Minecraft Classic Mode
A Minecraft "challenge", or just a way to make the game feel like it used to when I was a kid :p
Premise:
- Keep inventory off o_o
- No shields in combat (shields are completely broken and remove almost all difficulty from mobs)
- Armor is crafted with blocks instead of ingots (makes progression much more interesting, loot much cooler, and the game much harder) - You can always make leather though :p
- Can't sleep through night (can't just completely side-step monsters)
- Can't steal from villages (get the resources yourself you thief)
- Not allowed to dig up through caves to get back to the surface, you must navigate your way back up (makes getting lost a genuine concern of caving which is extremely fun and cool - entirely changes how you go about caving)
- No elytra! (Enable the experimental minecart improvements (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart_Improvements) and set the speed to like 1000!)
- No buying enchanted books or armor from villagers (I'd still enable the villager trade rebalance experiment for the loot changes (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Villager_Trade_Rebalance))
- Don't look anything up!!!
- Moody brightness (optional but it's neat)
- Maybe play with a terrain gen mod (optional :p)
- Hardcore if you're up for it, I don't think this needs the challenge (but maybe you're better than I)
- Hard mode either way though :p
- Blocks for tools if you want (I like it)
- Ethical animals?