Backbone
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Backbone is a minigame which combines Guns with Swords and Teams along with Points and Upgrades! Not only do you get a minigame which your server will love, but you get a minigame which uses Custom Maps! Using 3 simple commands, you can turn your Pvp Map into a Battlefield! Players get specialized weapons and their goal is to wipe out the other team. Each kill they make adds 100 points to their bank and 1 point to their team. The team with the most points at the end of the 5 minute game wins! Players love it - Add some fun to your server and install Backbone today! You can also optionally install TagAPI for in-game colored nametags!
"...Its honestly the biggest hit that I have on my server" - ADVscout
"[Backbone] is by far my FAVORITE minigame I've ever played." - HGW1117
" I would recommend this plugin to anyone ... THANK YOU BACKBONE!" - CjkMinecraft
"Sound's amazing! ... I chose Backbone!" - Cjk25
"Such a cool plugin. I added it to my server and i love it!" - jmikulicz
"MAN BACKBONE ROXX!!!!!" - RealmOfAtlanta
How the game works
Players join your arena using commands or signs. When 2 or more players are queue'd up and ready to fight, a 20-second timer starts. After the 20 seconds, the queued players are sent to the arena to fight! Players get a Snowball Gun and a Diamond Sword as weapons. The goal of the game is to kill players on the opposing team as many times as possible. Each kill earns your team 1 point. Also, each kill you make gets you 100 killpoints which can be spent on Upgrades at the Backbone Store. The game lasts 5 minutes, and when the time is up all the players are teleported out of the arena.
Backbone guarantees your server an endlessly addicting minigame your players will adore. With support for up to 5 different Backbone arenas, the game won't ever get dull. Plus, Backbone updates will assure that you have the latest-and-greatest features and fun! So install Backbone today and see just how fun it can be!
DISCLAIMER: Be sure to set your arena, end, and lobbies in the SAME WORLD, otherwise you may get inventory storage problems!
/bb help - Get plugin help
/bb setend - Set the game's end (lobby)
/bb bspawn (arena) - Set the Blue team's spawn for an arena
/bb rspawn (arena) - Set the Red team's spawn for an arena
/bb setreload (arena) - Set the Ammo Reloader for an arena
/bb store - Buy Upgrades
/bb join (arena) - Join the game
/bb leave - Leave the game
backbone.player - Default, all permissions needed to play the game
backbone.admin - OP Default, all permissions
Individual Permissions:
backbone.setend - Use /bb setend
backbone.store - Use /bb store
backbone.setreload - Use /bb setreload
backbone.bspawn - Use /bb bspawn
backbone.rspawn - Use /bb rspawn
backbone.sign - Can create Join Signs
If you would instead like to use Join Signs instead of commands, it's really simple to do! First, you must have permission backbone.sign (OP default). Then simply place a sign and follow this format:
Line1: [Backbone]
Line2: Join
Line3: Arena#
Line4: (leave this line empty)
Line3 is the arena number you want players to join when they click your sign. "1" (without quotes) is what you'd use to join arena 1. Using a Join Sign is a great alternative to using the boring join commands!
What is Backbone?
Look at the Backbone Setup WikiBackbone is a minigame which combines Guns with Swords and Teams along with Points and Upgrades! Not only do you get a minigame which your server will love, but you get a minigame which uses Custom Maps! Using 3 simple commands, you can turn your Pvp Map into a Battlefield! Players get specialized weapons and their goal is to wipe out the other team. Each kill they make adds 100 points to their bank and 1 point to their team. The team with the most points at the end of the 5 minute game wins! Players love it - Add some fun to your server and install Backbone today! You can also optionally install TagAPI for in-game colored nametags!
Praise and Testimonials
"...Its honestly the biggest hit that I have on my server" - ADVscout
"[Backbone] is by far my FAVORITE minigame I've ever played." - HGW1117
" I would recommend this plugin to anyone ... THANK YOU BACKBONE!" - CjkMinecraft
"Sound's amazing! ... I chose Backbone!" - Cjk25
"Such a cool plugin. I added it to my server and i love it!" - jmikulicz
"MAN BACKBONE ROXX!!!!!" - RealmOfAtlanta
Minigame Details
How the game works
Players join your arena using commands or signs. When 2 or more players are queue'd up and ready to fight, a 20-second timer starts. After the 20 seconds, the queued players are sent to the arena to fight! Players get a Snowball Gun and a Diamond Sword as weapons. The goal of the game is to kill players on the opposing team as many times as possible. Each kill earns your team 1 point. Also, each kill you make gets you 100 killpoints which can be spent on Upgrades at the Backbone Store. The game lasts 5 minutes, and when the time is up all the players are teleported out of the arena.
