We’re seeing all sorts of new creations in Minecraft lately. Just earlier today, someone else created a spyglass scope texture that shows you the estimated distance between you and blocks that are off in the distance. You can check out the details and demonstration video for this creation here.
Just hours later, we caught wind of another Reddit user’s invention—a massive graphing calculator made from redstone—and it actually works.
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User mattbatwings2 explains that the build took over a month to do, and the “machine” can implicit equations up to 38 characters long if it doesn’t overflow. They go on to explain in more detail how the system works:
All equations are set equal to zero. You can see the "=0" on the screen. After you type in your equation, the machine calculates what the value of your equation is at every single point, from (-50,-50) to (50,50). If the value equals zero, it plots the point. Otherwise, it doesn't plot the point. There is also an additional algorithm at the screen to make the graphs look a lot better.
Minecraft players can download this graphing calculator for themselves, though you absolutely must have carpet mod to speed it up. The creator notes that it is still slow, but the sped-up demonstration video (of which you can watch below) still completely blew us away. The showcase is at the beginning of the video. One thing's for sure—you must be extremely dedicated to Minecraft to create something of this magnitude.
In other Minecraft news, we can see that the game is still massively successful, as it just took the number three spot in Europe’s top 15 most downloaded Nintendo Switch games in July. It beat out another new release, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, but didn’t quite manage to top Skyward Sword and Monster Hunter Stories 2, which took the first two slots at the top. It's clear that Minecraft is around for the long haul!
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