Analysis of Mechanics, Graphics and Sound Effects in Minecraft

Introduction

Minecraft is a survival-based game wherein the Player must survive the day to day onslaught of monsters that spawn each night. Building a home for yourself within the foreign word you have entered, the player now has to venture far and wide to survive and conquer unknown lands, traveling to different dimensions and encountering different mobs along the way. A game where in you can do just about anything from living in a world of survival to a world of just building anything you like, and even join other players in multiple servers that host minigames and much more.

Body

The game mechanics of Minecraft is fairly easy for ages all around. With its basic arrow keys to move and its single button to jump along with its touch screen feature that lets players directly place blocks and attack in the exact location they desire. These controls can also be customized to fit the players needs. The button placement can be relocated to fit left handed players in its settings, the button size can also be adjusted as the player desires, and the sensitivity of the characters movements can also be increased or decreased for a more agile gameplay for PvP matches.

Graphics

Over the years Minecraft has changed its graphics, changing the its texture packs from dull hues to more saturated bright colors, to more realistic features that even capture proper shadowing based on its time of day. In its 1.12 build its change in texture and additional building blocks were the highlight of the update, it was most prominently seen with the dyed wool item within the game that ranges to up to 16 different colors now with a completely different look, with a more vibrant and pleasing to the eye appeal. Then there was the added item named concrete which when placed together makes the borderlines of each other disappear with a smooth finish. This was a huge deal for players who were more so focused on the building and creating side of the game. With its growing updates it has also introduced the option of buying texture pacts to change the games look completely as well as the customization of your own characters skin which can either be bought from their official store, downloaded from the internet, or even be hand crafted by the own user in another application.

Sound effects

With its originally designed mobs such as the creeper, enderman, guardian, and etc. the developers have specifically designed their own sounds to ensure that the sound each creature makes compliments its own design. The nature sound effects the game provides are very realistic and differ from each biome, from the sound of grass crunching with each step, to the pitter patter of the rain on pavement, up to the crackling of lava in the heat driven deserts. The default background music the game provides is soft and calm, which gives off a plesant feel for those players who are just looking for a place to wander off to and have an adventure.

Conclusion

Our experience with Minecraft is really fun and enjoyable because of the endless creativity game, with its graphics, sound effects and game control it’s easy to play. We recommend the game to all ages, not just kids but also for adults, since the game’s competitiveness is a bit complicated for younger individuals to understand. The game requires creativity of the user and it is based on the fantasy of the player to create the desired world. But if you are a light-headed person, you might not like the game due to the effects of the screen with the unsteady controls that makes the eyes woozy. Overall we rate this app as a 9/10.