Minecraft Google Delight

The Minecraft Google Delight.

To celebrate Minecraft's 15th anniversary, a Minecraft easter egg was added to Google search. After searching "Minecraft" in the search bar, a grass block rises from the bottom of the screen. If clicked, the mini-game begins.

Opening the game

How to open the game:

• Search "minecraft" on Google
• A grass block icon appears at the bottom of the screen. It might take a few seconds. Click the icon to start the game.
• When the game starts, the grass block icon is replaced with an "x" icon, and Steve's fist appears on the bottom of the player's screen.
• The player must click on any of the search results so that they would be broken up like Minecraft blocks. Once a search result is broken up, a Minecraft-themed environment will appear in its place, and from there, players will be allowed to mine down Minecraft blocks.
• The "x" icon closes the game and returns to the search result page. When the game closes, a creeper appears, makes a hissing sound, and explodes. The search results page returns to normal, and the "x" icon is replaced with the grass block icon. The game can also be closed by simply closing the browser tab.

Gameplay

Mining search results

On desktop, hovering over any mineable search result on the search page causes the mouse to become a crosshair symbol.

The player can click or tap any search result to mine it. All links and buttons on the page no longer function while playing the game. While a search result is being mined, a mining animation plays - the player's hand or pickaxe punches or swings at the middle of the screen, and a cracking animation appears on the search result.

Each search result only needs to be clicked or tapped once to be mined, and does not need to be held (unlike mining in the real game). Multiple search results can be mined at once. Sponsored results cannot be mined.

A scene from Minecraft, covered in mineable blocks, is revealed after the player finishes mining each search result.

Breaking

The blocks in the front of the scene can be broken simply by clicking or tapping them. Multiple blocks can be broken at a time by rapidly clicking or tapping them in succession, but tapping using multiple fingers at the same time on a touch screen doesn't break any blocks.

Unmineable blocks

Some blocks are not mineable:

• Bedrock
• Carved Pumpkin
  • Jack o'Lantern
• Chiseled Bookshelf
• Crafting Table
• Furnace
• Redstone Lamp

Each block (except bedrock and crafting tables) has a unique interaction when clicked or tapped:

• For a chiseled bookshelf, it toggles whether it has books in it or is empty.
• For a redstone lamp, it toggles whether the light is on or off.
• For a carved pumpkin, lights it, replacing it with a jack o' lantern, and vice versa.
• For a furnace, it toggles whether the furnace is lit or unlit.

TNT

Clicking or tapping TNT starts its fuse. The TNT explodes after 3 seconds, creating explosion particles and breaking all of the blocks in a 3×3 area around it.

Pickaxe upgrades

Breaking certain blocks causes the player's tool to upgrade.

• Breaking a cherry log, oak log, oak plank or birch log with the player's fist puts a wooden pickaxe in the player's hand.
• Breaking stone, deepslate block with the wooden pickaxe upgrades it to a stone pickaxe.
• Breaking iron ore or deepslate iron ore with the stone pickaxe upgrades it to a iron pickaxe.
• Breaking diamond ore or deepslate diamond ore with the iron pickaxe upgrades it to a diamond pickaxe.
• Breaking a block of ancient debris with the diamond pickaxe upgrades it to a netherite pickaxe, which is the final level.

When a tool is upgraded, a shower of experience orbs rains and the experience orb sound plays.

Score

The player gains 1 point for every block mined, regardless of block type. The player gains 7 points for each TNT exploded. After gaining more than 20 points, the score counter appears in the bottom left of the screen.

Scenes

After a search result is mined, one of 18 different scenes can appear.

Clouds made of white wool generate in the sky to fill the upper areas of all Overworld scenes (except for the plains scenes).

