The Magic Tower
| The Magic Tower | |
|---|---|
 The first door and key in The Magic Tower | |
| Map information | |
| Reward | 25 FFA Points |
| Difficulty | Expert |
| Location | FFA+ |
| Mapcode | tmt |
| Creator | Iananth66 |
| Food | None |
| Publication | January 19th, 2021 |
Framed is a pure puzzle map by Iananth66. It rewards 25 FFA Points upon completion, and it can be joined directly by running "/join tmt".
General[edit]
Story[edit]
The player, a prisoner, are contacted by an archmage to become a pupil. As a test of worthiness, they must complete several trials meant to test skills that the archmage needs in a pupil.
Gameplay[edit]
This puzzle map focuses on figuring out the correct sequence of doors and keys that are needed to get from the start to the finish. The eight proper levels give the player a level map and starts them in the beginning area of the puzzle. In this starting area there is also an undo button. Because the map is scripted to allow for multiplayer, there is also a plate at every key and door to refresh that object to the correct state (collected/uncollected, opened/closed) for the player that steps on it.
Aesthetics[edit]
Doors and keys have a consistent aesthetic throughout the map. Keys use banners and stand on a storage ore block (e.g. iron blocks), and doors use stained glass and a storage ore block for the frame. The storage ore block represents either how many keys a banner will give or how many keys the door requires. There are also special keys and doors later on that follow these aesthetic principles.
Each of the eight levels also has their own unique aesthetic.
- Level 1 is wood themed, using acacia, oak, and dark oak.
- Level 2 is ocean temple themed with lots of prismarine and glass in the floor, with water and coral block variants beneath it.
- Level 3 is mostly white with orange highlights using quartz, clay, iron bars, orange concrete, and concrete powders.
- Level 4 is nether fortress themed using nether bricks, soul sand, netherrack, and lava.
- Level 5 uses sand, sandstone, lapis, and blue concrete powder.
- Level 6 has a construction-like hazard design to the walls with yellow and black concrete powder. The rest of the halls here use grays like andesite.
- Level 7 is crypt themed, with mossy cobblestone, webs, and a mix of dirt paths and podzol for the floor.
- Level 8 is themed after The End, with purpur, shulkers boxes, and end rods throughout.
Challenges[edit]
This map is featured in 2 challenges: The Pure Puzzle Marathon and Hexa.
Trivia[edit]
- The Magic Tower was used as the bypass map for Hardcore version 11.0. It was replaced in version 11.1 by Framed.
- Level 8 is infamously difficult, so much so that several people designed solvers to complete it instead of reaching the solution themselves.
- This map was submitted for Puzzle Competition 2020, where it received 4th place.
- The Magic Tower is the earliest expert difficulty puzzle map to be accepted into FFA, and it was added to FFA+ February 7th, 2021, shortly after its publication.