Tower Time!

I didn't have as much time to play today as I wanted, but I did complete two floors of my little witch tower!! I have a couple of pictures of it so far, so I'll share those with you. I can't wait to finish the rest, and I will continue to work on it as soon as it's daytime.

In other news, my boyfriend John has been working on some really cool projects. I can't wait to take some screenshots of his creations, because they absolutely blow mine out of the water. He has a huge castle, complete with a few fun attractions such as a shooting range and a basketball court. He also has a little Asian-inspired bath house which is just adorable. He's now working on a haunted house type deal. When he's finished with that I'm going to take pictures of everything so you guys can see them (and maybe steal some of his ideas...I certainly did!). Hope you all are having a good weekend! I'll have a lot more to update tomorrow, and hopefully a new blog design!

The first floor is sort of a waiting area, lots of bookshelves lining the walls.

There's also a couch so visitors can make themselves at home until I'm available!

The second floor is my office area. Again, more bookshelves. Also a little desk which has a pretty killer view behind it!
There's also a crafting table and a chest amongst the shelves.

My favorite painting with this texture pack! Some of you may recognize it, but if not, it's Sunday Afternoon on the Island La Grande Jatte by Georges Suerat. I studied this painting in my art class in college, so I was excited to see it! I thought it gave the room a little museum-y feel.

Sanctum Server Update!

As stated before, due to obligations (the server is hosted by my boyfriend), I needed to move to Sanctum to help moderate the world. The big difference between it and the server Amy plays on (what I'll now refer to as Jeff's Server) is the fact that Sanctum uses bukkit for plugins (Jeff's Server is completely vanilla except for teleportation via RuneCraft). Administrators (aka Jon, Ariane, and myself) have access to plugins called World Edit and Voxel. They are pretty amazing! Sanctum is relatively easier to play in due to Creeper Nerf being on. Creeper Nerf causes Creeper explosions to do no damage to the land above ground. This allows for us to focus more on building and less on repairing.

So, here's a little update with pictures of what I've been spending my time doing!

I'll come back later with pictures of other people's amazing creations!

Lava Is Bad

Wow, I've been working on my town a lot today! I almost have my tower done too, which I'll probably finish up tomorrow. I'm very happy about all of that, but not so happy about what JUST happened to me.

I noticed a mine had been built near Sammy's and my farm, so I went to check it out. It didn't go down very far, so me being curious, I went digging trying to find some treasures. I didn't have many torches (outtatorcheslol) so I wasn't lighting up a lot of the path. Suddenly it got bright really fast, and I realized I hit lava. A lot of it. And couldn't get out of it. So of course, I died. Don't you hate when that happens? This time was super depressing, because I lost a lot of the materials I was using to build my town. Most of the things I lost could easily be replaced, like cobblestone and wood. But I lost a few very important pieces, too. These are the main things that I lost.

• 60 pink dyes
• diamond pick
• diamond sword
• diamond shovel
• a couple of axes
• wool
• ladders
• glass

Such a frustrating night!! I'm going to be way behind on my tower now that I lost those dyes. But I'm not going to tell you why yet! You'll see it tomorrow hopefully. After that fiasco I need to take a break.

Witch Princess!

Way in the sky above the small town, I am building a witch tower. I'm thinking Aymi would make a suitable witch princess, sort of like in Harvest Moon: Animal Parade, if anyone is familiar with the game. I'm pretty excited about my little floating house, and I can't wait to show you guys pictures soon! Sorry for the lack of updates, this week has been hectic. This weekend I'm devoting as much time as possible to working on both my town and the new house for my little witch princess. I don't want to give everything away, so I'll give you some clues:

• Lots of sugarcane
• Lots of colored wool
• Mossy cobblestone

Yes, I'm going all out for this one. It's going to be pretty big when I'm done, I think. :) Pictures will soon be coming!! 

For now, here are a couple of pictures of my newly finished project, the general store!

View from the entrance, with furniture on display.

Display of a few of the dyes available in the game.

The cash register is made from a cobblestone stair. My boyfriend came up with that idea and I  thought it was cute!

And as I was writing this, a creeper spawned in my greenhouse.

Note to self, add more torches inside the greenhouse.

That's all for now. Off to chop wood!

Town Update!

So sorry I haven't updated in a few days. Things have been so busy! I may need to start a personal blog to tell you guys about everything hectic going on in my life! But anyway, here is an update on the town!

I have three townhouses completed, each one a different color theme. The first one is yellow, the second is green, and the third is blue. I'm still working on the blue floor, but that's because I haven't found enough sheep to dye yet. Across the street from that I'm working on a restaurant, which I'm really excited about. The inn is finished except for the roof, which I need to do some serious thinking about. There is a glitch on the server at that altitude right around my farm, and the roof pieces aren't showing up on that row. They will show up if another block is on top of them or on the side of them..so I need to figure out which one will look less silly. The greenhouse is complete, so I'll upload a picture of it now. There's also a general store that is pretty much done. Other than that, everything else is a work in progress, but it's slowly coming together. Hopefully I'll have more time to work on it this week. For now, here's the greenhouse!

Town greenhouse, complete with pumpkins, wheat, and sugar canes!

Sanctum and SSP with mods.

Celadon City is on a temporary halt. I got the ground cleared out, but then a few old friends asked if they could play with me. For a short while, I won't be playing on the same server as Amy. I need to dedicate some time helping a server that I help run.

The server is called Sanctum, and might be available to the public soon, as of now you'll need to be invited by someone who's on the server. Even though it's is a personal server run from my house, it appears to be lag free. I pay 50 bucks a month for decent upload. It better not lag. Right now the only thing holding the server down is the PC itself, which Jon (My boyfriend/Server Hoster) and I plan on upgrading very soon.

In other news, I started to play SSP. I added the Female Companion (aka Charlotte) Release Candidate to it. Of course, Modloader, Audio Loader, and Spawn List are all installed as well. I tried Battle Towers, but I guess it's not working properly with something. God only knows what.

I got my own harem! Glitches are fun!

Oh, but they also steal your blocks. Just like real women steal your heart ):

Town Days One and Two

When I last wrote in here a few days ago, I had just started my town. By the end of the day I had completely flattened most of the land that will be the town, and also built a huge wall around it. I say huge now, but I will most likely be extending it because I think my town is going to be bigger than expected! I kind of wish I'd stop getting ideas about what to include in it sometimes, but a big project will be good for me!

Day two I got a lot done. Jeff and I cleared out most of the mountain that's right in front of my town. I also completed the wall for the length it's going to be right now and put a road around the outside. As for buildings, I've started the Inn, which will be in the middle of the town, and some little townhouses. I'm also working on sort of an irrigation field for wheat and sugarcane. I'm pretty sure I'm going to put it inside of a "greenhouse" of glass. That's about all I've done so far, but it's coming together nicely! I plan to get a lot done today, so hopefully my next update will be bigger.