When reality meets the digital kingdom, fascinating projects often arise that challenge the limits of creativity and collaboration. One of these notable ventures is “Build The Earth,” a global initiative within the popular Minecraft video game.
Instead of fantastic worlds or science fiction scenarios, this community has proposed an ambitious task: to recreate the planet Earth at a 1: 1 scale. Within this colossal effort, a particularly dedicated team “Build Iberia” has taken the flag to digitally build Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar, including the city of A Coruña.
This group of enthusiasts invest countless hours to shape a detailed virtual replica. This project is not just a hobby; It represents a convergence of the passion for video games, the fascination with the real world and the power of online collaboration.
Pandemia initiative
The spark that ignited the phenomenon “Build the Earth” came from the YouTuber Pippenfts, who in March 2020 launched the idea of building a Real scale reply on Minecraft. The initial premise was bold: to take advantage of Minecraft’s virtual universe to create a complete copy of the Earth, allowing players to experience and build on a digital representation of our world.
To make this epic proportions company possible, the project relied on game modifications, such as Cubic Chunkswhich eliminated Minecraft’s construction limitations, and Terra ++which used real world data to generate the base terrain.
The answer was immediate and massive, with more than one hundred thousand users joining the Discord server of the project in its first weeks. This rapid growth suggests a collective yearning to participate in a large -scale creative project, especially for a period in which the interactions in the real world were restricted. The overcoming of the initial technical limitations of the game through early modifications demonstrated the vision and determination of the founder to realize this ambitious concept.
While the initial objective was complete global recreation, over time the project evolved towards a most located approachencouraging players to build places that had a personal meaning for them.
This adaptation probably arose from the immensity of the effort required to replicate the entire planet, a task that could carry decades or even centuries to the current rhythm. As a result, within the “Build The Earth” community, several construction teams focused on specific countries or regions emerged, such as “BTE United Kingdom”, “BTE New York City” or “Build Iberia”.
This localized approach allows a greater concentration of efforts, a stronger community participation within particular regions and a greater sense of personal connection with the project for individual builders. The formation of these organized teams also suggests a Structured strategy To address the vast company to build the world in Minecraft.
The “Build Iberia” team has made advances in the construction of some places in A Coruña: the Plaza de la Constitución, the Church of Santiago and part of the old city are outstanding examples. Similarly, the Pastor Bank building, the cantons or the obelisk are perfectly recognizable in the middle of the mapped vacuum in the process of construction. The identification of these specific neighborhoods allows the project scale to be appreciated within the Galician city and offers the connoisseurs the opportunity to digitally identify those places.
Although a complete recreation of the city of A Coruña has not been carried out within the “Build The Earth” project in Minecraft, the efforts to recreate buildings and specific reference points are notable.
A Coruña City Council has been recreated in detail by the community Minecraftéatewhich has published YouTube and Posts videos on social networks. In addition, the Hercules tower has inspired constructions in Minecraft, including a 3D model available in Sketchfab.
New contributions
“Build Iberia” is the main community for constructions in Spain within the “Build The Earth” project. For more information on possible projects in A Coruña or expressing interest in contributing, it is recommended to join the “Build Iberia” discord server.
The continuous nature and promoted by the community of the “Build The Earth” project means that there is always the possibility that new contributions are made. The interest demonstrated by the Minecraft community to recreate emblematic buildings of A Coruña suggests that broader projects could arise in the future, especially with the active participation of interested builders through the “Build Iberia” team.
Continuous success
Since its test launch in 2009, Minecraft has experienced exponential growth in popularity. Your status as the best -selling video game of all time It is a testimony of its lasting appeal.
Until October 2023, the game had sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, with some sources suggesting even figures close to 350 million. In addition to its impressive sales, Minecraft maintains a huge base of active players, with around 204 million monthly active users in December 2024. This continuous success underlines the solid base on which large -scale community projects such as “Build The Earth” can prosper.
