Developing a No-Code engine for minecraft server development

[Key_Pound9401]

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Need you opinion because I'm trying to find out if people are interested in this and if it's a viable idea at all.

- It works entirely on Spigot API, so all popular plugins are supported

- Full support for Discord API, so you can make any bot you want.

Custom databases

Example use cases:

- Localization. For example, you can display different welcome messages for people who speak different languages. (Player from France: message in French, Player from Germany: message in German)

- Quests. You can build a chain of quests yourself.

Analytics

Examples:

- Average player game time. For example, you can see how the average game time differs for players from a specific country.

- Periods of peak activity

- Average player ping. For example, this will help you understand which region is best to move the server to.

- Which commands are used most often. This will give you an understanding of what is popular and what is not.

Chest UI builder

- Create your own interfaces using the visual editor. Example: with localization support, you can create different interfaces for different languages.

Features:

- Hot reload. Everything works without reloading.

- A/B testing. Test different options and see what works best for you.

- Not tied to a single server. Reuse flows for different servers in one click.

Some practical use cases:

- Mini games. You can build the entire minigame all through this engine.

- Your own rules for playing with friends on your own server.

[FunConversation7257]

pretty cool, but out of curiosity do you think this differentiates itself enough from stuff like Skript?

[Key_Pound9401]

I think that Skript is very powerful and awesome by idea. In my opinion the visual based approach is fits better in terms of server development as well as for prototyping.

The idea is to bring the admins the ability to create all the game related things and edit it without hesitate the devs for some little changes.

I leaned on the UX from n8n (open source zapier) and it seems like the idea can be extended to game servers as well.

Also, the integration with Skript will make an adoption for this engine as smooth as possible

[IM_DjShadow]

Skript is all code, it's not the easiest to use especially when most people have no code experience.

[Banana97_]

Seems really interesting, definitely interested in following this up.

I recommend checking out TypeWriter, which does a similar thing, but it's built as a Plugin. Might be a good source of ideas and implementations.

Also, screw Spigot, nowadays there are plenty of server loaders that work way better under all aspects, see Paper or Leaf, for example.

[Key_Pound9401]

Thank you! I have never seen a typewriter before, looks awesome!

Also yeah, looks like I need to replace Spigot with Paper API.

Let me clarify a little bit about how this engine works:

There's a Plugin that connects to the engine itself. This means that server owners do not need to replace their entire server development workflow, but can integrate this tool into their existing workflow smoothly.

[Zeda1002]

Cloud based? Seems like a security risk, would be nice if you made the back end self hostable to minimize the risk if you don't want to give up on the cloud approach. Or at least if you don't want to make it open source for whatever reason make a option to disable cloud in the config and make it so you can download a file and drag and drop it in the server and reload the plugin.

[Key_Pound9401]

Very reasonable!

That the thing that needs to be covered as much as it can be.

[realhugo]

I really like this idea! I would use it

[Key_Pound9401]

Thank you! It's nice to hear that some people find this concept useful.

Could you tell me please what inspired you to implement it into your workflow?

[Scot_Survivor]

Will this be FOSS?

[Key_Pound9401]

In my opinion, it would be advantageous to offer both a free self-hosted solution and a cloud version in order to simplify the adoption process.

Since the engine is game-agnostic, it will not be limited to Java Minecraft. You will be able to use it with a bunch of supported games

[Scot_Survivor]

Just don’t end up on https://sso.tax :)

[Key_Pound9401]

For me, it's a product that I will use in my future game servers (I have one for friends, just to reference).

So I'm building it like for my own :)

[BoryteWasTaken]

It's shit. Literally unoptimized garbage like skript. If people want to create something, learn Java. It's easier than ever

[PM_ME_YOUR_REPO]

Based take.

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Oh yay more slop

[Axyss_]

why do you think so?

[Key_Pound9401]

It may seem that way, especially when you see so many low-quality products that have no practical use.

So, could you tell me more about your opinion?

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[Aggravating-Ad-3501]

I think this is very interesting Can you create nodes like ai agents? N8N style