1.20 Progress

At the moment it is difficult to download custom texture packs or adventure maps into the game. A lot of people don’t have time to read the forums to find the links, or even to grok Dropbox to be able to download them.

It’s even more difficult to create and share them.

I want to start fixing that in 1.20, so that we may capitalize on the backwards compatibility of the game and start building up a library of user content.

I have a certain plan on how to do it, and most importantly be able to support it long-term. I don’t want to reveal it yet, until I am sure it will work.

My most important goal is to allow all users to download custom content without having to go searching for links outside of the game, or setting up Dropbox accounts.

Sharing the content should be made easier as well, although not necessarily as easy as finding and downloading it :-)

96 Comments

  1. gunpowder
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 15:29 | Permalink | Reply

    Could you add ability to change sky texture because it would be cool to get deep space Skye to make adventure maps that are in “outher space”(did I spell it right?)

    • takealookatlife
      Posted December 29, 2012 at 05:20 | Permalink | Reply

      i agree wth gunpowder,but what else you should add could b the abuility 2 tame animals,and add
      sheep,and more animals. also… FENCE GATES. i also think it would b cool if u could add the affect of
      baby animals like in real minecraft,and last but certainly not least MULTIPLAYER,AND OR WTH SERVERS NEEDS 2 B ADDED

      • Teehee
        Posted December 29, 2012 at 15:39 | Permalink | Reply

        Quite a fine idea about multiplayer, but he doesnt need to put fence gates in, because you can use doors, which are easier to make than gates in minecraft.

      • Frances
        Posted December 30, 2012 at 11:36 | Permalink | Reply

        I like the idea of taming ;)

        • Harold
          Posted December 31, 2012 at 22:47 | Permalink

          going with frances, I was also thinking that you should try making it so that electric items on a iron or copper block will get an electric current when the block is hit by lightning, so you could make lightning rods that can harnnes electricity.

        • justin bonner
          Posted January 18, 2013 at 23:00 | Permalink

          I like that idea

    • Posted December 31, 2012 at 01:41 | Permalink | Reply

      Kaalus please add a block that burns forever,Water mobs like fishes,raw and cooked fish,Dog pets,NPC citizens,volcano that erupts,escalators,and pls pls pls,something piston related.

      • Posted December 31, 2012 at 01:44 | Permalink | Reply

        How did my idea get here?
        Bugs are bugging me

  2. gunpowder
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 15:30 | Permalink | Reply

    Could you add ability to change sky texture because it would be cool to get deep space Skye to make adventure maps that are in “outher space”(did I spell it right?).

  3. Cooperdan
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 15:45 | Permalink | Reply

    Could you keep dropbox going though, as well as this new idea that you are going to put forward…. I actually thought that the dropbox worked quite well, a good backup source and was reasonably stable… Although its not the best when it comes to sharing publicly… Also, I really do not want any security breaches via a new share loads of dodgy files via survivalcraft :P

    • Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:07 | Permalink | Reply

      Dropbox stays of course, how would you get the files off the phone on WP7 without it.

      • Cooperdan
        Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:16 | Permalink | Reply

        Ah, good good :) Ah, the way I read your post, it seemed like you were going to replace dropbox, with a better substitute

  4. craftw4
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:09 | Permalink | Reply

    Are u making this for ios?? Most people play game whit ipad.. And you maybe get money..

    • Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:19 | Permalink | Reply

      I agreed there are at least 5 people I know that want this game on ipad and about 20 others that want it on their iphone. Personally I an Android but I do feel you could get a huge income from it.

      • Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:21 | Permalink | Reply

        so far I have got about 10 purcases for Android for ya plus two from my self for me and my GF. But run out of Android customers for ya :(

  5. craftw4
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:10 | Permalink | Reply

    I mean you get MORE money

  6. jriot10
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:26 | Permalink | Reply

    You could, although this may take a long a time, set up a database that contains many files that people upload and download. It would be easily accessible through the phones and there could even be different categories for ease of access.

