I’m playing Minecraft again.

I’ve been playing Minecraft since first trying out the Infdev version back in 2010. I’ve played thousands of hours of the game and even tried my hand at some very early YouTube storytelling with it. Back in the day, the Linux Outlaws community had an amazing server that I spent a lot of free time on. But about five years ago, I stopped playing Minecraft regularly. Mostly because it just got too complex for my taste and I somehow lost interest. But now I’m back!

When I bought a Nintendo Switch, I also decided to check out the mobile version of the game to see how far it had come in the last nine years. Of course these days, it’s called the Bedrock Edition and seems to be the main development focus, as far as I can tell. Anyway, I’ve been enjoying playing it now and again and I even set up a server to have virtual get-togethers with friends during the lockdowns. That idea failed because most of our IRL friends weren’t really interested, but I kept my Realms Plus subscription and I’m using it as a private family server now.

Map of my Minecraft server: The Foxhole

I’ve recently started a new map on this server – which I call “The Foxhole” – and decided to start streaming some of my Minecraft adventures. I’ve also set up an online map viewer that you can use to explore the map. If you do that, I suggest enabling Options → Show Shaded Relief (Pre-generated) when viewing the Overworld. You can also dig down to subterranean structures by using the Go to Layer option and the two arrows next to it.

I’ve forgotten everything I once knew about the game, of course. Nonetheless, if you want to watch me build things on the server and follow me as I explore the map, my streams are archived on YouTube.