It was PC. I’ve tried the PC gamer demo and the “North Carolina” seed for all probable game versions (1.3 to 1.6), and the base world generation just doesn’t match. There is a hill nearby which could be close, but the biomes are all wrong.
There is a chance, albeit not very high, that it was a cracked version of the game using a seed I simply forgot with time, but it would be quite difficult to brute force that since I would then need to figure out both the version and seed. Given I am fairly certain I generated the same world a few times, it’s possible I might be able to guess it.
Update: I have given the PC gamer demo another look after finding it on a very old hard drive. While it does not match my memory precisely, or even super closely, some key details do match, including one specific ore placement and the existence of two caves close to spawn. I suspect this must be the correct seed and I have been misremembering the details.
what platform? pc/ console?
I know pcgamer had a demo on pc but not sure if that sounds like your description
It was PC. I’ve tried the PC gamer demo and the “North Carolina” seed for all probable game versions (1.3 to 1.6), and the base world generation just doesn’t match. There is a hill nearby which could be close, but the biomes are all wrong.
There is a chance, albeit not very high, that it was a cracked version of the game using a seed I simply forgot with time, but it would be quite difficult to brute force that since I would then need to figure out both the version and seed. Given I am fairly certain I generated the same world a few times, it’s possible I might be able to guess it.
Update: I have given the PC gamer demo another look after finding it on a very old hard drive. While it does not match my memory precisely, or even super closely, some key details do match, including one specific ore placement and the existence of two caves close to spawn. I suspect this must be the correct seed and I have been misremembering the details.