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[HOF APP] City of Aquain
« on: March 17, 2014, 09:37:04 pm »
Project name: Aquain

Project location:

To see it on the live map:
http://smp.opticraft.net/map/#/2404/64/3593/-2/1/0

To visit it in person:
Come to /home ozzykp mid to see the middle class domes

Come to /home ozzykp upper to see the upper class domes

Come to /home ozzykp lux to see B1ueJ0ker's luxury mansion

Come to /home ozzykp downtown to see downtown

Come to /home ozzykp view to see a view of the city from the surface

Come to /home ozzykp church to see the cathedral.  The school is nearby too.

ome to /home ozzykp dbay to see the docking bay

Contributors: Me, Hopper2468, Addah123, B1ueJ0ker, a few others helped here and there

What state is the project in, and what are your plans for its future, if any:
16 residential domes, 6-7 fully furnished
1 elementary school
1 church
1 downtown dome (with a bank, movie theater, restaurants, shops, offices)
1 docking bay
1 rail network connecting it all
Lots of passageways connecting all the domes

I think it already qualifies as one of the largest cities on the server, but there is always more to do.  I'll keep expanding it till I get bored or until the server dies.  It takes quite a lot of work though, building underground/underwater is slow going.  

Why should this be in the HOF?
It is a pretty massive build, and unlike a lot of projects I've been keen to avoid putting up a bunch of big, empty buildings.  I've furnished quite a lot.  Despite the boldness of building an underwater city, I've taken care to look after the real, human level detail.  Things mesh together well in a realistic way.  There are bathrooms!  But for every bit of the mundane there is plenty of majestic to go along with it.

Oh, another thing I think is a unique quality of this build is that I did my best to work with the environment.  A lot of builds will put down a massive sheet of super flat ground to cover up whatever natural hills or forests were there originally, or put a city on a flat 1-tile high platform in the sky.  I've made it an important goal to put my city within a natural environment.  So as much as possible I've tried to use the natural contours of the sea floor to my advantage instead of obliterating it all.

Of course this presents another challenge.  Minecraft oceans are far too shallow for my purposes.  So in order to build bigger, like my downtown dome, I actually had to lower the sea floor.  A good 12-13 blocks too, over a massive area.  Digging that big a hole in the ground is a big undertaking for any project.  But doing it underwater?  Whew.  

But of course that can yield some pretty awesome things.  Like when I was lowering the sea floor I discovered a natural underground ravine.  I opened it up to the sea, evened out some of the rough patches, and turned it into an underwater trench.  It runs right under my downtown dome and I incorporated that into the design.  It is pretty cool I think. :)

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« Last Edit: April 30, 2014, 11:40:02 am by OzzyKP »
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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 09:39:48 pm »
This has to be accepted! Good luck.

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 10:26:18 pm »
I love how far this has come! Hope you get it, you deserve it


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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 11:08:02 pm »
So much work on this, needs to show off in the hall of fame.

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2014, 11:58:15 pm »
I would love to see this added to the hall of fame.

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2014, 12:18:18 am »
Good luck man with this app!
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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2014, 12:34:57 am »
This definitely deserves to be put in. Good Luck :D
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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2014, 12:37:27 am »
Also, for a limited time only, I'll let you guys download my texture pack to check out my city:
http://ge.tt/76o5r8R1/v/0?c

You absolutely need Optifine for it to work properly.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2014, 02:18:37 am by OzzyKP »
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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2014, 09:38:03 am »
A lot of time and effort was put into building this city. I would love to see it added to the Hall of Fame. Good luck! :)

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2014, 01:56:06 am »
I added a bit more text to the "why it should be in the HoF" section:


Oh, another thing I think is a unique quality of this build is that I did my best to work with the environment.  A lot of builds will put down a massive sheet of super flat ground to cover up whatever natural hills or forests were there originally, or put a city on a flat 1-tile high platform in the sky.  I've made it an important goal to put my city within a natural environment.  So as much as possible I've tried to use the natural contours of the sea floor to my advantage instead of obliterating it all.

Of course this presents another challenge.  Minecraft oceans are far too shallow for my purposes.  So in order to build bigger, like my downtown dome, I actually had to lower the sea floor.  A good 12-13 blocks too, over a massive area.  Digging that big a hole in the ground is a big undertaking for any project.  But doing it underwater?  Whew. 

But of course that can yield some pretty awesome things.  Like when I was lowering the sea floor I discovered a natural underground ravine.  I opened it up to the sea, evened out some of the rough patches, and turned it into an underwater trench.  It runs right under my downtown dome and I incorporated that into the design.  It is pretty cool I think. :)
Owner & Creator of Aquain, a huge underwater city in the old guest world.  Check out info on my underwater city here.

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2014, 01:22:34 pm »
I added a bit more text to the "why it should be in the HoF" section:
How redundant.
This is already impressive. Can't wait to see it approved!

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2014, 01:14:00 am »
Thanks for the support everyone. :)
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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2014, 02:07:19 am »
SUPPORTED, I love running around that place! :D
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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2014, 03:38:50 pm »
Can't wait to see what the mini version at the hall of fame will look like  ;)

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Re: [HOF APP] City of Aquain
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2014, 05:49:25 am »
looks amazing!