{"id":1815750,"date":"2026-03-09T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815750"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:25:50","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-has-only-just-released-but-players-are-already-starting-to-figure-out-minecraft-like-automatic-builds-and-logic-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815750","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has only just released, but players are already starting to figure out Minecraft-like automatic builds and logic gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has only just released, but players are already starting to figure out Minecraft-like automatic builds and logic gates<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Can&#8217;t stop progress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokopia_Tangrowth.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Tangrowth custom image\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Pokopia_Tangrowth.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-09T12:25:50+00:00\">March 9, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"97168ab0-566e-4c63-908e-fb3d4fd497ad\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> is all about restoring a world that&#8217;s, quite frankly, in shambles after a mysterious cataclysm. However, since Ditto and their pals have all the time in the world, some players are choosing to rebuild old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a> tech in a different setting, and the first results are promising.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">r\/Pokopia<\/a> is starting to heat up following the game&#8217;s first weekend out in the wild, and it comes as no surprise players with enough free time on their hands are carefully exploring what can and can&#8217;t be done inside the massive sandbox. Redstone ain&#8217;t a thing in the game, but electricity is, so keep an eye on what happens when more players reach that point of the journey. Regardless, folks like nin10Donuts may have cracked the start of a tech &#8216;arms&#8217; race in Pokopia with far less:<\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1rohz8s\/made_an_automatic_lava_waterfall_usings_lasers\/\">Made an automatic lava waterfall usings lasers, windows and doors.<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/nin10Donuts\/\">u\/nin10Donuts<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">Pokopia<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>An &#8220;automatic lava waterfall&#8221; might not seem very useful, but as far as first experiments go, it&#8217;s impressive stuff. How does it work? Laser blocks. &#8220;The opening and closing of windows triggers lasers. Same idea with doors and gates swinging open. Eventually the floodgates are triggered letting the lava out,&#8221; the user explained. Even nin10Donuts isn&#8217;t sure of what they&#8217;re accomplishing with the build, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1rohz8s\/comment\/o9fkhno\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">full explanation<\/a> signals they&#8217;re indeed cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Taking things a step further, in a different post (see below), nin10Donuts explored AND logic gates after some suggested the idea after seeing the lava waterfall. With water, doors, and a sprinkler, something cool can happen. &#8220;It begins,&#8221; one user said as everyone started joking a new era in crafting games might be starting following these early discoveries. &#8220;!RemindMe 1 year,&#8221; another poster added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1roroup\/made_an_and_logic_gate\/\">Made an AND logic gate<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/nin10Donuts\/\">u\/nin10Donuts<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">Pokopia<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been here before, so allow me to say &#8220;we&#8217;re so back&#8221; as I wait for inevitable basic computer builds by engineers&#8230; as long as they don&#8217;t run into hardware limitations. After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> isn&#8217;t a beefy PC. In any case, this game <em>has the juice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> is all about restoring a world that&#8217;s, quite frankly, in shambles after a mysterious cataclysm. However, since Ditto and their pals have all the time in the world, some players are choosing to rebuild old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a> tech in a different setting, and the first results are promising.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">r\/Pokopia<\/a> is starting to heat up following the game&#8217;s first weekend out in the wild, and it comes as no surprise players with enough free time on their hands are carefully exploring what can and can&#8217;t be done inside the massive sandbox. Redstone ain&#8217;t a thing in the game, but electricity is, so keep an eye on what happens when more players reach that point of the journey. Regardless, folks like nin10Donuts may have cracked the start of a tech &#8216;arms&#8217; race in Pokopia with far less:<\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1rohz8s\/made_an_automatic_lava_waterfall_usings_lasers\/\">Made an automatic lava waterfall usings lasers, windows and doors.<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/nin10Donuts\/\">u\/nin10Donuts<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">Pokopia<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>An &#8220;automatic lava waterfall&#8221; might not seem very useful, but as far as first experiments go, it&#8217;s impressive stuff. How does it work? Laser blocks. &#8220;The opening and closing of windows triggers lasers. Same idea with doors and gates swinging open. Eventually the floodgates are triggered letting the lava out,&#8221; the user explained. Even nin10Donuts isn&#8217;t sure of what they&#8217;re accomplishing with the build, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1rohz8s\/comment\/o9fkhno\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">full explanation<\/a> signals they&#8217;re indeed cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Taking things a step further, in a different post (see below), nin10Donuts explored AND logic gates after some suggested the idea after seeing the lava waterfall. With water, doors, and a sprinkler, something cool can happen. &#8220;It begins,&#8221; one user said as everyone started joking a new era in crafting games might be starting following these early discoveries. &#8220;!RemindMe 1 year,&#8221; another poster added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/comments\/1roroup\/made_an_and_logic_gate\/\">Made an AND logic gate<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/nin10Donuts\/\">u\/nin10Donuts<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Pokopia\/\">Pokopia<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been here before, so allow me to say &#8220;we&#8217;re so back&#8221; as I wait for inevitable basic computer builds by engineers&#8230; as long as they don&#8217;t run into hardware limitations. After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> isn&#8217;t a beefy PC. In any case, this game <em>has the juice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has only just released, but players are already starting to figure out Minecraft-like automatic builds and logic gates Can&#8217;t stop progress. 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