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Revision as of 22:49, 3 May 2016

This article is about the Pocket Edition. For the game in general, see Minecraft. For the Pocket Edition version history, see Pocket Edition version history.

Minecraft: Pocket Edition is the mobile version of Minecraft developed by Mojang AB. It was initially launched exclusively for the Xperia PLAY on Google Play[13] for US$6.99 on August 16, 2011. It was later released for other Android devices on the 7th of October 2011.[14] Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS devices was released on Thursday, the 17th of November 2011[15] on the iOS App Store. On September 13, 2012, the Pocket Edition was made available for purchase on the Amazon Appstore. On April 2, 2014, the Pocket Edition was released for the Amazon Fire TV, with support for the Fire TV's controller.[16] A demo/lite version of the game, which was essentially version 0.2.1 without world save functionality, was available until October 21, 2013. On December 10, 2014, the Windows Phone version was released on the Windows Store.[17] On July 29, 2015, Minecraft Pocket Edition was released on Windows 10 as Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta.[18]

Gameplay

The objective of the game remains the same as its more developed PC and Console Edition counterparts, where players can build virtual realities in a sandbox-like environment. Like its counterparts, Pocket Edition also has survival elements present in other versions of the game such as brewing, hunger, and dimensions like the Nether but doesn't include any bosses in this game. The multiplayer mode is cross-platform compatible between all touch-screen devices capable of running Pocket Edition.[19]

The HUD and other elements are adapted to mobile standards of gameplay. Interactions are made via touchscreen (both the iOS and Android versions of Pocket Edition have the same gameplay[20]). To comply with the disadvantages of touchscreen gameplay, several features were revised. For instance, the crafting system uses the MATTIS system and items are disposed by long-tapping their icon on the hotbar. For better visibility on mobile screens, blocks being aimed at are highlighted rather than outlined. Unlike mobile's crafting menu, Windows 10 edition's crafting menu is similar to PC and Console crafting menu. The game was released with graphics akin to that of Minecraft Alpha (bright green grass blocks, old cobblestone texture, etc.), but as of Alpha 0.8.0, graphics have become equivalent, and arguably better, than the PC version with light tinting and shading affected by the Sun's position. Differences from the PC edition include:

  • Each mob has some sort of difference from their PC counterparts. See the Mobs section below.
  • Multiplayer allows for 3 ways of player connection:
    • Through a LAN, allowing for 5 players to be on a single server
    • Through Pocket Realms (as of Alpha 0.7.1) Pocket Realms was closed in Alpha 0.7.6
    • Through a user-created external server (as of version Alpha 0.7.4)
    • Through Pocket Edition Realms (as of version Alpha 0.15.0)

Diversity

Pocket Edition differs from the PC version in a variety of ways, such as more vibrant graphics, revised terrain and exclusive items. The development team stated that once Pocket Edition is up to date with PC, it will start making its own diverse progress.[21]

