Whenever Notch or Jeb start to work on the sky dimension if ever, they should consider the following.
1. The portal to it will be built with gold blocks.
2. Gold will be twice as common (off topic and off suggestion, I know, but people found lots of gold back in old times, and gold is almost useless in Minecraft. This would be great for making it possible to get enough gold to make a sky dimension portal + it would increase the possibility of ingots being used as currency in Minecraft servers.)
3. The sky dimension portal will be like a nether portal, except made out of gold blocks. You'll still make it by lighting it on fire, and it will be light greenish blue instead of purple.
4. The nether is a firey hellish area, so the sky dimension should be the opposite. The trees will look all nice and stuff, and perhaps some will drop golden apples from their leaves (1/24 chance.) Also another suggestion of mine: Apples should drop from tree leaves, 1/12 chance. There will be water, and more ice and snow than other areas.
5. The MOBs should be ice and snow type, contrary to the fire elemental nether enemies.
6. Perhaps the main MOB of the Sky Dimension will be a humanoid bird, with a Steve model but with an elongated beak. It will be like the zombie pigman from the nether, and known as an aetherbird. It will behave the same way as a zombie pigman and drop cooked chicken and eggs upon death. It will use a diamond sword, but not drop it when it dies.
7. The second MOB of the Sky Dimension I think should be called a Wheezey. It floats around like the ghast, and is a cloud with a face that makes a wheezing noise as it flies around. When breathing in, it turns dark grey, when breathing out, it turns light grey again (and if possible, rain will come out). If the wheezey sees you, it will turn on you and wheeze quicker, spitting explosive thunderbolts when it breathes out. When it dies, it will drop a storm crystal, which will be like a diamond except light yellow.
8. The third sky dimension MOB will be called a Chiller. It is a tornado that flies around with little particles of ice around it. When it sees you, it will rush at you. If it hurts you or if you hurt it enough, (5 hearts will make it retreat) it will retreat back very quickly, and a few seconds later, will charge once again. Once it finally dies, it will drop a chill rod, the counterpart to the blaze rod.
9. The fourth sky dimension MOB will be called a frost cube. When it dies, it will drop ice balls, similiarly to how the magma cubes of the nether drop magma balls.
Chill rods and blaze rods, and ice balls and magma balls will have uses.
When you craft a sword with a chill rod instead of a stick, (cannot use stone or wood) it will slow down whoever you hit for a short period of time. Repeated hits will completely freeze the enemy. If the enemy catches on fire, the slow effect will completely disappear.
When you craft a sword with a blaze rod instead of a stick, (cannot use stone or wood) it will catch the enemy on fire for a short period of time.
The same effects will go for arrows that are crafted similiarly, except if you use a blaze rod, the tip of the arrow must be a magma ball, and if you use a chill rod, the tip of the arrow must be an ice ball.
10. There will be structures that spawn in the Sky Dimension. They will be made out of gold brick blocks, which will only yield one gold ingot when broken down, and they will be similiar to structures on the Nether. You might find villages in the Sky Dimension too that will have villagers like on Earth and NPCs, but they will have wings. Winged farm animals will be present too. :tongue.gif:
I think you should activate the portal by right clicking with your fist (air). This is essentially what the aether is, air, similar to how the nether is fire, and you use a flint and steel to light a fire to activate the portal.
Or maybe a bucket of water, like in the mod.
I like it but, I think magma balls and ice balls could be combined like so:
= Ice Balls = Fire Balls
To make a Blaice (BL-AY-SS) Shard (Yes I did make that up :tongue.gif:) which you craft together in a 2x2 grid to make a Blaice Crystal which you can make armour and tools with :smile.gif: BUT, to make Blaice Rods (You use these to make the tools) you would use Blaze Rods and Chill Rods.
:smile.gif: Personally I think that would be cool.