Backbone guarantees your server an endlessly addicting minigame your players will adore. With support for up to 5 different Backbone arenas, the game won't ever get dull. Plus, Backbone updates will assure that you have the latest-and-greatest features and fun! So install Backbone today and see just how fun it can be!
DISCLAIMER: Be sure to set your arena, end, and lobbies in the SAME WORLD, otherwise you may get inventory storage problems!
Commands
/bb help - Get plugin help
/bb setend - Set the game's end (lobby)
/bb bspawn (arena) - Set the Blue team's spawn for an arena
/bb rspawn (arena) - Set the Red team's spawn for an arena
/bb setreload (arena) - Set the Ammo Reloader for an arena
/bb store - Buy Upgrades
/bb join (arena) - Join the game
/bb leave - Leave the game
Permissions
backbone.player - Default, all permissions needed to play the game
backbone.admin - OP Default, all permissions
Individual Permissions:
backbone.setend - Use /bb setend
backbone.store - Use /bb store
backbone.setreload - Use /bb setreload
backbone.bspawn - Use /bb bspawn
backbone.rspawn - Use /bb rspawn
backbone.sign - Can create Join Signs
Join Signs
If you would instead like to use Join Signs instead of commands, it's really simple to do! First, you must have permission backbone.sign (OP default). Then simply place a sign and follow this format:
Line1: [Backbone]
Line2: Join
Line3: Arena#
Line4: (leave this line empty)
Line3 is the arena number you want players to join when they click your sign. "1" (without quotes) is what you'd use to join arena 1. Using a Join Sign is a great alternative to using the boring join commands!
Version 6.3 Released
Lots of fixes and improvements. The game runs much better with the all new TIMED ARENAS (finally)
@qubit2
The snowballs are part of the game. The blaze rod, when right clicking air, fires snowballs which are like bullets. When a bullet hits an enemy team member, they are hurt. Its a big part of the game :)
Also there is already support for up to 5 arenas. When you created the first one, you did /bspawn 1, /rspawn 1, etc. To make a 2nd and more, do /bspawn 2, /rspawn 2, etc. The number at the end of the command tells the plugin what arena you are setting up.
Many people are finding the snowballs annoying and I haven't found a way to turn it off. Also I have lots of people asking for a 2nd arena. Please add that functionality. Other than that all my players have loved your plugin.
@huskycraft
when playing in an arena, youre right - players cant get hurt (by falling, lava, drowning, etc.). If there NOT playing (like if they /leave) they can. I put that in there because if they get hurt, it may cause the plugin to glitch and ask the player to respawn. All-in-all it creates a big headache. The only way players can be hurt while playing backbone is if they are hurt by an enemy team member.
I run backbone with a bunch of other plugins on a SEPRATE WORLD and people wont get hurt whats wrong?
@CjkMinecraft
:D I'm so glad you like it! Now you said a pvp server? AWESOME! Just be sure to switch auto-spawn to true in ur config (if you want ppl to auto spawn at the /backbonespawn location)
Well have fun!
Good news, i now have a server! And just as i said i would (a little bit lower down on this page) i am using it! It's not quite finished, but Backbone has heled me a lot! I would recommend this plugin to anyone who has pvp server, THANK YOU BACKBONE!
@MrProtagonist
Update: Backbone 5.5.2 has colored names optional. When you update, check your config.yml for "enable-colored-chat". To disable it, set it to "false" (no quotes). You'll have to reload the server to save the changes
Thank you FireBreath.
@Cjk25
Haha awesome!
@MrProtagonist
Yes, it does that. Its meant to be the only plugin running (with some exceptions like WorldEdit, AntiAd, WorldGuard, etc.) but not Essentials. Any player with backbone.admin gets the red name in chat.
But names are colored, yes. Players in an arena and on the red team have pink names in chat, and blue team members have blue names in chat. I suppose I can make this optional in the future
Sound's amazing! I don't have a server yet, but if i do, i will chose Backbone!
I love this plugin, but it messes up the chat format for some of my players. It seems like for all ops, it removes all formatting and just makes it red for some reason. Running 1.5.1 with newest build and default generated config.
Now Hiring help video creator. If you have a screen capture software (like Bandicam) and want to create help videos for this plugin, contact me for the job!
Good plugin
Can you code an option to make one dedicated arena that you auto join when a player joins the server like mcpvp
Looks awesome!
Sorry bout the video lagging. I had tons of stuff open at once xD