Pocket Edition v0.12.0 alpha

Alpha 0.12.0 is the first version released for the Windows 10 Edition Beta. It was only released on the universal Windows 10 platform, with the rest of the Pocket Editions being developed starting with Alpha 0.12.1 The release of the Windows 10 version and the Pocket Edition versions was intended to coincide with each other, both being released on July 29, 2015 but encountered obstacles in its development, forcing it to be delayed.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * Enchanting
 * Brewing

Blocks

 * Enchantment tables
 * Version exclusive : Book on table glows
 * Anvils
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stands
 * Mob heads
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pots
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potions
 * Splash potions
 * Golden carrots
 * Nether warts
 * Glistering melons
 * Golden apples
 * Enchanted golden apples
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rods
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tears
 * Spider eyes
 * Fermented spider eyes
 * Bottles o' enchanting
 * Poisonous potatoes

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeballs
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apples
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Nether portals can also be up to 23x23 in size
 * All items previously obtained through the Nether reactor are now available through their normal means.
 * Nether fortresses

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Snow golems
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin
 * Ocelots
 * Zombie villagers
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Blazes

General

 * Graphics
 * Tinted water - gradient from aqua to dark blue when viewed from a distance
 * Relocated pause and chat button
 * Version exclusive : Leaves in snowy taigas now appear frost-covered
 * Scrollbar
 * Always visible
 * New texture
 * The player can now swim in lava

Mobs

 * Burning mobs have a sizzling particle effect once extinguished
 * Mobs will now drop experience when killed
 * Slimes
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cubes
 * Magma cubes and ghasts now spawn naturally
 * Magma cubes now split when killed
 * Zombie pigmen
 * Zombie pigmen are now neutral
 * Now spawn in the Nether

Blocks and items

 * New inventory icons for boats
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor blocks exist, but are rendered useless
 * Foods
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layers
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity

General

 * Title screen
 * Buttons now have a rocky texture
 * Rotating player model with current skin with the player name above is now displayed
 * Options button is now beneath the 'play' button to the left
 * Button now reads 'options' rather than a wrench icon
 * Skin selection tab relocated from options to a button on the title screen to the right of the options button
 * Language button now uses the same icon as Computer Edition
 * Buttons are smaller and make up current size of 'play' button

Gameplay

 * PC survival inventory and crafting UIs
 * Keyboard support
 * Eight slots in hotbar, rather that 5–7

Fixes
3 bugs fixed


 * Touchpad implementation fixed on the Sony Xperia Play
 * – You can't get out of lava
 * – Unable to enter new text upon removing formatting