A little mining, a little crafting, Luceti edition?

[teenwonder]

WHAT'S UP LUCETI?

It's no secret that I'm crazy into Minecraft. Like obsessively in ways I can't describe. So for a while now I've been looking into what it takes to host a multiplayer server because I really want to build an interactive Luceti village except it would be no fun if other people couldn't come hang out in it too.


I finally set up the server yesterday and started getting to work on the terrain beaten into submission. I set up spawn along the edge of a river that looks like it might match the Luceti terrain as depicted here and got this far with it in my "SHINY NEW THING" exuberance last night:


This is, in theory, representative of the southernmost bridge, around House 33-ish. You can still see all the terraforming I DIDN'T do because I wanted to play with floorplans and stuff more.

SPEAKING of floorplans:
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y/n?

In addition to the company to make it feel like a multiplayer server is ACTUALLY multiplayer, I could use another set of eyes to make sure I'm keeping the map accurate based on the resource sketches available to us. And then there's also the fact that Minecraft is a fairly hilly sort of place in general, with all these mountains and trees hanging out where they have no business being, and if anyone else finds it cathartic to clearcut 1x1 blocks, I'll love to have you around. xD

So tl;dr I'd love it if any other minecrafters in our game would like to poke around the work in progress - and maybe grab a shovel >>

It's a whitelisted server (natch), so if anyone wants to come hang out for a while, just drop your minecraft s/n in a reply and I'll add you and WE CAN BUILD OUR CHARACTERS' HOMES.

Srsly. I can't be the only one excited about getting a 3d representation of how long it actually takes my characters to walk to the grocery store.

(Also did this belong in lucetifans? I COULDN'T DECIDE. :|)

Comments

[eternalpromise]

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/quietly pulls out diamond pickaxe

I don't play Minecraft as much as I used to and I'll probably be scarce until the end of the semester and I've always been more of a mapper/spelunker than a terraformer/builder, but I would love to help out with this.

Minecraft SN is gorsecloud

[cynicism]

Oh, I've already left some of those at Spawn. ;D

I dropped your SN in the whitelist so you shouldn't have problems whenever you feel like hanging out. I've been building from the back of the spawn building (There's a spawn building because I've been hideously lazy about properly lighting things) and north on the Luceti map from there, so if you want to just pop in and spelunk, there's plenty of room to just dig still. Luceti DOES canonically have an elaborate tunnel network, after all. :3

The server's at 96.8.119.66:25587 whenever you feel like dropping in!

[skyseers]

fff--

Um, Meowzy linked me to this over AIM, and while I'm not a player yet (I'm working on my app for the next cycle), I am definitely a minecraft fan, and would love to help out once I'm home for the summer and can play multiplayer. Which is like. In two weeks. /)*_*(\ So if you'll still need a hand by then...

My SN is alanahikarichan, btw. C:

[cynicism]

AWWWW Meowzy's awesome. :3

And THE MORE THE MERRIER! If you don't mind derping around replicating a roleplay setting, I definitely won't mind having you! I already dropped your SN onto the whitelist - server is 96.8.119.66:25587 when things slow down.

ALSO HELLO and sort-of welcome to Luceti! xD I'm Jessie. :Db

[skyseers]

She is! I love her to bits, even though it's all her fault that I'm somehow become a Tales Of fan in the past few months. C:

Having already replicated roleplay settings in Minecraft and Sims 2, I am pretty sure I won't mind at all. XD And it's already looking so pretty! I love how you're using the new colored woods. *3*

AND HELLO TO YOU TOO I'm Alana! It's nice to meet you, and I hope I'll be playing with you by this time next month~ C:

[teenwonder]

Oh man GOOD LUCK Tales fandom scares the hell out of me. IT'S SO PASSIONATE.

I LOVE THE DARK WOOD. I've always hated using stuff like crafting tables just to give floors a different texture than walls. I still don't know what to do for roofs though. I tried just using regular wood blocks and I kind of hate it. :| /firstworldproblems

YAY NICE TO MEET YOU TOO!

[skyseers]

Have you tried out the newish upside-down halfblocks and stairs? I'm pretty sure they only come in the oak wood, but they look pretty decent... or you could use stone stairs and halfblocks, for a slate-roof look!

[teenwonder]

Hm.

I'm starting to think it's more that I have no idea what a roof looks like, let alone a minecraft roof. I have tested both those thingies and now it looks like this house has a tumor. XD I SHOULD PROBABLY GOOGLE THIS.

[areyoumyfriend]

Have you tried looking at an NPC village and seeing how their houses are designed?

[cynicism]

Yeaaah they're all designed with the "THIS ROOF WILL BE POINTY" model in mind, which I don't think completely works with Luceti? We've never established them having any access to attic space, and I think when characters hang out at night on rooftops (or mess around with couches, in Gambit's case) a flat roof is kind of assumed.

I eventually decided that I think fence-gates make an interesting visual and came up with this:
http://i.imgur.com/Gj4T7.png
http://i.imgur.com/pJiKu.png
Though I DID end up using your stair idea to add a railing. And now that I step back to look at it I'm thinking it just looks like a hardmode spleef arena.

...btw there's totally going to be a spleef arena in the battledome whenever we get that far out.

[positivelycharged]

...I've never played Minecraft before but now I kinda want to.

[bloodybishie]

Same! Actually, all my friends are trying to get me into it... Seriously considering starting now, though!!

[positivelycharged]

We can start for Luceti!!

