VanGarrett
Lord of Altera
Found this on the Minecraft Forums for a video competition. I think it helps highlight the benefits of having a reason for why a settlement is where it is. Sometimes I find it odd that towns just spring up randomly here and there with little indication of what attracted people to the site. Towns are generally set up around a key industry or trade, be it a farming village, sea-side fishing village or a village which has gained wealth from mining minerals or chopping down trees.
I think that for the new map settlers should justify why they are building a village where they are building it. Towns can have more functions as they grow, for example, expanding from village to town could gain the town a marketplace by Kings decree. This was the way it was done in medieval times, townships had to show to the king they had an actual need for a market or annual fair before they were allowed one.
This is an idea that I would hope people will take into account when town planning, to take stock of their surroundings and see what could allow the population to make an income. Be it the plains which stretch into the distance for farming, a deep dark wood of rare and desirable pine to harvest and replant or a river to fish from and establish a bridging point at. Whatever it is if people have a bit of consideration to their surroundings then I think that there could be some absolutely fantastic places to live out there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZfwUwDJdV8&feature=player_embedded
I think that for the new map settlers should justify why they are building a village where they are building it. Towns can have more functions as they grow, for example, expanding from village to town could gain the town a marketplace by Kings decree. This was the way it was done in medieval times, townships had to show to the king they had an actual need for a market or annual fair before they were allowed one.
This is an idea that I would hope people will take into account when town planning, to take stock of their surroundings and see what could allow the population to make an income. Be it the plains which stretch into the distance for farming, a deep dark wood of rare and desirable pine to harvest and replant or a river to fish from and establish a bridging point at. Whatever it is if people have a bit of consideration to their surroundings then I think that there could be some absolutely fantastic places to live out there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZfwUwDJdV8&feature=player_embedded