Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.1.0 alpha

v0.1.0 alpha is the first publicly released version of Minecraft: Minecraft:Pocket Edition. It was exclusively released for the Sony Xperia PLAY smartphone/gaming console on August 16, 2011.<ref>Template:Link</ref> This is the first ever version released in 2011.

This version was planned to release for other Android devices and a prototype build was made with black touch controls and the same menu from v0.1.1 alpha.

Additions

General

• Randomized worlds
• Placing and destroying Minecraft:blocks
• Ability to invite and play multiplayer on a world (wireless local area network)
• Save Minecraft:multiplayer worlds for offline use with the "Copy World" button in the pause menu.
• Options for high and low spec phones (Called Fancy Graphics and Lower Graphics Quality, respectively)
• Touch Screen controls (officially added in 0.1.1) and auto-jump.

World generation

Minecraft:Biomes

• Minecraft:Plains
• Minecraft:Desert
• Minecraft:Forest
• Minecraft:Snowy tundra
• Minecraft:Snowy taiga

Minecraft:Terrain features

• Mountains
• Minecraft:Floating islands
• Hollows
• Minecraft:Hills
• Erosions
• Minecraft:Oceans
• Minecraft:Sand and Minecraft:gravel Minecraft:beaches
• Minecraft:Trees
  • Minecraft:Oak
    • Only the small regular variety can generate.
  • Minecraft:Birch
  • Minecraft:Spruce
• Ore blobs
  • Minecraft:Dirt
  • Minecraft:Gravel
  • Minecraft:Gold ore
  • Minecraft:Iron ore
  • Minecraft:Coal ore
  • Minecraft:Diamond ore
  • Minecraft:Redstone ore
  • Minecraft:Lapis lazuli ore
  • Clay
• Minecraft:Water and Minecraft:lava Minecraft:springs
• Minecraft:Random patches
  • Minecraft:Flowers
  • Minecraft:Mushrooms
  • Minecraft:Sugar cane

Entities

• File:Camera old.png Minecraft:Camera
  • Currently has no use.

Blocks

• File:Obsidian JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Obsidian
• File:Ladder JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Ladder
  • Works just like pre-Minecraft:Beta 1.5.
• File:Rose BE1.png Minecraft:Rose
  • Template:Version exclusive: Has a unique blue texture.
• File:Dandelion JE2.png Minecraft:Dandelion
• File:Red Mushroom JE2.png Minecraft:Red Mushroom
• File:Brown Mushroom JE2.png Minecraft:Brown Mushroom
• File:Sugar Cane BE1.png Minecraft:Sugar Cane
• File:Dirt JE1.png Minecraft:Dirt
• File:Oak Stairs JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Oak Stairs
• File:Cobblestone Stairs JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cobblestone Stairs
• File:Smooth Stone Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone Slabs
• File:Sand JE2.png Minecraft:Sand
• File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Sandstone
• File:Oak Leaves BE1.png File:Spruce Leaves BE1.png File:Oak Leaves BE1.png Minecraft:Leaves
  • Oak, spruce and birch types.
• File:Glass JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Glass
• File:Stone JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone
• File:Cobblestone JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Cobblestone
• File:Oak Planks JE3 BE1.png Wooden Planks
• File:Oak Log (UD) BE1.png Oak Log
• File:Block of Gold JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of Gold
• File:Block of Iron JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of Iron
• File:Block of Diamond JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of Diamond
• File:Bricks JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Bricks
• File:Torch JE3 BE1.png File:Wall Torch JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Torches
• File:Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Light Gray Wool
• File:Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Gray Wool
• File:Brown Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Brown Wool
• File:Red Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Red Wool
• File:Yellow Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Yellow Wool
• File:Green Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Green Wool
• File:Lime Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Lime Wool
• File:Cyan Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cyan Wool
• File:Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Light Blue Wool
• File:Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Blue Wool
• File:Purple Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Purple Wool
• File:Pink Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pink Wool

