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3 years ago

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notification
a month ago

February Quest Costume Released

Love is in the air... The Heart Hoodie costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store!


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seasonal content
a month ago

Lunar New Year 🐰

It's time to celebrate Lunar New Year, and ring in the year of the rabbit!

Be sure to join The Hive to explore the beautiful Lunar hub, and take in the festive atmosphere!

Look out for special Zodiac banners hidden around the hub! Each banner depicts one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Players that find all 12 will receive an exclusive Lunar reward!

To bring an end to this year's new year celebrations, beautiful lanterns will light up the sky. Be sure to join to see the Lantern Festival on the 5th of February, and experience the spectacle for yourself.

Developer Note: This year we have decided to bring previous Lunar New Year content back, with a brand new reward, to allow us to focus on Treasure Wars: Seasons, and other exciting projects.

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new game
2 months ago

New Game: Block Party

Get ready to party! Our newest game, Block Party has been released!

You can join a game in the regular and Arcade hubs, or by typing /queue PARTY.

Check out our blog post for everything you need to know!

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game update
3 months ago

Block Drop: Mini Cosmetic Update

Earlier this year, we started moving more games to resource-pack-driven cosmetics to improve performance for players.

Today we are releasing an update to Block Drop. As part of this update, we have replaced the older, extruded pixel-art powerup models with new, more detailed models. Additionally, this update supports the Winterfest "Present Powerup" daily gift.

Updates

  • Cosmetics are now resource-pack-driven, resulting in less client overhead.

New Cosmetics

  • Lucky Block (Replaces Star - Level 1)
  • Potion (Upgraded Model - Level 2)
  • Royal Crown (Replaces Flower - Level 9)
  • Chest (Upgraded Model - Level 16)
  • Dragon Egg (Replaces Lightning - Level 22)
  • Speedster Costume (Replaces Runner - Level 25)

Players that have already reached the required level for these unlocks will need to play a game of Block Drop to be granted them.

Developer Note: We wouldn't typically release an update like this during the holiday period, but due to the daily gift requiring this new game version, we have released it. These new powerup models are much more in-line with our other visuals and are an excellent visual improvement to the game.

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small change roundup
3 months ago

Bugs, translation issues and small features: December 21st, 2022

Below is a non-exhaustive list of these types of changes that have been released in the last ~2-3 weeks. This list does not cover new features that received their own post, such as Winterfest 2022.

Highlighted feature: /language command

You can now change your Hive language setting using the new /language command. Your default language is still determined by the Minecraft in-game language setting, but you can override it by using this command. Your selection is saved, so you don't have to reapply it each time. Most games and hubs support live updating of your language: you won't have to change servers for it to apply.

Additionally to running the command and using the menu, the command also supports language "short names" such as de for German and ja for Japanese for even quicker switching.

Social:

  • Added Mailbot messages informing players of their reward availability when they start and stop boosting the Discord server.
  • Player names in friend request menus are now color coded according to rank.

Hub:

  • Added holograms to Gift Sorting WinterFest microgame to improve accessibility
  • Made mounts immune to fire
  • Re-added WinterFest snowball hit effects from last year
  • Fixed an issue where Quest Store models would turn into Steve models after interacting with the quest master

Arcade:

  • The /quest command now functions the same in hubs and arcade hubs.
  • Prevented players from cheating on Arcade parkour courses by riding other players' mounts
  • Fixed hub games breaking when joining them while riding a mount or an elevator

Murder Mystery:

  • Fixed a cause of "nethering" when the graveyard teleport overlapped with a back-to-hub action



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notification
3 months ago

Winterfest 2022 ❄️

Winterfest is back, and Santa needs your help!

Trouble in the Grotto

Santa is in trouble. A shortage of toy-making supplies has led to the elves falling behind with making this year's presents, and it doesn't look like the Winterfest preparations will be completed on time!

Do you think you have what it takes to help Santa and save Winterfest? Speak to Mrs. Claus in the hub to get started!

Festive Surprises

Winterfest is all about giving! Starting on the 14th of December, be sure to join The Hive and check underneath the big Winterfest tree each day to receive a special daily gift.

There are twelve total gifts to collect. Each gift will only be available for 24 hours, and once gone, will never be available again - talk about exclusive!

Seasonal Maps

As always, all of your favorite wintery maps are back once more, including some brand-new festive variants.

Happy holidays from all of us at The Hive! 💛

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small change roundup
3 months ago

Bugs, translation issues and small features: December 8th, 2022

Below is a non-exhaustive list of these types of changes that have been released in the last week. This list does not cover new features that received their own post, such as Hats now being supported in in-game lobbies.

Social:

  • Players are now alerted if another player's friend list is full when inviting them. The invite itself will still go through.
  • /friend denyall now outputs a single message, rather than "spamming" the chatbox for each denied invite.
  • Friend invite toggle now fully blocks invites from being sent. Previously, the receiving player would not be alerted, but still receive the invite. The toggle now correctly prevents the invite being sent at all.
  • Party invite will now say if you invited an invalid player.

Gifting:

  • Gifts that use the 'entitlement' system (pets, mounts, hats) now correctly prevent duplicate gifting.

Gameplay:

  • Fixed an issue with using bows whilst being teleported.

All games and hubs:

  • Updated a large number of translations. Thanks to community feedback, we keep improving our translations. You can report translation issues on our forums!

Many of these bugs and issues were reported on our forums. Big thanks to everyone that reported them!

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small change roundup
3 months ago

Bugs, translation issues and small features: December 1st, 2022

Below is a non-exhaustive list of these types of changes that have been released in the last week. This list does not cover new features that received their own post, such as Hats now being supported in (certain) games.

Network:

  • Fixed various bugs affecting players on Minecraft 1.19.50, including maps/item frames not functioning properly

All games and hubs:

  • Updated a large number of translations. Thanks to community feedback, we keep improving our translations. You can report translation issues on our forums!

Hub and Arcade:

  • When gifting an item to your self, the system now properly checks if you already own that item before continuing
  • You can now gift 1 year of replay pass to players that already have an active pass (stacks infinitely)
  • Note: there is an active bug where the entitlement check for pets, mounts and hats doesn't function correctly, leading to these items being able to be gifted despite the recipient already owning them. This will be addressed in the next update.

Capture the Flag:

  • Fixed TNT not replacing water blocks correctly after exploding 
  • Added setting for customizing store price modifier in Custom Servers

Hide and Seek:

  • Made it impossible to interact with doors to prevent annoying sounds 

Murder Mystery:

  • Made it impossible to interact with fence gates and doors to prevent annoying sounds 

Many of these bugs and issues were reported on our forums. Big thanks to everyone that reported them!



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notification
3 months ago

December Quest Costume Released

Winter is coming... The Ugly Sweater Bee costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store!


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