If Minecraft was a Rhythm Game | Sub Urban - Cradles

I spent over 100 hours creating this Minecraft world synchronized to the beat of Cradles by Sub Urban. My goal was to make this the most complex Beat Craft video I've ever made. Trickshots, redstone, parkour, explosions, it's got it all. Surprisingly, I was able to get a full take through the entire map without any mistakes.

This video was not sponsored, but if you would like to support me and join the villager party (as shown at the end of the video) here is a link to my Patreon page:
World download link is available there as well. (You don't need to be a member to download, it's free for everyone)

A peak behind the scenes:
Sometimes I wonder if I am being inefficient when I put multiple days of work into something that will only be on screen for a few seconds. For example, the text reveal at the beginning seems like it should be simple and straightforward. Just drop some walls of sand to show the lyrics and you're done right? Turns out sand falls too slowly to reveal the words in time as the minecart passes by. Okay, let's rip that out and just use the create mod to flip up some flaps and reveal the words instead. Another problem, the Minecraft render engine doesn't immediately do visual block updates after a certain distance. Some of the words are too far from the minecart. Finally, by the third iteration, I discovered a trick to keep the text large, at a distance, and reveal instantly. While updating block data from a distance isn't immediately visible, updating entity data can be. Using the create mod, I activated cart assemblers before the player exists the nether tunnel at the start. This converts all the text blocking linear chassis into entities off camera. When the player exits the tunnel, I release the minecarts, dropping these massive walls of entities away to reveal the text. Iterations like this are frequent in my design process.

Recorded in Forge Version 34.1.0
Shader Used: BSL v7.1.04.1 for Minecraft Java Edition

[deesh]

The most impressive part is the fact that this has to be timed PERFECTLY, if they even take a tiny bit too long to do a certain part like the walking bits it'd put the entire song out of sync, tiny mistakes build up to become large failures in situations like this, since every time he even takes 1/10th of a second too long it'd add up to a whole second after 10 of those mistakes. So essentially he has to get everything right down to the milliseconds. I feel like it was attempted many many times.

[RushGarcia]

Those parkour maps got nothin on these.

[zanepeterson]

This one doesn't only include rythms, but syncing with the meaning of the lyrics too

[jfredd]

This honestly goes to show how creative people can be using the create mod. It's a masterpiece of a mod and more people should start using it to make wonderfully original things like this video right there. Amazing.

[WeTheSusMusic]

I'm sitting here wondering how many times he had to redo the course due to an accidental redstone error or missing a zombie. Bravo, this is insane.

[type_x_atm_]

Make this guy the actual king of Minecraft. I'm waiting for someone else to realize this guy deserves it.

[jadeyie]

0:43 that's literally the best bow shot I've ever seen in my entire life. Kudos to you!

[butterdog]

Comparing this to your first "If Minecraft was a Rhythm Game"

This is too fucking amazing, creativeness just exploded here.

[pradyumnah]

The symbolism and imagery in this is mind-blowing, not to mention the skill to navigate to the beat.
Kudos, DoodleChaos, you've outdone yourself yet again.

[Globby-my-boy]

Let's take a year to admire the fact everything is perfectly synced even when he walks or lands on a surface.

[LostWarden]

Can we appreciate how this guy was there to entertain us with no commentary whatsoever?
👋🙂

[MadMovieMakers]

No Steves were harmed in the making of this video

[JonnyDiggit]

Not gonna lie, this has to be my most favorite series on YouTube. Every episode is extremely satisfying and mind blowing to watch. Great job Doodle Chaos!!! ⚡

[OSKI]

the amount of work put into this is actually insane, what's also insane is the fact you have to perfectly time your own inputs, not missing things and getting every movement perfectly on time. so impressive, bravo

[Mosta]

This is legitimately the best video on the entire platform. AMAZING work DoodleChaos! Keep up the great work!

[SonicHaXD]

Another amazing job! The parkour parts were super epic XD

[tylor]

Dude i just watched the whole thing with my mouth open. That was honestly one of the coolest things i have seen in my years 10+ years of MC.

[mxystifyzz]

I can just imagine how long this took, the amount of dedication and patience that this person had to create so much redstone and time everything perfectly, huge props 👏
Also, this song is 🔥

[TeamRocketReal]

at around 2:50 it actually looks like he was slow jump just like the song. Love your work! Keep it up!

[CompilationGumba]

This one is even better than the last ones, somehow.
You really managed it to make every beatcraft video feel unique!