Burning Time Away
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Today the class focused on building a time-skip feature for a Minecraft data pack. The core challenge: when players sleep through the night, real in-game processes like smelting should keep ticking forward, not pause. We worked t...

Server VIP (Very important Position)
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This session was all about setting up the right tools and making real progress on a the multi jump gadget for the class Minecraft server.

First, you got a new modded instance of Minecraft running through Modrinth, w...

Arena Reset & TNT Cannons
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This session was all about building out the foundation for your custom castle attack and defend game mode in Minecraft Java.

You first got set up with a shared mod pack, then jumped straight into design work. We settled on arena...

Loot Tables
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Today the class focused on building out a custom capture-the-flag map in Minecraft Java, with a major push on making the game's systems actually work. We tackled several layers of the map's design, from fixing structural issues to wiring up ...

Fire and Water CTF
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Today's class focused on building out the water side of a capture-the-flag map in Minecraft and learning some powerful WorldEdit techniques to speed up the process.

You showed off a bridge structure you had built for the fire side o...

Tricky Maze
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This session was all about designing a new puzzle room for your puzzle level. We picked up right where we left off and dove into building a trap-filled maze as the next challenge for players.

Here's what we covered:

- Explored how droppers ...

Counting Down
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Today we continued building out Anvil Royale, your custom Minecraft minigame. The main focus was programming a bomb spawn countdown system using scoreboards and a boss bar, so players can see exactly when and where the TNT is about t...

Time Skip!
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This session was all about building custom Minecraft mechanics using command blocks and data packs. You worked on two main ideas: a bee-leash floating mechanic that lifts the player upward, and a realistic sleep time-skip system that speeds up...

Durable Double Jump
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This session focused on continuing development of a custom jump gadget for the class Minecraft server. The main goal was fixing an issue where the levitation effect used to power the double jump was disappearing too fast, then moving ...

New Gamemode
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The main focus was game design planning, specifically brainstorming a new game mode for the Minecraft mini-game server and prototyping some of the tools that would support it.

We talked through all the existing game modes (kit PVP, TNT ta...

Full Castle Build
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This session was all about building out the Capture the Flag map in Minecraft Java. We focused on giving the underground dungeon area a distinct look using tuff blocks, then designed a surface entrance structure with a spiral staircase ...

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Find the Difference
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Today was all about exploring the class game server and starting to build an original puzzle level. Once you got connected to the server,, we toured the mini-game hub, and played through a few games other students had created, incl...

Focused Future Features
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Today was all about playtesting and designing improvements for ************. While we did a live playtest, we discovered real problems, and brainstormed concrete fixes together.

- Playtested ************ one-on-one and identified...

Double Jump Rough Draft
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The session was all about building and refining the double jump gadget for the Minecraft Java mini-game hub, that will eventually be available to all players on the server.

We experimented with levitation effect settings to get th...

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Random Generation
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This session was all about getting the jungle temple structure to generate randomly inside Minecraft using a system called jigsaw blocks and template pools. After some troubleshooting to get mods and the world updated to the...

Complete Settings
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Today, we finished up the settings for ******** ******.  The main work involved coding two Settings: the coin steal amount, and the respawn time.

Here are the highlights from today:

- Coded a coin steal setting that takes a percentage...

Mob Experiments
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This session was all about exploration and mob experimentation. After getting the Minecraft world updated and running properly, the class shifted into hands-on testing, using status effects like the weaving effect on different mobs to see...

Jump Effects
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This session was all about continuing to build the double jump gadget for the Minigame Hub.

We worked through a key problem: how do you make sure the double jump only activates after the player has already jumped once and released the space ...

Top (Hat) Modelling
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Today was all about building out the cosmetic system for the Minecraft minigame server. You created a 3D top hat model from scratch in Blockbench, then worked through the full pipeline to get it showing up in-game as a real custom item...

Capturing a New Project
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This session kicked off a brand-new project: a custom capture-the-flag map in Minecraft Java.

