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Blockbench
Original author(s)JannisX11
Developer(s)JannisX11, community
Initial releaseMay 7, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-07)[1]
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows, Web Browser
Available in18 languages
List of languages
English (official), Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, German, Italian, Russian
Type3D computer graphics software
LicenseGPL license[2]
Websitehttps://www.blockbench.net/

Blockbench is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool set that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web Browser. It is used for creating low-poly models, and animations.

History

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March 11th, 2017: Blockbench development starts. (Code-named "Blockify")[1]

May 7th, 2017: Blockbench launched as a simple model editor for Minecraft block models.[1]

May 17th, 2017: The Blockbench Discord server is created.[1]

Aug 1st 2017: Plugins, outliner hierarchy, new website, and new logo![1]

November 7th, 2017: Full support for Minecraft Bedrock Edition models was added.[1]

Mar 28th, 2018: Blockbench becomes a texture editor, in 3D space![1]

Oct 17th, 2018: Blockbench is now available in different languages.[1]

November 11th, 2018: Blockbench is now an animation editor.[1]

April 7th 2019: The first-ever Splash Art Contest comes to an end![1]

July 17th, 2019: Major interface re-design.[1]

Aug 23rd 2019: The first ever community-organized Blockbench Speed Modeling Tournament takes place.[1]

Oct 25th, 2020: Particle effects arrive in Blockbench, along with the animation graph editor.[1]

Jan 25th 2021: Blockbench joins forces with Sketchfab to launch the first Sketchfab ⨉ Blockbench modeling challenge![1]

Jun 7th 2021: The new website launches, along with the new wiki![1]

Oct 14th, 2021: Blockbench adds Mesh Modeling, along with Tabs and a Theme Browser.[1]

Oct 16th, 2021: The first partnership project between Blockbench and Mojang Studios is officially announced at Minecraft Live. The Entity Wizard allows anyone to add custom entities to Minecraft without knowledge of packs and JSON code.[1]

Nov 17th, 2021: Factory Town officially releases! It's the first big game outside of Minecraft that uses Blockbench models![1]

Mar 15th 2022: The Blockbench Discord server gets verified by Discord![1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Blockbench's 5th birthday!". 7 May 2022.
  2. ^ "GPL license".
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