Content

Blocks

Icon Name Note
Air
Stone Stone
File:Granite Block.png Granite Can be used to craft stone slabs
Polished Granite Polished granite Can be used to craft stone slabs and stone bricks
Slime Block Slime Block
Diorite Diorite Can be used to craft stone slabs
Polished Diorite Polished diorite Can be used to craft stone slabs and stone bricks
Andesite Andesite Can be used to craft stone slabs
Polished Andesite Polished andesite Can be used to craft stone slabs and stone bricks
Grass Grass block
Grass Path Grass path Generates in villages as the paths; Does not block light; Can be obtained using Silk Touch
Mycelium Mycelium
Dirt Dirt DV 1 is still grassless, as opposed to coarse dirt
Podzol Podzol
Cobblestone Cobblestone
Dispenser Dispenser
Dropper Dropper
Item Frame Item Frame Only one can be placed per block space
Hopper Hopper
File:Moss Stone.png Moss stone
Cobblestone Wall Cobblestone wall Different inventory appearance
Mossy Cobblestone Wall Mossy cobblestone wall Different inventory appearence
Coal Ore Coal Ore
Iron Ore Iron Ore
Camera Camera Can only be received through editing; Photo captured won't be saved into gallery
Red Sandstone Red Sandstone
Redstone Ore Redstone Ore Glowing form still available in inventory though editing
Gold Ore Gold Ore Spawns at any level in mesa biomes
Lapis Lazuli Ore Lapis lazuli ore
Diamond Ore Diamond ore
Emerald Ore Emerald ore
Nether Quartz Ore Nether Quartz Ore
File:Oak Wood Planks.png Wood planks
Oak Sapling Sapling Does not support gravity blocks
Bedrock Bedrock
Invisible Bedrock Generates in Old type worlds; Shares many characteristics with Barrier; Once placed, it can't be broken as it doesn't have a hitbox, player will destroy the block behind it instead
Water Water Old animation used; Flowing texture when next to transparent blocks; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Lava Lava Brighter appearance; Old texture; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Cracked Stone Brick.png Monster egg Behaves differently to Silk Touch
File:Monster Spawner.gif Monster spawner Available in Creative inventory
File:Enchantment Table.png Enchantment Table Book on table glows
Anvil Anvil
Brewing Stand Brewing Stand Block form can be obtained using Silk Touch; does not require blaze powder to brew potions
Cauldron Cauldron Water can be dyed, colors can be mixed; Can store potions; "Explodes" if potion is mixed with water and/or different potion; Can be used to dye items; Can be refilled with water bottles; Potions inside have respective bubbling effect
End Portal Frame End Portal Frame Not functional; Only the empty variant is available in the creative inventory; The one with the ender eye can be obtained through mod or inventory editing
End Stone End Stone Creative mode exclusive; Cannot craft end stone bricks
Skeleton Skull Mob head Old inventory textures; Does not create Wither
Sand Sand
Gravel Gravel Cannot be used to craft coarse dirt
File:Hardened Clay.png Hardened clay
File:White Stained Clay.png Stained clay
File:Wood.png Wood
File:Leaves.png Leaves Jungle is opaque regardless of graphics settings; Has frost covered texture in snowy biomes
Glass Glass Not dyeable
Lapis Lazuli Block Lapis lazuli block
Sandstone Sandstone
File:Bed.png Bed Block form can be obtained using Silk Touch
White Wool Wool
White Carpet Carpet Solid
Tall Grass Grass Generates in different sizes
Fern Fern Can be grown from grass with bone meal
Lily Pad Lily pad
File:Vine.png Vines Generates on dying trees
File:Cocoa Plant.gif Cocoa pod Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Dead Bush Dead bush
Dandelion Dandelion Cannot support gravity affected blocks
Poppy Poppy Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Spawns more poppies without grass when bone mealed
Blue Orchid Blue orchid Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Spawns more dandelions without grass when bone mealed
Allium Allium Cannot support gravity affected blocks
Azure Bluet Azure Bluet Cannot support gravity affected blocks
White Tulip Tulip Cannot support gravity affected blocks
Oxeye Daisy Oxeye daisy Cannot support gravity affected blocks
Sunflower Sunflower Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Top half can be replaced by other blocks; Cannot be duplicated with bone meal; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Lilac Lilac Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Top half can be replaced by other blocks; Cannot be duplicated with bone meal; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Rose Bush Rose bush Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Top half can be replaced by other blocks; Cannot be duplicated with bone meal; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Peony Peony Cannot support gravity affected blocks; Top half can be replaced by other blocks; Cannot be duplicated with bone meal; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Brown Mushroom Brown mushroom
Red Mushroom Red mushroom Can be smelted to make Red dye
