Hello, Minecraft Forums. So I play on this server, prestigecraft.net. They are holding a house competition, and all submissions must be Halloween-themed. I am having trouble coming up with an idea for my house. Houses must be 16x16x25 blocks. Feel free to post some ideas for my house. I'd like it to contain materials not too difficult to get. Thank you!
I cannot really help you with this. It's pretty straightforward. Make a house with a halloween theme. Dracula's castle? Haunted house? Vampire's mansion? I don't know.
Nether Brick, lava, Obsidian and Soul Sand have an eerie feel to them. Use Redstone torches for light if you can. But if it's a contest based on creativity, come up with the idea on your own! Let your creative side come out! EDIT: Oh, and having lava above a 1-thick ceiling makes the lava drip through (just a particle effect), making it look like there is blood dripping from the ceiling.
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I think you should do... uhh.... I think that a a graveyard home would be nice. Meaning, maybe, I coffin for a bed. and a tank with lava labled as blood. and... yeah. Sorry, I'm not very creative.
I made a haunted house once. It was fun. Here's a few things that worked for me:
- Have a few dark places with no doors. Monsters will spawn there, and rattle and moan like ghosts.
- There's this one painting that looks like a man with a cane. It looks creepy as hell at the end of a long narrow hall.
- Dark wood and candles.
- A crypt in the basement.
- If you had the blocks, an almost-made Wither would be pretty scary.
I made a haunted house once. It was fun. Here's a few things that worked for me:
- Have a few dark places with no doors. Monsters will spawn there, and rattle and moan like ghosts.
- There's this one painting that looks like a man with a cane. It looks creepy as hell at the end of a long narrow hall.
- Dark wood and candles.
- A crypt in the basement.
- If you had the blocks, an almost-made Wither would be pretty scary.
for the wither idea: you can use a piston to push the blocks in place and then the wither wont spawn and you can have a complete wither
I was inspired by this post to make a house (using the rules you posted). Now I would not suggest that you copy my house, but maybe I can give you some helpful pointers. If they aren't helpful, sorry in advance.
This is the house I made. The 16x16 limit make it hard to come up with anything too elaborate. But this house here is only 13 blocks high (half of your 25 block limit). So you could easily milk the height limit to make an impressive house. What I think is important here is that the house does not look like a house. For a Halloween theme, its probably better to do something abstract rather than try to make it look like a house.
Also make sure you use different kinds of materials. Nothing looks worse than a room where the floor, walls and ceiling all look the same. Someone else already mentioned the paintings, they add more color to a room. Use them.
Filling up space is also important, what you use to fill that space is less important. Just because its a Halloween themed house doesn't mean that there has to be stacks of jack-o-lanterns everywhere.
Not to say that the admins on your server are of lesser moral fiber, but if they are, bribe them with cake, then you will be sure to win!
for the wither idea: you can use a piston to push the blocks in place and then the wither wont spawn and you can have a complete wither
Ohhhhhh nice... what if, when you enter and trip a wire, the pistons go Chunk... Chunk... Chunk... and the heads go into place, and you get about three seconds of pants-wetting terror.
I was inspired by this post to make a house (using the rules you posted). Now I would not suggest that you copy my house, but maybe I can give you some helpful pointers. If they aren't helpful, sorry in advance.
This is the house I made. The 16x16 limit make it hard to come up with anything too elaborate. But this house here is only 13 blocks high (half of your 25 block limit). So you could easily milk the height limit to make an impressive house. What I think is important here is that the house does not look like a house. For a Halloween theme, its probably better to do something abstract rather than try to make it look like a house.
Also make sure you use different kinds of materials. Nothing looks worse than a room where the floor, walls and ceiling all look the same. Someone else already mentioned the paintings, they add more color to a room. Use them.
Filling up space is also important, what you use to fill that space is less important. Just because its a Halloween themed house doesn't mean that there has to be stacks of jack-o-lanterns everywhere.
Not to say that the admins on your server are of lesser moral fiber, but if they are, bribe them with cake, then you will be sure to win!
Hope this gave you some good ideas. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips, and also good job on the house. I'd probably come up with some ideas with the tips you've given
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- Have a few dark places with no doors. Monsters will spawn there, and rattle and moan like ghosts.
- There's this one painting that looks like a man with a cane. It looks creepy as hell at the end of a long narrow hall.
- Dark wood and candles.
- A crypt in the basement.
- If you had the blocks, an almost-made Wither would be pretty scary.
for the wither idea: you can use a piston to push the blocks in place and then the wither wont spawn and you can have a complete wither
This is the house I made. The 16x16 limit make it hard to come up with anything too elaborate. But this house here is only 13 blocks high (half of your 25 block limit). So you could easily milk the height limit to make an impressive house. What I think is important here is that the house does not look like a house. For a Halloween theme, its probably better to do something abstract rather than try to make it look like a house.
Also make sure you use different kinds of materials. Nothing looks worse than a room where the floor, walls and ceiling all look the same. Someone else already mentioned the paintings, they add more color to a room. Use them.
Filling up space is also important, what you use to fill that space is less important. Just because its a Halloween themed house doesn't mean that there has to be stacks of jack-o-lanterns everywhere.
Not to say that the admins on your server are of lesser moral fiber, but if they are, bribe them with cake, then you will be sure to win!
Hope this gave you some good ideas. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips, and also good job on the house. I'd probably come up with some ideas with the tips you've given
A floating castle of Sheogorath filled with madmen and wabbajacks everywhere.