That's a pretty cool way to announce an update. Minecraftlike Planets³ debuted its first playable pre-alpha version with a short timelapse video, featuring four testers building the announcement out of in-game blocks. You can check out the whole thing below.

At the moment, the game itself is basically a crash-prone but pretty slideshow in which you can build (slower, but better-looking than Minecraft in its early early days). Here's a screenshot:

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