User:Simons Mith/Feature Requests

Very early work in progress. General notes first. Proposed article after.

More on Feature Requests
The truth is, Mojang already have more than enough ideas for features they want to add to keep them going for years; they don't really need any more. Furthermore, they already have some well-established design principles for whether features of a given type are appropriate or not. In particular, new ideas for crafting recipes, block types and new mobs, which probably make up more than 90% of the feature requests they receive, are all the kinds of things they can think of for themselves without needing outside suggestions.
 * Speculation*

A far better route towards implementing your personal feature requests is the new Mod API, once it appears, and the existing modding community. If your idea is that great, by far the surest route to actually get it is to code it for yourself and produce a mod, even if you have to learn how to program first. Only exceptional programmers coming up with material that integrates cleanly with the core of the game are likely to see their ideas taken up by Mojang. That means the work of no more than a few dozen people.

Things that have already been thought of or suggested or requested

New block types Storage blocks for e.g. redstone New stair types - obsidian, glass, wool etc. New slab types - glass, wool, etc.

New hostile mobs - mummies, sharks, bears, lions, snakes, etc. New passive mobs - deer, rideable horses, other birds,

New crafting recipes - using bones as sticks for example, flint spears etc.

These ideas are all trivial to think of, and pretty easy to add for yourself in your own mod.

Request channels to use:

Twitter

Reddit Getsatisfaction The Minecraft forums The modding community

Feature Requests
I have an unfinished article on feature requests. Where should feature requests be sent? I believe it's the forums, not the wiki, and I'm not registed on the forums. I believe twitter is also used, and reddit, and Get satisfaction. Can anyone provide links and info about how Mojang uses (or used to use) these resources would be helpful. I can then incorporate that into my feature requests article.--Simons Mith 22:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, feature requests have no place on this wiki. Mojang have always suggested contacting them by twitter. I expect they like it because players are forced to give a very brief synopsis of their idea and they have huge control over what they read and don't read. However, there's so many people contacting some of the staff that your own idea will have low visibility and will likely get lost in the junk. An "alright" test of how popular your idea might be would be to submit it to reddit. Sometimes, if its a decent idea and you are lucky with timing, it will become visible on the front page. Certain Mojang staff read reddit regularly so they are likely to see it if this happens.


 * I have no experience with the forums, and Mojang are no longer affiliated with their Get Satisfaction page, meaning they don't use it anymore. --Mattrition 12:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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