Back to Europe!!​

Si si, we are back to Europe with this beautiful Italy map! Andd we are so glad to publish it, especially me, since it is one of my favourite map we generated (not biased at all!). As usual, just join our Discord server to download the map!

Oh and also... It does comes with Vatican included. Small, but still there.

Enjoy the map !!

Ciao ciao!!

Trailer​

Here is the trailer! By the way, our short trailer versions are also uploaded on TikTok and may appear soon on our Instagram page.

Enjoy !

Geek's footnote: I'll use raw Debian as my daily driver distribution if we reach 1000 members by the end of the year (how likely is this even?). If you wanna see me suffer, you know what to do.
Also, I'll let you know why I'm talking about Debian after the Arch fiasco later on. Trust!

Morocco, first African map for EarthMaker !​

Yes, our first African map ! Morocco is a well-known (really?) country that is quite big by the way. And yes, usually, generating African countries take even more time than for European ones, as they are much bigger. But here we did with Morocco !! As usual, just join our Discord server to download the map!

Enjoy the map !!

Trailer​

Here is the trailer! By the way, our short trailer versions are also uploaded on TikTok and may appear soon on our Instagram page.

Enjoy !

Geek's footnote: I'll use raw Debian as my daily driver distribution if we reach 1000 members by the end of the year (how likely is this even?). If you wanna see me suffer, you know what to do

Bene what ?​

Benediction, beneficial ? No, that's Benelux!! Also called "Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg", but it's quite long to write and sorry for you but I am quite a lazy guy (Geek's note: you're note alone). That's why we prefer to write it in a shortened way as BENELUX. As usual, just join our Discord server to download the map!

Enjoy the map ;)!

Trailer​

Here is the trailer! By the way, our short trailer versions are also uploaded on TikTok and may appear soon on our Instagram page.

Enjoy !

Support us​

Back in January 2025, we launched our GitHub Sponsors profile.
In 2025, we received a total of 2 donations, for a total amount of $25.
Generating maps costs money, and so does hosting them, so if you find our maps useful, feel free to make a donation through the box below:

Of course, do NOT donate if you can't afford it. You can instead spread the word about our maps too!

Small break​

In June, we took a 3-month break, during which I rewrote the download part of our Discord bot to serve the maps in a faster and more efficient way. I used to be able to download the maps at 10 MB/s, now I can download the same maps at 50 MB/s!

New maps​

Before our break, we were able to generate some maps, yet we never released them. We fixed this by releasing these maps starting in October 2025 and continuing until February 2026.
In 2025, we released 6 maps. And we may (or may not) release even more in 2026. Stay tuned!

Updated maps​

In 2025, we updated 1 map, which was the Spain map. We replaced it with the Iberia map which of course contains Spain, but also Portugal.

Trailers​

In 2025, we released 12 trailers (2 for each map, a vertical version and a long version).
Our YouTube channel gained 36 subscribers (for a total of 56), our videos were viewed 10,638 times, for a total watch time of 25.3 hours. Most of the views came from our vertical trailers which explains why we had 1000x more views than last year, yet our watch time was only about 7% greater than in 2024.
Our top 3 most viewed trailers were:

• Long form: 3. Switzerland Trailer (306 views, made in 2024) 2. Poland Trailer (336 views)
  1. Korea Trailer (504 views)
• Short form: 3. United Kingdom / Ireland Trailer (1,696 views) 2. Germany Trailer (1,704 views)
  1. Poland Trailer (1,877 views)
  2. Taiwan Trailer (1,877 views) This is correct, two of our short form trailers got the same amount of views.

Hello TikTok...​

In 2025, we launched our TikTok profile, hoping to gain more visibility. So far, none of our trailers have passed the 220 views mark. If you use TikTok, make sure to drop us a follow!

...and hello Instagram.​

In 2025, we also launched our Instagram profile. It is currently empty, but we'll publish our trailers on this platform too, going forward.

Some Discord stats​

In 2025, 1,712 messages were sent on our Discord server, across all channels. The most active channel was of course our general chat, with 882 messages.
107 people joined our server this year, either to download maps, maybe talk, or just to download a map and leave.
We ended the year with 314 members on our Discord server.
I promised I would install Arch Linux as my main OS if we reached 333 members before the end of the year. The goal was not reached, but I'll relaunch the challenge for this year.
Do you want me to install and suffer with Arch Linux? It's very easy, simply join our Discord server, and if we reach 333 members (or more) at the end of the year, I'll do it once I manage to buy RAM (and other components) at a decent price.

Hello 2026​

This is not the end of EarthMaker, we still have some maps to release (stay tuned, the Benelux map drops next week).
Stay funky, and take care!

New record!​

That's right, this map is our biggest release... yet (stay tuned™️). You will need 123GB of storage on your computer to download all of the parts, and the uncompressed map is about 145GB. Will people even download it? I have no clue... As usual, just join our Discord server to download the map!

