Case study

rd-131655: reconstructing an unreleased Minecraft cave test

rd-131655 recreates an unreleased pre-classic Minecraft cave test from its first public video and contemporary IRC logs. The Java implementation includes cave generation and 8×8×8 chunks, and the project provides a Gradle run task.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 63
Last commit: 2021-03-10
Language: Java

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Gradle is used to run the Java project.
Scope: The original build was never publicly released; the reconstruction is based on video and logs.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case,
  title = {{rd-131655: reconstructing an unreleased Minecraft cave test}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655}},
  url = {https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case/}}
}

Plain text

rd-131655: reconstructing an unreleased Minecraft cave test. https://github.com/thecodeofnotch/rd-131655 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rd-131655-minecraft-cave-test-case/

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README.md GitHub · thecodeofnotch/rd-131655 · Revision 1e0391c