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Brightredroof t1_j6n69vn wrote

Minecraft has reasonably limited game play objectives. There's a dragon you can go kill, and a couple of other bosses, but they're not really the point.

The point really is to explore and create.

It's popular because it's mechanics are simple to understand and work with for new players and even young children, but the potential for things to do is really limited solely by your imagination.

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GalFisk t1_j6n6px8 wrote

It's a bit like legos. The goal can be anything you want, or even nothing ar all.

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b_s_from_86 t1_j6na7i4 wrote

I once taught a video game design course to middle schoolers and we had a Minecraft world that we all worked in as a class project. I started building a roller coaster in January, and with my students' help, by June we had something that took over an hour to ride from start to finish and went through underwater tunnels, beneath lava waterfalls, swirling into the sky, through/around the mountains.. it was amazing

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Luckbot t1_j6n80zg wrote

This. It's a "sandbox" game, you can set your own objectives

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