Greeting Everybeast!
This is Chris from Soma Games writing. As many of you know, we recently completed a Kickstarter campaign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/somagames/redwall-the-warrior-reborn (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/somagames/redwall-the-warrior-reborn) to create a fairly small short-term project as a baby-step toward a larger Adventure game - that project is called AbbeyCraft.
As of today, we're about 90% finished with the main construction including the Abbey, St. Ninian's and Gingervere's Farm. We also have a map that covers several miles in every direction from the Abbey to explore. We'll now be working on an adventure map that we'll release sometime in July and that brings me to my reason for writing here...
What would you want out of a Redwall/Minecraft server?
There are several styles of Minecraft serves and many ways people play but we wanted to ask you folks. RPG? Creative? Adventure?
We're open to almost any idea and we've already seen some really neat ideas out there already. I'll also try to seed the conversation with a few details about the world we're already building and what we are looking toward.
- Everything (more or less) has been made to be basically double normal size. We started with the notion that Mr. Jacques saw mice as 'like children' and judging from a rather confusing array of size cues in the books we settled on the concept that a character will be assumed to be about 1M tall and we went from there.
- Working with Sean Rubin and the closest thing that exists to an official blueprint, the Great Hall is just shy of 100M long with everything else scaled around that.
- Block breaking and building will be off-limits in any area that we're required to stay "official" by the terms of our license. Specifically the three structures noted above but that list may expand in he future.
- One of Mr. Jacques' long standing concerns regarding a Redwall video game was the concern that it would devolve into an exercise in violence, 'splat the rat' so to speak. With that in mind, a PvP server is probably a non-starter.
But from there, we're very interested to hear your input!
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It's looking awesome! I can't wait to play it! I'll be happy with whatever you do, I'm just glad to have it.
do you have to download anything or pay because if not I'll be happy to play it :-*
Looks neat! Can't wait for the actual game to come out, though. One thing, why are the walls brown?
Quote from: rachel25 on June 21, 2013, 12:56:17 PM
do you have to download anything or pay because if not I'll be happy to play it :-*
You will have to download Minecraft which cost about $27. Then you will have to download AbbeyCraft. If you're worried about downloading things, you don't have to be. Minecraft has been downloaded by millions of people across the world. And Soma Games is a legitimate company, so you don't have to worry about AbbeyCraft.
Quote from: Shadowed One on June 21, 2013, 02:26:06 PM
Looks neat! Can't wait for the actual game to come out, though. One thing, why are the walls brown?
The Walls are tannish brown because they decided to make it out of sandstone to make it more authentic. There was mention of a texture pack on Kickstarter that people who paid a certain amount would get. That would change the color so they look red. If you didn't pay enough to get the texture pack then I'm sure you could find a free texture pack that would change sandstone to a red color somewhere on the internet.
VedCasib is correct.
Thee are no red stones in the basic Minecraft kit so we had to use what's available - sandstone - and make sure the game looked OK without any additional add-ons. While the sandstone in Minecraft isn't red - it is sandstone so that's authentic. :)
In the next update to Minecraft they have announced some new blocks including red clay. At that point we'll experiment and see what's better, making the color or material lore-accurate...I'm leaning toward material and also providing an optional texture pack for the folks who want the extra level of detail.
Do we have to have donated to be able to download AbbeyCraft?
Quote from: Romsca on June 21, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
Do we have to have donated to be able to download AbbeyCraft?
I think so, but I don't remember for sure. If that is the case I think you can still buy it here: http://somagames.com/redwall/redwall-presale.php
Quote from: cryptopur on June 21, 2013, 05:20:06 PM
VedCasib is correct.
Thee are no red stones in the basic Minecraft kit so we had to use what's available - sandstone - and make sure the game looked OK without any additional add-ons. While the sandstone in Minecraft isn't red - it is sandstone so that's authentic. :)
In the next update to Minecraft they have announced some new blocks including red clay. At that point we'll experiment and see what's better, making the color or material lore-accurate...I'm leaning toward material and also providing an optional texture pack for the folks who want the extra level of detail.
Ok, I haven't played Minecraft, so I didn't know. Thanks for the info!
I don't have Minecraft, but if I'm able to get AbbeyCraft I'll probably get Minecraft just so I can play AbbeyCraft!
I have Minecraft and have tried several times to build Redwall and tried to make a map of Mossflower, so this is exciting to see what Soma Games is doing. I can't wait to see the finished product.
However, are people already playing AbbeyCraft? Does a person have to donate to gain access to the Minecraft server, and by any chance, is it invitation only?
Quote from: RoseKB58 on June 21, 2013, 10:06:24 PM
I have Minecraft and have tried several times to build Redwall and tried to make a map of Mossflower, so this is exciting to see what Soma Games is doing. I can't wait to see the finished product.
However, are people already playing AbbeyCraft? Does a person have to donate to gain access to the Minecraft server, and by any chance, is it invitation only?
No can't play AbbeyCraft yet, it's set to be released in July according to the above post by cryptopur.
