The fact this has only 12k views is criminal, this is the most extensive explanation of minecraft world gen to date. And it's up to date !

The production quality of this documentary is superb.

I liked the big oceans. They made the world feel believable.

As a huge MC nerd & OG, I must say; This is absurdly underrated

what the hell??? this production quality is absolutely INSANE!!! I dont say this often but this definitely needs millions of views. You are definitely going places!

Pre 1.18 terrain just has a certain unique feel to it. It's bumpy and coarse, but also gradual and smooth at the same time. 1.18+ terrain is much more smooth and realistic, which was probably a good change, but it definately got rid of that unique feel.

While watching this I thought “This guy sounds very passionate about this and really explains well the topic, reminds me of my Uni days” and notice that you were actually one of my University professors, amazing video !

You answered questions that answered other questions I didn't know enough to ask. This documentary is so thorough, and you break things down in a clear and orderly way. Inspiring and entertaining. I'm fascinated by Minecraft, and I have enjoyed playing it these last 8+ years.

This is really top tier quality. I remember subscribing for the Game of Life documentary and do not regret at all the decision. Production quality is really amazing.

It should be illegal how underrated this video is. Props to you ❤

This was awesome ! A year or two back I spent a few weeks on an infinite-world generation project as the concept had always fascinated me, but I ended up getting overwhelmed by just all the layers of systems needed to consistently create a compelling result. I read up a bit on minecraft, but most of what was published was either hypertechnical to the point of being difficult to parse, or was so high level it provided nothing. This video was fantastic at bridging the two concepts!

This documentary is insanely well made . As a Computer Science Student, it’s crazy to see so many familiar (mostly simple) concepts mushed together, somehow resulting in THE game of my early teens. I have to point out: The World Generation Pipeline was explained very well. It’s a complex topic but you managed to break it up into simple steps, painting a coherent image. The stack-graphic definitely helped! I hope you get the recognition you deserve. Have a nice day!

how does this video not have millions of views? the information, quality and editing is insane

It's just sad how such a video can go unnoticed for more than a year. I hope you will finally get the attention you deserve, it must be frustrating trying endlessly to optimize but still not getting the expected views

This is such a high quality documentary, you deserve more subscribers not gonna lie. Good luck and very good content 👍

This is exactly what I wanted to learn when I clicked on this video. I love how you crammed so much detail into your explanation without it feeling overwhelming. That's not an easy balance to strike with a topic this large, but I thought you handled it beautifully. I've just subscribed to the channel, and I'll be working my way through your backlog, starting with the video on Conway's Game of Life.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:05 💎 *Introduction to Minecraft world generation* - Minecraft's vast world generation. - The concept of procedurally generated worlds. - The role of randomness and seeds in Minecraft's world generation. 03:03 🎲 *The significance of seeds in Minecraft* - The use of seeds to initialize terrain generation. - The deterministic nature of Minecraft worlds based on seeds. - The immense number of unique worlds created by seeds. 04:30 ⚔️ *Procedural generation in early games* - The history of procedural world generation in video games. - The influence of games like "Rogue" on Minecraft. - Overview of how "Rogue" generated dungeon layouts. 08:15 🌍 *Expanding Minecraft's world size* - Minecraft's initial world size limitations. - The introduction of infinite worlds through chunk-based generation. - Explaining the size and restrictions of Minecraft worlds. 10:25 🏞️ *Biome generation in Minecraft* - The introduction of biomes in Minecraft. - The role of noise maps in biome determination. - How temperature and rainfall affect biome distribution. 12:45 🌊 *Changes in world generation in Minecraft updates* - Changes to world generation in Minecraft updates. - Impact on servers like 2b2t. - The longevity of Minecraft's world generation algorithm. 14:39 🎮 *Technical aspects of Minecraft world generation* - Technical details of Minecraft's world generation process. - Layers and stacks involved in generating the world. - The role of noise maps in creating variation. 19:36 🌐 *Creating Minecraft's biome map* - The critical role of the biome map in world generation. - How different layers contribute to biome distribution. - The use of noise maps and scaling layers in refining details. 23:24 ❄️ *Climate and biome variation in Minecraft* - How temperature and climate layers determine biomes. - The introduction of hilly variants to add variety. - The role of white noise and transitional layers in world generation. 25:27 🌟 *Special biomes in Minecraft* - The generation of rare and special biomes in Minecraft. - The influence of climate layers on special biomes. - Examples of special biomes and their significance. 25:57 🌳 *Minecraft Biome Generation* - Biomes like bamboo jungles and sunflower plains are created as patches within larger regions. - Additional layers determine the probability of certain biomes, such as bamboo jungles and mushroom islands. 27:26 🏞️ *River Generation in Minecraft* - Rivers in Minecraft are generated separately from the main terrain. - The River Layer detects potential river locations and smooths them to create rivers. 28:25 🌊 *Ocean Temperature Stack* - The Ocean Temperature stack adds variety to ocean biomes using Perlin noise. - Perlin noise creates smooth, visually pleasing maps by interpolating random values. 30:28 ⛰️ *Terrain Generation in Minecraft* - Minecraft uses fractal Brownian motion noise to generate terrain height maps. - The terrain height is calculated column by column from top to bottom. 33:13 🌲 *Terrain Height and Biome Interaction* - Biomes affect terrain height in Minecraft, preventing unrealistic combinations. - Depth and scale parameters of biomes determine their average height and variation. 35:09 🏰 *Strongholds and World Generation* - Strongholds are critical structures in Minecraft, necessary to access The End dimension. - They are strategically placed in the world generation and prioritized over other features. 36:39 🌄 *Minecraft 1.18 Terrain Generation* - Minecraft 1.18 introduces a new terrain generator with taller mountains and 3D biomes. - Biomes are now linked to a 3D climate map, affecting terrain and underground caves. 39:30 🌍 *Minecraft 1.18 Climate-Based World Generation* - Minecraft 1.18 uses a 3D climate map with parameters like temperature and humidity. - Biomes are determined based on climate parameters, resulting in more diverse landscapes. 41:10 🌐 *Minecraft Community and Research* - Minecraft's community actively conducts research and challenges in world generation. - The game's complexity emerges from simple mechanics, making it appealing to players. Made with HARPA AI

