Version history pre-Indev, including missing versions.
| Version | Date and time[n 1] | Additions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | May 10 | ? | First test of Minecraft. |
| May 13 | 18:41 | "I made it only update two chunks per frame maximum, and it's very slow".[1] | |
| 18:48 | "I managed to force it to do as I want now. 72 fps, 288 chunk updates per second".[1] | ||
| Cave game tech test | 18:55 | "the chunk size is 16x16 now.."[1] | |
| ? | 19:51 | "i'll update tiles chunks the player first, and force a full update upon game start".[1] | |
| rd-132211 | 22:11 | Placing and destroying blocks. | |
| rd-132328 | 23:28 | Steve. | |
| rd-141428 | May 14 | 14:28 | ? |
| rd-150000 | May 15 | 00:00 | Level generation is now more natural. |
| rd-160052 | May 16 | 00:52 | Dirt, stone, planks, particles. |
| rd-161348 | 13:48 | Saplings. | |
| mc-161607 | 16:07 | Made the game run in the Java applet, game is now "Minecraft Alpha", first private testing. | |
| mc-161616 | 16:16 | Mouse code changes. | |
| mc-161625 | 16:25 | ? | |
| mc-161648 or 0.0.1a |
16:48 | Possibly changed the version number format. | |
| 0.0.2a | ? | Changed the version number format if it wasn't changed in the previous version. | |
| 0.0.3a | 14:05 | Caves. | |
| 0.0.4a | 15:15 | "you can't build in a space you're occupying". | |
| 0.0.5a | ? | ? | |
| 0.0.6a | |||
| 0.0.7a | |||
| 0.0.8a | |||
| 0.0.9a | May 16 | ||
| 0.0.10a | May 17 | ||
| 0.0.11a | |||
| 0.0.12a | May 20 | ||
| 0.0.12a_01 | |||
| 0.0.12a_02 | |||
| 0.0.12a_03 | |||
| 0.0.13a | May 22 | ||
| 0.0.13a_01 | ? | ||
| 0.0.13a_02 | |||
| 0.0.13a_03 | May 24 | ||
| 0.0.14a | May 28 | ||
| 0.0.14a_01 | |||
| 0.0.14a_02 | |||
| 0.0.14a_03 | |||
| 0.0.14a_04 | |||
| 0.0.14a_05 | |||
| 0.0.14a_06 | |||
| 0.0.14a_07 | |||
| 0.0.14a_08 | |||
| 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1) | May 31 | ||
| 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 2) | June 3 | ||
| 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 3) | June 8 | ||
| 0.0.16a | |||
| 0.0.16a_01 | |||
| 0.0.16a_02 | |||
| 0.0.17a | June 9 | ||
| 0.0.18a | June 14 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Sweden time; CEST (UTC+02:00).