The Dark Mirror

Mirror Mirror in the study, why’s a spider right behind me?

Mirrors, in addition to saving us from the scourge of spinach teeth, are supposed to reflect the world around us. But what if, when we peer through the looking glass, we see a world darker than we expect? Where our bright lights become creeping shadows, and all the smiles in the family portrait are still there but with sharper teeth and red eye so red it looks almost bloody? That’s the chilling vision Robin_rgx and his Gravity Dream team created in their Dark Mirror project.

Now I’ve seen a lot of fantastic builds, and I know Tom and Marsh would be upset to see I’m playing favorites (sorry not sorry!), but the Dark Mirror is by far the most creepy, creative one I’ve ever seen. And it’s that capacity for boundless creativity that hooked Robin and his building team friends Speryosse and Nugus.

“From the start, we played Minecraft like a survival game,” explains Robin_rgx. “But from there, we realized this game has an unlimited potential for creation and an outlet for our unique expression. That’s how we got started making builds together. Like everyone else, we started out small. But eventually our style evolved, leading us to making the Dark Mirror.”

Unsurprisingly, given the level of detail in the build, it took a dedicated team of builders and thousands of blocks to create. Robin explains the process.

“To make Dark Mirror on such a large scale, we first had to construct it in miniature. We started working on the project in a much, much smaller and detailed scale. That way, when it was time to recreate it full scale, we had a model to work from to keep everything coherent. Altogether it took us about a month to build.”