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Thread: Feb / Mar 2016 Lite Challenge: Minecraft Minetrack

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    Thank you both

    ChickPea: nope, I haven't built it in Minecraft. I've tried to make it realistically buildable, though -- although in a real mine, you'd want to put more torches around to keep monsters from spawning in the dark.

    The stations and railway would definitely work in-game: in Minecraft, you can build working machines with 'redstone', which is essentially an electrical conductor. The track has redstone-infused powered rails here and there (especially at the bottoms of slopes) to keep a minecart moving. And the stations themselves are a design I use a lot in-game, since they're pretty simple and don't take up a lot of room:
    - small pit so that the track dips in a V-shape
    - powered rail in the pit, which propels carts when it's powered and stops them when it's not
    - redstone circuit from the powered rail to a button
    - decide which direction you want the cart to go, then put it on the V so that that direction is downhill
    - push the button to power the rail so that the cart unsticks and starts moving
    - voila!

    As for colour... here's my attempt at a limited palette, not sure how much I like it:

    minecraft minetrack possible colouring.png

    I tried to keep the track prominent, but I feel like it looks a bit odd. And I'm not sure whether the relative monochrome looks effective or lazy

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    Well, I don´t think that the tracks look odd. I like the results of this fine map very much!
    Personally, I think i would try to enhance the palette just a little bit, to set some accents,
    but I´m no expert.

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    I really like this a lot. I want to go build it in Minecraft!

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    I like the night blue. Maybe just vary it a little with subtly lighter and darker areas.

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    I agree with Bogie, I like the color. The only thing I would suggest is maybe lighter around the torches.

    I never played minecraft, but I really like the unique map. Good job.

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    We're down to the wire

    ### LATEST WIP ###
    minecraft minetrack NEARLY THERE.png

    I've tweaked the values a bunch and I'm painting over the colours, mostly with better lighting. And then I checked the forum and saw we're finishing tonight. Go go go

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    Very nice. The lighting and colors look great.

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    Thank you! I've really been enjoying painting shadows lately, I feel like I'm getting the hang of it

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    Really nice colouring on it DB. You've definitely captured the shadow effects really well, and you're more than getting the hang of it!

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    Thanks so much!

    Okay, torches lit, redstone glowing, lapis glowing too (because heck, why not)... I think we're officially finished! Phew.

    ### LATEST WIP ###
    minecraft minetrack FINALLY smaller.png

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