A cluster of galaxies that Slayton created in Minecraft Chris DaCow via YouTube Though the expansiveness of the universe may be daunting to some, 18-year-old Christopher Slayton decided to embrace ...

Where DRGS changes things up is by setting the game in the Deep Rock Galactic universe, a sci-fi setting that mixes dwarves, aliens, booze, mining, and minerals into one big mess of fun.

Mr. Slayton, 18, didn’t have to leave his desk to do so. He set out to build the entire observable universe, block by block, in Minecraft, a video game where users build and explore worlds.

Minecraft has been used to build some incredible creations, including a replica of San Francisco's Chinatown, but one player has upped the ante and re-created what he calls "the entire known ...