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Playing minecraft on #AstraeaSMP! Sometimes, I'll post my artwork too. Drawing since 1984. Gaming since 1987. With my partner since 2009. MC since 2017. Psalm 23:4

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 24d

I'll be on the Astraea SMP and here in a limited capacity.

Things have gotten too tough for me personally and I need a break from gameplay responsibilities. I'll be finishing setting up the Halloween event, but after that I'll be around less often for a while. Just need a break.

#AstraeaSMP

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Blockbench @blockbench.net · 3h

Are you a Minecraft skin creator? These new 5.0 features are for you!

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3h

yeah, it's for the contest!! But after it's over I'll look into algae; it should be possible with modifying a lily pad!

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 4h

I'll look into that and ask Asumi if I can do that. The models I'm adding are trophies for the costume contest, if I can get them working right!

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 5h

Wear a costume, don't bring ID or identifiable info, and take off if you feel unsafe. No reason not to protest if you're clever! (- someone with social anxiety who doesn't gaf about her fear here)

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 5h

Great infographic! Thank you.

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RJufiar @rjufiar.bsky.social · 5h

America exists because we once said no to a king.

Send a strong, clear, precise message of peace, love, freedom, democracy and human rights. #NoKings

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 5h

If you aren't standing up, then sit down.

The time is not to sit quietly watching as our country falls to a dictator. The time is to rise up, peacefully, with love in our hearts for a country who tolerates no kings, no dictators, no tyrants.

Please stay safe, peaceful, and strong today.

#NoKings

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 6h

Be safe out there today folks!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BcA...

#NoKings

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights, & Deescalation - 10/15

YouTube video by No Kings

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 6h

Good luck!

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 8h

Spending these next few days down the rabbit hole of learning to mod minecraft, don't mind me while I'm quiet...

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 1d

Digging out Spawn
Day 16 of my Forever World

Using iron picks (saving my diamonds for a mending enchant soon please hopefully lol), I've been digging out the spawn chunks to establish an iron farm underground.

It's not a very glamorous job, but I'm enjoying the work.

#minecraft #survival #spawn

a minecraft screenshot of a work in progress digging site with oak stairs, some chests and a bed. Torches light the spare scene.

A minecraft screenshot of a freecam view of the underground area of spawn. A lit up box surrounds the dig site; with slow progress clearing materials visible from the center staircase.

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 2d

Cats also deter creepers and phantoms, I'd argue zombies and endermen should also be scared of cats.

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SamazonRex @samazonrex.bsky.social · 16d

I'm so excited for the #AstraeaSMP Halloween Town Contest! The site looks amazing, and I'm pumped to see everyone's builds in one place on October 31st. 🎃 #minecraft #minecraftbuilds

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 16d

The Halloween Town contest on the #AstraeaSMP is underway!

It took from September 4th to October 1st to prepare the land, build boxes, portal area, villagers and other mobs.

Thank you especially to Asumi for the sand and prep, and Rubix and Evan for helping terraform early in the process.

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, it was not easy but well worth it for the fun of the event!

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!! Always a kid at heart myself; wish we could still dress up and go trick or treating!

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

Village Views
Day 15 of my Forever World

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Hardly finished; but I've established a very large village population and am starting to work on details and landscaping around the buildings. These villagers will populate the future spawn farms to come.
#minecraft #minecraftvillage

A minecraft screenshot of the main village bell. The pathways are complex with different elevation changes; and the buildings are all similar in materials but different in shape.

A minecraft screenshot of a street view of the spawn village. In the distance, rolling hills are framed by a tree and the buildings.

A minecraft screenshot of the lower part of the village. A cartographer lingers around the map shop at the outskirts of town. My trusty steed is on a lead on the most used road I use to a local river leading to a large ocean for exploration and pillaging other towns for resources.

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RandyBishop @rndyb.bsky.social · 5d

What's that? #Minecraft #AstraeaSMP episode 15 is dropping 4 hours before a live stream (Oct 13, 3PM PT / 6PM ET)!? Crazy...

You won't want to miss either. We're building a mini-game on stream and this video is eye candy - in honor of Halloween, of course.

youtu.be/QO38U4LyQEQ

Focus on the Details - Astraea SMP, Ep. 15 - Minecraft 🛣️

YouTube video by RandyBishop

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

The Road from Spawn
Day 15 of my Forever World

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Today I started on main roads: two to local rivers I've been using for travel, one to spawn where I've been digging underground for a future iron farm, and one in the nether to nearby biomes and resources.
#spawn #minecraft #minecraftsurvivalworld

Sunset falls in golden light over a landscape of rolling hills and a small mountain in the distance. In the shadowy foreground, a small tree marks a hole in the ground. A road leads from the village in the distance to the the nearby tree. A box made of cobblestone protects two villagers, sitting unseen in a boat with some torches for company.

An overhead minecraft screenshot of the nether; with a portal framed by lava waterfalls. A stone brick, andesite and cobblestone road winds around the landscape and marks a path to a nearby warped forest.

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

Listening to Rachel Maddow: Ultra podcast while I try not to die in the nether is next level scary. Great spooky season listening!

@maddow.msnbc.com you did an amazing job with this one.

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 3d

Spawn Village

Day 14 of my Forever World

#spawn #minecraft #village #minecraftbuilds

Spent the first few days mining under the mountain, finding biomes in a large biome survival world, and dodging death every nightfall.

Renovated the village closest to spawn and put some afk farms underground.

A minecraft screenshot of a survival world. It's a village that's been expanded and renovated but isn't yet complete. The builds feature deepslate foundations, pale oak walls, spruce trims, and a mix of tuff and deepslate roofs.

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 15d

My costume for the Halloween party on Astraea is steampunk inspired :D

I loved putting this outfit together! I did look at some reference photos to get an idea of what to do, but the outfit is my own design.

#minecraft #minecraftskin #skinmc #AstraeaSMP

A minecraft screenshot of a player character standing on the beach. She's looking up at the sky. Her outfit is steampunk inspired with goggles, a pink and brown leather dress and boots. She's wearing the cobalt elytra, and the purples in her dress match the wings well.

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Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 15d

I'm so excited to see it all come together when the boxes drop!!

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you also to Randy for the trophy designs, Evan and Asumi for the Nether Roof portal design, and Devin for the black sun.

I can't wait to see how the contest turns out and to party with you all in Halloween Town on Halloween!

#minecraft #minecraftbuild #halloweentown

Creative Villages @creativevillages.bsky.social · 16d

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Campestral @campestral.bsky.social · 16d

Boo! I’m super excited to announce Skin October!

We over at r/MinecraftSkins are inviting you to join us! Feel free to use the prompt sheet on any social media platform. If you share on the subreddit, you can earn sub rewards!

Tag with #SkinOctober or #SkinOctober2025

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