The (not so) Weekly Junk #5

H guys, welcome back to the (not so) Weekly Junk!
Sorry for the lack of news, the past weeks were really busy finishing the new Halloween Update, and developing the new project.

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Let’s take a look at our community:

Our Member Tye-Dye is looking for “actors” for his Junk Jack themed music video.
The movie will be recorded in Minecraft, and the song will be sold on iTunes, with all the revenue going to charity.

Are you interested? Check out the forum thread below:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9416

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We also found that Mastery is working on a really cool adventure map called “Voyage to Whiterook Keep: The Cow Snatchers”.

Make sure to keep an eye on that!

Here is the forum thread:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8775

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Take also a look at the tree house by The Taupe!

Very nice, as usual Keep impressing us

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Have you got a nice creation, mod or something cool that you would like to see featured?

Post it on our forums here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewforum.php?f=8

The best ones will be featured in the next Weekly Junk!

Junk Jack 1.2.2 update has been submitted to Apple! (waiting for approval)

Hi there!
The new Junk Jack 1.2.2 update has been submitted to Apple! It features a whole bunch of bugfixes, new halloween themed mobs, treasures, and things to find!
We’ll let you know when the update is approved, hopefully soon this time

Here is the changelog:

New Features:

• A new option has been added that keep game unpaused with inventory/map/book opened.
• New brewing barrel addon.
• 25+ new cooking crafts.
• New plantable hops.
• 4 New rare statues.
• Throwable knives!
• Slingshot weapon, use it to throw small rocks at mobs!
• Throwable shurikens!
• Placeable camp fire that can be used for basic cooking.
• Placeable fireplace block.
• Placeable carpet block.
• A new achievement has been added.
• 3 new mobs!
• More than 15 new rare treasures!
• A new rare chest can be found in the world.
• Halloween Pumpkins can be found in the world!
• A new craftable chest has been added.
• 10+ new crafts have been added.
• 3 new hats have been added to the shop.

Bug Fixes:

• Cocoa tree can be correctly destroyed without crashes.
• You can now milk a cow unlimited times.
• Taming collar craft now requires copper bars instead of silver.
• Various wrong treasure offsets fixed.
• Various craftnote typos fixed.
• Stone merlon moved under the right craftbook category.
• Putting Junk Jack in background will automatically trigger pause view.
• Damage on character is correctly inhibited for one second upon receiving damage from any source.
• Items thrown from inventory will bounce correctly even when player is not aligned to center of block.
• Sticky bombs thrown at world limit won’t crash the game neither explode anymore.
• Ghost items shouldn’t remain anymore when placing items.
• Unhittable blocks are properly indestructible with bare hands.
• Removed the duplication glitch with crafting and tap to move on.
• Arrows don’t stick on world limit anymore, they just disappear.
• Sapphire encrusted tools now properly work (shovels and swords).
• Compact sand is now properly identified as sand (eg you can plant cactus on it).
• Wheat is now easier to find.
• Increased stone merlon craft output to 4.
• Left sloped bricks hardness fixed.
• Fixed white sheep health.
• Jungle tree base makes the right sound.
• Walking on glass makes the right sound.

more GREAT news are coming soon

Weekly Junk #4

Hi guys, time for the new Weekly Junk!

Let’s take a look at the new creations from our forums

Our community found a really clever way to make pixel art from the showcase block, check out some nice examples here:

Super Mario pixel art by Jerzeeshadowpixel:

Nice replica!

Zelda stuff by Gsbadreligion

Check also out the p1nkbr0 egg:

Very nice, and really original.

Keep up the good work guys

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Have you got a nice creation, mod or something that you would like to see featured?

Post it on our forums here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewforum.php?f=8

The best ones will be featured in the next Weekly Junk!

Weekly Junk #3

Hey guys, welcome to the Weekly Junk #3!

Let’s start with an update regarding the development status of the new Junk Jack version.

New monsters are coming, some new cool throwable weapons (some suggested by the users), new furniture, new placeable items that we hope you will like, food types, and lots of new rare treasures!
Last but not least, a lot of themed things are coming. Guess what they are?

