Java Edition 15w14a

Java Edition 15w14a
Edition	computer
Type	Snapshot
Release date	April 1, 2015
Downloads	Client (.json) Server

On April 1, 2015, Mojang released a hoax announcement for 1.10, also known as The Love and Hugs Update. 15w14a was the first, and only, hoax snapshot released for 1.10. Arguably, this is also the first snapshot released in 2015.

Additions

Gameplay

“Love” meter.

• Appears like the health bar, only across the whole top of the experience bar
• Fills up when you take damage
• Resets upon quitting the world
• Collecting eight lines of hearts unlocks a game called Minescreeper, which is Minesweeper textured like Minecraft
  • On the top of the screen is the Minecraft logo, with "CRAFT" crossed out and "SCREEPER" written over it.
  • The game contains a 8×25 grid of grass block tops, which when left clicked become dirt blocks with the numbers
  • The flags from Minesweeper are replaced with signs, which can be placed with a right click
  • The mines are replaced with creepers, with some randomly having their mouth upside down
  • The only way to return to normal Minecraft is to close the Minecraft window

Blocks and items

Obsidian Boats

• Sink instead of float
• Can be crafted with the following recipe:

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Obsidian

• Has a ID name of minecraft:obsidian_boat and an item number of 432

Potions of Caring

• No effect
• Replaced the data value of both potions of Weakness and potions of Poison

Changes

General

• Removed all graphical settings titles
• Clouds are now shaped like large, pink hearts
• All particles were replaced with hearts
• The shader "love.json" is always used, which adds a red tint to everything
  • Pressing "Super Secret Settings..." will not change the shader

Main menu

• Only one splash is displayed, which is "Minecraft is love, Minecraft is life".
• Removed the Minecraft Realms button
• Only one world is available
  • The world can be created using the "Create World" button
    • The world must be named "There can only be one"
    • The only available gamemodes are Survival, which is called "Existance" and Creative
    • The "Allow Cheats" button now states "Allow Superpowers"
  • Once created, it can be played by pressing "Play World" or deleted by pressing "Reset World"
    • When pressing "Reset World, it calls the world "My Beloved World"

Gameplay

• Removed the ability to directly harm creatures
  • Hitting mobs with weapons or a fist causes heart particles
• Removed Health and Hunger
  • As a result, the player is unable to die, including from /kill and the Void
• Survival mode is now Existence mode
• Removed combat

Mobs

• Magma Cubes are now known as Cheese Cubes

Creepers no longer explode

• Now burst into poppies when close to the player
• Mouth flipped upside down, appearing to be a smile

Ghasts

• Can now be ridden, though cannot be controlled.

Horses

• Can no longer be ridden, instead they ride on your shoulders
  • Will only dismount if killed

Sheep

• Will now share wool with players to keep them warm (if asked nicely)

Skeletons

• Now randomly drop bone meal, similarly to chickens dropping eggs

Slimes

• Now give the player Happiness, which is renamed Jump Boost

Squid

• Now can fly

Wither

• Is now pink with smiles on its faces.
• Skulls now explode with bone meal.
• The explosion upon creation still damages blocks

Enderdragon

• No longer spawns naturally in the End, but instead is spawned by making a "shrine" that consists of 8 obsidian blocks in a circle (in the same way as the furnace's crafting recipe), a beacon in the middle, and an Enderdragon Egg on the beacon (Which must be obtained through cheats since he can't spawn normally)
• It is rideable.

World Generation

• Dungeons have been replaced with homes
• All caves in your world are checked for safety
• Desert temples no longer contain TNT traps and now have easier access to the bottom floor
• Jungle temples no longer have traps and now contain a Golden Creeper
• Cliff edges have been lined with fences to avoid accidental falls
• The End is now made up of floating Taiga islands, and the sky is blue, like the overworld. Enderman still spawn.

Blocks and Items

• Minecarts now have a fluffy pink interior
• Lava is now liquid cheese
• Removed Carrot on a Stick
• Lava Buckets were renamed to "Cheese Bucket"

Banners

• Have a heart pattern on them by default

Boats

• Sink when the player rides them, but float again when the player exits
• Have a heart shaped hole in the bottom

Bows and arrows

• Bows no longer require arrows
• Arrows have a heart on the end of the texture
• Shooting things with a love arrow makes them fall in love and breed

TNT

• Renamed to "Love Bomb"
• No longer damages blocks when it explodes
  • Still damages mobs though

Potions

• Potions of Strength now give upgrades to "Love Power"
• Potions of Harming were renamed to "Potion of Love", though they still damage mobs
• Potions of Slowness were renamed to "Potion of Caring" and no longer slow down the player or mobs
• Potions of Invisibility were renamed to "Potion of Fun"
• Potions of Leaping were renamed to "Potion of Happiness"
• Removed potions of Weakness and potions of Poison

Swords

• Swords are renamed to "Hearts" and have a heart on the end of the texture

Other "changes"

Some changes were on the official change log, but were not include in the actual version. Those are:

• Bats are now 20% cuter.
• Chickens can now be ridden by any player less than two blocks tall.
• Monsters are now known as Inhabitants
• Fixed resource packs "being prettier than others".
• Cows will now alert a player to important events using an audible notification
• Pigs can no longer fly, but can now climb walls
• Blazes will now defend players from harm
• Witches now share potions with players
• Falling snow has a chance to make exposed chests mysteriously full of goodies at midnight.
• Removed rain
• Added rain back as it soothed a lot of players.
• Trading has been rebalanced.
• Villagers will offer you help in picking up items or blocks, in exchange for a small fee for their services.
• Iron Golems can appear as a manifestation of the village's love for you.
• Some cliff edges may be lined with fences to avoid accidents by the unwary traveler.
• Added dirt bikes.