The future of Minecraft’s development

Minecraft 开发的未来

Looking ahead at what’s to come
展望未来

This year, we celebrated Minecraft’s fifteenth birthday. We’ve spent 15 years mining, crafting, and surviving together; but we’ve also spent the last 15 years evolving the Cave Game of 2009 into the Minecraft you play today. From the addition of jungle biomes in 2012 to the trial chambers in 2024, each free update has expanded our game’s blocky universe a little further. And you, our treasured community, have been with us every step of the way.
今年，我们共同庆祝了 Minecraft 的十五岁生日。我们已经一起度过了15年，挖矿、建造、生存；同时，过去的 15 年里，我们也将始于 2009 年的洞穴游戏不断演变成了今天你所畅玩的 Minecraft。从 2012 年的丛林生物群系到 2024 年的试炼密室，每一次免费更新都令方块世界更加广阔。而你们——我们珍贵的社区成员们——一直与我们同行。

Together we’ve crafted a game that has stood the test of time, and as we look towards our sixteenth birthday and beyond, we're here to talk about the future of Minecraft’s development – how we’re working to bring you new features more regularly, the changes we’re making to Minecraft Live, and more.
我们共同创造了一款经受时间考验的游戏，展望 Minecraft 的第十六个生日以及更遥远的未来，我们在此讨论 Minecraft 未来的开发方向——如何致力更频繁地带来新特性、对 Minecraft Live 所做的改变等等。

MORE REGULAR FEATURE DROPS
更频繁的小更新（暂译）

We know that you want new Minecraft content more often, which is why we’re changing our feature development rhythm. Instead of providing one free update during the summer, as we’ve done in the past, we’ll now be releasing a number of free game drops throughout the year. These game drops will vary in size and will bring you features to explore more frequently.

我们知道你们希望经常获得全新的 Minecraft 内容，因此改变开发节奏很有必要。与过去每年夏天发布一个免费更新不同，现在我们将在全年推出多个免费游戏小更新。这些更新的规模各不相同，且将更频繁地带来可供探索的新特性。

Sharp-eyed players will have spotted our first trial of these drops all the way back in December 2023, when we made visual changes to bats and turned decorated pots into functional storage containers. Next came Armored Paws – which included armadillos, wolf variations, and wolf armor – and released in April 2024.
眼尖的玩家可能早在 2023 年 12 月就注意到了这种更新的首次尝试，当时我们对蝙蝠进行了视觉改动，并将饰纹陶罐变成了存储容器。接下来便是 2024 年 4 月发布的犰甲狼兵，包括犰狳、全新的狼变种和狼铠。

And that’s not all our developers will be working on. Minecraft is a game that has been growing since it first released, and alongside these regular content drops, our developers will be focusing on long-term initiatives to ensure we can continue to evolve Minecraft long into the future.
但这并不是我们开发者的全部工作。Minecraft 自首次发布以来便一直在不断发展，除了这些定期的内容更新外，我们的开发者还将专注于长期计划，以确保 Minecraft 在未来能够继续进化。

Right now, we’re also working on bringing a native version of Minecraft to the PlayStation®5 – because Minecraft is better when friends can play together on whichever device they want. Over the coming year, we’ll also be exploring ways to improve Minecraft’s multiplayer experience and make it easier to find and connect with friends.
目前，我们也在开发 PlayStation 5 平台上的原生 Minecraft ——当朋友们可以在任何设备上一同畅玩时，方能享受最佳 Minecraft 体验。在接下来的一年里，我们还将探索如何改善 Minecraft 的多人游戏体验，并让玩家能更轻松地与朋友们联机游玩。

A NEW FORMAT FOR MINECRAFT LIVE
MINECRAFT LIVE 的新形式

We’re changing the format for Minecraft Live, and retiring the mob vote, to bring you something new. Instead of doing one show per year (usually in October) - Minecraft Live will now become a more focussed broadcast, and it will happen twice per year. Each show will be packed with everything you need to know about the latest features we’re working on, what’s coming into testing, and the newest news from across the Minecraft franchise.
我们正在改变 Minecraft Live 的形式，取消生物投票并带来一些全新的内容。与先前每年一次（通常在十月）的形式不同，Minecraft Live 现在将成为更加集中的节目，并且每年举行两次。每期节目都会带来我们正在开发的最新特性、即将进入测试的内容以及 Minecraft 系列游戏的最新消息。

This will let us share the features we’re working on with you more regularly!
这样一来，我们就能更频繁地与大家分享我们正在开发的特性了！

A FUTURE SHAPED TOGETHER
未来由我们共同塑造

Your feedback and suggestions contribute enormously to what gets added into the game – in fact, you’ve probably influenced Minecraft's development more than you know. Cherry groves, which were added to Minecraft as part of the Trails & Tales Update, were suggested by a community member. Likewise, variations to wolves (including the ability for wolves to have different skins based on biomes) also started life as a handful of community suggestions on our official feedback site .
玩家们的反馈和建议对游戏内容的添加有着极大的影响——实际上可能比你们想象的还要大。樱花树林最初只是一个社区成员的建议，后来作为足迹与故事更新的一部分被添加到了 Minecraft 中。同样，狼的变种（包括根据生物群系选择纹理的特性）最初也是我们官方反馈网站上社区建议的产物。

Your feedback doesn’t just help inspire what goes into the game, it also helps us iterate on features throughout development, too. When the armadillo first released into testing a lot of our community reacted to the armadillo’s visual design and provided feedback on how they’d like to see it improved. The armadillo you see in the game today (with its eyes firmly on the side of its head, and not on the front!) was shaped by the community, and your feedback.
你们的反馈不仅告诉我们应该在游戏中添加什么内容，也帮助我们在开发过程中对特性进行迭代改进。犰狳刚刚进入测试时，我们的许多社区成员对其视觉设计做出了反应，并提供了改进建议。而今天游戏中的犰狳（眼睛紧贴在头部两侧，而不是前面）正是由游戏社区和你们的反馈共同塑造而成的。

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST DESIGN OF THE ARMADILLO MOB (LEFT) AND THE FINAL MOB DESIGN (RIGHT)
最初的犰狳设计（左）及终稿（右）

THE EARLY DESIGN OF THE ARMADILLO MOB
早期设计中的犰狳

THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE ARMADILLO MOB
最终使用的犰狳设计

Similarly, your feedback on the early designs of wolf armor led to us making it stronger, protecting your wolves even more thoroughly when they adventure with you throughout the Overworld.
同样地，你们对狼铠早期设计的反馈也促使我们加强了它的防护性，让你的狼在一同穿越主世界的冒险中得到更全面的保护。

We are excited for a future of Minecraft in which we get to share more features with you more regularly, and in which your suggestions continue to become a reality. We hope you’ll join us for another fifteen years – and hopefully, even more.
我们对 Minecraft 的未来感到十分兴奋，在未来，我们将更频繁地与大家分享新特性，而你们的建议也将不断成为现实。希望你们能与我们一起走过接下来的十五年...甚至更多的岁月。

From all of us here at Mojang Studios – thank you. Minecraft wouldn’t be Minecraft without you all.
来自 Mojang Studios 的全体成员——谢谢你。没有你们，Minecraft 绝不可能成为 Minecraft。

【Cinder 译自Ryan Cooper 2024 年 9 月 9 日发布的 The future of Minecraft’s development】
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