Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.14a/Development

Template:Unreleased version Several unreleased development versions of the game labelled 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 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 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 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).