Looking at online photos, I noticed that everyone loves to build an awesome fort. Like, really awesome forts. And I've built my share too, but I feel like it doesn't mean anything without others.
So my proposal is this: A group of about a dozen designer, engineer, and architect wanna-bes get together and prove their worth to the community by building a mega-fortress. The best term is an "arcology": A whole city contained within one structure. The structure would feature extensive security measures, spacious and luxurious residential sectors, facilities for the production and storage of every good known in Minecraft, and both internal and external transportation networks.
The multiplayer system is very buggy for the time being, but I think blueprints and some sketches can be completed before full-scale construction begins. Here is an example I made using the Starcraft2 editor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52946321@N03/4946258442/
The other images in the photostream are of a current project, which gives a sense of the scale I'm aiming for.
Please reply to this thread, and bring your best ideas to the table.
Im extremely interested in this, but I dont have survival multiplayer...(dont like paypall and cant find where to buy it on the website anyway) Id love to help once I do buy it. Ive been interested in arcologies for a long time now and no, SimCity 2000 didnt spark my interest. I never played that game.
I like that design, but theres just something missing from it. How about this? Maybe we could make something like it:
This project is going to take a loooong time but will be well worth it once its done. Several shopping malls and all sorts of stuff you could think of that is needed for a city we need to worry about. And of course a spleefing arena. On the blog you mentioned it should house at least 12 people but that is way too small, even for a Minecraft building.
EDIT: I just thought of something. Would adding a plumbing system do any good? Stuff thrown in a "toilet" from any place in the arcology will end up in the main sewage system underground which can lead to a waterfall outside. Think we could do it?
So my proposal is this: A group of about a dozen designer, engineer, and architect wanna-bes get together and prove their worth to the community by building a mega-fortress. The best term is an "arcology": A whole city contained within one structure. The structure would feature extensive security measures, spacious and luxurious residential sectors, facilities for the production and storage of every good known in Minecraft, and both internal and external transportation networks.
The multiplayer system is very buggy for the time being, but I think blueprints and some sketches can be completed before full-scale construction begins. Here is an example I made using the Starcraft2 editor:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52946321@N03/4946258442/
The other images in the photostream are of a current project, which gives a sense of the scale I'm aiming for.
Please reply to this thread, and bring your best ideas to the table.
EDIT: This has been moved to a free blog now:
http://minecraftarcology.blogspot.com/
-El Zirble'
There we go!
http://minecraftarcology.blogspot.com/
I'd like to keep this page up as an advert of sorts, so feel free to post "I'm in" so I can see how many people are interested.
Count me in. I know redstone, TNT, and geometry.
Contains Pachebel's Canon made with noteblocks, a working Rubik's cube made with pistons, and the ultimate TNT cannon.
I like that design, but theres just something missing from it. How about this? Maybe we could make something like it:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6875/arcology.jpg
This project is going to take a loooong time but will be well worth it once its done. Several shopping malls and all sorts of stuff you could think of that is needed for a city we need to worry about. And of course a spleefing arena. On the blog you mentioned it should house at least 12 people but that is way too small, even for a Minecraft building.
EDIT: I just thought of something. Would adding a plumbing system do any good? Stuff thrown in a "toilet" from any place in the arcology will end up in the main sewage system underground which can lead to a waterfall outside. Think we could do it?