Christopher Slayton “ChriDaCow” creates his universe in Minecraft
Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time gives its players a window to be creative while playing a video game. In Minecraft players explore a blocky 3D world with virtually infinite terrain where they can discover and extract raw materials, craft tools, and items. Players can also use their imagination and creativity to build structures and simple machines.
Much of the game’s success means it has managed to transcend the video game world, entering popular culture on the whole.
The game allows you to create things that are limited only by your imagination. But Minecraft player Chris Slayton, under the pseudonym ChrisDaChow, recently shared one of the most unusual creations of this cubic world – he created “the whole universe”.
![A view of the planet Saturn in the universe that Christopher Slayton built on Minecraft.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/10/multimedia/10xp-minecraft-2/10xp-minecraft-2-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
Mr. Slayton, is known as ChrisDaCow on his Minecraft-focused YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok accounts. He has been playing the game for almost a decade, and he’s not a user of any other games. For the video on the universe-building quest, he started by skydiving to see the planet from a different perspective before working to create his version of the universe.
He consulted photos for every detail in the Minecraft universe. Mr. Slayton relearned math concepts to build his creation to scale. He made sure angles and proportions were as accurate as possible.
Of course, the impressive design doesn’t cover the entire universe. Rather, it is a wonderful collection of cult space exotics. Nevertheless, all this is striking in its scale. The most noteworthy cosmic wonders presented here are the Sun and the planets of our Solar System. Also, has the Pillars of Creation, and a black hole inspired by the 2014 film Interstellar.
The Twitter page for Xbox in the United Kingdom praised Mr. Slayton’s work. Users across various social media platforms posted comments to express that they were in awe.
Even if you are not a fan of Minecraft, it is worth finding 13 minutes to watch the video. You will admire the boundless wonders of space created in the virtual Universe.
Minecraft is available now for Mobile, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.