Minecraft Experiments - Groudon Castle

Hello. C J here. Time for more Minecraft. Here we're venturing into the new experiments I've done in round buildings. Hang on to your hats, and your perception of geometry, as we progress. First we're going to take a minecart rail to Ruby Station, named after one of the sectors of the Astral, Ruby Sector.

Now the above ground part of the station with a lovely colonnade. And the utter nonsense behind it.

And if you turn left you'll find a long hallway.

It's an ice cream shop of course. What else would you put in a train station? Actual food?

The options here are vanilla, lemon and strawberry. These are the options in most ice cream shops in Ascala in the Astral. Ascala likes lemon.

Here's the outside of the station with another bunch of experimental walls and colour combinations.

And whatever this atrocity is. I'd show you the inside but it's not done yet.

Next to the station is a boat. Time for a ride.

Here's our main feature for today, Groudon Castle. As in the Pokemon. I wanted to see a while ago if I could make the colour combinations on Pokemon into buildings. I think it worked out well for this one. I have no idea what to do with them or where in my setting as a whole to put them but it looks good.

Also if I'm reading my Nintendo news on my Switch correctly they're re-releasing the original Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Like Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team. Those games were some of the best Nintendo ever made at all in any era. I'm not kidding. If I could get one of them on my Switch that would be mountains of ideas and fun I could have.

I'll look into that later. Like years from now since I have like eight games to play before then. That's the job I do. I need to know and play every major game in my industry. Twice. Thanks.

Oh, and those purple buildings behind the castle? I'll get to them next time.

C J Mcpherson

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