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Skyblock is a minigame in the sandbox video game Minecraft .[ citation needed ] The original minigame consists of a small island floating in the air, on which a player must survive on, [1] although the gameplay and rules may vary. [2]

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Gameplay

The original Skyblock consists of a small island floating in the air. The player must survive on the island, with the goal of expanding the island, get food, and continuing to survive. [2]

History

Variations of Skyblock were added to several servers, such as Hypixel, [3] the most popular server in the game. [4]

Clones

Similar clones of the minigame were created in other video games.

In 2020, Skyblock was created as game in Roblox , developed by Blockman Go, which become among the most popular games on the platform, with over 75,000 players. After a DMCA request, however, the game was shut down due to copyright issues. The developer had changed the game's name to "Islands" to avoid this, but to no avail.[ citation needed ]

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