I think you do have to donate in order to play it. Soma Games still has a donation page on their website using PayPal. http://somagames.com/redwall/redwall-presale.php
Quote from: Romsca on June 21, 2013, 08:29:23 PM
I don't have Minecraft, but if I'm able to get AbbeyCraft I'll probably get Minecraft just so I can play AbbeyCraft!
You have to have donated to the Kickstarter to get AbbeyCraft. That was the entire point of the Kickstarter, which was pretty clearly explained on the page and in the videos. :)
Those who don't know what MineCraft is can learn more at www.minecraft.net
I think it would be great to see an adventure type server with different quests that relate to the novel.
That's looking great!
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Quote from: rachel25 on June 21, 2013, 12:56:17 PM
do you have to download anything or pay because if not I'll be happy to play it :-*
You will have to download Minecraft which cost about $27. Then you will have to download AbbeyCraft. If you're worried about downloading things, you don't have to be. Minecraft has been downloaded by millions of people across the world. And Soma Games is a legitimate company, so you don't have to worry about AbbeyCraft.
in that case I can't get it I don't have £27 pounds just laying around so I can't play it :'(
Hmm.. Dunno if this has been mentioned before, but Gears is managing a now rather large Redwall server, we're getting quite close to going public, yall might want to talk to him.
As far as minecraft and the playing off it goes, I think the accounts went up to something like.. $45? $40? Something like that. Never downloaded a map before though.
I can't wait till AbbeyCraft! I can't think of anything in particular that I'd be looking for in a server.
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Quote from: VedCassib on June 21, 2013, 03:27:51 PM
You will have to download Minecraft which cost about $27. Then you will have to download AbbeyCraft. If you're worried about downloading things, you don't have to be. Minecraft has been downloaded by millions of people across the world. And Soma Games is a legitimate company, so you don't have to worry about AbbeyCraft.
in that case I can't get it I don't have £27 pounds just laying around so I can't play it :'(
VedCassib said $27, as in US dollars, not £27. That converts to £17.5, apparently. A little cheaper than you were thinking, at least. :)
I am planning to just wait until the game comes out. I don't play Minecraft anyway, so this way I won't have to spend a bunch of money on Minecraft just to play Abbeycraft.
A quick head's up everybody.
Primary construction on AbbeyCraft is wrapping up today. What that includes:
- Redwall Abbey (of course) - for scale it measures just about 1/8 mile on each side but seeing how your character is effectively half-size, you'll experience that as roughly twice that. The only significant things that were left out are the Cellar and the Tapestry. The cellar because it's described as "vast" and we felt it would take too long to explore that space. The tapestry has been necessarily omitted because we have not found a good way to make that work inside Minecraft to a quality we're happy with. Apart from those...everything is there, including 23 secret rooms and passages at last count. :D
- St. Ninians church - head south east down the road and you'll find the place Clunny and his crew made his camp.
- Gingevere's Farm - also hidden in the woods is the erstwhile home of a vegetarian cat (who does NOT appear as a mob...)
- Over 16 sq KM (to scale) of Mossflower Wood and surrounding countryside to include a wide variety of natural and beast-made locations to explore and revel in.
- We made about 2 dozen custom tree templates and planted about 650 sq hectares of dense woods.
Sounds awesome! I can't wait to play it!
Wow, sounds like something I'm going to check out. Will you be offering a download teaser for like those people who don't play this stuff to evaluate it?
Quote from: Lutra on June 28, 2013, 06:54:12 PM
Wow, sounds like something I'm going to check out. Will you be offering a download teaser for like those people who don't play this stuff to evaluate it?
With AbbeyCraft we'll be releasing a stand alone adventure map first and then a server will be opened up later for folks who pledged on Kickstater. So I reckon the adventure map is a kind of of a teaser...but you still need Minecraft to play it.
Ok, just got to factor in $27 for minecraft because I don't have that.
Would it be posible to add a lil vegetable patch in the abby?
Hi all--I've been meaning to get an account over here since the Kickstarter, and the email on we'd like to see in AbbeyCraft finally spurred me on...
I play Minecraft quite a lot with my 9-year old son, so I'm looking forward to how this turns out. I'm very glad to hear the perspective on PVP, as I agree that would be totally outside the spirit of AbbeyCraft means of drawing folks into the community and experience. A well-run server, from my perspective, would provide both a Creative and an RPG/Adventure option. The abbey and it's surroundings would be RPG/Adventure, and a separate location (perhaps a separate Dimension even, to keep things clean) could allow folks to show their Creative sides. The RPG/Adventure area would definitely require grief/block placement protections and the Creative area would require a system for assigning ownership. What server-side configuration are you considering (i.e. Vanilla, Bukkit, Forge, etc.)?
I am wondering what, if any, mods you might be considering? Using mods has the drawback of requiring people to have the mods locally, but there are several that could lend to the spirit of redwall and expand on the aesthetic options. If the mods are put together well in a modpack, that will facilitate others using it easily. The new Minecraft launcher might be supportive of this approach as it matures, and there are also alternative launchers such as TechnicLauncher, that would automatically download/configure client-side settings. That may be more complex than what you are looking to get into, which I understand, but if you are considering mods I'm happy to lend a hand in finding stable options, sorting out ID conflicts, etc. (It would be fabulous if you could get a mod team capable of making a "Mo'Creatures" style mod to support alternate characters/mobs--that's way outside my skills though).
