100 Days in Minecraft: Alpha

[@jasonthesmarty]

** IMPORTANT ** (as of August 21, 2023) To people who might want to request more or different 100 days (minecraft or any game): I am no longer making anymore 100 days, So please do not comment requesting more because that will get ignored. Reasons for this is in the description (ignore the first part of number 3 in the list below) *************** Before you comment, please read this: These are some common things I see in my comment feed. 1. Why bridge? A: I was making the bridge to hopefully show off the different versions throughout my world, and the changes. 2. Why did he not show his builds? A: I did not think about that during production of this video. I made up for it by showing this part of the world in the Beta versions video. Please stop commenting about this, I couldn't even change it even if I wanted to. 3. To the people who comment "When are you going to make another 100 Days?" on other videos that are not 100 days (or plan to do this). A: I am making one (NO LONGER TRUE) . I have a post on my community tab that tells more information. Please stop posting that question on other videos specifically. Going to other videos and commenting it won't change anything. (I don't care if you comment that on this video or any other 100 days videos I've made but if you do want to know more, please read the post) I'm making this comment so it can hopefully answer some people's questions and clear up some confusion. :) - Jason

[@SirBeet]

Okee dokee

[@furytoo]

ok then! so anyway... why did you make the brid-

[@statiicwolf183]

To flip it to you/j

[@JRVRGaming]

You had one good video and instead of making more videos on the same topic, you chose to post random crap and blue your channel is dead

[@hvn_gng]

@@JRVRGamingsuch a waste imo bro literally everyone who makes content on here is waiting for the opportunity to get their niche success, this kid does it three times and just throws it away 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@kamez1049]

Playing Minecraft when Secret Updates were a thing must've been incredible. You just never knew what new features you were going to find next week.

[@jasonthesmarty]

yeah! there were game-changing updates coming out of nowhere

[@Overposting]

nowadays we get updates with content which most has no real impact in gameplay once every year...

[@-eclipse5411]

@@Overposting what are you talking about?

[@nese1]

@@-eclipse5411 Its a simple sentence.

[@-eclipse5411]

@@nese1 and its nonsense

[@EvilPhonzell]

Truly exceptional. The nostalgia i got from this video was phenomenal. I used to play minecraft everyday coming home from school 12 years ago. Man, memories.

[@jasonthesmarty]

thanks! it felt nostalgic for me too even though i didn't even play then! minecraft is weird like that

[@deffycool]

@@jasonthesmarty For me it's mostly the fact that old Minecraft looks like the rip-off free Minecrafts that I always played on my mom's iPad when I was 5.

[@Barten67]

Made me feel like watching X's minecraft adventures again

[@keegie_creeper146]

Alpha/Beta is nostalgic to me because I used to play a lot of early pocket edition, and due to the hardware limitations, minecraft on the appstore/google play store was set back to be more like a combination of alpha and beta

[@deffycool]

​@DAQUETW1FRRRR

[@MauriceGS]

Man I love the Alpha lighting. That was a good nostalgia trip

[@pancakes8670]

You can kinda replicate it by turning off Smooth Lighting in the settings

[@ice_boy8228]

@@pancakes8670 nah, there is something different with the lighting and postprocessing in alpha

[@jonathonantonio1973]

@@ice_boy8228 aside from the shadows, the main difference I’ve found is that the light is pure white in alpha, whereas it’s got a yellow tinge in modern versions. It can be replicated pretty well with a resource pack

[@atanaZion]

@@ice_boy8228 Prob there is not

[@ice_boy8228]

@@atanaZion for sure yes

[@penguingalorigin6341]

The "100 days" is such a milked and dull format, but you managed to cover some interesting trivia and made the video educational. I didn't even know wool was used to make leather armour! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work ~

[@lunar9650]

It’s pretty much the same as any other 100 days tbh

[@squigwart]

@@lunar9650 nah this one actually held my attention

[@Inifroyo5459]

I was barely paying attention to the challenge, but I was patiently awaiting every time we would drop more trivia

[@Masked_ghsot_riley.offical]

I enjoyed this but definitely wasn't anything new it felt the same as any other 100 days but I will say it was interesting

[@Bruvv845]

@@lunar9650 fr

[@NoblePineapples]

I started playing Minecraft sometime in very early Alpha, but one of the most memorable updates in Minecraft will always be the Nether update. Was at a friends for a party, sometime later in the night someone mentioned it updated and we all huddled around the computer, drunk as a skunk exploring the nether together for the first time. We were all freaking out as it was now spooky. Good times.

