There’s a lot of work to be done for crafting!
I’m trying an item assembly based approach to crafting. You’ll have a 3x3 tile grid of item slots. Putting the right combination of items in there turns them into a new item.
For example, this would become a pickaxe:
XXX X = Iron ingot
.#. # = Wood
.#. . = Nothing
And this would be a sword:
.X. X = Iron ingot.X. # = Wood
.#. . = Nothing
And an iron block: (The actual positioning within the grid is irrelevant)
XX. X = Iron ingot
XX. # = Wood
... . = Nothing
To do the crafting, you need access to a crafting table. All crafting is immediate, so you can craft as fast as you can click.
Other things I’m considering is REQUIRING a pick-axe to mine stone, but you can make one for free out of wood. It
won’t last long, but it’ll get you started. Then you can make a stone pick-axe.
To mine iron, a stone or better
pick-axe is required.
To mine gold or emerald, you need an iron pick-axe.
This ensures you can’t get an
emerald pick-axe immediately because of a lucky spawn.
