Early Beta Development

Mine Blocks Beta logo.

The Beta Development period is the time during which Mine Blocks is being rewritten in the Haxe Programming language. This is due to the deprecation of Flash. Versions of Mine Blocks made in Haxe are referred to as Beta Versions, while past versions made in Flash are referred to as Classic Versions. Beta development began on February 2nd, 2020.

Background for Port

In Zanzlanz' 2017 Projects Video he announced his plan to port Mine Blocks along with his other games using Haxe. The reasons he gave were: to be able to support multiple platforms, and to "stop relying on Flash, in the case that browsers stop supporting it". ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} Zanzlanz gave version 1.32 as an estimate for when Mine Blocks would be ported, stating the need for the separation of graphics from logic for mobs, blocks, entities, backgrounds, and ui before this could be done (with this already being done for projectiles). ^{[{{{1}}} Source]}

In July 2017, Adobe deprecated Flash, and announced its End-Of-Life at the end of 2020, and will cease support, distribution, and security updates for Flash Player. ^{[ Source]} Zanzlanz tweeted that he plans to port his bigger games to "HTML5, desktop, and/or mobile" by the time Flash completely loses support. ^Source In the 2018 Projects Video, Zanzlanz announced that he has been working on recoding the mobs as a step towards the Haxe port. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} He also said that he had made "major progress" in learning Haxe, having started work on the Game Engine to which he would port his games. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} He said he would like to start working on the Haxe port of Mine Blocks. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]}

The following year, in the 2019 Projects Video Zanzlanz announced that he had finished a "basic functional version" of his Haxe Game Engine, and ported 5 of his other games. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} He also announced that he planned to port 7 more games, and continue working on the Game Engine. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} Here he also mentions that he would like to start working on the Mine Blocks port, and announced his plan to release in-development builds once it is started. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} He also mentioned that he would like to release more frequent builds of the game port only to patrons. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]}

However, the port was delayed again to 2020. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} In the 2020 Projects video, Zanzlanz announced that he has been making progress in "optimising and adding features" to the Haxe Game Engine, ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} and although the port hadn't been started, the progress made to the Engine which would help in the port. ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} He reiterated his goal from the previous year to port 7 games, however, this year also to release them, ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} and also to port Mine Blocks ^{[{{{1}}} Source]}. He said he would start the port "immediately after releasing this video", ^{[{{{1}}} Source]} and it was started on February 2nd 2020. ^Source Early access builds started being released weekly starting on November 13, 2020, alongside the release of 1.30 Classic.

