Minecraft
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine.
At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens. It also has music by C418!
Over 44 million people have registered and over seven million people bought the game.
I strongly believe that all good stories have a conflict, and that all good games tell a good story regardless of if it's pre-written or emergent.
Free building mode is fine and dandy, but for many people it will ultimately become boring once you've got it figured out. It's like playing a first person shooter in god mode, or giving yourself infinite funds in a strategy game.. a lack of challenge kills the fun.
For survival mode, I'd rather make the game too difficult than too easy. That also means I'm going to have to include some way of winning the game (or some other climax) to prevent it becoming too exhausting.
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