Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515

Unreleased

rd-20090515 is a pre-Classic version made on May 15, 2009, around 22:25:16 UTC. This version was never released. Although there is a version titled "rd-20090515" in the launcher which appears to be this version, attempting to play it downloads rd-161348 instead.

Blocks

 * Dirt JE1 BE1.png Dirt
 * New block.
 * Generated from grass blocks.
 * Transforms to grass when is next to a grass block.
 * Cobblestone JE1.png Cobblestone
 * Has a slightly modified texture of the previous texture for stone.
 * Oak Planks JE1.png Planks
 * New wood-like block.

General

 * Miscellaneous
 * Spawn Human mobs by pressing.
 * Block picking using the number keys from to.
 * Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
 * Fullscreen mode.
 * Crosshair (+).
 * In this version, it was very thin.
 * A thin layer of fog can now be seen in the distance of lit block surfaces.
 * The currently selected building block will now display in the top-right corner of the screen.

Blocks

 * Grass block
 * Top texture is slightly brighter.
 * Grass blocks now have side and bottom textures, rather than the same texture on each side.
 * Grass exists on dirt while under light.
 * Grass blocks revert to dirt over time when they have no light.
 * Grass blocks revert to dirt when a block is on top of it.
 * Removed the ability to place grass blocks legitimately.
 * Stone
 * New texture, old texture was recycled and modified for cobblestone.

Mobs

 * Human
 * Reduced the number of humans who spawn from 100 to 10.
 * Humans who fall below level Y = -100 are now removed from the world.
 * Humans now appear darker when in shade.
 * Player
 * Changed player's physics. Now they can jump farther, walk and fall faster.

General

 * Physics
 * Shadows have been brightened.


 * Level generation
 * Unless a from an older version is launched, the world is no longer flat.
 * Loading a world from older pre-Classic versions causes all blocks to become stone.


 * Movement
 * Moving is much slower when in midair.

Trivia

 * This version is the version shown in the "Minecraft progress." video.
 * The game was renamed from "Cave Game" to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" prior to this version.
 * The "rd" before the version number stands for RubyDung, a game Notch was working on before Minecraft, whose codebase was later reused for Minecraft.
 * There was a version in the launcher titled "rd-20090515" (an alternative name for this version), however, rd-20090515 is not on the Minecraft download servers, as attempting to download it will download rd-161348 instead, a much later version.