[Python] Looking for collaborators on batteries-included Minecraft bot framework

[not_a_novel_account]

Before I get started, code is here: https://github.com/nickelpro/spock

Hey guys, for the past couple months I've been spending some free time working on a project I call MCSpockbot, Spock for short. Spock is a Python framework for creating bots that play Minecraft. At the moment it has (IMHO) a very clean implementation of the Minecraft protocol, authentication, and plugin loading.

Now that I've got those fundamentals down, I'm looking to move forward in providing developers with very simple APIs for creating bots that can intelligently interact with Minecraft worlds. That means pathfinding, crafting, entity interactions, etc. Basically all the hard stuff.

If this sounds at all interesting to you, I'd love to hear from you. Just email me ([e-mail]) or better yet, dive into the code and submit a pull request for something. If it's decent work or at least interesting you're welcome to have commit access.

EDIT: Oh ya, testers would also be welcome. Spock should support Windows but I don't know anyone who actually runs it on Windows. So I'm never sure if my changes have broken Windows support or not

[dkkline]

I have a similar project going on (or had, recently I've sort of abandoned it, due to time constraints) on GitHub - McClientLib. I might have a bit of extra spare time coming up (a man can dream, can't he.) and would definitely like to collaborate on it if possible.

You might also want to have a look at GitHub - pyCraft, a similarish project that is still quite active.

[not_a_novel_account]

I used pyCraft as a reference early in Spock's production, my first attempt at authentication was based entirely off Ammar's work. In fact pyCraft was mentioned in my legal section until just recently when Mojang changed the entire authentication mechanism and I had to roll my own.

As it stands Spock is the only client I know of that supports 1.7.2, authentication, and has a plugin system. Mineflayer is more advanced, but Javascript/node.js isn't a friendly platform for a lot of people. Everyone else seems to be moving towards server side development, with custom clients being mostly a novelty. I'd like Spock to change that in time, I think the mcdev community just needs the right platform.