[teenwonder]

ONE OF US


ONE OF US

[positivelycharged]

aaaaaaahhhh noooooooooooooooo

[teenwonder]

:3


Also, if it helps/hinders you at all, I got into Minecraft and learned the basics from this set of videos http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6855ED30D394A59D&feature=plcp. They eventually started a huge server that makes MASSIVE theme builds and I find them so much more approachable than just trying to figure out the wiki page. /rambles forever

[positivelycharged]

Oh thanks! I'll definitely look into that when i get the chance. :o

[bloodybishie]

Whenever I look at minecraft, I am reminded of Homestuck... yeah. Well, that's not a bad thing. This should be fun.

[cynicism]

I. Don't know how to take that. D: Homestuck fandom scares me a lot.

[skyseers]

Homestuck fandom can be terrifying because of the sheer size of it, but it's really not a bad comparison! Since the game that Homestuck centers around is based on the idea of building, and breeding animals, and protecting what you make from forces that want to destroy or kill you; and at the end, you fight a vast dark boss battle that requires your friends and all your resources.

Also, collecting supplies to build things and combine items into more awesome items, though Homestuck's alchemy is a little more free-form than the crafting in Minecraft. XD

[cynicism]

...... Homestuck is centered around a game?


Oh.

[skyseers]

*bursts out laughing*

Yeah, you wouldn't really know it from the fandom, would you?

It does center on a game, it's just that the game destroys worlds and creates universes. You know, as games do.

Also universes are frogs.

You know, as they are.

(Homestuck is weird (and I wouldn't change it for anything). C: )

[cynicism]

yeah, "homestuck is WEIRD" is pretty much the only thing I've been able to figure out about it. Aside from "it's about trolls." Also that it's ridic long.

BUT I AM GLAD YOU ENJOY IT and hope you stay away from all the crazy people that scare me. :|

[skyseers]

... Would you believe me if I told you it's not actually about the trolls, either?! XD Oh, Homestuck Fandom, how you distort the story for the people who don't read it!

But it is ridiculously long, I cannot deny that. :B

[teenwonder]

Pfff considering fandoms in general, I totally believe that. It's like the time I went to watch the Hetalia anime and found out that the series is in fact NOT about the lifelong bromance between England and America. xD I find this comparable because Homestuck is the new Hetalia as far as RP is concerned.

[snowwhiteproject]

Hahaha, man, I know EXACTLY what you mean about Hetalia, except I discovered that it WASN'T about Italy and Germany making out. XD And yeah, Homestuck does rather seem to be everywhere, doesn't it? Not that I mind, as a fan, but it must be awfully inexplicable to the rest of the universe (which may or may not be a frog? :P ).

[theoniongirl]

/applause

I'll be nonexistent until the semester is done, but my minecraft SN is kyronae!

[cynicism]

YAY! I've whitelisted you whenever you'd like to stop by, and GOOD LUCK with the rest of your semester! :D

EDIT: Oh derp -- 96.8.119.66:25587 is the server. It would help if I'd remember to mention that.

[pinkyizpower]

Just... wow. That's really wonderful! I have no idea what minecraft is or how it works, but I think this is pretty darn cool.

[cynicism]

Aww thanks!

Minecraft is an indie PC title that's pretty much what you make of it. There's no real ending (I mean there's TECHNICALLY an ending but that's not the point of it) and how it gets played basically depends on the player. There's a creative mode where you can just build whatever you want out of 1x1 blocks in different materials, and an alternate "survival" style of gameplay where you forage through your surroundings for tools and building materials and occasionally have zombies trying to snack on your brains.

It's... kind of one of those internet things that's hard to explain without a mess of youtube videos.

[pinkyizpower]

Oh, no. It's okay. I think I understand it somewhat through your description. It sounds pretty interesting. If I wasn't such a horrid builder I might give it a go.

[whatdeheckisdat]

AW DAS COOL

I have a Minecraft account... and not Minecraft. Sob. But I am Amihan, and I shall pop in when I can! ♥ Even if it... might be a while...

[cynicism]

YAY hopefully it will get cooler! IF ONLY SO MANY HOMES WERE NOT BUILT ON ANGLES. /SHAKES FIST.

Also wat. Why would you even. ALL THE MORE REASON TO PLAY. :|

96.8.119.66:25587. WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE. COME HANG.

[talontrot]

A fellow Minecrafter! 8'D

Misa and I actually had an idea similar to this once! But it'd be really cool to do it collaboratively. <3

My Minecraft screenname is GoldenKirbichu - quelle surprise - and I'd be glad to derp around. o/`

[cynicism]

AHAHA YAY great minds 8D

I've been meaning to work out a map like this for a while and maybe making it downloadable or something but collaboratively is the only way it makes sense to me. XD What fun is it walking around empty houses? People should be able to design their own backyard gardens or take a mission out through a portal to the nether or spleef in the Battledome or ALL THE THINGS LIKE THAT. /RAMBLES FOREVER

Also yay I did all the whitelistingy goodness. 96.8.119.66:25587 and all that

[grapecape]

....I literally just dropped Luceti but I plan on coming back eventually and I love the setting and would love to help work on this...

[teenwonder]

HI PERSON I'VE NOT PLAYED WITH (I've been on hiatus >>) I'm sorry you dropped before I knew you existed! D:

I'm in the middle of figuring out what to do about the 1.3.1 upgrade (apparently "nothing" for a week or so is the going advice) so now's a great time for me to edit user access! What's your username? :D

[grapecape]

...i remembered username was the point of this i swear it's "hologramblue"!

[teenwonder]

ahaha no worries!

I just added you to the whitelist and finished my backup -- the server should be online in like 60 seconds or so. If you haven't upgraded your minecraft software yet, it should be fine for you!

...If you HAVE already updated, then it might kick you out crying about a line of java it can't read because the server's still on 1.2.5 >>