Honestly, I can't believe this has never been done before. Bringing Wonderland to Minecraft, is just.. It's unbelievable that no one has thought of this.
Ok, I'll admit that I did once before see a mod that supposed to be a Wonderland mod, but seemed to go way off topic, allowing you to do things like go out guesting to find playing cards so you could craft the Red Queen's Card-soldiers' armor. And it added tea.. Many people probably loved this idea, and I'm really happy that someone thought to at least try at this, but I was not happy with the result. Let's get into what I think a Wonderland mod should [ 'should' in the sense that automatically implies opinion ] include, beginning with that there is no such thing as 'Wonderland'. It was always called 'Underland', being as that it was underground. Alice simply was confused. So, here we go:
~The UnderlandMod~
So, basically, this mod will add a variety of new blocks and items and entities, as well as a new realm, based loosely on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland series. I'll tell you why I say 'loosely' in a minute. Also, I'm going to talk about the realm last because what I decide it looks like depends on what I think you can do as a programmer, and I don't really want to scare you off[ assuming I haven't already done so ], so we'll just wait to talk about that until the very end, when I know who's making this and know what they can do.
An Important Note
I simply have to say this before I begin; I've never read the books. I own them, but all they do is sit on my bookshelf and allow me to look intelligent, along with a dozen other books I'll never get around to reading. The truth is, when I tried to read the series, I felt that the writing style was too childish, but more and more often, now, I'm reading about how intelligent it is, in reference to its mature moral and psychological subjects. So, maybe I'll re-visit Wonderland sometime soon and see if my opinion is changed, but until then I can only hope that my having seen the movies and played the video game [ for the Wii ] will be enough for this mod.
Items
'Drink Me' Potion Desc: Traditionally[ as in, 'in the book' ], this was called Pishsalver, which is Deutsch for 'small' and 'drink', but I think that, for the convenience of those who do not speak German, the tag on the item [ you know, the one you see when you hover your mouse over it in your inventory ] should say 'Red Potion'. It will be a bottle filled with a red liquid. [ I suppose we could call it the 'Protean Potion', but I've not really used the word in a sentence before and so can't be sure of whether or not this is the proper use. ] Func: When you drink this potion, it will decrease your height and the distance you jump by one block, unless you are already at the minimum for either of these. You will also walk only 80% as fast as before. The minimum height is one block, as is the minimum jump-distance. Found: Via brewing and in Underland. We'll talk more on this.
'Eat Me' Cake Desc: This was called 'Upelkuchen'. 'Upel' means 'grow' or 'to grow', and I think we all know that 'kuchen' means 'cake'. Anyway, I'm open to debate about what this should be called, but for now we can just put 'Kuchen' as its name. While this will only have one function, it will have three textures, just for aesthetic purposes. They will all just look like cake, I'll put them together sometime soon and put the link here. Func: These cakes cannot be placed. Rather, you eat half of it once, and then you can eat the other half later. Each time one is eaten, you will grow in height. If you are two or three blocks high, it will add two blocks to both your height and the distance you can jump. However, if you are four or five blocks high, it will only add one block to both. If you are one block tall, it will add two blocks to your height but only one block to your jump distance. Six blocks is the maximum height and three blocks is the maximum jump distance. Each block in height allows you to run 20% faster than the one before it. Found: Via crafting and in Underland. No worries, I'll get more specific later.
Purple Mushroom Desc: Looks like a red mushroom but the cap is completely purple. Func: Used to brew Pishsalver. Found: Dropped from large purple mushroom blocks.
Smelling Salts Desc: A glass vile of something indigo-colored. Func: Cannot be drunk, but, rather, can be thrown and broken to wake any sleeping creature, anger an agressive mob, or frighten a passive mob. When used on players, it causes them to jump and appear to take damage three consecutive times, though they loose no hearts. If used on a player [ or any passive Overworld creature ] in Underland, they will be transported back to their home-bed. This effect does not work on the person who threw the bottle - Someone else must do it. [ Because you're expecting it if you do it. That's not how smelling salts work. ] Can also be used to wake a player sleeping in a bed. Found: In Underland, via trading or in dungeons. Witches may throw some at you in the Overworld.
Tea Brew Desc: A white cup filled with one of four liquids, identifiable by their color. [ Come on, we've got to have some fun items! ] Func: In the Overworld, tea will give you one of four status effects; Slowness, Speed, Strength or Jump Boost, which has nothing to do with the four different colors. In Underland, tea is less predictable. It can give you any status effect, fill one hunger, be thrown and broken and deal half a heart of damage, explode[ not killing you, though ], heal one-and-a-half hearts, or turn into a firework and shoot up, above you. If it doesn't explode or break or fly away, once you drink it you will be left with a cup. Found: In Underland
Cup Desc: A white tea-cup. Func: When you right-click with it in hand, it will either be thrown and broken and deal one half heart of damage, or you will eat it and it will fill no hunger. Chosen totally at random. Found: Appears in hand after drinking Tea.
I'm still typing this up, but if you're patient you just might find that you really like the idea, so just wait around a few minutes[ or a few days ].
"All that matters is the price. That's what nobody gets. There’s always a price to pay for using the Objects. Whether you know it or not, there's always a price."
"All that matters is the price. That's what nobody gets. There’s always a price to pay for using the Objects. Whether you know it or not, there's always a price."
I'm not judging, I'm just telling you that the movies and video games don't even hold a candle to the original wonderland. It's definitely worth a read and if you have the time it can be done in a day!