File:Huge Mushrooms.gif Huge mushroom Available in creative inventory, 4 placeable variants (red, brown, stalk, pores)
Block of Redstone Block of Redstone Not registered as transparent
Block of Gold Block of Gold
Block of Iron Block of Iron
Block of Coal Block of Coal
Soul Sand Soul Sand Does not create Wither
Stone Slab Stone slab Does not block light
File:Oak-Wood Slab.png Wooden slab Does not block light
Sandstone Slab Sandstone slab Does not block light
Cobblestone Slab Cobblestone slab Does not block light
Red Sandstone Slab Red sandstone slab Does not block light
File:Bricks Slab.png Brick slab Does not block light
Quartz Slab Quartz Slab Uses the texture from the bottom of quartz block, Does not block light
File:Stone Bricks Slab.png Stone brick slab Does not block light
Nether Brick Slab Nether brick slab Does not block light
File:Brick (Block).png Bricks
TNT TNT
Bookshelf Bookshelf
Obsidian Obsidian Does not make nether portal on old worlds.
Glowing Obsidian Glowing obsidian Exclusive block; Unobtainable in inventory without editing
Torch Torch Old rendering
File:Redstone (Torch, Inactive).png Redstone Torch Burned-out block obtainable in inventory through editing
Fire Fire Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Wooden Stairs.png Wooden stairs Does not block light
Chest Chest Must face the same direction as an adjacent chest to make a Large Chest, otherwise it creates two adjacent chests
Breaking particles concur with texture; Texture remains default on Christmas Day; Old texture in inventory; Texture remain default when placed even using texture packs but texture in inventory will change
Trapped Chest Trapped Chest
Block of Diamond Block of diamond
Block of Emerald Block of emerald
Crafting Table Crafting table
File:StoneCutter.png Stonecutter Exclusive block; Creative mode exclusive
File:Crops.png Wheat Crop Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Hay Bale Hay bale
Farmland Farmland Does not block light
Furnace Furnace Smelting progress speed persists when out of fuel
File:Sign.png Sign Block form can be obtained using Silk Touch; Flammable
File:Wooden Door.png Wooden door Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Iron Door Iron door Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Ladder Ladder
Cobblestone Stairs Cobblestone stairs Does not block light
Red Sandstone Stairs Red Sandstone stairs
Snow Snow layer Stacks in snowy weather; Can occupy the same block as small plants; Affected by gravity; Melts in sunlight if not in a snow biome
Ice Ice Permanently opaque regardless of graphics settings
Packed Ice Packed ice
File:Snow (Block).png Snow Old sounds
Cactus Cacti Inventory rendering glitch
Clay Block Clay
Sugar Cane Sugar canes Can be grown with bone meal; Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Fence.png Fence
Netherrack Netherrack
Glowstone Glowstone
Cake Cake
File:Trapdoor.png Trapdoor Requires supporting block
Stone Button Button
Stone Pressure Plate Pressure plate
File:Daylight Sensor.png Daylight sensor
Redstone Lamp Redstone lamp Powered lamp obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy).png Weighted pressure plate
Lever Lever
Tripwire Hook Tripwire hook Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Dropper Dropper
Dispenser Dispenser
Hopper Hopper
File:Redstone (Repeater, Active).gif Redstone repeater
File:Redstone Comparator (Active).gif Redstone Comparator
File:Stone Brick.png Stone bricks Can be used to craft each other
Glass Pane Glass pane Old rendering; Single panes still have plus formation
Iron Bars Iron bars Single bars still have plus formation
Note Block Note block
File:Melon (Block).png Melon
File:Seed Stem.png Melon stem Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Pumpkin Pumpkin Not worn by mobs on Halloween
Jack o'Lantern Jack o'lantern Not worn by mobs on Halloween
File:Seed Stem Grown.png Pumpkin Stem Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Carrot (Block).png Carrot crop Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Potatoes (Block).png Potato crop Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Beetroot Seeds.gif Beetroot crop Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
File:Rails.png Rail
File:PoweredRail.gif Powered rail
Detector Rail Detector Rail
Activator Rail Activator Rail Has wool sound
Fence Gate (Closed) Fence gate
Stone Brick Stairs Stone brick stairs Does not block light
Brick Stairs Brick stairs Does not block light
Nether Brick Nether brick Brighter texture
Nether Brick Stairs Nether brick stairs Does not block light; Brighter texture
Sandstone Stairs Sandstone stairs Does not block light
Block of Quartz Block of quartz
Quartz Stairs Quartz stairs Does not block light
File:Sponge (Indev).png Sponge Creative mode exclusive; Not functional; Old texture; Flammable
File:Reactor Block.png Nether reactor core Exclusive block; Drops 6 iron ingots and 3 diamonds; Unobtainable in inventory without editing or having it previously

