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Minecraft: Pocket Edition adds new features

Minecraft for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices just got a little more dangerous as a new update was recently released that adds two new mobs, a new weapon and a host of fixes.

The 0.3.3 update adds skeletons and spiders to Minecraft: Pocket Edition to try and hunt you down and kill you in the darkest corners of the game or at night. Fear not though as you've also been granted access to the bow and arrow to defend yourself against these angry mobs.

Mojang also says it fixed around 20 or so bugs including including a furnace crash, burning world, sapling/leaves fixes and it even adds a larger inventory selection bar.

You can check out the complete list of additions and fixes for Minecraft: Pocket Edition below;

New features

• Added skeletons and spiders.
• Added bow and arrow.
• Added bone meal and flint.
• Mobs can drop items.
• Torches can now be placed on fences.

Tweaks

• Item decay time extended to 5 minutes.
• Boosted brightness slightly.
• Item slots has been expanded to a minimum of 6 slots (minus one for inventory).

Bug fixes

• Crash bug with furnace
• Removed fire (except on mobs in sunlight), only tested for newly started maps.
• A bug where cactus and door placed next to each other would remove the bottom door block (and top one if a 2 level cactus).
• Removed particles from spawning when you hit the edges of the world.
• Stairs now block light.
• A bug where fence gate would not appear in the user’s hand but in the world.
• When a user sood on a slab and created another one, the user simply fell through.
• You can no longer get unlimited diamonds, gold and iron by breaking apart blocks of them and building together as a new block.
• Swords now take damage from hitting mobs.
• Golden tools are no longer tougher than wooden tools.
• The rear end texture where upside down on some animals.
• The D-pad on ipad no longer intersects with the item slots.
• Users can no longer place sugar cane in water.
• Dark green leaves have correct textures when cut by shear.
• Dandelion “egg” fixed.
• Blocks placed on snow aren’t duplicated in multiplayer.

Genderless Minecraft

Notch recently wrote about how his intentions for Minecraft were always for everything included to be genderless and not force the player to choose in a game he views as having no set genders;

"All the other mobs in the game are genderless and usually exhibit the most prominent traits of both genders"


Notch has also revealed that his intention for the 'Steve' character was always meant to be genderless;

"The human model is intended to represent a Human Being. Not a male Human Being or a female Human Being, but simply a Human Being"

He also regrets naming the character;

"I do regret using masculine terms to talk about the default character. These days I try to use the up-and-coming use of “they” as a genderless pronoun"

Back :)

I recently returned from holiday and i am ready and waiting to start on a new set of videos, however i have hit a small snag which i will explain in a video released on Monday - or tuesday.

This video will also explain everything this blog and the accompanying YouTube channel will have in the foreseeable future. Including plans for a returning series, a new series and possible Minecraft community events including all of you :)
Yours sincerely,
Scarilian