Witches! Make sure you’re avoiding the splash potions they’re throwing at you! They can make you move slower or even poison you. Spooky stuff!
Armour dying. Tired of the usual look? Why not try the other 10 000 000 colours? Put your pants in the cauldron together with a dye and enjoy the new design!
Item frames. Show off your adventurous loot or put up one of your maps to remember the endless journeys.
Pumpkin and mob head hats. I know it is a bit early for Halloween, but at least now you can prepare properly! :)
And numerous bugs has been squashed, and unfortunately some have probably been sneaking in as well.
Some bugs in the game are more annoying than others. So we decided to take care of some of the bugs that were good candidates for winning a “most popular bugs” contest. We are very sorry for closing tickets with a large fan base. These issues will be missed, but we are relatively sure that their fans will find other interesting bugs to follow.
We are also getting very close to the first 1.9 pre-release. Please make sure you vote on the most severe bugs in the bug tracker if you want to make sure we look at them before releasing 1.9.
Notable changes:
Better riding mechanics for boats, horses, minecarts and saddled pigs
The elytra texture now defaults to the cape texture if no custom texture is uploaded and the player owns a cape
Some sounds are sounding better now
Some sounds are sounding different now
Most sounds are still sounding exactly as before
Most entities in the game should now move much smoother
Villagers are not making fun of players anymore when nobody is around
Update: Minecraft snapshot version 16w05b is now available in the launcher.
This weeks snapshot contains only few fixed for bugs reported on the bug tracker. We started looking at the Realms integration to make sure everything is up to date with the changes that were introduced during the lifetime of the 1.8.x versions.
We also started automating more of our internal workflows. It doesn’t make much sense to mention that here, because it’s nothing you can see in the game and it only makes our lives easier as developers, but for the sake of having a slighly longer post this week I decided to keep it in here.
Notable changes:
Fixed some bugs
Tweaked boats a bit more
Hidden a small recipe change
Endermites or now 2.44% more happy than before, especially in boats
Yet another week has passed, lots of bugs have been inspected, turned around and hopefully fixed. We’re inching ever closer to 1.9 and our focus is on stability, performance and the remaining polish.
This week’s snapshot is all about boats! We did another iteration on them so please have a swim with them (watch it, they can sink!).
As always we’d like to thank everyone who is reporting bugs, testing the snapshots and sending us feedback on our changes. While we get closer to 1.9 this will become more and more important. Please continue doing it and thanks to you all!
Minecraft: Story Mode coming to Wii U this Thursday
Hello!
I bring even more exciting news for Wii U owners. Just a few months ago you got Minecraft, and now I’m delighted to announce that Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Wii U this Thursday, January 21st.
The Wii U version will feature off-TV play and mirroring for the Wii’s GamePad controller, so you can play when someone else is doing less-fun things on the TV. You can even use the nifty touch interface if joysticks and buttons ain’t your bag.
The first episode will cost $4.99 or equivalent, but you can also buy a season pass for $19.99. That way, you’ll get access to episodes 2-5 as they become available to download.
Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic game series from Telltale Games. You play as Jesse who can be a male or female hero, and embark on an exciting adventure to save the world while learning about a group of legends known as The Order of the Stone. It’s a massive amount of fun for fans of Telltale’s games, Minecraft, or just good things in general. For more on Minecraft: Story Mode, check out Telltale’s official site.
Have fun, Wii U owners! Take care of Reuben for me, yeah?
Wii U のオーナーに興奮するニュースを持ってきたよ。二～三ヶ月前に WiiU でも Minecraft が手に入るようになった所で、この報告が出来るのを大変喜んでる。1月21日、この木曜日に Minecraft: Story Mode も Wii U にやってくる。
Wii U バージョンの特徴は Wii のゲームパッドコントローラにミラーすることで、テレビ画面が必要ない Off TV プレーが出来る事。だから、誰かが TV を見ているときもプレーする事が出来る。もしジョイスティックとボタンが鞄になくても、タッチインターフェースを使ってプレーする事さえ出来るんだ。
Minecraft: Story Mode は Telltale Games のエピソードのあるゲームシリーズ。みんなは男性か女性のヒーロー Jesse としてプレーし、The Order of the Stone として知られている伝説のグループについて学ぶと同時にエキサイティングな世界を救う冒険に乗り出す事になる。Telltale’s games と Minecraft の膨大なファンの楽しみになると思う。Minecraft: Story Mode 二付いてさらに知りたい場合は、Telltale の official site をチェックしてみて。
Have fun, Wii U owners! Take care of Reuben for me, yeah?
A new year has started and it’s time to celebrate it with a new Minecraft snapshot. The list of things we want to finish before the 1.9 release is getting shorter, more bugs are getting fixed, fewer new bugs are getting introduced.
Thanks to everyone who is reporting bugs, testing the snapshots and sending us feedback our changes. You are all helping to make 1.9 awesome.
Notable changes:
Fixed more bugs
Less rendering issues with glow effects
More balancing of the combat related mechanics
Tamed artificial enderdragons (artificial means /summon)
We want Minecraft to be enjoyed by as many players as possible. A big hurdle for a lot of people wanting to play the PC/Mac version has been that the website where you buy the game so far only has been available in English, despite the game itself having been available in multiple languages for several years thanks to our awesome community translators. However, after a recent update, minecraft.net is now for the first time ever available in multiple languages!
Initially we’ve focused on the most crucial bits of the website, where you register for and buy Minecraft. These are now available in 14 different languages with some additional regional variations. In addition to this we’ve also added prices in 12 new currencies (previously only USD, EUR, and GBP were supported) and enabled more local payment options.
This is only the first step though. The Mojang Web Force is working on a completely revamped version of minecraft.net that will be fully localized. More on that in a future update!
Bugs. More bugs. They are everywhere. But more and more of them get removed every week. So here is another development snapshot that hopefully fixes more bugs than it introduces. If your “favorite” bug is still not fixed in this version, do not worry. All important bugs will be fixed before we even consider releasing a final 1.9 version of the game.
As always, if you want us to look into certain bugs with higher priority, vote for the most annoying bugs on our bug tracker to draw our attention to them. We will eventually dedicate some time to look into the highest voted bugs irrespective of their severity.
Notable changes:
More bugs are fixed
Order of issues on todo list inverted
More sounds are still being added
The AI is now another 1.79% smarter than before
Working on todo list from bottom to top now
Monster try to avoid more dangerous things in the world
Minecraft: Story Mode が物凄い勢いで発売されているようで既に Episode 3 が発売され他みたい。
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 3 now available
Hello!
You know about Minecraft: Story Mode by now, right? Telltale Games’ narrative-driven video game set in the world of Minecraft? It’s fun for all the family, including pets (especially if they’re pigs).
Sorry, I’m confusing the core message of this post. Let’s get back on track.
The third episode of Minecraft: Story Mode – The Last Place You Look is rolling out on all platforms today!
To celebrate, the good folks at Telltale have created a new trailer to show off some choice moments from this slice of the adventure. As you can see from the footage, stuff is getting real!
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