[@lilblucommi4779]

Glad to hear your story pal

[@matthewurielvilla-abrille3821]

when I played, I was kid. 😔

[@limegreentechnologies8803]

Man, that sounds cool

[@Brained05]

Remember how at first Gasts took damage from lava? They would fly into it as start screaming so much it freaked me out.

[@QueenOfOwls]

as someone who grew up with alpha, you did really well for 100 days, most people who switch from modern to alpha complain about just about everything

[@jasonthesmarty]

alpha is nice and peaceful for me. except for nighttime... that's a horror game on its own

[@ArpeggioPegasusMusic]

I personally can't stand the new versions lol I'd feel right at home with Alpha and Beta.

[@trailspeed7037]

Never really got to play the alpha version. Started on beta 1.6.4 and love it. I even keep my Xbox 360 Unupdated so I can play the basic version when I want.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

@@jasonthesmarty Not having health automatically regen and food not stack made mobs so scary. It's why so many of us "old" Minecraft players complain about the hunger update. It completely changed the nature of the game. I liked that if I was good enough I could mine infinitely so long as I could dodge skeleton's arrows. I liked that team based PVP was often about who could churn out the most food as people kept losing it when they died, and that higher quality food had a strategic value in that it gives more hearts per inventory space. But I still loved post-release Minecraft. It wasn't until they started going crazy with additions that I started preferring older versions to new ones.

[@jedi7483]

@@ArpeggioPegasusMusic I myself play 1.12.2

[@kwissy9806]

I'm sure it's not intentional, but I love how you sound more and more crazed the more you talk about the bridge.

[@jasonthesmarty]

i think it was making me crazed unironically xD

[@ojaqx9896]

you're so underrated! I hope this goes viral, you deserve it

[@jasonthesmarty]

thanks!

[@CuriusGorg]

I couldn't agree more

[@rehalplayz8299]

It didn’t :(

[@abrahamsanchez6637]

hi

[@TheTophatterOfTophatsOfficial]

how to agree tutorial

[@wannarunaway]

I waited for someone to actually post 100 days in old minecraft (not 1.0, but alpha stage) and someone finally did it! Thank you for this :P Edit: Just watched the whole video, and dude - it's hands down one of my favourite 100 days in _ videos. I really liked the informative part, but i wish we could see your creations such as the bridge and the final house in the last segment of the video

[@jasonthesmarty]

i'm happy that you enjoyed the video, and i didn't think of showing my creations in the last segment. But i'll do that if i post another 100 days.

[@wannarunaway]

@@jasonthesmarty I'm waiting for the beta versions one... hope it was not a joke T_T

[@xilordyt2433]

@@jasonthesmarty please do it in beta and other versions

[@Duck_VadR]

@@jasonthesmarty why don’t you post the creations in a KZbin short? It also would be good advertising for the original video

[@GoofyAhhChannel]

100 days in indev would be interesting with the limited world

[@BoBrEiGs]

100 days and you didn't encounter Herobrine. Talk about lucky! But jokes aside, this was a lovely video. The nostalgia hits hard and I'm simply too happy to describe how wonderful is to see old version MC content

[@minecraftdude3301]

You’re so right about the nostalgia. It hits a spot that I thought I would never feel again.

[@DividedPixels404]

I wish we got to see a full walkthrough of the bridge and one last look at the completed bases before the video ended, but overall I loved this video, the production value was great and I liked seeing the history of Minecraft. Well done!

[@reecejoyce5183]

Is there a reason he was building a bridge? Or did I miss it

[@Starnite_]

@@reecejoyce5183 gotta have some goal for motivation, also helps when you only have your spawn point and want to live far away. always an usefull little hidy base at spawn if you die at night.

