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[Mephansteras]

Wow. Had a few blips in there but overall that's rather impressive!

[breadbocks]

That was neat. Are there any technophiles here brave enough to finish it, and then have dispenser pop out a CAKE at the end?

[freeformschooler]

Man I've been experimenting with note blocks and delays and stuff. Crazy, I tell ya what! But definitely fun The logic gates are sorta confusing, hehe, but I'm getting it finally.

[Solifuge]

Huzzah, the Tower of Ifriti is complete!


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Now to go find some Redstone, and make some music boxes and machine guns. And machine guns that shoot out music boxes. Which shoot out heavy metal.

[Mephansteras]

I like the awnings. It's a nice touch.

[Solifuge]

I like the awnings. It's a nice touch.

They also keep spiders from scaling the walls on the inner tower and entering the observatory from above, though they usually burn up in the fire moat first. Had a brief creeper problem the night before the screenshots, which lead to a breach in the fire moat/sandstone wall... the entire inner moat was swarming with creepers and skeletons in no time flat.

Also, this is the last major Sandstone construction I'm ever doing. The outer wall alone used about 5,000 sand blocks, excavated from the surroundings, and from digging out the basement. Each time it was breached, it took a long time to get enough sand to repair it too.

[Tylui]

I like the awnings. It's a nice touch.

They also keep spiders from scaling the walls on the inner tower and entering the observatory from above, though they usually burn up in the fire moat first. Had a brief creeper problem the night before the screenshots, which lead to a breach in the fire moat/sandstone wall... the entire inner moat was swarming with creepers and skeletons in no time flat.

Also, this is the last major Sandstone construction I'm ever doing. The outer wall alone used about 5,000 sand blocks, excavated from the surroundings, and from digging out the basement. Each time it was breached, it took a long time to get enough sand to repair it too.

Doesn't sandstone stop spiders from climbing? Or is that just a dirty rumor?

[Leonon]

Can spiders climb cacti?

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

My current list of projects :

Castle to top of the world! Roughly 35-65% done. Hard to tell where the top of the world is.

The Statue of The Creeper! 5% done. Underground and am just starting digging out space. Much smaller than hoped due to cavern. Fittingly, the statue is right under the castle.

Town around Castle to top of the world! 1 building. That's the old shelter I first had and my entrance to the Statue of The Creeper.

The Mine. Abandoned due to being where the statue of The Creeper will be. Provided stone for castle. The statue of The Creeper actually came to me while expanding my underground mine. I had left pillars that looked fitting for a statue or temple.

The Pit mine to provide resources for all these projects! Just started. Provided dirt for making the town's flat space.

[Osmosis Jones]

With the top of the world, I always found it a good idea to pillar up us high as you can go, and place a block at the sky limit, before digging back down. That way, you have a nice visual marker, and can plan your structures accordingly.

[0x517A5D]

Also, this is the last major Sandstone construction I'm ever doing. The outer wall alone used about 5,000 sand blocks, excavated from the surroundings, and from digging out the basement. Each time it was breached, it took a long time to get enough sand to repair it too.

Sand and gravel are the fastest blocks to mine.  One use of the shovel can dig out four or more blocks, reliably.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dig out the block at the base of the column, then quickly place a torch in the empty space.  The rest of the column will fall and disassemble itself.  (You won't get flint from gravel, though.)

[Duke 2.0]

It's still a huge amount of material to mine, and unlike stone you are not constantly boring through sand to make rooms.

[Itnetlolor]

Can spiders climb cacti?

Yes and no. Yes, they can; no, if you know how to keep them trapped on/in them.

I made a sand/stone tower surrounded by cactii in the middle of a desert biome as a mob farm/safe zone. It stands 6 tiles tall (enough clearance from cactii), has an overhang of 3 tiles on each side to prevent spiders from climbing atop. On top of the passage ladder is a set of 4 wood pillars supporting a flag I planted atop (green/red checker pattern), and a treasure chest in reach stocked with weapons and food. I'll maybe take a pic of it. It look neat, and thanks to placing torches on the flag post, I can see these flags I made a considerable distance away.

Spoiler: My nice little desert tower (click to show/hide)

The desert tower to the left, and my plateau homestead to the distant right.

A friendly greeting awaits after the deadly cactii.

A dusk picture I thought looked cool

And at night.

And from atop the tower, I can see my house from here.

I took those shots with a combo of F1 (disable HUD) and F2 (take screenshot).

EDIT:
And spoiler the images.

[Taco Dan]

Huzzah, the Tower of Ifriti is complete!


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Wait, did painterly already update?

[Dohon]

I saw Minecraft in action at a friend's place. He even graciously allowed me to screw around a bit in one of his worlds. It was all fabulous and dandy until I noticed the portal to the Other Side. I asked him about it and he just smirked. "Listen to this", he said. He plunked headphones on my head and took over the controls. I should have known something was up when I heard the moaning emanating from the portal, but once on the other side ... He ran around in there for about 5 minutes, but that was enough.

It was the closest I ever came to shitting my pants. Literally. I'm a huge fan of scary movies, less so about scary games (like Dead Space for instance). But this time, my whole body was going into "fight or flight" mode. The sounds ... the horrible sounds... Props to Notch for creating it, but once I get my own copy of Minecraft, I'm not spending more than 30 seconds in that place. Get in, dig, get out.

I now have the tiniest of inklings of ideas on how Dwarfs must feel once you breach the Fun place.

*shudder*