SKYBLOCK.SK

Today, i want to introduce you our new gamemode, which is going to be playable as open alpha to test things out and get feedback from you guys. This project was also launched as a open source project to support other minecraft server operators. See below, why this could be a gamechanger for some server operators!

What is SkyBlock?

SkyBlock is a additional Minecraft game, where you play alone or together with friends on a lonely island in the air. You have only a small amount of resources. The target is clear: Try to get as much resources out of thin air as possible and build yourself a massive island which can be an empire, a factory, a big store for other players or everything combined. Because there is a empty room, players can fulfill all their dreams of building in the air without all the dirt and set new demands for food, dirt and other valuable resources.

Why SKYBLOCK.SK?

SkyBlock is not very unique and has been done by many servers, either with proprietary code or open source done completely done in Java. There are advantages of purely created Java Plugins, like only a few to no dependencies. But for most server operators, customizability is the ultimate goal.

Skript is a Plugin for Spigot that allows users to write code without knowing Java with near pseudo-like-code. This is not only impressive for server operators but also good for the open source community of Skript, since people can share code easily and understand it, even if there are no Java skills.

This opens a new door for operators of servers, since they don't have to hire expensive developers to do a plugin exactly like they want or ask someone else but rather just do it by themselves. Server operators can open and read every file with any file editor, edit, save, load and use it instantly without compiling or having to use a heavy, complicated IDE. This finally allows minecraft server operators to change everything how they like. Thanks to open source, it is possible to add own new add-ons and improve SKYBLOCK.SK to make SkyBlock more enjoyable for everyone.

Test it

You want to test this how it works in production? We're opening SKYBLOCK.SK as Game on the minecraft server skyroad tomorrow on Friday at 9 PM UTC+1 and let everyone test it to take feedback from you guys and make it better. Do not miss the opportunity to earn some ingame coins which can be exchanged into STEEM instantly trough our server.

Dependencies

Spigot Minecraft Java version 1.13.2: Needed for the server itself

Skript: Needed to run easy understandable skripts

skript-mirror: Allows to import Java classes into skripts

TuSKe: Creation of ingame menus, we try to remove this Dependency and use skript-mirror for it

Roadmap

This has been a long requested game on our server and it is not going to be closed down after the first release. We plan to do add additional features to help the Skript open source community making an awesome SkyBlock experience without a hassle in the future too.

Remove dependency from TuSKe

Use more functions to simplify code for server operators

Add customizable options into the config to make it easier to change

Allow the creation of add-ons

Test the skript and use feedback for add-ons

Add multible languages to the project

Create a documentation for server operators

Also include all variables which can be used by the server operator

Add a logo for the project

Final Testing and bugfixing

Publish the Skript to https://www.spigotmc.org/ and maintain/update it for future versions of minecraft

Organized

Since Skripts doesn't have to be organized in folders, but rather simply are put into the "Skript" folder of the server, it created a big mess. This is not, what we want, thats why the projects is shipped and developed with folders to keep it clean and easy to understand.

• SkyBlock: This is the main folder, containing everything
• SKYBLOCK.SK: The SKYBLOCK.SK folder contains the main skript
• Commands.sk: Here are the commands for the users parsed
• Events.sk: Trigger and events are registered here
• Functions.sk: All functions can be found in here
• addons: This folder contains additional and optional addons, which can be disabled easily by adding a hyphen into the file
• oregenerator.sk: This modifies the default cobblestone generator into a ore generator, which can be configured as the server operator wants in the config.sk
• obsidian2lava.sk: Obsidian2Lava allows to get lava out of obsidian. Since lava is very rare and players can make mistakes by building their generator wrong, this is needed by many.
• islands: Islands contains structure or schematic files which are going to placed if a player created a island
• lang: The lang folder is for languages. The server operator can add own languages or use the existing languages to either set a fixed language in the config.sk or let the users decide, which language they want
• de.sk: German language
• config.sk: This configuration allows the operator to change settings quickly without editing the skript itself. But editing the skript is highly suggested, since this is for what Skript was made for.

How to contribute

To contribute, you can either create a pull request on GitHub or contact us on the Skyroad Discord.

Licence

To allow everyone to use this skript like they want, we decided to use the MIT License to publish and maintain SKYBLOCK.SK.

Find SKYBLOCK.SK on Github

I hope to see you there, if you have ideas, i'll really would like if you comment here or on Github with a new issue: https://github.com/Abwasserrohr/SKYBLOCK.SK (I'm @abwasserrohr there)

Since this project is very new, there aren't any comments on the commits, but in the future, it is going to be well documented what changes. =)

If you read this until here, i really have to thank you and hope you like my contribution to create something, which can be easily customized by server operators. Please comment down below what you like about SkyBlock and what should be added, if you don't have a GitHub account.

I wish all of you guys a nice Friday and then a nice weekend, maybe play on join.skyroad.me some Skyblock and earn STEEM while playing? =P

@immanuel94