Unobtainable

• File:Bedrock JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bedrock
• File:Spruce Log (UD) BE1.png Spruce Log
• File:Birch Log (UD) BE1.png Birch Log
• File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Coal Ore
• File:Iron Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Iron Ore
• File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Gold Ore
• File:Diamond Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Diamond Ore
• File:Redstone Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Redstone Ore
• File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli Ore
• File:Ice BE1.png Minecraft:Ice
• File:Gravel JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Gravel
• File:Clay JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Clay
• File:TNT JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:TNT
• File:Water JE11.pngTemplate:Verify Minecraft:Water
• File:Lava BE1.png Minecraft:Lava
• File:Snow (layers 1) JE3 BE3.png Minecraft:Snow
• File:Grass Block BE1.png Minecraft:Grass Block
• File:Farmland JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Farmland
• File:Oak Door JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Oak Door
• File:Iron Door JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Iron Door
• File:Petrified Oak Slab BE1.png Minecraft:Wood Slab
• File:Cobblestone Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cobblestone Slab
• File:Sandstone Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Sandstone Slab
• File:Blank.png Minecraft:Invisible Bedrock
  • File:Grass Block (top texture) JE3 BE1.png Uses the top Grass Block texture in the inventory.
• File:Black Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Black Wool
  • File:Black Wool 2 (inventory) BE1.png A second black wool item with ID 35, likely a placeholder for the yet-to-be-added white wool, can be obtained using external editing. It is identical to the first item but has a separate inventory icon defined in gui_blocks.png.
• File:Magenta Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Magenta Wool
• File:Orange Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Orange Wool
• Minecraft:Fire
  • Fire currently has no texture associated with it, and thus appears invisible.
  • Fire spreading mechanics are very buggy, allowing fire to spread to any Minecraft:block.<ref>https://youtu.be/3hrz7KK2EJs</ref>

Revisions

The apk file for v0.1.0 alpha has different internal versions. Any other differences are currently unknown.

Versions

• Version: 0.1(1), Size: 1.65 MB
• Version: 0.1(2), Size: 1.61 MB
• Version: 0.1(2), Size: 1.60 MB

Demo

A demo for Alpha 0.1.0 was released exclusively to the Xperia Play on an unknown date.

"Canada" Demo

Template:Version conjecture On August 17, 2011, an APK labeled mcpe01_canada.apk was uploaded to the pe/ directory of assets.minecraft.net. Despite having the same package name as the full release, it is labeled on the main menu as a demo. Further differences from the demo released on Google Play are unknown, as is the reason for its creation and release.

Touch Prototype

On September 27, 2011, an APK labeled minecraftpe.apk was uploaded to the pe/ directory of assets.minecraft.net. The most notable difference between this build and the Google Play release is that it has a prototype of the touch controls that would later be officially implemented in v0.1.1. Unlike official releases, the Java code of the APK file is unobfuscated, suggesting that it might be a debug build.

Additions

• Template:Version exclusive: Adds touchscreen controls
• New UI for touch screen devices.

Bugs

• Minecraft:Fire is invisible, and due to uninitialized memory, can spread to any block, even if not normally flammable, including Minecraft:air.<ref>Template:Link</ref>
• Stairs are invisible when held
• Stairs are invisible when within a 16×16×16 chunk-aligned area with no other blocks
• The game will crash when an attempt to render an item in the hotbar is made
• TNT will not spawn a primed version of itself in the demo versions (though it tries)
• The pictures taken by a camera will include its smoke particles.

Gallery

• Gameplay from this version
  Gameplay from this version
• The first Pocket Edition demo.
  The first Pocket Edition demo.
• Gameplay on Canada Demo
  Gameplay on Canada Demo
• The Touch Prototype UI.
  The Touch Prototype UI.
• Gameplay on Touch Prototype
  Gameplay on Touch Prototype