Pocket Edition Alpha 0.2.0

Alpha 0.2.0

Release date	Android - February 11, 2012 iOS - February 17, 2012
◄◄ Alpha 0.1.0 ◄ Alpha 0.1.3 Alpha 0.2.1 ► Alpha 0.3.0 ►►

This article is about the Pocket Edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

Alpha 0.2.0 added survival mode as well as other changes and fixes. This version is the start of the Android and iOS devices having the same features cross-platform.

Additions

Gameplay

• New Game Modes
  • Creative (All worlds created before alpha 0.2.0 will be in creative)
    • Flight ability - Tap the jump button twice to initiate flight. From there, double tap and hold up or down to ascend or descend respectively.
  • Survival
    • Crafting not yet available.
      • Because of this, the following blocks/items are included in Survival:
        • Stone shovels
        • Stone pickaxes
        • Stone axes
        • Shears
        • Stone swords
        • Ladders
        • Torches
        • Wooden Doors
        • Fences
        • Fence Gates
        • Wooden Planks
        • Bricks
        • Stone and wooden stairs
        • Stone slabs
        • 13 of the 16 colored wool blocks (excluding light gray, magenta, and orange)
        • Glass
        • Leaves
        • Cacti
    • Day-night cycle
    • Although it is Survival, the user can still see the blocks as though in Creative mode, but cannot use them unless having gathered the respective material.
      • This effectively works as the inventory, but lacks to standard 2×2 crafting grid from the original inventory.
    • Some materials (tools and anything that cannot be naturally acquired) are in infinite stacks, which is indicated by ∞ (infinity) symbols.
    • When an item that has not been gathered is selected, the player's fist is shown.
    • Added Hitpoints Bar same as computer version (health will slowly regenerate, similar to peaceful difficulty in the computer version).
    • Added Oxygen bar when under water, adding the ability to drown and die.
    • Added Death with options to respawn or go to main menu.
    • Zombies spawn at night.
    • When breaking materials, any material can be gathered regardless of what tool is used.
      • For example, stone can be broken with your hand and receive cobblestone, though using a pickaxe is still faster.

Mobs

• Sheep
• Pig
  • Unable to naturally spawn.
• Zombie

Blocks and Items

• Fence
• Fence Gate
• Wooden Door
• Oak wood is unobtainable and trees now spawn with Spruce wood
• Tools
  • Stone Shovel
  • Stone Pickaxe
  • Stone Axe
  • Stone Sword
  • Shears
    • Shearing a sheep requires tapping and holding on the sheep, similar to breaking a block. Simply tapping on it hurts the sheep and eventually kills it (8 hits).

Reupload

Alpha 0.2.0 was reuploaded later on February 11, 2012 to fix a major bug where some phones crashed while trying to create a new world.