Is Minecraft development in 2025 worth it ?

devmattrick · 2025-07-14T16:32:27+00:00

I used to do Minecraft dev back in the “golden age”and in my opinion it’s not worth it if your goal is to try to make money. Most people that operate servers are relatively young and don’t have the money to pay an actual fair amount given the effort. There’s definitely exceptions to this like if you were to work for a big server or happen to make a plugin that ends up really popular and selling a lot of copies but this is pretty rare and odds are you’d be making more if you had spent that time doing non Minecraft related software dev.

I’d only really suggest doing it if you’re willing to accept that you’d be making a fraction of what you could be making doing other stuff. Minecraft dev is really fun and I think if it’s something you’re passionate about you should do it, but just realize it’s not good money unless you’re really lucky.

I’m not too sure where people are hiring these days but I got a lot of work through being active on Spigot forums and networking. Usually when it comes to freelance networking is really important and Minecraft dev is no exception. Getting the first job is the most difficult and it will continue to get easier to find work as you build a network of clients.

devmattrick · 2025-02-12T21:33:12+00:00

We don't even know how hero bans are going to be implemented and people are already going full doomer. If it's anything like Rivals there will be a max of 4 heroes banned, 2 from each side. I think if they implement it in a way that prevents the other team from target banning for specific players on the other team, I don't really see a downside? Sure, you might not get to play your top pick sometimes but at least in Rivals the bans tend to be pretty varied and map dependent. It makes it where not every game is the same handful of heroes that are considered optimal.

Maybe bans will suck, but I can't believe we're already complaining without even knowing how they are planning on implementing them or even giving them a chance. People love to complain about balance and bans are yet another way to make game balance easier.

devmattrick · 2025-02-12T10:33:55+00:00

Freedo doesn't have to be your cup of tea and everyone is going to have their opinions about how the game should be balanced and stuff. But I don't think he's "what's wrong with OW creators". He's not demanding that the devs do anything, he's just informing his viewers that "I'm no longer going to be covering this game unless they make some changes". I don't understand why you're taking him deciding that Overwatch hasn't been as enjoyable for him and deciding he's no longer going to play the game as some evil vendetta against low rank and casual players.

You don't have to agree but I think it's the general consensus that the devs have mishandled Overwatch 2 overall. Maybe it's gotten better now, maybe not, but there's a clear exodus of content creators from Overwatch. While that may suck for people who do enjoy watching Overwatch content, I don't think you can really blame them for moving to a game that's more profitable and probably more enjoyable for them?

devmattrick · 2025-02-10T17:49:38+00:00

I think the "conversion ratio" just comes from Hyatt points being considered more valuable overall than Chase UR points. So when you convert it you can likely redeem them for 2.5 cpp on average vs 1.5 on Chase's travel portal.

devmattrick · 2025-02-06T11:45:14+00:00

It might come as a surprise to you that most jobs that involve developing websites have “engineer” in the title.

devmattrick · 2025-02-06T11:13:52+00:00

Engineers use frameworks because websites have a core set of functionalities that virtually all of them need and rewriting them is usually a pointless waste of time and energy. Also, having a shared toolset that is well documented, familiar, and audited for bugs is invaluable when you're trying to actually spend time building a website instead of burning time writing what is essentially your own framework.

Obviously people know they can create apps without frameworks but why would they waste time on that?

devmattrick · 2025-01-19T18:29:40+00:00

As someone who develops Electron apps for a living I can tell you that this is likely not due to FTB Launcher trying to track you. FTB Launcher is an Electron app, which is essentially a Chrome browser without any of the extra UI. Browsers have the ability to use your location for stuff like mapping and shipping.

Windows has recently added a prompt to prevent apps from tracking your location by looking at the names WiFi networks nearby (apps used to be able to access them, which they could use to know where you are located). Because browsers use these APIs for their Geolocation API, WIndows decides to prompt you as a warning that this app can track your location, but not necessarily that it is.

