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Minecraft Beat Itself After Nearly 2 Billion Simulated Years
IGN • • technology
Key Points:
- YouTuber RedLogic created a custom Minecraft simulation to test if the game could complete itself without player intervention, using a Monte Carlo method to simulate billions of years in compressed time.
- The simulation required a specific Minecraft seed with sufficient resources and a naturally occurring Ender portal for the game to progress towards completion.
- The in-game NPCs, such as endermen and snow golems, acted randomly, causing the process to take millions of years between key events, including finding the portal and destroying End Crystals.
- The full simulated completion of Minecraft, involving defeating the Ender Dragon, took approximately 1.97 billion years, demonstrating the game's complexity and emergent behavior.
- This experiment highlights Minecraft's enduring appeal and the vast possibilities within its game mechanics, even after 17 years since its release.