    • jriot10
      Posted December 28, 2012 at 16:27 | Permalink | Reply

      Also can you access windows phone files on Android, because I’m upgrading to a note 2 and I don’t want to lose all my work.

      • BrownieSanFrijolTaco
        Posted December 30, 2012 at 18:02 | Permalink | Reply

        As long as you use the same Dropbox on your Note 2 as you did on your windows phone, all your files will be there.

  7. kismona
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 17:58 | Permalink | Reply

    When I try to go on dropboxin survivalcraft it just says unauthorized (401)

  8. kismona
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 17:58 | Permalink | Reply

    When I try to go on dropboxin survivalcraft it just says unauthorized (401).

    • kismona
      Posted December 28, 2012 at 17:59 | Permalink | Reply

      Sorry my phone scewed up and said it twice

    • Антон
      Posted December 29, 2012 at 07:21 | Permalink | Reply

      I have this problem since I’ve installed 1.19 :( But if you’ll try again to log in, maybe you could :)

  9. bieniu
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 18:21 | Permalink | Reply

    Could you add multiplayer to the next update? Or whenever but not too late. :)
    (Sorry for my english, because it’s not my language.)

    • Антон
      Posted December 29, 2012 at 07:22 | Permalink | Reply

      Yeah, multiplayer is the mostly wated thing:)

      • bieniu
        Posted December 29, 2012 at 15:09 | Permalink | Reply

        But when it will appear? Cause it could be great upgrade!

        • BrownieSanFrijolTaco
          Posted December 30, 2012 at 17:57 | Permalink

          Kaalus’s official statement on multiplayer is basically that he’d like the game to be 99% complete before taking on the task of implementing multiplayer. Because it will take a very long time, he wants there to be as much stuff in singleplayer as possible in order to keep us entertained while he works on multiplayer. In short, don’t expect it tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day, etc.

  10. Robofighter1000
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 19:19 | Permalink | Reply

    Hey Kaalus can you try to make a train and if it works include it in the 1.20 update

    • Антон
      Posted December 29, 2012 at 07:23 | Permalink | Reply

      Kaalus won’t do this, he said :(

  11. hielos
    Posted December 28, 2012 at 19:58 | Permalink | Reply

    When will the choice of language in Spanish (Mexico)?

    I would like the option BOX for backup?

    will have the option of making a farm?

  12. minho
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 03:03 | Permalink | Reply

    multiplayer!!!!

  13. max samuels
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 03:10 | Permalink | Reply

    Perhaps this could be the groundwork of multiplayer too, if you make it possible to go to a uploaded world in app. Then you would just build off of it.

  14. Cooperdan
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 10:38 | Permalink | Reply

    This is quite a bit off topic, but is there any chance of raising the attack damage of a stone chunk, higher than its 1 rating… I’d know which would hurt more, a snowball or a stone chunk :P

  15. nelson799
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 16:24 | Permalink | Reply

    Would it be possible to add higher res textures such as 2048 x 2048? Or is that to taxing for the hardware?

    • jriot10
      Posted December 29, 2012 at 18:13 | Permalink | Reply

      you can use 2048 textures but first you have to make one and it would probably cause a lot of lag.

      • nelson799
        Posted December 29, 2012 at 19:16 | Permalink | Reply

        I’ve tried making saving some textures at 2048 and it won’t load them. It just goes to the default texture. Kaalus said you can only make them up to 1024 which is unfortunate.

  16. Parker Young
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 17:15 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus, i think you should add hostile mobs (zombies, skeletons, etc.), rails, and more food. Alpha 1.20 should be like The Adventure Update like in Minecraft. That would be good for Alpha 1.20. Also, I keep on having light bulb bugs in WP7.

  17. max fr
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 17:49 | Permalink | Reply

    où telecharger les textures pack?

