tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post811036936126632719..comments2024-03-28T18:16:12.819-07:00Comments on What's Creative?: Mining in the Indie Game SceneCANlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697643394288614411noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-72674266090079135952012-04-12T17:34:08.545-07:002012-04-12T17:34:08.545-07:00One of the concepts I really enjoy about Minecraft...One of the concepts I really enjoy about Minecraft is that it inspires the people who play it to be creative and even expand on what the game can do with modifications and such. The fact that gamers can create music or art or tell stories through a game is inspiring. Notch himself is even a person that promotes this creativity by allowing gamers to modify his creation into something new and different. He and the people he works with to create new material for an ever-expanding game look to the creative people in the community for ideas. Thus, the collaboration is a big factor into the evolution of Minecraft as well. <br /><br />I also see Minecraft's success attributed to the fact that it is analogous to real world products such as Legos or Knex and the like. All these products feed on creativity and imagination much like Minecraft. The interesting part about Minecraft though is that it allows for almost infinite creativity because the medium in which the ideas come to fruition is digital, making it perhaps more effective a medium than real world counterparts.Peter Rubinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156848183357464090noreply@blogger.com