Quote from: PaddedFoxey on July 03, 2013, 12:57:02 AM
Would it be posible to add a lil vegetable patch in the abby?
I'm sure they figured things like this into the design. ;)
Quote from: cryptopur on June 28, 2013, 05:58:10 PM
A quick head's up everybody.
Primary construction on AbbeyCraft is wrapping up today. What that includes:
- Redwall Abbey (of course) - for scale it measures just about 1/8 mile on each side but seeing how your character is effectively half-size, you'll experience that as roughly twice that. The only significant things that were left out are the Cellar and the Tapestry. The cellar because it's described as "vast" and we felt it would take too long to explore that space. The tapestry has been necessarily omitted because we have not found a good way to make that work inside Minecraft to a quality we're happy with. Apart from those...everything is there, including 23 secret rooms and passages at last count. :D
- St. Ninians church - head south east down the road and you'll find the place Clunny and his crew made his camp.
- Gingevere's Farm - also hidden in the woods is the erstwhile home of a vegetarian cat (who does NOT appear as a mob...)
- Over 16 sq KM (to scale) of Mossflower Wood and surrounding countryside to include a wide variety of natural and beast-made locations to explore and revel in.
- We made about 2 dozen custom tree templates and planted about 650 sq hectares of dense woods.
Sounds cool! I can't wait to explore!
Those are some great thoughts erian_7 - much obliged.
Right now we're looking at a bukkit server with a few basic mods that will only need to be on the server side (requiring no local mods) but of course many of the specifics are still up for discussion...like here. :)
If a Survival aspect is considered, I've had some really good experience with folks in the past trying to build out complete villages/cities and such. Certain folks take up mining and resource gathering, others are builders, and others crafters. This allows people to enjoy various aspects of the game while relying on others to handle pieces they don't like as well. Some bukkit plugins allow a mercantile/trading system which can be nice. In areas like this, it's absolutely critical that a careful reign is held on OPs/Admin folks coming in and handing out resources. They need to be present, obviously, for handling any problems/griefers/etc., but I've seen servers just fall apart (socially) because the OPs get out of hand. As with a Creative area, this could be handled in another Dimension to keep the worlds clean so folks can't take stuff from one Dimension into another and thus "break" how the Adventure/RpG side is supposed to go for instance.
Looking forward to seeing things progress!
Hi there, first off I have to say that Abbycraft is looking fantastic and i look forward to roam and explore throughout the world. Second, admittedly, I have not read all the Redwall series. in fact I have only read four, maybe five; it was a long time ago. Therefore, I do not know all the ins and outs of the Redwall world, but I read enough to fall in love with the series.
This being said, and I hope that this is the right place to give opinion, I followed the link in my e-mail, what I would want Abbycraft to be is an adventure style world with some RPG elements to it. This, however, does not describe what I envision. If you would bear me for a moment I shall explain.
Imagine, if you will, that you are a young mouse wandering through a forest away from the protection of the high walls of Redwall and from the counsel of older and wiser mice. After a time you come across a fork, one path going right and one path going left. Your adventurous spirit calls out and you go right. The path is filled with many place of wonder and excitement but the hour is getting late and soon becomes night and you are now lost. You stumble around and haphazardly fall into a camp of rats! Your heart pounds and your mind races with what they will do. In the end they take you as a prisoner and put you in a mine to work there for the rest of your life. You are fill sadness and despair but hope remains. You resolve to escape. You must escape. And this is what I want fro the game. Not the "splat the rat" as you fine folks put it, but a game where one must use wit and cunning to advance. A game where if you had chosen to go left on the path you would have end in a maze where a giant "Slimball" is chasing you and you must beat the maze or capture the "Slimeball" in the very cage that it escaped from. It is a game where the exploration and adventure are key, because, in truth, I fill that that is the essence of the Redwall Series, Adventure. Things happen and one cant go on till they beat the situation that they themselves had stumbled into. I have not seen a game like the one I am describing. It is not A Elder Scrolls game. If you need a reference to what I am talking about, think of the game the Ender plays in Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game, it just not being as brutal and disturbing. And this might be the direction you folks are already going. If that is the case good job.
Now, this might be, and most likely is, to big of a task for the boundaries of Abbycraft and I realize this. But I do wonder how it would look and fill if you folks could pull it off. How players would react to it and how it would age. You may never now, you might end up redefining they way video games are made and played ;)
Well I think I have talked for long enough for now, I wish the best of luck to Soma games and all who are apart of the development.
That sounds interesting. :) I think that it would be a little much for AbbeyCraft because it's basically a stepping stone to Redwall: The Warrior Reborn.
Hey everybody! I love what is going on here. I have been following the Redwall Warrior Reborn for months. I am a huge fan of Minecraft. It is one of my favorite games.
