Explore the 8 Cities in the Rainbow Kingdom to learn of the the adventures that await you beyond their safety...
Will you find the 8 Temples and return the amulets to their rightful place on the Rainbow Pedestal?
Featuring amazingly unique cities for each biome and landscape! This map will have you exploring its farthest reaches to discover the many secrets it holds...
First one! wonderful let's play made by my homie Bair, check it out if you want a small taste of what's coming at you in the map!
Rules:
You may only place torches, ladders, and spider webs (which have been renamed sticky webs in the game)
You may only craft armor (from materials you find in chests) and torches and cook food
You may not swim long distances; this means you need a boat or a bridge to cross bodies of water you come across in the game, Oceans Rivers and big lakes all apply
You may destroy clay blocks with a shovel (any kind) and cobblestone blocks with a pickaxe (any kind), but these are the only blocks you may destroy-keep an eye out for these in random places as they usually conceal a passage or secret!
When you enter a city, turn the render distance to "normal", when you leave a city and are in the wild, set render distance to "near". (you may be changing this a lot)
Read all signs you come across! the plot can only be discovered by exploring the towns thoroughly looking for hidden chests and signs that have clues on them as to where you will find the Temples.
Paths are the main thoroughfares, but you are not required to stay on them, sometimes important locations are in fact off the path and require some hunting to find...But in general the paths lead you directly from city to city.
This test version only includes the first city and temple completely ready for you to play through with chests and signs. Three other towns are finished, but without signs and chests, so feel free to explore/settle them but they will be fully added later.
The starting city, a brick town built on the edge of a huge swampy lake. This is the largest city so far, and the most complete at the moment, so in this test version be sure and check EVERYWHERE for all the hidden secrets in this town, and signs you read will eventually drop you hints and eventually lead you to a corresponding Forest Temple that will be worth leaving the town to find and explore (more below). There are about 6 paths leaving the city in various directions, so you may find yourself returning once in a while to come back and explore the other paths later.
Things to do in Victoria:
Try and find all 40 of the hidden bricks!
Explore the dam!
get a room at the local inn
find the golden sword
find the bow and make some arrows
Buy the empty Mansion!
Find all the hidden rooms, chests, armor, tools and goodies around the town.
there are tools and food and other goodies to find also... check everywhere!
Screenshots:
In the graveyard at night
The narrow corner streets:
Arbor Square at night:
There seems to be something wrong with the Victoria Dam...
Mushroom River and The Pumpkin Covered Bridge:
Phoenecia:
The Fortified Sand Sultanate. I am still finishing up interiors in this town, so about 60% done. A confusing and angular town that is easy to get lost in. The giant palace at the center of the town is a good landmark to use for bearings. Be sure and practice your jumping skills along the rooftops, it may be rewarding! The Temple for this town is in the farthest reaches of the Desert Labyrinth, so be sure to bring a compass...
Screenshots:
The outer walls
Inside the walls:
The entrance to the Labyrinth Canyons:
Lost in the Canyons:
Verduna:
The Rainforest Pagoda Port. Located on Tiger Lily Lake in a massive rainforest and swamp, this sprawling village will have you criss-crossing the elevated walkways and hoisting off from the docks with all the canals and dense tree cover. Be sure and explore the boat and the library in this town...The Temple for Verduna will be out in the foggy canopy, away from the cozy lanterns and fire pits... hope you have an umbrella...
Screenshots:
far from completed, but a little night shot in the rain
Walking the planked paths of the town:
Sunset:
Night:
Overview:
The Baron's ship anchored in the Lake:
The Zen Garden:
The dense, dark jungle:
Under the canopy:
Nimbia:
not a temple town, but definitely worth passing through on your adventures-Windmills in the clouds power the humble cliff dwelling town clinging out over a huge lake... there are only two tiny ways into the city, so follow the path or try to head out on your own!
Screenshots:
The shrine, sitting atop God's Fist, but it looks like the bridge is broken...
just a small part of the town...
Temple of the Forgotten Woods
Screenshots:
Plaza
Entrance
Temple of the Canyon Labyrinth (I may change this name)
Screenshots:
When it is done, the map will have:
8 large biome-specific towns with completely unique and intricate architecture and layouts no two towns, no two buildings will be the same, my goal is to fit each town in with its environment
8 temples (1 corresponding to each town) to find and beat; signs in each town will give you hints on where to find these
a few smaller villages worth exploring with their own quests and plots, but no temples to explore, just looting and screenshot-worthy scenery
Explore buildings, streets, paths, caves, dungeons, temples, boats, deserts, cliffs, oceans, jungles and much much more!
Other Cities coming soon:
Loxley: The Medieval Forest Keep. Deep in the woods, the Loxleians practice their smithery with finesse, guarding the secret to a Temple long forgotten by man...(unfinished)
Ravenna: In the shadow of the Volcano Proud, this town was forced to build into a great fissure in the earth after an ancient eruption destroyed the soil on the surface. These hermits in the hills are not as quiet as they seem however, and you will have to learn the secret of their portal if you are to find the Temple of Fire. Bring your Biggoron sword! jk...
