Tinkers' Bedrock

Timeline of Tinkers' Bedrock

This is a timeline to show how the add-on changed over the course of development.

Smeltery for v1.0

Stratospheer announced to his YouTube channel about his 'demo' for Tinkers' Construct in April 2021, the same day he released one of his other add-ons: Strat's Food Expansion.
Initially, the add-on lacked several features and the smeltery was all built within one block: the Smeltery Controller. This was achieved by having a tank-like face on the back to view the fluid being melted. This was a huge development, but still lacked depth due to coding limitations at the time.
There were no faucets, but instead buckets were used to move around molten fluid.
Tool materials only varied from Wood, Stone, Flint and Iron, but the tool parts could be combined in any way possible for that tool.
As Strat improved over time as a developer, he initially aimed to create a 1:1 port of the mod.
Throughout 2021 and early 2022, each update provided a large set of new features, including modifiers, converting the smeltery to a multi-block structure, and even providing options to change the textures between the classic 1.12 to the updated 1.16 from Java.
Each update was one step closer to parity, and this was just the beginning.

Smeltery for v1.7

Throughout late 2022 to mid 2023, developments to the smeltery were at their peak; smelteries could finally store fluids and could be transferred between tables and basins - initially with only copper cans, later with seared faucets.
Bedrock had the time to shine with its built-in RTX support, as Tinkers adopted this and created beautiful screenshots of the smeltery never seen before.
Final changes included major smeltery recodes, larger fluid storage capacity and even the ability to refuel themselves with lava tanks.
For some time, since May 2023, the add-on was left not updated. Meanwhile behind the curtains, Strat was preparing for the next phase.

Smeltery for v2.0

Since the release of v2.0 at New Years 2024, Stratospheer’s goal had changed. This update began to diverge the add-on away from the original mod, as unique features are included, almost remixing the mod, to provide a unique experience altogether.
Aluminium was a new material added, used as the new base material for the smeltery, along with Seared Bricks. This inclusion symbolised the change of pace for the add-on. Instead of creating a 1:1 port, Strat felt it was more necessary to create his own thing, while keeping the charm of Tinkers’ Construct.
Tinkers' v2.1 drops, shortening the name from Tinkers' Construct: Bedrock Edition to 'Tinkers' Bedrock'.
In the same update, the tool recipes are noticeably unique; tools now used similar parts to each other, to remove redundancy and only need to optimise for less parts.
The smeltery also finally gained the ability to add up to 3 layers, allowing for the storage of multiple fluid types, and easier alloying.
In addition, Strat also implemented an armour system using the materials included in the add-on, each one providing unique effects and abilities with their own trade-offs.