Over the past 10 years or so, Minecraft has been held aloft as one of the most successful IPs within the gaming industry. Given that it's a game that has sold hundreds of millions of copies, its success is hardly surprising, and much of the popularity stems from the community itself. Many talented individuals create some really interesting contraptions and builds, and sometimes people go that one step further and use the blocky world to make a whole other game entirely.
That's what YouTuber Mysticat has done. In a recent video, they have managed to take Minecraft and build their own version of the classic arcade game Frogger, or perhaps the mobile release Crossy Road to make it a more contemporary reference. Using a few command blocks, the reimagining sees players, in this case other YouTubers, trying to make it from one end to the other, while avoiding getting run over by cars and trains, and also jumping across floating logs, similar to the source material.
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It's a pretty fun looking adaptation, and the video shows that it is actually quite tricky. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about this project is that it builds off a previous video that Mysticat did. Not long ago, they were able to create a moving car within Minecraft. While this latest footage is entertaining enough, it doesn't quite do the complexity of making it a lot of justice. The creator clearly has a lot of skills in using commands and testing out ideas in order to fully realize their goal.
Given that Frogger is a basic yet addictive video game, with its origins going back to the early 1980s, the idea of recreating it within Minecraft may seem simple enough. However, the fact that the YouTuber had to
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