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Firefly Grass

Fireflies could be added to the game in the form of a particle effect attached to a new type of grass. At night, grass containing fireflies would have small glowing lights both in the grass itself, and floating in a small area around the grass as a particle effect. The grass would generate on mud and dirt in swamps and mangroves, introducing a unique night-time ambiance to these biomes.

This representation of fireflies is true to their real-life habitat and behaviour:

  • Association with grass -> Fireflies are often found in wet grassy areas.
  • Glowing particle effect in both the grass and surrounding air -> During their night-time displays, male fireflies fly above the grass in search of a mate, while female fireflies sit on blades of grass and glow to attract passing males.

Firefly grass would also utilise mechanics that are already present in-game, as we already have particle-releasing blocks (spore blossoms) and blocks that change their state at different times of day (daylight detectors). Combining these two mechanics into a block that releases particles at a certain time of day could be an achievable way to introduce fireflies to the game.

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    You could expand on this concept in a bunch of interesting ways.

    The grass could also have a form which doesn't have fireflies in it and fireflies could spread between different grass plants if they are within 16 blocks of each other. 

    You could right click on the grass while holding a glass bottle to get a bottle of fireflies and then right click with the full bottle on other clumps of the new grass to spread fireflies to them. The bottle could also replace a torch in the recipe for lanterns and create a firefly lantern which glows green. 

    The grass clumps could be collected using a silk touch hoe or could drop seeds and require the bottle method to gain fireflies. 

    Since fireflies also like pine trees, maybe you could also give them fireflies by right clicking with a bottle of fireflies.