And then Cereal was making a Minecraft compilation post.
I used to play Minecraft a lot- it's a great time waster, but I never imagined the capabilities of the engine to create art like this. Maybe I'm not just not very creative! To be honest, though, most of the time that I played the game I was busy trying not to get my head eaten by zombies and spiders- not to mention looking out for those lava pits. Fuck lava pits, for serious. They're all always near gold or diamonds, and as soon as you have any of those in your inventory, you fall right into the goddamn lava pit and die. I've rage-quit and deleted worlds more than once because that's happened. It's absolutely ridiculous and I'm convinced the game hates me. I will say this, though: I am really good at making houses in the game. Foolproof, zombie-proof houses. I think that skill stems from the fact that I am terrible at RTS games because I focus all my attention on making sure my base is neat and tidy instead of producing units to protect it. Supreme Commander didn't help this tic, because you are rewarded with reduced production energy use if you surround your structures with power generators. So, really, that was a good incentive to make sure everything was neat and orderly, right up until you got carpet-bombed because you were building power generators instead of triple-A cannons. It didn't really help that power generators were built like bombs in that game. If you sneeze on them, they explode.
Oh, by the way, as long as I'm hijacking this post, I do not hate Pinkie Pie.Thank you very much.
Anyway, this will all be after the page break, because there's a lot of cool stuff in here! The titular image there is courtesy of Sayani, but it's mostly there because that was the first email Seth sent me!
First up we have this extremely impressive noteblock orchestra for Pinkie's Cupcakes song from... whichever episode that was. The one with Apple Bloom in it. I realize that's not very specific. I honestly do not remember the name of the episode.
Anyway, this comes to us from a pony named Tephra. I've never actually seen a setup like this before, and it looks extremely complex. Also, it got me hooked on the damn song again. Thanks a lot.
Next is pokeythebadger's 'Harpo Parish Nadermane'. Apparently that's what this pony is named. I still infinitely prefer Octavia. Just saying.
Also, a nice cameo by Nyan Cat, or however you spell that.
Next up is OrangeL's gallery of 3D ponies generated by using the models from kp-shadowsquirrel that we linked on the blog a while back. He even apologizes for the lack of Trixie, just in case I was confused as to where the original email was sent.
I knew there was a way to automatically generate block structures in Minecraft. I was lied to this entire time. You can find the gallery here.
Next we have rogerdodger111's Rarity. No quips here. Just some Rarity. I do love some Rarity.
Next to last we have this massive Rainbow Dash picture and a video to go along with her. Did I mention it's massive? It's freakin' huge. This one is by Synth-Nine.
Last, but not least, we have Hazzat's verson of Rainbow Dash. This one comes with a bonus picture showing that, yes, indeed, these are made entirely by hoof. Some of you have way too much time on your hooves... says the guy who helps run a pony blog. What am I doing with my life? I am in college, I guess. Does that count for anything?
We also have a late entry by Sephiroth7734, who apparently has been waiting a while. Sorry, dude! It's up now, though.
That's all for now, ponies. Keep making awesome stuff that boggles my mind.
37 comments:
So many pixels
ReplyDeleteso little time
Like my 202 sprite sheet i created last year!
Dah!
Dang. That's a lot of Minecraft.
ReplyDeleteTry Brohoof.com, we have sprite valley.
ReplyDeleteAnd that cupcakes song was awsome !
Nitpick: It's "Poptart Cat." The "Nyan" thing came later.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Rarity. <3
The cupcakes song is to fast , no?
ReplyDeleteAnyway , Pixels arts are awesome !!!
DAMN.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why would anypony Autotune the sh*t out of the Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song?
I've never played Minecraft, but dayeum these are impressive! That huge RD is mind-boggling 6_9
ReplyDeleteYou forgot the 3D Pinkie Pie someone made.
ReplyDeleteI don't play MineCraft so just how impressive these things are is a bit lost on me. They look cool, but I'll have to take peoples' words on how much of an achievement they are.
ReplyDeleteHa! I knew Seth was trollin'.
ReplyDeleteAww yeah! Supreme Commander!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteBest RTS ever!
It's a shame they dumbed down the resource system in the second one. I played the demo and I was seriously disappointed.
Oh man, Cereal. You and I are exactly the same in RTSes. I love them to death, but I spend waaaay too much time making sure everything looks nice rather than training an army. This is why I am not good at Starcraft 2 at all, yet still find it super fun.
ReplyDeleteAs for the thing with the stuff and the things in Minecraft: That's all pretty awesome. I know the most I can do is build a house that won't get blown up completely by Creepers. So everypony that can make these awesome and amazing Minecraft ponies are cool as heck.
Couldn't help but notice that after all these weeks, my Apple Bloom sprite -still- hasn't been posted.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteNot my department. Link me and I'll toss it in this one.
SUCK MY DICK
ReplyDeletehttp://fav.me/d3j0xa7
ReplyDeleteCereal...do you happen to be david64 aka X?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteYES SIR!
Wait no!
Hah, totally called that whole "Cereal doesn't hate Pinkie" bit in last night's comments!
ReplyDeleteThat giant Dash is probably the nicest-looking Minecraft art I've seen. Definately the smoothest looking I've seen, anyway. The Rarity is amazing, too. That Dashie steals the show, though.
ReplyDeleteI just use the magic carpet to make mine, but I make mine all by hoof as well~
ReplyDeleteI made a Colgate getting brushied over at brohoof.com server, and now they challeneged me to make a 3d pony by hoof. It's not going too well ):
Cupcakes has been stuck in my head since this morning when I woke up. This just solidified it.
ReplyDeleteMan, I was proud of my Harpo, until I saw that Rarity.
ReplyDeleteI can't get over how awesome that Dash is. /)^3^(\
ReplyDeleteConfound these ponies, they drive me to craft.
ReplyDeletehttp://goo.gl/F7Srs
Oh, minecrafted ponies, eh?
ReplyDeleteJust give me awhile to find mine wherever they are on my computer and you'll have them... there's a lot... 3 Rainbow Dash, one of each of the other mane 6, an adorable Scootaloo, a benched Lyra, and a Luna...
Holy Sheet!
ReplyDeleteThat is... nice.
Found them http://imageshack.us/g/28/applejack.jpg/
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting it up! -Seph7734
ReplyDeleteIts kind of easy to miss the gallery of 3d ponies since there's no inline image. I hope you guys see it.
ReplyDeleteHow lomg do these take yo make. Like a make a castle pretty quick but these are on a whole new level..
ReplyDeleteOh my god, your rant on supreme commander is fucking hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAfter making a 100 by 110 block saluting Rainbow Dash the old fashioned way on a server I co-admin, I thought, "Wait a tick, I know Java." 45 code-monkeying minutes later, I hopped on the server and typed /fluttershy. A 200 by 234 block dancing Fluttershy appeared in no time at all. Success.
ReplyDeleteBROHOOF.COM is awesome :D
ReplyDeletecute Minecraft arts :) I like it soo much :)
ReplyDeleteI noticed alot of mlp pixel art. I made a derpy http://morbidlydisturbed.deviantart.com/#/d4yk06w. I also noticed that alot of them have more colors than usual. Is there a mod that gives me more colors? if so can I get a link?
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