    • snowlan
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 22:22 | Permalink | Reply

      vas voir Dans le forums il y en a vraiment beaucoup

  18. vaj
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 18:44 | Permalink | Reply

    Texture packs dont even work on my phone

  19. zombi3Mast3r616
    Posted December 29, 2012 at 22:19 | Permalink | Reply

    I just thought of something…
    Using paint buckets colored lights could be made

  20. chandler
    Posted December 30, 2012 at 08:37 | Permalink | Reply

    Are you going to add bows

  21. Sam
    Posted December 30, 2012 at 09:47 | Permalink | Reply

    you copy minecraft talk to mogjog the creaters of minecraft and your in a lot of trouble on to comments for the kindle someone even compared the script and 99% minecraft

    • nelson799
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 13:38 | Permalink | Reply

      Well then don’t let the creators of Infiniminer know about minecraft. He could be in a lot of trouble lol.

    • BrownieSanFrijolTaco
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 17:50 | Permalink | Reply

      “mogjog” lol… I just giggled at that. XD

    • BrownieSanFrijolTaco
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 17:52 | Permalink | Reply

      What script? There is no script in Minecraft and there’s barely a 3-line one in Survivalcraft. Judging by your typing and what you just said, you are not only new here, but also possibly drunk.

      • zombi3Mast3r616
        Posted December 30, 2012 at 22:10 | Permalink | Reply

        Show some respect were all here for the same reason.
        No need for hate!
        😔

    • max samuels
      Posted January 1, 2013 at 22:56 | Permalink | Reply

      Uhh, all block world games are extremely similar, so..
      You argument is invalid.

  22. eddreal from 4PDA
    Posted December 30, 2012 at 15:09 | Permalink | Reply

    Please add multiplayer in 1.20,please!

    • xxref
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 19:05 | Permalink | Reply

      YES!

      • Brandon Bomberger
        Posted January 5, 2013 at 20:50 | Permalink | Reply

        And they should add a person spawner so you can make towns

  23. Minecraft 101
    Posted December 30, 2012 at 18:16 | Permalink | Reply

    Multiplayer would be a superior ideaidea

  24. Minecraft 101
    Posted December 30, 2012 at 18:21 | Permalink | Reply

    Multiplayer would be a superior idea!

    • Dav
      Posted December 30, 2012 at 23:02 | Permalink | Reply

      I’ll second that!…..

  25. brian t
    Posted December 31, 2012 at 01:56 | Permalink | Reply

    could the next big thing that you are working on that needs some thought into how you will support be (the isles of scilly) ?

  26. zombi3Mast3r616
    Posted December 31, 2012 at 17:52 | Permalink | Reply

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    Windows 8 and can post these.
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  27. Posted December 31, 2012 at 19:53 | Permalink | Reply

    даёшь мультиплеер kaalus!

  28. Victor59FR
    Posted December 31, 2012 at 21:59 | Permalink | Reply

    Is very cool !!! ^_^

  29. Victor59FR
    Posted December 31, 2012 at 22:00 | Permalink | Reply

    À car

  30. Nicolas
    Posted January 1, 2013 at 05:32 | Permalink | Reply

    hey kaalaus, the game will have other languages? ( i m from Brazil), and it s more easy die jumping in a montain than by a mob, please more creatures and a bed will be nice, pets and NPCs will come too?

  31. shafiu
    Posted January 1, 2013 at 11:46 | Permalink | Reply

    survival craft multiplayer…… thats the day i want to see. would love to play multiplayer i am creating a big and huge map for it. castles houses villages and many other……

  32. eddreal from 4PDA
    Posted January 1, 2013 at 18:35 | Permalink | Reply

    Add in game instead of piston spring and add a drill in order to drilling a hole through the block and stretch the wire

  33. dejavu
    Posted January 1, 2013 at 19:36 | Permalink | Reply

    We need some ratings like on market for maps and texturs.

  34. max samuels
    Posted January 1, 2013 at 23:48 | Permalink | Reply

    Hey kallus what’s you new years resolution

  35. Romand
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 02:49 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus first of all I love this game and so do most of my friends and second you said in the thing about the coal you want to make this realistic my suggestions are to add fish and a hostile aquatic creature, also something to move blocks but not like minecraft’s crappy one block movement something that keeps pushing. This game also needs more hostile mobs because it’s less survival more crafting you need something more meneacing then a werewolf something that that can be out in the day time.