[@SumoCreations]

Very clever video, very concise editing, clearly a lot of effort involved. Yes, a chilled base/bridge tour would be nice.

[@jasonthesmarty]

thanks! i will do that next time

[@MrCube6]

I loved the overviews of each version, it made it very interesting! Awesome video!

[@jasonthesmarty]

it's a nice addition that thought of while trying making this

[@1ER1]

Good video, The nostalgia from alpha minecraft is insane for me. I actually play alpha minecraft as my main version now. Has something special about it which never gets boring for me while the newer versions I usually give up on the world after finding diamond within 15 minutes. I must have thousands of hours in the alpha, I wish I could find out how long I've played it.

[@infernodoesstuff]

yeah i feel a similar way about the modern versions and typically play beta 1.7.3 to full release 1.3.2

[@kylian921]

Amazing to see how much or little the game has changed over the years. Can't wait for the next 100 days in Beta!

[@jacobhawley60]

Oh my god..... The Nostalgia.... The memories with friends long gone..... *sigh* I miss childhood. Damn. This makes me cry.

[@kilodeck4347]

So nostalgic, crazy to think that I grew up along side Minecraft and still play it to this day

[@iTrility]

alhpa and beta versions of the game will always have a special place in my heart. although it was simplistic, there was just something about it as a kid that was so appealing. definitely the best gaming memories i have from my childhood

[@jasonthesmarty]

:)

[@samvelocity8348]

i'm glad someone's doing a play through of the older versions it takes me back! so keen to see the beta 100 days and what's into the future, maybe even doing snapshots or something too ?

[@jasonthesmarty]

probably not snapshots but beta is confirmed

[@gothbossbaby]

This version of the game is what I grew up with, and although I enjoy how the game has evolved, Alpha's nostalgia is something else. I was only 8 when my neighbors introduced me and now I'm 22 and thankful for having been there since the beginning.

[@DereC519]

I really appreciate how people like you are bringing attention again to the origins of this game; nice to see a bit of nostalgic history brought back for the new generation to view!

[@Vintagesonic1]

I love how you designed your builds like how people did back then. Huge bases, glass roofs, nothing fancy, just pure survival.

[@Creeper0550]

Songs that appear in the video: 0:00-0:34 Haggstrom 0:34-1:27 Subwoofer Lullaby 1:27-2:30 Dry Hands 2:30-3:11 Wet Hands 3:11-5:30 Clark 5:30-8:33 Sweden 8:33-9:33 Thirteen 9:33-11:47 Living Mice 11:47-14:48 Haggstrom 14:48-16:59 Cat (All songs that appear in the video are from Volume Alpha made by C418.) (My favorite song is Moog City from Volume Alpha but it was never added to Minecraft, only Moog City 2 from Volume Beta was added to Minecraft.)

[@dualityman2818]

Do you like the new Soundtracks? Because i don't!

[@ElsuperGTA]

After watching this whole series I see Minecraft with new eyes, seeing how the game grew over the time is something truly amazing

[@Liam_Biskamp]

Alpha Edition is definitely my favorite version, everything is just more simple and easier to take in.

[@MobiusMundUr]

"Survive and Thrive" Love that PaulsoarsJr reference. Really takes me back to those very early days

[@PadawanIan]

PLEASE MAKE A 200 DAYS! this brought me back man!

[@KeepItBrick]

I usually despise these sort of videos; that being the sort with the gimmicky challenge or trend mentioned in the title, but with that said, this was hands down the most entertaining “Hundred days” one I’ve ever watched. I don’t even watch Minecraft videos anymore… I haven’t for about five years (sans the occasional one my younger brother sends me to watch, or that I happen to see him watching) so I have no idea why this was recommended to me, but I’m glad it was. You did a phenomenal job touching upon some amazing information (half of which I didn’t even know about), and I was super in-tune with it when these updates were actually taking place. Just wanted to express my congratulations and gratitude for your video which both hits me with a firm dose of nostalgia, teaches me something, and entertains me for an evening. (Also, commenting so the algorithm will help work in your favor) Awesome job, and keep up the great work buddy.

