I've hosted a Minecraft server since the early alpha days of the game. Before survival even existed.
That means it's been almost 6 years now and it is prevalent that Survival is no longer the main attraction for Minecraft servers now. I've seen a dramatic decrease in new players joining our server despite mass advertising through various means.
Due to this I have come to the conclusion that Survival is on the way down and that I need to begin work on a new server. Something that more people can enjoy if it's done well. MMO's Like World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls Online are difficult to just jump in and play without entire investments of time. With that though, I think it's completely possible to bring the elements and enjoyment into Minecraft. And that's what I am setting out to do.
Many Minecraft MMO servers that I have seen are very linear; going from point A to point B and continuing along a certain path without that exploration or option to go a different way or ever venture into a place where you are guaranteed to die without knowing it. These servers hold their players hands and that's not always fair to everyone. I want to remedy this and build upon it. Our main inspiration is being taken from World of Warcraft's vastness and attention to detail in everything.
This entire task is very challenging and I have no guarantee it will ever work out, but I would love for it to happen and I am going to do everything in my power to make it happen.
Here's what we need/will need eventually:
Custom Mobs
Custom Items
Custom HUD + Interfaces
Custom NPCs
Custom Quests
Custom Grouping System
Custom Faction System
Custom Class System
Custom Race System
Custom Player Mechanics
Custom Damage Tables (compatible with Custom Items and Mobs)
Custom Mounts
And Probably More!
Want to help out? Here are some major areas we will need help in!
If you're a plugin developer and are interested in contributing time and effort into this project, PM me. The main objectives will be to recreate, as best we can, some of the features of World of Warcraft within Minecraft.
If you're an artist wanting to help out with skins, textures for the world and custom item textures, PM me.
If you're a creative writer and want to help develop story(Lore) for the world, races, quests, factions, characters, etc, PM me!
If you're a sound engineer and want to help create custom sounds and music for various things within the game, PM me!
If you're creative builder within Minecraft and frequent Fantasy style builds and are interested in helping create and mold the world, PM me!
We will eventually need a boss mechanic engineer for dungeons and raid content, if interested, you may also PM me, but it won't be for a while!
Interested in being a moderator in-game readily available to answer players questions, sort out bugs, and provide helpful tips to the community? Don't PM me, but note that your interest is appreciated. The process for moderators will be dealt with when the project is closer to release. If you're a worthy candidate and wish to stay up to date or help out in other areas while you wait, please do contact me.
We have many other areas we need help with, so let me know if you can do something not listed!
Progress:
I did not even think we would be anywhere near where we are today. It's been 5 days and we are already laying out ideas for the world development. We have a concept map that we are tweaking. We have a plugin developer working daily on new systems. Those systems being: Custom Quests, Custom NPCs, Custom Vendor system, Custom Spells/abilities, Custom Mobs, Custom Mob AI, and more!
My original thought was that this project was going to take at least a year to get to the world making phase, but out of the 3 of us working with story/other areas and one dev working on an amazing mod, we've reduced that time frame to mere weeks! So thank you to the two of you helping me out on this and the dev for making an awesome custom mod/plugin!
You can view WIP images of spells/quests/NPCs/Concept Map via the attachments.
PM me for a link to a forum in which things can be discussed without interference.
I am fielding questions as well if you have any. Ask away. More info will come as time progresses.
We're still looking for more people! We have a mod developer working tirelessly on making a custom mod. We have a story writer as well as another interested in helping write lore. We have someone interested in composing music for us as well. We still need you though! Join us!
Why I am doing this:
I've hosted a Minecraft server since the early alpha days of the game. Before survival even existed.
That means it's been almost 6 years now and it is prevalent that Survival is no longer the main attraction for Minecraft servers now. I've seen a dramatic decrease in new players joining our server despite mass advertising through various means.
Due to this I have come to the conclusion that Survival is on the way down and that I need to begin work on a new server. Something that more people can enjoy if it's done well. MMO's Like World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls Online are difficult to just jump in and play without entire investments of time. With that though, I think it's completely possible to bring the elements and enjoyment into Minecraft. And that's what I am setting out to do.
Many Minecraft MMO servers that I have seen are very linear; going from point A to point B and continuing along a certain path without that exploration or option to go a different way or ever venture into a place where you are guaranteed to die without knowing it. These servers hold their players hands and that's not always fair to everyone. I want to remedy this and build upon it. Our main inspiration is being taken from World of Warcraft's vastness and attention to detail in everything.
This entire task is very challenging and I have no guarantee it will ever work out, but I would love for it to happen and I am going to do everything in my power to make it happen.
Here's what we need/will need eventually:
Want to help out? Here are some major areas we will need help in!
If you're a plugin developer and are interested in contributing time and effort into this project, PM me. The main objectives will be to recreate, as best we can, some of the features of World of Warcraft within Minecraft.
If you're an artist wanting to help out with skins, textures for the world and custom item textures, PM me.
If you're a creative writer and want to help develop story(Lore) for the world, races, quests, factions, characters, etc, PM me!
If you're a sound engineer and want to help create custom sounds and music for various things within the game, PM me!
If you're creative builder within Minecraft and frequent Fantasy style builds and are interested in helping create and mold the world, PM me!
We will eventually need a boss mechanic engineer for dungeons and raid content, if interested, you may also PM me, but it won't be for a while!
Interested in being a moderator in-game readily available to answer players questions, sort out bugs, and provide helpful tips to the community? Don't PM me, but note that your interest is appreciated. The process for moderators will be dealt with when the project is closer to release. If you're a worthy candidate and wish to stay up to date or help out in other areas while you wait, please do contact me.
We have many other areas we need help with, so let me know if you can do something not listed!
Progress:
I did not even think we would be anywhere near where we are today. It's been 5 days and we are already laying out ideas for the world development. We have a concept map that we are tweaking. We have a plugin developer working daily on new systems. Those systems being: Custom Quests, Custom NPCs, Custom Vendor system, Custom Spells/abilities, Custom Mobs, Custom Mob AI, and more!
My original thought was that this project was going to take at least a year to get to the world making phase, but out of the 3 of us working with story/other areas and one dev working on an amazing mod, we've reduced that time frame to mere weeks! So thank you to the two of you helping me out on this and the dev for making an awesome custom mod/plugin!
You can view WIP images of spells/quests/NPCs/Concept Map via the attachments.
PM me for a link to a forum in which things can be discussed without interference.
I am fielding questions as well if you have any. Ask away. More info will come as time progresses.
https://geminiservers.net - List your Minecraft server for free!
You can join our own forum and begin discussing ideas right away here: https://syrocraft.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=23
https://geminiservers.net - List your Minecraft server for free!
We're still looking for more people! We have a mod developer working tirelessly on making a custom mod. We have a story writer as well as another interested in helping write lore. We have someone interested in composing music for us as well. We still need you though! Join us!
https://geminiservers.net - List your Minecraft server for free!