My birthday party is fun! All my friends are here and we're playing real life Minecraft in the woods. We're building a sickly wooden hut in the woods which is constantly falling apart and breaking grass to get seeds but what the heck.
I'm 9 years old and I love video games and hanging out with my friends. I am a total nerd though, half of my wardrobe is game merchandise, Jordans, and cosplay. I have tons of computer games but Aetheria is my first VR game. The grand opening is coming soon.
Nothing to do for today, time to go to sleep. Goodnight o3o 3.
April 21 2036 I'm plugging in my VR and going to play Aetheria. I didn't know what to expect so I just plugged in. All of a sudden I blacked out and transported to another world.
WOW SO COOL! INSTEAD OF WALKING AROUND WITH A HEADSET I AM ACTUALLY IN THE GAME! OH MAN THIS WILL BE SO FUN! I had to choose my charachter.
"Let's see... I want to be a human... I'll make it look like myself... I will be a warrior but later I will upgrade to Swashbuckler so I can do backflips and dabs! Yeah!"
The game was styled after Minecraft with the world being made of blocks. The game rules and physics are similar: Inventory, punch wood, if you die you respawn...
Yeah, I know Minecraft top-down! I'm gonna be a pro!
I met up with my friend Zain. We were going to the center of the square for the Grand Opening! This is gonna be fun!
"Hey Zain" I yelled over to him to get his attention. "Get over here!"
"This is so cool right!" he said.
"Yeah... VR has been used for a long time for Pilot Training, Medical School, Drivers ed, Police training, Military training..." I listed. "But this is the first time VR has been used for gaming! This is so sweet!"
"Yeah, I'm looking forward to this." said Zain. Suddenly a large looming figure with six wings in an angel robe stood over the square. "Entity" the creator of the game, a master programmer, and a scientist who created VR.
"Welcome to Aetheria!" yelled Entity in an excited voice. "It is my pleasure to bring you to this vast... carefully crafted world of FUN!" he said. "This is the first ever game in VR! This is a Beta so gameplay will be perfected later on." he said. "Without further ado, let's begin!" he opened the gates out of the square, all the players flooded into the Capital City, basically the center of the map.
Our group of friends: Zain, Logan, Becca, Ched, and Kae, grouped together. "Hey call me Kolb" said Logan. We needed to make a base for the night, we were going to form a group.
"What should we name ourselves" said Kolb.
"Oh I know! The Noobslayers!" I said.
"No!" he said. "That's stupid"
"The Brain Cells?" I said.
"NO!" he said sulkingly. "YOU HAVE NO BRAIN CELLS!"
"UGH! YOU SUCK AT NAMING THINGS!" he said. "Let's call ourselves the Lost Legion!"
"Alright that sounds good. Let's make a base in the woods."
We built a cottage in the woods for the night. It was simple; a few bunk beds and a kitchen and a storage. It's actually good for a first house, most noobs would just hide in a dirt hole and cry like the noob they are.
We went around having a pillow fight. It was fun and I like having pillow fights. We can also swear as much as we want because our parents aren't here. If our parents know how much we swear then we would get grounded.
I had to go, my family called me and I came down. We were going to my grandma's house for something. I packed up my headset, my laptop, and my phone. We were just going there for dinner.
Halfway through dinner, mom had to leave. She said she was going to the hospital, just for a checkup or something, nothing serious. My dad left to drive her there. I was alone with my grandparents. "So Stevie, I see you like your VR" my grandpa said.
"Yeah, it's great" I said.
"Sure is! When I was a kid, this kind of stuff was science fiction! All we had were Atari and Nintendo consoles! Those companies are obviously gone, but I still have those consoles,
wanna see?"
"Yeah!" I finished up my dinner and went down into Grandpa's basement. He pulled out a dusty box. He pulled out an old PC that ran Windows XP, some Xbox 1 games, an old Mario lunchbox from the 80s, and his consoles. Plus baseball cards, Pokemon cards, and a flip phone.
"You like it Steve, these were the things that I had when I was a little kid" "I played Minecraft just like you did, I even bought a headset!"
My grandpa grew up in the 70s and 80s as a hippie. He attended heavy rock concerts and judging by his pictures, he was a burnout.
My mom came back to pick me up. I helped him put the time capsule away and went to the car. Today was great! I got a VR headset and discovered Aetheria, and I learned about Grandpa's past.
May 26 2036 My parents are going out to war. He was a healthy man over the age of 18. "Bye Steve" he said. "Dad be safe" I said to him. He was going to fight for his country with pride. I was proud but worried at the same time. My mom was going to go with him as a medic. She knows how to fire weapons too, she was going to be a great support troop. In the meantime, I would be staying at my grandparents house.
I biked over, I'm great at biking. I usually take a shortcut through the woods to go to my grandparents, its actually faster than driving. Plus it is good exercise. I made it to their house.
"Hi Gramps" I said dropping my bag.
"Ah my Jonathan is fighting the war" he said. "I'm proud of my son" he said dishing me out some lemonade "And her Vicky". "mhm" I said taking a sip. "I hope he stays safe" I said.
"Oh don't worry! He's a 4 star general! This isn't the first war he fought and certainly won't be his last! I'm sure he'll come back! And if he won't, he'll be buried surrounded by his most loyal soldiers!"
That's true. His unit is made of his childhood friends, my uncle, and his co-workers. He'll have no problem surviving out there.
I plugged in my VR headset. Today will be the first event, a tournament. "Welcome!" said Entity. "You will be competing against eachother for the win!" "The name of the event is Last One Standing! You will be dropped on the battlefield and must survive against the zombies! Make no mistake, these zombies are beyond tough!"
"May the best team win!" he said. All contestants were teleported to the battlefield. It was an abandoned town with some cover and some weapons. All items were taken prior to the tournament. The prize is some XP to level up and some diamonds.
All of us huddled in this house while all the players were getting killed outside. It was the best thing to do. we boarded up the windows with wood planks, barricaded the door, stayed on the 3rd floor, and barricaded the 2 floors under us.
We heard banging under us. The zombies got in. There were 2 more teams left, one of them has 3 members while the other is... Oh wait nevermind one team is left. We just needed to wait for them to die first.
The zombies are now on the 2nd floor. There were 2 members left. We stood on the 3rd floor to put as much room in between us and the zombies as possible. Suddenly THE GUYS DIED! WE WON!
For our victory we got some xp and diamonds. Our world is basically the same as Minecraft, just with a pre-generared map. More items and NPCs will be added. Also later you can play as different races, the only races availible now are Humans and Villagers and Pigmen.
At that time my grandparents wanted me. We were going to go eat at a restaurant. Not much really happens so I don't really dont want to write in here today. I might write more if something interesting happens.