Indev's limited maps soon raised opportunity for a game changing idea. Like Survival Test however, players still had to save their map to a file on their computer and reload it if they died. Players now had to use tools and weapons, gather and prepare food differently, utilize crafting and smelting and be wary of the time of day. Game play was dramatically different from Survival Test and paved the way for future game modes to come. Players would play on a limited map with dimensions determined by the shape and size characteristics.

As it progressed, its game play became standardized to that of Minecraft today, however with far fewer features.

During its lifespan, some updates were devoted mostly for testing new things, like torches or fire. Indev received 29 updates after this, gaining a few fundamental features to Minecraft as it went, which are listed below. New features currently contained a more complex and realistic lighting scheme than Classic mode's and support for MD3 mob models, demonstrated by Rana. Indev version 0.31 was put to the public at /indev and available only to people who had purchased the game. Indev was initially released on Decemafter Notch received requests to let the community try out new features he was implementing. Indev was phased out in favor of Infdev after infinite maps were to be added into the game. Indev (or In Development) was an older test version of Minecraft's Survival mode, which succeeded Survival Test in Classic Mode.

The grass under leaves is now dirt due to this.These features only exist in outdated versions of Minecraft.

Now has vertical lines flowing down it.

It's also possible for flowers, mushrooms and saplings (since the appearance of saplings ( Java Edition pre-Classic rd-161348) until the version Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100202) except that the torch will stay in the air forever. It is possible to create a flying torch by placing a torch on the ground, then by breaking the ground.

If the player places a torch on the ground next to a wall, the torch will be attached to the wall.Their length is different from the next version (13 pixels instead of 10 on the next version ( Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091231-1).

Minecraft indev with rana jar and json