  36. none of ur buisness
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 05:42 | Permalink | Reply

    Hey I have found a glitch, if you look straight down and throw somthin, it will hit u instead, this is in creative mode

    • none of ur buisness
      Posted January 2, 2013 at 05:43 | Permalink | Reply

      Also u are flying

  37. merin0ff
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 09:48 | Permalink | Reply

    Multiplayer, pleeeease!

  38. merin0ff
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 09:54 | Permalink | Reply

    And change SC pic and create live tile for wp8

  39. merin0ff
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 10:22 | Permalink | Reply

    Thank you! I see that we gradually come to the multiplayer things)))

  40. Bohdan
    Posted January 2, 2013 at 11:11 | Permalink | Reply

    kaalus,please, can you make multiplayer (or say possible or impossible make it).And also add pistols!!! PLS!!#

  41. Posted January 3, 2013 at 18:30 | Permalink | Reply

    could you make it so i dont have to have internet to load in a texture pack

  42. april
    Posted January 3, 2013 at 22:22 | Permalink | Reply

    Can you add stuff like emeralds and npc villages in 1.20 or maybe 1.21

  43. Posted January 4, 2013 at 03:44 | Permalink | Reply

    Хотел бы спавнер людей чтобы пополнять население и чтобы не было скучно

  44. Brandon Bomberger
    Posted January 5, 2013 at 19:22 | Permalink | Reply

    For update 1.21 can you try to add a person spawner so you can make towns because i know a guy who plays minecraft on pc and he can get people that would make survivalcraft get a bit more popular just makin a suggestion.

    • Brandon Bomberger
      Posted January 5, 2013 at 19:24 | Permalink | Reply

      Please try it would make it more real also

  45. jiwan
    Posted January 5, 2013 at 21:43 | Permalink | Reply

    Laittakaa minecraft kiltit vaikka 8€ pliis

  46. Brendan
    Posted January 9, 2013 at 02:46 | Permalink | Reply

    Please different skin for player

  47. I like pie
    Posted January 12, 2013 at 04:38 | Permalink | Reply

    Add baby versions of animals.

  48. I like pie
    Posted January 12, 2013 at 04:40 | Permalink | Reply

    and more animals

  49. Posted January 14, 2013 at 10:37 | Permalink | Reply

    Is it possible to create colored glass? it’d be great! Ü

  50. justin bonner
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 23:04 | Permalink | Reply

    I think u should add guns, bows, and deer so I can make a tree stand and go huntin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  51. justin bonner
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 23:07 | Permalink | Reply

    And you should add furnicher (did I spell that right) and u should put boats on there

  52. justin bonner
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 23:09 | Permalink | Reply

    I still like minecraft better

    • Nicolas
      Posted January 19, 2013 at 15:14 | Permalink | Reply

      WTF, only minecraft pc… Minecraft PE it s the most ridiculous game in google play…

      • Posted January 20, 2013 at 11:49 | Permalink | Reply

        Maybe not the most ridiculous but MCPE is really far, far n’ away from Survivalcraft, it’s mostly supported by the community with all those mods, unlocks, texture packs n’ world building/porting, if not, well, it’d really be one of the worst! Survivalcraft is a richer PE game but it still needs bigger controls n’ a way to easily edit/port huge maps.

  53. sayge
    Posted January 20, 2013 at 18:26 | Permalink | Reply

    when do u think 1.20 will be updated to survivalcraft so everybody can use it

  54. candy rufus gamer man
    Posted January 23, 2013 at 23:44 | Permalink | Reply

    When will 1.20 update to aneroid KAALUS?

  55. Posted January 31, 2013 at 00:18 | Permalink | Reply

    When. Is update 1.20 I am getting sick of 1.9
    1.9 sucks

  56. Posted January 31, 2013 at 00:25 | Permalink | Reply

    Is there a way to play multiplayer on the kindle fire? I get bored of playing by my self