Game Development Reference
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FIGURE 8.7
This small indoor fountain feeds the swimming pool located on the recre-
ation level of the house.
Ponds and pools
—As long as water drops one level every seven blocks, it can
flow on forever from a single source. Use this to create water features that flow
down and through your house into a pond. Add a few floating lily pads to complete
the effect. Pools are a nice touch that can look good surrounded by almost any
smooth blocks, especially with the addition of deck chairs mentioned above.
Netting and wisps
—Cobwebs gathered with shears or silk touch can stand in as
netting between two posts. Tennis, anyone? Use redstone to draw lines on the
court. Cobwebs can also suggest smoke billowing from a chimney, or for the lash-
ings and cargo nets on ships.
Bookshelves
—Although bookshelves have an official use for enhancing enchant-
ments (see
Chapter 10
,
“
Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing
,” for the full details and
crafting recipes), they're also an excellent decorative item. Stack them up where
needed to build a library or add some interesting ambience to any living room.
Slabs also work well and are easier to make than the bookshelf item. Stack them
up to create multiple shelves and dress the sides with regular blocks, or just run
them straight to the wall to make them appear as built-in shelves.
Raised and lowered floors
—Slabs are half a block high, making them ideal for
creative flooring and embedded fixtures. Although items placed on a slab seem to
float, two sets of slabs can lead down to a sunken lounge or indoor pool. And if
your design extends to the bathroom, create a slab floor leaving a one-piece hole