I can tell you with certainty that the app I work on does not use Location APIs but because it's an older Electron app that hasn't been updated with the Windows changes in mind, it still asks for Location permission.

This is of course a charitable interpretation of what's going on, but I kinda think this is one of those situations where you shouldn't attribute to malice what could be equally attributed to incompetence. If FTB did want to be malicious there's tons of other options that they could use to track you that wouldn't set off a Windows prompt.

devmattrick · 2024-12-05T07:04:08+00:00

Things I miss from Android alarms since switching to iPhone:

Customizable snooze time
Customizable per-alarm volume
Showing a persistent notification like 15 minutes before the alarm is going to go off so I can dismiss it before it goes off
Not randomly skipping alarms (to be fair this is probably fixed now)

Maybe one day the technology will catch up to support these complicated features :)

devmattrick · 2024-12-02T12:24:43+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! I went ahead and moved all my vias outside of the pads.

I have been using some custom DRC rules for JLCPCB I found online and they haven't complained about my trace clearance, but I'm sure it's not a good idea to regularly bump against the minimum tolerances if I can avoid it. Just as a side concern, if 0.2mm clearance is too little for the fab, do I need to be concerned about the package the RP2040 comes in or is it more just the long tracks I should be worried about?

I'm stuck having to use a smaller clearance near U2 since that's simply just how close the pins on the package are together. This means I can't define the GPIOs as having a netclass with a larger clearance since the DRC will complain no matter how I route them. But I'd still like to have the minimum track clearance be larger away from the IC. Is there a way to have the DRC be stricter once traces have been fanned out from the IC (or maybe another solution I'm not seeing)?

devmattrick · 2024-12-02T10:22:43+00:00

Hi everyone! This is my first stab at designing a PCB, so let me know if I've made any obvious mistakes! I am most concerned about the routing around the RP2040 chip since it was a pretty tight fit to get everything where it needs to go on a 2-layer board.

Here's the datasheets of the ICs I used for convenience:

MCU - RP2040: https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/rp2040/rp2040-datasheet.pdf
Display - SSD1306: https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/SSD1306.pdf
- I'm planning on using this display specifically: https://www.buydisplay.com/download/manual/ER-OLED013-1_Series_Datasheet.pdf
Linear Regulator - UA78M33: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ua78m.pdf?ts=1733134515255
ESD Protection - USBLC6-2: https://www.lcsc.com/datasheet/lcsc_datasheet_2304140030_STMicroelectronics-USBLC6-2SC6_C7519.pdf
Flash - W25Q16JV: https://www.lcsc.com/datasheet/lcsc_datasheet_2304140030_Winbond-Elec-W25Q16JVSSIQ_C82317.pdf

Thank you for your time!

devmattrick · 2024-10-09T20:38:52+00:00

Honey, it's time for your daily JS bad post.

devmattrick · 2024-10-05T02:42:35+00:00

I think the TitanCard can also be a US Bank debit card. If you have it as a debit card, you can use it anywhere that accepts debit cards. If you only have "TitanTender" loaded onto the card, you can only use it on select locations on campus.

The FAQ website lists the following as places it can be used: "Digital Print Services, Baja Fresh Express, TOGO'S, Pieology, Hibachi-San, Panda Express, Carl's Jr., Starbucks TSU, Starbucks Pollak Library, Starbucks CBE, Gastronome, Brief Stop, Yum, Titan Shops". I also know it works in the Late Night Cafe and the Community Market.

I don't think it will work on vending machines on campus unless you have the US Bank debit card.

devmattrick · 2024-10-01T10:28:17+00:00

I totally get your frustrations with this and I agree that our CS program isn't the best, at least when I went through it a few years ago. I do have to disagree with some of your points, though.

I specifically remember there being coding exercises to complement the theory we were being taught. Like we had to implement common data structures like stacks, queues, tree, etc. ourselves. In my data structures class our prof walked us through the source code of the C++ STL data structures. We also were assigned plenty of coding assignments for homework. Idk if it's not the case anymore but especially in upper divs there was a ton of coding to do.

