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v1.11.0 — ⛏️ Minecraft: Java, Bedrock & Modrinth modpacks (version picker + world backups)

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⛏️ Minecraft comes to SkullKey

A whole new Minecraft store tab — everything installs through the legitimate launchers (owning the game is required; each launcher enforces its own sign-in).

Java Edition — one click to the game

Installed through the official Prism Launcher AppImage, pre-configured for you: language follows your console, Java downloads automatically, no setup wizard. The only first-launch step is signing in with the Microsoft account that owns the game — after that, the Steam shortcut boots straight into the latest Minecraft release. Prism itself and the Vanilla instance stay current through the daily auto-update.

Bedrock Edition — best fit for Game Mode

Installed from Flathub through the community mcpelauncher. Sign in with a Google account that owns Minecraft on Google Play and the launcher downloads the game itself. Native controller support, silent daily launcher updates, and your worlds are kept if you ever uninstall.

Modrinth modpacks — the whole catalog

The most-downloaded packs are on display, and the store's filter box doubles as a live search across all of Modrinth (17,000+ packs: Fabulously Optimized, Cobblemon, Better MC…). Each pack becomes its own Prism instance with its own Steam shortcut — the .mrpack is resolved headlessly (parallel mod downloads with SHA-1 verification, overrides, pack icon in Prism), no launcher UI involved. Individual mods and resource packs stay manageable through the Prism Launcher utility entry.

🎚️ Version picker

Every Minecraft item gets a Version editor in its Config menu: keep Latest (auto-update) for silent daily updates, or pin any exact version — every Mojang release for Java, any published version for a modpack. Pinning stops auto-updates for that item and re-syncs it immediately; going back to Latest re-enables them.

💾 Automatic world backups

A Minecraft downgrade can refuse — or corrupt — worlds created on a newer version. So your worlds are snapshotted automatically before every version change and before uninstalling (last 3 snapshots per instance, stored in ~/.local/share/skullkey-saves/minecraft, outside the game folders so they survive a full uninstall). A confirmed Restore worlds backup action in the game menu brings the newest snapshot back — the current worlds are snapshotted first, so a restore never loses anything.


9-language UI texts as always (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/PT/NL/PL/RU). Existing installs pick this up automatically through the plugin's auto-update.