The Hippocamp!

This past Saturday, Hippocamps arrived for Minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.8 in the latest version of the Ultimate Unicorn Mod (1.2.5).

This is what a hippocamp (or hippocampus) looks like:

The hippocamp is a magical horse breed that has the front quarters of a horse, and a fish-like back end.  It is amphibious, and can be found on the beach and in water biomes.  Even though it can move around on land, it swims better and can go quite fast in the water when it wants to.

Like any magical horse, you can tame a hippocamp and ride it!  Unlike other magical horses, you can ride it just fine in the water, and even dive down into the depths of the ocean with it.  And not only that, but if you're riding a tame one, he'll even keep you from drowning while underwater!  Note that your air supply will drop down to half it's full amount, but it won't go lower than that (the hippocamp can't be expected to give you all his air!)

The hippocamp is able to breed with other magical horses, and can pass on his water breathing and fish tail traits.  It is completely possible to get a magical horse that has a fish tail, horn, wings, flaming hooves, and large size (and even the cool ultimate unicorn hides).  Hippocamps can also be named and given the skins and abilities of the custom unicorns you and others have made!  Like this:

There are other new features in this update, like Spirit Trees and the Oracle.

So, what are you waiting for?  Go get the update!

Poll: What Should be the Next Horse Breed in the Ultimate Unicorn Mod?

What should be the next horse breed in the Ultimate Unicorn Mod?

Tales of the Wooden Oracle: Clade and the Golden Lance - Part 1

And so it was proclaimed: On the 4th day of the 3rd month of the Year of the Napping Ocelot, King Adaron and Queen Elena would marry, and their two kingdoms join hands forevermore. News spread throughout the kingdoms of Bryghuset and Tynaria and soon both lands were awash in great feelings - the nice happy lovey-dovey kind ... and the not-so-nice "ooh, why'd you invite those losers into my country" kind. 

It was on a Sunday morning that the news reached Clade, with a wicked--

Smack!

When he awoke, Clade found the morning news scroll lying beside his head, wrapped around a half-brick. He touched his injured head gingerly and cursed the news witch. Then, he unwrapped the scroll.

And like half the country, he exclaimed:

"The Queen!"

followed by, "Getting married!?"

and finally, "To him!?"

He read on, and discovered that the marriage ceremony would be accompanied by an immense festival in Tynaria's capital, with parades, games, entertainers, pegasus rides, and more! There would even be competitions: horse races, team flag capture, burly brawls (including mounted ones!), jousting, and aerial duels.

This improved Clade's mood considerably. He whistled and his mind spun, though a bit wobbly-like, thanks to the news witch and her half-brick.

"That's it. I gotta go. Just gotta go," he said.

He rubbed his hands together, an idea turning itself over in his head like a shiny gold coin. He definitely, definitely couldn't miss this.

Especially when there so much money to be made.

Upcoming Ultimate Unicorn Release

I'm planning to put out another release in the next week or less, this one with some features that I'm pretty excited about.

In an earlier post, I mentioned how I thought the Ultimate Unicorn mod already has great potential for player-versus-player games. The upcoming release will expand on that, with a new gameplay feature and a collection of new items to support it.

Other things to look forward to include a couple of bug fixes, a new language translation, and of course, new custom unicorns. I'm also hoping to have a new wand ready to go, as well as a new mob. These last two might not make it into this release, though, but fingers crossed.

Lastly, the new feature that I'm putting in... it's definitely going to have a skill component.  I'll be posting information to help you understand just how you can beat your friends and enemies. 

Knowing how everything works will give you a big advantage.