In the world of gaming, there is perhaps no greater success story than that ofMinecraft. Offering up a near-infinite number of things to do, as well as being avideo game that players can lose track of time in, it’s gone on to become one of the biggest releases in recent history. Alongside all the different ways fans can play, it’s also possible to modify the game by changing up textures or adding in completely new assets. One YouTuber decided to have a try at this, but they decided to call on the efforts of artificial intelligence to achieve their goal.
Known in the YouTube sphere for their interestingMinecraftvideos, Mysticat’s latest video shows them attempting to change up the way the game looks by using a number of AI resources. In doing so, they add in new textures, music, a skin for their avatar, and even individual sound effects, all of which have been generated by an algorithm. The result is pretty interesting and even a little unsettling in one or two instances. The AI visuals are actually pretty close to just being a standard texture pack, and the music itself feels generally authentic.
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It’s the character models for the animals that really show the limitation of artificial intelligence even in this day and age, with the faces of sheep and cows looking a little wonky. Even the new way they sound is a little bit eerie. For anyone who enjoys modding or wants to inject something different into their world, there areplenty of fantasticMinecrafttexturesand mods out there. However, this may be the first instance of someone attempting to recreate nearly all aspects of the game entirely through AI.
This also ties in with the recent trend of using AI to create some meme-like images that have been doing the rounds on social media channels. One person used the image generatorDALL-E Mini to createRDR2’s Arthur Morgan in the style ofMetal Gear Solid. Some of what gets churned out can be pretty funny or even a little creepy, but it shows that artificial intelligence has advanced over the years, and it will be interesting to see whether a whole game can be made this way.
Minecraftis available now for Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
