Upcoming 1.5 Update - New Map Ideas?

[Pvaatn]

Just curious to see if anyone has been paying attention to the current snapshots, and maybe if anyone has some cool ideas to implement in new maps. I personally have been anxious to use the quartz block varieties, just for aesthetics.

Currently my big idea is to use it and make a sort of Cloud City themed map, sort of how you might picture heaven; pillars and stuff. Also I think that the daylight sensors will be cool to use for lighting systems in houses and street lights. And don't forget the redstone block, weighted pressure plates and trapped chests!

Upcoming 1.5 update log.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_Update

Anyone else have ideas, or shared excitement?

 

[fatmannumbah8]

Vareide's new favourite tool the trap chest

 

[Pvaatn]

Dangerous! I actually just got around to putting in that new snapshot and thinking I'm going to build a map now for 1.5 MCSG, then realized there's no support for worldedit/single player commands. I'll have to wait lol.

 

[Captain Dak]

I don't want to spoil anything yet about the map I am building with some friends, but now that I just found out about those trap chests it's going to get a whole lot more interesting.

 

[Pvaatn]

I don't want to spoil anything yet about the map I am building with some friends, but now that I just found out about those trap chests it's going to get a whole lot more interesting.

I agree the chests are neat, the signal is strengthened by the number of people looking in the chest. Could make some team based traps/ obsticles.

I'm excited for the redstone block, moving a redstone signal with a piston is going to make for some sweet contraptions!

 

[Uber_Fun_Time]

Just curious to see if anyone has been paying attention to the current snapshots, and maybe if anyone has some cool ideas to implement in new maps. I personally have been anxious to use the quartz block varieties, just for aesthetics.

Currently my big idea is to use it and make a sort of Cloud City themed map, sort of how you might picture heaven; pillars and stuff. Also I think that the daylight sensors will be cool to use for lighting systems in houses and street lights. And don't forget the redstone block, weighted pressure plates and trapped chests!

Upcoming 1.5 update log.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_Update

Anyone else have ideas, or shared excitement?

Lots of Redstone

 

[Diar]

If people are good with it, they'll put stuff in their maps that nobody expects.

 

[Pvaatn]

If people are good with it, they'll put stuff in their maps that nobody expects.

I'm thinking of using the weighted pressure plates to open doors by throwing items down a hole, sort of like a give and you shall receive deal.

 

[Diar]

I'm thinking of using the weighted pressure plates to open doors by throwing items down a hole, sort of like a give and you shall receive deal.

Throw seeds?

 

[Pvaatn]

Throw seeds?

That works! Just an offering in general. The weighted plates are neat, a gold one could require just 1 item to start a 1 block output range, or 57 items to get the 15 block output. That's a lot of seeds! But at the same time the reward could be something neat, like an enchanting table, or a room with a few chests.