#oldcraft
July 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I use AI very sparingly. But I suddenly had an idea to use a photo of me distaff spinning in Viking age garb, and to ask AI to make it into a painting in the style of John Bauer. It turned out pretty well. Very Nordic Gothic.
#vikingdress #historicaldress #oldcraft #viking #johnbauer
June 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Available Now!

Stones in the Glade: The Old Craft in a New World.
by Kelley Towne. Foreword by Chris Allaun.

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Amzn: a.co/d/03dXEYW1

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Stones in the Glade: The Old Craft in a New World
The Old Craft in a New World
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April 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
February 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Next step of the bergamot box (made from orange peel). Gilding the lid! Interestingly I couldn’t mask it off because the essential oils in the skin stopped tape sticking. A lesson in concentration and patience 😁! #craftwithcuriosity #oldcraft #maker #craft #goldleaf
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m making some bergamot boxes out of orange peel. I’ll let you know how I get on 🤓. #craft #oldcraft #maker #madewithcuriosity #upcycle #recycle #rescuedtrash
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
minecraft 1.4 lol

i like oldcraft nowadays :3
October 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
They could fix the lighting problem so easily by adding either a defense mechanism (that isn't the Giant, fugly golemns) or hell, why not make it so my house can be upgraded to keep mobs from spawning a certain distance?

Again, I'd hate this for Oldcraft, Moderncraft Should be Experimenting.
July 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So why god why is it Just Oldcraft with a buncha shit on top obscuring the artistry and gamefeel without replacing it with something Tangible?

Moderncraft is far more interested in making creative mode more marketable than anything gameplay.

Still just plain weird to only have 3 dimensions too.
July 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Understand that if any of what I'm saying was added to Oldcraft I'd not like it. This is not a discussion of Oldcraft.

Moderncraft broke several conventions and artistry rules, gameplay reasonings and more, it's free to go off and be wacky, experiment, and take different directions.
July 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Items in Minecraft should feel like they have inherent purpose, this is why oldcraft feels more cohesive to me, what was there, had a purpose that reached it's ceiling.

Moderncraft's ceiling is so high that everything but oldcraft's foundation feels frivilous. It may as well all be soulless numbers
July 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
July 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
There's a middleground that feels too muddy for me with newcraft. Oldcraft has had the imagination entirely drained through 2 decades of play, open ended goals all reached.

Whereas NewMC feels like there's just goals. No imagination, go kill the final boss labeled "final boss" in the area "final"
June 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It isn't finished so it's hard to completely defend oldcraft.

But in terms of the original artist's intent, I think Oldcraft simply understood it's overall gameplay better than Modern.

I like that Building and Exploration don't feel seperate, that what you do is for One Goal instead of hundreds.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So, why I enjoy the limitations that Oldcraft brings comes to this:

Balance. Cohesion. Simplicity.

MC isn't meant to be something you play for your whole life. Just something to come back to, like all games.

The fact it has a progressive end, rather than a static boss fight, matters more to me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The entire game is built on YOU building yourself and your world up.

Oldcraft, for me, balances Gameplay of exploration, combat, ans building, as well as any game like it will ever.

Modern has the mindset to build these aspects as seperate entities that don't inherently effect each other.
April 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The reason it works for Oldcraft is because it's Simple like everything else.

This means anyone can get into it, and anyone can understand what happens in it. Water touch Lava make obsidian, string and sticks make bow.

Modern has Potions which unbalances everything so hard I couldn't begin.
April 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM