When the game was first launched how did the new users know how to craft different objects?
The game doesn't seem to have any guide about them.
Minecraft – How did users find out about how to craft different objects in Minecraft
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Best Answer
This could be expanded to any game with a crafting system. It's a pretty common thing. Players just figure things out, either by trial and error, hacking into the source code, or intuition.
Crafting in minecraft is pretty simple as it's shape oriented... for example, a pickaxe is crafted by making a T shape in the grid... even without a dedicated guide/tutorial, new players are able quickly figure it out.
To go through the first hour or so of minecraft that I experienced(and probably many other people):
Player spawns in.. runs around, starts punching things. that's all they can do. Punching a tree got them wood... that sounds useful... open up your inventory and notice a little crafting thing. put the wood into the slot and hey that got the player planks, so they get more wood and make more planks.
After the initial teaching of crafting the player tries again. "maybe I can make the planks into something too" so they put one into the crafting box... nothing.. one on top.. heyyy sticks! Now they've learned items are used to make more items.
fast forward some more and they haven't found a use for sticks yet... but they haven't tried everything with planks, throw more into the crafting box... and look at that.. a crafting table! with a big 3x3 crafting grid, the possibilities are endless!
The player then spends the next chunk of time trying various combinations of what they have with everything (sticks, wood, planks, probably a flower or 2, etc) and since wooden tools are made with just planks and sticks. they can quickly figure out how to make them with a short time of experimenting.