Hey FlowerChild - I quit playing Minecraft a couple of years ago when I moved across the country to focus on starting a new job and getting used to my new surroundings. I ended up losing my BTW world save but I've often thought about my BTW experience and have been longing to return to the world of your mod's wondrous adventure, dread, and (eventually) engineering supremacy/world exploitation! I was delighted to find there had been several updates since the last version I played (I stopped around the time of the named updates), and so the other night I fired up a fresh install and started fisting some wood.
Wow. I have to say the further refinements to early game have certainly upped the difficulty and sense of achievement. I've never felt I was in as hostile a world as the one I found myself in. Your new additions have probably killed me at least one time each :). I suppose I'm also a little rusty, as I didn't play any vanilla Minecraft first (I didn't even bother trying out a current vanilla Minecraft world, I went straight to BTW) and I've forgotten a few of the mechanics.
At any rate, I can't wait to enjoy your mod all over again. I look back at my first playthrough as one of my top gaming experiences of all time (on par with my favorite games ever, like the first Dark Souls or Super Mario 64). I cannot say how many hours I put in the first time through, but I still hadn't accomplished everything the mod had to offer.
I'm also going to send a few bucks your way as a further way of saying thanks. Thanks for making Minecraft perfect.
I recently started playing Better Than Wolves again in November and have had a blast. I've put more hours into it than any other game I played last year and am still having a blast.
Time to pass the love on the only ways I know how.
Wow, its been a crazy couple or years for me personally since I last did this (1st child was born, 1st divorce was finalized, 1st new job in 14 years) but it feels good to be back on my feet and stable enough to reach that donate button.
I've been away from Minecraft for a while and decided to pop in and check on the mod and holey moley all the updates made me literally squeal with glee. Here's a little something for my appreciation of the time you put into this man. I'll likely start a streaming/recording session of a new play through this weekend. Thanks again, keep up the great work.
After my stream tonight I realized something. I've been playing Minecraft for nearly a third of my life, and Better than Wolves for nearly a quarter. This game has been a huge part of my life, and I've made many good friends through it. I've said it a few times, but Better than Wolves really has been the thing that keeps bringing me back to Minecraft. There are few other games that I have come back to so often, or sunk nearly as many hours into. I think I've played somewhere between fifteen and twenty hours in this weekend alone. There is a reason for that. This update is fantastic, and going in as blind as I could has made it more so. In the past, I've always been one to browse spoiler threads before updating my client. But learning and exploring all the new mechanics with little more than some often cryptic hints has been one of my most enjoyable and memorable Minecraft experiences to date. All this is a really long way of saying, thank you Flowerchild. Thank you for making this mod. For putting up with all the bullshit that the Minecraft community has thrown at you. For putting up with our shitty suggestions.
I've payed full AAA price for games that weren't half as good as your mod. So to that end: *CLINK*
FlowerChild wrote:Never have I seen folks have this much fun with sheep without wearing a kilt.
FlowerChild wrote:you haven't seen a fight scene until you've seen one with horse schlongs swinging free