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Wild update ideas! (Mangrove swamps and seasonal flooding)

Hi! So, I just had some ideas about the wild update! I think it would be super cool if these were added! here goes: Mangrove Swamps:

• I LOVE the mangrove trees, but I think it would be cool if the roots were a little bit more arch-y and spaced out like in the concept art.

Seasonal flooding could make costal mangrove swamps more interactive. It would be predictable based on the phases of the moon. The first night of flood season would always fall on a full moon. This special night would be the "flood moon." Hostile mobs would spawn more frequently, but you could also catch special stuff while fishing. During flood season, there would be mild fishing benefits that would be strongest on the night of the flood moon. Sweet berry bushes that were flooded would have the berries float to the surface (like cranberry harvest IRL.) Flood season would leave behind scattered farmland too, (maybe could grow crops a little faster?) so there would be benefits before and after. (Along with the obvious risk of a flooded house.) Maybe wood could periodically warp and break when it floods, but you could waterproof it with wax, or use stronger stone supports for your home.

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• February 28, 2022 04:34
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  • April 10, 2022 20:12
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  Hello!

  In all honesty I'm still not sure about your overall idea (I'm definitely not saying it's a bad one at all, I just haven't thought about it overall). But the season flooding mechanic you just said is quite interesting. Something similar is already in the game with old swamps on top of that. So, even if I'm not sure about your coastal season flooding, I think it would be cool to have, like swamps, special moon phases mechanics. Here are some ideas :

  I think there should be two types of moon phases : Mangroves are very rich in biodiversity so first of all, I think there should be a moon phase where we would see an increase in the amount of fireflies (announced), frogs and slimes. This phase could be a moment where frogs try and make more babies too. Finally, to add more "magic" to it, I think the trees could light up with glow berries inside them. It would be so cool visually and would represent the diversity of ressources mangroves have. These glow berries would only appear during this full moon phase.
  Secondly, to add some challenge and to represent the wildness of mangroves and the difficulty to navigate through them, I think there should be another moon phase where mob spawning increases highly and it becomes way more dangerous.

  To add some spice, we should make that the moon phases for these two events should both be full moon but only one would happen randomly at a time. It will add randomness and a sense of luck too.

   

  I hope you find my idea interesting!