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Cave Settlement
by JelleB14
Cave Settlement was created to give its builder, JelleB14, a challenge. Having played on cre-
ative servers online, where individual plots are handed out to builders, JelleB14 had grown
tired of building on the massive plots that they have available to them as a skilled builder.
For Cave Settlement, Jelle decided to go with a very small plot and build to the sky limit.
Instead of trying to fit a skinny tower or some such in, JelleB14 instead made this amaz-
ing “cutaway” build, which features a whole settlement woven through the caves of this
column of rock. This idea of setting limits on oneself in order to push creative boundaries is
something that artists in many mediums in mediums outside of Minecraft do, and it is one
of the best ways to come up with new creative thoughts you would not otherwise have had.
That this map is built not only to look great, but also contains an extensive Survival mode challenge is a
true feat of creation. It's also very impressive that this build manages to be so balanced and symmetrical,
as a real airship would need to be, yet it has so much variety of detail.