With AbbeyCraft I really hope that you make it an RPG. As a Minecraft Map maker I know what im talking about with Minecraft Rpgs. If you decide to make it an Rpg I would like to suggest that you use a Mod called Custom NPCs. Strangly enough this mod allows you to completely customize your Npcs, you can choose their race, gender, and skin. You can customize their inventory whether they are agressive or not. And you can give them dialoge. All these are amazing features But the best feature of all is probably the ability to assign quests and jobs to the Npcs. So that you can interact with them. The mod allows you to write what they say and allows you to script available dialoge options for your character. You can basically make an Rpg that is similiar to Skyrim.
Speaking of Skyrim It would be soooo cool if Redwall the warrior reborn was similar. I would really love to see character customization at the beginning of the game. I would really like to see different races available to you. For example my favorite race is Wolves. I would love to be a wolf. I wold also like to see different armor types and weapons, and side quests. It would be cool if you had a meter that said good side, bad side. And based on your actions it tips one way or another. If your race is a mouse or somthing good then you start with 20 good points but if your race is somthing like a rat you start with 20 bad points. So basically you shape for future.
Maybe if your scale tips to far to the dark side you can start recruiting vermin and become a warlord. And if you tip far enough to the good side you can wield Martins Sword. One of the side quests should be that if you are a bad guy you capture Salamandastron and Redwall. If your a good guy you stop a corsair invasion.
Quote from: VedCassib on July 04, 2013, 08:40:10 PM
That sounds interesting. :) I think that it would be a little much for AbbeyCraft because it's basically a stepping stone to Redwall: The Warrior Reborn.
Very true, It is a bit much, but it would be a good game concept that no one has truly explored. Now there have been games that you can go and explore and get into trouble, however, these games kind of have a linear and you can always back out and go do something else if they don't fancy what they stumbled into.
This concept, however, suggest that a player couldn't. They would have to figure it out. This wouldn't be a linear game because you could be roaming and something happens, think of the dynamic events that happen in Guild Wars 2. A level one Character can join a fight against a giant monster just because he was wandering around and found it, and that is kind of what I'm talking about. Except that instead of it being an RPG it's an Adventure game.
Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the game makers already decided that it will be an RPG.
This is the abbeycraft thread. It's not an RPG, it's a minecraft map. I don't know about warrior reborn, though.
Sorry, I meant the GAME is an RPG.
Welcome, my child!
On behalf of the Elders of Redwall and myself, Abbot Cedric, we are delighted to have you join us as a Novice of Redwall Abbey. We are honoured that such a clever and competent young mouse such as yourself would seek to join us in our ongoing labours.
While we presume you are well-familiar with the traditions of Redwall, it is worth reiterating the abbey's charter. As a novice, you will be expected to abide by its code at all times.
Our charter:
~ To be brothers and sisters of peace and goodwill while living together under the protection of Redwall Abbey.
~ Forsake all unnecessary forms of violence, not only to Mossflower, its trees, grasses, flowers and insects, but to all living creatures.
~ Help and comfort the dispossessed.
~ Harbour orphans and waifs.
~ Offer shelter to all creatures alike.
~ Give clothing, warmth and food to any beast or creature that is deemed in need of such.
~ Educate and learn, particularly in the healing arts, comfort the sick, nurse the injured and help the wounded.
~ Take food from the earth and replenish the land by caring for it; husbanding crops, living in harmony with the seasons always.
~ To honour and protect friends and brethren, only raising paw to do battle when life at Redwall is threatened by treachery and the shadow of war; at these times every Redwall creature should show courage, fortitude and obedience to the Father Abbot. The taking of another life must always be justified and never carried out in a wanton manner.
As you continue your journey to our gates, consider our charter and our Order's vocation. At all times we must live up to this. It is our way, our very life.
With this note is a key to the gates of Redwall. Take the road south from this garrison, keep Mossflower Woods to your left and you will soon reach our gate. On your way, please collect a small supply of spring water, mushrooms, and grass seeds - our friar needs them to restock the larders.
We look forward to your arrival soon.
Sounds like we're getting really close to the release of AbbeyCraft! I can't wait! Now we have a general idea of the time period of the game as well. :)
Is this how the game will start?
Cool!
Hi folks! We're here at the shop making some last minute changes and adjustments to the adventure map, and part of that is incorporating some of the new blocks in 1.6. One of the things that we are looking at is a change to the walls... but since they are so iconic, we thought we'd get some input from you, the supporters who are making it all happen!
So please, tell us in the comments which of these blocks you think looks the best. And keep in mind, this is with the default Minecraft texture pack - our custom texture pack will make it look even more Redwall-ey, no matter what!
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I prefer the first and last. :)
To me, the first four seem so unnatural, and I only like the last one. Why are they so pale though? Surely we can make pinkish red sandstone....
Lutra, those are the graphics within minecraft. Like I said, the custom texture pack will work with some tints to make it more cohesive. So indeed, we will make redish sandstone. However, the map should also look good with the default minecraft texture pack.
The middle one. The others all look to brown, but the middle one looks how I think Redwall would look.
Quote from: Shadowed One on July 24, 2013, 12:07:11 PM
The middle one. The others all look to brown, but the middle one looks how I think Redwall would look.
