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"Dungeon Keeper-inspired" Event

My original post from when minecraft had just entered beta: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/f0jr8/dungeon_keeperstyle_mmorts_using_minecraft/

Weekend-long event.

WATCH THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsYmrEEmKr4
World Generation

    Background:

    Surface world has been decimated by some huge event - a meteor impact, nuclear apocalypse, etc. The surface world is uninhabitable.

    Details:

    Surface: 

    almost entirely rolling desert (not vanilla gen). Some rocky sections remain, e.g. mountains and overhangs

    generally bleak and difficult to travel

    no plants/animals. no grass.

    abandoned settlements:

    settlements should be scattered around in various states of ruin. I'd say 3-5 or so 'large' towns/cities on the entire map, and a few smaller signs of civilisation

    settlements contain valuable items

    cities should be ruined according to their location, e.g. a town situated under a large overhang may have survived a little better than one in the middle of the desert

    underground things (cellars, sewers, etc) can be in relatively decent shape, but houses and buildings should be pretty well destroyed.

    Surface effects:

    Direct sunlight does HP damage

    Sprinting disallowed above certain Y

    Mining fatigue increases with Y

    Underground:

    Custom cave generation

    I'd love expansive caverns, and especially large lava lakes

    Underground features (left by the previous civilisation when it was more prosperous)

    Gold mines

    Rail tunnels

    Running in directions not particularly useful for attack

    Unmaintained but largely structurally intact - a few cave-ins would be good

    Military or industrial complex in center of map

    Area dividing the two team sides that you can't tunnel through.

    Force you to create an aboveground protected path while trying not to be killed by sun

    Create a natural confrontation point away from the core dungeon. 

    Core Dungeon: this is the protected area that servers as a teams spawn, and houses some important things

    Dungeon Heart: 

    A beating heart in the center of the dungeon. It is the objective of the other teams to destroy this and score a point

    Temple:

    Items  can be thrown in as an offering to the gods. Certain combinations will yield precious items like mob spawners. Most will do nothing or curse the player.

Gameplay

    Ores

    Iron Ore

    Bread-and-butter for tools, armour, etc

    Found in large irregular deposits of 100-200 blocks. 

    Someone on a team finding such a deposit should be call for a chat message: "Found lots of iron at 123,456!".

    Diamond Ore

    Only a few blocks around the map, well-distributed. Found in secret dungeons, usually as only a single block.

    Block respawns after being mined. 

    Need to slow down mining, e.g.

    Wait a little while before respawning block

    Slow down dig speed?

    Gold Ore

    Diamond ore is infinite - the block respawns. Drops a few diamonds. We need to artificially slow down mining speed

    Iron ore is bread-and-butter, and found throughout the map. 

    Magic Abilities

    Experience can be exchanged for an increase in magic abilities. 

    You can see a list of blanked-out abilities and their associated level  cost, e.g. spanning from 1 to 100. When you unlock an ability you see its name in the list.

    When you unlock, you specify how much experience you're willing to part with. The game then picks an ability below that level and unlocks it for  you.

    Type A: enchantments (e.g. Archer 2)

    "Mining": 

    Efficiency (speed)

    Unbreaking (durability)

    "Power":

    Unbreaking

    Knockback

    Sharpness (up to 2)

    "Archer":

    Unbreaking

    Punch

    Power (up to 2)

    Type B: new tools

    ?

    Tool: ?

    Action: reinforce walls

    Levels

    1: silverfish

    2: obsidian

    ?

    Tool: ?

    Action: enchant floor with a status effect

    Levels:

    1: level 1 buffs to team

    2: level 1 nerfs to enemy

    3: level 2 buffs to team

    4: level 2 nerfs to enemy

    ?

    Tool: Compass

    Action: compass points to useful things

    Levels:

    1: nearest iron deposit

    2: nearest enemy player

    Type C: perks. These can be enabled for a short time and then need to recharge

    Flash: speed, (partial) invis, weakness

    Rock: resistance, strength, nausea

    Agile: speed, jump, 

    Blink (?): Teleport to the block you are aiming at. Limited range, high cost, long cooldown.

    Idea: on teleport, spawn a sphere of particles (exp orbs) around player (radius: few meters) that fly toward em.

    Scoring points

    When a team destroys the dungeon heart and scores a point

    All attacking team members within N distance are teleported back to their Spawn point allowing defending team to regroup before being attacked again.

    This stops base camping and should slow down massive point imbalance.