PowerPG 1.1.0 — Major Content Update

This update introduces a second playable character, new engineering systems, powerful combat abilities, new animations, improved movement, and numerous gameplay improvements.

NEW CHARACTER: Nerdy Steve

Nerdy Steve joins PowerPG as a new playable character!

Unlike Steve Bio+, Nerdy Steve relies on intelligence, engineering, resource efficiency, and inventions to survive Minecraft's dangerous world.

• Select Nerdy Steve from the character selection book.

• Discover new ideas by exploring, gathering resources, crafting, and interacting with the world.

• Unlock crafting knowledge as you progress through wood, stone, and iron.

• Experience character thoughts and discoveries through an improved dialogue system.

• Unlock blueprints for inventions through the expanded workbench.

Expanded Workbench

• Combine two crafting tables to create a custom 6×6 crafting workbench.

• New 3D model with modular decorations.

• Attach a lantern for lighting, books, and a feather quill.

• Blueprint previews help you discover available inventions.

• New inventions become available as Nerdy Steve learns about materials and engineering.

Wooden Utility Chestplate

• New wearable wooden chestplate with a custom 3D model.

• Provides basic protection with a movement-speed penalty.

• Can be placed on the ground and equipped later.

• Attach a torch for portable lighting.

• Attach a chest to the back for 36 additional inventory slots.

• Improved front and back appearance.

• Modules and stored contents are preserved when the chestplate is picked up.

NEW ENGINEERING MACHINES

Stone Splitter

• Deploy a mechanical stone-breaking machine on the ground.

• Operate its lever to break a 2×2 section of stone.

• Hold Right Click to operate continuously.

• Visible cracking effects and mechanical animations.

• Automatically advances forward when possible.

• Doubled drops from supported coal, iron, and copper ores.

• Durability system: 200 uses.

Timber Jack

• Attach a mechanical cutting machine to a tree.

• Operate the lever to cut down the entire connected tree.

• Hold Right Click for continuous operation.

• Mechanical movements, cracking effects, and impact sounds.

• Durability system: 300 uses, consumed per felled log.

Pressurized Furnace

• An improved furnace using basic materials.

• Smelts items 1.6× faster.

• Produces 1.5× as many items per unit of fuel.

• Does not require iron to construct.

Optimized Blast Furnace

• An improved version of the vanilla Blast Furnace.

• Processes items twice as fast as a vanilla Blast Furnace.

• Improved fuel efficiency.

• New industrial-style 3D model.

Precision Stonecutter

• A more advanced stonecutting machine.

• Produces additional stairs, walls, and slabs from supported materials.

• Uses a reinforced cutting mechanism.

• New animated mechanical model.

High-Pressure Dispenser

• An upgraded redstone dispenser.

• Launches arrows at much higher velocity.

• Increased projectile damage against hostile creatures.

• Preserves normal dispenser functionality for other items.

Heavy Anvil

• Combine two anvils into a larger engineering station.

• Supports normal anvil repairs, combining, and renaming.

• Reduced durability loss.

• New heavy-duty 3D construction.

Engineering Improvements

• New idea-discovery and blueprint progression system.

• Improved crafting and machine discovery feedback.

• Machines now trigger character thoughts when crafted or discovered.

• Reduced repetitive machine messages.

• Four-Headed Pickaxe and Double-Bit Axe retired from new crafting recipes; existing items remain usable.

STEVE BIO+ — COMBAT UPDATE

Rapid Power Punch

• Hold Shift + Left Click for consecutive superhuman punches.

• Powerful attacks with no charging delay.

• One direct hit can defeat a normal Zombie or Creeper.

• Works even when holding blocks, tools, or other items.

• Alternating fist animations in first and third person.

• Improved punch sounds and knockback.

Shield Cyclone

• Hold a shield in the offhand and press Shift + Left Click.

• Spin approximately 2.5 times while sweeping the shield around your body.

• Damage and knock back surrounding hostile creatures.

• Villagers, friendly animals, pets, and other protected entities remain unharmed.

• New first-person and third-person animations.

Forward Leap

• Press Ctrl + Space while standing or walking.

• Leap forward approximately 7 blocks with minimal vertical movement.

• Useful for crossing gaps and moving under low ceilings.

• Existing charged jumping and sprint jumping remain available.

SHIELD COMBAT & MOVEMENT

Shield Charge

• Sprint while raising your shield to charge forward.

• Ram into enemies with increased momentum.

• Break through wooden doors, glass, glass panes, and leaves.

• New charging animations, heavy footsteps, and camera movement.

Shield Jump Attack

• Leap forward with a raised shield.

• Strike enemies with the shield's leading edge.

Shield Landing

• Raise your shield while falling to absorb the impact.

• Reduced fall damage at the cost of shield durability.

• New impact effects and landing animations.

Improved Shield Throw

• Hold F briefly to prepare a shield throw.

• Reduced charging time: approximately 0.2 seconds to activate and 0.45 seconds for full power.

• New intelligent aim assistance gently guides the shield toward nearby hostile targets.

• Improved tracking against Creepers, Skeletons, Zombies, and other enemies.

• Improved shield collision detection to prevent accurate throws from passing through enemies.

• Shields return to the offhand after a successful throw.

ADDITIONAL STEVE BIO+ IMPROVEMENTS

• Automatic catching of incoming frontal arrows.

• Kick away additional arrows while holding a caught arrow.

• New heavy punch animations and shield-enhanced heavy attacks.

• Faster swimming and longer underwater breathing.

• Improved jumping and superhero landing animations.

• Ground cracking and dust effects on heavy landings.

• Reduced superhero landing sound volume.

• Much faster mining with iron (2.5× additional multiplier) and diamond (3× additional multiplier) pickaxes.

• Improved mining speed for obsidian while preserving normal tool requirements.

• Energy-dependent mid-air jump charging.

• Cocoa beans provide a temporary caffeine boost.

• Ability to eat several types of seeds.

• Updated hunger and equipment durability balancing.

UPDATED CONTROLS

Steve Bio+

Nerdy Steve

COMPATIBILITY & FIXES

• Updated to PowerPG 1.1.0.

• Improved combat hit detection and input handling.

• Improved machine interactions and feedback.

• Preserved existing character selection and progression data.

• Added new configuration options and migration support.

• Fixed various animation, collision, and interaction issues.

• Passed 72 unit tests and 139 server game tests.

Minecraft: 26.3
Mod Loader: Fabric
Required: Fabric API
Java: 25+

Thank you for playing PowerPG!