Items

Icon Name Note
Pickaxes, axes, hoes, shovels and swords
Flint and Steel Flint and steel
File:Apple2.png Apple
Carrot Carrot
Potato Potato
Baked Potato Baked potato
Ender Pearl Ender Pearl Can only be obtained through mods or inventory editing.
File:Poisonous potato.png Poisonous potato
Map Map Crafted using nine paper; Compass must be added through an anvil in order to show the player's position; Cloned using the anvil, instead of the crafting table; Zoomed using an anvil instead of the crafting table
Bow Bow
Fishing Rod Fishing Rod Bobber is cubic
Item Frame Item Frame Uses BlockEntity instead of Entity; Can't share the same space with other blocks as PC version
Arrow Arrow
Coal Coal
Charcoal Charcoal
File:Redstone (Dust).png Redstone Has + texture rather than when placed
Clock Clock Not functional in inventory or crafting menu
Compass Compass Not functional in inventory or crafting menu
Minecart Minecart Emits smoke when destroyed
File:Boat.png Boat Emits smoke when destroyed
Diamond Diamond
Iron Ingot Iron ingot
Gold Ingot Gold ingot
Emerald Emerald Cannot be used for trading
Nether Quartz Nether quartz
Stick Stick
Bowl Bowl
File:Mushroomsoup.png Mushroom stew
String String Block form obtainable in inventory through editing
Feather Feather
File:Gunpowder item.png Gunpowder
File:Grid Chain Armor Chestplate.png All armor
Leather Leather
Saddle Saddle Useless
Flint Flint
Raw Porkchop Raw porkchop
Cooked Porkchop Cooked porkchop
File:Seeds.png Seeds
Wheat Wheat
File:Bread2.png Bread
Cookie Cookie
Painting Painting Unobtainable paintings are "Earth", "Wind", "Fire", "Water" and "Wither"
Bucket Bucket All four types; Can place any block (except stone) if data value is changed
Snowball Snowball
Slimeball Slimeball
File:Magma cream.png Magma Cream
File:Clay (Item).png Clay
Glass Bottle Glass Bottle
File:Goldenapple.png Golden Apple
File:Goldenapple.png Enchanted Golden Apple Craftable
File:Glistering Melon.png Glistering Melon Faces the other way
Rabbit's Foot Rabbit's Foot
File:Blazerod.png Blaze Rod
File:Blaze powder.png Blaze Powder
Bottle o' Enchanting Bottle o' Enchanting Creative mode exclusive
Enchanted Book Enchanted Book
Spider Eye Spider Eye
File:Fermented spider eye.png Fermented Spider Eye
File:Grid Sugar Canes.png Sugar canes
Paper Paper
Book Book
File:Egg2.png Egg
File:Potions.gif Potion
File:Splash Potions.gif Splash Potion
Gold Nugget Gold Nugget
Ghast Tear Ghast Tear
Golden Carrot Golden Carrot
File:Grid Nether Wart.png Nether Wart (item)
Glowstone Dust Glowstone Dust
File:Bonemeal.png Dye Cocoa beans craftable from orange dye and ink sac
Bone Bone
File:Sugaricon.png Sugar
Shears Shears
File:Melonslice.png Melon
File:Melonseeds.png Melon seeds
File:Pumpkinseeds.png Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin pie
Beetroot Seeds Beetroot seeds
Beetroot Beetroot
Beetroot Soup Beetroot soup
Rotten Flesh Rotten Flesh
Rabbit Stew Rabbit Stew
Rabbit Hide Rabbit Hide
Raw Rabbit Raw Rabbit
Cooked Rabbit Cooked Rabbit
Raw Beef Raw beef
Steak Steak
Raw Chicken Raw chicken
File:Cookedchicken.png Cooked chicken
File:Fish.png Raw Fish
File:Fishcooked.png Cooked Fish
Raw Salmon Raw Salmon
Cooked Salmon Cooked Salmon
Clownfish Clownfish Cannot be used to tame ocelots
Pufferfish Pufferfish Cannot be used to tame ocelots
Brick Brick
File:Nether Brick (Item).png Nether brick
File:Spawn Null.png Spawn egg

Mobs

Icon Name Note
BatFace Bat
Blaze Face Blaze Old AI
CaveSpiderFace Cave Spider
ChickenFace Chicken
Chickenjockey Chicken Jockey
CreeperFace Creeper Has a smaller explosion
CowFace Cow
Enderman Does not drop ender pearls; Gets provoked when looked at on its waist rather than face; Has an exclusive attack animation
GhastFace Ghast
Vg face Iron Golem
Magma Cube Face Magma Cube
MooshroomFace Mooshroom
OcelotFace Ocelot
PigFace Pig
Rabbiticon Rabbit
SheepFace Sheep Has color overlay around its face and when dyed; Still remain its dyed color when sheared allowing it to grow the dyed color of wool; Does not drop mutton; Does not gain rainbow texture when named "jeb_"
SilverfishFace Silverfish Slightly different texture
SkeletonFace Skeleton Old animation holding bows
SlimeFace Slime
Snowgolemhead Snow Golem
SpiderFace Spider
SpiderJockeyFace Spider Jockey May spawn with cave spiders
Squidface Squid Spawns version exclusive baby squid; Produces ink particles when attacked
Villagerhead Villager Cannot trade
Witchface2 Witch
WitherSkeletonHead Wither Skeleton Old animation holding stone swords
WolfFace Wolf Puppies may spawn naturally
ZombieFace Zombie Drops 0-2 rotten flesh
ZombiePigmanFace Zombie Pigman Slower speed
ZombieVillagerHead Zombie Villager

Development

Release

A video of an early prototype was released on Twitter, showing the game on the Xperia PLAY. The alpha version was recently released, and became no longer exclusive to the Xperia PLAY on the 7th of October 2011. The non-exclusive version was going to be released on September 29th for Android[22] but there were several severe bugs that needed to be fixed; the release was delayed until the 7th of October.

