Better Oceans [Minedeas] [40th Place! :D]

Updated on Dec 24th, 2012, 12/24/12 10:28 am | 2 logs
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I believe fishing could, and should, be greatly expanded upon in Minecraft. There are many other, simpler methods of obtaining food, and the seas are just vast expanses of water and derpy squids. The fish could be added as a real, visible mob, and appear and many different varieties. Some varieties of fish could be Salmon, Marlins, Trout, Tuna, ad moar! They could also vary in size, and maybe shape. They would travel in schools and add an aesthetic and usable purpose to the watery wastelands called oceans.

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Fishing mechanics would be altered as well, as the fish would travel in schools. The fishing rod would correspond to the location of the actual fish mobs, and they would have biting animations, etc. You could also be able to put a fish and a water bucket in your crafting GUI, and make a bucket o' fish. With a bucket o' fish you could right click fish bowls and whatever fish you put in your bucket would go into the fish bowl. You would also be able to craft soup o' fish, by combining a bucket o' fish with a bowl. Another way to get food from fish would be by crafting a spear. Spears would be crafted like this:
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And would only have 10 uses before breaking. You would be able to use spears to stab at the fish mobs, and if you killed a fish with a spear (1-2 hits, with good accuracy), it would drop the meat of that fish. Ex: Marlin Meat:
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A Fish Bowl would be 1x1x1, and would contain a single, or a few fish, when right clicked with buckets o' fish. When placed next to each other, fish bowls would expand, like chests, being able to hold larger fish. Fish Bowls would be crafted in this pattern:
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They would be similar to beacon blocks, as they would be surrounded by a layer of glass texture, but the interior would be water and the fish mobs would swim around within it.

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The Piscinomicon, otherwise known as the Fish Tome, would be a book to identify the different species of fish. It would be a book placed like an enchantment table, but the book would not be floating. When you catch an unknown species of fish, it appears as ??? fish in your inventory, until you put it in the Piscinomicon. From then on, it would identify that species of fish by it's proper name. The Piscinomicon would be crafted in this pattern:
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I think oceans should also be inhabited by coral. Coral would be 1x1 plants that are like flowers, but they can only grow/be planted underwater in sand. There would be different varieties of coral, with different shapes and colors. Some corals would be bioluminescent and light up a 3x3 block radius.

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