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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Day Fifty-Two

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 The sun rose over the swamp, still 90 degrees from where I was still convinced it rose the previous day. Though, that mattered little now. The daw was where the dawn was. Quite a few skeletons were hanging around the nearby hills, and I waited until they caught on fire before I descended. Still, I ended up dancing with one on the ground before he finally dropped.

On the way down.
Just a little too soon.
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  I walked onwards into the swamp. Just to the south some animals were crowding around some conifers banked up beside the swamp. I picked up some eggs on my way past them; though, I'm not entirely sure what I would use them for.

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Through the swamp.
Up ahead, the swamp was split by a giant stone plateau. Someone was waiting for me there.

Why hello there.
Back, I say!
I dealt with the creeper before it exploded and headed out onto the stone. A few chasms dropped down into darkness but, for the most part, it was just this weird big flat bit of stone in the middle of a swamp. I gathered some coal to replace my dwindling supply, and moved on.

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Getting coal.
Uncovered a cave beneath the coal vein.
A tunnel leading down in the south-eastern corner of the plateau.
The swamp continued beyond the stone, but it branched around to the north. Straight ahead to the east, the desert that was to the north of the stone wrapped around. As I climbed up onto it, I noticed two peculiar things off to my left: a pig on a tree, and rooftops.

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Village in the distance.
I decided to check out the village before continuing east. As I walked around the desert, I spied several other pigs pondering what to do with the other pig's poor predicament.

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Heading north into the village.
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Looking north from the watchtower: more pigs.
The road ahead: east across the desert.
It was still early in the day, and there was little reason for me to dawdle around the village. I reluctantly said goodbye to civilisation a second time and trekked off into the desert.

Goodbye, village.
I walked out across the desert until I came across a slithering river. The desert continued to the north, but straight ahead was a narrow peninsula and the start of a rather thick forest.

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I swam across the water and walked in under the trees. They were tightly packed and a straight line was not always possible. Occasionally, I actually had to bash a path through the leaves.

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So many trees.
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Nearly fell.
The trees eventually spread out and opened up on a wide lade that crossed my path then twisted off ahead of me. I swam across it onto a wide, treeless plateau.

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The cow and sheep convention.
Mountains ahead.
Weird monument thing off to my right.
I climbed the hill up to the left as it looked the least steep and was greeted by a group of pigs.

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Over the hill, another desert ahead.
It was at this point that I looked up at the sky and could not find the sun. I turned to my right and there it was, slowly setting, once again adjacent to where I thought it should be. I could hardly blame Notch this time. I must have gotten lost under the canopy of the forest and failed to reorientate myself when I came back out into the sunlight. I couldn't help but feel a little bit angry at myself, going off course twice in two days. I turned to my left and carried on towards the actual east. Ahead of me now was not a desert, but a forest of conifers.

Heading east. Again. Maybe.
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Not far into the forest I hit a rather wide lake. The sun was getting low behind me, but I estimated that I had enough time to get across before darkness hit.

Lake ahead.
Guess I'm swimming.
Halfway there.
Running out of time.
I got to the far shore just as the sky began to darken. I walked on a bit away from the water, and set up my pillar.

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After that day, it turns out my nomad decided to start getting hungry again. I chowed down all my mushroom stew, made some more, chowed that down too, then made some more.

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Ah rats.
The rain came down fast and heavy. I had a few blocks left over, so I built some makeshift cover to stay dry, and waited out the night. Looks to be a wet day ahead.

That should do.

6 comments:

  1. Aw, you should've taken some of the wheat - some change in your diet is probably good for you, eating mushroom stew all the time...

    And I agree with the other posters on the last entry - you should consider getting yourself a dog - with all these burning skellies you probably have some bones, don't you? Of course, the whole pillar-thing wouldn't work too well anymore then... Unless you leave the doggie downstairs.

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  2. Do you feel the new terrain generator is generating better or worse terrain than before? I know it's subjective, but I'm not seeing the interesting overhangs and weird patterns as often as we used to on this picture blog.

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  3. Just in case you've missed and would find it useful, you can grow super sized mushrooms and use them as makeshift shelters. For more info watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqRFZ9sIidk

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  4. You should definitely get a pet wolf! Also a bed!

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  5. Certainly tempted to get a dog in the future but, surprisingly, I am not actually carrying any bone yet! We'll see...

    And yes, Joe, I think you are right. They've clearly ironed out the bugs and that has made for more convincing terrain but also less insanely awesome terrain. It's an interesting point!

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  6. I think wolves want meat, not bone.

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