Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.14a/Development

Template:Unreleased version Several unreleased development versions of the game labeled 0.0.14a were developed from May 23 to May 25, 2009. They show in-development features later included in Minecraft:0.0.14a and later releases.

New blocks (May 23, 2009)

Word of Notch post,Rotab's IRC logs, May 25, 2009

• General
  • Added clouds.
  • New textures for cobblestone and planks.
• Blocks
  • Added:
    • Sand and gravel.
      • They fall to the ground when placed.<ref>May 25 IRC logs: "(00:03:06) <@notch> you can't make roofs out of sand and gravel [...] (00:03:14) <@notch> they fall down when there's air beneath them"</ref>
    • Coal, iron and gold ore.
    • Logs and leaves.
• Terrain
  • New terrain generator.
  • Added trees, beaches of sand and gravel and naturally spawning ore veins.

Water flow test (May 24, 2009)

Word of Notch post, YouTube video (reupload), Rotab's IRC logs, May 26, 2009

• General
  • Added fog when changing render distance, replacing the old empty chunk system.
  • Online saving temporarily disabled.
  • Grass side texture has been changed and is now one block shorter.
• Levels
  • The player can now select world sizes: "Small", "Normal" and "Huge".
• Blocks
  • Water
    • Now flows faster than before.
    • Now flows from world border.
    • The player can now select and build with water.<ref>May 26 IRC logs: "(15:45:28) <taodih> notch will we be able to use water as block? [...] (15:45:35) <taodih> in build mode? [...] (15:46:45) <@Notch> taodih: I already can in 0.0.14, but it's DANGEROUS"</ref>
      • Was disabled in the final release.

Offset test (May 25, 2009)

Word of Notch post, YouTube video (reupload)

• General
  • Online level saving re-enabled.
  • Reverted the grass side texture back to the original.
• Blocks
  • Vertex and color offset tests.
    • Vertex offsets cause "wavy" blocks, making the world look more realistic.
    • Color offsets cause every block to be a slightly different color.
    • Was later removed from release as Notch didn't like the idea.

Trivia

• Respawning when pressing Template:Key worked just like in 0.0.13a_03 and prior, as this was not changed until the public release of 0.0.14a.
• The mouse features (auto breaking/building when left-click is held down, scroll-wheel block picking support and pick-block with middle mouse button) were all added on May 27, 2009 for the full release of 0.0.14a.

Gallery

• A screenshot of the offset test.
  A screenshot of the offset test.
• A screenshot of 0.0.14a-dev1 posted on Notch's blog.
  A screenshot of 0.0.14a-dev1 posted on Notch's blog.
• A closer look of the trees, screenshot of 0.0.14a-dev1 made on May 23, 2009.
  A closer look of the trees, screenshot of 0.0.14a-dev1 made on May 23, 2009.
• The top face of the tree trunk in 0.0.14a-dev1.
  The top face of the tree trunk in 0.0.14a-dev1.

References

• Template:AnchorIRC logs, #minecraft.20090525.log (May 25, 2009, UTC+2).
• Template:AnchorIRC logs, #minecraft.20090526.log (May 26, 2009, UTC+2).