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How the Minecraft Title Screen Seed was Found

SalC1

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Game developmentComputer scienceGame programmingAlgorithmsReverse engineering

SalC1 explains how a collaborative distributed computing project successfully located the exact world seed used for Minecraft's original title screen panorama.

The Minecraft title screen. We've all seen it. But have you ever wonderered if a seed existed for it? Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 Seeds: 2151901553968352745 8091867987493326313 Image Overlay Program: codepen.io/Tomlacko/pen/mdVOOwG Contributors List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkNSNfmrDdDH_yYTKE7MVA1mgjuq… Earthcomputer's video: youtu.be/caLCZNLPgrM Panorama Render (Made by laundmo): mainmenu-pano.yadamiel.com/ Minecraft@Home Website: minecraftathome.com/ Minecraft@Home Discord: discord.gg/jp3Tneu SalC1 Discord: salc1.com/discord

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