WithMinecraft’sexpansive set of tools and large modding community, it seems every day comes with a new example of just how open to experimentation the game truly is. Recently, a YouTuber by the name of Dream showed how players can create tons of different game modes throughMinecraft’sopen-ended sense of freedom, starting a new trend around his gameMinecraft Manhunt, while others have utilized the game’s systems to build a 3D printer and graphing calculator.
Yet few are as wonderfully meta as a new creation by Fundy, a YouTuber who managed to make the entire game ofMinecraftplayable withinMinecraft.This impressive, fourth-wall-breaking feat was seemingly created through some in-depth computer wizardry, with Fundy showing players the result and exactly how he managed to achieve it in a new video.
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The YouTube clip begins with Fundy seemingly playing a low-res version ofMinecraft,with the environments looking a lot darker and more pixilated but still very much playable. It’s here that Fundy reveals to the audience that what they’re watching is, in fact, a rendition ofMinecraftthat takes place on a large screen in a completely separateMinecraftworld. If fans needed any more convincing, Fundy actually tilts the camera to reveal that the large screen is floating in the air, with the YouTuber - who is currently in creative mode - descending to show that it’s a flat surface displaying an entirely differentMinecraftserver.
So, how did Fundy do it? The first thing to note according to theYouTuberis that the in-gameMinecraftscreen actually displays whatever is currently running on Fundy’s desktop. Later in the video, he shows how pulling up his webcam, YouTube, or Photoshop achieves the same results, with the screen changing to replicate whatever Fundy has dominating his monitor. As he puts it: “I haven’t just madeMinecraftinMinecraft,I’ve made my entire computer runnable inMinecraft.”
Using his in-game desktop screen, Fundy then goes on to highlight how the contraption works, telling users “I have a separate server running… which is coded in Node, which allows me to record my entire monitor.” He then shows how Node takes all the pixels from his desktop and converts them into RGB values, stating “all the red colours, the blue colours, and all the green colours; it’s going to grab it for every single pixel that’s on my screen and then compare it toblocks inMinecraft.“It supposedly then sends all that data through a web socket to the game itself, which deconstructs the code and ensures the blocks are placed accordingly. It’s undeniably an extraordinary accomplishment and a stroke of genius from the popularMinecraftYouTuber.
Minecraftis available now mobile devices, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and legacy platforms.