I'm not judging, I'm just telling you that the movies and video games don't even hold a candle to the original wonderland. It's definitely worth a read and if you have the time it can be done in a day!
Thanks! I'll be sure to read them.
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"All that matters is the price. That's what nobody gets. There’s always a price to pay for using the Objects. Whether you know it or not, there's always a price."
Ok, I'll admit that I did once before see a mod that supposed to be a Wonderland mod, but seemed to go way off topic, allowing you to do things like go out guesting to find playing cards so you could craft the Red Queen's Card-soldiers' armor. And it added tea.. Many people probably loved this idea, and I'm really happy that someone thought to at least try at this, but I was not happy with the result. Let's get into what I think a Wonderland mod should [ 'should' in the sense that automatically implies opinion ] include, beginning with that there is no such thing as 'Wonderland'. It was always called 'Underland', being as that it was underground. Alice simply was confused. So, here we go:
So, basically, this mod will add a variety of new blocks and items and entities, as well as a new realm, based loosely on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland series. I'll tell you why I say 'loosely' in a minute. Also, I'm going to talk about the realm last because what I decide it looks like depends on what I think you can do as a programmer, and I don't really want to scare you off[ assuming I haven't already done so ], so we'll just wait to talk about that until the very end, when I know who's making this and know what they can do.
An Important Note
I simply have to say this before I begin; I've never read the books. I own them, but all they do is sit on my bookshelf and allow me to look intelligent, along with a dozen other books I'll never get around to reading. The truth is, when I tried to read the series, I felt that the writing style was too childish, but more and more often, now, I'm reading about how intelligent it is, in reference to its mature moral and psychological subjects. So, maybe I'll re-visit Wonderland sometime soon and see if my opinion is changed, but until then I can only hope that my having seen the movies and played the video game [ for the Wii ] will be enough for this mod.
Items
'Drink Me' Potion
Desc: Traditionally[ as in, 'in the book' ], this was called Pishsalver, which is Deutsch for 'small' and 'drink', but I think that, for the convenience of those who do not speak German, the tag on the item [ you know, the one you see when you hover your mouse over it in your inventory ] should say 'Red Potion'. It will be a bottle filled with a red liquid. [ I suppose we could call it the 'Protean Potion', but I've not really used the word in a sentence before and so can't be sure of whether or not this is the proper use. ]
Func: When you drink this potion, it will decrease your height and the distance you jump by one block, unless you are already at the minimum for either of these. You will also walk only 80% as fast as before. The minimum height is one block, as is the minimum jump-distance.
Found: Via brewing and in Underland. We'll talk more on this.
'Eat Me' Cake
Desc: This was called 'Upelkuchen'. 'Upel' means 'grow' or 'to grow', and I think we all know that 'kuchen' means 'cake'. Anyway, I'm open to debate about what this should be called, but for now we can just put 'Kuchen' as its name. While this will only have one function, it will have three textures, just for aesthetic purposes. They will all just look like cake, I'll put them together sometime soon and put the link here.
Func: These cakes cannot be placed. Rather, you eat half of it once, and then you can eat the other half later. Each time one is eaten, you will grow in height. If you are two or three blocks high, it will add two blocks to both your height and the distance you can jump. However, if you are four or five blocks high, it will only add one block to both. If you are one block tall, it will add two blocks to your height but only one block to your jump distance. Six blocks is the maximum height and three blocks is the maximum jump distance. Each block in height allows you to run 20% faster than the one before it.
Found: Via crafting and in Underland. No worries, I'll get more specific later.
Purple Mushroom
Desc: Looks like a red mushroom but the cap is completely purple.
Func: Used to brew Pishsalver.
Found: Dropped from large purple mushroom blocks.
Smelling Salts
Desc: A glass vile of something indigo-colored.
Func: Cannot be drunk, but, rather, can be thrown and broken to wake any sleeping creature, anger an agressive mob, or frighten a passive mob. When used on players, it causes them to jump and appear to take damage three consecutive times, though they loose no hearts. If used on a player [ or any passive Overworld creature ] in Underland, they will be transported back to their home-bed. This effect does not work on the person who threw the bottle - Someone else must do it. [ Because you're expecting it if you do it. That's not how smelling salts work. ] Can also be used to wake a player sleeping in a bed.
Found: In Underland, via trading or in dungeons. Witches may throw some at you in the Overworld.
Tea Brew
Desc: A white cup filled with one of four liquids, identifiable by their color. [ Come on, we've got to have some fun items! ]
Func: In the Overworld, tea will give you one of four status effects; Slowness, Speed, Strength or Jump Boost, which has nothing to do with the four different colors. In Underland, tea is less predictable. It can give you any status effect, fill one hunger, be thrown and broken and deal half a heart of damage, explode[ not killing you, though ], heal one-and-a-half hearts, or turn into a firework and shoot up, above you. If it doesn't explode or break or fly away, once you drink it you will be left with a cup.
Found: In Underland
Cup
Desc: A white tea-cup.
Func: When you right-click with it in hand, it will either be thrown and broken and deal one half heart of damage, or you will eat it and it will fill no hunger. Chosen totally at random.
Found: Appears in hand after drinking Tea.
I'm still typing this up, but if you're patient you just might find that you really like the idea, so just wait around a few minutes[ or a few days ].
Thanks! I'll be sure to read them.
I was wondering if there will be any mobs, I suggest the queen of hearts might be a boss. if she would be in it.