Thanks for all the detail! It's rare to see so long, and still constantly interesting videos on UKposts.

I've been looking forward to this documentary and I'm blown away with how polished and comprehensive it is. Thanks doing the incredible amount of work this must have required.

Awesome vid man. It had everything. Throwing that reference back to rogue was really the icing for me. 11/10

The fact that this only has 92k views is crazy, your production quality is among the highest on UKposts. Keep up the great work!

Minecraft's world generation is a topic I love to learn about. 1.18 terrain generation is really amazing, althought there are things I dont like as microbiome or "misplaced biomes" and I really want to understand why it's so hard to fix

Absolutely incredible!! Thank YOU for answering these questions many have regarding Minecraft’s simple yet complex world Gen engine! You deserve 1 million views for this!

This was legit interesting from start to finish. Explained simple enough, yet giving enough information to go on to perhaps make something yourself. Great work!

Wow. This made me even more amazed as to how minecraft was made after seeing its beautiful yet complex algorithm to generate worlds. The maths behind it all is crazy. I hope this finds its place in the youtube algorithm, because this is a really well made documentary. I subscribed and I hope to see you reach your deserved amount of fame.

Got this recommended. One of the best videos I have seen in a while on UKposts. Extensively researched, Well editted, Great Storytelling and very well done editting, this fits the definition of The Perfect Video.

Thank you so much for this! I've always been fassinated by how Minecraft as a game functions!

This is awesome! Thanks for making it ❤️

I'm so glad that this incredible video popped up in my recommendations feed! It deserves wayyyy more views...

I found this video while randomly scrolling on UKposts. And found it absolutely amazing. I don't know how it doesn't have millions of views but your production quality is outstanding. Keep up the good work. 👍👍

Amazing documentary. You earned yourself a sub

Seems like this documentary really blew up the last week or two, you deserve it!

Amazing documentary! Very detailed, gave me a lot of insights. I would love some more in-depth information how structures and decorations work, after the world is generated. Like villages, mineshafts, mansions etc. Sadly not a lot of video's that I can find.

this documentary is fantastic, totally looking forward for a sequel on 1.18!

Insane video, congrats on releasing such a technial masterpiece!

happy to see this video finally getting the support it deserves. keep it up man good job 👍

What an absolutely exceptional and well-produced documentary, especially for someone who hasn’t come from the tech minecraft community! Astonishing!! 👏

Damn this video is underrated as hell. It's the best and most professional minecraft documentary I've ever seen, better than any large youtubers. I have no idea why youtube hasn't recommended it to me earlier. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

This video was made insanely well, I'm impressed it still has so little views. Great work mate.

This is an amazing video and very high quality. The fact that something that seems so simple but is so extensive is amazing!

Wow. Just wow. I already loved Minecraft, and enjoyed the deeper parts of it via AntVenom...but I still had no idea just HOW complex this game was/is. I was worried coming into this video that it'd all go over my head, but you explained everything in an understandable and digestible manner, giving me a hunger to learn more. Well done. You've definitely more than earned a sub.

This is an absolutely phenomenal video, I enjoyed every single minute watching it. Thank you for that!

I haven't sat down this long for a youtube video in a very long time. Amazing documentary.

that's so much in depth info! Thank you for this detailed essay

I’ve always wondered how Minecraft generates. I used to think it generated as you walk closer to a new chunk, but since you can type in command to find certain biomes or use a map to find a woodland mansion, I began to think everything must be pre generated. That idea also just made no sense knowing seeds exist. But since the worlds are infinite I wondered how the game would generate something infinite. I have no knowledge of code so this was interesting to me.

Hey man please keep making stuff! Absolutely loved this, you should be at 100x the subscribers you're at now!

I'm so glad your channel got recommended to me! Your blog posts taught me everything I know about inverse kinematics!

The video is slowly but surely pushed towards the right people. It was a lot of fun to watch!

Please make more stuff like this !

Haha came for the zoom out, and was not disappointed. Great videos, man :)

I can't believe I only got recommended this today. This is so well made, and explained it very well! Keep up the amazing work. ❤

It's a sin this only have 100k views, such an extensive work!!!!

