15 Years Ago in Minecraft
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15 Years Ago in Minecraft
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Chronicling the iterative development of Minecraft, as it was a decade and a half ago.
Run by @femboyaerospace.bsky.social
Today, The Yogscast uploads Episode 1 of their Minecraft Let's Play. The duo's antics are enabled by the recent updates bringing proper health mechanics to multiplayer.
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Minecraft - Part 1: How to Survive the First Night
YouTube video by The Yogscast
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December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today, yet another bugfixing update in Alpha v1.2.5 and server 0.2.7.
Alongside the usual assortment, the multiplayer command /home is removed as SMP continues to emphasize the S.
In other news, Mojang's office gets cozy with 5 employees + a consultant in 1 room, as Jens and Junkboy join.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today, Minecraft Alpha 1.2.3_05 and 1.2.4_01 are released along with server 0.2.6 + 2 hotfixes. Together, these updates continue the pre-Beta bugfixing spree.
Of course, when fixing bugs, sometimes more get introduced. This happens today, leading to only Creepers spawning, everywhere.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Today, Mojang advertises their Get Satisfaction page, a website that provides a direct interface with the community. The main purpose is for bugfixing, as that's the current development priority. An update with the most important bugfixes (as determined by the community) will be tomorrow.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Today, user EthosLab makes another video on a technical device - this time adapting user rabbitz' water sensor
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Minecraft - Compact Water Sensor
YouTube video by EthosLab
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November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today, YouTuber dunkey uploads a video where he quits the game after less than a minute. It seems he didn't find enough to do.
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In related news, TheFalloutDude1 uploads a video of fun things to do in Minecraft
[It's still the 27th in some time zones...]
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Fun Things to do in Minecraft (Old)
YouTube video by ForFunFilms
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November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Today, the delightfully-numbered Alpha 1.2.3_04 is released w/ the typical server companion.
(Don't ask what happened to _03.)
The update continues the bugfixing blitz, with Jakob taking a break from his separate game to help track down a tricky respawning bug. The office is paying off!
#minecraft
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Today, Alpha v.1.2.3_02 is released, partially patching multiplayer respawning bugs, with a follow-up coming tomorrow.
Changelog:
* 1 new splash text: "Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig"
In other news, client updates will not be automatic in the future.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today, Alpha v1.2.3 is released (along with a server version + hotfix), adding server-side health. This brings Minecraft survival multiplayer that much closer to full functionality (and therefore Beta). A fix for leaf decay not working is attempted, but results in an infinite loop crash.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Today, the painting that is the 1st place prize for Webhallen's texture pack competition is revealed. The painting, by Kristoffer Zetterstrand, will be added to the ones in-game in the future
In other news, there would be an update today... if the keystore had been moved to the office.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today, the Mojang office gets organized with post-it notes (soon to be upgraded to a corkboard), using Scrum for an agile office environment. Work on server-side health continues to progress, and a "hardcore" permadeath mode is announced in reaction to a PCGamer 1 Life Let's Play.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, Dead Workers Party (the same people behind The Shaft podcast) upload a Minecraft music video "In Search of Diamonds". Unlike previous music videos, this one incorporates game footage as well as animation, making for a polished video.
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In Search of Diamonds (Minecraft / Music Video)
YouTube video by Dead Workers Party
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November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Today, user metime00 makes a poll on which is better: Minecraft, or Dwarf Fortress (one of its inspirations). Despite being on the Minecraft Forum, Minecraft only narrowly leads. Interestingly, it appears that 10% of forum users have "never heard of" Minecraft.
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Dwarf Fortress VS Minecraft - Discussion - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum
Self explanatory. Is Minecraft or Dwarf Fortress a better game overall? Which is more fun? More to do? Your overall favorite? Explain your reasoning b...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today, one of Mojang's employees formally introduces himself: Welcome Jens! (Also known as Jeb).
The Mojang office shifts to its permanent location today now that the furniture has arrived. 3 Mojang employees are now working together physically, with Junkboy the artist and Jens joining on Dec 1.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Today, a video is uploaded of perhaps Minecraft's youngest player! Brady, who just turned 3, knows the controls well enough to move around and punch chickens (though he still plays on peaceful).
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Brady playing Minecraft (a.k.a. "Badguy Game") *With Translation!*
YouTube video by Mike Dawson
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Today The Mighty Potato! uploads a multi-part timelapse of building Hogwarts in Minecraft. Unlike most similar projects, this was *not* built in Classic, but instead on a modified Alpha server.
In other news, the first development on Minecraft at the office is on server-side health.
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Minecraft Timelapse - Hogwarts Castle Part 1
YouTube video by The Mighty Potato!
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November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today, theinternetftw releases the world with his redstone CPU, developed over the past few months.
In other news, things continue to fall into place at Mojang's office with a business meeting and interview.
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Save File for my 16-bit Minecraft CPU released, find it in the Video Description
YouTube video by theinternetftw
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November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today, ChazDragoon uploads an intro to their series "Chronicles of Minecraft". The series is like a let's play, but has a narrative structure where Chaz plays a character in a world with pre-built features. The music is the unnamed hal2.ogg by C418, which Chaz coins "Long Journey".
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Chronicles of Minecraft: Intro
YouTube video by ChazDragoon
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November 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Today, user jackcaver uploads a video revealing that adminium (or bedrock, if you prefer) can, in fact, be broken! It only work from below, however.
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Minecraft - Get Rid of Adminium/Bedrock
YouTube video by jackcaver
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November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today, Kiershar uploads another mob farm video. This one construucted above ground, making for an imposing structure
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Minecraft : Sky monster-trap
YouTube video by Kiershar
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November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Today, user EthosLab uploads a video of a boat dispenser contraption he made in Minecraft. An underground chamber contains multiple boat pods and releases them one by one using redstone-activated doors.
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Minecraft Boat Dispenser
YouTube video by EthosLab
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November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today, Dennis Vareide releases the sequel to a previous video of theirs recently featured on the devlog. The song playing is "Depado", from C418's "circle" album.
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Minecraft - The new adventures of Schrauben
YouTube video by This channel is not active
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Today, Minecraft Alpha 1.2.2 is released alongside the standard server version update. This patch adds support for texture packs, among other features and bugfixes.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today, it's announced the texture pack update will be tomorrow, plus bugfixes. It's also stated that mods that go beyond texture changes or server plugins are "in a gray area legally" and "frowned upon". Somewhat contradictorily, many of those mods are praised and a few may be added.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Today, the details of what the texture pack support entails are given. There will be a specific folder to put zip files in and a menu to select them. They use a grayscale image of a hill by default, but can have custom icons.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM