Today we have updated our beloved Snapshot server to run Mojang's latest act of love: 15w14a. It includes loving creepers, flowing cheese, free bonus goodies in chests and much much more.
You can join our Snapshot server at:
snapshot.happydiggers.net:25566
Here is the complete changelog:
Gameplay
- We have removed the ability to directly harm other creatures. You should be rewarded for helping, not hurting.
- Removed Health and Hunger. We feel that these are not appropriate gameplay mechanics for a game about love, sharing and peacefulness.
- Added a new “Love” meter. This fills up the more you help others, and others help you.
- “Survival” mode has been renamed to “Existence”.
Animals
- Bats are now 20% cuter. Squeek.
- Chickens can now be ridden by any player less than two blocks tall.
- Cows will now alert you to important events that you may have missed by means of an audible notification.
- Pigs can no longer fly, but can now climb on walls.
- Rabbits are fluffy.
- Sheep will, if asked nicely, share their wool to keep you warm.
- Squid changed, but we’re still trying to figure out how or why.
Monsters Inhabitants
- “Monsters” are no longer named as such. The preferred term is “Inhabitants”, as they live in this world just like you or me.
- Steve and Alex have realized that the inhabitants are not evil, and just want to hug and get along.
- Creepers no longer explode. They have gotten over their nervous disposition and are much more friendly once you get to know them.
- Skeletons have revealed themselves to be very efficient farmers, having a permanent source of bone meal on them at all times.
- Blazes are actually pretty cool guys and will defend you from harm.
- Guardians have put aside the initial misunderstanding, and now welcome you into their home with arms… erm… eyes… wide open.
- Ghasts are no longer frightened so easily, and will offer you rides throughout the nether.
- Slimes are now pretty fun to hang around with, sharing their secret jumping abilities to those that will listen.
- Witches are super friendly and surprisingly knowledgable. They will help you by sharing their potions.
- Zombies are extremely cuddly and love to hug.
- The Wither has been replaced with his lovable pink counterpart, promoting vitality and nourishment to the environment around him.
Weather & Environment
- Removed rain as it upset a lot of players.
- Falling snow has a chance to make exposed chests mysteriously full of goodies at midnight.
Villagers & Villages
- Trading has been rebalanced. We felt that the previous incarnation wasn’t very fair, and believe the new system is a step towards helping fix this.
- Villagers will offer you help in picking up items or blocks, in exchange for a small fee for their services.
- Iron Golems can appear as a manifestation of the village’s love for you.
Blocks
- Lava has been replaced with liquid cheese. It’s delicious and much safer!
- TNT has been replaced with a much friendlier block: A love bomb.
Items
- As we no longer have a hunger system, food items now give Happiness instead of Saturation.
- Carrot on a Stick has been removed. It was just cruel to pigs and we are very sorry for this.
Combat
- Bows no longer require arrows.
- Shooting things makes them fall in love with the first thing they see.
- Removed combat.
World generation & terrain
- Dungeons have been replaced with homes, offering a much more inviting and comfortable experience for everybody.
- All caves have been checked by the Minecraft Safety Committee to ensure a safer experience for players.
- Desert temples no longer contain TNT traps, and come with a nice, safe way to access the bottom floor.
- Some cliff edges may be lined with fences to avoid accidents by the unwary traveller.
- Jungle temples are no longer trapped, containing instead a new rare Golden Creeper to reward exploration.
Potions
- Some potions such as Strength or Harming have been removed, as we no longer have a place for them in the game.
- Added four (4) new potions:
- Love Potion
- Happiness Potion
- Potion of Sharing
- Potion of Caring
- Fun Potion
Transportation
- Horses can no longer be ridden as this was deemed unfair to the horses.
- In compensation to the horses, they can now ride on your shoulders.
- Minecarts now have a fluffy pink interior.
- Added obsidian boats which are impossible to break.
- Improved regular wooden boats.
- Added dirt bikes.
- Ender pearls no longer transport you to the target, but instead the target to you.
Weather & Environment
- Added rain back as it soothed a lot of players.
- Falling snow has a chance to make exposed chests mysteriously full of goodies at midnight.
Game Settings
- Not everybody had the same experience playing Minecraft under different configurations, so we decided to remove all the graphical settings.
- You may now only have one world, in order to reduce fragmentation and to treat all worlds as equals.
- Some resource packs were prettier than others, giving some players an unfair advantage in the amount of fun they were having. This has been fixed.
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