Early Access History

Version	Date Released	Changes
1.30.3b	Nov 21, 2021	These are changes between 1.2.0.52 and 1.30.3b. For the full list of changes, visit the 1.30.3b changelog. Splash potions now respect gravity when falling in water Player bounces on slime blocks at a more expected height Drops and minecarts now launch from slime blocks at proper speed Vignette now displays over entities instead of behind Mobs are no longer the wrong scale after growing up Spawnskin load error message now specifies the skin ID Default spawnskin now loads properly Closed fence gates are no longer escapable Fire on creeper repositioned properly Colors of two smoke types swapped Button hover sound now matches original Lag caused by running mobs offscreen fixed Clay, coal ore, and diamond ore migrated to blocks Sitting or standing a dog resets its hostility Far away audio no longer uses up audio slots Colored lights now properly reset when traveling dimensions Jumping menu text can now fit longest message without clipping
1.2.0.52	Nov 12, 2021	Spider hostility fixed World load memory leak fixed Default item data tags now apply Squid knockback is more reasonable Eating and sleeping properly pauses Rope can be placed on other rope again Dogs no longer move when loaded while sitting Sleep and night vision lighting overlays improved Carpet colors shown in inventory are now correct Fire resistance, strength, and weakness effects fixed Wearing a mob head can no longer cause graphical issues Mob heads of different types can now be given by commands Item damage and quantity are now numbers instead of strings
1.2.0.51	Nov 5, 2021	Social icons updated Moss now has proper item texture Platform collision behavior improved Fixed mob caps not properly calculating Player skin now always saves to settings Rainbow carpet visuals properly animate Game music now stops playing when quitting to main menu Inventory slots recognize tap-and-hold as right click on mobile Blocks can no longer be placed on the player when sneaking to the right Black screen and silent errors on particular browsers and hardware fixed
1.2.0.50	Oct 29, 2021	Pet dogs can be fed Nether wart crops now grow End portal position now saves Mob spawn caps are now respected Max length on input fields corrected Pet dogs now follow player and attack enemies Giving an enchanted book via commands now works Passive mobs no longer despawn when behind fences Effect icons now properly load when re-entering world Food with effects can now be eaten even with full hunger Buckets returned from crafting now visually display as empty Crash caused by using a brand new tool with unbreaking fixed Maximum data tags values are no longer capped to just safe integers Unnamed container names now properly reset to default when opened Block mining animation properly plays when mining with sword in creative Particles now end when hunger replenishes before food animation finishes
1.2.0.49	Oct 22, 2021	Backups Buckets now empty when used in recipes Achievement get message scale corrected Improved scaled images on lower end devices Mobs no longer whine when wolves attack them Move than one health effect can be active at once More than one block data tag can be applied at once Brewing stand block now displays number of potions Shift-clicking empty slots no longer creates null items Frosted ice now fully displays when dragging in inventory Animated items no longer pause when not in inventory slot Command history is now up to 100 commands instead of 10 Mobs no longer spawn thirty times too far away in the nether Spectator movement is no longer possible when in an interface Beetroot soup and rabbit stew graphics are no longer swapped World difficulty no longer gets reset when generating dimension Clocks and compasses now change behavior when traveling dimensions
1.2.0.48	Oct 15, 2021	Main menu! Version info popup World creation menu Saving, loading, and deleting worlds Credits FAQ Mined chests no longer have blank item names The uses data tag can now be set on command books Screenshots no longer has transparent regions Achievements scroll panel no longer clips content at the end Wolf tamed status now properly migrates from worlds prior to 1.29 Debug buttons and temporary starting inventory items removed
1.2.0.47.1	Oct 08, 2021	Mobs no longer vanish or freeze Balloons no longer crash the game when shot with a bow lacking punch
1.2.0.47	Oct 08, 2021	Settings and player skin now save! Decided to ditch the help menu (for now). Let's focus on the wiki instead :) Zombies no longer lose their arm or armor Achievement for opening door with redstone now works Invalid experience orbs no longer reappear in old worlds Taking a screenshot now pauses the game Screenshot file name now contains time stamp Default "Show HUD" key binding no longer also opens browser help Wolves that load with missing tamed value no longer become sorta tamed Crash when riding rafts made in old worlds now fixed Miscellaneous crash caused by audio playback now fixed
1.2.0.46	Oct 01, 2021	"Save File" button in pause menu for testing World generation screen Screenshot screen (F2) Sorting regressions fixed (block breaking, creative search text, furnace arrow) [Safari, Internet Explorer] Audio now plays in browsers that don't support .OGG [Internet Explorer] Crash when entity or particle spawns fixed [Internet Explorer] Health bar no longer vanishes when low [Internet Explorer] Screenshake no longer briefly hides the screen [Internet Explorer] Blur/shadow shader now works
1.2.0.45	Sep 24, 2021	Skin submission to database
1.2.0.44	Sep 17, 2021	Skin loading from file Achievements list In-game settings button and tooltip Optimized HUD render pass
1.2.0.43	Sep 10, 2021	Character skin viewer Player skin database Music volume now affects music SFX volume now applies to menu buttons Wool backdrop items no longer lose color Rainbow wool backdrops are no longer invisible Sneak is now assigned to the down arrow key instead of up Text wrapping and selection on signs now has proper sizing
1.2.0.42	Sep 03, 2021	As an event for Zanzlanz's birthday, players and zombies without a wearable item in the helmet slot display a party hat on their head Main menu music Touch controls Menu pickaxe cursor Splash screen audio is no longer misaligned on first click
1.2.0.41	Aug 27, 2021	Main settings menu Controls menu Focus pause Inventory is now closed upon player death Player animations now pause with the game Sprinting and flying no longer toggle from menu screens Items no longer disappear when interacting with slots on inventory open The player is now ejected from vehicles upon teleportation
1.2.0.40	Aug 20, 2021	Super basic pause menu Respawn screen Containers can now be opened in spectator mode Crash when shift-clicking hotbar items in creative inventory now fixed
1.2.0.39	Aug 13, 2021	Shift+click inventory shortcuts Click-and-drag inventory shortcut added Anvil output damage no longer desyncs Sign interface now opens when you place a sign Brewing stand output no longer allows items other than potions Text input improved slightly
1.2.0.38	Aug 06, 2021	Sign editing Dying in hardcore now sets gamemode to spectator Crop graphics now update when grown with bone meal Block mining is now interrupted when using inventory
1.2.0.37	Jul 30, 2021	Henry Stickmin easter egg Redstone torch and odd torch graphics updated Item use timers double to match original timing Crop graphics update
1.2.0.36	Jul 23, 2021	In-game music J block text sequence Armor on zombies now renders Spear stacks no longer disappear when used to hit mobs Instabilities with armor on spawnskins fixed
1.2.0.35	Jul 16, 2021	Spawnskins Boss health bar now hides properly when exiting end Squid hit box is no longer too large Secondary explosion smoke particle position is no longer offset Chest on left side of ender portal now generates loot Skin magenta transparency is now removed more accurately Frosted ice now properly re-renders when dragging in inventory Crash when using incomplete armor data tag in command now fixed
1.2.0.34	Jul 09, 2021	Ender dragon End crystal Healing crystal Dragon fire ball Boss bar Ender dragon beam particles End credits Return to sender achievement fixed Rain now affects endermen and mobs on fire Crash when using dispenser with null item fixed
1.2.0.33	Jul 02, 2021	Endermen Wood used as fuel now works Crash when loading invalid world file fixed Crash when exiting minecart in a particular way fixed Crash when powering particular configurations of rail fixed
1.2.0.32	Jun 25, 2021	Zombie pigmen Icons for armor slots in inventory Armor damage no longer resets upon death Rainbow wool is no longer transparent Commands close button now works Pumpkin now has face when worn as helmet Crash when striking pig with lightning now fixed
1.2.0.31	Jun 18, 2021	Armor Thunder fixed Mob head item names now match item type Clouds now fade in and out (delinked with quality) Command entry is now cleared when exiting commands Enchantments added with give command now work Crash when writing "xp add" in commands fixed Crash when omitting Y coordinate in setblock fixed
1.2.0.30	Jun 11, 2021	Commands (all of them) Ghast Blaze Squid Fishing Clouds Lightning Command book Console messages Frosted ice fixed Crafting no longer triggers when output is empty Item graphic now updates after enchanting Anvil output can no longer exceed one item Several unrecognized enchantments fixed Mobs no longer bounce on half blocks
1.2.0.29	Jun 04, 2021	Anvil Name tag Creative search Item graphic now updates after enchanting Water now properly spawns as ice and evaporates in the nether Crash when dispensing missing item fixed Crash caused by balloons not properly swapping in hand fixed Crash caused by unported mobs fixed Crash caused by invalid furnace state fixed Crash when saving missing spawn point fixed
1.2.0.28	May 28, 2021	Brewing with brewing stand Slime Magma cube Achievement get popup Status effect icons Inventory trash bin mouse button behaviors swapped Items with different durabilities properly swap in inventory Crash when relocating balloon with projectiles fixed Rare crash when dispensing null item fixed
1.2.0.27	May 21, 2021	Enchantment table Basic glint effect for enchanted items Crash with minecart rail redstone propagation fixed Crash when pushing piston in world with unmigrated mobs fixed Crash when unmigrated mob takes damage fixed Crash when generating caverns in some orientations fixed
1.2.0.26	May 14, 2021	Minecarts Dispenser Dropper Underwater sound effects Nether portal sound effects Rafts properly migrate from old saves Death animation now uses player hurt frame Pushed blocks and slime blocks now affect mobs A carrot on a stick now properly breaks when depleted Crash fixed when using saddle on mobs other than pigs Swapping mob head and dragon head no longer breaks item graphics Transparent boxes around scaled text on some GPUs fixed
1.2.0.25	May 07, 2021	Wolves and dogs Inventory tooltips Sleeping Death animation Player glow (night vision potion) Jack-o'-lantern lighting overlay Sand dust particles Water and bubble particles Lava bubble particles Raft vertical acceleration is now fixed Swapping armor no longer destroys previous item Broken armor no longer leaves invalid items in inventory
1.2.0.24	Apr 30, 2021	Rabbit Splash potions Status effect particles Swimming and climbing speed decay issue improved Darkness calculation now considers time and weather Several potion effects improved or fixed Missing TNT smoke particles added Water ice state now resets after freezing Left-facing sticky pistons now properly retract blocks
1.2.0.23	Apr 23, 2021	Creeper Cow Mooshroom Cowctus Chicken Bat Nethereye Ender particles Ender pearls and eggs can now collide with mobs Item usage no longer triggers rapidly when pressing both mouse buttons
1.2.0.22	Apr 16, 2021	Sheep Spider Graphics for offscreen mobs no longer linger Retracting pistons no longer pull blocks Right-facing redstone torches properly break when supporting block is removed Crash when updating doors with redstone fixed
1.2.0.21	Apr 09, 2021	Pig Raft TNT fuse animation Explosion particles Critical hit particles Heart particles Growth particles Items dropped from crafting slots are no longer too low
1.2.0.20	Apr 02, 2021	Snow golem Zombie Mob spawner can summon skeletons and zombies Mob spawner is illuminated Mob spawner breaking particles are now purple Enchantment table texture now includes book graphic Odd torch glow is less dark Crash when loading unported mobs now fixed Crash when loading xp orbs in some old worlds now fixed
1.2.0.19	Mar 26, 2021	Ported the first mob: Skeletons! Pressure plates react to mobs, spears, shurikens, and drops Projectiles interact with mobs TNT interacts with mobs Falling anvils damage mobs Balloons can be given to mobs
1.2.0.18	Mar 19, 2021	Experience orbs Bottle of enchanting Eye of ender Balloons now get properly removed from the inventory when popped
1.2.0.17	Mar 12, 2021	Ender pearl functionality Eggs and fire eggs can be thrown Projectiles properly launch on last item in stack Crash when using a balloon before it is held fixed Crash when loading dog or ender chest from worlds older than 1.29 fixed
1.2.0.16	Mar 05, 2021	Bow drawback animation Creative inventory trash slot Projectiles and projectile fire can no longer be invisible Mouse cursor over inventory items is default instead of pointer
1.2.0.15	Feb 26, 2021	Migrated projectile physics Spears Bone shurikens Snowballs Fire animation on projectiles Slime blocks now interact with projectiles and drops Projectiles now interact with balloons Left-clicking same item in item library will increase item count Right-clicking single creative inventory item will duplicate it
1.2.0.14	Feb 19, 2021	Basic arrow physics Arrows collide with the player and wooden pressure plates The rest of this feature should come next Friday :) Improved chance of game loading on slow connections
1.2.0.13	Feb 12, 2021	Ender portals can now be created Ender dragon eggs teleport when shift+clicked Entities no longer duplicate upon player respawn Crash when migrating worlds in some conditions fixed Crash when generating caverns in some conditions fixed Crash when updating redstone next to torches in certain arrangements fixed Crash when combining data-tagged item with non-data-tagged item fixed
1.2.0.12	Feb 05, 2021	Held item now shows on player when mining Signs now display text when hovered over with mouse Drink animation now stops playing after drinking a potion Load world button press can be cancelled without opening dialog Crash when throwing snowball fixed Crash when updating rail without proper signal state now fixed
1.2.0.11	Jan 29, 2021	World changes are saved when switching between dimensions Load world button now works in Firefox Nether portals can now be created Cauldron behavior Cake and cactus cake can be eaten Pumpkins can be sheared Falling anvil can now take damage on fall Falling anvil now causes damage to player Crafting recipes for dyed items now work Creative inventory button is properly removed in survival Seaweed item no longer shows water Seaweed now drops all connections when broken in survival Cauldrons default to empty state properly Open inventory button now highlights on mouse over Inventory now closes when using a portal Pressed keys reset on window defocus Crash when opening new ender chest now fixed Crash when mining while underwater now fixed Crash when using TNT in a world containing balloons now fixed Crash when moving potions in inventory fixed [Technical] Chunk cache resets when switching between dimensions [Technical] World loading was tweaked