Personally I think the middle ones are too bright, but I also agree that the first IS too brownish.
Kickstarter supporters should be receiving an important email this evening :)
If you're not sure what to do with the file you downloaded, we wrote instructions for you here:
http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/AbbeyCraft
Hey, so what are the copyrights? Am I allowed to make a Redwall game? ???
Quote from: redwallercaleb on August 04, 2013, 05:32:08 AM
Hey, so what are the copyrights? Am I allowed to make a Redwall game? ???
No, you would need to receive official licensing. Soma Games has received this, legally.
REDWALL ABBEYCRAFT : THE CORSAIR'S LAST TREASURE
Redwall AbbeyCraft : The Corsair's Last Treasure
You are a young mouse that has just been accepted as a novice to the famous order of Redwall Abbey. Under the fatherly guidance of Abbott Cedric you begin your training in the healing arts that have made Redwall a place of refuge and sanctuary for all the peace-loving woodlanders of Mossflower Wood.
But a grave danger threatens the lives of all woodlanders and even the celebration of your first day at the Abbey is clouded by news of a dreaded plague – Dryditch Fever.
Entrusted with a desperate mission to solve the riddles of Abbess Vale and find the lost treasure of the feared corsair Deadeye, you must travel the ways and wilds of Mossflower Woods to save the sick molebabe of Lillygrove and stem the spread of the dreaded sickness.
The Corsair's Last Treasure covers an area of roughly 16km2 surrounding the storied walls of Redwall Abbey. The main quest spans over a dozen locations including Gingivere's Farm, St. Ninian's Church, Mossflower Woods and of course a fully realized 3D build of the immense Abbey and its grounds. It additionally includes miles and miles of exploration, secret rooms, hidden treasure and some insane parkour challenges. AbbeyCraft is sure to provide hours of adventure even for the seasoned Minecraft player.
This is the first officially licensed video game project ever created and is a precursor to the upcoming adventure game Redwall: The Warrior Reborn.
The Corsair's Last Treasure is a Minecraft adventure map and you will need Minecraft 1.6 or above to play.
The Minecraft client can be purchased here: http://www.minecraft.net
Directions on how to install an adventure map can be found here:
http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/AbbeyCraft
Please play and let us know what you think.
Download Redwall AbbeyCraft: The Corsair's Last Treasure now!
Download here: http://adf.ly/Thtur
Sounds interesting! Will the game be similar, or different?
I'm really enjoying AbbeyCraft! For some reason though, the abbey walls are missing a lot of blocks.
VedCassib - make sure you're launching the 1.6 version of Minecraft.
The walls use a lot of the baked clay bricks that are a new block type. If you are running an older version of Minecraft the game wont have the clay blocks in the available inventory.
Ok, thanks! I forgot to update. Time to replay some of it then!
Looks fantstic, cryptopur! I will definitely be playing this later today!
Wow! I hope I can get minecraft!
I'll get minecraft today. i already got abbeycraft! looks cool!
Hi y'all - just wanted to pop in and offer a hearty thank you to all of you for looking at, downloading, and sharing AbbeyCraft.
In jus the few days it's been out in the wild we've seen well over 20k downloads and we're not even live on the major sites yet so this is all just word of mouth and sharing from folks like you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. :)
20K downloads? There were that many people who donated to the kickstarter?
Quote from: Romsca on August 14, 2013, 09:09:16 PM
20K downloads? There were that many people who donated to the kickstarter?
It's available for anyone to download.
Awesome news cryptopur!
The link isn't allowing me to download. It just keeps timing out on me. Is there an alternate download link?
EDIT: Nevermind. I had to use a different browser. Chrome kept timing out on me, so I tried it with Safari and it worked just fine.
EDIT 2: This is so much fun! Very exciting! I'm just now on the Abbey Grounds and I'm a 28 year old man getting all giddy :)
EDIT 3: The Great Hall is incredibly impressive. It's so massive and detailed! I do have a few questions about a few things though. I won't mention certain places for the sake of spoilers, but I have found a few hidden passages that seem to go nowhere and there isn't anything in them. Was this intentional? Or was it just something that was forgotten to be covered up until a later time?
I hope I can get minecraft!
Quote from: davers84 on August 16, 2013, 05:44:14 AM
The Great Hall is incredibly impressive. It's so massive and detailed! I do have a few questions about a few things though. I won't mention certain places for the sake of spoilers, but I have found a few hidden passages that seem to go nowhere and there isn't anything in them. Was this intentional? Or was it just something that was forgotten to be covered up until a later time?
So far I've found that if you keep looking, you will find something. It just takes a while sometimes. There are also sometimes areas in which you have to use "parkour", and that can make finding the end a little more difficult.
I got to an area earlier that I had to do some parkour stunts. Unfortunately, I'm not experienced in Minecraft enough to pull off fancy moves so I decided to just come back later. It was a secret room near the dormitories and I need to go back and get the red flower pots.
W00t!
