Java Edition 1.8-pre1

1.8-pre1 is the first pre-release for 1.8.

Additions

 * Skins
 * New alternative default skin: Alex.
 * The Alex skin features what appears to be a female with ginger hair, a green top, brown pants and black boots as well as 3-pixel wide arms.
 * All accounts will be assigned the Steve or Alex skin based on its random user ID.
 * There will be a choice to select 4 or 3-pixel arms on minecraft.net/profile in the future.
 * However, there is a bug in the pre-release which sometimes displays the wrong model.


 * Splash
 * "Any computer is a laptop if you're brave enough!"

Changes

 * Killer Bunny
 * Texture changed - no longer has blood