Minecraft is used for a lot of different things. It’s used to emulate entire programming languages, it’s used to train AI, and people even sometimes use it to enjoy themselves (via actually playing the game, is what I mean by that). Now there’s a new thing you can add to the list of Cools Things Minecraft Is Used For: designing sets for movies.
Or at least, that’s what Ben Wheatley did for his new film. The English director of Kill List and High Rise tweeted two images today showing the Minecraft build he used to plot out the film’s grimy warehouse setting. Here they are:
According to Wheatley replying to other Twitter users, he finds Minecraft a quicker tool for plotting out sets than Google Sketch, to name one example.
As for the film itself, Rotten Tomatoes reports that it’s “an electrifying action comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong.” I haven’t seen the film, but I’ll be keeping a close eye out for creepers and suspiciously blocky looking structures when I do.
Here’s the trailer for the film, by the way. You’ll note some vague similarities between the above images and the final product.
Based in Jakarta, retoucher Aditya Aryanto recently had a simple idea: what if real life animals looked more like the cubic creations in the game Minecraft?
Using public domain images, he pulled them into Photoshop, and used the liquify curves tool to transform the animals into unnaturally straight lines.
“I am interested in the cubical shape and trying to change some animal form into cubes. First, I was afraid if it would be nicer than the original shape,” he said. “I was really curious about the results, so I tried to find some funny animal pictures to be changed into Anicube. I found animal pictures from Unsplash and Pixabay. Once I collected, I started making these images in Photoshop.”
Fany giving it a try? In Photoshop, just use the Liquify tool and shape to your heart’s content (Shift+Command+X). You can see the full album here.
Two local gamers have created a Minecraft version of Portland. It’s extraordinary.
If you don’t already know, Minecraft is a sandbox game that allows you to build worlds. From watching a girl I babysit play on her iPad, she’s showed me that you can create indoor swimming pools and domesticate cats, among other things.
The thing has incredible detail, including a Keep Portland Weird sign, Big Pink and a MAX that moves. The Nines Hotel building looks scarily accurate, as does Pioneer Courthouse Square and the entire skyline.
And it goes far beyond the images below. The creators say there are interiors to some buildings, and they plan to start creating the east side soon.
They say they started November 4 and have worked about 300 hours on the project.
Minecraft‘s Discovery Update is coming to Windows 10 and Pocket Editions, bringing with it more exploration options and journeys into woodland mansions. Oh, and llamas.
“Barter with a cartographer for a treasure map,” and seek out your fortune, according to the official Minecraft blog. The maps lead you to woodland mansions where you can duke it out with Illagers, “villagers gone bad,” for treasure.
The Discovery Update is similar to the Exploration Update implemented in vanilla Minecraft back in November, which saw the introduction of llamas as tameable mobs used as pack animals. Llamas are part of the Discovery Update and have similar functionality to the Llamas in Minecraft on PC.
A new Adventure Mode is also coming with the update, “for folks who like to make custom games and scenarios.”
The Discovery Update beta is coming to the Android version of Pocket Edition “very soon,” and more information can be found on the official Minecraft blog “in the coming weeks.”
Minecraft consistently appears in the top of the NPD Group’s monthly US sales listings, and its popularity doesn’t seem to show any signs of slowing down. Minecraft is coming to Nintendo Switch, making it the first Nintendo portable to have a version of the game.
Copyright disputes, huge camera announcements, the decline and fall of Instagram botting, this week has been a pretty serious one in the photo industry. Let’s wrap it up on a slightly… sillier note. Behold: Minecraft in Real Life.
Retoucher Aditya Aryanto from Jakarta, Indonesia recently had a simple idea: what if real life animals looked more like the cubic creations in the game Minecraft?
Curiosity sufficiently piqued, he took to Unsplash and Pixabay to find some great public domain images to play with, pulled them into Photoshop, and began liquifying curves into unnaturally straight lines. Before he knew it, he had everything from Tigers to Bunnies looking like they’d just been taken out of the box and hadn’t had time to really fluff out yet.
The resulting series, “Minecraft in Real Life” or “Anicube”, is quickly flying up the ranks on Behance, and seems like the perfect photo project with which to start the weekend. Enjoy:
Image credits: All images originally public domain, retouched by Aditya Aryanto and used under creative commons license.
It looks like gaming studio Mojang has something up its sleeves for gamers of its mega successful sandbox game, “Minecraft.”
(Photo: Mojang)An image from “Minecraft.”
After spending time with the folks over at Mojang, Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed on Twitter that the developer is working on something new for the game.
“Great day with the team Mojang seeing the future work on Minecraft,” he tweeted. “Very cool to see the new ideas the team has come to life,” he went on to say.
He did not provide any other details as to what “Minecraft” fans can expect, but gamers can count on getting new content in the game in the feature.
This does not come as a surprise since Microsoft has already said in the past that they have big plans for “Minecraft” in the form of continual updates.
From the looks of it, Mojang appears already hard at work in whatever they plan to release in the game. When fans will get to see all that in the flesh, they will have to keep their eyes peeled.
In terms of downloadable content (DLC), “Minecraft” gets regular updates. The latest is the “Power Rangers” DLC that came out in March to commemorate the release of the movie of the same name.
Microsoft also recently announced a real-money marketplace dedicated to the game, where players can purchase textures and map packs created by approved creators. It will go live this spring.
Next month, “Minecraft” will find its way to another platform and that is the newly released Nintendo Switch. Its release in the new generation console will definitely expand the already massive playerbase of the sandbox game.
With regard to the future content, Mojang is currently working on for “Minecraft,” players will just have to patient in learning more information. New details should be revealed in the coming weeks of months.
