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Struggle: Until about an hour ago, I was struggling to purchase the game because of some transactional problems. But I finally have access to the game thanks to Alice. After playing the game for a while, I am incredibly confused about the various functions and have no idea where to start, what to do next and/or what the fundamental goal(s) of the game is. At times, I find the game frustrating because the more I try to apprehend the game, the more I get confused. Also, another aspect of the game I am having trouble with is finding natural resource, esp. trees, to build a crafting table and basically everything else and food to survive. If I survive the zombie attacks, I end up dying due to starvation (how do you find food?!). And I think it is frustrating that we lose all our materials and crafts once we die,  which then means that we have to start from scratch.  Though I know I can't master the game in a single day, I wanna be able to play the game with ease and have full knowledge of the various functions.

Accomplishment: I have gotten better at handling the controls and am able to build myself a crafting table. Also, I now know how survive the zombie attacks in order to survive the game…I either find myself a shelter and hid there until sunrise or attack the zombies back and kill them before they kill me.

Observation: First, I love how we are able to resurrect after we die. Second, as mentioned by others in previous posts, Wiki, youtube, and google have proven to be amazing resources to understand/explore the basics of the game and its various functions for beginners like myself. Access to such informative sources make our struggles a lot easier. It was informative to have Thomas in class these past couple days to help us make sense of the game but it would have been annoying figuring out the game all by ourselves if it wasn't for wiki, youtube and google.

Question: What are the ultimate goals of the game? And does this game relate to our class, i.e. how does this game help us understand the concepts we cover in class?