SkyGrind - the new SkyBlock

mindstorms

http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/maps/2246574-skygrind-next-level-skyblock-by-team-wooloo

Not sure if anyone is interested in these types of maps. It's a survival map based on the skyblock idea. Instead of mining for cobblestone for a few weeks, you must complete quests. You start on an island floating in the sky which has one tree and nothing else around you. Your first quest, for example, is to get wood. Grab a block from the nearby tree - quest complete. As a reward a second island is spawned and the next quest added - craft a wooden pickaxe. Once you complete that quest, another island and another quest. This third island has a custom spawner. When you kill the mob, there is a chance it will drop an item needed for the next quest. So, you can build up your base/platform, farm mobs, try to survive. I tried it for a while. Died a couple of times. Once when I died the map reset. Another time I died and then when I completed the quest it didn't trigger the next quest. So its a bit buggy. But still a fun challenge. You might want to make a copy of your save after any significant progress or before embarking on any dangerous activity.

Solitaire

The spawning islands idea sounds interesting, but aside from that.... Agrarian Skies :P