Minecraft:Minecraft Google Delight
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To celebrate Minecraft's Minecraft:15th anniversary, a Minecraft Easter egg was added to Google search. After searching "Minecraft" in the search bar, a grass block rises from the bottom of the screen. If clicked, the mini-game begins.
Opening the game
How to open the game:
- Search "Minecraft" on Google
- A grass block icon appears at the bottom of the screen. It might take a few seconds. Click the icon to start the game.
- When the game starts, the grass block icon is replaced with an "x" icon, and Minecraft:Steve's fist appears on the bottom of the player's screen.
- The player must click on any of the search results so that they would be broken up like Minecraft blocks. Once a search result is broken up, a Minecraft-themed environment will appear in its place, and from there, players will be allowed to mine down Minecraft blocks.
- The "x" icon closes the game and returns to the search result page. When the game closes, a Minecraft:creeper appears, makes a hissing sound, and explodes. The search results page returns to normal, and the "x" icon is replaced with the grass block icon. The game can also be closed by simply closing the browser tab.
Gameplay
Mining search results
On desktop, hovering over any mineable search result on the search page causes the mouse to become a Minecraft:crosshair symbol.
The player can click or tap any search result to mine it. All links and buttons on the page no longer function while playing the game. While a search result is being mined, a Minecraft:mining animation plays - the player's hand or pickaxe punches or swings at the middle of the screen, and a cracking animation appears on the search result.
Each search result only needs to be clicked or tapped once to be mined, and does not need to be held (unlike mining in the real game). Multiple search results can be mined at once. Sponsored results cannot be mined.
A scene from Minecraft, covered in mineable Minecraft:blocks, is revealed after the player finishes mining each search result.
Breaking
The blocks in the front of the scene can be broken simply by clicking or tapping them. Multiple blocks can be broken at a time by rapidly clicking or tapping them in succession, but tapping using multiple fingers at the same time on a touchscreen doesn't break any blocks.
Unmineable blocks
Some blocks are not mineable:
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Each of these blocks (except bedrock and crafting tables) has a unique interaction when clicked or tapped:
- For a chiseled bookshelf, it toggles whether it has books in it or is empty.
- For a redstone lamp, it toggles whether the light is on or off.
- For a carved pumpkin, lights it, replacing it with a jack o' lantern, and vice versa.
- For a furnace, it toggles whether the furnace is lit or unlit.
TNT
Clicking or tapping TNT starts its fuse. The TNT explodes after 3 seconds, creating explosion particles and breaking all of the blocks in a 3×3 area around it.
Pickaxe upgrades
Breaking certain blocks causes the player's tool to upgrade.
- Breaking a cherry Minecraft:log, oak log, oak Minecraft:plank or birch log with the player's fist puts a Minecraft:wooden pickaxe in the player's hand.
- Breaking Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:deepslate block with the wooden pickaxe upgrades it to a Minecraft:stone pickaxe.
- Breaking Minecraft:iron ore or deepslate iron ore with the stone pickaxe upgrades it to a Minecraft:iron pickaxe.
- Breaking Minecraft:diamond ore or deepslate diamond ore with the iron pickaxe upgrades it to a Minecraft:diamond pickaxe.
- Breaking a block of Minecraft:ancient debris with the diamond pickaxe upgrades it to a Minecraft:netherite pickaxe, which is the final level.
When a tool is upgraded, a shower of Minecraft:experience orbs rains and the experience orb sound plays.
Score
The player gains 1 point for every block mined, regardless of block type. The player gains 7 points for each TNT exploded. After gaining more than 20 points, the score counter appears in the bottom left of the screen. If the game is closed then reopened without leaving or reloading the page, the score will not reset.
Scenes
After a search result is mined, one of 18 different scenes can appear.
Clouds made of Minecraft:white wool generate in the sky to fill the upper areas of all Minecraft:Overworld scenes (except for the Minecraft:plains scenes).
- Cloud 1: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 2: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 3: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 4: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 5: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 6: Template:Sprite grid
- Cloud 7: Template:Sprite grid
Beach scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:sand
- Composition:
- Minecraft:Sandstone with some sand on top of it generates in the bottom of the image.
- Sometimes the sandstone will generate with Minecraft:orange concrete in patterns that resemble a Minecraft:desert pyramid. Strangely, the desert pyramids contain orange concrete instead of Minecraft:orange terracotta.
- Structures in this scene:
- Sandstone pattern 1: Template:Sprite grid
- Sandstone pattern 2: Template:Sprite grid
- Small sand hill: Template:Sprite grid
Bookshelf scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:chiseled bookshelf
- Composition:
- Generates as a wall covered in a random selection of oak planks, chiseled bookshelves, and redstone lamps.
- The wall never generates with any holes.
- The redstone lamps always generate as off but can be turned on.
- The chiseled bookshelves can randomly be filled with books or empty.
Bricks scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:bricks
- Composition:
- A wall of brick blocks, with some glass windows and paintings randomly placed in it.
- The wall never generates with any holes.
- The windows are always 2×1.
- The paintings that can generate are these 1×1 paintings.
