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This ebook is a special 2 in 1 exclusive edition that combines Minecraft Pocket Edition ebook and the 70 Top Tricks and Tips ebook. This ebook provides an introduction to the world of Minecraft. It describes how the game is developed particularly its pocket edition. These pocket editions are the ones being played using your mobile phones and other handheld gadgets. To help you out in using it, the ebook discusses the system requirements. For Android, you need to have the latest version of the Gingerbread.
Chapter 4 describes how the game is played. The main objective of the game is to build a structure in a sandbox environment. However, the Minecraft pocket version lacks some of the surviving elements such as the minecart and the redstone. Also included in this chapter is the tablet features, the art of crafting and the MATTIS feature and iOS and Android controls.
Chapter 5 includes the basic controls and other essential things the player requires in order to survive. Keep in mind that this game is all about survival.
Chapter 6 is the Mobs the Survival mode of the game along with the Creative mode. However, the Minecraft pocket edition does not have the complete Mobs complement.
In chapter 7 you will be able to learn more about the crafting capabilities of Minecraft. You need to continue building every time new items fall down from the sky. Chapter 8 is the Mining Sessions where you start to build your shelter after you have collected all the items that you need. The building of the shelter continues with Chapter 9 and other survival things that you need to do. In Chapter 10, this ebook provides helpful tips and hints on how the game will be played in order to survive.
The tips and tricks on how to play game continues in Chapter 12 where the basic things you need to know is enumerated. As the game intensified, the player should learn the survival tips against the environment in Chapter 13. While in Chapter 14 the things that you need to do before PvP and in the first part of the game is discussed. And finally, in Chapter 15 the in-game tips and tricks to help you become victorious are enumerated. This complete the 70 top tricks and tips that you should know in order to survive and become victorious.
At the end of the this ebook is the final thoughts about the game and additional information and details about the game. This game is very challenging and it requires your skills in being creative. The popularity of the game is increasing and this is the reason why the developers of this game continue to improve as some of the players tend to become bored. This game is all about surviving and learning to live and be satisfied with what you have on hand. The items that you have might not be enough but if you know the tricks you will be able to survive the game.
Minecraft is one of todays very popular action games where players go about gathering resources, fish, dig holes, and plant crops, while outsmarting in-game monsters along the way. This first-person game is all about the survival theme.
It is split into real-time day and night cycles. While you can gather resources (fishing, planting crops, searching for ore, etc) during the day, you could spend the night indoors building various tools or mining underground tunnels. Otherwise, you could be running around outdoors with monsters right behind you.
Such great game has evolved with the Minecraft Pocket Edition. This is the games mobile version initially made exclusive for Xperia PLAY for only $6.99. Developed and launched by Mojang AB back in August 16, 2011, the Minecraft Pocket Edition game was later introduced to other Android devices.
The Minecraft Pocket Edition designed for iOS devices debuted shortly, courtesy of the iOS App Store, just a day before Minecraft 1.0 was launched at MineCon 2011. And finally, the Pocket Edition appeared on the shelves of Amazon Appstore on the 13th of September, 2012.
After the initial iOS and Android releases, regular updates were also released in parallel, including the same added features on both platforms. Different exciting game play aspects added to the Pocket Edition during its Alpha Stage include more blocks and items, crafting, smelting, and many other game modes with the hopes of bringing the game version much closer to the PC game version.
The Pocket Edition is considered the least developed game version of Minecraft. Even with its 7th edition already, it is still a level behind in the gaming features compared to its PC and Xbox game counterparts.
With the most recent updates, players can now go after iron, diamond, gold and even leather armor resources. Aside from that, new features that were not seen in the games PC version can now be exploited in Minecraft Pocket Edition, like the stone cutter a specific crafting table designed to craft stone blocks, or fancy clouds puts more value to Fancy Graphics.
Considering Mincrafts popularity among various player segments in line with societys preference for mobile devices, coming up with various game versions intended for todays popular mobile platforms is not a surprise at all. The game creators also expressed their strong desire to deliver a portable edition of the game, with more focus on the iOS and Android platforms.
For the Android 2.3 Gingerbread version, you can consider any processor type with the floating-point calculation support (ARM-v7a code). Storage and data connection varies. It supports Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Ray, and Mini Pro devices.
The iOS 4.3.3 version on the other hand supports either the 600 MHz ARM v7 Cortex CPU and the 800 MHz Apple A4 CPU systems. It requires 4.3 MB storage capacity with option requirements for data connection. Supported devices include the 3rd, 4th and 5th generation iPod Touch, the iPhone 3GS, 4S, 4, and 5 models, iPad 1st to 4th generation, iPad Mini, and more.
It must be noted that the games main objectives are still the same with its original Xbox and PC Edition counterparts. This means you get to build the same virtual reality world in a well-defined sandbox environment. The Minecraft Pocket Edition game lacks some survival elements that were present in the other game versions, like the minecart and redstone rail systems. The multiplayer game mode has cross-platform compatibility with the iOS and Android versions, except the full Demo/Lite version.
The HUD, including all the other elements involved are comfortably adapted to mobile game play standards. Touch screen and soft key (this applies to the Android operating system) features allow smooth and efficient game interaction. Its important to understand that the graphics feature (akin to the Minecraft Alpha version) was purposely downgraded to fit into the Pocket Edition game parameters. Other highlighted important examples include:
The generated worlds (256 by 256 blocks) are finite just like in the classic version, though you cannot expect infinite water sources at the world corners.
Terrain generation is also similar to the Alpha game version, lacking many generated structures and biomes.
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