Tinkercad, that Autodesk-owned, user-friendly 3D modeler is offering up a new feature today that may well prove a compelling proposition for Minecraft users. Fans of the block building, monster-fleeing indie title can now use the service to export 3D creations into the game, by way of MCEdit. The whole process looks pretty straight forward to us, but just in case, we’ve embedded a video after the break that’ll give you a soundtracked version of what we just told you.
Late last week, we reported on the developers of the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft announcing Title Update 12 was receiving its final touches, although they haven’t fully disclosed just what we can expect to receive once the update goes live. That changes today as the full changelog for Title Update 12 was made available over the weekend, and if you’re a fan of Minecraft, you’re going to be very excited about this update. (more…)
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4J Studios announced last month its Title Update 12 changelog for Minecraft on Xbox 360 would be coming soon, and since then, the developers have given a glimpse into what fans of the game can expect when the update releases, such as the jungle biome, the ability to trade, iron golems and ocelots. Minecraft’s Title Update 12 is coming sooner than you think as 4J Studios has announced they’re in the process of finishing the update and will hopefully get it into Microsoft’s Certificate Testing later this week. (more…)
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deviantART member/miner/crafter AwesomeTikiWiki made this Minecraft sword plushie as “a present of sorts.” I think she gave it to someone she hated, because this sword won’t help anyone defeat even a pixelated chicken.
AwesomeTikiWiki says she painstakingly sewed this huggable weapon by hand to make sure that she got the pixelated look right. Head to her deviantART page to check her crafting recipe.
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So you’d like to get just a tiny bit closer to the second and third Minecraft LEGO sets to appear as part of the company’s CUUSOO initiative, would you? Lucky you, SlashGear is live in effect at SDCC 2013 and LEGO brought both sets out to see. Though we’re not going to actually get to play with these little amalgamations of gaming crossover magic, their cuteness remains highly apparent, even behind glass.
If you want to get a rather descriptive look at the first Minecraft LEGO set to be unleashed upon the world, have a peek at our original LEGO Minecraft set review. As for the new sets: they’re coming up powerful with many of the same features as the first. Both sets split up into four sections and are able to be constructed as prescribed or in any configuration the user does so choose.
NOTE: Though the first Minecraft LEGO set was indeed part of the fan-initiated vote-to-reality program known as CUUSOO, these 2nd and 3rd sets are out on their own. The first set was so popular, LEGO gave the green light to two more!
“Given our similarities, Minecraft and LEGO building have always been a great match. After the excitement over the first set, we were delighted to extend the line and continue our partnership with The LEGO Group. We can’t wait to see what the two communities create now that there are multiple LEGO Minecraft worlds to build and explore.” – Lydia Winters, Mojang’s director of fun
The Village will be coming in with odd characters like Pig, Villager, and Zombie to hack through both crops and plastic flesh at will, growing and attacking as they might. These characters are part of a series of beings LEGO calls the “Micromob”. According to LEGO on Wikia, Micromobs (one word, per the most recent LEGO press release), are a set of characters constructed of LEGO bricks, unique to the Minecraft LEGO universe (at least so far).
The Nether is a set that comes with hot lava in mind, with both the Minecraft Obsidian Portal and The Nether itself up for exploration with two more Micromob characters. You’ll get one Zombie Pigman and a double dose of Ghasts.
You’ll also find several slightly more massive iterations of these characters sitting around at the LEGO booth here at San Diego Comic-Con 2013. It doesn’t appear that these bits will be up for sale any time soon – but if LEGO did decide they wanted to send a few out, we certainly wouldn’t be mad. Both The Village and The Nether will be appearing on the 1st of September, 2013, for a retail price of $34.99 USD.
LEGO Minecraft Sets “Nether” and “Village” appear at SDCC is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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4JStudios released Title Update 11 to Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition this past May, and here we are two months later talking about Title Update 12. Unfortunately, the news isn’t that the new title update is currently available for Minecraft fans […]
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We’ve seen a number of ways to transform objects made in Minecraft into physical items. But what if you want to the opposite? That’s the idea behind DekkoScan, an upcoming iOS app that uses your mobile device’s camera to scan physical objects and “cubify” them. Take this creepy inflatable owl for example:
Now here it is terrorizing Minecraft:
According to Dekko developer and Redditor portemantho, when the app is done scanning you just press its “Generate” button and it will “send a zip to your saves folder or to MCEdit.” But don’t embark on an epic quest to scan the Earth just yet. Portemantho admitted that because DekkoScan is resource-intensive, it’s scans are limited to a resolution of 128 x 128 and is more suited to scanning objects up close. Portemantho also said that the app currently uses wool blocks, but that can easily be changed with a future update. Here’s a very brief demo of the app:
As of this writing DekkoScan is still awaiting approval at the App Store. But again, the app is quite the resource hog and will only work on newer devices: iPad 2 & up, and iPhone 4S & 5. Portemantho said they will eventually release an Android port. Soon you’ll be able to build an object in Minecraft, 3D print that object, then use DekkoScan to take that 3D print back to Minecraft. Ad infinitum. Time well spent, life well lived.
[via Reddit via GameSkinny via N4G]
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