Watch the Pocket Edition devs go on a spooky journey
Hello!
Unless you’ve been hiding under a cobblestone block for the past few weeks, you’ll be aware that redstone is coming to Minecraft: Pocket Edition and the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta in the near future.
Redstone is a bit like Minecraft’s version of electrical circuitry. Though you can already make amazing builds in Minecraft: Pocket Edition and for Windows 10, redstone will provide opportunity to create actual devices, like rollercoasters, automated doors, and mob grinders. Players of the Java version of Minecraft have been using redstone for a long time now, and they’ve made things that even the cleverest of clever brains at Mojang couldn’t have predicted.
To show off just a few of the things that are possible with redstone, Shoghi and Daniel have taken on a spooky map created by our friends in Redmond, and recorded the results for your viewing pleasure. Watch the video below. Please be nice in the comments.
We’re getting closer to a release version of Minecraft 1.9 and this is another snapshot on our way to get there. In the coming weeks we will focus more on performance, stability and bug fixing.
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.
Update: We’ve released a ‘b’ snapshot making End Crystals, End Rods and Tipped Arrows properly obtainable in Survival. In addition, it fixes numerous bugs and some crashes.
We’ve come a long way, but we’re finally approaching The End of the 1.9 snapshot series and are starting to work closer towards a full release.
We’ve now got almost all the features we wanted for 1.9 done and stable, with a few minor balancing and polishing tasks left to do. In the coming weeks we will focus more on performance, stability and bug fixing.
Notable changes:
Rebalanced loot found in generated chests (dungeons, for example)
Added new mechanic for respawning the Ender Dragon
New item: End Crystal. Currently drops from Skeletal Horses.
Re-rebalanced the golden apples.
Made the “buff bar” at the top of the screen properly respect hidden & ambient effects.
Made the new saturation -> food mechanic only apply when you’re not hungry
Fixed many bugs.
Bones and bone meals are now 50% cooler. No particliar reason why, they just are.
It seems that lots of you are having a great time on Minecraft: Story Mode – a narrative-driven game developed by Telltale Games and set in the world of Minecraft. That makes us very happy!
Well, prepare yourselves for even more enjoyment because Episode 2 – Assembly Required is now available for download on all platforms. That was quick, eh? Watch the trailer up there for a taste of what’s to come.
For more on Minecraft: Story Mode, check out the official website. It’s packed with fun info and cool animations.
The scariest time of the year is almost upon us! Aside from Minecon, Halloween is the only times that the average person will respect your need to roam the streets dressed as your favourite Minecraft mob. Sad but true.
In true Minecraft tradition, we’ve created a themed skin pack for Minecraft on Windows 10 and Minecraft: Pocket Edition to celebrate. But we’ve done something special this time around. This year’s pack is more about dressing up as your favourite mob – it’s kinda like your Minecraft avatar is about to head out for a trick or treating session, just like you might do on October 30th.
I think this is one of the most creative skin packs we’ve done so far. I hope you enjoy it too!
There are 15 skins in total, and it costs a $0.99 or equivalent. And, hey – even if you don’t download the whole thing everyone can download the Iron Golem and Zombie costumes for free.
Here’s the full list of skins included: Cow costume, Creeper costume, Enderman costume, Ghast costume, Iron Golem costume, Mooshroom Costume, Ocelot costume, Pig costume, Pink sheep costume, Rainbow sheep costume, Skeleton costume, Snow golem costume, Spider costume, Zombie costume.
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