The Spawn Chunks 226: Building Into 2023

Jan 2, 2023 | podcast

Joel, and Jonny (and Mojang) took a break from #Minecraft over the holidays, and are now looking forward to what 2023 has in store. From the 1.20 update, to Minecraft Legends, as well as finishing existing projects, and planning for new ones.

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Joel

  • LEGO
  • The Citadel
    • Looking ahead, the next steps for Westhill will be completing the large riverside stone building that has been roughly planned out, and turning the old base of operations building into a leather shop.

Jonny

  • Empires, Season 2
    • Back on the Empires server after the collaboration with the Hermitcraft server came to a close, just before the holidays.
  • Dwarf Fortress
    • Dwarf Fortress (Steam)
    • Playing Dwarf Fortress on Steam, and can really appreciate the differences between Minecraft, and Dwarf Fortress, which was one of the games that inspired Minecraft.
    • In Minecraft is a complex, and deep game presented to the player in a minimalist way, where as Dwarf Fortress throws you into the deep end. Pay attention to the tutorial, and the help menu!
    • The re-release has updated pixel art graphics bringing it inline with games with Terraria, or Stardew Valley.

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Chunk Mail

FROM: Kokorodaki
DISCORD MEMBER: Landscape Artist Member
SUBJECT: Chiseled Bookshelf Redstone Idea

Hi Pix and Joel, 

I had an idea for what I think would make for more interesting redstone interaction for the chiseled bookshelf. I do think that the redstone output reading which slot was last interacted with is an interesting prospect, but now that we can interact with specific slots within the chiseled bookshelf I was wondering, what if the redstone output was based specifically on which slots had books in them?

For example, the first slot would give 1 redstone power, the second gives 2, and so on until the sixth slot gives 6 power. So, if I have books in the second, third, and fifth slots, then a comparator would read 2 + 3 +5 to give a total of 10 redstone power. Of course, this can lead to multiple combinations of filled slots, eventually hitting the limit of 15 redstone power. I think this leads to more interesting options for what can be done with the block for redstone purposes like combination locks with a single block to interact with.

Kokorodaki died from math.

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Looking Forward To More Minecraft In 2023

In December of last year Joel, and Jonny recapped their Minecraft experiences, game development, and Mojang announcements in 2022. Now that 2023 is here, they’re looking ahead to what players will get to experience in Minecraft, and plans they have for their own projects, and content.