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 Windows 10 platform, though all the features in this update are included in Alpha 0.12.1 for other operating systems. 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.

Below are features added in the Windows 10 version which did not exist in previous versions of Pocket Edition.

Gameplay

 * Controller support
 * Hunger
 * Experience
 * Weather
 * Rain
 * Snowfall
 * Sprinting and sneaking
 * Option to reverse the location of the Sneak and Jump button
 * Sneaking button where the jump button used to be and moved the jump button to the right.(new default controls)
 * Option to disable the auto-jump feature
 * Brewing
 * Commands

Blocks

 * Anvil
 * All 3 damage types
 * Brewing stand
 * Mob head
 * Inventory icons are not 3-D
 * Flower pot
 * Soul sand
 * Nether brick fence
 * Nether quartz ore

Items

 * Potion
 * Splash potion
 * Golden carrot
 * Nether wart
 * Glistering melon
 * Golden apple
 * Enchanted golden apple
 * Rabbit's foot (creative only as rabbits have not been added yet)
 * Blaze rod
 * Blaze powder
 * Ghast tear
 * Spider eye
 * Fermented spider eye
 * Poisonous potato

Creative inventory additions

 * Spawn eggs:
 * Ghast
 * Blaze
 * Ocelot
 * Glowstone dust
 * Gunpowder
 * Redstone dust (brewing only)
 * Slimeball
 * Sugar
 * Magma cream
 * Apple
 * Coal
 * Charcoal
 * Iron ingot
 * Gold ingot
 * Emerald
 * Diamond
 * Raw porkchop
 * Cooked porkchop
 * Steak
 * Raw chicken
 * Cooked chicken
 * Baked potato
 * Bread
 * String
 * Stick
 * Beetroot
 * Beetroot soup
 * Mushroom soup
 * Boats:
 * Spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak variants
 * Leather armor
 * Chain armor
 * Iron armor
 * Gold armor
 * Diamond armor

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 fortress

Mobs

 * Iron golem
 * Snow golem
 * Version exclusive : Shows jack o' lantern as the head if used for building, in place of the pumpkin, though a pumpkin can still be used
 * Ocelot
 * Zombie villager
 * Version exclusive : Villagers retain their profession and clothes, which appear tattered
 * Blaze
 * Wither skeleton

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
 * Slime
 * Slimes now have particles when jumping
 * Magma cube
 * 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
 * Have a new AI
 * Villagers
 * Have a new AI
 * Skeletons
 * Have a new AI
 * Better accuracy
 * Creeper
 * Have a new AI
 * Become charged when struck by lightning
 * Pig
 * Turn into zombie pigmen when struck by lightning

Blocks and items

 * Boat
 * New inventory icons
 * Now include paddles
 * Different boat types' items now are their respective color
 * Nether Reactor
 * Still usable, but is uncraftable and removed from the crafting menu. If the player breaks a Nether reactor core, it still drops 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
 * Food
 * Now restore hunger instead of health
 * Snow layer
 * Version exclusive : Builds up multiple layers naturally through snowfall
 * Version exclusive : Are now affected by gravity
 * Book
 * Now use the updated crafting recipe including leather

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
 * Mouse & Keyboard support
 * Nine slots in hotbar, rather than 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