SCKChui's Minecraft Design School #19: ReaversPistol's City and Inside-Out Designing
7A longer video this time, and if things start getting repetitive for you at the beginning, feel free to jump to around 46:00. I wanted to check ReaversPistol's entire city before deciding on the best advice to give.
ReaversPistol's difficulties basically comes down to him trying to build a whole city from his imagination only, and really nobody is that imaginative. The answer is to firstly do more research to get more ideas (yay google image search), and secondly to consider designing buildings from the inside-out. It's clear that he is building a lot of shapes that look house-like from the outside, but not considering how any of them should function as actual houses. I build one house from the inside out to show how this approach puts function before form.
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Q: What should I send?
A: Send me a private message on Google+ describing what you have done and what you are trying to do. Ask me specific questions related to architecture and spatial design in Minecraft. The more information you give me, the more I can respond specifically to what you're interested in. Include a link for me to download your world save, or give me the address of your multiplayer server.
Q: How do I send messages via Google+?
A: You'll need a Google+ account. Share a message, and in the "To:" field, type in "sckchui". Remove "Public" and anyone else if they're there, unless you want the message to be public.
Q: How do I give you a link to my world save?
A: There are a number of free file hosting services available. I personally use Mediafire at http://www.mediafire.com . You'll have to compress your Minecraft world folder into a ZIP file (or RAR if you prefer), upload that file, then send me the share link.
Q: What will you do with that?
A: I will make a video answering your questions, trying to help with your design problems. Note that if you show me your world and ask me design questions, you are giving me permission to make and post a video of it on YouTube.
Q: I sent you a message but you haven't made a vid. :(
A: Depending on how busy I am and how many submissions I get, I might not be able to respond to every submission. If I do get that many submissions, I will choose the ones that I think will be the most useful to the most people. I'm sorry if I can't personally answer, but maybe talk to your friends and other people you know to ask for feedback.
Q: So who are you? And how do you pronounce "sckchui"?
A: Just call me Simon. I have a PhD in architecture from The University of Melbourne in Australia. I have 3 years of experience teaching architecture design topics part time, and I have played Minecraft for over 2 years.
Q: Why are you doing this then?
A: I love architecture, I love videos games, I love Minecraft, I love teaching, I love to see people designing and learning and enjoying themselves while doing so. Everything fits.
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