House of Beaves

House of Beaves is a created interactive area based on a Minecraft build that is designed to give a sense of dread and inevitability; in progressing deeper into the piece the viewer will encounter repeating structures and very odd locations. The limitations of created a piece where it is difficult to fully experience everything as intended due to the ability to clip through the walls. The piece itself has a second half, one that is on a semi-public Minecraft server. A lot of what makes the “build” unique, or despair inducing is only “real” in the game, the game is more real in this context, something that is hard to describe but is very important for understanding why people play games. A large majority of my life has been about Minecraft, either playing or watching other people play, talking to friends about it, or playing with friends on Minecraft. My feelings for the game are extremely complex, and I want to explore and convey the difference between how I think of this piece and how other people who have not played as much or at all thinks of this piece.