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[Itnetlolor]

Got back into Minecraft Creative Mode. Been doing a Wanderer's Paradise build as the canvas and scenery. Basically, I'm using the large biomes, and warping a kilometer's radius (1k X then Y and so on. Along 8-points of the perimeter), then 2 kilometers (another 8-point, not 12-point). Keep notes what is where, and if/when used, make notes of it, and make warp gates, and have a central hub to navigate through.

Anyway, after touring my scenery/canvas, I started building, starting with my Central Hub.

Spoiler: Central Hub / Gallery Alpha (Early Model, so far) (click to show/hide)

I was sorta inspired by some games to use a central hub in some cases (like Chrono Trigger and The End of Time), but also take advantage of the compact nature of command blocks, and make the Central Hub something pretty cool. In some cases, advanced technology, other cases, magic, and in some other cases, technological magic, and magical technology. It's a melting pot of random. Current theme is interactive art gallery/temple of artifacts (that lead to interesting places, generated or made) when interacted with. Sounds a bit like Myst in some ways too. Some artifacts and such, I might even make it activate a teleporter by dropping something onto a pressure plate. It should be able to return the sacrifice, or at least provide them. Like a chicken egg launcher, spawned chicken activates a pressure plate that sends you somewhere (maybe horrifying (Like the Netheral-Hub; or Enderal-Hub)), while being incinerated in the process, at least for witnesses to watch it happen when multiplayer'd.

Here's what's currently available.
From Left to Right:
(Time Shrine) (Exit Door (Pending other possible uses)) (Main Entrance) (Pending Hallway) (Sand Castle Shrine) (Altar to Original Spawn Coordinates (Might move elsewhere; it's blocking the door))

And to see what the ceiling looks like. Neat huh?


A view from above. The beacon lights and the color variety was inspired by the floating island and how different sky-scrapers were shooting beams of light out of them; this was a good reminder, especially being able to shoot black beams of light. That one gave me some cool ideas. I like that Minecraft allows this.


Here's where you come in from:


The Entryway to the Sand Castle.




Or more formally "The Ultimate Beach". I do like the floor work I put into it, since you do spawn on a beach.




The Altar of Beginnings
Which basically just returns you to the original spawn point when I first genned the landscape.




The Altar of the Time Siblings: Luna and Sol

Pray to Luna for Night Time or pray to Sol for Day Time.

I find this would be handy for certain locations with the right mood and lighting setup. I have yet to meet the other gods of weather.

I found a location which was a perfect blend of a few good large biomes to be near each other (Ocean, desert, and roofed forest). I prevented a forest fire from happening before it was too late. After establishing my warp platform, I got working after doing a 1k diameter scan (which thank goodness for that anyway; prevented the fire via magma pit and roofed forest), and loving every bit of it. Here's my sand castle in the works, with a means of traffic passing through on the first floor. I might add some crates later on or something. I still need to complete it; but the Thru-Pass is made.

Spoiler: Sand Castle WIP (click to show/hide)

What's seen upon entering via Central Hub (Unintentionaly correct facing, but awesome).

Spoiler: And the Gateway System I'll be employing. (click to show/hide)

From Left to Right:
Arrivals, Departures, Beacon/Teleporter beam (WRY)
Arrivals - You appear center of green.
Departures - You press the button (Pray to Altar, fiddle with artifact, or whatever you interpret) to return to the Central Hub.
Beacons (###) - "Teleporter Beam", and navigation beacon, color-coded to represent biome. (Desert)

EDIT:
I just got a clever idea to double the Time Twins' abilities, and how to present it on their shrine. Sunset and Sunrise. Up the contrast on the shrine with 2 more colors.

EDIT EDIT:
Done and done. Time Twins leveled up. Now we have High Moon, Dusk, Dawn, and High Noon. Contrast upgraded, from the mural to the rug. Altars added. Symmetry remains. My world got more precision now time-wise, and the controls look a little cooler.

