First videos with official gameplay of “Minecraft Earth” have surfaced. Apparently, they haven’t overpromised.
When Minecraft Earth was announced a few weeks ago, there were many different opinions. There were concerns that AR games just weren’t advanced enough to run on a smartphone at a reasonable quality to create the true Minecraft feeling. Now, first videos with live gameplay have been released and should convince many players.
At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, live gameplay of Minecraft Earth was presented for the first time. The two developers can be seen building a small castle and bringing it to life.
Player interaction seems promising: What is particularly impressive is how smoothly the interaction between players works. The game recognizes in real-time where other players are on the screen, what blocks they are carrying, and what they are currently working on. This allows players to indeed work on projects together or engage in a bit of mischief.
Especially cool is that Minecraft Earth is supposed to even recognize players’ movements and transfer them to the avatars. For example, if the player waves clearly, the avatar in the game world waves as well.
Explosions and functioning devices included: The developers also show a bit of chaos and demonstrate that devices like switches, which trigger certain events, work in Minecraft Earth as well. They blow up the front yard, revealing tunnels in the process. Animals, like ducks, react just like in the “normal” version of the game, coming to players holding seed packets.
How can you join? Minecraft Earth is not yet accessible to players. However, those who wish can already register for the beta and, with a bit of luck, participate in the test this summer. We have explained how to do this here.
What do you think of these first gameplay sequences? Does it look good and interesting? Or do you find it too cumbersome?
