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Well even so, spawn eggs would last a while Kura. I think some kind of Parkour-ish course would be good, i.e. climbing buildings to get up some sort of cliff where the rest of the town is situated because a rift has opened to allow in the zombies and half the town was moved up (or something...) Perhaps some testificates aswell? (Won't spawn iron golems will they?)
Prizes could be used to keep or for weapons.
Needs to be a 'Safe-Room' the survivors are headed for.
Apart from that earlier mentioned bit (If anyone is up for that) No access to rooftops unless the zombies can get to them too. Makes it too easy then.

Thread revival. Would we ever go through with this or what?

There are three "issues" I have with building it, which limits the possibilities.
1. No mob spawners (Fixable if we use sponges, then MCEdit find and replace)
2. Hard to make potions
3. Hard to make enchanted items of specific type

Mob spawning is going to be an issue, the more I think about it. Eggs are non-renewable, mob spawners are hard to get (And will be hard to replace when broken, whether allowed or accidental), and building a massive force-nighttime roof (or just building underground) and relying on natural spawns is typically slow and unreliable (especially in SMP).

I would go for some sort of linear or linear branching, so that mobs have time to spawn in future areas.



There are several paths the city could take

Method 1: Don't touch anything. Fight your way through. All loot is found in chests.
Advantage: Easy to reset and build.
Disadvantage: Feels restricted and limited, because it is. Players won't have blocks to build with at all. Creepers.

Method 2: Limited block breaking (ex. Stone, trees). Can craft your own tools. Possible loot chests. Players are provided with obvious building blocks (Eg. wool).
Advantage: More survivaly, stone and trees are easy to reset. Wool can also be easily reset.
Disadvantage: People might not remember block restrictions in the heat of battle. Also feels somewhat fake with only being able to break certain things. Creepers.

Method 3: All out survival. Break whatever, do whatever (Possibly borders and occasional obvious rules)
Advantage: Most real. Creepers aren't an issue.
Disadvantage: Good luck resetting. One time adventure would be somewhat dull, unless people are willing to go through all the effort to build a new one each time (More novelty time consuming). Also, hard to control player movement without bedrock or mass lava.


I would go for method 2: Players can break trees and stone (and maybe dirt, depending on how the map is built). Replant trees, etc. Players can craft up to stone tools. Iron tools provided in chests.
Wool blocks (in chests) would allow players to build, are easy to gather, and easy to notice and remove while resetting. However, they also allow players to bypass things. Up to community and map design.
Non-stone building blocks should be extrememly apparent and durable (Eg. bricks) so that creepers aren't too big a problem and that players are unlikely to break them in the darkness on accident.

I would be glad to help, as im getting out of projects right now.

I can do anything, counters, pressure plates waypoints that opens loots, first detectors.


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I have been working on an idea to spice the parcour :

The skeleton Hideout:

In order to get a chest (know or hidden) you have to kill all 3 (or more) skeletons. then the chest appears.
Here i placed fences so the skeletons could be only killed at ranged.

This is meant to be a 'Side quest' takes more time but gives you advantage type.

You can even detect if the dispencers are empty at the reset of the map.

Last edited by azyraphal (4/17/12 7:12 AM)

REVIVED!


Lets build this guys! someone find a nice location and lets get this agonized and BUILT!

Jousis wrote:

If we're going to spawn the zombies illegitimately

I have no complaint if we do it illegitimately. It is a community project. Let us use creativity other then survival skills. I will be happy to help despite the lagginess I am currently experiencing.