Editing Greenfield (Minecraft)

{{short description|Fictional city created in Minecraft}}
{{Infobox
| title        = Greenfield Minecraft
| image      = [[File:Small Greenfield Minecraft logo with background.png|256px]]
| label1      = Initial release
| data1       = {{Start date and age|2011|08|29|df=yes}}
| label2      = Latest release
| data2       = 0.5.4 / {{Start date and age|2022|10|15|df=yes}}
| label3      = Platform
| data3       = ''[[Minecraft]] Java Edition'' 1.17.1''<ref>{{cite web |title=Greenfield Minecraft - Downloads |url=https://www.greenfieldmc.net/downloads/ |website=www.greenfieldmc.net}}</ref>
| label4      = Website
| data4       = [https://www.greenfieldmc.net www.greenfieldmc.net]
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Greenfield (''Minecraft'')}}
'''Greenfield''' is a fictional city created in the [[sandbox video game]] ''[[Minecraft]]''. As of May 2022, the city is one-fourth complete and has a size of 20 million blocks.<ref name="rps">{{cite web|last=Crowley|first=Nate|date=May 20, 2020|title=400 people spent a decade building a 1:1 city in Minecraft|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/400-people-spent-a-decade-building-a-11-city-in-minecraft|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213173718/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/400-people-spent-a-decade-building-a-11-city-in-minecraft|archive-date=February 13, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]}}</ref> The city was started by Minecraft user THEJESTR in August 2011.<ref name="destructoid">{{cite web|last=Carter|first=Chris|date=May 21, 2020|title=People will be able to visit Minecraft's Greenfield soon: a digital city almost a decade in the making|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/people-will-be-able-to-visit-minecraft-s-greenfield-soon-a-digital-city-almost-a-decade-in-the-making-591587.phtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101084323/https://www.destructoid.com/stories/people-will-be-able-to-visit-minecraft-s-greenfield-soon-a-digital-city-almost-a-decade-in-the-making-591587.phtml|archive-date=November 1, 2020|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=[[Destructoid]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Nov 1, 2020|title='Greenfield Minecraft' Official Website|url=https://www.greenfieldmc.net/about/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> As of April 2022, there are approximately 1.1 million downloads of the city map.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Planet Minecraft- 'Greenfield - The Largest City In Minecraft - V0.5.3'|url=https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/greenfield---new-life-size-city-project/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> According to ''Planet Minecraft'' statistics, Greenfield is the third-most downloaded Minecraft map of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=14 Feb 2021|title=Planet Minecraft - Top Downloaded Maps - All Time|url=https://www.planetminecraft.com/projects/?order=order_downloads&time_machine=all_time|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Planet Minecraft}}</ref>

Greenfield is designed to resemble the West Coast of the United States, heavily inspired by [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="rps" /> and is built to a one-to-one scale, with each block's size being one cubic meter.<ref name="vg247">{{cite web|last=Nunneley|first=Stephany|date=May 20, 2020|title=This city in Minecraft took 400 people nine years to build|url=https://www.vg247.com/2020/05/20/minecraft-greenfield-400-people-nine-years/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207012352/https://www.vg247.com/2020/05/20/minecraft-greenfield-400-people-nine-years/|archive-date=February 7, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=[[VG247]]}}</ref> It has various features of an actual city, such as industrial areas, ports, public transportation, suburbs, a downtown area, and the most recent addition: an airport, added in the 0.5.4 release.<ref name="rps" /><ref name="vg247" /> With thousands of builds, Greenfield is continuously being worked on with an increasing standard of build quality.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenfield Minecraft - About|url=https://www.greenfieldmc.net/about/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=www.greenfieldmc.net}}</ref> Almost every building has elaborate interiors, which are inspected for functionality each time a new build is published.<ref name="rps" /><ref name="vg247" /> A group of 10 people supervise the city, and more than 400 people have helped build the city.<ref name="rps" />

As of the latest release, Greenfield has 39 districts.

== Critic response ==
Gina Lees, writing for ''[[PCGamesN]]'', listed Greenfield as one of the best ''Minecraft'' cities, writing that it has "incredible city detail" and that one "can spend ages wandering through the different areas".<ref name="pcgamesn">{{cite web|last=Lees|first=Gina|date=April 28, 2020|title=The best Minecraft cities|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/best-minecraft-cities|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203060929/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/best-minecraft-cities|archive-date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[PCGamesN]]}}</ref> Stephany Nunneley of ''[[VG247]]'' called the city "amazing",<ref name="vg247" /> and Chris Carter of ''[[Destructoid]]'' described it as a "living and breathing" city.<ref name="destructoid" /> According to Bryan Lawver of ''[[Screen Rant]]'', Greenfield's level of detail makes it resemble more of "a screenshot from ''[[SimCity]]'' than a blocky ''Minecraft'' creation when viewed from above".<ref name="screen rant">{{cite web|last=Lawver|first=Brian|date=July 29, 2020|title=Huge Minecraft City's Aerial View Looks Like the SimCity We Deserve|url=https://screenrant.com/minecraft-city-greenfield-aerial-view-looks-like-simcity/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209045744/https://screenrant.com/minecraft-city-greenfield-aerial-view-looks-like-simcity/|archive-date=February 9, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Dmitry Lapunov, also writing for ''Screen Rant'', stated that the city's features make it "look believable", calling the city "a project of sincere passion".<ref name="screen rant2">{{cite web|last=Lapunov|first=Dmitry|date=May 14, 2020|title=Insanely Complicated 9-Year Minecraft City Looks Like A Photograph|url=https://screenrant.com/minecraft-city-complicated-greenfield-community-creators/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609201658/https://screenrant.com/minecraft-city-complicated-greenfield-community-creators/|archive-date=June 9, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Nate Crowley of ''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' found the terraforming of the landscape to be more impressive than the city itself, saying that it reminded him of planet builders in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.<ref name="rps" /> 

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{official website|https://www.greenfieldmc.net/}}
*[https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/greenfield---new-life-size-city-project/ Planet Minecraft page]

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