After two promo videos in a row, most players had already guessed this was Nebula Games' special way of promoting Minecraft.
Players who had already tried building houses in the game were shaken after seeing the Ancient Rome and "Forbidden City" videos. Some couldn't even focus on eating or drinking anymore.
Their minds were racing with possibilities, wishing they could jump into the game world right away to try it themselves.
Even though many players knew deep down that building something on the scale of "Ancient Rome" or the "Forbidden City" was probably impossible for them alone,
simpler projects seemed doable, right?
In that moment, many players who once built ugly little matchbox houses completely forgot their past failures.
All they could think about now were grand, beautiful buildings.
It was like playing Dark Souls: you might get crushed by Iudex Gundyr, but after watching pros take down the Nameless King without getting hit, suddenly you feel like you can do it too.
You might not beat the Nameless King, but going back to fight Gundyr? No problem.
That was exactly the mindset of most players now.
Clearly, the recent hype shocked them as well.
"Lucas really nailed it this time. He's turned Minecraft's promotion into an art!"
"Yeah, I never thought this game could be so jaw-dropping. First Ancient Rome, then the Forbidden City. Incredible!"
"The key is, everything in those videos seems like something players can actually make themselves."
"And the promo has gone way beyond the gaming circle."
"Well, it's because it's so positive, and the art style is very wholesome. Sure, there are monsters, but they're cartoony."
"Still, at the end of the day, it's just a block game. How much more can it really surprise us?"
"Exactly, no matter what, it's still just blocks."
"Cut the crap and check Lucas' account right now. Holy shit! Minecraft can actually be played like this? I'm done!"
"What's going on?"
Three days after the "Forbidden City" video, Lucas dropped another post.
Players were buzzing with excitement. For the past two days, everyone had been guessing if there'd be another promo.
And if there was, what kind of shocking scene it would show.
The guesses were all over the place: Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, or even the imagined city of Lothric.
Players threw out ideas left and right.
And now, finally, a new video appeared.
They also noticed a pattern: every three days, a new video.
By the looks of it, was Lucas planning to keep this going until the official launch of the game?
But when players clicked into the latest post and video with excitement, many were stunned.
Because this third video was nothing like "Ancient Rome" or "Forbidden City."
The title was simple: How to Play "To Watts" on a Piano in Minecraft.
When players saw the title, they froze.
Wasn't this supposed to be about building houses and ancient cities?
How did it turn into a piano concert?
But once the video started, players were completely floored.
"What the hell am I looking at!?"
"You mean… you can actually play like this?"
"Wait! Isn't this just a block game?"
"Is this some new update?"
"Don't tell me this sound is actually from the game and not edited in after!"
Countless players stared at the footage in disbelief.
Sure, the Forbidden City and Ancient Rome were amazing, but at least you could imagine how they were built.
But this video?
All the players were stunned.
In the video, there was a huge piano made entirely out of blocks — with all 88 black and white keys, the piano body, pedals, soundboard, strings, and hammers.
From the outside it already looked impressive, though compared to the Ancient Rome and the Forbidden City builds, it wasn't quite as overwhelming.
But the key point was — this thing could move!
And it actually made sound.
As "To Watts" played, the black and white keys pressed up and down, the camera moved inside the piano, the dampers shifted, and the hammers struck the strings.
It wasn't just the players who were shocked.
This time even game designers in the industry were stunned.
What was going on?
Wasn't this supposed to be a block-stacking game?
How could someone build a piano?
And even make it produce sound in the game!?
Many designers were left completely dumbfounded.
They never imagined Minecraft could be used like this.
Especially those who had already been playing for five days — they were filled with doubt and rushed to open the Nebula Games platform to double-check.
No mistake!
They had bought the same game.
So why was the video so different from their own experience?
How did this even work?
Some hardcore grinders and technical players dug deeper and figured out part of the trick.
It seemed to involve the game's redstone system.
Plenty of players had already found redstone in Creative Mode before.
But few paid attention to it, or really understood it. At most they knew it could be used to make switches.
But now it was clear — that wasn't all.
As for ordinary media, they didn't care too much what Minecraft really was.
But because of earlier buzz around the Ancient Rome and Forbidden City builds, even non-gaming media had heard about it.
This piano video shocked even more gaming outlets.
A working piano inside the game, that could actually play sound.
How rare was that?
News sites rushed to repost it, with eye-catching headlines.
"A young man couldn't afford a piano, so he built one in a game!"
"Ever seen a pixel piano? Turns out it's real…"
It was classic clickbait.
But it also pushed Minecraft's popularity even further.
For gamers who had been following along, this completely changed how they saw the game.
Just from these videos, they could hardly believe these things were actually made inside the same game they had been playing.
And now, even more players were eagerly waiting for future videos, full of curiosity.
Could the game hold even more surprises?
(End of The Chapter)
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