Sandakan
Sandakan was the capital of Malaysia on the Aurora map. Sandakan was created on September 27, 2022 by Zeder95 in northern Borneo as an independent settlement. On March 23, 2023, the nation of Malaysia was founded by Zeder95 and Sandakan became the capital of Malaysia.
Sandakan featured traditional Malay architecture made from various types of wood and being inspired by real-world traditional Malay houses, as well as a mosque built from marble and sandstone, and a small shop, a nether portal and a subway station connecting Sandakan to the Borneo Ice Highway system. For a long time, there was also a Malaysia flag mapart (128 x 128 blocks) next to Sandakan floating on the sea, which was also sold in the shop.
As a one-player-town in a one-player-nation, Sandakan has been kept up from September 2022 until April 2026 (when the Aurora Map was taken offline), being only shortly disbanded and reestablished in December 2024.
Buildings
Main town
The main town of Sandakan consisted of Zeder95s house and two additional houses, which were all built in a traditional Malay style of building using dark wooden planks, wooden stilts to protect against floods and high roofs to protect against the heat. The houses were inspired by real-world Malay architecture.
The main town also contained a level 4 beacon, a nether portal, a tunnel to bedrock level and "Sandakan" and "Malaysia" banners. Sniffers raised by Zeder95 romaed the town.
The shop
In the public shop of Sandakan, mapart of the Malaysia flag (which was built right next to Sandakan on the ocean) was sold, along with various other items such as sculk, obsidian, amethyst, spore blossoms, mangrove propagules, recovery compasses and various food and plant items.
Sandakan Mosque
The Sandakan Mosque was a public mosque built in Malay mosque architecture style that was open to travellers. It was built from sandstone and marble and had a yellow and blue carpet and a Quran on a lectern. The Sandakan mosque welcomed people of all religions and cultures and was a place to pray to god, contemplate and find inner peace.
Sandakan Ice Highway Station
Sandakan was connected to the ice highway network of Borneo, with an overground station building connecting it to the underground station.
The Malaysia flag
In August 2023 a giant flag of Malaysia was built by Zeder95 as a 128 x 128 mapart on the ocean northeast of Sandakan. The flag mapart was available to buy in the store.
