Alpha 0.13.0[2] is an upcoming update to Minecraft Pocket Edition that will be released "a lot sooner than you think"[1]. According to what is being added so far, it is revolved mainly around redstone.
Additions
General
- Change GUI size option[3]
Blocks and items
- More Redstone-related blocks[4][5][6], including:
- Redstone[5]
- Redstone Lamps[5]
- Redstone Torches[6]
- Levers[6]
- Tripwire Hooks[6]
- Daylight Sensors[6]
- Pressure Plates (stone and wooden)[6]
- Weighted Pressure Plates (gold and iron)[6]
- Buttons (stone and wooden)[6]
World generation
Creative inventory additions
- Spawn eggs
- Rabbit
Mobs
Changes
General
- Graphics
- Light is now emitted from below the Nether[10]
- Removed the
Coralmaterial which served no purpose[11] - Items can now be dragged and dropped within the inventory (expiremental)[3]
- Hotbar item count is now at the bottom corner of the selected item (if stackable) and has PC text[12]
- Game data is now expressed in JSON files (see here for an example)[13]
Blocks
- Stonecutter[14][15]
- Removed the crafting ability of the Stonecutter. Items previously craft-able using it are now crafted in the Crafting Table
- Redstone dust is now placeable[5]
- String is now placeable[6]
Non-mob entities
References
- ↑ a b https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/655128921541730304
- ↑ https://twitter.com/darngeek/status/632246818060009472
- ↑ a b https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/649525832793333760
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/640150651616522240
- ↑ a b c d https://twitter.com/darngeek/status/651727193920413696
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j https://twitter.com/darngeek/status/654802962850557953
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/657226427067187200
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/650975475729346560
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/650976203004899328
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/3qy8lj/five_years_ago_today_we_first_stepped_into_the/cwjr5y4
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/3n8vta/tommaso_checchi_on_twitter_i_just_removed_coral/cvm3hxc
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/659011558668922880
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/659677729470685184
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/651016616780677120
- ↑ a b c https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qnhm9YY0rZ8&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/652117329682243584
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/657157083025031168