Minecraft Adding New Block

While more experimental players have been adding in numerous blocks via Minecraft mods, the rest have to wait until the Mojang team makes an official release. Today's news, announced via Minecraft developer Jens "Jeb" Bergensten's Twitter feed, shows off a new block targeted exclusively at server admins.

The block in question.

The block doesn't have an official name -- though the working name Bergensten has is "Adventure Mode Control block" -- or release date, but it essentially allows server admins to program scripts exclusive to their adventure mode. For instance they could write it so doing a certain action rewards the player with experience. Bergensten says the block runs commands "on red stone signals," and adds that "with proper commands, many things can be scripted." The block is not craftable, and Bergensten, answering questions from the community, insinuated that you could program it to do any number of activities, even possibly using it to change the game's difficulty.

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