Toto's 'Africa' Recreated In Minecraft
A Minecraft player uses game blocks to match pictures to create a cover of 'Africa', one of Toto's biggest hits.
A Minecraft player has created a creative and thoughtful African Toto cover. The gaming world offers people a form of entertainment that goes beyond gaming, such as studying game sounds among other daily activities.
Minecraft has different blocks that players can use for different purposes. Some simple materials like wood, cobblestone and sand are used to make the buildings. Other parts such as marine lights, banners and paintings have a more decorative function. Minecraft has more special blocks such as the command block that allows players to execute different commands. Notebooks make sounds when attacked, used, or filled with red stones. A player uses Mojang's game resources for a beautiful and creative project.
User Stacinator posted a video on Reddit showing a preview of his "African" Toto made with Notepad and Command Panel. According to the player, the covers have been manipulated by the game's audio tools to achieve more accurate musical note intervals. In addition to the cover art, Stacinator uses Minecraft blocks to create an animated sequence that recreates the African savannah. This animation appears in the background of the video and matches the beat of the music. Locking notes is fun, and it's just one of the many things you can do in Minecraft .
According to Stacinator, the project took three months to complete, and the full results are available on the user's YouTube channel. The post on the Minecraftbuilds subreddit, where the video preview was posted, has added more than 2,000 upvotes and compliments from the comments. With 14 studio albums released to date, Toto is one of the most popular rock bands in the world. The group scored hits such as "Hold the Line", "Rosanna" and "I'll Be Over You". "Africa" is one of Toz's most famous songs, listed as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of 2021. It is worth noting that this is not the first time that the famous group has performed. Fixed in Minecraft .
Toto's player-made covers of "Africa" deserve credit for their accuracy in portraying the band's success using Mojang's in-game assets. Also, players worry about creating visual effects to go along with the music, making projects more difficult to execute but making the end products visually pleasing. Such work helps to understand why Minecraft is so popular all over the world. Different features make each game different and interesting, creating a story that all players will appreciate.
Minecraft is out now for mobile, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One.
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