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The ArdaCraft project seeks to recreate Tolkien’s Middle-earth in Minecraft
- _Codemonkeyism 8y ago"ArdaCraft seeks to recreate J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth" Could someone fill me in if it's JRR Tolkien or Jackson Middle-earth? Couln't find it on the site or from the images.
- kvikshaug 8y agoIt is very much true to the lore of J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth.
- chii 8y agoWhy are they different?
- KineticLensman 8y agoSome differences are due to the intrinsic difference between film and print media[e.g. 1], others are due to Jackson’s changes to the plot [e.g. 2] [1] using visual cues in place of narrative [2] compressing multiple characters into one, changing the places where certain events happen, making some characters the token comedy guy or token kid
- mhd 8y agoLet's give some credit to Karen Wynn Fonstad…
- darekkay 8y agoThe site is not loading for me (too much traffic?). Here is an archive version: https://web.archive.org/web/20180731090017/https://ardacraft.me/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180731090017/https://ardacraft...
- akuji1993 8y agoI think the site is experiencing the Hug of Death a bit.
- sohkamyung 8y agoCurious: is "Hug of Death" the 'official' term given to sites that suddenly experience a huge load after being featured on HN, like the "Slashdot Effect" in the past?
- Dylan16807 8y agoIf you're asking whether it's a common term, yes. If you're asking whether it's the most common term, that sounds hard to figure out.
- yreg 8y agoIt's the most common one on reddit at least.
- pdpi 8y agoI think it's more that the "Hug of Death" is a generic, as opposed to site-specific, term for the phenomenon.
- hyperion2010 8y agoWhat an amazing effort. Now what would it take to entice the creation of Númenor and Beleriand....
- Jaruzel 8y agoThere's lots of great efforts out there of people building big open worlds in their platforms of choice. What worries me is when these platforms are no longer in vogue, all this work will be lost in time[1]. Once VR, in one way or another, is mainstream we're going to look back at this era of creativity and be saddened at what was lost, unless there is an effort to standardise all this 3D data (and assets) and archive it all off somewhere. -- [1] like tears in the rain.
- mysterydip 8y agoI feel like eventually there would be a dosbox equivalent for anything sufficiently popular such as minecraft that would allow either viewing or playing of maps on future systems. Bit rot is definitely something to be aware of, though.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoI don't know exactly, but, I think the Minecraft storage format is pretty straightforward - a 3D bitmap, effectively. There were loads of 3rd party applications interfacing with the application years ago, ranging from external design applications, a live Kinect-into-minecraft thing, etcetera; I have no doubts that the Minecraft data format will be very archivable and that an open source viewer will be relatively easy to make. See also: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Programs_and_editors/Mapping https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Programs_and_editors/Mapping
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- calessian 8y agoA vaguely similar project, for the world of George R. R. Martin: http://www.westeroscraft.com/ http://www.westeroscraft.com/
- kawsper 8y agoThat map thing is pretty cool, I found two people running around chatting on the server, and I was able to watch their conversation in real-time https://cdn.servnice.com/screenie/6HM6m94cN5r9rev.jpg https://cdn.servnice.com/screenie/6HM6m94cN5r9rev.jpg
- S4M 8y agoAs someone who never played Minecraft, I am curious how many men hours it took to build all of this. It's beautiful.
- FlyMcFly 8y agoAre those blocks? That’s adorable! Toddlers love this. Personally the blocky/pixel look is dated, but it’s new to someone, kids.
- wingerlang 8y agoDo you know what Minecraft is? Asking because you seem surprised at the style.
- miluge 8y agoIt's already huge with kids...
- MrEldritch 8y agoIn case you weren't aware, this game's been around since 2009, blew up into a bona fide cultural phenomenon for a while, and has sold more copies on more systems than any game save Tetris. (And it's not too far behind Tetris either, relatively speaking.) This isn't new to anyone.
- ekianjo 8y agoIt's not Tolkien's Middle-Earth, it's Peter's Jackson's version of Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The movie(s) is/are NOT the book.
- jerf 8y agoSaves arguments, at least. A project like this doesn't need everybody arguing about what the "book really looked like". https://youtu.be/Nsdpb-4kW3Y?t=2m31s https://youtu.be/Nsdpb-4kW3Y?t=2m31s
- Fornad 8y agoHey - project admin here. We're recreating it based on the book. Our Rivendell for example is very different to the one in the film: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/rivendell-4035048/ https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/rivendell-4035048/
- goda90 8y agoWhat would you say are significant differences between the books and movies in regards to geography, landmarks, and structures?
- ainiriand 8y agoCan you show anything to sustain that argument?
- JoeDaDude 8y agoVery cool. I tinkered with creating a mini-game of Barsoom, the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series, in Minecraft. It would be great to create the whole planet.