Don’t be put off by the name, achievements are now in Minecraft but they are just as much a tutorial as they are achievements. When you first login to Minecraft now as a new player, you’re prompted to open your inventory. This unlocks the Taking Inventory achievement and starts you on a path of learning the basics of the game. They’re still pretty basic for the moment, you can check out the full list on the Minecraft Wiki, but I can see this developing into a nice way to introduce players to the game and provide some initial goals.
New Kind of Tutorial
Tutorial cleverly disguised as Achievements? Sounds like a smart bit of metadesign there. 🙂
Doh, now that you say that I do remember an XBLA game that did something similar.
In my defense, the one thing I always remember the most about both Keflings games is how insidiously catchy the music is.
Am I the only one who gets a kick out of the “Getting Wood” achievement?
You are not, that’s why I used that screenshot. 🙂