I love how happy he sounds

This was very informative and interesting. Thank you!

Crazy to hear your voice, its so passionate! great content!

I really wish they still had the "realistic sized" oceans. It made the world feel like there were different continents and really made each place feel like a new land. Now each ocean just feels like a large lake and the everywhere starts feeling the same very quickly.

Beta 1.7 was the best terrain. So unique structures.

This just ended up on my homepage today, and it's amazingly well done!

this was a very cool video i also love your enthusiasm in your voice over its contagious and definitely added to the retention imo

This could have gone onto the official channel instead….. truly amazing

top tier content, your channel WILL blow up! keep it up

I love this. I hope new videos like this will be made. The quality of the explanation and editing are just superb

This is so good! Get ready for this to blow up as a student resource video. ❤

I did not think mathematics, random fractal and noise maps, and randomness could be so beautiful to make a grown man cry. But it did. It made me cry. Thanks for this experience.

this is genuinely awesome. i literally subscribed and turned on notifications to not miss any future videos.

Very big thanks. This documentary made me think entirely different about the world generation phase. Thanks a lot again 🎉

Absolutely incredible documentary! Thank you so much for your time and effort!

Wow! Great vid Alan. 😊

Thx for sharing this knowledge! Awesome video.

Great video, it was refreshing to watch something that wasn't focused on competing for my attention span but focused on informing me

The efforts put into this video are crazy! Thank you for this documentary!

this is such a cool video, you gotta make more stuff like this!

I love when i create my base, and i as explore the the various caves around it, i find how theyre connected. Since 1.18, they're are always these sprawling interconnected caves. And even when i think i have them all mapped out, if i keep exploring, they just seem to keep going

Seems like your second most popular, your most popular video sure did inspire me to make my own implementation of Game of Life!

This video was way better than I expected, good job man!

This is an incredible documentary! I love the production quality. Keep up the great work. 😍

I'd absolutely love to see a breakdown of the other structures etc. The stuff skipped over in this doc. Great stuff!! Very educational!

I watched this while finishing a slide deck for work so couldn’t look at the screen for much of the video, but you described it so well that even with just seeing the screen out of the corner of my eye, I was able to understand it perfectly. What a phenomenal video!

This is such an amazing video, learned so much and in such a great way! Clear and understandable for anyone even without technical knowledge, the editing is also top notch! Thank you very much for taking the time (a lot of time I assume) to make this :)

Such high quality video! Keep it up, i'm glad the algorithm suggested me this

this was stunning. your visuals and script writing are stellar, my friend!

This game is a real gem. Thank you very much for this precious explanation, Sir! Keep up this amazing work, there! :D

this video is incredible! i can’t believe you managed to explain it so clearly! minecraft is fascinating, and from now on i’ll see the seed map in a whole new light.

i dont know much about coding but this was such a fun video to listen to! the way you speak is very engaging and made it as easy to understand as possible, and i appreciate that! thank you for posting this video i am so happy i found it :)!!

This video is amazingly well produced. Great job!

Extremely well-explained and easy to follow! Great work!

I think this is the best quality video I have ever seen about Minecraft. I had some knowledge about world generation before but this was awesome. And the production? Simply wow. I hope the algorithm keeps pushing it to other people's main page. BTW, I suscribed! :)

I did not expect such a well made video on exactly what I wanted to know 😊! It got so nerdy but never boring thank you

This is the best and most in-depth video I have seen on this topic, the visuals are just superb across the board!

9:19 this part right here was the highlight for me truly eye-opening, great video!

not only is the video crazy and easy to understand, but also you reacted to over a 1000 comments on a year old video and still do

Wow, that’s very in depth. But you explain it very well and it is easy to follow along. Thanks for an amazing video.

hey man this video was amazing! I would wish for such a video for the nether, as I havent seen a video that covers the generation of the nether, and it would be very interesting to know how those weird nether caves and biomes are created! Keep up the work!

i think from the comments i saw that the thumbnails was the problem for the low view count,im guessing it had been changed cz its a very unique thumbnail definitely made me look twice!! really good quality and i see you have replied to alot of the comments which is really uncommon ! great job man

20 seconds in and i'm hooked! this video is great! 5 minutes in and the editing is crazy! i can't believe there's more 40 minutes of this video, the quality is off the charts!

Brilliant work. I appreciate you making this. I have been in MC for a very long time now and I only guessed a few things right about this process. Very well informative!

So glad this video popped up in my recommended feed! This is an insanely thorough breakdown of world gen in Minecraft. I learned more in the first 15 minutes of this video than I'd ever known about procedural generation before! Plus, the subtitles are user-defined and accurate, which is huge for me specifically. Definitely earned my like and subscription!

Reaaaaally appreciate your work there. It's super qualitative. Thanks!

This is such a good video, it really deserves more attention. Very good! 👍

Thank you for this incredibly well-done video! I’ve always been fascinated with how Minecraft was built. This video gives me the best glimpse into that I’ve ever seen. I’d love to see something like this but at at code walkthrough level. Keep up the great work!