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Cloud Haven
by lynchinc
You didn't think we'd let a topic go by without a bit of a steampunk ship build, did'ya? Not
on our watch! This cityship is called Cloud Haven, and its background story is that it once
was part of a mining operation, sailing across the world and mining anti-gravity materials
from islands floating in the skies. Calamity then hit the world of the ship, forcing all in-
habitants to take to the skies to survive, which meant Cloud Haven was recommissioned as
a cityship that can hold upwards of 1000 “traders, skylords, merchants, smugglers, pirates
and proletariat alike,” as creator lynchinc puts it. Not content just to build an amazing ship,
lynch also made this a Survival challenge map, with the idea being that the player has to ex-
plore the ship to find things to survive, trading with the villagers and hunting for the secret
Treasury Room, with the eventual goal being to build a house on a nearby island. Creative,
challenging and a great all-around map.
Shaders really make the Contemporary Museum's perfect minimal design shine.
