Aspects of Gaming
Minecraft
By: Michael Belisle
Joshua Pierce
Devon Dias
Game play
• Genre: Minecraft is a sandbox survival game
• Control Style: Minecraft started out as a pc
game but later transferred to the xbox360 and
playstation 3 console
• Perspective: Minecraft is a first person game
however it gives you the option to switch to third
person
Story
• Minecraft’s storyline is to survive and
search the world for the End portal. Once
through the End portal you encounter the
Ender dragon which in order to beat the
game you need to kill it
Characters
• There is only one character in minecraft is
Steve. However if you want to you can
change the skin by downloading or
creating one. This feature is not available
on console, instead you need to buy skin
packs.
• The NPC’s of minecraft are: the villagers,
zombies, creepers, spiders, skeletons,
etc…
Environment
• Minecraft features a variety of environments. These
environments are jungle, desert etc…
• However, you can change the environment in any way
possible all depending on the players’ imagination!
Audio
• Minecraft has both regular and music both
can be turned off in the pause menu. As
you progress through the many
environments of Minecraft the audio
changes. The music also changes
depending on what time of day it is.
Interface
• Minecraft’s interface features a health bar,
hunger meter, experience bar, quick select bar,
and a cursor in the center of the screen.
Minecrafts inventory interface is opened with the
esc key or the start button. The inventory
interface includes a 2X2 crafting area. Along with
a armor slots for your helmet, chest piece,
leggings and boots. This is also accompanied by
27 slots for your items that you can’t fit in your
quick select bar. The quick select bar is also
accessed in the inventory screen.