Trouble in Zombie-Town: The Mystery of Herobrine Book One
ACKNOwLEDgEMENTS I would like to thank my family for their continued support on this adventure Without their help the early morning writing sessions at 4 AM would have been difficult to sustain I’d also like to thank Dr Christie Tanner and Dr Jenifer Smitkin for their advice and insight into the challenges and struggles that kids deal with today In addition I would like to thank the greatest agent in the world Holly Root Without her help these books would likely have not come to fruition I would also like to thank my editor Cory and the great people at Skyhorse Publishing They have been fantastic to work with and their energy and excitement about these books has been motivating and keeps me writing into the wee hours of the night Lastly I would like to thank all the people that are reading my books and sending me the warm and thought ful messages through email and social media I appreciate all your support and will strive to keep the books coming
wHAT IS MINECRAFT M inecraft is an incredibly creative game that can be played either online with people from all over the world or just played with friends or played alone It’s a sandbox game that gives the user the ability to build amazing structures out of textured cubes with various materials to choose from stone dirt sand sandstone Normal rules of physics don’t apply because it’s possible to build structures that defy gravity or have no visible means of support Below is part of Gameknight’s Tardis that he built on his own server
VIII MARK CHEVERTON Kids and adults have embraced the creative potential of Minecraft by building incredible struc tures in the blocky universe A popular topic recently has been to build replicas of entire cities Players have created copies of London Manhattan Stockholm and the country of Denmark In addition Minecraft fanatics have also built imaginary cities from their favorite TV shows like King’s Landing and Winterfell from Game of Thrones and Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings However the big daddy of city builds is probably Titan City a construction done by one player that used 4 5 billion blocks wow In addition to cities players have built famous structures within the game The Taj Mahal is a personal favorite but I also like Notre Dame Cathedral and the Empire State Building For the Trekkies out there a replica of the USS Enter prise was built not the original as well as the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star from my favorite movie In fact the time lapse video of the building of the Death Star is truly amazing There are also a number of marriage proposals that have been built within Minecraft I don’t know how many were successful but many of the videos have hundreds of thousands of views I hope she said yes or that could be brutal After all what goes on the Internet stays there like they say in The Sandlot FOR EV ER The creative aspect of the game is remarkable but the way that I like to play the game is in Sur vival mode In this setting users are dropped into a blocky world with nothing but the clothes on their backs Knowing that night is fast approaching users must gather resources wood stone iron etc in order to craft tools and weapons so that
TROUBLE IN ZOMBIE-TOwN Ix they can protect themselves when the monsters come nighttime is monster time To find resources the player must create mines digging deep into the flesh of Minecraft in hopes of finding coal and iron both necessities in order to make the metal weapons and armor that are essen tial to survival As they dig the users will encounter caverns lava-filled chambers and possibly the rare abandoned mine or dungeon where treasures wait to be discovered but passageways and chambers are patrolled by monsters zombies skeletons and spiders waiting to snare the unwary With recent additions to the game the rabbits are my favorite many new features are now avail able New block types were added to create a more lush and detailed texture for the digital world but of special interest is the addition of the Ocean Monument and the Guardians Only the stoutest of warriors will try to defeat the Elder Guardian in sur vival mode without cheating I’m not sure I could do it but maybe Gameknight999 could An interest ing addition to version 1 8 was the statement at the end of the list on the log-in screen Herobrine was removed or was he Though the land is filled with monsters the user is not alone Vast servers exist where hundreds of users play the game all sharing space and resources along with other creatures in Minecraft Villages dot the surface of the game with NPCs non-player characters populating these small cities The villagers scurry about the village doing whatever villagers do with chests of treasure sometimes great sometimes insignificant hidden within their dwellings By talking with these NPCs it’s possible for users to trade items to get rare
