey is the third.
Here's the description of Journey:
Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with other’s.
You wake alone and surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop which is your goal.
Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. The goal is to get to the mountaintop, but the experience is discovering who you are, what this place is, and what is your purpose.
Travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. Soar above ruins and glide across sands as you discover the secrets of a forgotten civilization.
Featuring stunning visuals, haunting music, and unique online gameplay, Journey delivers an experience like no other.
There's even a free, downloadable demo. The only thing that sucks is that it's only available on the PS3.
Anyone else played Journey yet? (For those of you not familiar with it, it's a PS3 exclusive by the same folks who made Flower and Flow, just released this week.) I've played twice through now, once on my own and once with a companion, and have been completely blown away by it.
I'm not generally given to posting on random older threads, but I just had to say that this is by far the most elegant combination of form and function in Minecraft farming I've ever seen. Wow!
Joining the chorus of thanks! Even if the anvil update doesn't happen, just wanted to let you know that you've made Minecraft just that much more awesome for my friends and I on our server over the last few months, and we really appreciate it.
Can anyone confirm if you still need to start a new map altogether for a jungle, or if it will now generate in new chunks on an older map? Really don't want to lose our existing SMP map just to get a jungle...
Just wanted to say thanks for Minutor - it's been a wonderful help to finally see what our server world looks like from above! I even managed to locate where I died from above (no mean feat since I was lost at the time) to go back and collect my loot. What a terrific user-friendly little program! :biggrin.gif:
[b]IGN[/b]: dendritejungle
[b]Age[/b]: 36 (yeah yeah, I'm ancient compared to everyone else...)
[b]Any notable achievements in Minecraft[/b]: Currently working on an ambitious multilayered floating island which (when finished) will have a grotto, farmland, mountain with castle, a sand village, treehouses and a cloister.
[b]What would you bring to the server[/b]: Uh...estrogen? :wink.gif: Aside from that, I work well with others and have an excellent attention to detail. I also do have a wide range of LOTR canon materials - including the Atlas and the full 12 volume History of Middle Earth - for reference if needed.
[b]What is the hidden message? (You'll find it if you've read everything): I love LOTR!
Realistically I probably wouldn't be on very often - I've got that whole pesky "job" and "household" thing going on IRL, as well as a server I regularly play on - but I'm happy to pitch in when I can. I have to admit, I also really want to walk through what's been done so far. :biggrin.gif:
OH THANK HEAVENS. *collapses with relief* Jmcneely, you just made my week! Thank you!
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Well you should just use the command /tp <friend's name> <your name> when he's online. Then he'll be there, and can get your stuff.
Or better yet, just use /tp <your name> <friend's name> and teleport to your friend and out of danger.
Just a suggestion!
please read the posts before making an ass out of yourself.
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in a private unmodded multiplayer
They can't, without direct access to the server console, do any teleporting
Aw, he was just trying to be helpful. But you're right, teleporting is out of the question for me. So I'm grateful it sounds like my friend can grab my stuff. :biggrin.gif:
I wish my first post to these forums weren't quite so desperate, but... *rueful grin*
I'm game-days away from my spawn point in a private unmodded multiplayer server, and logged out with just a heart-and-a-half of health left since I was being attacked. I may survive...but I may not, and I'm waaay to far away from my spawn point to get back in five minutes.
I'm wondering if I can get one of my in-game friends to armour up and come to where I am (or will be, when I log back in), so if I log in and die she can pick up the items I drop and put them in a chest for me? Since I'm usually the one dying (yeah yeah, I suck) and haven't ever watched someone else die, I have no idea if their dropped items are available for anyone to pick up? I'd like to make sure she wouldn't be wasting her time making the trip to come to where I'll appear again in game if she wouldn't be able to grab my stuff for me.
Can anyone confirm if you still need to start a new map altogether for a jungle, or if it will now generate in new chunks on an older map? Really don't want to lose our existing SMP map just to get a jungle...
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Oooh! I get to proselytize - cool!
thatgamecompany specialises in games that are more about an experience and/or an emotional state than mastering difficult game mechanics or hours of grinding. They're usually quite short - Journey is probably the longest at about two or three hours - designed to be played in one sitting to create a single experience, like you'd watch a movie. In terms of gameplay and style they are most often compared to Shadow of the Colossus: an awe-inspiring, explorable world with as much thought given to the emotional impact of the story and surroundings as the gameplay.
Flow was actually a thesis project, and you can play it online here. But it made enough of an impact that Sony signed them for a three-game deal for the PS3. They improved and re-released Flow as the first one, Flower was the second, and Journey is the third.
Here's the description of Journey:
There's even a free, downloadable demo. The only thing that sucks is that it's only available on the PS3.
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[b]Age[/b]: 36 (yeah yeah, I'm ancient compared to everyone else...)
[b]Any notable achievements in Minecraft[/b]: Currently working on an ambitious multilayered floating island which (when finished) will have a grotto, farmland, mountain with castle, a sand village, treehouses and a cloister.
[b]What would you bring to the server[/b]: Uh...estrogen? :wink.gif: Aside from that, I work well with others and have an excellent attention to detail. I also do have a wide range of LOTR canon materials - including the Atlas and the full 12 volume History of Middle Earth - for reference if needed.
[b]What is the hidden message? (You'll find it if you've read everything): I love LOTR!
Realistically I probably wouldn't be on very often - I've got that whole pesky "job" and "household" thing going on IRL, as well as a server I regularly play on - but I'm happy to pitch in when I can. I have to admit, I also really want to walk through what's been done so far. :biggrin.gif:
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Aw, he was just trying to be helpful. But you're right, teleporting is out of the question for me. So I'm grateful it sounds like my friend can grab my stuff. :biggrin.gif:
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I'm game-days away from my spawn point in a private unmodded multiplayer server, and logged out with just a heart-and-a-half of health left since I was being attacked. I may survive...but I may not, and I'm waaay to far away from my spawn point to get back in five minutes.
I'm wondering if I can get one of my in-game friends to armour up and come to where I am (or will be, when I log back in), so if I log in and die she can pick up the items I drop and put them in a chest for me? Since I'm usually the one dying (yeah yeah, I suck) and haven't ever watched someone else die, I have no idea if their dropped items are available for anyone to pick up? I'd like to make sure she wouldn't be wasting her time making the trip to come to where I'll appear again in game if she wouldn't be able to grab my stuff for me.
Crossing my fingers that she can...