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- File:Plant (texture) JE1 BE1.png Paradisträd
- File:Wasteland (texture) JE1 BE1.png Wasteland
- A floor of oak planks can generate underneath the wall.
- Crafting tables and un-lit furnaces are randomly generated on the floor.
- Chiseled bookshelves very rarely generate as a 1×2 structure on the floor.
- The chiseled bookshelves can randomly be filled with books or empty.
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Cave scenes
- Shallow caves
- Template:EnvLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:stone
- Generates as a wall, composed of a random assortment of the following blocks:
- The wall also has various holes. Some holes contain Minecraft:dripstone blocks and Minecraft:pointed dripstone. The dripstone holes resemble a Minecraft:dripstone cave, but the shallow cave does not generate with any fully-detailed cave biomes.
- Structures in this scene:
- Hole 1: Template:Sprite grid
- Hole 2: Template:Sprite grid
- Hole 3: Template:Sprite grid
- Dripstone pattern: Template:Sprite grid
- Deep caves
- Template:EnvLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:deepslate
- This scene generates with a wall, composed of an assortment of the following blocks:
- The wall never generates with any holes in it.
- The bottom of the wall is usually composed of a random mixture of 2-tall bedrock pillars and 2-tall deepslate pillars.
Cherry grove scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:dirt
- Composition:
- Shortened Minecraft:cherry trees, growing on Minecraft:grass blocks. Minecraft:Pink petals appear on top of the grass, but the petals can only be seen if the player scrolls the screen up enough to see the top faces of the grass blocks.
- Sometimes 2 small cherry trees will generate right next to eachother, forming a heart shape.
- Structures in this scene:
- Cherry tree 1: Template:Sprite grid
- Cherry tree 2: Template:Sprite grid
- Cherry tree 3: Template:Sprite grid
- Cherry tree 4: Template:Sprite grid
Cobblestone scene
Template:EnvLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:cobblestone
- Composition:
- The wall never generates with any holes.
- A wall of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone, with some carved pumpkins randomly placed in it.
Forest scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:dirt
- Composition
- This scene generates with a dirt / grass floor, covered in a random assortment of:
- Any grass block that has a non-flower block above it is replaced with dirt.
- Flowers can randomly generate on any grass block in the scene.
- Structures in this scene:
- Oak tree 1: Template:Sprite grid
- Oak tree 2: Template:Sprite grid
- Birch tree: Template:Sprite grid
- Small grass hill: Template:Sprite grid
- Medium grass hill: Template:Sprite grid
- Large grass hill: Template:Sprite grid
Snowy plains scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:dirt
- Composition:
- This scene generates with a floor or snowy grass, ice, and frosted ice. The frosted ice generated with a random level of cracking, but does not change or break down over time.
- Snow hills, and Minecraft:snow golems can also generate on top of the snowy grass floor. Any snowy grass that generated with another block on top of it is replaced with dirt.
- Structures in this scene:
- Small snow hill: Template:Sprite grid
- Large snow hill: Template:Sprite grid
- Minecraft:Snow golem: Template:Sprite grid
Soul sand valley scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:soul sand
- Composition:
- This scene has hills of soul sand with occasional Minecraft:nether warts generate as the floor.
- There is nothing to fill the sky so this scene will be somewhat empty (if it is very tall).
- Pillars and hills of soul sand also generate on the floor.
The Nether scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- Main block: Minecraft:netherrack.
- The scene is usually filled with netherrack and a random selection of all 3 nether ores:
- A small nether "T" of nether bricks can also generate at the bottom of the scene, resembling a Minecraft:nether fortress
- Structure in this scene:
- T of Nether Bricks: Template:Sprite grid
The End scene
- Template:BiomeLink background:
- (the central island of the End)
- File:Google Easter Egg end.png
- File:Google Easter Egg end2.png
- Main block: Minecraft:end stone
- Composition:
- Generates with end stone on the floor, and hearts made of Minecraft:end stone bricks in the sky.
- Small spikes of end stone also generate on the floor.
- Structures in this scene:
- End stone spike: Template:Sprite grid
- Heart of end stone bricks: Template:Sprite grid
Sounds
Blocks
Unique
Trivia
- A few a blocks have their textures in the sprite-sheet, but don't generate in any scene. These are:
- Two types of Minecraft:oak leaves generate:
- Transparent ones.
- Opaque ones, which can be seen in Minecraft by setting the Minecraft:graphics setting to "fast" Template:In or turning "Fancy Leaves" off Template:In.
Gallery
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The sprite-sheet used for all of the blocks in the mini-game
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The Minecraft:Minecraft Google Delight on mobile
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The screen a user would get once they would search up "Minecraft", with a grass block icon at the bottom of the screen
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The screen that appears once the user clicks on the grass block icon, with an X icon in its place and Steve's fist
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Using a Minecraft:wooden pickaxe in the mini-game
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Using a Minecraft:stone pickaxe in the mini-game
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Using an Minecraft:iron pickaxe in the mini-game
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Using a Minecraft:diamond pickaxe in the mini-game
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Using a Minecraft:netherite pickaxe in the mini-game
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A creeper appears and explodes when clicking X.
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A closer look at the grass block icon
