# How the HELL do I make a good Minecraft YouTube video? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 11, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951 "2025-09-11T15:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/1 "2025-09-11T15:03:12Z")
Okay, I’m a small Minecraft YouTuber for a few months now, and I do PVP. I’ve lost all inspiration, and I need some video ideas. Any video ideas are okay, just no IRL stuff. Who knows? maybe your suggestion will be my next video! ([https://www.youtube.com/@IMadeLemonade](https://www.youtube.com/@IMadeLemonade)) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/2 "2025-09-11T15:09:30Z")
I watch a lot of Minecraft videos, but not PVP. Do you have any interest in other stuff? ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/3 "2025-09-11T15:12:07Z")
yeah I am looking for some other video Ideas that are not PVP ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/4 "2025-09-11T15:19:40Z")
You could download people’s impressive creations and show them off. That’s pretty popular. Kind of scummy though. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/5 "2025-09-11T15:20:00Z")
Well, what else do you enjoy doing in the game? I mostly watch technical videos (redstone, farms, details on updates…). But i follow a few builders. I think a good building video needs a bit of narrative. Why are you building this, what problems did you encounter, how did you overcome them. (I don’t watch building tutorials, that’s a different genre. It’s more like technical videos.) I also watch a few “let’s play” videos where the content creator chats with watchers in real time as they do something. Sometimes it’s a weird challenge (can i reach the nether with only this starting point) and sometimes it’s essentially a building video, where the creator is adding xyz to their world. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/6 "2025-09-11T15:22:41Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Well, what else do you enjoy doing in the game? This is the essential question. Make a video that _you_, the creator, want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/7 "2025-09-11T15:28:10Z")
I do some lets play content, some mod showcases, all that stuff ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/8 "2025-09-11T23:41:55Z")
One thing that’s common is a person makes an obstacle course, or puzzle, or something along those lines, and another person tries to get through it. (Without cheats or anything, of course.) My youngest daughter loves watching Minecraft videos and that format is one I often see popping up. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/9 "2025-09-15T16:31:13Z")
Have you considered having a picture-in-picture video of your face while you talk & play? For me, seeing a person’s facial reactions while they do something amazing (or fail terribly) is much more engaging than just watching cool stuff happen on a video. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/10 "2025-09-15T18:38:16Z")
I do not plan on doing a face reveal anytime soon ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/11 "2025-09-15T18:39:02Z")
Im doing a YT hunger games thing with some YouTube buddies and I’ma make a vid about it ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/12 "2025-09-15T18:44:06Z")
Fwiw, i sometimes find actual human faces take me out of the event. I like audio, but I’m happy to believe that the person talking is the Minecraft avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/13 "2025-09-16T00:50:19Z")
> [@IMadeLem0nade](#): > > I do not plan on doing a face reveal anytime soon Also, watching a yellow hand grenade talking might be disturbing to some viewers. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951/14 "2025-09-16T15:02:04Z")
Thats fair - Im laughing so hard RN IDK why this was so funny