This page documents an unreleased version.
While there is proof of this version's existence, it was never released to the public.
rd-131655 (officially known as Cave game tech test [1] or Cave Game tech demo[2]) was a pre-Classic version made on May 13, 2009, at 16:55 UTC.[3] This version was never released, but was recorded by Notch from around 17:00 UTC and uploaded at 17:36.[4] It is the first known version of Minecraft, or what was then known as Cave Game, to have been recorded, although there were some builds before this version.
Changes
- Each chunk is now 16×16 blocks instead of 8×8 to improve performance.[3]
- Chunks are now loaded in order of their proximity to the player.[5]
- The player can respawn by pressing a hotkey, teleporting them to the middle of the world.[more information needed]
Trivia
- The game takes 20 seconds to generate a 256×64×256 map.[6]
Video
- Original
- Note: All videos from Nizzotch, Notch's YouTube channel, have been region-locked in all countries.
- Archive
References
- "lwjgl IRC logs" (archived) – Echelog, May 13, 2009 (UTC+2).
- ↑ a b "Cave game tech test" – (Archive) Nizzotch on YouTube, May 13, 2009
- ↑ a b "Cave Game tech demo!" – The Word of Notch, May 13, 2009
- ↑ a b IRC logs: "[18:55:45] <Notch_> the chunk size is 16x16 now.." [...] "[18:56:47] <Notch_> 8x8 chunks are SLOWER"
- ↑ IRC logs: "[19:00:52] <Notch_> hmm, I wonder if I could make a vid of this" [...] "[19:14:02] <Notch_> haha, the video ended up at 1.05 GB" [...] "[19:15:36] <Notch_> well, this is annoying. I guess I have to recapture. Google has a limit of 2 gb" [...] "[19:36:42] <Notch_> upload complete, processing video" [...] "[19:50:18] <Notch_> ok, the quality is still crap until the processing finishes, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9t3FREAZ-k"
- ↑ IRC logs: "[19:51:48] <Notch_> i'll update tiles chunks the player first, and force a full update upon game start"
- ↑ IRC logs: "[20:02:58] <Notch_> it takes like 20 seconds to grow a 256*256*64 map, though. :-\"