EDIT: Also you should be able to make a Blaice bow from a Aetherbirds spine (I dunno, something from the Aetherbird, or just string) and Blaice Rods and then arrows, Aetherbird feathers, Blaice crystals(shards?) and blaice rods.
1. The portal to it will be built with gold blocks.
2. Gold will be twice as common (off topic and off suggestion, I know, but people found lots of gold back in old times, and gold is almost useless in Minecraft. This would be great for making it possible to get enough gold to make a sky dimension portal + it would increase the possibility of ingots being used as currency in Minecraft servers.)
3. The sky dimension portal will be like a nether portal, except made out of gold blocks. You'll still make it by lighting it on fire, and it will be light greenish blue instead of purple.
4. The nether is a firey hellish area, so the sky dimension should be the opposite. The trees will look all nice and stuff, and perhaps some will drop golden apples from their leaves (1/24 chance.) Also another suggestion of mine: Apples should drop from tree leaves, 1/12 chance. There will be water, and more ice and snow than other areas.
5. The MOBs should be ice and snow type, contrary to the fire elemental nether enemies.
6. Perhaps the main MOB of the Sky Dimension will be a humanoid bird, with a Steve model but with an elongated beak. It will be like the zombie pigman from the nether, and known as an aetherbird. It will behave the same way as a zombie pigman and drop cooked chicken and eggs upon death. It will use a diamond sword, but not drop it when it dies.
7. The second MOB of the Sky Dimension I think should be called a Wheezey. It floats around like the ghast, and is a cloud with a face that makes a wheezing noise as it flies around. When breathing in, it turns dark grey, when breathing out, it turns light grey again (and if possible, rain will come out). If the wheezey sees you, it will turn on you and wheeze quicker, spitting explosive thunderbolts when it breathes out. When it dies, it will drop a storm crystal, which will be like a diamond except light yellow.
8. The third sky dimension MOB will be called a Chiller. It is a tornado that flies around with little particles of ice around it. When it sees you, it will rush at you. If it hurts you or if you hurt it enough, (5 hearts will make it retreat) it will retreat back very quickly, and a few seconds later, will charge once again. Once it finally dies, it will drop a chill rod, the counterpart to the blaze rod.
9. The fourth sky dimension MOB will be called a frost cube. When it dies, it will drop ice balls, similiarly to how the magma cubes of the nether drop magma balls.
Chill rods and blaze rods, and ice balls and magma balls will have uses.
When you craft a sword with a chill rod instead of a stick, (cannot use stone or wood) it will slow down whoever you hit for a short period of time. Repeated hits will completely freeze the enemy. If the enemy catches on fire, the slow effect will completely disappear.
When you craft a sword with a blaze rod instead of a stick, (cannot use stone or wood) it will catch the enemy on fire for a short period of time.
The same effects will go for arrows that are crafted similiarly, except if you use a blaze rod, the tip of the arrow must be a magma ball, and if you use a chill rod, the tip of the arrow must be an ice ball.
10. There will be structures that spawn in the Sky Dimension. They will be made out of gold brick blocks, which will only yield one gold ingot when broken down, and they will be similiar to structures on the Nether. You might find villages in the Sky Dimension too that will have villagers like on Earth and NPCs, but they will have wings. Winged farm animals will be present too. :tongue.gif:
Or maybe a bucket of water, like in the mod.
That awkward moment when you look at the users picture
To make a Blaice (BL-AY-SS) Shard (Yes I did make that up :tongue.gif:) which you craft together in a 2x2 grid to make a Blaice Crystal which you can make armour and tools with :smile.gif: BUT, to make Blaice Rods (You use these to make the tools) you would use Blaze Rods and Chill Rods.
:smile.gif: Personally I think that would be cool.
EDIT: Also you should be able to make a Blaice bow from a Aetherbirds spine (I dunno, something from the Aetherbird, or just string) and Blaice Rods and then arrows, Aetherbird feathers, Blaice crystals(shards?) and blaice rods.