Joel

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• The Citadel | Westhill
  • Finished up the foliage, and landscaping details along the east banks of the Spruce River in the Westhill Valley.
    • Custom trees, and the new bush block played a big role in keeping things looking overgrown.
    • Added tall dry grass to the edge of a wheat field that bordered the river to give some variation to the crops.
      • Tall dry grass matches the custom wheat texture on The Citadel pretty well but it’s frustrating that the dry grass doesn’t go in the middle of the block, like a crop, so in some unlucky blocks it looks off. Tall dry grass also floats above farmland, so it had to be placed on coarse dirt, or rooted dirt to work in the context of the wheat field.
    • Custom Trees And Wee Wheat Seeds (YouTube.com/JoelDugganVODs)
    • Finishing The East Banks (YouTube.com/JoelDugganVODs)
  • Added details, and texture along the west road, and extended the road over the western hills, out of sight of Westhill.
    • The idea is to have a curated experience when you approach Westhill from any of the existing roads. The west road is the last to need this level of work.
    • Laying Road Texture To The West – Part 1 (Twitch.tv/JoelDuggan)
    • Laying Road Texture To The West – Part 2 (Twitch.tv/JoelDuggan)

Jonny

YouTube | Twitch | Bluesky | Hermitcraft Recap

• The Minecraft Survival Guide, Season 3
  • Updated the Survival Guide world to 1.21.6, and have now found, crafted, and even bartered for Dried Ghasts.
  • There aren’t many ghast tears in storage, and not having a ghast farm there may need to be a focus on building one if happy ghasts prove to be overwhelmingly useful.
  • So far, four happy ghasts have been hatched.
    • Two over by the starter area, and the plan is to leave them parked (but free-flying) around the pirate ship.
      • The Windy City inspiration illustration by Greg Fromenteau has a whale flying around the topsails, so it works!
    • The next ghastlings will be hatched over at the Windy City location, but one may also be taken to The End purely to remind viewers it’s possible!

Jonny, and Joel each spent a few hours live on their respective Twitch streams playing Bedrock Edition to get a good feel for the new rendering, and game play experience with Vibrant Visuals. They share their first impressions, highlights, and where they think there is room for improvement going forward for the new dynamic way players can experience Minecraft.

• Vibrant Visuals! – First Time In Bedrock Edition (YouTube.com/JoelDugganVODs)
• Fresh Start With Vibrant Visuals | Minecraft Bedrock Edition (Twitch.tv/Pixlriffs)

Joel’s Bedrock Stream

Jonny’s Bedrock Stream