Written by AndrewH

We’ve been following the growth and development of PocketMine because it was made, even utilizing it in our own Minecraft: Pocket Edition server. It has come a long way since its inception, now using a plug-in library, mod tools and all sorts of other goodies. There is regular communication between Mojang developers and Shoghi Cervantes, the developer behind PocketMine, on Twitter frequently. Therefore it should be as no surprise that Mojang has finally brought Shogi on board.

PocketMine is really a software package that lets you run your own Minecraft: Pocket Edition server. It’s available in two flavors, one package lets you operate a MCPE server just like a normal one, on the normal style server. The other is available in the form of an application that turns your Android phone or tablet right into a server. Obviously due to the limitations of the Android device, if you want to have a lot of people in your server, you need to use a real server rather than your Android device.

Shogi on one of his server builds at Mojang

So what will Shoghi Cervantes be doing over at Mojang? Well he will be doing exactly the same thing he was doing with PocketMine, or at least that is what it appears to be. Mojang has been developer their own official Minecraft:? Pocket Edition hosting service called Realms which hasn’t really left Alpha development. Does this mean that we will see development of Realms push forward now and with the capability to host more than a measly 10 people per server? Or could it be another thing related to official software released by Mojang and Shoghi Cervantes for people to host their own servers with?

Both are very big possibilities but unfortunately there aren’t any solid details as to what exactly he will be doing at Mojang. As for PocketMine, Shoghi still owns it all and that he it’s still developing it despite the fact that he works for Mojang now.

Website Referenced: PocketGamer | Twitter

PocketMine Server (Playboard) | PocketMine Server (Play Store)