[Halindir]

Some wet and muddy fiddlery for those rainy embarks

In nordic mythology Niđavellir is the realm of dwarves
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-nidavellir
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-muspellsheimr

[Urist McScoopbeard]

@Cinder,

As generally a person who is terrible at most things, specifically art, which I was never good at despite my best efforts, you do not have the right to say "fuck all of you" because your work has gone unnoticed. Many a time have I posted either something I drew or wrote and it wasn't responded to, and sometimes it even killed whole threads... well close to it. Unfortunately, that is innately part of being an artist; you have to keep going when people don't just jump up for a standing ovation, whether it be due to lack of interest or they don't want to say something on the quality of the work. So ya. Don't just cry out for attention. If you do, make sure you do it with your artwork instead of your words.

None of this is to imply that your flags are bad. Some of them I find quite fun, but truth be told, I didn't really give it more than a semi-interested glance.

END CINDER-RELATED POST.

@Mastahcheese,

that's pretty good from a topographically correct standpoint, so well done! But I gots me some gripes with your rivers. First of all, rivers never split (well sometimes they do, but not like that and USUALLY not for very long. There's a manmade split in Germany, but it's not really of note), and secondly, they always flow downhill. Of course, something like what you have in your map could theoretically be plausible for many of the splits in your rivers if you something like the cliffs of dover/moher covering a lot of your coastline and this was a very high island. There's also that one little nub of a river that flows nowhere.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Spoiler: Added peoples (click to show/hide)

Teach me all your secrets, oh Grand Cat Master of Cheese!
Ia! Ia! MastahCheese fhtagn!

[Shook]

Some wet and muddy fiddlery for those rainy embarks

In nordic mythology Niđavellir is the realm of dwarves
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-nidavellir
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-muspellsheimr

Oh hey, i was wondering where you went! Halindir tunes are always welcome in my earholes. c:

Also, i was going to give a bit of input on this whole "people not responding" deal, but that horse seems to have been beaten to death by now. :U

also also since i'm having a bit of a dry spell at the moment i politely link you to a thing where you can see a thing below this guys name which i made a while ago

[defeeca]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[WillowLuman]

Some wet and muddy fiddlery for those rainy embarks

In nordic mythology Niđavellir is the realm of dwarves
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-nidavellir
https://soundcloud.com/vaniardur/halindir-muspellsheimr

These are the kind of tracks I could just loop in the background, and not even notice. Really nice ambiance.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You should totally do Eldritch horror things.
I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

[defeeca]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You should totally do Eldritch horror things.
I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

Well I Tried

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[WillowLuman]

Something about that last one... just, GAH.

[FArgHalfnr]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You should totally do Eldritch horror things.
I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

Well I Tried

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Nice. I really like the first one.
And to continue on the theme of creepy things, I drew a puppet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Somewhat inspired by this guy.

[Shook]

HOH

That is fairly creepy indeed. I'm okay with that, i like me some creepy things from time to time. :v
sadly i don't have anything creepy for you right now BUT

I GOT

A SCANNER

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Much unlike potato-tier phone cam, this is high enough resolution for you to see the perforation on the left side of the paper. HI-RES, YO.

[BlackFlyme]

Weapon sprites, roughly 18x18 pixel limit for each. WIP.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Done. Yet I haven't even gotten halfway down the sheet.

[acetech09]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You should totally do Eldritch horror things.
I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

Well I Tried

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Nice. I really like the first one.
And to continue on the theme of creepy things, I drew a puppet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Somewhat inspired by this guy.

Slack lines on a puppet give the impression it's standing on its own. Proper creepy there, mate.

[FArgHalfnr]

some random thing i drew (they are all random i have no control over what i draw).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You should totally do Eldritch horror things.
I don't need to sleep anymore anyway.

Well I Tried

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Nice. I really like the first one.
And to continue on the theme of creepy things, I drew a puppet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Somewhat inspired by this guy.

Slack lines on a puppet give the impression it's standing on its own. Proper creepy there, mate.

That wasn't exactly intentional. Probably happened because I wasn't sure if I wanted to draw a puppet or a robot (In which case it would've been electric cables) when I added them. I didn't realize this until now but I think I'll keep it, since I kinda like the effect it makes.