[@ChapuleTaylor]

i'm sad you didn't do a world tour, i'd love to see everything you've done to it in a big cinematic segment.

[@kapsxd]

It's so trippy seeing modern Minecraft content made on a historic version of the game

[@TheBcoolGuy]

I remember most of this, and it really was something completely different than what the game is now.

[@HandpickedHypixel]

its funny how pallete choices in builds such as those glass floors/ceilings slowly faded out of popularity, but still look completely in place in an old version.

[@jasonthesmarty]

i did the glass for lighting because it was really dark in old minecraft

[@ItzBoowie]

This video has inspired me to make a 100 days in Minecraft Alpha video of my own, but I'm not sure how exactly I'd do that.. Everything about this video was amazing, the editing, the content, all of it! Normally these 100 days videos get boring and repetitive, but this one was different. I hope you make more videos like this :D

[@MrSlimy]

“Survive and thrive”, these words bring back so many memories. Good video.

[@USA0312]

Man you unlocked a core memory that I haven't thought of in around 11 years. My first ever world on Minecraft (xbox360 version). I found a small beach and kinda dug one or two blocks down into it and made a roof and windows over it. Had a couple of dogs and met some amazing friends on there and showed them my world. I can still see it all, but accidentally deleted it when I was super young because I had no idea what "Delete World" really meant. I cried soooo hard, all my stuff and memories gone, but now I remember it all. Thank you bro. Also love the video and all the little infographic stuff you had throughout showing the additions in each version, you are extremely underrated!

[@atanaZion]

"Delete World" I wonder what that means...

[@USA0312]

@@atanaZion yeah isn't it crazy that super small 8 or 9 year old me wasn't technologically knowledgeable and didn't know what delete meant?

[@atanaZion]

@@USA0312 It is

[@dainestarbuck3326]

XD get rekt

[@EyeamWill77]

@@USA0312 same thing happened to me with my world 😭 i was young asfk and deleted on accident

[@Addicted2Minecraft64]

Came for the Alpha gameplay. Stayed for the detailing of Alpha’s version history. Great video my man.

[@ThePhoenixFox101]

I hope this blows up. You really need some more views for the great content you make.

[@karmatical5837]

Fun fact: a1.1.1 was lost for a looong time and this version had a calm4.ogg music that was removed later on, this music is avaliable on youtube and it has a weird "mojang specifications" text being said by notch in a super slowed noise.

[@mortal2319]

this video just constantly kept making me feel emotional and i just could not find the source. everytime i tried to figure out what was making me feel this way, my mind just dulled it down to, ‘you once experienced this, but won’t get to experience it again.’ amazing video dude (,:

[@yesyess5168]

Could you continue this into Beta? I'd love to see more!

[@jasonthesmarty]

yes

[@ElDavideGrande88]

I was in college when this game was being developed. Me and a couple friends played on our own dedicated server together in 2010. The constant updates and being part of a quickly growing community as the game was being made, watching it blossom was such a new experience to us at the time and it was something that hasn't been matched since. Great video and a nice quick way to run through some of those feelings again. Good times!

[@woofnuggiez]

As someone who hasn't played Minecraft on PC since like 2016 (Started playing when I was 11, up until I lost my old computer.) This gives me that nostalgia feeling, without all the new updates, it's almost refreshing.

[@jasonthesmarty]

its way more simple and less complex which is just kind of peaceful

[@oogi14]

Loved the video, but it’s criminal not to give a world tour at the end! Please do that next time, im sure there were a lot of others like me waiting for it

[@RocketRidge]

This is probably the second most entertaining minecraft 100 days video I've seen just behind a video where some guy gets every glitched item in the game through old versions. I think I need to stop looking at old minecraft 100 days, either way, you rock man! Keep it up!

[@wakcedout]

These were the versions I watches vids of that led me to buy minecraft when it was in java edition. Man looking at current minecraft and seeing how simple it was 10 years ago, dang how much has changed. Even changed so much an older PC I had couldn't run it anymore.

