Minecraft Player Shares Incredible 13-Year-Old World

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Minecraft's longevity is highlighted by a player's 13-year project, inspired by 17th-century European cities.
The city built in Minecraft took over 13 years, spans various districts, and is comparable to iconic fictional places.
The player's long-term build showcases the creativity and community bond fostered by games like Minecraft over time.

A dedicated Minecraft player has shared an incredible world with the community, one that was built painstakingly over the course of more than thirteen years. Dating back to the days of the first Minecraft full release in 2011, the world is a testament to the long-term staying power of the now-iconic building game.

It's no surprise that Minecraft is one of the best-selling games of all time. While older franchises might have more lifetime sales across a multitude of separate releases, Minecraft holds the distinction of being a franchise defined largely by a single title: Minecraft itself. That continuity also holds across generations and platforms. The majority of the more than 300 million copies of Minecraft sold to date are compatible at a base level with content created or used in some of Minecraft's earliest days.

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That is the case with the incredible world shared by player gpg2556, who was urged by their brother to share a world they originally started in 2011, the same year as Minecraft's full release. Starting from a randomly generated Minecraft village, gpg2556 expanded their project over time. Today, the massive town consists of dozens of distinct buildings, features, and districts, ranging from a dockside market to a looming castle. It's so large that it takes more than 6 minutes to fly over at full speed.

Huge Historically-Inspired Minecraft City Took Over 13 Years to Build

In the comments, gpg2556 mentioned that they originally started the build in a standard Minecraft Survival Mode world, but then pivoted to using Creative Mode. They took their inspiration from the layouts of real-life European cities of the 17th century. That meant building "organically" to represent the way such places often grow over time and without strong centralized planning. The resulting city is a dense, picturesque jumble of narrow streets, clustered buildings, and terrain-conscious features. Gpg2556 also mentioned that the city was originally densely populated with villagers and defended by Minecraft Golems but problems with the in-game lag forced them to purge the inhabitants.

Players praised gpg2556's work, likening it to other incredible Minecraft builds and hailing their dedication to a single project over such a long period. A few players compared gpg2556's work to iconic fictional cities like Game of Thrones' King's Landing. Some also mentioned legendary Minecraft YouTubers like Madnes64, with gpg2556 responding that one feature, a clock tower in the city, was actually inspired by a Madnes64 design.

The reception to the incredible long-term build carried out by gpg2556 shows the value of games that have strong support for continuity. The ability of players to take up large-scale projects and grow them over time as a hobby can foster immense creativity and build a genuine bond between a game's community and its developers, a trait that has strengthened Minecraft's legacy as one of the most beloved games in the world.

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