LobbyAPI - Open discussion

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Results from the hackathon: For now, no code, but we did get a few things done:

Results from a chaospad:

Code:

- The LobbyAPI plugin creates a minigame folder for minigames on startup in the root of the server
- The minigame plugins in this folder are loaded on startup if the folder already exists
- The Admin has to create a seperate world for the LobbyAPI to manage all the arenas
- The Admin can create "Rooms" of each minigame by creating a sign with a specific syntax
e.g.
Line1: [Lobby]
Line2: [NameOfGame]


-- Game Timers
First Timer -> Time for players to join the game
Second Timer -> No players can join the game, players can join teams
Third Timer -> Game is about to start
Fourth timer -> deadline/time until the game ends


-- The API works by expanding upon a baseclass similar as described here: https://forum.cuberite.org/thread-2240-post-23788.html#pid23788

-- How events are handled
BaseClass = {
   OnSomeEvent()
}

-- The child class can override functions from the base class including events and can call the default behavior if desired.
ChildClass = {
   function OnSomeEvent()
       BaseClass.OnSomeEvent(self)
       -- Other logic
   end
}



-- How are teams initialized
-- If teamsEnabled is false all players are on their own.
-- else teams is an array of objects containing information about the teams.
function InitializeTeams(teamsEnabled, teams, assignPlayerRandomlyOnJoin)
end

-- Initialize with teams enabled
InitializeTeams(true, {
       {
           visible = true,
           worldInteraction = true,
           color = "blue"
           name = "SUPER TEAM!"
       }
   }
)

-- Initialize without teams enabled
InitializeTeams(false)

We were also working with a mindmap: https://www.mindmeister.com/maps/show/732187302#