Mojang Studios discusses building ‘Flames of the Nether’ for Minecraft Dungeons, reveals concept art
Bringing the Nether to Minecraft Dungeons required a lot of planning.
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Minecraft Dungeonsjust took the wraps off of the massiveFlames of the Nether DLC.Flames of the Nether has now releasedto all platforms Minecraft Dungeons is on, and addsAncient Huntsand changesApocalypse Plus mode. The latest expansion for Mojang Studios' excellentMinecraftspin-off took the game tothe Nether, but it apparently wasn’t as simple as porting everything directly over.
An interview with Mojang Studios developersshows how the team accomplished Flames of the Nether, and what they had to think about when bringing more of Minecraft to Minecraft Dungeons. We also get a first-look at some gorgeous concept art for Flames of the Nether.
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The interview is with Level Designer Laura de Lorens and Art Director Daniel Björkefors from Mojang Studios. The interview discusses the fundamental differences between Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons and how a lot had to be done to bring the Nether to their top-down ARPG, without ruining what makes the Nether so special in Minecraft. According to Daniel, “(Mojang Studios) ended up with well over a hundred pages of concept art for the Nether, including everything from general coloring to new plants, props, armor, and weapons that fit with the environments.”
This meant new textures, objects, effects, and a general expansion of the Nether with new environmental details and more. The Flames of the Nether expansion even opens up with agorgeousand mysterious machine that’s long-since collapsed. You can read the full interview now, and check out all the beautiful concept art shared in the article!
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Explore new worlds in Minecraft Dungeons.
It’s been a busy first year for Minecraft Dungeons, and now the ARPG dungeon-crawling Minecraft spin-off is looking ahead towards its future, with four new expansions planned. The first two, Howling Peaks and Flames of the Nether, are available right now, but players can also grab the new Season Pass to gain immediate access to all four expansions as soon as they launch.
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