Failed attempt...​

I always record the trailers with 32 chunks of render distance. But over the last weeks, a mod has gone viral, called Voxy. Its permise is pretty simple: have 2048 chunks of render distance, without compromising FPS, thanks to the power of level of details (aka LODs).
Importing this map into Voxy took litteral hours (and ate 128GB of storage in the process). But once the chunks were rendered, the performance hit was unnoticeable.
However, Flashback, yet supported by Voxy seemed to keep some kind of hole between the LODs and the actual chunks. I will retry later on, hopefully when the mod will be less unstable.

...(almost) lost media​

I'm not even joking, we were planning on making a trailer a while (almost a year ago!) back, but it never got ready. We almost lost any evidence of it. But I managed to get the first few seconds of the said version. Here they are, before they become lost media:

Trailer​

Of course, I had to make a trailer for this brand new map. So here is it, with my render distance set to 32 chunks.
Enjoy!

Last reminder: we're trying to reach 333 members on our Discord server by the end of the year. If we succeed, I'll install Arch Linux as my next OS. Make sure to share the EarthMaker project to anybody who might be interested in our maps!

Taiwan is in the place!​

We are so happy to release this new map following our schedule, yes the one you do not have access to (or don't you?). Well, we let you make your own opinion by downloading the map. And as usual, our maps are free of charge until further notice!
Don't hesitate to join our Discord server to download the map!

Trailer and...​

Cheers to Geek who again produced the trailer and DALIX who reviewed it!
Our shorts are still on their way to be published on a new platform soon, stay tuned it!

Enjoy the new trailer!

Geek's footnote: As mentionned in our previous post, we're trying to reach 333 members on our Discord server by the end of the year. If we succeed, I'll install Arch Linux as my next OS. Make sure to share the EarthMaker project to anybody who might be interested in our maps!

**Not pi but Polish

P-day means Poland !​

We are so glad to release this new map today. Poland is such a beautiful country to build in, isn't-it?
Well, we let you make your own opinion by downloading the map. And as usual, our maps are free of charge until further notice!
Don't hesitate to join our Discord server to download the map!

Trailer and...​

Huge thanks to Geek who again made the entire trailer and DALIX for reviewing it!
Furthemore, I almost forgot to tell you, but our short videos may be released on a new platform soon!

Enjoy the new trailer!

Geek's footnote: We're trying to reach 333 members on our Discord server by the end of the year. If we succeed, I'll install Arch Linux as my next OS. Make sure to share the EarthMaker project to anybody who might be interested in our maps!

Are we there yet?​

Yes! As usual, our maps are free until further notice! So all you have to do is to join our Discord server and download the map!

New trailer​

Our last trailer generated more engagement than our previous trailers. Seriously! We went from 22 subscribers to 37 in the span of a week (I did the math, that's about a 73% increase!).

In the previous trailers, the recording and camera effects were done using the good old ReplayMod, but I realized it was sometimes rendering choppy videos.
To avoid this issue, I tried out Flashback. This mode has more features, and does not have this issue. At least until now. There are only one major I could find to Flashback when comparing both mods: the export duration is longer on Flashback. Otherwise, the upgrade was worth it.

Oh, and before I forget again, you'll see in the trailer the place where this very specific map was generated. Will you be able to find it ?

Enjoy the new trailer!

What's included?​

I'll keep it short, the Korea map includes territory from both North and South Korea.
As always, you are welcome to use this map on your server for any purpose.

New trailer​

Last time, you might remember that I lost my thermal paste tube.
Guess what? I've since managed to get my computer up and running again.

This means we also have a new trailer for our map!

Wait... How?​

While discussing our future maps with some friends, I was asked this question several times:

You guys don't have a server to generate maps anymore. How comes you can generate new maps?

And that question made sense, because they were missing a key piece of information.
We had used our previous server to (almost) its full potential.

When procrastination becomes your best friend...​

At the time, we had planned around eight maps even before renting a new server to generate maps. Then we finally rented the said server. We discussed the hardware specs (and some software specs too!) in the previous blog post, if you're interested.
This allowed us to regenerate the maps that had either some quality issues or weren't as detailed as they were meant to be.

Once the maps that required updating or regeneration had been completed, we then commenced work on new maps.

A few months later, these maps were all ready to go. But we wanted to make a trailer alongside the release of the maps.
While I am not in a position to speak on behalf of all trailer makers, I can say with confidence that the part of the process that takes me the longest is the recording of the footage and the application of the camera effects.

And so... I had considered postponing this task.
This was until we ceased generating maps for the time being.

Semi-revival​

Fast forward until september.
We have prepared our "classic" maps for download. However, we also had our unreleased maps that were awaiting public release.

We had sufficient unreleased maps to release one every other week for a period of five months.

This gave me enough motivation to make trailers for the upcomming maps.

New trailer​

You might think I'm the only one making the trailers. And... you're wrong.

It's true that I'm the one recording the footage and editing the trailers, but I'm always assisted by älg (helping choosing which places we showcase in the trailers) and DALIX for visual assets. And they review the trailer before we publish it too!

