This is similar to the Bloodmoon in Terraria, but seeing as there are probably already moons made of blood, or something, and that the bloodmoon has already been done, you could have a Planetary Alignment! Example: Say you're doddling around on your little planet, mining and suchlike, when all of the sudden, the words, "The Planets are Aligning!" Come up. If you're on the surface, you can see a line of planets slowly drifting into a straight line in the background. It would end once they drift out of the line. During a planetary alignment, all ores underground glow, and pulse. Also, during a planetary alignment, mob spawns would triple, and rare mob spawns would double beyond that. The number of mobs that can be on the screen at once should double too. If you are somewhere else in the solar system, such as an Asteroid Belt, Then every asteroid could turn Radioactive, with all that implies. I'm just going to make a list of events a Planetary Alignment could cause, with credit given to those who give ideas. Events with no credit are from me, or anonymous. Events Triggered by a Planetary Alignment: Underground Ores begin to glow and pulse with a strange energy Mob spawns triple Rare Mob spawns double Mob number doubles Asteroids in Asteroid Belts have increased chances to become Radioactive (see my Asteroid Belt thread here,) Mysterious Alien Artifacts appear around the planet - From Inferno_Draconis Broken Alien Machinery becomes usable, (applies to mysterious artifacts and such) From Inferno_Draconis Rare boss spawns become possible - From Inferno_Draconis I'm sure that this could be expanded on, tell me what you think!
Hmm. An interesting idea, but maybe there should be effects other than planets and asteroids becoming more dangerous. Perhaps rare ores become accessible and mysterious artifacts appear on the surface of certain worlds. Perhaps normally unusable machinery which is normally inactive (possibly made by a forgotten alien race) starts working, making it possible to craft strange and fantastic items. Certain alignments might also trigger unique boss encounters...
I don't know how to quote stuff, so I won't. From Inferno_Draconis "Hmm. An interesting idea, but maybe there should be effects other than planets and asteroids becoming more dangerous. Perhaps rare ores become accessible and mysterious artifacts appear on the surface of certain worlds. Perhaps normally unusable machinery which is normally inactive (possibly made by a forgotten alien race) starts working, making it possible to craft strange and fantastic items. Certain alignments might also trigger unique boss encounters.." I love the ideas you had! I'm going to put them into the Original Post, ok? Just tell me if you want me to take them out so that you can post them in a suggestion thread.
What would the townsfolk do? Run for cover? Start praying to their respective Deity *(or Destructive boss entity)? Bar the windows and doors? Celebrate with a festival? Become monsters? Walk on their hands? Moonwalk? Heads are on backwards? To Quote something just hit reply next to their post and it will add it to your post. Just remove the * [Spoiler*] Your text here [/Spoiler*] Or [Spoiler*=Spoiler Name] Text [/Spoiler*]
Haha, that would be kinda cool. How would this happen though? Would it just be completely random or would it happen once you go to all the planets in that certain area? If the planets were all in a straight line together, depending on if the planet is closer to the sun or not, it would be either really dark or the same.
It's completely random. The event would have a certain probability of happening every time a set amount of time went by.
Sounds fun! The Blood Moon was always so fun when i play Terraria. ( Especially when you are on hardcore mode, Clowns appears. ) I think it's a really good idea. I support it!
Supported,I also think that there could be a easter egg to Majoras Mask's moon.Just a random suggestion
