Solarpunk City of the Future in Minecraft

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I sunk everything I could into this video! From the design, to the build, to the graphics and editing, this video was 100% effort all the way. In hindsight, I may have done a couple things differently, but I'm still overall very happy with how everything turned out. I hope you enjoyed it too!

🎬Contents
0:00 - What the heck is Solarpunk?
0:40 - Timelapse Begins!
1:49 - Main Infrastructure
3:06 - Delta District
5:34 - Prominence Pier
8:44 - Radiant Reservoir
11:01 - More Buildings
13:03 - Kloro Key
16:40 - Still More Buildings
17:56 - Zenith Zone
19:37 - Skyscrapers
23:38 - Epic Reveal!
26:16 - Flyover

Mods: World Edit, Axiom, ReplayMod, Bobby
Shaders: Complementary Reimagined, BSL, Insanity

Not sure if ai needs attribution but the solarpunk images in the intro were generated by ChatGPT.

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[SludaBuilds]

I am overwhelmed by all of the positive comments! Thank you so much 💛Sub 4 more epicness!

[deegobooster]

It took me a few minutes to realise you were actually deleting blocks and simply reversing the footage for a cleaner build look. Very smart.

[liamholmes]

I appreciate that your interpretation of Solarpunk involves a lot of smaller, colourful, almost low-tech builds. A lot of Solarpunk art tends to show off giant gleaming white skyscrapers, but that's not JUST what Solarpunk is about. To me, it's about low environmental impact, community-enabling spaces, and I think places like "The Delta District" show that off perfectly, and are perfectly balanced against other more innovative structures like those in "The Zenith Zone." Fantastic work!

[blixo]

Imagine going to Gaslight Tavern and you're like "Hello, is this the Gaslight Tavern" and the people there say "No, it isn't, actually."

[RandomMushroom-xmkj]

You’re probably the first person to build a solarpunk city while actually understanding the movement behind the aesthetics

[retrocat]

Not only did you build the city, but you built lore, story line, character. Absolutely amazing work of art! Most underrated builder that I am glad I subbed too.

[florto]

cyberpunk: you don´t want to be outside when its dark. Solarpunk: you wanna be outside and just chill.

[moskitoblock]

That's no longer Minecraft, but pure art. Without exaggeration, it's the most beautiful megastructure I've ever seen. The attention to detail is insane and not geared towards 'bigger is better' like other megastructures. Keep up the great work!

[jjcraft]

One of the major problems I have with Minecraft City builds is how lifeless and abandoned they feel. Thank you for adding the villagers in at the end. It truly makes it feel like a true City

[beatricerobidoux]

The highest building show what is most important to a community, and here the park is one of the highest buildings showing that leisure is a priority in this world, love it

[tynj]

I've never legitimately been inspired by a minecraft build before, but now I wanna build my own solarpunk city lol

[Mantaforce]

I LOVE that you are actually including the insides of the buildings and considering the logistics and infrastructure of such a city. A lot of builds look nice on a surface level but fall apart logically when you question their designs and would be impossible to play on because the insides are missing or because things are scaled up to an impractical degree for higher "resolution" if that makes sense. To make your build about more than just superficial aesthetics is what makes TRULY great designs in my opinion.
Very well done!
EDIT: Okay, some of the insides may be incomplete, at least it looks like it from some of the shots like at 22:50, but great job nevertheless!

[iancomstock]

This looks amazing! It is, by far, the best solarpunk build I've seen to date! I always think, "You'd have to be super-rich or super-crazy to want to live in a solarpunk city." But this looks like a place where someone could actually live!

[flickeringdreams]

Man.. I'd want to play on a roleplay server or something here, just to fully immerse in the world. Astounding work!

[charliezard]

The world if Caves and Cliffs included the firefly:

[whitethereal]

As many have said, this really is the best building i've ever seen on minecraft, not only is it the best looking one, the amount of realistic planning, world building and history is seriously nuts. This really is the kind of art that helps build up a movement, and I'm so happy I was able to find this today. I got so inmersed in the video that hearing "nether portal" hit me like a bucket of ice lol

[Purplehze]

It’s so funny you made this video, our Minecraft community is attempting to make a solar punk styled city so this came out at the right time

[EldritchMushroom]

Dude, every single time you built a little cube house I was impressed because all of them are unique, it takes a lot of creativity to not accidentally make a clone of a house you already made. This is actually my favorite minecraft build

[shotoa]

Hoenstly even just moving past minecraft, this is one of the best pieces of Solarpunk art I've seen. Really well done.

[kushagraagrawal]

Why is nobody talking about how he did the interior too? Absolutely phenomenal bro. Hats off to you.