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Eternal TD minigame! Snapshot 1

And now for something completely different! This is EternalTD, a tower defense Minecraft plugin minigame based on games such as the Line Tower Wars mod from the Starcraft / Warcraft custom games.

The game spawns mobs on the green line and the try to path to the end (red line).

You place Basic Towers down to do damage, and Support Towers (currently the Sugar Tower and the Spyglass tower) to enhance their stats (as long as they're on the next grid square!).

Mobs can't pass thr...

Adventure | Primis

Primis is the most ambitious EliteMobs map and the intended introductory/tutorial experience for EliteMobs!

With version 1.0, this absolutely insane project is now functionally complete! However, further updates are planned to add custom models and polish content up!

This adventure features a huge map, a wormhole world that expands certain zones through portals, two instanced dungeons, a wave-based arena, lots of quests and side content, custom models, boss fights with custom powe...

EliteMobs 8.0.0, Primis 0.4, Mass dungeons update

Hello everyone,

As you may have noticed, the dungeons have updated and the new Primis release is finally out!

EliteMobs 8.0.0 introduces a lot of really important things both for now and for the future of EliteMobs.

The link above already explains a lot of the new features, and the blogposts I've been posting describe a lot of the new features a lot so you can...

Streamlining the dungeon update cycle

Hello everyone,

Long post ahead, conclusion at the end!

Recently Nightbreak (my new game studio!) began trying onboard more people to speed up the release and update of all our releases. Bepis, Dalio and FrostCone are, at least for the time being, continuously helping with releases and updates.

This increased team size allows me to do things a bit differently without taking development time away from other projects.

One of the key things I want to chan...

BS | Adventure Pack

A pack of 107 structures ready to be automatically placed by BetterStructures in your Minecraft world!

This pack is made for adventurers! Tough challenges, traps and  massive builds await those brave enough to delve into these builds!

Installation details:

https://youtu.be/1z47lSxmyq0 

Credits: Déli'O#7355 (discord)
Minecraft version: 1.18.1+

The near future of EliteMobs

Hello everyone,

As we approach the public release of EliteMobs 8.0.0, I want to talk more in-depth about the planned content ahead of us.

EliteMobs 8.0.0 is a major rewrite of several core systems but is also the update in which a lot of new core content gets added to EliteMobs. In the heart of this system is the addition of instanced content, but also things such as a new currency, a new translation system, among others.

In the past, I aimed to release humongous updates whi...

I started a game studio! & some more info

This is a little something I've been toying around in the background with for the past few months.

I have now officially registered the trademark Nightbreak! This will be the banner under which I and people I might come to hire will work under moving forward.

I also got the amazing nightbreak.io website and got myself a custom email to boot, so you know I am a big business guy doing big business moves!

In all seriousness, as I widen my scope of activity into...

BS | Exploration Pack

Explore dangerous structures in your Minecraft server with this adventure-focused pack of challenging structures!

The exploration pack has 49 buildings to discover full of danger and treasure!

Installation details:

https://youtu.be/1z47lSxmyq0 

Credits: Déli'O#7355 (discord)
Minecraft version: 1.18.1+

Download link: 2022-08-08 15:10:59 +0000 UTC View Post

BS | 103 Default Structures

A pack of 103 structures ready to be automatically placed by BetterStructures in your Minecraft world!

This pack is themed after vanilla Minecraft! These builds are made  specifically to look like something vanilla Minecraft could potentially  add, extending the amount of structures that naturally appear in the  world!

Installation details:

https://youtu.be/1z47lSxmyq0

Credits: 69OzCanO...

EliteMobs 8.0.0-Snapshot-1, BetterStructures 1.2.0, BetterStructures Exploration pack!

Here's a quick update for everyone!

EliteMobs 8.0.0-Snapshot-1 is now out, on time and with way more features than I thought I was going to do. The changelog for it is absolutely massive, and you can check that out on the releases section of the Discord server!

BetterStructures 1.2.0 is out with the exploration pack, a free pack with 49 structures for anyone to download! This is the little brother of the Adventure pack, which will be a massive 100+ build challenge-focused build pa...

