In case playing Minecraft wasn’t exciting enough, there’s now a way to make it playable within itself, with every block being used as an individual pixel. This is yet another fascinating example of how much can be done in the game when approached by inventive people.
Minecraft is a deeply customizable gameplay experience as it can be easily tweaked by special commands. This allows turning recognizable survival game into projects that belong to various different genres. For instance, there’s a Minecraft Manhunt multiplayer mode currently getting traction in the community. Furthermore, some passionate gamers love taking completely different routes of experiencing the game by turning random pieces of equipment into input devices. One of the latest inventions is playing Minecraft on a regular piano. All of the above, however, has just been overshadowed by launching Minecraft in itself.
YouTuber Fundy has recently shared a new video claiming that he was able to run and play Minecraft - in Minecraft. This is actually the case as clearly shown in the video. Fundy shows himself playing the game with every pixel of the game's resolution replaced by Minecraft blocks. Fundy then moves his character away within the game to show that there’s a working screen made out of blocks displaying another version of Minecraft, which basically means that there are two games launched at the same time. The first one is on the receiving end while the second one is used to run in the background with its visuals turned into actual Minecraft blocks. Not only that, but Mundy also managed to run his whole computer in the game along with real-time streaming from his webcam.
Fundy hasn’t gone into very specific details of how exactly this miracle works, which means it can’t be recreated on the go. He did, however, offer a vague explanation to keep things interesting for everyone. Basically, there’s a server program running in the background. It is coded in Node, and it allows to transfer video stream captured on Fundy’s computer into Minecraft by picking every pixel and converting them in RGB colors, which can be then compared to Minecraft blocks to find the closest representation. This data is then sent into the game through a decoding utility, which creates a stable image made out of blocks. This is somewhat similar to how pixel art applications work allowing to turn any static image into Minecraft blocks, although the scale of Fundy’s invention is incomparably greater.
It is inspiring to see how much of a hidden potential Minecraft still contains. Being a creative game at its core, Mojang’s title encourages players to discover new exciting ways of experiencing it. There’s likely no end to that as there’re multiple branches of customizing the title. Insane Minecraft mods, adventure maps, special game modes, texture packs, redstone computers, etc. - there’s literally everything players can think of, and even more. Minecraft will probably remain healthy and popular for another decade at the very least thanks to its feature-rich architecture that provides creative gamers with means to enrich the experience considerably.
Source: Fundy