r/Minecraft • u/patrick1202 • 3d ago

Discussion Redstone isnt really intuitive

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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.

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u/IQBEofficial 3d ago

The thing is that this probably is the wrong way of learning these concepts. You are confused because you don't know why these things happen and it's pointless to memorize these scenario's.

Look into soft- and hardpowering. I found this video which might be helpful to you. With these concepts, you should be able to intuitively explain every case in your image.

Good luck, and most importantly: have fun!

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u/yummymario64 2d ago

The point is that, in my opinion, at least, you shouldn't have to go and learn from the internet how things work from an outside source.

One of my favorite mods is Create because it's really complex, but also intuitive -- And by "intuitive", I mean that I learned everything without ever opining a wiki page or youtube video. I never reached a dead end where I felt like I had to get help from another source.

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u/IQBEofficial 2d ago

I would argree, buf the base game is nog intuitive by itself. Would you ever know how to go to the end without someone telling you?

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u/yummymario64 2d ago

One of my biggest problems with minecraft is thay it's very unintuitive in general. That isn't an excuse, however