Greetings CubeCrafters!
Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn't stop our content drops. August was busy, so let's recap - Read below to learn more.
New Beta Game: Mob Hunt
In August, we launched a brand-new Beta game on our Java & Bedrock network, called Mob Hunt. Previously known as Mob Who. This gamemode was created to help stress-test our new backend frameworks and infrastructure, whilst also allowing our team to create a fun and new game idea from scratch.
We know that Prop Hunt gamemodes are popular in the Minecraft space, but we also know that picking a prop and then going AFK for 5+ minutes isn't really engaging or fun, so we wanted to add a twist to our version. Being a prop and needing to blend in with existing props in the map!
At the start of the game, hiders and seekers are picked, and the hiders must choose a mob to blend in with, whilst the seekers must hunt down and eliminate all the hiders. We released this game with v0.1 and a couple of weeks later, launched v0.2, which changed the gamemode a little more, making it even more engaging to play. Most importantly, Hiders become Seekers when eliminated.
This Beta game has given us an even better understanding of internal processes, game development & design, game launch, infrastructure, and so much more. Allowing us to create more fun, exciting games in the future! This Beta game won't be around forever, so if you want a chance to try it out, it's located on Java & Bedrock, in the middle of our lobbies and games menu on the hotbar.
Head of CubeCraft Server
Just to give everyone a bit of behind-the-scenes at CubeCraft. A couple of months ago, we opened applications for the Head of CubeCraft Server role. Well, I'm happy to announce that @stifflered (Tim) has joined Team CubeCraft as our new Head of CubeCraft Server!
They will be leading our product team to create awesome new and exciting content for our Minecraft networks, as well as empowering our Community & Volunteering side of CubeCraft. All very exciting stuff, we're super happy Tim is here, so welcome them to our network, you'll be seeing a lot more of him!
Summer Competition Winners
Over our Summer event, we hosted a competition for you guys to create anything Summer-related, and below are the winners and honourable mentions!
New: Skyblock Runes
On Bedrock, we've added 3 new minecoin-purchasable Forge Runes to Skyblock. Available to grab from shop NPCs located at the Forge.
5 Weeks of Summer Ending!
To round off our Summer Event, we concluded our 5 Weeks of Summer in August. Weeks 4 & 5 were released. Adding a total of 21 NEW permanent maps to our Bedrock & Java networks. Below you'll find links to all the posts, including the games and images for each map. Check them out and play on them!
1 Year of Community Microevents!
Little over 1 year ago, our first Community Microevent was hosted. Since then, our amazing team have created, hosted and driven so many of our Community Microevents. Hosting events such as Bingos, Selfie & Art Competitions, Find-the-Locations, Best Clips and so many different fun community events.
You can join our current and future Microevents on our Discord HERE.
You can read more about the 1 Year of Community Microevents on our official post HERE.
Bug Zone!
Whilst all of you were relaxing over the Summer, we've been busy behind the scenes, improving, investigating and pushing stability and general bug fixes to our networks. Below are just some of them:
We're also actively investigating issues related to server lag and stability on our network, impacting users over time.
Thanks for reading! - See you soon
Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn't stop our content drops. August was busy, so let's recap - Read below to learn more.
New Beta Game: Mob HuntIn August, we launched a brand-new Beta game on our Java & Bedrock network, called Mob Hunt. Previously known as Mob Who. This gamemode was created to help stress-test our new backend frameworks and infrastructure, whilst also allowing our team to create a fun and new game idea from scratch.
We know that Prop Hunt gamemodes are popular in the Minecraft space, but we also know that picking a prop and then going AFK for 5+ minutes isn't really engaging or fun, so we wanted to add a twist to our version. Being a prop and needing to blend in with existing props in the map!
At the start of the game, hiders and seekers are picked, and the hiders must choose a mob to blend in with, whilst the seekers must hunt down and eliminate all the hiders. We released this game with v0.1 and a couple of weeks later, launched v0.2, which changed the gamemode a little more, making it even more engaging to play. Most importantly, Hiders become Seekers when eliminated.
This Beta game has given us an even better understanding of internal processes, game development & design, game launch, infrastructure, and so much more. Allowing us to create more fun, exciting games in the future! This Beta game won't be around forever, so if you want a chance to try it out, it's located on Java & Bedrock, in the middle of our lobbies and games menu on the hotbar.
Head of CubeCraft ServerJust to give everyone a bit of behind-the-scenes at CubeCraft. A couple of months ago, we opened applications for the Head of CubeCraft Server role. Well, I'm happy to announce that @stifflered (Tim) has joined Team CubeCraft as our new Head of CubeCraft Server!
They will be leading our product team to create awesome new and exciting content for our Minecraft networks, as well as empowering our Community & Volunteering side of CubeCraft. All very exciting stuff, we're super happy Tim is here, so welcome them to our network, you'll be seeing a lot more of him!
Summer Competition WinnersOver our Summer event, we hosted a competition for you guys to create anything Summer-related, and below are the winners and honourable mentions!
