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Viewercraft
Inspiration
As a viewer of Minecraft streams, I’ve always wanted to be able to participate in a fun and meaningful way in the creative process of shaping a world with the community!
What it does
Viewercraft allows the audience of a Minecraft stream to gather resources and build a community world directly on stream. Every community world lives for a week than its archived and a new one is created. With the help of a Java mod any community world can be spawned inside Minecraft so that the streamer can explore and engage his audience in a new way. Imagine the possibilities!
How I built it
For the extension Front-end, I used Vue.js which connects to a stateless Node.js Back-end with a MongoDB alongside it, all running in the AWS cloud, ready for vertical and horizontal scaling. A custom Java mod can be installed on any Minecraft server that can sync and spawn the community world inside it.
Challenges I ran into
Unfortunately, I joined the DevJam with only a week left and I didn’t mage to fully complete my vision. I found it challenging to draft and prioritize tasks that will deliver a version that will be the stepping stone for further progress with the time left.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I’m very happy that I managed my time and resources carefully with a clear vision of the important milestones. Also, I didn’t crumble under the pressure and managed to stay motivated and push through.
What I learned
I learned a bunch of new technologies, how to be productive under pressure and manage my time efficiently.
What's next for Viewercraft
- Finish the Minecraft mod that will sync and spawn community worlds.
- Make the world isometric instead of top-down so that it has depth.
- Introduce community challenges and goals
- Implement features with Bits, for example:
- Contribute to increase the world size
- Reserve areas for future building
- Boost resource gathering
- Craft mystery viewer items
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