Testificates - New and Improved?
Jeb has been working hard on Testificates as of late, no doubt implementing some of the long-awaited features players have eagerly anticipated from them - including trading! The image above shows an example of the system he is currently working on, indicating that a barter system involving a form of currency is on the horizon. Finally, Testificates will do more than meander into your towns, panicking at the sight of creepers! Although that can be humorous in and of itself.
Showing a more humorous side, Jeb demonstrates his own personal method of something many players engage in with the often aimless villagers - experimentation!
Make of that what you will - no doubt they are being sized up for new shoes and fabulous prizes!
"You Are Minecraft" Finishes Off With Approximately 90,000 Player Models!
The massive player-driven You Are Minecraft project recently came to a close, with approximately ninety thousand player models, all constructed by players themselves! A number of notable personalities took part, including team members from Mojang (Jeb's model in particular is quite a looker). All said, the project was an incredible success, bringing in players from across the globe and uniting them in a single goal - make your player avatar in Minecraft! While model building is now closed, the "You Are Minecraft" team are not done - they wish to deliver this incredible project to Mojang in person! Want to help them do so? Click this link to see how you can help them bring this amazing project directly to Mojang themselves!
Custom Skins on MCX360?
While the XBLA version of Minecraft is, in many respects, very similar to Beta 1.6.5, a number of features were brought forth a little ahead of schedule, just to make the game that much better. Of course, more updates are on the way as they bring it up to speed with the PC version, and likely some gems designed specifically for the console. One thing that has come up a lot since launch is custom skins, and players will be pleased to know that they are not far off! Currently it is believed that the skins will be DLC for the game, although the specifics are not currently known at this time. Bear in mind, this can change between now and the release of skin customization, so keep an eye out here as we gather more information!
That is a coin, you can trade items for coins. The rarer the item, the more the coins.
At the moment, this is what I'm most scared of. People fantasizing about nonexistent ruby ore. It is obviously redstone based, if you would just take a closer look at the first picture. I'm also disappointed that Jeb choose to use this red gem for currency. Why not just use gold nugget? It's actual currency and isn't so expensive that trading it would be a chore.
Uhhh... You know they are following the updates for pc? Also, it would make sense if the skin costed money, which it probably will.
Whatever it is it's being used as a road.
no no NO.....
it's RUBIES!!!!!!!!!
+Tree houses in jungles.
+Pyramids etc. in deserts.
+Tree stump houses in swamps.
+Regular villages in grasslands. <-- Change the look of villagers though..
+Igloos in snow biomes.
^ This would be a GREAT addition with the new Large Biomes mode.
Vote this post so Jeb will see it.
...
I think villagers look just fine! I like them!