A version for iOS devices was confirmed to be released before 2012 in an interview with Mojang[23] and was subsequently released on the 17th of November 2011.

Alpha

File:MinecraftPE logo.png

Logo used until 0.7.1's slight change logo

After the initial releases for iOS and Android, updates were released in parallel, with the same features being added for both platforms. During the Alpha stage, various aspects of gameplay were introduced into Pocket Edition including: crafting, smelting, more blocks, items, mobs and more game modes to bring it closer to the PC version. As the Minecraft Pocket Edition development team works closely, often blocks released on the computer version are released around the same time for the Pocket Edition.

Snapshots

Starting on November 22, 2013,[24] Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates to Android users who opt into the beta program, in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Versions from 0.8.0 to 0.12.1 required opting into a Google+ group to receive development builds. Players would then see updates development updates appear as normal updates in the Play Store. On July 17, 2015, the Google+ group was removed due to the amount of spam and advertisements that the group attracted."[25][26][27] On November 3, 2015, the PE Beta team published a dedicated blog[28] which was subsequently used for users to opt into the 0.13.0 beta program and to display changelogs for these development builds.

Success

As of December 2013, Pocket Edition had sold 16.5 million copies, while in the same time, PC had sold 13 million. These calculations came out after the 0.8.0 update.[29]

On January 9, 2015, Jeb announced that Pocket Edition had sold over 30 million copies[30] (at the time, PC had sold over 18 million).

This is considered a huge success, having Pocket Edition be more popular than any edition, though considered to be the least developed.

It is also usually in the top 10 and sometimes #1 in the App Store's and Google Play's Paid Apps Section in the Top Charts.[31][32]

Controls

iOS & Others

The iOS and other versions feature a D-pad at the bottom-left corner of the screen, which controls movement. When moving forward, two strafing buttons will appear. The jump button is located on the bottom-right corner, and the sneak is in the center of the D-pad. Sneaking can be achieved by double tapping this button. The location of the jump button and the sneak button can be swapped, in the controls section of the options menu. Note that when moving towards an adjacent block that is one level higher than the player, the player will automatically jump up the block. This can also be disabled in the controls section of the options menu. One can place blocks by tapping the screen in a desired location. Destroying blocks is similar to the PC version's way, but rather than clicking the mouse, the player taps and holds. Split controls can also be used, which allows you to place and break blocks similarly to PC, where a crosshair appears and allows you to place blocks using that. To change to third-person view, go to options > game, and use the slider. To open the inventory screen, tap the triple dotted button on the right of the hot bar. You can touch and hold an item in the hot bar to throw it, and if the hot bar contains a stack of items, it will throw the entire stack. You cannot divide it unless interfacing with a container (chest, furnace).

Xperia PLAY

*Controlled with slide out PlayStation keyboard:

PlayStationTriangle – Open inventory

PlayStationCircle – Scroll right in hotbar

PlayStationX – Jump (press twice to toggle flying mode in Creative*)

PlayStationSquare – Scroll left in hotbar

D-Pad: Move

Left Touchpad: Sneak

Right Touchpad: Look/Turn

Select: Open crafting menu (Survival only)

L1: Break Blocks

R1: Place Blocks

Menu: Pause

* To fly: Quickly press jump twice in a row. To ascend, hold the up on the other side of the screen button and press up on the directional pad. To descend, hold jump and press down. (Creative only)

Tablet features

All devices have an option to enable Split Touch Controls, which may be more suitable for bigger screens. There is a cross hair and the right half of the screen lets the player rotate the camera.

Other than the screen size difference allowing any number of slots in the hotbar, the tablet version of the game is the same as other versions, hence the ability to play multiplayer cross-platform with other devices.

