Midnight Sun Mode :U

[Lumireaver 101]

Okay, so I'm watching a documentary called Viking Wilderness, and they've just covered a bit about how some creatures deal with the extended periods of daylight or nightfall they deal with over in Scandinavia. For some odd reason I feel compelled to make a suggestion out of it.

I thought it'd be neat if we could decide whether or not to enable something like this this on world generation. ...Actually, for that matter, it'd be neat if we could tweak some other environmental things like weather patterns and climate (by latitude?) and so on. Fat chance, I know, but maybe it's interesting enough.

Some reading on primitive time keeping mechanisms that might be fun to build in a Minecraft world without a clear time of day.

Aye, this doesn't really warrant it's own thread since it's not a totally complete idea, but I really like watching discussions unfold on this forum.

[EternalUndeath 1,208]

I feel so compelled to start belting out the Immigrant Song right now...

you don't even know

[abandoned mines 119]

neat idea

actually where i live (above the middle of bc canada) we often see the lights

when the lights come out the local first nations go nuts as its a sacred time of year for them

[Jed1314 420]

I feel so compelled to start belting out the Immigrant Song right now...

you don't even know

Ahhhhhhhhhheeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ah !

I'm sorry, it was irresistable

This sounds like it could be cool as fuck

What would it do mechanics wise though ?

It could correspond to a period of "Midday Night" where survival will be a real challenge, because you won't be able to just sleep through the night

[abandoned mines 119]

Ahhhhhhhhhheeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ah !

I'm sorry, it was irresistable

This sounds like it could be cool as fuck

What would it do mechanics wise though ?

It could correspond to a period of "Midday Night" where survival will be a real challenge, because you won't be able to just sleep through the night

i like this idea

[Lumireaver 101]

Ahhhhhhhhhheeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ah !

I'm sorry, it was irresistable

This sounds like it could be cool as fuck

What would it do mechanics wise though ?

It could correspond to a period of "Midday Night" where survival will be a real challenge, because you won't be able to just sleep through the night

Mechanics wise? Primarily easier harvests and exploring during the summer months when there's twenty-four hour sun. If there's a fatigue mechanic, this would be a fun time for sleep requirements. During the winter there would be predators everywhere most of the time taking advantage of the polar night. Crops would grow slowly, and generally it'd be a pretty hardcore challenge.