Since the game released over ten years ago, Minecraft players have built some amazing structures. From Imperial Star Destroyers straight out of Star Wars to a physics-defying Tardis from Doctor Who, fans of Mojang's blocky world have seemingly done it all. Thanks to the Aderlyon Build Team, a towering steampunk city in the clouds has now been accomplished as well.
Steampunk is a retro-future aesthetic wherein the mechanical technologies of the 1800s have exploded in functionality, allowing giant gears to turn cloth wings so giant wooden boats fly through the air. Fans of the genre have made their own tech like impressive steampunk Game Boys, and while many have also made steampunk worlds in Minecraft before, few have likely been as impressive as the Aderlyon Build Team's feat.
The team states their build is 800 by 800 blocks, and the size becomes even more impressive when looking at how much detail is squeezed into every single building on the floating island. Old English-style roofing slopes up to a point on each of the buildings, and gears for unseen mechanical marvels protrude from every nook and cranny on the outside walls. Streetlights are dotted around the city's streets and the detail on its enormous, central clock is impressive. Constructed with blocks that resemble industrial age materials, it's easy to imagine Bioshock's Big Daddies stomping down the cobblestone streets of the steampunk island.
Several large ships float around the edges of the main city, held up by helium balloons and themselves housing buildings several stories high. The giant ships look like something straight out an H.P. Lovecraft story as they loom in the distance with Victorian-era embellishments. Finally, several tiny satellite islands surround the main city, held up by hot air ballon-style flotation devices.
The build is impressive not only for its scale but for its attention to detail. Chimneys pump out plumes of smoke and every wing on every ship is attached to a bevy of gears. When up close to the buildings they appear to be an almost Attack on Titan-style Minecraft build, but when viewing the city from afar it's clearly its own unique creation.
Aderlyon Build Team's steampunk city isn't the first floating mega structure made in the sandbox game. Fans have made everything from flying cruise ships to World of Warcraft's Elysian in Minecraft. These enormous construction projects typically take multiple people many months to accomplish, but luckily for fans of the steampunk city, the Aderlyon team has included a download link in the description of its time-lapse YouTube video for the project.
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