The inspiration for this idea came in a dream. I know, I know. Dreaming about Minecraft. You've all done it before.
In this dream, I was exploring one of my Minecraft worlds (had a small house built over a large cavern) when I noticed a tree that had water streaming down from all sides. The water was a lighter blue than the usual Minecraft water and appeared to have "sparkles" in it. When I stood underneath it, it slowly healed all my hearts.
Of course, there was much more going on in this dream (for instance, I found a stronghold underneath the tree, which if you haven't seen the pictures, is gonna look sweet) but the tree idea in and of itself seemed to match the spirit of the Minecraft universe. I think it would be fairly easy to program a type of tree that had a spring coming out all four sides of the top "wood" block. You could catch the water in a bucket and drink it to heal hearts, but if you destroyed the "spring" block, it would be gone forever. Trees like this could be fairly rare, programmed to spawn near strongholds, perhaps, or just in random areas all over the world.
People seemed focused right now on making Minecraft "creepier," which I absolutely love, but why not offset the creepiness with some similarly "magical" elements? I think it fits. What do you guys think?
That's too bad, I guess "magic" is the wrong word to describe it. It's a scientifically probable evolutionary path that some trees took in the minecraft universe :wink.gif:
So how do zombies and skeletons exist in the minecraft universe? I'm sorry, if you can have fantastical elements like the undead and portals to alternate hell-like universes, your argument has no impact. But clearly people aren't interested in this idea anyway, just thought it might be an interesting touch.
The other benefit of having a "healing oasis" (I love that word!) is that it can become an element of minecraft strategy to build your base, or your house, near a tree. Or maybe these kind of trees would only spawn in desert environments (where there are fewer mob spawns). That way, it would be difficult to take the benefits of such a tree with you into the world without using up a lot of inventory space.
Again, the word "magic" is misleading. I think a "healing spring" is relatively consistent with the minecraft universe. I think Notch was trying to keep players away from asking for magic spells & wands & unicorns, and that kind of thing, but a tree spring with healing properties has at least as much probability of occurring in a universe where bodies can be reanimated and portals to hell can be built from obsidian. And again, it adds a strategic element to the game. You could try to get a "tree spring" to flow into your mine, therefore having a source of hearts as you explore, and it could also give the player another goal of building around the tree, making interesting-looking or majestic structures around these strategic points. Also, water flowing from the tops of trees just sounds cool-looking!
The only reason I can think that it wouldn't be a good idea is that it would unbalance parts of the game - it would give players a reason not to cook & make food. But that's why it wouldn't heal too many hearts too quickly, maybe couldn't be carried in a bucket, and would be quite rare. I don't think it would replace cooking, either, because you wouldn't be able to encounter healing trees in lower parts of the map, or in the nether, so you couldn't count on them as a source of healing. Think about the possibilities!
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In this dream, I was exploring one of my Minecraft worlds (had a small house built over a large cavern) when I noticed a tree that had water streaming down from all sides. The water was a lighter blue than the usual Minecraft water and appeared to have "sparkles" in it. When I stood underneath it, it slowly healed all my hearts.
Of course, there was much more going on in this dream (for instance, I found a stronghold underneath the tree, which if you haven't seen the pictures, is gonna look sweet) but the tree idea in and of itself seemed to match the spirit of the Minecraft universe. I think it would be fairly easy to program a type of tree that had a spring coming out all four sides of the top "wood" block. You could catch the water in a bucket and drink it to heal hearts, but if you destroyed the "spring" block, it would be gone forever. Trees like this could be fairly rare, programmed to spawn near strongholds, perhaps, or just in random areas all over the world.
People seemed focused right now on making Minecraft "creepier," which I absolutely love, but why not offset the creepiness with some similarly "magical" elements? I think it fits. What do you guys think?
That's too bad, I guess "magic" is the wrong word to describe it. It's a scientifically probable evolutionary path that some trees took in the minecraft universe :wink.gif:
Again, the word "magic" is misleading. I think a "healing spring" is relatively consistent with the minecraft universe. I think Notch was trying to keep players away from asking for magic spells & wands & unicorns, and that kind of thing, but a tree spring with healing properties has at least as much probability of occurring in a universe where bodies can be reanimated and portals to hell can be built from obsidian. And again, it adds a strategic element to the game. You could try to get a "tree spring" to flow into your mine, therefore having a source of hearts as you explore, and it could also give the player another goal of building around the tree, making interesting-looking or majestic structures around these strategic points. Also, water flowing from the tops of trees just sounds cool-looking!
The only reason I can think that it wouldn't be a good idea is that it would unbalance parts of the game - it would give players a reason not to cook & make food. But that's why it wouldn't heal too many hearts too quickly, maybe couldn't be carried in a bucket, and would be quite rare. I don't think it would replace cooking, either, because you wouldn't be able to encounter healing trees in lower parts of the map, or in the nether, so you couldn't count on them as a source of healing. Think about the possibilities!