You started by sketching out the map layout and thinking through how players would actually move around it. From there, we designed a t...

Settings Part 3

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This session was all about wiring up the game settings for your Minecraft mini-game project so that they actually control what happens during a match. We worked through connecting several settings to the code that runs the game, making e...

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Resources Up!
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Today, we brainstormed some ideas for the Minigame Server.  While we were doing that, we found out some quirks with a punch 50+ bow/crossbow that resulted in players being launched sideways instead of backwards.  Maybe you can come up with a...

Done and Live!
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This session was all about finishing the Minecraft puzzle/parkour map that you've been building over the past few classes. The big focus was completing a tricky lava-and-dripstone challenge section, designing a spectator viewing area so f...

Waiting on the Update

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With the latest game drop for Minecraft coming out this Tuesday, we wanted to move to the latest version for TBB.  We launched Modrinth to update all of your tools, and it got somewhat stuck.  While we waited on it, we took a loo...

Setting up all the Settings

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We started today out by playtesting the current version.  We gathered feedback on how the bomb mechanics felt during live play, and then spent most of the session building out a full lobby settings system so the game ca...

Cleaning up and Testing
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Today we made real progress on the shielder mob project. The main challenge was figuring out how to detect when the skeleton that the shielder pig is attached to has died, so the pig can be cleaned up properly. After testin...

Punching Secret
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This session was all about designing and building hidden secrets inside the Recess Minigame Hub.

You wanted to learn how to use block display entities to create ghost blocks, which are invisible-looking blocks that players can walk on o...

Floating Back Up
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Today ***** continued building his custom puzzle map, focusing on two big things: decorating the cave section and designing a brand-new gravity-based puzzle mechanic.

Here's what we worked on:

- Shaped the cave walls using a fre...

Setting up the Settings
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Today, we started out by working on fixing the bug we talked about last week for ******** *****.  The problem was that players could walk into their enemies spawn room, which should be a safe place for them.

After fixing t...

Detecting Death
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Today you focused on looking at the current bugs for the shielder mob for your custom mobs datapack. The two main bugs were: multiple Shielder entities stealing each other's pigs, and the pig sticking around as a leftover after the skelet...

A Rather Smashing Kit
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We picked up from last time, where we were working on completing the Smasher kit — a new player class for the Kit PVP minigame. Today, we finished setting up the items the player spawns with, which involved setting up the correct da...

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This session was all about getting the jigsaw block system properly wired up inside the Jungle Temple data pack. The goal: make each color-coded room (blue, cyan, orange, green, yellow, and oak) ...

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Side Project
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Instead of continuing on the food project, you decided to swap projects for a tiny bit.  Instead, you spent today designing and beginning to code a brand-new kit for the server's Kit PVP mini-game.

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After thinking the last couple of weeks on what to work on next, you decided that you wanted to keep working on small improvements to the minigame hub.

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Secret Pathways and Mace Mushrooms
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We picked up this class on your custom Minecraft puzzle map.  To start, we tested out the sprint part from last week.  After making a couple balance changes, we think it's at the right difficulty.  After that, you focus...

Cloning and Jigsaw Start

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This session was all about expanding the foundation of a procedurally generated jungle temple in Minecraft.  We started out by setting up a clone command system so that a single "template" set of rooms automatically copies it...

Game Systems Complete!
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In today's class we focused primarily on the "Bounty" credit system, that allows players to steal 50% of the credits of the enemies they defeat.  We picked up from last time, looking over the systems.

The main goal was fixing a bu...

Prepping the Pestle
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This class was all about building and connecting a custom 3D item model for the pestle part of your datapack. After recreating the pestle model in Blockbench, you created a texture, and item definition file.  These are absolutely neces...

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GitHub Tools and Text Displaying
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Today's class focused on two main areas.

The first part was a tour of GitHub tools: issues, assignees, releases, and actions.  The goal was to understand how developers organize and track work on a real project.  We won't u...