Topic

Woodworking

I have a bunch of planks. I also have a limited amount of storage space in my house. So ...

It'd be nice if I could build bookcases in my house to hold things. I know I have a trophy shelf and a 4x4 cabinet; it'd be nice to be able to add to my storage capacity there. As it is, my house is getting kind of messy from all the musicblocks and whatnot lying on the ground.

Ideas around this: A "carpentry" skill, with multiple levels of proficiency (whittler, woodworker, carpenter, cabinetmaker). Tool vendors selling nails, hammers. A challenge where I have to collect X sheets of paper, so the rock can then draw up the necessary blueprints. If an "auction house" ever gets set up, a way for me to sell / trade for a bookcase or cabinet.

Posted 2 years ago by charliepark Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • seconded
    Posted 2 years ago by Austang Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ooh, I love this idea.
    Posted 2 years ago by Peach the Destroyer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think you can put stuff in bags and then put the bags in the cabinet.

    I think.
    Posted 2 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 2 years ago by wurzel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • bags in cabinets? OOOH... will try that next time the game runs.

    i've been donating planks to the shrines to speed up my skill learning because i haven't seen any use for it, but carpentry skills is a great idea! maybe an extension of tinkertool?
    Posted 2 years ago by Alexis Hex Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am glad I searched for a topic about planks. I like all the ideas suggested here. I also am thinking maybe an option to "build your own house". I found a place in game where there were a lot of planks. I kept collecting them and now have 100 planks. I don't know of a quest to use them on. A building skill would we awesome unless that has already been thought about and developed. Maybe a bridge building quest as well.
    Posted 21 months ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes please
    Posted 21 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great idea, and this was something I was thinking today with all my planks as well. It would be nice to build various things, and yes, adding a carpentry skill to do this is a great idea too. I'm not sure I'd be up for building a house (wouldn't you need architecture, electrician, plumber, masonry and interior design skills for that as well?), though I'm sure some would be...but I like the idea of building various things for my home (to include table, chairs, etc) and for my lawn or balcony (bird houses, etc).
    Posted 21 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yesyesyesyesyes!!!! I love this idea. It would be great to be able to build a house, and since we don't have water running or electricity or anything, we could just keep it simple with just the structure of the house.
    Posted 21 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 and since we can have only so many shelves/bookcases along our one wall, I can see a shed building option.

    Oooh, wait! There were so many people asking for money to buy a house in the last test--what if we did a BARN RAISING? It's like building streets but very personal.
    Posted 21 months ago by Mac Rapalicious Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, a barn raising!!! With a community spirit achievement of some sort! :)
    Posted 21 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i like the idea a lot - what about bridge building to link higher parts of the world together? nice little project idea plus taps into the skys above the worlds
    Posted 21 months ago by Bob Apple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 on all of these
    Posted 21 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to cabinetry & building things with planks in general :)
    Posted 21 months ago by nightning Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bumping to see if anyone else has any other thoughts...
    Posted 21 months ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like something that is a cross between a meat collector and a fruit seasoner.  It only works in your house.  You throw in a bunch of planks and other stuff based on a recipe, then go away for a while and when you come back it puts out a bookcase or a table or summat.  A furniture spitter, as it were.
    Posted 21 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for all of these.
    Might be easier from a design point of view to have "furniture slots" in a house to place stuff like that to keep things from getting super crazy.
    Posted 21 months ago by Tarod Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like to be able to make wooden instruments such as a guitar, lute, pan pipes, wooden flute, etc with my woodworking skill to play little tunes that make everyone in the vicinity happier or something like that. I don't know if it would be too similar to Transcendental Radiation, though, or if a sameness would even matter. I could maybe forsee Musicianship becoming a new skill, but I'm just throwing ideas out there.
    Posted 21 months ago by Vexia Subscriber! | Permalink