Puzzles and forgotten content
I am bored, so lets talk more about my work on S2. Today I will talk about the puzzles made for S2. Mostly why I picked the puzzles, the process of making them and talking about the quests that was made for the series but the streamers missed.
I created all the puzzles using a combination of redstone, command blocks and mods. Most of these puzzles were made for the “Crypt” events. Now, the crypts were made by me to help make it seem like the streamers are actively working towards a goal. Rather than just waiting for something to happen. removing the “We need to bring back Dianite!” “Great, how?” “err....” moments. There are 5 crypts, one for each streamer. First I would look at the streamer’s knowledge and favorite mods and pick the crypt item. For example, Crypt 3 was the teleport crypt for Jordan, I decided this the moment started loving the portals in the modpack. So I thought a gem that allowed him to teleport around would fit him nicely. Then, for the puzzle I picked the mod that Jordan was used to but also fit the theme for teleporting. To decide the puzzle itself, I researched everything to do with that mod and decided that a teleport combination combined with pressure plates would fit the theme, give it a challenge but also make the crypt seem more... magical. After decided that, I tested my ideas on my own world.. After testing and creating a prototype, I created the real thing on the server. I picked a place where the streamers wouldn’t see on their normal day to day streams but not too far away so their streams isn’t just them traveling. i then got the Crypt item and gave it a enchantment, this was to make it more special than just a regular item. After creating the crypt and the puzzles by myself. I gave the creation to the talented builders at BlockWorks to Decorate and write a small story on the crypt item. Then all we had to do was pick a time we thought all the streamers were online, or at least the required streamer for the crypt and the right number of people to complete it.
Fun fact: Did you know that all the way put to Crypt 4 was made before the streamers went to crypt 1? Planning ahead for the win.
Some content I made on the server was never shown on the streams. This is due to many reasons, either the streamers didn’t end up going. Or we thought the streamers would make a choice but choose something else instead. One major example is inertia (Also known as The Factory.. okay really only I call it the factory.. but still).. I was tasked to create 3 extra puzzles in inertia after the streamers went in their to break out Farmer Steve. This was to save the remaining people left there. I created one puzzle which was a timed pressure plate puzzle, to act as the security. Another puzzle was a water puzzle, where you got to work as a team using buttons and pressure plates to redirect water to land on all 5 outputs at the same time. This was going to be used to “flood” the guard’s rooms to prevent them from defending the cells. The final puzzle took me about 2 days to make... it was a complex redstone and command block creation to make a puzzle to act as a prison breakout scene. The streamers would have to find keys on guards, hidden blocks and “pick the lock” on the doors. After doing all that, sound effects and fireworks would go off and open all the doors, releasing the people. However, all of this wasn’t used during the streams. Why? I don’t really remember, but there was a good reason.
Anyway, this is another huge post. Thanks for reading, hope you guys have a lovely day.
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