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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Now that the judging of this year's competition is done, you can watch two of our judges evaluate and discuss this year's generated Minecraft settlements: youtu.be/_PNHO70HwpY?... #Minecraft #GDMC

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Evaluating Minecraft AI Generators - GDMC 2026

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

TODAY is SUBMISSION DAY!!! If you want to participate in the AI Settlement Generation Challenge this year, you have until the end of the 1st of July to submit your entry. gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Submissions for the 2026 AI Settlement Generation Challenge in #Minecraft are now open until the 1st of July. More details: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se... @niels-ntg.bsky.social @togelius.bsky.social @christophsalge.bsky.social #genAI

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Check out this great video about us 👈 by Dr. Tommy Thompson at AI in Games. Interview with last year's winner, and lots of cool footage of the past entries of the GDMC.

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Niels NTG @niels-ntg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Announcing the 2026 @gendesignmc.bsky.social Minecraft Settlement Generation Competition! Make PCG systems in Minecraft, where the challenge is to write an algorithm that generates a settlement that dynamically adapts to any terrain. More info + Discord link: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...

Text: GDMC 2026: Minecraft Settlement Generation Competition
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Niels NTG @niels-ntg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

GDMC, the annual contest for procedural settlement generation systems in Minecraft ( @gendesignmc.bsky.social ) is this year also hosted on @itch.io as a gamejam! Come and join us at: itch.io/jam/gdmc2026 [submission deadline: 2026 July 1]

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GDMC 2026: Minecraft Settlement Generation Competition

A game jam from 2026-02-15 to 2026-06-30 hosted by NTG. The Generative Design in Minecraft ( GDMC ) Settlement Generation Challenge is an annual competition that has been running since 2018 in which p...

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The folks at @aiandgames.com dropped a new video, featuring the GDMC AI Settlement Generation Challenge. And there is still plenty of time to join for this year: gendesignmc.wikidot.com

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Generative Design in Minecraft (GDMC) - Generative Design in Minecraft

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft has concluded for 2025 - and after a round of human judging - we are now ready to announce the winners. You can watch the results live at 15:00 UK time, on the 30th of Aug, 2025. youtu.be/owJC8QqHDTA?...

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Winner Presentation of the 2025 GDMC AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft.

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Niels NTG @niels-ntg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Some images from this year's @gendesignmc.bsky.social Minecraft settlement PCG challenge. We got submissions from both new and returning teams, using a variety of techniques conventional and new. Results will be announced at IEEE Conference of Games, which is held in Lisbon 🇵🇹 later this August.

Minecraft village situated in green hills, surrounded by a wooden wall

Minecraft village nestled between large mountains

Minecraft settlement located around a river in a desert biome

Minecraft settelement during nighttime with buildings in an East-Asian style

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We are also happy to announce that we are part of the official IEEE Conference on Games competitios: cog2025.inesc-id.pt/competitions/ We are also sponsored by the IEEE CIS, who are providing prizes for our three winning teams. See details: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2025-se...

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Adrian Brightmoore / The World Foundry @theworldfoundry.com · 24/05/2025

The second that comes to mind is a massive procedural library in #Minecraft that was created for the @gendesignmc.bsky.social annual competition by @niels-ntg.bsky.social Snapshots from this project are over here: bsky.app/profile/niel...

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The GDMC AI Settlement Generation competition has again teamed up with the #IEEE conference on games, and we are happy to be one of its official competitions: cog2025.inesc-id.pt/gdmc/

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GDMC – AI Settlement Generation Competition in Minecraft

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The #GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition in #Minecraft is kicking off for its 2025 run. Feel free to share and participate. More info on our wiki gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2025-se... Do you think you can write code that can make and interesting Minecraft settlement? Show us!

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proc_gen @procgen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The AI Settlement Generation Competition has been running since 2018. The basic idea is that you write a script that can create some kind of settlement on an arbitrary Minecraft map (via map editor or custom Minecraft API). Then they take the scripts, run them on some maps, and judge the results.

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The GDMC organizers have a new team member - welcome aboard Niels. Now its time to get ready for the next, AI Settlement Generation Challenge. #GDMC #GDMC2025

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GDMC AI Settlement Generation Competition @gendesignmc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We are new on BlueSky, but the GDMC competition has been running annually for 7 years now. Here is the announcement of last years winners: youtu.be/u_MXME9rzfw?... If you want to know more, check out our wiki: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/start

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GDMCWinner2024 - Winner presentation of the 7th AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft

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