Whether they are playing games with friends or working quietly on their own, the vast majority of players who love “Minecraft” have their own favorite world of wheat nuggets. Recently, the Facebook community “Railway cultural tour“There is a railway enthusiast player who belongs to the latter. He built the wheat block version of “Taipei Station” block by block by himself, and it was well received and shared by many netizens.
What comes into view in the screenshots of the game shared by Mr. Lin (hereinafter referred to as Chen) is the station hall that impressed everyone. According to Chen’s personal sharing, the current progress of completion includes the station body, the station hall, and the B2 Taiwan Railway and The high-speed rail platform level is familiar to netizens who commute frequently.
In an interview with the editor, Chen’s motivation for the construction made people laugh, because at first he just hoped not to get lost in CNR.
Maikuai Taipei Station Hall (reprinted with permission from Chen)
“My motivation for wanting to recreate Taipei Main Station is actually a bit interesting, just to avoid getting lost in the CNR.” Chen said, “In addition, a whole Xinyi Project District had been built at that time, so it suddenly I have an idea, if I recreate Taipei Main Station, then I won’t get lost?”
In the interview, Chen said that he has been playing “Minecraft” for 10 years and has been very interested in urban architecture since he was a child. He has made a lot of efforts to build the ideal buildings in the game, and he also Mentioning his experience playing games with his friends was the most important key to influencing his future creations.
“The most important turning point is that at the end of 2021, I formed a team with a group of like-minded Maikuan fans.“Ghost Whale”In this construction server, I also learned a lot of construction skills during the exchange process. I am very grateful to all the partners in Ghost Whale for giving me the confidence and ability to build this work. “
Maikuai high-speed rail platform (reprinted with permission from Chen)
Yes, if you do a little search for “ghost whale”, you will find that this is a community of wheat player players who are crouching tigers, hidden dragons.
According to Chen, it took him almost a month to build the Taipei Main Station and Platform B2 that he has seen so far. In the face of many netizens hoping to experience getting lost in the underground streets, he enthusiastically responded that they would be built one after another. Of course, these wheat block buildings are not as easy to see from the outside world, because it took him a lot of effort to collect real-life materials and reproduce them.
“The most difficult part is the floors of the MRT Bannan Line and the Tamsui-Xinyi Line,” Chen said. “The location as seen from the map is slanted relative to the station and the Taiwan Railways High Speed Rail. It is more difficult to build a diagonal building. Not only will some details be sacrificed, but the dimensions will also need to be re-measured. In addition, there is very little information available on the Internet, so I can only rely on myself to visit the site and shoot a video, and then go home to build and compare. right.”
Maikuai Taiwan Railway Platform (Reprinted with permission from Chen)
However, Chen’s Taipei Station received a great response, and I realized that so many netizens resonated with the idea of turning real-life landmarks into game scenes, especially the Taipei underground shopping malls that frightened road addicts. Many players are looking forward to one day experiencing getting lost. The “pleasure”.
In fact,Chen’s works are not limited to Taipei Stationas well as many famous landmarks in Xinyi District, such as the Taipei World Trade Center and the 101 Building, are all goals he wants to slowly complete in the future.
“In the future, I would like to take on the challenge of building the recently completed Taipei Arena and an entire block of the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. The curved appearance of the dome and the modern appearance of the Taipei Cultural and Creative Building make me feel that it is challenging enough. Try to reproduce it.”
Mai Block Taipei Xinyi District (Chen authorized reprint) Mai Block Taipei Xinyi District (Chen authorized reprint) Mai Block Taipei Xinyi District (Chen authorized reprint) Mai Block Taipei Xinyi District (Chen authorized reprint)
In an era when the visual special effects of modern games are becoming more and more realistic, “Minecraft”, which is composed of blocks, has always been a long-lasting treasure in the video game industry, because the only limit in this block world is one’s own imagination, and everyone Every player can build the virtual world they want to immerse themselves in.