It's so exciting to see folks exploring and finding stuff and it sounds like you're having fu! That's the main thing. :)
BTW - some additional clues to our big web-based puzzle can be found within the Minecraft adventure, so keep a weather eye out for details in books that may seem otherwise out of place.
An alternate download link can be found here: http://www.mcworldmap.com/worlds/371yM
In other news, we're a good bit down the road starting into the phase of making the Minecraft server live now...should be live soon.
And then a note regarding the secret doors/passages/rooms: The last I counted there were 21 secret "places" inside just the Abbey, and that's only counting the ones where you need to flip a switch or something like that to open it. That number doesn't include "difficult to reach" places where parkour is the required skill.
Only some of the secret rooms you can find are functionally part of this adventure, maybe a half-dozen. All the others...you'll just have to wait until The Warrior Reborn goes live but now you're a step ahead for having found them early. ;D
I need to start writing down these locations then! I've found about 5 secret passages so far with two of them going nowhere. I'll just have to remember for later.
I did find an odd book, so it's nice to know what it's for! Quick question, I'm assuming the dormitory area is the "2nd floor" of the abbey, correct? I know this sounds really stupid, but I was looking for my bed and can't find it. I'm assuming there is a chest next to it containing my cookbook. I probably haven't looked everywhere yet so there's that. It was late last night that I started playing, so I couldn't play for too long and finally just got off after not finding my bed :-\
Quote from: davers84 on August 16, 2013, 06:37:44 PM
I need to start writing down these locations then! I've found about 5 secret passages so far with two of them going nowhere. I'll just have to remember for later.
I did find an odd book, so it's nice to know what it's for! Quick question, I'm assuming the dormitory area is the "2nd floor" of the abbey, correct? I know this sounds really stupid, but I was looking for my bed and can't find it. I'm assuming there is a chest next to it containing my cookbook. I probably haven't looked everywhere yet so there's that. It was late last night that I started playing, so I couldn't play for too long and finally just got off after not finding my bed :-\
Yes, it is on the second floor. The easiest way to find your room is to go to the kitchen, take the stairs up past the main floor and exit onto the second. Then look for the yellow flower pot. That will be your room. The chest is somewhat difficult to find. Once you enter your room, immediately turn right. It will be directly in front of you.
So it looks like I'll have to restart my adventure. On my way to St. Ninians and I decided to check out the ditch in front of the Abbey. Fell in a 1x1x2 hole by accident and can't get out :( Since I can't break any blocks or fly, my only option is to restart. Thankfully, I'm not TOO far into the game yet. Just wanted to point out that there might be a few more holes in the ditch that need to be "patched" up.
Yikes! Thanks Dave. Yeah we'll want to fill those in. Any info you can share to help us find that spot would be much obliged.
Here's a video of two of the holes you can't get out. They are right next to each other. The corner of the Abbey shown in the video is the first corner you come up on at the start of the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfS3ZSj6nkw&feature=youtu.be
EDIT: Also, is there a way into St. Ninian's bell tower? I don't want any hints if so, I just want to know if I should keep looking or not!
Quote from: davers84 on August 16, 2013, 05:43:04 PM
I got to an area earlier that I had to do some parkour stunts. Unfortunately, I'm not experienced in Minecraft enough to pull off fancy moves so I decided to just come back later. It was a secret room near the dormitories and I need to go back and get the red flower pots.
The red flower pots are markers - you don't need to actually collect them.
FWIW, I located the hidden passage
Spoiler
in the dormitory level library
. After a few tries, I completed the hardcore parkour, and retrieved
Spoiler
7 emeralds
at this location. :)
If you haven't played yet but are curious as to what it looks like, a player uploaded a video to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvD1sFDoJNQ
As no one else has claimed to have completed the game yet, it appears as if I am the first. The next task will be to find all of those hidden items!
To my knowledge you are, indeed, the first. :)
Way to go from the king of Redwall Wiki!
I guess I forgot to post that I finished. Oops! :-[ My final score was 3,630. So I still have some hidden places to find.
Whoa this looks awesome!
Hey folks - we've had some great reviews and feedback from people all over - it's been a lot of fun. :)
So I wanted to put out a challenge/ask a favor of the people here as well our other comm. channels.
1. Make one or more of the most gorgeous screen shots from the map you can come up with. Feel free to use mods, filters, photoshop...be creative. So long as it's the AbbeyCraft world and still looks - you know - like Minecraft, then it works.
2. Make a 'promo video' for the world with cool shots, maybe music - again, show off your madd skillz!
Be prepared because what we'll be asking for is permission to use the best of these shots and clips in the various places we have the map available for download and for any press we wind up getting going forward. We'll give winners credit for their awesome work of course, but we'll need full permission to use them however we need to.
Any takers?
I might have to try that if I have time - still haven't played through the map yet.
I just saw this ad for it on the side of my screen on Facebook:
(http://i42.tinypic.com/winwy.png)
Hrrrmmm... I happen to have absolutely no sense of direction, and so I'm stuck very early on. What is a mezzantine, and how do you get to the Infirmary after the first few quests?
