How can we improve the existing moving creatures of Minecraft? Show us your coolest fantasy creatures. We are very interested in ideas that are unique and not just lists of mobs - spamming lists of animal names is spam and violates our posting guidelines. Be sure to check the Previously Considered Suggestion page (no sharks, MINECON Vote rejected monsters) before you post!

← Mobs, Animals, and non-Humanoids
29
Follow

Making glow squid glow without dynamic lighting

I had an idea to make the glow squid able to illuminate without the need of dynamic lighting:

 

Every 100 ticks the glow squid will drip a small glowing ink particle from its body (similar to how bees dirip honey). Once the glowing ink hits a surface, it will create a glowing ink splatter (imagine it like a redstone dust placed on the floor)

Glowing ink splatters:

- if waterlogged will decay by one stage every 20 ticks, they have 4 decay stages

Decay 0; 12 light

Decay 1: 8 light

Decay 2: 4 light

Decay 3: 1 light

20 ticks after decay level 3, the splatter dissapears

- They will not decay if not waterlogged

- It can be mined with silk touch and picked up by the player to craft glowing dye

Glowing dye can be used on leather armor, glowing dye leather armor will have a similar effect to the squid, dripping in glowing ink every 100 ticks, the drips from all glowing dye'ed items are different to the squids

- They always decay regardless of waterlogged or not

- They cannot be picked up in any way Same thing could be extended to wools, and other items It allows for a reneweable source of lighting as well as making glowsquid cooler

Avatar
Registered User shared this idea

5 Comments

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Date Votes
Sorted by oldest
  • 1
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    I had a very similar idea, but without it dripping, just a kind of floating light blob that decays in a few seconds. That way the squid glows where it swims, not just beneath it.

  • 0
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    That could work too! 

     

    anything that makes it actually glow 

  • 0
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    I think it would be nice if the ink drop would be at the same rate as chickens. Otherwise, it might lead to performance issues.

  • 0
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    @Notesmaker Yea i guess peformance could be problematic

    If anything just up the duration on the splatter and the delay on it too to make up for it.

  • 0
    Registered User commented
    Comment actions Permalink

    Well the glow squid got added...still kinda dissapointed..

     

    the new underwater caves would look so GOOD if the glow squid prediocially lit up stuff on its way!