Ted's Dance Music Records

Introduction
Ted's Dance Music Records is a record shop located in Wren Square, which specialises in electronic music. The shop was inspired by PoisonTedster's love of dance music, and a previous build in a private world.

Development
As previously mentioned, PoisonTedster had previously built a record shop in his own world, but the method of getting records to sell was different to the method used on the server. Tedster would build the album artwork from scratch using coloured concrete, and display it in the shop using a map. This method was abandoned after the /imagetomap plugin was added to the server. The idea was planned from the very beginning of the city, but was originally going located on St. John's Street.

Making Records
The Records are made using the /imagetomap plugin, but to get it to that position is more difficult than it seems. First the record has to be chosen and then the album artwork is changed to a lower resolution to fit the map. From there the low resolution image is uploaded to imgur.com, and using the link given by the site, the image is used on the map. Unfortunately, the plugin doesn't work perfectly. Colours will often blend resulting in some strange images, but most turn out ok. On Bedrock Edition, some parts of the map won't load, resulting in a change of records if severe.

Floors
The ground floor of the building is very similar to the design of the original record shop. A staff room in the back behead a checkout desk and note blocks as flooring. The ground floor is quite bare, with only two record categories (which are both on display), Ted Recommends and Most Popular. The original design featured a 2x2 piston door developed by a friend of Tedsters, which is planned to be copied into the server design. On display downstairs is also the Mystery Vinyl, which costs 10 Emeralds. After buying this product, a random record which is not on display (there are a total of twenty records like this) is chosen, and given to the buyer. If they request a specific record to buy that isn't on display but is in the back, it is sold to the customer.

The first floor is where most of the records are. There are a total of 6 categories, which are:


 * 90s House
 * LPs & Compilations
 * Early 90s
 * Trance
 * Acid
 * Garage

The first three categories are located around the edges of the building, whilst the other three and located further within. To climb to this floor, the user has to use a set of stairs. Most records are picked up here and taken downstairs to be bought.

The second floor of the building is the listening booths, and require the usage of a bubble elevator to access. There are a total of 7 booths with walls of obsidian to soundproof each one, and they can be used to listen to records in the shop. After giving the record to a worker, they will play it to you in the booth, allowing you to know what the songs sound like before you buy. The full playlist of songs can be found here.