Windows 10 Edition

Windows 10 Edition has 3 control options:

  • Keyboard: Similar controls to PC, although controls for each key cannot be changed.
  • Touch Screen: Used with Windows 10 PC's touch screen. The controls are exactly like the ones in Pocket Edition.
  • Controller: Used with compatible controllers, with a similar button layout to Console Edition's controls. However, these controls can be customized.

System requirements

Android iOS Windows Phone
Version Android 4.2 "Jelly Bean" (MCPE 0.11.1 & under require Android 3.0 and up; MCPE 0.7.2 & under require Android 2.3.0 and up) iOS 5.1.1 (MCPE 0.7.2 & under require iOS 4.3.3 and up) Windows Phone 8.1 or later
Processor Any with support of floating-point calculations ("ARM-v7a code") 600 MHz ARMv7 Cortex CPU
800 MHz Apple A4 CPU
1.2 GHz or faster
Graphics Any with support of OpenGL ES 2.0
Storage 12.5 MB (100 MB to 1GB is encouraged for world saving) 9.5 MB (100 MB to 1GB is encouraged for world saving) 14.0 MB (100 MB to 1GB is encouraged for world saving)
Data Connection Optional (Realms access) Optional (Realms access) Optional (Realms access)
Supported Devices

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play[33]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray[34][35]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro[35]
more

iPod Touch (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Generation)
iPhone (3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5C, 5S, 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus)
iPad (2nd, 3rd, 4th Generation, Air, Air 2)
iPad Mini (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Generation)
iPad Pro
more
Windows Phone 8.1

Windows 10 Mobile

Some devices below these specifications have been known to work fine either with or without custom ROM images, kernels, and overclocking of the CPU. However, the CPU "MSM7227" is not supported due to its lack of the floating-point unit.[36]

Helpful Hints & Tips

  • Make sure your battery is charged, and/or plugged in (3D gaming drains the battery quickly).
  • Get used to the controls before playing on servers (it is easy to mine the block under a torch by mistake).
  • Tap and hold an item in the hotbar to drop it.
  • Peer-to-peer networking requires TCP/UDP port 19132
  • If you're having trouble with block placement/mining accuracy - turn on split touch controls. This brings up the crosshair from the PC and Console versions to allow more precise placement. Also, you don't have to move your finger around the screen a lot.
  • If you want to move your old PE world to a computer, see these instructions.

Trivia

  • In the demo video, before the game was released, smooth lighting was available. It was taken out due to bugs being produced on a wide range of devices. As of 0.7.0, it is on by default, and since 0.8.0, it cannot be turned off.
  • The terrain.png file found in filesystem of the App is nearly identical to that in the PC version, containing textures for items unimplemented in the Pocket Edition (e.g., Command Block). However in 0.8.0, this file was replaced with terrain-atlas.tga, a neater version of the previous file
  • The barrier wall in old worlds is also cut by the height limit allowing players to go over it.
  • The average placing/destroying block range is 4-6 on the PC version whilst for the iOS/Android is 6-9.
  • Due to the auto-jump feature, if one opens the inventory or pause menu at the same time as jumping or swimming, one can go on auto-pilot and the player would jump, walk and/or swim without any commands. Auto-pilot ends once the pause menu or inventory is closed.

Gallery

Menu screens

References

  1. http://www.twitch.tv/mojang/v/6949826
  2. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/122350670648066049
  3. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-pocket-edition/id479516143
  4. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe
  5. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00992CF6W/
  6. http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=1a625b44-b542-401b-bdff-52b4357c0573
  7. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/games/minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/9nblggh2jhxj
  8. Minecraft: Pocket Edition PEGI Rating
  9. Minecraft: Pocket Edition ACB Rating
  10. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe
  11. https://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/store/apps/minecraft-pocket-edition/9wzdncrdzsbb
  12. https://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/store/apps/minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/9nblggh2jhxj
  13. https://play.google.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe
  14. https://twitter.com/Kappische/status/122246496941899776
  15. http://appleinformer.org/2011/11/minecraft-pocket-edition-for-ios-now-available-for-download/
  16. http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/amazon-fire-tv-2/
  17. http://www.windowscentral.com/minecraft-pocket-edition-comes-windows-phone?utm_source=wpc&utm_medium=twitter
  18. https://mojang.com/2015/07/announcing-minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/
  19. http://mojang.com/2011/11/minecraft-pocket-edition-on-ios/
  20. https://twitter.com/Kappische/status/142677729135968256
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  22. https://youtu.be/rCcsuPH4vJY
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