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Get Building, and get building good, I recommend investing some time into
reading this guide if you aren't too good at building. And don't get discouraged, I'm an awful builder myself, but I was able to build
this map, in only two days. If you're stuck, look at some images online for reference, this will help you speed up your building process.
Also, make sure your saves
ONLY use default bricks, this will be important for new users to get right into the game without downloading massive amounts of other content to get your save working. Keep in mind there are two types of saves.
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We need Single Player saves for people who don't find the servers listed online to be interesting or fun, this is a fail safe for possible failures in future parts of this guide. If you find your save is taking too long to make, it is likely you're trying to make a large map. Focus on building small enclosed areas with lots of detail over large and empty maps.
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Saves for online use are also very important. We need these so new players can create, edit and invest themselves into our game, just as we have. We also need this so that players can invest themselves into learning the game without using the tutorial. Tutorials are boring to play through, and our Tutorial doesn't cover all the aspects of the game. By creating multiplayer maps that are fun to play, newer players will find themselves editing your maps and using them for their own creations, before moving on and making their own.
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Unfortunately, since we really can't do much here in the traditional sense, we will have to get creative. Blockland is a very unique and fun game, I mean this. But due to how the game is marketed, which is not at all, not many people know about it. So what should we do? Upload videos about Blockland, as often as possible. These don't have to be much, they just have to show the game in action, and try to focus on items made from part one if you can. Also, if you have the money, Buy the game and gift it to people who you know don't own it, get people to play it.
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If you're feeling a bit more creative we need some new types of videos under the following categories:
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A video that in five minutes or less, shows off all of Blockland's unique features, and multiplayer capabilities. It should have some good music, and be easy to understand.
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Videos or content that show new or veteran players how to do things, or what to do for various things. How to create simple addons, recommended saves, how to run a server, how make a good avatar, recommended add-ons etc.
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It's not going to be easy, and no doubt we will have people in the forum who who strike back against this, and go down the easy "Blockland is dying" route and give up. These forumers aren't worth your time or mine, ignore these comments, or you will end up trashing our chance to save this game.
Remind yourself and others of accomplishments that have been done as this project goes along, and keep in mind that we are making a difference.
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If you're not up to giving away your builds, then host a server with a new and innovative idea. Try to avoid old game modes like Falling Bricks and Death Run. Try something new like an Arcade Building server or something else that, while it is still a game, takes advantage of Blockland's unique ability for Users to create anything they like. (original thread by master matthew) That is why the old City RPG gamemode was so fun, it was a game where you had a direct impact on what the server looked like. So create a server that has creativity with a purpose.
AVOID FREEBUILDS,
TDMS, DMS, and RPs!Freebuild servers are open and blank servers to screw around in, and they have no purpose for the player to build, no motivation. Without motivation, the player will get bored and move along to some other game.
TDMs and DMs are overblown and overdone. Almost Every game supports a DM type gamemode or is the purpose of the entire game, we need to exploit this game's unique game mechanics.
RPs, if I need to say anything about these that most people don't already know, RP's are the lazy user's Freebuild Server. It's a Server where users can build, and also pretend to do whatever, but these usually create unneeded tension and attention, and also it makes the game look bad, avoid this.-Image redacted because of Imgur TOS-
As we continue along improving this game, remember why you're doing it. I'm certain you have your reasons if you find yourself motivated as I have. But my reason is because I want to see the block land I found when I joined back in 2009. A large game with limitless possibilities for fun and to explore my imagination.
