DarkChronics Quake (Minecraft minigame)

This is a plugin for Spigot/Paper (Minecraft server) that I have been working on for the past 2 weeks or so. It aims to reimplement most if not all of Quake 3/Live's mechanics, weapons, gamemodes, and gameplay.
The teaser below shows the plugin in action
https://youtu.be/RGHGhP-oy80

No source code, this is a private proprietary plugin for a server. Sorry.

YouTubeDarkChronics | Проект игровых серверов Minecraft

DarkChronics Quake - Тизер | Minigames 1.20.4

Наш ВК: https://vk.com/darkchronics
Наш Discord: https://discord.gg/nCs8FPSQZa
Наш Сайт: https://darkchronics.ru/
Наш Телеграмм: https://t.me/drkchronics

Разработчик плагина: polyzium

3D-художник: TrBloody

Map Designer: NIIIKAAN

#darkchronics #minecraft #project #quake #minigames

Dumb Bird•2/8/24, 9:57 PM

Wow! This is seriously cool, for 2 weeks this is pretty well polished

Dumb Bird•2/8/24, 9:58 PM

Is it only the one map currently? Did you make it yourself it looks pretty professionally done

DDumb Bird Is it only the one map currently? Did you make it yourself it looks pretty profe...

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:19 PM

The map in the vid was made by NIIIKAAN, our level designer. Since we recorded the teaser there have been radical changes to the map, as well as 2 more maps have been added (one finished, one unfinished)

DDumb Bird Wow! This is seriously cool, for 2 weeks this is pretty well polished

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:20 PM

Still a long way to go, map and match systems have to be still implemented, but at least I got basic gameplay mechanics working

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:20 PM

Lemme pull screenshots of the new map

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:23 PM

Same map as in the teaser. The area where the top two platforms were was totally renovated into a battleground

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:25 PM

Bottom area was expanded and four receiving teleporters were added

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:26 PM

Added bridge between RL and large health in the upper area (also more sky decor)

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:31 PM

Since the recording of the teaser video I also fixed pickup hitboxes

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:32 PM

the way it worked before was super finicky, so I moved the whole collision system to AABB

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/8/24, 11:34 PM

New map. This is a recreation of The Longest Yard (q3dm17) based on a voxelized version of the original

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)New map. This is a recreation of The Longest Yard (q3dm17) based on a voxelized ...

Dumb Bird•2/9/24, 2:56 AM

Looks pretty bare bones

Dumb Bird•2/9/24, 2:57 AM

Isn't their vinilla ways to make custom huds as well?

Dumb Bird•2/9/24, 2:57 AM

I think it would be a neat thing to look into

Dumb Bird•2/9/24, 2:58 AM

maybe also creating custom textures so the maps look more like their quake counterparts

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)Same map as in the teaser. The area where the top two platforms were was totally...

Dumb Bird•2/9/24, 2:59 AM

Does this replace the map that was in the teaser? I quite like the map shown off originally in the teaser

DDumb Bird Does this replace the map that was in the teaser? I quite like the map shown off...

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 7:27 AM

Unfortunately yes. People were camping with railguns on top platforms

DDumb Bird Isn't their vinilla ways to make custom huds as well?

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 7:28 AM

Don't think so. Only by using bossbars/scoreboards

DDumb Bird Looks pretty bare bones

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 7:29 AM

At least it's better than what it was before (fully out of stone)

DDumb Bird *maybe also creating custom textures so the maps look more like their quake coun...

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 7:30 AM

We were considering it but that requires a resource pack. While servers can send a client their resourcepack, the player can turn it off

DDumb Bird Wow! This is seriously cool, for 2 weeks this is pretty well polished

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 9:46 AM

Oh and I forgot to mention, I started this project with barely any Java knowledge

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/9/24, 9:46 AM

I learned it as I was writing the plugin code

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)Still a long way to go, map and match systems have to be still implemented, but ...

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:31 PM

@earth's bird UPD: match system is now implemented

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:32 PM

If you're up to test lmk, because ours are asleep lol

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)If you're up to test lmk, because ours are asleep lol

Dumb Bird•2/28/24, 10:55 PM

Sure I don't mind testing, although I'll have to redownload minecraft

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:57 PM

I am afraid you're too late now

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:57 PM

I am about to go to sleep

Dumb Bird•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Ah drats

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

We can do tomorrow if you want

Dumb Bird•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Well, lmk when I can test it out

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)We can do tomorrow if you want

Dumb Bird•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Yes ofc

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Sure thing

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Ttyl

Dumb Bird•2/28/24, 10:58 PM

Yes, goodnight!

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•2/29/24, 7:34 AM

Test server is up, DM me for IP and details

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/7/25, 1:20 AM

OK, so I am coming back to this project around 1.25 years later. The DarkChronics initiative is unfortunately no more due to a conflict me and the founder had. However I still have the source code and resourcepack assets, and I am thinking of either making a brand new Minecraft server with this plugin, or open source the plugin so that the rest of the userbase can host it themselves.

Need your opinions y'all.

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OK, so I am coming back to this project around 1.25 years later. The DarkChronic...

Dumb Bird•5/9/25, 3:18 PM

I found the plugin seriously fun! I think there is some value of realizing the server yourself. If it's something you can use for monetary sake then shoot for it.

Another good option could be both. Open-source your plugin and run the server.

Dumb Bird•5/9/25, 3:18 PM

Maybe you could contact minigame server akin to Hypixel to see if it's something they'd be interested in.

DDumb Bird I found the plugin seriously fun! I think there is some value of realizing the s...

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/9/25, 4:38 PM

I determined that Minecraft servers are not a sustainable type of business. I am thinking of opening it up under AGPLv3 so that nobody could monetize my hard work.

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/9/25, 4:38 PM

I could run a server of my own but I don't know if it's worth the effort.

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/9/25, 4:40 PM

I ran a poll on another server and the opinions were split

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/9/25, 4:40 PM

Some suggested AGPL, others suggested removing the Affero aspect (GPL, LGPL), others suggested ARR or a permissive license.

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/9/25, 4:40 PM

I won't be able to monetize the plugin anyway.

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/12/25, 8:12 AM

@Dumb Bird I determined that I would open source it under AGPLv3. The weapons modeler have agreed to license their assets under CC 4.0 BY-NC-SA.
If you're interested in taking the maintainer role then let me know, because quite frankly I don't have the time needed.

Ppolyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)@Dumb Bird I determined that I would open source it under AGPLv3. The weapons mo...

Dumb Bird•5/13/25, 5:31 PM

I do not mind maintaining the code so it works on the latest verions and such

Dumb Bird•5/13/25, 5:31 PM

Same with small bug fixes

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/13/25, 5:31 PM

1.20.4 is the last version I tested it on

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/13/25, 5:32 PM

I am not sure about breaking API changes, I think they broke something in 1.20.6+, let alone 1.21.x

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/13/25, 5:32 PM

I'll open it up tomorrow, been busy with stuff, sorry.

polyzium (ON BREAK; READ MY BIO)OP•5/15/25, 4:54 PM

https://github.com/polyzium/darkchronics-quake

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