[@arandomguy9616]

finally,i always want to see someone plays infdev survival series for so long

[@AndrewLavers]

I’ve been playing for 12 years - since Alpha 1.0.17_04. I was 15 at the time. I remember the ‘Halloween Update’ vividly - my first trip to the Nether, hearing the Ghasts cry through the walls as I was digging and it was terrifying 😂

[@secla_SC]

I don’t know what it is about old Minecraft versions but I absolutely love playing them, and the fact they’re still fun to play even today really tells you how unique this game is.

[@recarsion]

This is making me remember being 12 and going over to my friend's house to play this cool new game he found. It was an experience that I doubt I will ever have again in my life. And it also makes me a bit sad because just months later, beta 1.8 came out which started taking the game in a direction that even at the time I didn't like. The magic gradually vanished. Part of that of course is just the novelty wearing off, but I still think it was a mistake to change the game's atmosphere so drastically.

[@LRio27]

As an original Minecrafter, this made me giddy to know all these updates and glad they didn't last though.

[@nyanezt9636]

the informative aspect is very welcome in my opinion, and despite the despised by me format of 100 days which is almost always used by clickbaity youtubers doing it just for the money, it was enjoyable. good video!

[@Inifroyo5459]

I absolutely love this editing section at 9:08, it makes no sense and I’m not sure if there is supposed to be a joke , but the oofs just perfectly line up with his speaking.

[@yegerq]

Наконец то хоть кто то сделал то что я всегда хотел сделать. "сквозь версии" майнкрафта. Мужик ты хорош!!!

[@gassug2]

"-where I tried to survive and thrive in the ancient versions of minecraft" subtle, but classic reference

[@alexblackburn2247]

There's so many 100 day minecraft videos and it amazes me that you're the only one with a world in alpha. I think it'd be pretty cool to see the world progress in beta, and even into the most modern version. Cool idea

[@jasonthesmarty]

thank you very much! and i am planning to continue

[@mavolent6332]

i like how the most interesting thing you can do on alpha minecraft is, building a massive bridge on the sky for no reason

[@eggscheese2763]

This is literally a minecraft history lesson. Subscribed

[@Contrajoe]

3:43 "On day 9, I ..." Yep, Day9 is what I used to listen to whilst playing the old version of Minecraft back in 2010-11.

[@aestheticroyale]

the old versions of Minecraft are really something special. awesome video btw.

[@MinecrafterJoe]

cheers to this guy for crushing 30+hrs of gameplay into 17 mins, must have taken forever to make!

[@JaxVids69]

that was a very pleasant trip down memory lane. Thank you

[@Joproyes]

This series is a work of art, this inspired me to make my own but not in that 100 days rule, just every 3 days I update

[@jasonthesmarty]

good luck!

[@Joproyes]

@@jasonthesmarty Thank You

[@jeffffff]

4:38 I played through the infdev/alpha days and I remember when Notch added slimes they could break your world because they spawned way too often and made the game grind to a halt. The playerbase was so small at the time that he was actually offering to manually fix peoples world files before the fix was released!!

[@jasonthesmarty]

wow! that's very interesting

[@decastar2819]

Man, this actually motivated me to play the old vanilla versions. I've been spending my life playing modded 1.12.2 and I still feel bored. Great job as always

[@rasmustagu]

This brings back so many memories, at the time when everything felt so simple, life was so simple yet full of possibilities. No tutorials online, you discovered everything through your own creativity and imagination!

[@jasonthesmarty]

yeah it was very simple which was nice.

[@donutguardian25]

I can't do this without feeling waves of nostalgia bro 😭😭

[@BigDeal0716]

It’s crazy having lived through all of this and not remembering these changes because it all melded together over time

[@enjoyer7476]

I like alpha versions more than new ones. Light grass, Herobrine, this plain generation, old textures. There's something about it.

[@jasonthesmarty]

I agree, there’s something nostalgic for it

[@yoiink9547]

Man.. i remember playing minecraft xbox 360/xbox 1 edition from like 2016-maybe 2020, and the thrill of seeing the yellow update dot next to the"What's New" tab was an invitation for new adventures with my friends :')

[@jahlovegoogle9644]

Glass pathways took me back man Notch's Minecraft had so much soul

[@grandmasteryoda6717]

this was one hell of a nostalgia ride

[@simonwilson628]

back when i was about four years old, I used to play minecraft evrday as much as I could, which would be about half an hour, as it was my max screen tie back then XD i've been playing for about ten years, on and off, and recently got back into playing with my brother, and we've made more progress and done so many things that I never thought I would ever be doing in my years of playing the game. love the nostalgia.