1.2.0.10	Jan 22, 2021	Creative inventory Crash caused by opening generated chest fixed Added temporary button for switching gamemodes Furnace now drops contained items when broken Item rendering for carpet has proper size Item rendering fixed for fire egg, candy apple, poisonous potato, baked potato, golden carrot, cooked bacon, cooked mutton, and snow ball Rainbow carpet and wool no longer flicker when first opening a container Detector and activator rail item graphics swapped Cauldron is no longer invisible when dragging in inventory
1.2.0.9	Jan 15, 2021	Enabled loading of survival worlds Furnace functionality Chest interface Ender chest interface Crafting recipes that keep item state no longer crash the game Position of combinatory crafting recipes no longer matters Jump height increased slightly Item graphics corrected for lapis, raw porkchop, blaze powder, slimeball, enchanted book, furnace minecart, dispenser, and dropper Item drops are no longer offset when closing crafting table Sun and moon glow are no longer dark Crash caused by balloon popping is now fixed Crash caused by tilling past the reach distance is now fixed
1.2.0.8	Jan 8, 2021	Crafting Crafting table behavior Mining, eating, slime block, and portal particles Mouse hides while dragging items Items no longer vanish when combining large stacks HUD elements now display for adventure game mode Block mining animation no longer lingers an extra frame Armor slots now longer show invalid items upon death Newly created worlds now start in survival (with cheats, technically)
1.2.0.7	Jan 1, 2020	Happy New Year! Inventory screen Very basic inventory item manipulation Hotbar inventory button opens the inventory Rain and snow can occur Rain sound effect Carpet and slabs no longer fly off of the hotbar Bone shurikens and shears now display properly Improved platform (stick) behavior Anvil damage state behavior is now retained Crash caused by null drop item fixed
1.2.0.6	Dec 25, 2020	Merry Christmas! Snowfall ❄ Leaves, chests, and grass have a seasonal look XP, health, hunger, air, and armor bars Player can no longer breath in full blocks of flowing water Air timer speed corrected Items retain their data when picked up Crash caused by picking stained glass is now fixed
1.2.0.5	Dec 18, 2020	Drops Drop item key (Q) Removed zoom keys, at least for now Falling block entities Basic TNT behavior Updated blocks no longer re-render indefinitely Underwater depth is no longer incorrectly calculated Darkness calculation is no longer exaggerated in some situations Crash caused by eating oranges or cooked pork is now fixed
1.2.0.4	Dec 11, 2020	A smaller update this week, sorry :) Bone block texture no longer appears as glowstone Glowstone emits a block light instead of a torch light Jack o'Lantern now emits light Added hotbar item name display Dying no longer causes softlock despite lack of animation or respawn screen Crash caused by generating dimension more than once is now fixed Crash caused by generating snow off-screen is now fixed Crash caused by mining blocks without mining data is now fixed Crash caused by generating certain skyhold configurations is now fixed
1.2.0.3	Dec 4, 2020	Basic lighting Lighting-related block behaviors ported Remaining item graphics are implemented Hotbar items can now be selected by number keys Fire can now damage player Note block behavior ported Crash caused by clicking multiple inventory slots at once is now fixed Crash caused by generating skyhold is now fixed Crash caused by Adblock settings is now fixed Crash caused by entering nether is now fixed Crash caused by turning off redstone is now fixed
1.2.0.2	Nov 27, 2020	Blue screen on world load fixed Hardware acceleration is no longer required to play Piston, rail, fence, and gate behaviors Basic hotbar functionality General item usage and interaction More preset items were added to inventory when creating world (Try middle-clicking to place different items!) Mining unused furnaces no longer crashes Returning from nether no longer respawns at bedrock Particles no longer appear above player Acid no longer has fire spread behavior Version number font size increased The same world can be loaded twice in a row Placeholder warning text is a more legible color
1.2.0.1	Nov 20, 2020	Blue screen on world load fixed Liquid and fire spread physics Redstone dust & torch, door, button, lever, and pressure plate behaviors Leaves, mycelium, frosted ice, saplings, and farmland behaviors Mining sound volume has proper panning Jump timer speed corrected
1.2.0.0	Nov 13, 2020	Initial release

