Minecraft sales top 100M

Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by neves on Thursday June 02, 2016 @01:15PM (#11824238)

My sons, 8 and 10 years old, have just got bored of Minecraft. Their friends are all on Clash of Clans or their subproducts. Even worse, they are spending a lot of time just watching Netflix. I'd prefer they were doing something that stimulates more their intellect.

I think MC is a really cool and creative game. A lot better than other videogames. How would I get them interested again?

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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by j_s on Thursday June 02, 2016 @02:19PM (#11824816)

Might not be interesting, but maybe worth trying:

TeachCraft – Learning Python Through Minecraft (learning programming) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11599714

The Minecraft Generation (Roblox and other alternatives/enhancements) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11496228

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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday June 02, 2016 @02:54PM (#11825092)

Try making it more constrained. I play beta 1.7.3 with no mods, which has a much smaller selection of blocks and resources and makes you be more creative to accomplish the same goals.

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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by MaxLeiter on Thursday June 02, 2016 @01:17PM (#11824259)

Have they tried using mods?

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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by neves on Thursday June 02, 2016 @01:28PM (#11824364)

Sure. They use the Technich Laucher and install mods themselves. They also played a lot of minigames in online servers.

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Re:Minecraft sales top 100M by giancarlostoro on Thursday June 02, 2016 @01:49PM (#11824535)

Try to get them into making their own mods. There's childrens books on just doing that. They would learn programming, and we know that's a rabbit hole that once you're hooked, you may never get out.

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