Day 0: Shelter

Spawn point: Not a bad place to start, a few trees and a little water, but the coast was nowhere to be seen around, and I needed to be there if I wanted to properly flatten this world, So I punched a few trees, got some wood for a much needed shelter, and set off to the shoreline.

A few things that anyone will find useful to survive the first night in Minecraft:
Shelter
Tools/Weapons
Light

Luckily, the first two can be made from wood, which is easily gathered, but the second requires either fire or lava, which are both hard to find, or torches, which are made from coal. Therefor, my next project was to find some coal, and possibly a small amount of stone if bothered.

So after I reached the coast, I built a squalid shelter, crafted a pickax and a shovel and set off to find some coal. This was actually a rather simple task, as I found coal and stone in a watering hole nearby. However I did hear some... mortifying sounds in the caves above.

By the time I had gotten the coal and returned to my tiny home, it was time for sunset. This means night was immanent, which of course leads to night creatures. The night creatures (let's call them 'mobs' from now on, shall we?) in Minecraft are... Well, let's just say they aren't to be messed with.

I crafted some torches to keep my house lit overnight, hopefully not to attract the nearby mobs, as it became night, and then locked myself inside.
It's going to be a long night.

My house at nightfall, created with minimal resources. 

Hopefully it's good enough to keep away the mobs.