Mod Idea: Esoterika

[hardy light]

This is more of a whole expansion than just a regular mod idea, and it is no where near done yet even in the ideation stage and I'm not sure where to put this whether here or #share-your-stuff or otherwise, I'm not sure if I'm going to make this (definitely not alone, especially since I am lacking in modding experience (though I do have experience with Godot)), But I believe that this mod would be very cool to see, I'll be continuing to fill out this document until its done but just wanted to share some ideas I've been working on- Lucid Blocks theming is super inspiring and I just had to act upon that inspiration so here's this.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tOFWWLD6atoVlfV7ZITTVQrfLlL_Dq-KYkPxxpLRkCs/edit?usp=sharing

[strong rover]

ts is fire

this aint an idea its a full blown concept

[hardy light]

Thanks lol been non-stop working on it when I can.

[strong rover]

like i'll help out when it come to what ik
ui is NOT my strong suit but when the entities start dropping i can help out

[hardy light]

That would be rad! I think I'm good with UI (given my game projects I worked on before) but I haven't even seen what Lucid Blocks looks like in Godot yet so idk.

[surreal knot]

i'd love to read through this later, i've been meaning to get into making mods for the game so maybe i can help too ^-^

[hardy light]

that'd be awesome! It'd be so cool to see some of the mobs and systems in-game

It's no small idea though which is why I'm a lil hesitant.

[surreal knot]

hmm im not sure if i'll be contributing, at least not right away. but one of my eventual goals is to make tools to make modding for the game easier, so that could help make the mod easier to make and manage ^-^

it's a really cool idea i just don't think i have time at the moment to get swept into this sorta thing yk

[hardy light]

no that's real- I get it, I'm hesitant and I made it lmao.

Would be cool if there was a good modding API for Lucid Blocks, go for it! would be sick.

[hardy light]

I would love to see this in vanilla game:

COLORED PLASTIC CRAYON

The Crayon allows one to draw/paint onto surfaces, whether to trail a path already taken in a maze, draw arrows or signs in your cornoqualia or otherwise paint an image of your dreams. You can place the crayon into crafting with any other colored plastic and it can change to that corresponding color, combining it with any other block than plastic will give you plastic pellets (high bias), combining it with any other ingredient, tool, paraphernalia, or otherwise will give you ‘rename pencil’ (high bias).

To obtain it, combine rename pencil with a color block (a block with a color as the first word of its block name, such as plastic blocks for example).

Not sure if its possible though considering its a voxel game, also haven't messed with 'paint' code in general but its a navigational tool that I think would help players in many places, can function as a sign so players can name their cache cubes for example.

[strong rover]

those recipes are hard to nail, but maybe theoretically doable
as for the actual function, it’d likely be a thin layer on the surface of blocks

[hardy light]

recipes are variable to change after I learn how Lucid blocks handles its crafting system and the specifities of the essences, the recipes are more there for the general direction rather than like any absolute model for what should be.

but yeah I thought the function would be just as much- some flat crayon-themed brushstroke mesh

The crayon could just have its own interface like right click opens up a radial wheel of colors and then left click paints

[hardy light]

Also had an idea for portal traversal.

where there is a mob in the game called 'Gate' which is an immortal, unmoving door vermin (can only be killed by Leviathan and 'Dematerializer (which is in the Esoterika doc above) like Meeshus, and drop 5x 'Gate Capsules' on death and you can also craft the gate capsule with Egress Block + Capsule). They are two blocks tall and thin with a cool fog effect, Attacking it causes it to dissipate and thus you can walk through it. Enemies can also attack it to open it unless the gate is on a guard cube then hostile mobs cannot open the door.

Then, there is an item called 'Shapeless Key' which is a non-corporeal key-shaped item that when combined with literally any block, item, paraphernalia, weapon, tool, etc it will transform into a Formed Key of that corresponding item, i.e Shapeless Key + Blue Plastic Block = Formed Key (Blue Plastic Block Key), or Shapeless Key + Tungsten Appendage = Formed Key (Tungsten Appendage Key).

These keys can be right clicked onto the Gate vermin, and if you do two gates with the same type of key (same block/item), then it will resonate and become a portal from which lets you teleport from one area to another and you can have as many gates as there are items/blocks in the game.

Trying to link a third gate with a key already used for another two will result in a rejection (for obvious reasons).

[strong rover]

nah, 3 way portal

https://youtu.be/DTcfaHfDCEc?si=Di5WP8Gp3Xfm0QjQ

this guy has a lot of portal stuff

(iirc tldr of the video is they just cycle)

[limpid lava]

this is so insane i need to see it happen. if you need help with programming or pixel art i'm down. and i might just draw ui mockups firstestly

[hardy light]

would be sick if it could be made- but it wont be easy by any means and may take quite a long time of development even with a dedicated team

[limpid lava]

sign me up

if my schedule changes i'll say

also imo the better way to do things is to start them. i don't tend to finish projects but having other people conspiring sounds inspiring

it'd be cool if the gate was a refrence to ENA by joel g like this

[strong rover]

maybe not that exactly (creativity) but i do like that shredded look actually

[limpid lava]

i man just the interior animation, oval doesn't look nice

[strong rover]

yeah agreed there

[hardy light]

Im working on a game rn but when its done I'll probably move to start actually making some of these ideas

[sweet lily]

wow