Week+1+-+A+Civilization+Emerges

**Week 1: Civilization Emerges**

Our world began as an untamed wilderness. 

...but once students logged into the server resources began to be gathered; trees were knocked down, earth was moved and stone was mined underground. These resources were used as building blocks to create shelter from the dangerous monsters that came at night. 

Tools were crafted to facilitate resource gathering. 

Weapons and armor were forged to defend against the monsters. 

Some hard lessons were learned about starting fires around wooden houses. 

Very quickly, meager shelters hollowed into the mountainside were no longer adequate living accommodations! 

Here is an animated overview of our worlds progression over the first several days: 