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The zombies would be retextured to look like ravenous Bill Gates clones.

Like it or not, OP, Minecraft has changed the game industry. It proved that a dinky indie title could take the gaming world by storm, giving the EA's and such a run for their money despite the absurd difference in capital each wields.

Most influential man of the year, or any year? Maybe not, but it doesn't mean he's a nobody. At least to me, video games are a truly important part of culture, potentially every bit as respected as books and movies. There's no reason why he shouldn't be in the running.

OP is right; pigs do need a purpose. While I'd never agree to voting them out of the game, they do need some more "game" associated with them.

Perhaps they could do something even as simple as attract the attention of hostile mobs. Why would monsters go after a possibly heavily armed human target when there's a big, juicy slab of bacon walking around nearby?

TL:DR, pigs could function as a "bait" animal. And it would be functional/extra hilarious if the pigs know this and run away when chased, going "wee wee wee" with a creeper behind them.

Sometimes change is unwanted. In an unrelated example, take Elder Scrolls games over the years. Morrowind was my first; for the longest time, I held it up as the best even after one and even two newer ones were released. I thought I was looking at it through rose-colored glasses, figuring that Oblivion and Skyrim must be better games, as tech and game design experience have gotten leagues better.

But when I went back to playing it again, it turned out that I was right the first time. The game rocks face for all the reasons you'd never think of as great (no quest markers/direct fast travel, speech in text form, armor split into 4 separate skills and 8 different equipment slots, etc.) Games have been prettied up and polished down from this sort of subtle realism that, while being a pain in the butt sometimes, immensely helps the experience.

While the feel of Minecraft is not directly related to the progression of the Elder Scrolls, the same sort of thinking applies. You have a winning formula to begin with, so must be very careful about the changes you make. In trying to make it better (such as altering terrain generation), you may accidentally gut that which makes your game awesome in the first place.

Voted for Blocks and Items. Rather than going heavy on magic and redstone stuff, I'd prefer to see more variety of materials in the natural world and things to do with them. Sort of along the lines of sugarcane being processed into paper for books and maps, there should be more advanced progressions like that for players who have otherwise mastered bare-bones survival. I've got my secure castle; I want to move up in technology and creature comforts!

Why can I imagine that all this postulating is actually being explained by the guy in your avatar?

XD But yes, it is an impressive link to real life.

The main things that stuck out at me were the bad text contrast (black on black/dark grey, no bueno) and your depth-of-field effect is very, VERY intense. It felt like my contact lenses weren't working there for a second. Anyway, not a bad start, but remember that it is a really powerful program. Don't restrict yourself to captions, blurs, and changing out the sky.

One thing I'd recommend messing with is the Burn and Dodge tools. If you add any extra objects to the shot after taking the screen cap, you can use those to get the shadows and other miscellaneous lighting issues to look perfect. They are good to use on almost everything.

Yeah, "Ultimate Grand Castle" is a bit much for a survival-friendly castle like this one. But with the exception of the strange log decorations (not doing it for me :/) it is pretty nice.

Yes, yes, piracy is evil. So do your part and buy the game. You can't stop people who wouldn't by yelling at them on the forum.

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I kind of like the unsmooth transitions, like the guy above me said, I don't want to know the next biome will be a plain because now it's a light forest. I like exploring Minecraft and knowing that above the next dune on a desert, I could see anything from more desert to a huge mountain range.

I agree to a point. Making some zones only generate in certain relation to others would be too simplistic to even bother with, and not much more realistic in the first place. Personally, I could do with having a few small, transitional "mini-biomes" between the major types. In between a pine forest and a desert could be 40-50ish blocks of arid grass and bushes, simulating a Sahel-type environment.. Between x biome and mountains could be that same biome except a bit more hilly as a sort of piedmont zone.

In short, the fact that two drastically different regions are connected isn't a big deal; it should just be a gradual change.

**BTW, whoever made the argument about there being zombies and stuff so believable landscapes are down the toilet, please stop. And mycelium is real, so there.

Here is what i got so far. I just made the house randomly on the floating island which is adjacent to a large island in the middle of the ocean.

At the moment i am not sure where to go with the floating island but i might make a village down on the main island.


Comments or Suggestions are welcomed.









Inside/kitchen

Inside


The Upstairs.


Here is what the world looks like.


The seed is : 181124016165539017








~Updates~


Another house added, some grass,and bushes. The bottom has been roughed up and has stone added to it now.



Side view.


I need to do some work in the back still but its a work in progress.




Here is what it looks like from the ground to give you guys a sense of how high it is.

Quote from morten013

I like it! looks good..

And I really like the world, can I get the seed from you?

The seed is 181124016165539017

It looks like it is close to the ground but it really isn't, but if a make a few other islands this could be the lower one. I kinda like the house being uniform but its not like i can paint the wood or anything.

The post has been updated for those who were waiting

Quote from Kholdstare

You should make the bottom a little curvier. I did something similar on Pocket Edition (don't try it, it was incredibly tedious on the iPad). Besides that, it looks nice.

Like i said the bottom is not what is shown in the current pictures, i can't update till tonight when im on my main pc. But the bottom is is more roughed up and has stone.

this is in creative, it would be too much of a pain to try this without floating. It kinda blocks my creativity if i can't work properly. I actually have made it a lot more rough underneath and have added stone. I will update it with a picture when i get home tonight.

Quote from lilajunkie

Nice beginning! Maybe go on to make it a bit larger - or why not make several floating islands around that central island, and connect them via bridges? Like a floating town or something

That is actually a excellent idea, i will have to start on that when i have a chance. I have been currently make some shacks for the villagers that decided to jump from the island. Since they have been reproducing and as much as it is amusing to watch them run from the zombies, its gives me a excuse to work on my house building skills.

Quote from Kanja Ryu

Can we have an update? :3

sure

Quote from Kanja Ryu

The below part of the island looks too manmade, rough it up!

Yeah i realized that so i have already started roughing it up a fair amount

Quote from monc

That texture pack is sexy!
Whats it called ?

Its called John Smith
http://www.minecraft...ustomizer-0324/