In the leaked release of Minecraft version 1.8 the land generation algorithms have been overhauled and now if you go exploring you’ll generally find more epicness in the world around you. One example of these new landscape features are ravines. They are long, deep trenches, like deep cuts in the landscape. Be careful when running […]
One of the new mobs you will encounter in the leak prerelease version of Minecraft 1.8 are the Endermen. They will move blocks around as seen in the screenshots above and ruin an otherwise perfectly fine landscape. They will only attack you if you move your cursor over them (look at them) and when they […]
In the leaked prerelease version of Minecraft 1.8 the lighting scheme has been overhauled. When the sun rises and sets you won’t get light blocks turning dark section by section like you do in older versions. Instead you will be treated with a gradual change in lightness and slight hue changes as you get some […]
It’s hard to say for certain but the terrain generated in the prerelease of Minecraft version 1.8 really feels different. You can spot some new kinds of trees- obviously they signify a kind of pine-tree for this biome. I’ve heard some people make the remark that some of the new trees look like toilet brushes… […]
This is a view from the top of the beacon tower in the multi-player survival world that I’m playing with my sister. The central grassy area was manually terraformed; it used to be just sand. Nearest to us you can see a tiny wheat farm and to the right that stone structure houses the gate […]
Standing on a temporary platform this gives you a nice view of the constructions that Darryl and I have put up in our multi-player world. The pier extends out into the water with an under-construction pirate ship on the end. The beacon tower extends as high as the game allows you to build. In the […]
This is a view from the top of the beacon tower down onto Pig Field with the greenhouse and home base on the right. Slightly toward us from the center you can see a creeper face in the landscape. It’s simply black wool dug one block deep into the dirt. From ground level you won’t […]
I’m standing at the very top of the newly constructed beacon tower. You can see the lava encased in glass to function as the light source. We are looking down on the main base attached to the greenhouse with the glass roof and farming inside. The surrounding hills and fields have been lit up with […]
This screenshot is taken from the first level of a beacon tower that’s under construction. It gives you a nice view of the home base with the fountain out front and the greenhouse attached to the back. The field on the left is called “Pig Field” and off to the right you can see a […]
Minecraft does a great job of randomly generating terrain and this is a nice example of such a case. I’m sure that with a couple of custom texture packs and shaders this kind of view would be very picturesque. One thing that comes to mind that I think would greatly increase the look would be […]