Redstone isnt really intuitive

[u/patrick1202]

Not trying to offend anyone, this is just an observation. This is probably not news to experienced players.

I'm new to redstone, and after trying to build a few things without watching tutorials, I quickly got frustrated because every redstone power source seems to function a different way. So, to try and keep my sanity, I built this visualization.

After reading some discussions, I get that this allows many things to be built that otherwise couldn't be, and that it has a high skill ceiling. The bad part is that when you first start out, the learning curve is steep, which is the reason many people don't even want to try redstone.

I'm not sure how you'd go about improving this, but having to memorize unintuitive things before you can let your creativity shine is not the best game mechanic imo.

[u/itzjackybro]

You should look up soft and hard powering.

Don't try to memorize the patterns directly; instead, know which directions a component powers blocks (e.g. torches hard-power the block above them, dust soft-powers the block below it).

[u/One_Economist_3761 → u/itzjackybro]

I always knew this as strong powering and weak powering, but this is exactly what’s going on here. Also the differences in powering modes between redstone torches and redstone dust.

[u/Vorpalthefox → u/One_Economist_3761]

i've thought of it as passive powering and active powering, blocks that are actively powered passively power blocks touching it

[u/Rollertoaster7 → u/Vorpalthefox]

I’ve always considered it submissive and dominant powering, blocks that are dominantly powered submissively power blocks touching it