Yaya's Funky Fishtank Of Whimsical Aquatic Contemplation Minecraft level by Yaya
Author:Yaya Game:Minecraft Date: Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 10:49 pm
Description: The highly anticipated follow up to my game-changing survival house. This was an on and off project for me, I don't know exactly when I started working on it, but looking back, maybe around early to mid January? I didn't work on it continuously, between taking breaks, hitting some literal walls, and the server getting upgraded. The decision to build this was kinda spontaneous, originally I thought I might try to envision my actual fishtank in my kitchen, but that would've required it to be a lot bigger (and in turn take longer). As I looked up various info and stuff along the way, it's clear I wasn't the first person that thought of it, but I digress.
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Semi-imposing distance shot. I liked the idea of a random fish tank being some oasis in the middle of the desert. I tried to choose a hilly area so you wouldn't be able to see it for miles away. Well, fish don't exist, and putting squids in there are beyond my capabilities for now. So yeah. As a reoccurring theme in this project, I determined building an actual roof to the tank (especially if I used obsidian like the base) would be too resource intensive, so I made a scenic walkway instead. All you can really see with it though are the desert, the tank's contents... and the endless blue skies. Ahh... OKAY. Okay, now we're actually inside the tank. Those weird columns are sugar canes and a cactus, to mimic the various plants you can put in a fishtank (I tried). The colored wool is supposed to be the various stones you put in the bottom (my IRL fishtank's used to be pink and lime, now they're blue and white I think). I know the glowstones don't make the lighting too much better, there are also some torches above surface (not pictured).This is my take on the stereotypical buildings you can put in fishtanks. I didn't have enough room to make a castle, or as my tank has, Squidward's house and a beehive. I think the patchwork composition gives it charm.It has a door so it won't flood. Such luxury. IN THE BACKYARD-- I mean, um... there's a bed inside. It's pretty convenient actually.
Thanks to Soccerboy for using some witchcraft to help me fill up the tank easily, AND lending me an enchanted pickaxe. The literal wall I had was that the tank was originally even smaller, and I realized I would definitely need more room, but I didn't feel like wasting +60 blocks of glass by tearing down a wall. After continually failing to enchant a pickaxe with silk touch, I kinda gave up and didn't come on for a week and a half. Then the server went down, when I saw 1.8 was up, I encountered a wild Soccerboy who gladly lended my his pickaxe. What a guy.
Probably the most intense thing that happened while building this was originally the tank partially touched one of the surrounding hills on a corner, and a creeper managed to walk onto the tank's rim before falling into the water, where I was currently placing glowstones. I was more concerned about it blowing a hole in the side of a glass wall than it killing me, but thankfully it drowned before that could happen.
Yaya and Yassociates LLC are not responsible for any drownings, accidental or not that occur on the premises of the establishment. Enjoy
COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please.
Give me +karma. Give me +karma.
Well there's a chance you... wouldn't die. It's in the desert, but it's the desert right next to spawn. It's basically halfway between spawn and Quirvy's hotel.
COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please.
Give me +karma. Give me +karma.
{snip of stuff I didn't like how it sounded almost immediately after I posted it. tl;dr: imagination
Really looking forward to starting my next project. It's either gonna be really cool IMO, or I'll realize pretty early on that it's not gonna work. I just gotta find a good location (and maybe remember how to use world edit).
COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please.
Give me +karma. Give me +karma.