![]() Intrepid players who accept this challenge will find themselves rewarded with mechanics that respects their intelligence and allows for tangible, realistic invention. It thrusts the player into a carefully-generated semi-autonomous world and challenges them to survive and overcome the natural and unknown threats of their new home. New games have either moved to a game console system or a streaming, server side system, both challenges for my library.Vintage Story is a game about innovation and exploration. Unfortunately, there are very few PC games available to purchase anymore. *We had setup a computer in our children’s area solely for gaming. Minetest has become a natural extension of our Lego Club. Despite that, word has slowly spread and we now have a small, but steady stream of Minetest players coming to the library. Their reactions were golden, “Cool,” and “Wow,” “This is different but I like it.” I then explained they could get this game for free and install it on a computer at home if they wanted. Then I identified a few kids who I knew were Minecraft gamers and asked them to try it out. My library had a computer* dedicated to gaming in our children’s area and the install and setup was fairly quick. I watched YouTube videos of Minetest game play to better understand what I could do in the game. I printed out some of the Wiki pages that gave basic instructions, for reference. Installing mods was a little trickier than I would have liked, but not too difficult either. ![]() I learned how to teleport, set a home location, find diamonds, build, craft, etc. I very quickly understood the appeal and have become addicted to exploring the world I created. The second is a Minecraft gamer using Minetest for the first time.īefore deploying Minetest at the library, I installed the game on my home computer and spent some time learning the game. The first is a teacher who explains how he uses the game in his classroom. Here are a couple videos showing the game.
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