Minecraft

[eneit]

I put off even glancing at Minecraft because I know myself, I'd get hooked and have to create all the things. After trying all sorts of lures to get me interested in it, Gelf finally said "You could even build your worlds in it - you could walk around your cities

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[pdlloyd]

It's a dangerous path through woods that will do their best to lead you astray, but persevere and you may discover the treasure to be found where there was none.

[eneit]

Very dangerous, I'm lucky I have the limitations of everything having to be in blocks, if I could make buildings as curved as they are in my imagination, I'd get lost completely when I go to build the third planet in my story :) Researching the building methods used in grand cob houses, like this, was my inspiration when creating Garraloi.

[pdlloyd]

I love that house! Natural and alternative building has been an interest of mine for many years, and I hope some day to be able to build such a home.

Have you seen Canada's Mushroom House? It was built by an artist craftsman over the course of many years. Atlas Obscura says it took him 22 years, but my first encounter with the house, when it was for sale many years ago, had a figure of 30. There are a few sample photos at Atlas Obscura, but I haven't been able to find the full, interactive 360 panoramic views the real estate company displayed so long ago. I truly fell in love with that house, enough so that if I could afford it I might even be willing to brave Canada's cold for it. And I really, really don't like the cold.

In a completely different direction (both literally and figuratively), there's a group in Mexico called Flying Concrete that makes houses with lightweight concrete. They incorporate lots of natural shapes, but in unexpected ways, and some of their work becomes downright Seussian. I love those, too

[eneit]

I haven't seen those, will have to go look :)