The mezzanine is The balcony overlooking cavern hole, you'll find the infirmary down a passage on one of the staircases.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/8z41vn.jpg)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/28vyp8h.png)
also, If you press f3 it'll tell you which direction you're facing.
Quote from: rusvulthesaber on September 30, 2013, 02:31:45 PM
Hrrrmmm... I happen to have absolutely no sense of direction, and so I'm stuck very early on. What is a mezzantine, and how do you get to the Infirmary after the first few quests?
I find that when I see a word that I don't understand, it helps to look it up ;)
Also, if you find yourself at your wit's end as to what to do, the Redwall Wiki has constructed a strategy guide. However beware, because there are spoilers within.
http://redwall.wikia.com/wiki/AbbeyCraft_Strategy_Guide
Hi folks - I wanted to dop by and offer a general invitation to any of you who are artistically minded.
As part of the polish on this project we're putting together a series of custom character skins and a custom resource pack for texturing the map.
Folks at the "Illuminator" level of above from the kickstarter had first pass at this but there are still lots of bits that we'd like to insert into the package.
While these assets are not required to play The Corsair's Last Treasure, they do significantly improve the experience and help with the sense of immersion. These are all strictly artistic assets but if you're new to this world you'll want to brush up on how these assets get used.
We suggest these links as great places to get yourself oriented and see what's required:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Resource_pack
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Programs_and_editors/Skinning_and_texturing
http://novaskin.me/
We can accept individual assets including icons, individual textures, or even paintings. There is no need to create an entire pack by yourself...unless you're into that. We'll be looking at submissions and collecting the best into an official texture pack in the near future. Of course you'll be given credit for your work and your efforts will make The Corsair's Last Treasure better for all players around the world.
I have absolutely no experience with this, but I figured I'd take a stab at it anyway. I've made two skins so far. I based them off of Simon and Fiona. Two of the characters that will be in The Warrior Reborn.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=F6AB650B047FB5E3!107&authkey=!AAgehBMIzymL080 (https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=F6AB650B047FB5E3!107&authkey=!AAgehBMIzymL080)
Nicely done. :)
I'm gonna put this Simon skin on my guy and log ing. :)
Thanks! See you online sometime!
A friend of mine just recently "converted" me to Mindcraft. So, I might be trying out this Abbeycraft soon...
Quote from: Ungatt Trunn on November 05, 2013, 04:32:53 AM
A friend of mine just recently "converted" me to Mindcraft. So, I might be trying out this Abbeycraft soon...
THE ONE TRUE BLOCKY FAITH! Ahem. Sorry. I tried Abbeycraft, however I have no sense of direction. I got lost. Pretty badly. XD. My fault, not yours. What I saw of the map, I really liked. I'm excited for the full game ^_^
I beat it, then let my friends play on it
looking really cool I hope I get to play this when it comes out.
Hello Everybody,
I know we've been out of contact for a while...been a lot of work to do and lots to clean up.
But as of about two weeks ago the Redwall AbbeyCraft server is live and open to the public.
The server address is here:
redwallserver.somagames.com:25638
But I'll be starting a new thread to discuss just the server and get out of this older thread. We're particularly looking for folks who have a true heart for the Redwall world and can help us moderate the world and all the passersby who really aren't that familiar with the lore of Mossflower...maybe that can be you...
I am on that server!!!
its just well, im an outcast now soo ya!
LOL! I heard about that. :)
buuuut..I'm also told that you were somewhat less than friendly to a few of the locals...but that's just a rumor of course. ::)
Were can yo get this AbbeyCraft? Does it cost much?
Quote from: cryptopur on January 16, 2014, 12:43:28 AM
LOL! I heard about that. :)
buuuut..I'm also told that you were somewhat less than friendly to a few of the locals...but that's just a rumor of course. ::)
I was helping woodlanders out of captivity!
also ungatt its free
Quote from: Gonff the Mousethief on January 01, 1970, 01:02:19 AM
also ungatt its free
You mean, it's free if you already own Minecraft?
Yeah. Just add the server IP, and bingo.
yall shoul make Salacraft which is the sequeal, inly in Salamandastron!!
Salamandastron is actually in the AbbeyCraft world. It's still in progress, but it's moving along pretty quickly!
but you can just take that and make a whole new map! (ps, I was looking at my profile, and this is my 500th post!)
Quote from: Gonff the Mousethief on February 24, 2014, 03:02:23 AM
but you can just take that and make a whole new map! (ps, I was looking at my profile, and this is my 500th post!)
Congrats!
Looks good, but needs work. How can I help?
Quote from: VedCassib on February 24, 2014, 02:23:56 AM
Salamandastron is actually in the AbbeyCraft world. It's still in progress, but it's moving along pretty quickly!
I've put a lot of work into the interior myself.
Quote from: LordTBT on March 01, 2014, 07:35:00 PM
I've put a lot of work into the interior myself.
I figured it was probably you who had done a lot of the work. Great job, it's coming along really well!
I was wondering if I could build a village? I have the spot already scouted out but haven't actually built anything there yet. It's exactly 8,000 blocks directly north of redwall, just past the northern mountains. I would keep the architecture as something you'd see in redwall but perhaps with some "highlander influence" similar to that of the Vikings?