[@Brained05]

This video really brought back some memories as I started playing MC around Secret update 3 or 4.

[@maulmemes]

Man, it really says a lot how Mojang now struggle to make redeemable updates to save their lives, but Notch could program an entire planet into existence in the span of a couple of months.

[@wafity]

Something about the old textures is just so nostalgic.

[@loofup]

This is a good, nostalgic experience. Worth a watch!

[@jasonthesmarty]

Thank you :)

[@loofup]

@@jasonthesmarty You're welcome :>

[@Venoxium]

I'm late but it's cool to see someone who didn't grow up with Alpha, play Alpha. I remember buying the game in update 1.0.14. My Mom at the time was super suspicious because the games I **usually** ask for were on Xbox360 and cost $60. While if I remember correctly, Minecraft was like $5. She thought it would be a re-occurring payment like an MMO subscription.

[@jasonthesmarty]

xD

[@moshatce]

Thank you for speaking calmy and no annoying edits

[@verylongchannelhandle]

thank you for making this video! truly nostalgic for a fellow like me haha

[@Toxic_Death]

What a nice peaceful video. Hope this video blows up.

[@tsunamipapi1343]

the music is making me so nostalgic

[@curbstompzombiekillerz]

Everyone else is talking about nostalgia, which i am getting, but is anyone else getting like a weird unsettled feeling from these older versions? Modern minecraft isnt scary to me but just watching this makes me feel unsettled. Maybe its the lighting, or maybe the sound, or maybe its because it feels so damn empty, its such an isolating experience

[@jasonthesmarty]

caving made me on edge the whole time. i think something that made it scarier was that the player was more vulnerable. (e.g. no running)

[@notzaldy]

Something about building in an alpha style in later versions of minecraft sounds very poetic

[@DeWah]

This was a brilliant video 10/10, growing up with playing Alpha I remember seeing Seananners first episode in Minecraft back the week he released it, driving my parents insane and within a week they bought me the game back when I was 13, I have some of the fondest memories of the updates always being so fun to experience.

[@aylim3088]

I may have mostly moved on from Minecraft but old, as in pre 2012, Minecraft still fills me with nostalgia. I loved this video, and had some really great editing in it

[@buqueta]

This is Minecraft peak content, great job dude!

[@cctinsley67]

Watching this was just a series of "oh yeah I remember that" over and over again

[@ElMuelio]

I started a few weeks before the redstone update, so this video has loads of nostalgia for me. I actually built a local server in 2014 with a fresh map, and I'm still playing it to this day. I've never left, and nobody has ever played on the server but me. I have updated it through the versions though, which I regret sometimes.

[@lutook]

thank you. ive wanted this for over 3 years

[@n176ae]

This is where I got my start. I loved this.

[@mokarran1912]

that was pretty satisfying to watch man. great video!

[@jasonthesmarty]

that’s great!

[@alataqtnt5020]

5:26 "That's a weird animals" Its a creeper lol 🤣

[@Wildtamson]

F3 back in alpha showed a number above mobs basically gave us x ray back in the day

[@Jechew]

So fricking nostalgic. Thanks dude!

[@Colind8]

OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SURVIVED MINECRAFT ALPHA FOR 100 DAYS!!!???? THATS ACTUALLY INSANE NO WAY

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

I wish the alpha builds still had the original sound effects, I know Notch didn't actually have the rights to use some of the sounds but they're just the "right" sounds for classic Minecraft

[@BlueSpear123]

great video, i hope you can continue to make more videos like this! also i subscribed :)

[@thedipermontshow]

Thanks for making content in alpha, it's a super interesting time capsule in minecrafy history. I still play 1.2.6 today and it still have a lot of things to do.

[@kiwi_likes_you]

i dont know for what reason you just built a bridge the whole video but i am here for it

[@jasonthesmarty]

neither did i