Welp I want to do my usual large scale project in minecraft and I'm planning one in the current smogcraft server. I want to do a trio of temples based on the legendaries of the Pokémon games. I'm only really willing to do three and I'd like to keep it to the same games so they have a connecting theme between them.

Current general plans is to base the temples off the characteristics on the 'mons, for example a Kyogre temple would be water based and out in the ocean. They'll consist of an elaborate opening with a large statue of the Pokémon in question then a creative and large interior for people to explore. Anybody that's seen my work before know I can pull this off.

So, it should be clear at this point that I haven't set what 'mons I'll be doing. That's where everybody else comes in. You guys get to pick the trio and help out with its design from start to finish. I'll post plans, progress and other neat things as I go. So here's the potential trios:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tower trio (Ho-oh, Lugia, Celebi): Okay, I'm kinda cheating with this one since technically Celebi doesn't belong with them but the varity is too much to pass up. Ho-oh's temple can be based on it's tower. Lugia can be a water cave and Celebi some mossy ruins. They all have clear themes from the games that don't need to be tied to typing all the time.

There's a lot I can do with these guys. They have some rich and varied themes. A top pick for me.

Golem trio (Regice, Registeel, Regirock): Registeel is going to be a huge pain to do as metals are hard to come by. All the temples here should probably have an underlying redstone mechanism theme as they're machines.

Interesting trio. I'd have to work very hard to make them good but they have plenty of potential. I personally think it's worth thinking about.

Weather trio (Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza): They have very clear and distinct themes that are suited to minecraft. Ocean temple for kyogre, desert/deep lava for groudon and sky temple for rayquaza.

Another top pick. They're very easy to do in the game and they have a large variation in body shapes and colours. They would be the most distinctly themed temples.

Creation trio (Palkia, Dialga, Giratina): Oh god, their themes are a bit difficult to do. Probably could use void fog and mushroom biome floor to giratina's advantage. Palkia could probably do a theme involving water puzzles. Dialga is the hardest and I'm a bit stumped there.

Really difficult to do, but has potential.

Tao trio (Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem): They do have some potential, shame Reshiram and Zekrom don't have particularly good places associated with them. Kyurem is a goldmine for a creative ice temple but will have to work to make up for the lack of colourful lore the other two don't have.

Mixed bag here. At least I can make designs for Reshiram and Zekrom easily enough.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"What about the other trios?!" Well I probably think they're uninteresting to do for a varity of reasons, so am unwilling to work on them. Similarity in body form is usually the trio killer for me. A lot of the unmentioned trios are wanderers too, which means they generally have poor lore.

So pick which one of these you'd like me to work on!

Tower Trio Tower Trio Tower Trio!

Especially because at the heart of celebi's you could recreate the Ilex Forest shrine seen here: http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upl...ebi_Shrine.png

No! The regi's! I wanna see redstone!

If you do Regi's, I'll donate every scrap of Iron and Redstone I can find, as well as throwing in slimeballs if I'm lucky enough to come across one

tower triooo

tower trio imo

regis/weather/tower, in order of preference

regis would be awesome for a shrine made entirely out of iron blocks.

Regis or Weather Trio, but Regis get my first vote.

"shrine made entirely out of iron blocks" *shudders* considering how large some these are going to be, man. I'd suck it up though if people wanted it enough. Regi's are definately one of the most material expensive trios.

Anyway seems like the tower trio is the favourite at the moment. While I wait for more feedback I'll give you guys a little more general information about the temples.

First off, all these temples are going to be absolutely huge. I mean it. When you're working with blocks half your size you need to build big to makes things interesting. Most of the temples will have their main parts underground however, which'll help stop them from hogging space (and will give plenty of resources to boot!). The outside areas will also be terraformed to fit the situation and add nice little details to the scene. Of course I'm going to start building in as ideal a place as possible anyway.

The interiors of the temples will be a scenic walk, with neat little puzzles and secrets to find when possible. The 'end' area will be the stage for the shrine and statue. I will attempt to have as cohesive and entertaining a design as possible so that people will want to spend the time to visit and explore. As a result I'll be doing a huge amount of planning outside the game before I even set the first block. I'll also draw mockups for areas to help myself set my intent for particularly themed areas like the shrines.

I'll be lighting up the areas fully with no possible gaps. The last thing I want is for an accidental creeper explosion destroying vital parts of the temple and surrounding area. I'll have to plan this to make sure the lighting is also tasteful. All temples will have warning/help signs near and around them, along with a chest to store valuables before you enter. Though there's not going to be any mobs many parts of the design may end up having falls and other hazards so it's only fair.

All statues will have at least one 'precious' material incorperated into it with the bulk of it being smoothstone (or an appropriate substitute material). An example would be gold blocks used in parts of a design. I won't be using wool at all, the texture is unsuited to the idea of a statue.

Finally when it does come around to making specific temples I may withhold information about it to find for yourselves. Maybe I'll even keep the build locations secret. It'll be ultimately up to yourselves if you want to spoil the surprises or not.

Great ideas there, I can't wait to see how you pull it off. All the more reason I think you should make a Regi shrine. Making redstone challenges along the way which reset themselves with a Pressure Plate at the exit (it's hard, but by using buttons over Levers, it's possible)

it would also be cool to see a Piston Maze in which you can't get through without a combination in a secluded room, testing your memory skills to the limit.

[On an Unrelated note, it seems my internet lags far too much to access smogcraft, spending a full five minutes on the loading screen before Timing out. I know I'm not whitelisted yet, but I think this problem is mostly because I'm from Australia - however because I use a shared account, please add me to the whitelist still, as my friends may decide to come on every so often]

I am very down to help with material gathering especially if it's the Weather Trio since the temples would be really awesome for them.