Minecraft Earth

I’m not as into Minecraft as I probably should be. If I want to have fun I tend to fire up Visual Studio Code. Sad but true.

Anyhoo, I’m fascinated by the idea of Minecraft Earth and today I fired it up and had a go. It’s free to download and play on your mobile device (Android or Apple) and it works a treat.

You find yourself in a Lego Mindstorms version of your surroundings and as you wander around you can pick up bricks, pigs and chickens. Just like in real life.

You can use what you have picked up to build things (perhaps not the chickens though).

Your creations are presented using augmented reality so you can plonk them on the living room floor and then walk around them, adding bricks and poking ducks, as is your want.

If you’re prepared to walk about a bit you can gather quite a bit of loot and some locations have challenges associated with them.

If you love Minecraft you’ll love this. If you don’t love Minecraft it might convert you.