Hey Guys and Gals, my name is Zombie_Zonk. A lot of people are familiar with the Middle earth Project, which had the amazing idea to make a world in minecraft based off of the world in the Lord of the Rings books/movies. After hearing about it, I had a similar idea, but a world based off of the world in the Wheel of Time series. After searching the internet, I failed to find a solid effort put into recreating the world, and those I did find are outdated and discontinued. So I have decided to reignite that flame.
Please note that the ideas shared in this thread are in no way official as of yet, this is just my "probe" to see how people react. Also, if you have not yet read the Wheel of Time series, this project is most likely not for you, reason being that it will require lots of knowledge of places in the book. I do, however, suggest you go pick up or download a copy.
What is the Wheel of Time?
The Wheel of Time is a popular book series written by Robert Jordan and later finished by Brandon Sanderson. Explaining it in even a gist would be far longer than I intend to make this thread so please just go google it.
What are my intentions?
My intentions are as follows:
Step 1. Gather a group of dedicated WoT fans to help in the project. Step 1a. Pay for a host to host a whitelisted server. Step 2. Get a experienced map painter to make the basic outline of the WoT World Step 3. Get the appropriate plugins demanded for the project. (World Edit)
Step 4. Assign members to their jobs. (I will share those later)
Step 5. Go do it.
Where do we start?
If you have not read the books, then you have no idea of the scale of this build, but I was thinking about starting in Tar Valon, because it serves as somewhat of a hub to other kingdoms, and will most likely be one of the harder builds. I then think, depending on the number of members, we can either split up or all move on to work on another big city, filling in villages and paths along the way.
Additional Q&A
Q: What About Waygates?
A: Nether Portals
Q: Portal Stones? A: Command Blocks
Q: When do you plan on starting? A: That is, as of yet, undecided. I will have to see if I have support.
Guys, not to put any pressure, but this project will heavily rely on support from you, I can't do this alone. So spread the word to friends who have also read or are reading the Wot's!
It seems like a great idea. Me and my girlfriend (very) recently decided to create Tar Valon in our server, with its own separate world. This project of yours will take quite a bit of time and the size of it will be...massive, if you are wanting it to be as exact as possible. Just our Tar Valon map has a radius of 1050 blocks.
It seems like a great idea. Me and my girlfriend (very) recently decided to create Tar Valon in our server, with its own separate world. This project of yours will take quite a bit of time and the size of it will be...massive, if you are wanting it to be as exact as possible. Just our Tar Valon map has a radius of 1050 blocks.
Yes, it'll take a while, but the end product will be well worth the work. Rome wasn't built in a day
Okay, so first off, let me just say that I am a HUGE WoT fan. Discovered it round 6-7 years ago and have been pretty much obsessed by it since then. Sure I read a few other books here and there as I waited for releases...but none compared to it and I couldn't stay away. Re-read the series, as well as got as far as listening up to TFoH via audio book xD all in all, I take pride in my extensive WoT knowledge and there is little I do not know at least a little on.
I used to only MC solo just to waste time but I find myself more and more wanting to re-create Jordan's unparalled work. Surprisingly enough I found that the only few attempts were nothing great..Anyways, basically I don't consider my MCing skills exceptional, but I've already made attempts at learning to use certain programs like worldpainter and MCedit just to gain a bit of skill to realize my desire to start and finish a project like this.
So, if you'll have me, and if you're fully dedicated to this project--count me in!
Just a grasp on the scope of something like this. The map--to scale--is approximately 3000 miles across. Making the total landmass ROUGHLY 9000 miles^2...thats only the westland. So not counting the Waste,nor the Shara. And not counting the Seanchan homeland either, which should be roughly the same in size...
I'd be interested in it. Havn't read the series myself (I have a backlog of like 8 books I still need to read anyways) but the architecture should be fun. I'm a pretty good builder, wouldn't go so far as to say I'm amazing, but I'd like to help out.
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"You have no power over me that I don't give you, and I don't have any power over you than you give me." - Vi Hart
Please note that the ideas shared in this thread are in no way official as of yet, this is just my "probe" to see how people react. Also, if you have not yet read the Wheel of Time series, this project is most likely not for you, reason being that it will require lots of knowledge of places in the book. I do, however, suggest you go pick up or download a copy.
What is the Wheel of Time?
What are my intentions?
Step 1. Gather a group of dedicated WoT fans to help in the project.
Step 1a. Pay for a host to host a whitelisted server.
Step 2. Get a experienced map painter to make the basic outline of the WoT World
Step 3. Get the appropriate plugins demanded for the project. (World Edit)
Step 4. Assign members to their jobs. (I will share those later)
Step 5. Go do it.
Where do we start?
Additional Q&A
A: Nether Portals
Q: Portal Stones?
A: Command Blocks
Q: When do you plan on starting?
A: That is, as of yet, undecided. I will have to see if I have support.
Guys, not to put any pressure, but this project will heavily rely on support from you, I can't do this alone. So spread the word to friends who have also read or are reading the Wot's!
I used to only MC solo just to waste time but I find myself more and more wanting to re-create Jordan's unparalled work. Surprisingly enough I found that the only few attempts were nothing great..Anyways, basically I don't consider my MCing skills exceptional, but I've already made attempts at learning to use certain programs like worldpainter and MCedit just to gain a bit of skill to realize my desire to start and finish a project like this.
So, if you'll have me, and if you're fully dedicated to this project--count me in!
Just a grasp on the scope of something like this. The map--to scale--is approximately 3000 miles across. Making the total landmass ROUGHLY 9000 miles^2...thats only the westland. So not counting the Waste,nor the Shara. And not counting the Seanchan homeland either, which should be roughly the same in size...
"You have no power over me that I don't give you, and I don't have any power over you than you give me." - Vi Hart