It has been a while, but it is time to bring back our build contests with a bang!
We will be celebrating this summer with an infrastructure build contest – Roads, Tunnels and Canals.
The Roads and Canals build contest is to get players thinking about transportation networks besides railways. This means emphasis is not necessarily in a huge, flashy single building, but instead a pretty transportation concept that could be extended very long distances in the future.
To participate in this build contest, build a road segment that leads to a channel of water, clears the span of water with a bridge, and continues on to the into a tunnel at least 15 blocks long. The water itself is part of the build contest – it should be in some way modified from natural world generation (or built from scratch) into an artificial Canal.
Build Contest Rules
- The road must extend at least 30 blocks in either direction from the ends of the bridge
- The bridge must cross a water channel at least 5 blocks wide (although wider is encouraged)
- The water channel must be in some way modified from natural world generation (straightened, bricks, lighting, ect underwater)
- It must be possible to ride a horse down your road, over the bridge, and into the tunnel (so the tunnel must have a clearance of at least 3 blocks)
- It must also be possible to ride a boat along the canal and under the bridge
Judgement Criteria
- Meet all of the contest rules to qualify
- Leveraging common/renewable blocks over very expensive flashy blocks is preferred (no roads built entirely of gold blocks, please)
- Bonus points for inclusion of blocks from the Chaos Cubed update (sulfur, cinnabar, hot springs) – so get exploring to find some!
Prizes
All eligible submissions will win a book of Wind Burst 2. The top 3 finalists will also win an unbreakable golden shovel.
Submitting Your Build
To participate in the build contest, take a screenshot of your build (and list its coordinates) on our Discord Channel.
Happy building!