Olympia: Arctic Gothic Outpost. This hostile tundra town is a far reach off the map still...(unfinished)
Parnassus: An Ocean islandhopper village? A deepsea temple? still working on ideas for this one... (unfinished)
Providence: The Industrial Island City. Steampunk inspiration will guide the design for this town. A redstone temple will be found deep under the city... (Unfinished)
Other Temples to come:
Temple of the King Mangrove
Temple of the Crystal Lake
Temple of the Black Volcano
Temple of Arctic Everlast
Temple of the Fallen Star
Temple of Industrial Distopia
Small Towns/Misc. already on the map:
Hermit's House (Starting Point)
Lone Miner's Cabin
view:
Forever alone...
Salty Seadog's Hut
Bittertooth Lodge
Master Sailor's House
lots of ruins
The Bamboo Forest:
Hope you enjoy it! Ill post more when I get closer to version 1!
Nice! The screenshots really make me want to play it, that's for sure. Seems to have a pretty strong basic plot, too. Nothing extravagant - just an adventure with nice scenery, architecture and, hopefully, puzzles!
Nice! The screenshots really make me want to play it, that's for sure. Seems to have a pretty strong basic plot, too. Nothing extravagant - just an adventure with nice scenery, architecture and, hopefully, puzzles!
You got it! I definitely spent a lot of time on the scenery that's for sure...
Let me know what you think after playing through some of it!
Ridiculous how disrespectful people are. This map deservers FAR more attention than it is getting.
Thank you! I do appreciate that
Too bad people hardly ever read past the second or third page on the forums, but it's all good, I'll be here bumping it and trying to get attention lol
Whoa i'm jelly!!! it's incredible
and this really needs more attention try changing the title of this thread and use like stars or something in it for attention :biggrin.gif:
try something like 'The Amulets of the Holy Temples' that's just a example but it sounds good lol
I will make a video, but I don't know if I should w/ the test version as it is not complete!!
It's up to you, imo there's plenty on the map that would fit in a video, especially if you had the water shader mod installed, but there's also gonna be plenty more on the map in the future so either way...
Will you find the 8 Temples and return the amulets to their rightful place on the Rainbow Pedestal?
Featuring amazingly unique cities for each biome and landscape! This map will have you exploring its farthest reaches to discover the many secrets it holds...
Version Test 1.0 Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nfym76w6trgivjm
Let's Plays:
First one! wonderful let's play made by my homie Bair, check it out if you want a small taste of what's coming at you in the map!
Rules:
This test version only includes the first city and temple completely ready for you to play through with chests and signs. Three other towns are finished, but without signs and chests, so feel free to explore/settle them but they will be fully added later.
I recommend playing the map on either Misa's realistic 64x64
link: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/69354-64x11-misas-realistic-texture-pack-updated-9jan/
or this custom painterly I made for those who want to play a sweet 16x16 look for the world:
http://www.mediafire.com/?eowcggz5x8ar1oj
Example:
Places of Interest:
Things to do in Victoria:
Screenshots:
In the graveyard at night
The narrow corner streets:
Arbor Square at night:
There seems to be something wrong with the Victoria Dam...
Mushroom River and The Pumpkin Covered Bridge:
Screenshots:
Inside the walls:
The entrance to the Labyrinth Canyons:
Lost in the Canyons:
Screenshots:
Walking the planked paths of the town:
Sunset:
Night:
Overview:
The Baron's ship anchored in the Lake:
The Zen Garden:
The dense, dark jungle:
Under the canopy:
Screenshots:
just a small part of the town...
Entrance
When it is done, the map will have:
Other Cities coming soon:
Other Temples to come:
Small Towns/Misc. already on the map:
Hope you enjoy it! Ill post more when I get closer to version 1!
That little +1 down there helps me work faster...
On the streets of Victoria
You got it! I definitely spent a lot of time on the scenery that's for sure...
Let me know what you think after playing through some of it!
Cheers!
Hope you enjoy the map!
Here are two keepers, the first is Phoenecia at dusk, and the second is the of the Lowlands Path between cities.
Enjoy!
Thank you! I do appreciate that
Too bad people hardly ever read past the second or third page on the forums, but it's all good, I'll be here bumping it and trying to get attention lol
glad you liked the map tho!
Cheers! My hunch is it took a bit longer to make too...
Wow thanks! I hope you're right!
Absolutely! I will, your help is greatly appreciated.
can't wait to see how it turns out!
Thanks for the idea! I think I will
edit: what do you think of the title now?
It's up to you, imo there's plenty on the map that would fit in a video, especially if you had the water shader mod installed, but there's also gonna be plenty more on the map in the future so either way...
I actually don't... should I have one of those?
Hell yeah you get OP!
I can't make videos myself so any and all videos I get would be really awesome, and I will feature as many as I can!
I ain't famous either, but trying to get there by making minecraft maps and posting them here?
It's like:
Thought I'd show some progress made in the last few days...
The town:
The hilltop shrine
Dragon Plaza and the Emperor's Gong