Java Edition Classic 0.0.14a/Development

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 0.0.14a and later releases.

New blocks (May 23, 2009)
Word of Notch post,Rotab's IRC logs, May 25th, 2009
 * General
 * Added clouds.
 * Blocks
 * Added:
 * Sand and gravel.
 * They fall to the ground when placed. [1]
 * Coal, iron and gold ore.
 * Logs and leaves.
 * Terrain
 * New terrain generator.
 * Added trees, beaches of sand and gravel and naturally spawning ore veins.
 * Reference
 * [1]
 * Rotab's IRC logs, May 25th, 2009 (UTC +2)
 * "(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"

Water test (May 25, 2009)
Word of Notch post, YouTube video (reupload), Rotab's IRC logs, May 26th, 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
 * You can now select world sizes: Small, Normal and Huge.
 * Blocks
 * Water
 * Now flows faster than before.
 * Now flows from world border.
 * You can now select and build with water. [2]
 * Was disabled in the final release.
 * Reference
 * [2] Rotab's IRC logs, May 26th, 2009 (UTC+2)
 * "(15:45:28) notch will we be able to use water as block? [...] (15:45:35) in build mode? [...] (15:46:45) <@Notch> taodih: I already can in 0.0.14, but it's DANGEROUS"

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 colour offset tests
 * Vertex offsets cause "wavy" blocks, making the world look more realistic.
 * Colour offsets cause every block to be a slightly different colour.
 * Was later removed as Notch didn't like the idea.

Trivia

 * Respawning when pressing 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.