Totally right with that, Minecraft has that feel of „home“ xD And with the random generation, it always feels so refreshing :3
Feel ya on that, too! Didn‘t do a challenge run, but I liked the later game bosses a lot, they were super satisfying to beat :3
Oh, I had replayed that one a few months ago until year 2 and then I stopped again xD
Oh my god, the memories :‘D I didn‘t have that game, but my siblings had it and so many add-ons and I was allowed to play on their PC, when they could play Spore on mine in return.