While this is a cool idea, I don't think sky villages will fit very well in the game. Besides making the world feel too cluttered, they don't sound too much more than a combination of village and end city; adding a new floating structure with village features just seems slightly redundant. Floating islands will also create big dark shadows on the ground which will annoy many, although I suppose this could be worked around for those who are willing to spend effort.
They would feel forced for their own sake and out of place if they existed their own. A much larger type of terrain generation/biome would need to exist (and then they might sometimes occur here) for it to feel more natural.
With the way the lighting in this game works, I'm not sure this is a great idea unless this biome were limited to only occurring over oceans.
I think this might be best left to people creating them manually, or for mods. If an "in the air land generation" type of palce occured, i think having it in its own dimension would be the way to go, but that brings the problem that much more than floating land and villages is needed to justify a whole new dimension (wait... the end is basically this with a starting boss fight, haha), and such a concept might be interpreted too much as a an "aether mod copy". I'm not saying I think the concept for something should be avoided because a popular mod for it exists, but I do recall Mojang saying it won't be added before. Something with a similar partial concept, but different, might be something they would consider though.
Sky Village Should Be Added. Any Toughts?
While this is a cool idea, I don't think sky villages will fit very well in the game. Besides making the world feel too cluttered, they don't sound too much more than a combination of village and end city; adding a new floating structure with village features just seems slightly redundant. Floating islands will also create big dark shadows on the ground which will annoy many, although I suppose this could be worked around for those who are willing to spend effort.
They would feel forced for their own sake and out of place if they existed their own. A much larger type of terrain generation/biome would need to exist (and then they might sometimes occur here) for it to feel more natural.
With the way the lighting in this game works, I'm not sure this is a great idea unless this biome were limited to only occurring over oceans.
I think this might be best left to people creating them manually, or for mods. If an "in the air land generation" type of palce occured, i think having it in its own dimension would be the way to go, but that brings the problem that much more than floating land and villages is needed to justify a whole new dimension (wait... the end is basically this with a starting boss fight, haha), and such a concept might be interpreted too much as a an "aether mod copy". I'm not saying I think the concept for something should be avoided because a popular mod for it exists, but I do recall Mojang saying it won't be added before. Something with a similar partial concept, but different, might be something they would consider though.