• Cloud 1:
• Cloud 2:
• Cloud 3:
• Cloud 4:
• Cloud 5:
• Cloud 6:
• Cloud 7:

Cherry grove scene

• Cherry Grove background:
  • 
  • 
• Main block: dirt
• Composition:
  • Cherry Leaves
  • Cherry Log
  • Dirt
  • Grass Block
  • Pink Petals
• Shortened cherry trees, growing on grass blocks. Pink petals appear on top of the grass, but the petals can only be seen if the player scrolls the screen up enough to see the top faces of the grass blocks.
• Sometimes 2 small cherry trees will generate right next to eachother, forming a heart shape.

• Structures in this scene:
• Cherry tree 1:
• Cherry tree 2:
• Cherry tree 3:
• Cherry tree 4:

Forest scene

• Forest background:
  • 
  • 
• Main block: dirt
• Composition
  • Allium
  • Azure Bluet
  • Birch Log
  • Dirt
  • Grass Block
  • Oak Leaves
  • Oak Log
  • Orange Tulip
  • Oxeye Daisy
  • Pink Tulip
  • White Tulip
• This scene generates with a dirt / grass floor, covered in a random assortment of:
  • Oak trees
  • Birch trees
  • Flowers
  • Grass hills
• Any grass block that has a non-flower block above it is replaced with dirt.
• Flowers can randomly generate on any grass block in the scene.

• Structures in this scene:
• Oak tree 1:
• Oak tree 2:
• Brich tree:
• Small grass hill:
• Medium grass hill:
• Large grass hill:

Bookshelf scene

• Plains background:
  • 
• Main block: chiseled bookshelf
• Composition:
  • Chiseled Bookshelf
    • Filled Chiseled Bookshelf
  • Redstone Lamp
    • Lit Redstone Lamp
  • Oak Planks
• Generates as a wall covered in a random selection of oak planks, chiseled bookshelves, and redstone lamps.
• The wall never generates with any holes.
• The redstone lamps always generate as off but can be turned on.
• The chiseled bookshelves can randomly be filled with books or empty.

Bricks scene

• Plains background:
  • 
• Main block: bricks
• Composition:
  • Bricks
  • Oak Planks
  • Glass
  • Painting
  • Crafting Table
  • Furnace
    • Lit Furnace
  • Chiseled Bookshelf
• A wall of brick blocks, with some glass windows and paintings randomly placed in it.
• The wall never generates with any holes.
• The windows are always 2×1.
• The paintings that can generate are these 1×1 paintings.
  • Kebab med tre pepperoni
  • Paradisträd
  • Wasteland
• A floor of oak planks can generate underneath the wall.
• Crafting tables and un-lit furnaces are randomly generated on the floor.
• Chiseled bookshelves very rarely generate as a 1×2 structure on the floor.
• The chiseled bookshelves can randomly be filled with books or empty.

Beach Scene

• Beach background:
  • 
• Main block: sand
• Composition:
  • Sand
  • Sandstone
    • Chiseled Sandstone
    • Cut Sandstone
    • Orange Terracotta
• Sandstone with some sand on top of it generates in the bottom of the image.
• Sometimes the sandstone will generate with orange terracotta in patterns that resemble a desert pyramid.

• Structures in this scene:
• Sandstone pattern 1:
• Sandstone pattern 2:
• Small sand hill:

Snowy plains scene

• Snowy Plains background:
  • 
  • 
• Main block: dirt
• Composition:
  • Dirt
  • Snowy Grass Block
  • Powder Snow
  • Carved Pumpkin
    • Jack o'Lantern
  • Ice
  • Frosted Ice
• This scene generates with a floor or snowy grass, ice, and frosted ice. The frosted ice generated with a random level of cracking, but does not change or break down over time.
  • Snow hills, and snow golems can also generate on top of the snowy grass floor. Any snowy grass that generated with another block on top of it is replaced with dirt.

• Structures in this scene:
• Small snow hill:
• Large snow hill:
• Snow golem:

Cave scenes

• Shallow caves
  • Cave background:
    • 
    • 
  • Main block: stone
  • Generates as a wall, composed of a random assortment of the following blocks:
    • Stone
    • Coal Ore
    • Iron Ore
    • Gold Ore
    • Redstone Ore
    • Diamond Ore
    • TNT
    • Dripstone Block
    • Pointed Dripstone
  • The wall also has various holes. Some holes contain dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone. The dripstone holes resemble a dripstone cave, but the shallow cave does not generate with any fully-detailed cave biomes.