1st Place - Marshynet
The Palm Island
2nd Place - Damian
Summer Compilation
3rd Place - Neosoundblaster
BedWars Drawing
Honourable Mentions
The Palm Island
2nd Place - Damian
Summer Compilation
3rd Place - Neosoundblaster
BedWars Drawing
Honourable Mentions
Nak - AQUABYTE (Song)
Groovy - Underwater Diving
PrinceGaming - Summer Fun X Sulphur Cube!
Groovy - Underwater Diving
PrinceGaming - Summer Fun X Sulphur Cube!
New: Skyblock RunesOn Bedrock, we've added 3 new minecoin-purchasable Forge Runes to Skyblock. Available to grab from shop NPCs located at the Forge.
- Toughened Armour: Removes all durability from your armour pieces.
- Fast Sell: Sells the contents of any chest or harvester just by breaking it with an axe.
- Miner's Light: Applies Night Vision & +50 Ore Fortune to helmets.
5 Weeks of Summer Ending!To round off our Summer Event, we concluded our 5 Weeks of Summer in August. Weeks 4 & 5 were released. Adding a total of 21 NEW permanent maps to our Bedrock & Java networks. Below you'll find links to all the posts, including the games and images for each map. Check them out and play on them!
5 Weeks of Summer Part 1 - 17th July
5 Weeks of Summer Part 2 - 24th July
5 Weeks of Summer Part 3 - 31st July
5 Weeks of Summer Part 4 - 7th August
5 Weeks of Summer Part 5 - 14th August
5 Weeks of Summer Part 2 - 24th July
5 Weeks of Summer Part 3 - 31st July
5 Weeks of Summer Part 4 - 7th August
5 Weeks of Summer Part 5 - 14th August
1 Year of Community Microevents!Little over 1 year ago, our first Community Microevent was hosted. Since then, our amazing team have created, hosted and driven so many of our Community Microevents. Hosting events such as Bingos, Selfie & Art Competitions, Find-the-Locations, Best Clips and so many different fun community events.
You can join our current and future Microevents on our Discord HERE.
You can read more about the 1 Year of Community Microevents on our official post HERE.
Bug Zone!Whilst all of you were relaxing over the Summer, we've been busy behind the scenes, improving, investigating and pushing stability and general bug fixes to our networks. Below are just some of them:
We're also actively investigating issues related to server lag and stability on our network, impacting users over time.
- Skyblock - Fixed mobs despawning when more than 128 blocks away from players in the y direction (up & down). (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed pigs always only dropping one pork chop; they now drop 2. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed shelves sometimes consuming items when interacted with. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed some auto-harvester unlock messages being incorrect. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed quests sometimes not correctly progressing when using TnT. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed items being picked up by augments during transfer. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed the Brickmason quest not progressing when using a stone cutter. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed an issue where the auto harvester could be used to obtain too much XP. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixes spears not counting as a weapon for quests. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed food cooked on a campfire not counting towards quests. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed being unable to place an auto harvester in the Nether. (Java Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed spears losing durability when attacking NPCs. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed wither skeleton skull drop rate being too high (The drop is rate is 3% now). (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Update the loot table for Cobblestone mine to better reflect the loot drops . (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed the explosive hit augment not working as expected in dungeons. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed augment slots incorrectly showing up on some items that do not support augments. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed several typos in various dialogues across Skyblock. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed a glowstone pearl not being visible. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed boss bars being visible after the boss died if more than one boss was present at the same time. (Java/Bedrock)
- Skyblock - Fixed lumber fortune runes not being obtainable in dungeons. (Java/Bedrock)
- Disasters - Fixed an issue causing the black hole disaster to not spawn the black holes (Bedrock)
- BedWars - Fixed shears not mining wool faster. (Java)
- Mob Hunt - Fixed disguised iron golems having a broken texture. (Java/Bedrock)
- Mob Hunt - Fixed map selection not opening in-game. (Java/Bedrock)
- Global - Fixed an issue where marketplace purchases not eligible for VXP would cause a VXP received message, causing confusion. (Bedrock)
- Global - Fixed flying in spectator mode, sometimes being abnormally slow. (Bedrock)
- Global - Fixed players not hearing their own footsteps (Bedrock)
- Global - Fixed slime & magma cubes having incorrect hit boxes (Bedrock)
- Web - Added support for passport logins on the Java report site.
- Disasters - Fixed an issue that prevented food from spawning on the map in Starvation Survival (Bedrock)
- Disasters - Fixed an issue that prevented some disasters from spawning on maps
- (Bedrock)
- Disasters - Adjusted starvation delay in Starvation Survival (Bedrock)
- Disasters - Jump and Boost Pads now stop working when fully destroyed (Bedrock)
- Disasters - Fixed an issue that prevented the endgame leaderboard from showing the heart amount of each player (Bedrock)
- EggWars/SkyWars - Fixed some maps not starting. (Java/Bedrock)
- BlockWars CTF - Fixed an issue that allowed players to tunnel under the separating wall on game start (Bedrock)
- BlockWars - Fixed being able to access chests by mining under the wall (Bedrock)
- Loot - Fixed an issue with the Dragon buddy always flying (Bedrock)
- Parkour - Fixed Java Simple/Bedrock Easy "Mist" map from failing to load (Java/Bedrock).
Thanks for reading! - See you soon