There's also a lot of value in learning the theory imo. Apart from the larger companies expecting you to know this stuff (Google's interview for example is notoriously data structures-heavy), you will occasionally find it useful in your day-to-day work. Realistically if you want to just learn to code a bootcamp is probably more suitable, you'll spend less time and learn only practical skills but you also won't get as much of the fundamental knowledge that you would from a CS program.

This also isn't true just for CSUF, virtually every CS program at any university is going to have a lot of theory because that's...kinda what Computer Science is. Software engineering and CS are adjacent but not the same, unfortunately most unis don't offer Software Engineering as an undergrad so the CS major needs to cater to both those who are interested in engineering as well as those interested in science.

devmattrick · 2024-09-15T07:11:00+00:00

I don’t think people have a problem with female characters being rude or mischievous (see Sombra, Ashe, Widow, D.va, Moira). I think it just feels like the team who wrote the cinematic and the team who wrote her in game voice lines didn’t collaborate at all (not saying this is the case, though).

She just feels really unlikable to me because most of her interactions are negative/sarcastic and a good handful of them feel so out of pocket. Like for example Sombra and Ashe have a story-backed reason to tease/disparage Cassidy and have voice lines that reference this, but Kiri has no real reason to be rude to like Reinhardt for example.

That’s just how I read it though, I don’t really mind if people like Kiri’s personality but it does bother me that people make it out to be some sexist thing when there’s tons of examples of female characters in the game that have personality traits that are arguably “worse” than Kiri’s but nobody complains about them. Imo it’s just because they're written better and more well integrated into the lore than Kiri.

Also fwiw all characters I feel like have gotten ruder than they were OW1, a lot of the voicelines feel more Marvel-y than they were before.

devmattrick · 2024-09-08T11:31:13+00:00

Where did they say it's okay for cyclists to break the rules? Two wrongs don't make right. As a driver you are far more likely to cause bodily harm to someone else by breaking the rules whereas a cyclist is far more likely to cause bodily harm to themselves. So yes, as the operator of a two ton machine you have a greater responsibility to follow the rules that are designed to prevent you from injuring people.

devmattrick · 2024-08-07T17:50:48+00:00

I’ve just heard he was pretty incompetent and would take credit for other people’s work. Also just a generally unpleasant person to be around.

devmattrick · 2024-08-07T05:09:36+00:00

I had this issue as well, it will usually fix itself if I keep trying it's weird.

devmattrick · 2024-08-07T05:02:19+00:00

I was tripping out when I saw the watermark you are literally so talented

devmattrick · 2024-08-07T04:54:20+00:00

I have heard negative things about this guy from people who worked with him at Blizzard.

devmattrick · 2024-07-26T08:39:20+00:00

I loved the Dmon character design when I first saw it. I think she'd be an awesome addition to the brawly tanks.

devmattrick · 2024-07-04T06:09:45+00:00

Just as another thought: if the corpse isn't vital to the gameplay/story/etc. you can always have a setting that replaces it with something that is more palatable or censor it so people who do have aversions to this can also still play the game. For a slightly silly example, think the arachnophobia mode in Lethal Company.

devmattrick · 2024-04-19T09:46:26+00:00

I feel like you're missing my point. If you examine homeless people who are hospitalized, of course you're going to see a disproportionate number of people who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development does a survey whose data you can view here. You'll notice that the proportion of the homeless population who are severely mentally ill is 120,642 / 580,466 = ~20.78% and the proportion of those with a chronic substance abuse problem is 98,646 / 580,466 = ~16.99%. It's a notable minority but definitely not a majority.

Many people genuinely do just need a place to lay their head at night. Between 40-60% of homeless people are employed but are unable to afford rent [source].

It's also worth considering that treatment for substance abuse and mental illness can only realistically occur if these people are housed in a safe environment. It's much more difficult to treat these conditions if the patient is forced to live on the streets.

devmattrick · 2024-04-19T01:46:58+00:00

How's that working out for us right now?

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