Development Before Early Access

Date	Changes
Nov 12, 2020	Announced the release of the early access build on November 13th Source
Sep 19, 2020	50% complete Source
Sep 12, 2020	Torch graphics are closer to the original Source Wrote particle and entity systems Source Added balloons Source
Sep 05, 2020	Reticle and crosshair Source
Aug 31, 2020	Initial selection of block logic behaviors, like bamboo growth and attachment Source
Aug 29, 2020	Ability to alter blocks and block selector box Source
Aug 15, 2020	Player can explore worlds, 20% complete overall Source
May 30, 2020	Finished porting world migration, and added vignette Source
May 03, 2020	Mob heads, leaving only spawnskin heads Source
Apr 26, 2020	Portals and liquids Source Only barrier blocks, frosted ice, and mob heads left. SourceSource
Apr 25, 2020	Fire rendering done Source
Apr 24, 2020	Redstone dust states, though not the same as Mine Blocks Classic Source Magma block states Source Only 6 types of block renderers left Source
Apr 19, 2020	Started adding block events, implementing rainbow blocks and cauldron mouse-over states Source
Apr 12, 2020	Added sun, moon, and stars Source Star rotation is now centered. Source
Apr 10, 2020	Sky gradient and parallax tree background. Source
Mar 29, 2020	Added wool colors Source Carpets, beds, stained glass, backdrops, wool backdrops, and glass backdrops mostly done, apart from rainbow wools/carpet Source
Mar 21, 2020	Added render states for slabs, stairs, furnace, redstone torches, and brewing stands Source Stairs/slabs match the texture of the blocks around them, regardless of orientation Added render states for fences, gates and iron bars Source Added render states for pistons and rails Source Finished all blocks that are simpler to render, the rest requiring new functionality to be added to the engine Source
Mar 15, 2020	Pumpkin faces, rope, cake, dispenser, and dropper block states. Source Crops, portal frames, hay bales, and lanterns Source
Mar 02, 2020	Added states for doors, anvils, torches, ender portal frames, and crops. Source New torch texture New redstone torch graphic New odd torch graphic (to confirm) Fixed alpha blending yet again Source
Mar 01, 2020	World chunking, block rendering and block states Source Added all block graphics, apart from backdrops, stairs, slabs, and mob heads Source
Feb 24, 2020	World loading and exploration Source
Feb 04, 2020	Created the main menuSource
Feb 02, 2020	Started development Source

See Also

• Version History
• First 30 days