EliteMobs 8.0 - Major rewrites

Hello everyone,

This is a long post. Skip to the end if you don’t want to read all the context.

What’s going on:

I’ve been working on adding the instanced dungeon content as promised, and while working on this system a few things started becoming clear.

Let me preface this by saying that I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 14 with 69OzCanOfBepis (the lead builder for all my projects) on 2022-07-25 01:50:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Blogpost & poll about the last month of dev work

Hello supporters!

I have recently wrapped up the release for BetterStructures, alongside some other releases and we are now in the vote for the next phase as I work back through reported issues and generally add polish to the existing systems.

Work has already begun for the next build pack for BetterStructures - the Adventure pack - and EliteMobs has reached 100,000 downloads! I have some content set aside that I will be trying to polish up and release for free to celebrate this a...

Development focus poll

As is becoming tradition, here is where you vote for my next development focus!

This might be the toughest poll I've done in a while. Are you ready?

Quick breakdown:

•  1) EliteMobs - AureliumSkills deep integration

This would add full integration between EliteMobs and AureliumSkills. This would solve surface issues, like the maximum health gain, but also deeper issues, like taking damage and defense increases from the plugin into account for EliteMobs c...

BetterStructures 1.0 release!

As promised, BetterStructures 1.0 is now out on Spigot for free as an open source plugin under GPLV3!

Additionally the 100 (actually now they're 103) default build pack is out and the Echoes of the Past build pack is also finished with a total of 122 structures!

For those upgrade from alpha versions, I strongly recommend you completely delete the old BetterStructures folder and redownload the packs for the update, a lot has improved!

Download the plugin now from 2022-07-10 07:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post

BetterStructures Alpha 3 - final Alpha release!

Changelog:

- [Fix] Fixed schematics folder not getting generated
- [New] Added generators for air structures
- [New] Added scanner for air structures
- [New] Added generators for liquid structures
- [New] Added scanner for liquid structures (like boats)
- [Tweak] Improved performance
- [New] Added /bs reload command
- [New] Added surface and deep underground generators for the nether
- [Tweak] Fixed up math for terrain adequacy
- [New] Added air buildings to t...

EliteMobs 7.3.17 release & quick blogpost

Hello everyone!

EliteMobs 7.3.17 is now out on spigot with the following changelog:

- [New] Added an option to /em setup that  allows admins to instantly start using the EliteMobs resource pack! This  handles distribution, checking for updates and everything else, all you  need to do is enable the first option and restart the server!
-...

Build Pack | Echoes of the Past

A pack of 122 structures ready to be automatically placed by BetterStructures in your Minecraft world!

This pack is themed after ruins and lost civilizations! Explore ruined windmills, ancient statues, abandoned mines & more!

Installation details:

https://youtu.be/1z47lSxmyq0 

Credits: Déli'O#7355 (discord)
Minecraft version: 1.18.1+

BetterStructures alpha 2 release

Hello everyone!

I am back with the alpha 2 release of BetterStructures! This might be the last closed alpha version of the plugin as it prepares to move out of alpha.

Notable changes:

- Buildings will now spawn at the Nether's surface correctly! Note that Nether surface buildings are semi-rare because the Nether has a very jagged surface
- Schematics can now be grouped in folders! This is really important for reasons that are about to make a lot of sense
- Lots of gene...

Models | Goblins!

NOTE: THESE MODELS REQUIRE THE MODELENGINE PLUGIN TO BE USED!

This pack of 5 adorable but vicious goblins is perfect for making your EliteMobs goblin events really stand out!

Watch out, they are still very deadly!

Installation steps:

1) Put into imports folder
2) Do /em reload and /meg reload
3) You're done, you can view them by using the EliteMobs spawncustom command to spawn one of the goblins from the events.

2022-06-22 15:52:50 +0000 UTC View Post

BetterStructures Alpha 1 release!

BetterStructures alpha 1 is here! 

This is a plugin which adds premade buildings to your world generation! The placement system for these builds is powerful and advanced, giving you seamless placement of buildings above and underground based on biome, world type, height and lots of other customizable components!

