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23w13a_or_b is an April Fools' joke snapshot, supposedly the first and only snapshot for the "Vote Update", released on April 1, 2023,[1] which adds a system where players vote for gameplay features or mechanics to be implemented. This snapshot is a fork of 23w13a.

Additions

Blocks

Cheese
  • Generates in the moon dimension

Items

Playerbig

A player using a big potion

Playersmall

A player using a small potion

Bottle of Mob
  • Players and mobs can morph mobs using this item.
Potions
  • Added Potion of Small.
    • Gives the small size effect to entities, which decreases their size.
  • Added Potion of Big
    • Gives the big size effect to entities, which increases their size.

Mobs

Moon Cow

World generation

The Moon
  • A new dimension.
  • Moon rovers generate there.

Gameplay

Thirst
Vote
  • About every 2 minutes, a "proposal" will be created, and can be accessed and voted on by pressing V.
    • This will bring up a prompt to change a gamerule, in which the player voting has some options.
      • One of these options will most likely be "Do Nothing."
      • Whichever change was voted for the most, will change.

Command format

/transform
  • Turns the player into a mob, change its size, or clear both.
/vote
  • Syntax:
    • vote dump_all [short|long]
    • vote io (flush|reload)
    • vote pending (start|repeal|finish|discard|vote)
      • start <rule> - Starts voting for activation of the specified rule. Arguments for the rule is random.
      • repeal <rule> - Starts voting for repeal of the specified rule.
      • finish <vote> - Finishes ongoing votes and activates the rules in response to the voting results. vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote. Specifing * finishes all ongoing votes.
      • discard <vote> - Rejects existing proposals. vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote. Specifing * rejects all ongoing votes.
      • vote <vote> <option> <count> - Votes specified voting option with count votes.vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote..
    • vote rule (<rule>|?|*) (approve|repeal) (arguments corresponding to each rule)
      • Manipulate rules that are usually decided by vote. ? uses a random rule and * regards all the rules. You can't approve using *.
      • Valid rules and their arguments:

General

Capes
  • Added the following capes:
    • Squid Cape
    • Veterenarian Cape
    • Awesom caep
    • No round shapes allowed
    • Nya, nya, nya, UwU!
Splashes
  • The original splash texts have been replaced with the following entries:
  • Choose Your Own Adventure!
  • Choice Edition!
  • Democratic!
  • People's Choice!
  • Vote!
  • I Voted!
  • Picking and Choosing!
  • Freedom of Choice!
  • Make Your Voice Heard!
  • Choose Wisely!
  • As You Wish!
  • Community Choice!
  • Vote-Driven Development!
  • Mob Votes! Biome Votes! Food Votes! Moon Votes!
  • The Chosen Challenge!
  • To the Moon!
  • The Golden Vote!
  • Voted Game of the Year!
  • By Popular Vote!
  • A/B Voting!
  • Fair Votes Guaranteed!
  • Multiple Choice Gaming!
  • Vote With Your Gaming!
  • Game-Changing Votes!
  • Your Call!
  • You Decide!
  • I Demand a Recount!
  • Vox Populi, Vox Dei!
  • Machine Voting!
  • Online Voting!
  • Voting About Voting!
  • Can't Blame The Developers For Your Choices!

Changes

Video

Gallery

Screenshots

References

  1. "Introducing: The Vote Update" by Per Landin. Minecraft.net, April 1, 2023
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