Minecraft Pocket Edition will have survival mode!

[AlanJohn]

One of the hottest requests for the highly popular Minecraft: Pocket Edition has been the inclusion of a Survival Mode, and now it's confirmed! While no specific date has been set, Mojang did indeed confirm that Survival Mode would be next on the development list for the hit portable game. Currently, Pocket Edition features a game mode which closely resembles Minecraft Classic, an early-development version which was the foundation of Minecraft (and later, Creative Mode in the full release).

The earliest version is confirmed for Xperia Play, and will be optimized for the controls and screen-space provided by the popular hand-held device. While no explicit confirmation was given for other platforms, it remains a strong possibility. Be sure to check here for the official release date of Pocket Edition's Survival Mode, right here on the Minecraft Forum!

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[ilman]

minecraft pocket edition now:sh*t
minecraft pocket edition when survival mode is released:epic if they make it like the pc version

 

[Quanno]

I tried the demo version, but I can't stand the controls. Imo, you need a mouse for the game to play it well.

 

[Rydian]

Considering they said the iOS and Android versions can play online together it's not unreasonable to expect them to have the same development path.

 

[mameks]

This is good news

The current versions sucks balls.

 

[alidsl]

YEEEEESSSS my life is soon to be nearly complete

 

[Terminator02]

The earliest version is confirmed for Xperia Play, and will be optimized for the controls and screen-space provided by the popular hand-held device.

i lol'd

 

[Valwin]

this whole thing was like a joke

why dint already have it damn lazy notch

 

[Rydian]

this whole thing was like a joke

why dint already have it damn lazy notch

You've never programmed a game, have you?

 

[ThePowerOutage]

this whole thing was like a joke

why dint already have it damn lazy notch

Notch doesn't make Minecraft PE or the XBLA version.
They are both outsourced.

 

[Valwin]

this whole thing was like a joke

why dint already have it damn lazy notch

You've never programmed a game, have you?

no excuses if the main game haves it why not the port ?

 

[Rydian]

[strike]no excuses[/strike]

if the main game haves it why not the port ?

Java doesn't run on iOS last I checked, so this is NOT a direct port... and in addition to re-making it for other platforms, changes needed to be made (for example the entire control scheme had to be re-made to suite the tablet type of interface).