And after a few hours of work, our new trailer is finally ready:

And I was glad I finished the trailer early enough, as I then opened my laptop to fix the overheat issues I had by cleaning the dust, and replacing the thermal paste, then I realized I lost my thermal paste tube...

Fresh update... and new maps!​

After several months of inactivity (well, we were active but you could had not noticed that), we're back with new maps!
Have you ever dreamt to build in Fr*nce or Italy ? Well, this dream can be yours now. In the following weeks, we're going to release the following maps:

• Africa
  • Morocco (21st January)
• Asia
  • Korea (22th October)
  • Taiwan (10th December)
• Europe
  • Benelux (7th January)
  • Denmark (18th February)
  • Fr*nce (eww) (24th December)
  • Germany (12th November)
  • Iberia (out now, replaces the Portugal map)
  • Italy (4th February)
  • Poland (26th November)
  • United Kingdom / Ireland (1st October)

Join our Discord to be the first to get mentionned when a new map releases!

Improved download experience​

The EarthMaker Assistant bot is back, with a huge change. Instead of using a single channel, we rewrote the bot to use Discord's forum channel feature.
You can find the map you're looking for using the search bar provided by Discord, and you can also filter by tags.
But behind the scenes, we reworked the way download works, leading to increased download speeds. Feel free to share additional feedback on Discord about how we can improve the bot.

The future of EarthMaker​

As you may know, generating these maps is quite costy. Feel free to check the an in-depth explaination below.

For the moment, we don't have any plans to generate more maps, but this does not mean, that we won't continue.
New maps will release when we have the financial means to cover the server costs.
If you wish to support our work, please consider donating via the button below:

The 100% of the donations will be used to cover the project's costs.

Sharing is caring​

Our maps are provided for free, and you can use them however you want, but we'd appreciate if you could link back to our website, on a sign, on your website, or on your socials for example.
As mentionned earlier, if you want to donate (both one-time and monthly are possible), you're free to sponsor us on GitHub Sponsors.

Making trailers for our maps was something that was planned from the beginning of the project.
Let's sit down and talk a bit about the reason why we haven't done it before.

Context​

I think I need to give you some context. You may or may not remember the PlanetMinecraft incident.
Being on PlanetMinecraft has a huge advantage. It's a community-trusted website that's been around for a long time. And with half a million of maps (578,460 and counting as of today), it is easy to find the map you want. And because this website has here for a long time, it has a really good SEO score, which means that people who post their projects here have a good chance of being found by Google or any other search engine.
In fact, it's because we were using PlanetMinecraft that we had new members joining on a regular basis (sometimes we had 3-4 people join on the same day).

And as expected, since we removed all of our maps from the website, fewer and fewer people joined the server.

Back to the sketching board​

Creating a website to showcase our map was just the first phase of getting out of PlanetMinecraft. The issue is that our SEO score is low. One way to improve it is to have backlinks from a website with high SEO score. Most social media sites don't make it easy for search engines to discover and index the content. But YouTube does.

That's where the trailers come in. YouTube has a good SEO score, and we might be able to eventually link back to our website in the video description. At the very least, we would be able to redirect people to our website if the Google crawler won't take in account the backlink.
Another thing to do would be to make a Shorts version of the trailer. Lots of people are watching YouTube Shorts, so that's another way to get more attention.

Making trailer​

Now that we know what to do, it's time to pick a map. I choose the Switzerland map because it was the first map we ever released.
To record, all I used was the good old Replay Mod, with the PureBDCraft 256x resource pack and the Sildur's Vibrant Extreme Shaders. As simple as that.

The result​

That's it, after 3-4 hours of work, the trailer is ready! And the Shorts version too! Here is the result:

That's it! If you are reading this, then welcome to this website!
Is there a reason for this site to exist? Nope!
Should it have existed? Nope!
Does it exist in spite of everything? Yop!
Stick around to see why this website actually exists.

The PlanetMinecraft incident​

Back in the day, when we launched the project, we were not really known at all (and now we got over 300 members, which is way beyond our expectations). We created a PlanetMinecraft account, to show around our maps, hopefully some people would notice (and yes, people noticed).

And everything went well, until that day, where all of our maps (but 3 for some reason) were taken down.

However, there was more than just a link issue. We tried to appeal for one map only (to save both our and PMC's staff time), and we learned about a rule that makes the whole project forbidden on PMC.

To be fair, that rule actually makes sense, yet in that case it wouldn't be possible to build our maps by hand, a block at a time.

Moving on​

We then had to comply, and removed all of our maps from PlanetMinecraft. The only way we now have to gain attention is to have our own website... A website like the one you're currently viewing.

Of course, we won't get the same attention we had on PlanetMinecraft, so if you enjoy our maps, feel free to share our website with your friends!

Instead of posting the maps on PlanetMinecraft, we'll post them on this website, and we'll make teasers to post on our YouTube channel.

Closing thoughts​

I'd like to apologie to the PlanetMinecraft staff for wasting their time and breaking their rules.
Also, again, please don't harass them (screenshot was slightly censored for a reason), they are doing a wonderful job at moderating their website, which even in 2024 is still a good place to find awesome Minecraft content.