EventHorizon

EventHorizon is an interactive game mode plugin, originally developed for the KSU Esports Minecraft server, aimed at boosting replayability and player engagement. It introduces random, server-wide events, categorized as positive, negative, or neutral, that challenge players to adapt and survive in both solo and team-based gameplay. These unpredictable occurrences create a dynamic and thrilling environment. EventHorizon can run as a standalone game mode or integrate seamlessly with other game mode plugins, such as survival games, speedruns, TaskCrafters, etc.

Dependencies

FastAsyncWorldEdit
PlaceholderAPI
Recommended: TAB (can use any TAB/Scoreboard plugin that supports PlaceholderAPI)
- Add this code to the TAB config file to use our scoreboard

scoreboards:
    scoreboard-1.20.3+:
      title: "<#E0B11E>EventHorizon</#FF0000>"
      display-condition: "%player-version-id%>=765;%bedrock%=false" # Only display it to players using 1.20.3+ AND NOT bedrock edition
      lines:
        - "<light_purple>Remaining Time:"
        - "<white>%eventhorizon_remainingtime_formatted%"

Commands

Command	Description
`/eventhorizon begin`	Begins the tournament
`/eventhorizon end`	Concludes the tournament
`/eventhorizon pause`	Pauses the tournament
`/eventhorizon resume`	Continues a paused tournament
`/eventhorizon trigger <eventName>`	Manually triggers an event by name
`/eventhorizon reloadconfig`	Reloads the configuration file
`/eventhorizon help`	Displays available commands

Current Events

Event Name	Event Type	Event Classification	Brief Description
Fasting	attribute	negative	Player hunger completely depletes
GrowthSpurt	attribute	neutral	Player increases in size
HalfAHeart	attribute	negative	Player health is set to half a heart
HoneyIShrunkTheKids	attribute	negative	Player decrease in size
ZeroGravity	attribute	neutral	Gravity is reduced for player
IceIsNice	blockmodification	neutral	All blocks within a specific radius near the player will turn into packed ice blocks; polar bears and snow golems spawn
GoldRush	blockmodification	positive	All stone-like blocks near the player turns into gold ore
NetherInvasion	blockmodification	negative	Ground blocks -> nether blocks, water -> lava, plants -> fire, spawns nether mobs
DeepDarkInvasion	blockmodification	negative	Ground blocks -> sculk and deepslate, plant -> ancient city blocks
BlockDropShuffle	dropmodification	neutral	Shuffles block drops
DoubleOrNothing	dropmodification	negative	Item drops have a 50% chance of dropping nothing and a 50% chance of double the amount of items
MobDropShuffle	dropmodification	neutral	Shuffles mob drops
FoodComa	effects	neutral	Player recieves saturation and slowness
GottaGoFast	effects	positive	Player receives speed effect
Overmine	effects	positive	Players can now mine twice as fast
SecondWind	effects	positive	Player strength (attack power/damage dealt) is doubled
YoureTooSlow	effects	negative	Player receives slowness effect
ButterFingers	inventoryAdjustment	negative	The player drops items in their hands at random intervals
FlightSchool	inventoryAdjustment	positive	Player receives unbreakable elytra and 64 fireworks
InventorySwap	inventoryAdjustment	neutral	Two players swap inventories with each other
SpoiledFood	inventoryAdjustment	negative	All food items in the player's inventory turns into rotten flesh
DropParty	itemspawn	positive	Random items are dropped near the player
Feast	itemspawn	positive	Food items are dropped near the player
OreDropParty	itemspawn	positive	Random ores are dropped near the player
ChickenFlock	mobspawn	positive	Spawns a group of chickens around the player
CowHerd	mobspawn	positive	Spawns a group of cows near the player
DropCreeper	mobspawn	negative	Spawns a creeper near the player
EndRaid	mobspawn	negative	Spawns end mobs around the player
NetherRaid	mobspawn	negative	Spawns nether mobs around the player
RandomMobSpawn	mobspawn	neutral	Spawns a random mob near the player (Ender Dragon is the only excluded mob)
WolfPack	mobspawn	negative	Spawns a pack of angry wolves around the player
ZombieHorde	mobspawn	negative	Spawns a group zombies around the player
ZombieInvasion	mobspawn	negative	Continually spawns zombies around the player

Upcoming Features

Beta (August)

Events balance pass
Ignore players in spectator mode
All event values customizable in a config file
More events

This list does not encompass everything we have planned, but we wanted to give a small preview on some of the front-end work we have planned. Much of the work for the beta release will be focused on back end refactoring, optimization, and bug fixes.

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