Monday, March 7, 2016

HYPE (?)

Cue epic evil laugh.

I got a working proof of concept for a Minecraft Adventure Map. I am happy.

(Anistuffs, I am going to need your help with ideas for this one.)

-R30

#Gerald

Friday, February 12, 2016

Cobwebs, Minecraft Maps, and Writer's Block

Huh. Nearly forgot about this thing.

So. Some thoughts as I do some cleanup.

I have been doing some Minecaft 60 minute adventure maps. I love the concept, but as always, I got too ambitious in my designs. So, here's the two maps I've cobbled together:

Balloon Discotheque
http://www.mediafire.com/download/m5n2fzpqimeyxeb/Balloon_Discotheque.zip

Oresome!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/dm303qluym93n93/R60_Minute_Map%282%29.zip


It's interesting that, while I have plenty of ideas, I never really got them working. I have made a lot of "maps", but usually they come from limitations given in competitions. So, that brings me up to quite a few maps I have made:

4-bit maze:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec0E6Swvjhc

An entry in rsmalec's Toybox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYpq9s_DyHM

An entry in Jigarbov's Adventure Multiplex 2:
http://www.jigarbov.net/the-adventure-multiplex-2-the-village-map-release/

A CTM thingy on the old LavaFall Server:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRdVxSvt1sM (Link to rsmalec solving it)
https://youtu.be/2IGFEpTxAIk?t=55m30s (Link to Thadiwyn solving it)

The two 60 minute maps listed above


Quite an interesting compilation spanning a number of Minecraft patches. And yet, I haven't made a full fledged, playable adventure map. Why?

Well, I blame writer's block. Ironic, given the subject matter. (Blocks! Get it? Ha. ha. uh... why isn't anyone laughing?)

I have, over the last bit of time, came up with three ideas for maps, one a simplification and modernization of a previous idea I have rambled about (http://r30hedron.blogspot.com/2013/03/fantasy-map-concept.html), one an idea I've always wanted to do when I first saw this texture pack: (http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/resource-packs/1242344-16x-1-4-6-smps-2263-a-sci-fi-texture-pack-01-05), and one an idea that might be the first one I try and do, but have no story to go with.


So, in summary, that means I have two halves of story, two halves of mechanics, and only two halves match, and sort of haphazardly. There's my dilemma. So... uh... I need someone to bounce stuff off of, but is okay with spoilers for the map.

-R30