Let me know!
Hi Captain Tammo - you can build a village there - you bet.
And when you think it's all ready to go and meets the requirements for a charter then let me know.
We'll double check and assuming everything is in order we can "officailize" it with and ender chest, a sanctuary, and link it into the transport system.
Hey I was wondering if all the locations on the server on on the adv. map?
Also on the server when will the /warp (Place) get fixed? ???
I downloaded the world and it's amazing. the only thing is when I play in it for a little bit, the game crashes because it has run out of memory. any way to fix this?
How do I get to the world?
Is this still running?
It's still running, I think, but it isn't very active. Quite a shame, but not surprising.
What's the IP address?
Quote from: Sagetip, the hare on February 23, 2015, 10:02:28 PM
What's the IP address?
Here you go! redwallserver.somagames.com:25638
Wait, so is the server still up and running? I'm kind of confused.
Quote from: MatthiasMan on February 26, 2015, 12:36:28 AM
Wait, so is the server still up and running? I'm kind of confused.
Yup, it's still running.
I trie logging in to it, it's still at 1.7.2, I believe.
Very distressing news....something has happened to Salamandastron. The rear entrance (which involved a minecart) is now gone...so is the front entrance in the volcano...Trying to dig into the mountain reveals no sign of the previous construction that was done....I can't find anything! ??? ??? Mods need to rollback Salamandastron and get it back to where it was.
LordTBT - do you know the last date that you saw this in tact?
That'll help us roll back the problem.
Actually LordTBT - what we also need is the coordinates. Salamandastron is kinda a big place. :)
Quote from: cryptopur on March 31, 2015, 09:10:18 PM
LordTBT - do you know the last date that you saw this in tact?
That'll help us roll back the problem.
I'm sure it was intact January-ish...maybe early Feb.?
If you descend into the volcano, you should see a small jetty into the lava...that was where there was once a much larger one, and an entrance into the mountain...
OK - I'll see if I can't get that fixed today.
Cryptopur, I have a few questions about the Redwall game. Is it alright if I email you?
Sure Capn' - Email away
LordTBT - I think we got it all rolled back now.
Let me know if we missed anything.
Okay, Expect an email from me ;).
Quote from: cryptopur on April 03, 2015, 06:01:26 PM
LordTBT - I think we got it all rolled back now.
Let me know if we missed anything.
Alas, it hasn't been rolled back at all...the mountain is still in the same state I found it in for the most part.
I don't know much about Minecraft so...Is this accessible if you download the free version of Minecraft? And where's the AbbeyCraft extra download?
Thanks :P
Quote from: rrrrr on April 29, 2015, 12:34:59 AM
I don't know much about Minecraft so...Is this accessible if you download the free version of Minecraft? And where's the AbbeyCraft extra download?
Thanks :P
1. Nope.
2. http://www.minecraftworldmap.com/worlds/371yM#/80/64/80/-4/0/0
Love this idea, looks great. Can't wait to join
^^Hmm... Try the new one. This one's pretty abandoned...
Quote from: cryptopur on June 21, 2013, 05:20:06 PM
VedCasib is correct.
Thee are no red stones in the basic Minecraft kit so we had to use what's available - sandstone - and make sure the game looked OK without any additional add-ons. While the sandstone in Minecraft isn't red - it is sandstone so that's authentic. :)
In the next update to Minecraft they have announced some new blocks including red clay. At that point we'll experiment and see what's better, making the color or material lore-accurate...I'm leaning toward material and also providing an optional texture pack for the folks who want the extra level of detail.
*COUGH* brick *COUGH*
Quote from: Speedbird on May 05, 2015, 03:16:32 AM
Quote from: cryptopur on June 21, 2013, 05:20:06 PM
VedCasib is correct.
Thee are no red stones in the basic Minecraft kit so we had to use what's available - sandstone - and make sure the game looked OK without any additional add-ons. While the sandstone in Minecraft isn't red - it is sandstone so that's authentic. :)
In the next update to Minecraft they have announced some new blocks including red clay. At that point we'll experiment and see what's better, making the color or material lore-accurate...I'm leaning toward material and also providing an optional texture pack for the folks who want the extra level of detail.
*COUGH* brick *COUGH*
There aren't any
solid red stones in vanilla Minecraft. Bricks are red, but they don't quite look the part for Redwall purposes.
Is the Minecraft server still up?? I would love to check it out.
Not sure. I personally haven't played in a very long time, and I haven't heard any updates about the server.
Ah, this takes me back. On that server, I built a random gold tower and started building one of the island fortresses. Can't remember which one though :laugh:
I doubt it's still up, but it'd be interesting if it was.
I have a few questions about the Redwall game. Is it alright if I email you?
If you're asking cryptopur that, it may be a bit before he answers. He's not on the forums very often.
Quote from: Lucifer656 on May 27, 2020, 07:16:53 AM
I have a few questions about the Redwall game. Is it alright if I email you?
you can hit me up here or on the Lost Legends of Redwall discord server. I'm not Chris, mind you, just someone that might be able to answer questions.