The first full release will come with 100 premade buildings, and right now you can download the first 40 buildings below! Please not...

Next plugin vote

Hello everyone,

Here is a quick vote for the next plugin I'll be working on over at twitch.tv/magmaguy and possibly making a video about on YouTube. This is to create the first version of that plugin, which will not be its final version as they will probably need more features later.

1. TreePhysics (free)

This plugin will make entire trees fall with an animation, sound and some extra options li...

EliteMobs, BetterFood & ResurrectionChest updates

Hello everyone,

EliteMobs has a new dev build commissioned by Snorky* which finally implements the strength, weakness, and resistance potion effects into the combat system.

It also allows you to make you own custom skins for the menus! We are in the process of commissioning a default skin that will be in the default resource pack...

Elitemobs 7.15, Elitemobs 7.16 and BetterFood 1.3

Hello everyone,

This is a catch-up for the recent updates to EliteMobs and BetterFood.

EliteMobs:

EliteMobs 7.15 fixed a lot of bugs.

Elitemobs 7.16 fixed some bugs and added Minecraft 1.19 compat...

Update on development & the future, long blogpost

Hello everyone,

I am glad to officially announce that, after about 60 hours of hard work and bad luck, my PC is now fully upgraded and running like a dream!

A big thank you to all of you supporting Elitemobs who, through your patronage, have allowed me to afford this investment into further, better work!

The following is a moment of introspection / retrospection about the development of EliteMobs since January and plans, both short and long-term. Feel free t...

Technical difficulties

Hello everyone,

Today I got the last part I (thought I) needed for upgrading my pc, and thought I was going to spend a couple of hours upgrading the setup and then be able to work on everything with a significantly better cpu, which would be nice.

So, 12 hours later, that's not really what happened.

Turns out (among other things) my storage device is no longer compatible with the new generation of motherboards, which basically means I had to order new storage after many, man...

Adventure | Primis - Chapter 3

Primis is the most ambitious EliteMobs map and the intended intruductory/tutorial experience for EliteMobs!

Chapter 3 redoes the introductory village, adds a teleport hub system (a really cool one!), new bosses, new loot, new quests, new wormholes, a new custom model, new regions, new builds, new npcs... basically more of everything!

It also rebalances some things based on feedback, so thanks for the feedback!

Chapter 4 will be coming out soon with the content around Pontis ...

5 Years of EliteMobs

5 years ago, EliteMobs was launched on Spigot.

Back then, it was basically my own version of a plugin called InfernalMobs but focused more on having levels.

Throughout the years, the items systems were expanded, then the elite mobs, with custom bosses only coming at a much later stage. After that, the regional bosses were developed, and with those Lairs started getting released.

Once we got comfortable doing Lairs, and then Minidungeons, we started venturing towards doing Ad...

EliteMobs Arenas release!

EliteMobs 7.3.14 is now out on spigot with the following additions:

- [New] Added Arenas! The Adventurer's Guild Hub comes preloaded with one!
- [New] Added bedrock-compatible menus! Try them out with /em alt!
- [Fix] Fixed nearly all reported bugs

A big thank you to the people who gave me feedback on early drafts of the video. I did put some effort into try...

EliteMobs April-May roadmap

In case you don't want to read the massive wall of text blogpost, you can find the shortened version here.

Please let me know if this is worth doing every month. It's a bit of work and it's a big commitment to sticking to a timeline, so I'll really only do it again if people really like it.

PS: the first version should read 7.3.14 and not 7.4.0, only caught that too late.

EliteMobs 7.4.0 theme announcement & more!

Hello everyone,

We are now nearly done with EliteMobs 7.3.14 – the Arenas update! The developer build already has the default arena and the basic arena mechanics, and they are some of the most fun I’ve had in playtesting EliteMobs.

I do think people will agree that this might be the best co-op / fixed challenge in EliteMobs, and certainly the best one for people looking to flex their abilities.

As always, more features will be added to the Arenas as we move forward, but ...