We’re also working on .. something new .. an announcement will come out soon.

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Let’s see the community creations now!

Check out the adventure map “Dwarven town” by our forum user Onura!

The original forum link is here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4507&start=30

And.. take a look at the Jungle Mountain by Thetaupe:

Impressive work

That’s all for now!

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Have you got a nice creation, mod or something that you would like to see featured?

Post it on our forums here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewforum.php?f=8

The best ones will be featured in the next Weekly Junk!

Weekly Junk #2

Hi Miners, welcome back to the Weekly Junk!

This week we’re going to feature some very cool community creations, and an adventure map.

Let’s start!

The Cathedral by our forum user Rusky:

Very shiny and nice structure. Nice work!

The Second House, by our new forum user Reiwud:

Nicely done, and welcome to the Junk Jack community

Let’s finish with some nice old style pixel art by our forum user Jerzeeshadow:

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Check out this cool adventure map called “Junk Z”. We found it very fun and original to play!

Here is a let’s play we found on Youtube:

.. and the forum link, where you can download the map, and install it through iTunes:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6304

Nice work guys!

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Junk Jack work on the next update is going on well.. check out the changelog here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8

There are some big surprises for the future.. but we can’t say more right now

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Have you got a nice creation, mod or something that you would like to see featured?

Post it on our forums here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewforum.php?f=8

The best ones will be featured in the next Weekly Junk!

Weekly Junk #1

Hi Guys, welcome to the first edition of the Weekly Junk!

Here we’ll feature all the nice things regarding development of junk jack, and the best user creations, like maps, adventure maps,youtube video, mods and so on.

So.. let’s start with this awesome castle made by our forum user theTaupe!

Check out the overview:

The throne room:

And a room in detail:

Very nice work! Nice use of the 1.2 sloped bricks too

Original forum link: http://forum.pixbits.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7986

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In case you missed it, you should check out the fantastic episodes of the Junk Jack let’s play by our forum user Tye Dye!

Here is the first episode:

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Have you got a nice creation, mod or something that you would like to see featured?

Post it on our forums here:

http://forum.pixbits.com/viewforum.php?f=8

The best ones will be featured in the next Weekly Junk!

Junk Jack 1.2 Gameplay Trailer

Hi, check out the new Junk Jack 1.2 Gameplay Trailer!

It shows some of the new features released in the update:

Let us know what you think of it in the forums!

Junk Jack 1.2.1 is out! (CRASH FIXED!)

Hi guys, Junk Jack 1.2.1 is out, the block breaking bug is fixed
Happy mining everyone!!

Junk Jack 1.2 Crashes.

We’re aware that game crashes when breaking a block, we already fixed it and sent it to Apple through expedited review.

Do not update the game to the last version, please!

Thanks for your patience guys, many apologies for that.

Junk Jack 1.2 update has been submitted to Apple! (waiting for approval)

Hey guys!
The new 1.2 update with bow and arrows, breeding system to tame and let your animals grow, jewelcrafting to enhance your tools, sticky bombs and many more features has been submitted to apple!

Here is the changelog:

New features:

• 4 new hats can be purchased in the store!
• New wood bucket, a less expensive version for milk
• New Fence Doors!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Wood Blocks!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Wood Planks!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Stone Bricks!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Sand Bricks!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Clay Bricks!
• New craftable decoration Sloped Roof Tiles!
• New Compact Sand Block!
• New craftable stone merlons!
• 20+ New hidden treasures to discover!
• New enhanced widget, needed for some crafts
• Dark Stone can now be crafted back from shards and placed
• A rare magical bean that can be planted and grows as a tall climbable plant
• Quickstack: inventory to chest button (every item that is in both inventory and current chest page will be stacked)
• Quickstack: craft grid to inventory button (grid will be emptied and every stackable item even in inventory will be stacked)
• A new craftable Junk Machine! Recycle items and get materials back according to your luck!
• More than 20 new cooking recipes!
• Bow & Arrows!
• 7 arrow types!
• 7 bow types!
• A new ammo slot in the inventory
• Sticky Explosives (to blocks) (small, normal and big bombs)
• New craftable metal chest!
• A new way of moving items in inventory only with tap and/or hold (can be enabled via a setting in options)
• New craftable metal block!
• A new rare mineral which is said to be very strong!
• Metal tools and weapons can now be encrusted with gems to enhance them (durability, range, etc)
• New jeweler bench addon used to cut gems
• You can feed stabled pups to help them grow
• You can feed stabled adult animals to help them breed
• You can tame animals and place them on their correct blocks to keep them in your world
• New sow and piglet mob
• New ram and lamb mobs
• New rooster and chick mobs
• New bull and calf mobs
• New pig trough to keep and breed pigs
• New cowshed block to keep and breed cows
• New chicken hen block to keep and breed chickens
• New sheepfold block to keep and breed sheeps
• A taming collar can be crafted to capture certain mobs
• 4 New rare fossils can be found and gathered underground
• Treasures on ground and fruits are now shown on minimap
• Mobs are now shown on minimap
• Violet mushroom will now drop sprouts and can be replanted (they grow only in darkness!)
• A new kind of showcase block can be crafted and holds up to 4 treasures (as a shelf)
• Now you can throw items by dragging them outside inventory (side of throw will be chosen according to position of drag)
• Now you can tap an item in the craftbook to see its name
• Now you can tap an addon symbol in the craftbook to see its name
• Now torches have custom ember colors
• New beans plant
• New pepper plant
• New peach tree plant
• New lettuce plant
• New potato plant
• Now green grass drops grass seeds to replant it

Enhancements:

• 50% faster boot time when opening the game
• Item name tooltip will keep its visibility state when closing and reopening inventory
• Now it’s possible to eat also at full health
• Revamped Doors
• Revamped Furniture blocks
• Reveamped Building Blocks (Roof Tiles, Iron Ladder, Clay Bricks, Stone Bricks, Sand Bricks, Pavement Blocks, Glass, Wood Window)
• Glass window has become Iron Framed Window
• Signs shouldn’t crash anymore on newer devices
• Small Closets can now be used as shelves
• Decorations placed on leaves block will now shift accordingly if the tree grows
• Using the bed to sleep will now reset health (to prevent exploiting breaking a bed now won’t give back all materials for it for sure)
• Dark Stone can now be broken with strong tools
• Non hittable block flag on back layer nows work properly
• An empty durability bar won’t appear anymore in some situations on quickslots
• Destroying a cactus sprout won’t make a cactus grow from nowhere anymore
• Fixed some wrong cooking crafts.
• Skull statue pieces cannot be removed from below anymore.
• Fixed bugs related to palm trees (copper coins, coconuts on wrong tiles, crashes)
• Revamped world chests graphics
• Revamped craftable chests graphics
• Revamped metal blocks graphics
• Decay time of items on ground has been doubled
• Minerals and gems won’t spawn anymore on basalt (bedrock)
• Tapping on a togglable block (eg. chest) will now prevent throwing items as explosives
• Health is correctly reset when player data is deleted
• Gems dropped by veins now are raw gems (need to be cut)
• Revamped tools graphics
• Revamped gems graphics
• Green grass is not directly placeable anymore
• Tiles on bridges overlapped with ladders don’t get destroyed when removing ladder anymore
• Now character won’t keep auto-running after pressing home button
• Now violet and jungle grass are correctly removed when covered by another block
• Now violet grass will grow on violet dirt and jungle grass will grow on jungle dirt
• Trying to place a ladder on top of the world doesn’t crash the game anymore
• Items on shelves in minimap now have proper lighting
• Boar meat now gives the appropriate health value
• Pizza now doesn’t require eggs anymore
• Cheese ham can now be consumed
• Farming trees now should make the correct hit and break sounds
• Cloth now makes the appropriate sound when walking on it
• Stone golem drop rates fixed
• Carnivore plants now will spawn only in the appropriate biome
• Fixed the title typo in the scarecrow craftbook page
• Fixed corn seeds drop rate
• Fixed maya ceiling decos sound and behaviour
• Fixed small glitches in the super map
• Fixed misc craftbook typos and groups
• Decreased white sheep spawn rate

Thats all.. for now!