• Structures in this scene:
• Hole 1:
• Hole 2:
• Hole 3:
• Dripstone pattern:

• Deep caves
  • Deeper cave background:
    • 
    • 
  • Main block: deepslate
  • This scene generates with a wall, composed of an assortment of the following blocks:
    • Deepslate
    • Deepslate Iron Ore
    • Deepslate Gold Ore
    • Deepslate Emerald Ore
    • Deepslate Diamond Ore
  • The wall in this scene never generates with any holes in it.
  • The bottom of the wall is usually composed of a random mixture of 2-tall bedrock pillars and 2-tall deepslate pillars.

The Nether scene

• Crimson Forest background:
  • 
  • 
• Main block: netherrack.
• The scene is usually filled with netherrack and a random selection of all 3 nether ores:
  • Netherrack
  • Nether Bricks
  • Nether Quartz Ore
  • Nether Gold Ore
  • Ancient Debris
• A small nether "T" of nether bricks can also generate at the bottom of the scene, resembling a nether fortress

• Structure in this scene:
• T of Nether Bricks:

Soul sand valley scene

• Soul Sand Valley background:
  • 
• Main block: soul sand
• Composition:
  • Soul Sand
  • Nether Wart
• This scene has hills of soul sand with occasional nether warts generate as the floor.
• There is nothing to fill the sky so this scene will be somewhat empty (if it is very tall).
• Pillars and hills of soul sand also generate on the floor.

The End scene

• The End background:
  • (the central island of the End)
  • 
  • 
• Main block: end stone
• Composition:
  • End Stone
  • End Stone Bricks
• Generates with end stone on the floor, and hearts made of end stone bricks in the sky.
• Small spikes of end stone also generate on the floor.

• Structures in this scene:
• End stone spike:
• Heart of end stone bricks:

Sounds

Blocks

Sounds	Blocks
	Allium Ancient Debris Azure Bluet Blue Orchid Bricks Chiseled Sandstone Coal Ore Deepslate Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Deepslate Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Diamond Ore Dripstone Block End Stone End Stone Bricks Glass Gold Ore Iron Ore Nether Bricks Nether Gold Ore Nether Quartz Ore Nether Wart Netherrack Orange Concrete Orange Tulip Oxeye Daisy Painting Pink Tulip Pointed Dripstone Redstone Ore Sandstone Stone TNT White Tulip White Wool
	Cherry Leaves Dirt Grass Block Oak Leaves Sand Snowy Grass Block Soul Sand
	Birch Log Cherry Log Oak Log Oak Planks
	Frosted Ice Ice Snow Block

Unique

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description
	When a chiseled bookshelf, furnace, jack o' lantern, or redstone lamp is toggled
	When a crafting table is clicked
	While a search result is being broken
	When the player's pickaxe is upgraded
	When the player upgrades to a netherite pickaxe
	When the X button is pressed
	When the Google Delight is closed by the creeper
	When a TNT block explodes

Gallery

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  The spritesheet used for all of the blocks in the mini-game.

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  The screen a user would get once they would search up "minecraft". A grass block icon appear at the bottom of the screen.

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  The screen that appears once the user clicks on the grass block icon. An X icon appear in its place and Steve's fist would appear.

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  Using a stone pickaxe in the mini-game.

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  Using a netherite pickaxe in the mini-game.

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  A closer look at the grass block icon.

Trivia

• A few a blocks have their textures in the spritesheet, but don't generate in any scene. These are:
  • Cake
  • Mossy Stone Bricks
  • Spruce Leaves
  • Stone Bricks
• 2 types of oak leaves generate:
  • Transparent ones
  • Non-transparent ones, which can be seen in Minecraft by setting the graphics mode to "fast".