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FreeMinecraftModels 1.2.0
Hello everyone!I have just released snapshot 1 for FreeMinecraftModels 1.2.0.This is a much delayed release. For weeks I thought I was on the last possible issue, only to uncover a new issue after fixing something.To make make a very long story short, I had originally written code specific to armor stands, and it was not very good. I then tried to reuse that code for display entities, and that was beyond a nightmare.Ultimately I scrapped everything (twice!) and managed to generalize the system t...
Quick update
Hello everyone,February was a crazy month for me. A lot happened at a personal level (nothing bad), but that's not what I wish to share here.Instead, I want to talk about what we've been working on.Item modelsFirst of all, you can see in the images of this post a bunch of mysterious weapons. Or, perhaps, you used your powers of deduction to realize that these are the community-funded models for EliteMobs!These items will be used for the different tiers, and I hope that they are just a sa...
Should we remove schematic dungeons (and convert them to world dungeons)?
Greetings everyone.We've been hard at work improving documentation for everyone, and preparing a lot of things that I hope will really improve the long-term experience of installing, updating, managing and creating content for all of the plugins I've created.There is, however, one rather complex feature in EliteMobs that I am currently considering getting entirely rid of: schematic dungeons.What are schematic dungeons?Schematic dungeons are dungeons that get pasted where you are standing...
Community fundraiser for EliteMobs models
Goal tracker: $430/$2000Hello everyone!It's been a while since a member of the community has reached out to me to ask to fundraise a specific feature for EliteMobs through a community-shared donation goal.Digitalzero has suggested to start a fundraiser to create up to 200 custom models for EliteMobs weapons and armor.These models would allow admins using the official EliteMobs resource pack to change the look of elite armor and weapons every 10 levels. That would mean that for levels 10-20 t...
Happy 2024! Devlog
Hello everyone,It's actually been a little while since the last devlog! You will have noticed that we released a ton of new content in the meantime, with the release of the diamond league arena, the release of the story mode dungeons (the mines, the bridge, the city, the palace) and vast updates to all of the already existing story mode dungeons, as well as updates completing Primis and The Oasis. I hope you are all enjoying all the new content as it takes shape before out very eyes.I won...
Sanctum | The Palace
Note: this is an early access for patreon supporters. It will be published for free in April!Continuing the EliteMobs story mode dungeons, you've discovered a chamber with an ancient king standing guard. It seems like there is no way around him, you will have to defeat him to continue delving into the mystery of this place!EliteMobs Info: Recommended Level[s]: 20 - Group recommended Bosses: 5 Unique Unique Items: 22Custom powers: 8Difficulty: 3 different difficulties: normal, ...
Dungeon | The City
Note: this is an early access for patreon supporters. It will be published for free in March!Continuing the EliteMobs story mode dungeons, you've been asked to investigate an ancient underground city from an unknown civilization! What mysteries lie dormant in them? Probably nothing good!EliteMobs Info: Recommended Level[s]: 20 - Group recommended Bosses: 12 Unique Unique Items: 75Custom powers: 11Difficulty: 3 different difficulties: normal, hard and mythic! Map type: World...
Sanctum | The Bridge
Note: this is an early access for patreon supporters. It will be published for free in February!Continuing the EliteMobs story mode dungeons, you've been asked to defeat the mysterious guardian of the bridge, blocking your way to what seems to be an underground city. Beware of lava!EliteMobs Info: Recommended Level[s]: 25 - Group recommended Bosses: 7 Unique Unique Items: 30Custom powers: 13Difficulty: 3 different difficulties: normal, hard and mythic! Map type: World En...
Dungeon | The Mines
Note: this is an early access for patreon supporters. It will be published for free on Christmas day!Continuing the EliteMobs story mode dungeons, you've been asked to delve into the mines to investigate where this zombie outbreak might be coming from. What delves in the deep? There's only one way to find out!EliteMobs Info: Recommended Level[s]: 20 - Group recommended Bosses: 38 Unique Unique Items: 130Custom powers: 14Difficulty: 3 different difficulties: normal, hard an...
Arena | Diamond League Arena
You faced the wood league and the iron league now prepare yourself for an entirely new challenge featuring 50 demanding waves from level 100 to 150. Do you have what it takes to shatter the beautiful diamond league arena?Technical details here!
A correction and an issue
I posted this on Discord, but I want to make sure that this is highly visible for the devlog readers as well:Announcement:I want to issue a correction/update and also bring up an issue I'm starting to see:Correction/Update - I just found out earlier that ModelEngine R3 is, in fact, working for Minecraft 1.20.2. It seems like it updated the day after my devlog post which talked about the roadmap (just after I started working on FMM). Also, I remind you all that ModelEngine R3 is still compati...
Devlog - FreeMinecraftModels & EliteMobs
Greetings everyone!Once again, it feels like far too long has passed since the last real updates, but I think you may agree that today's releases make up for that!ModelEngine is dead (to me)So let's start with talking about ModelEngine. I never really liked working with ModelEngine - support was slow to non-existent, it cost $18 and I was relying on it for something that is quite high investment - custom models.And I do mean high investment. Primis will see a release before the end of th...
Roadmap & some news
Hello everyone,Keeping it short and sweet today.The pollThank you to everyone who participated in the poll. The results were fairly close to what I was expecting, which is good to see. That's also good news because it means you will probably love what is coming up in the pipeline!The next releasesWe have been continuously working on the next set of dungeons which we plan to release this whole time. Recently Frostcone finished compiling the full story, questlines and other details for the sto...
First ever Patreon physical reward! And limited time collectible!
Greetings, adventurers!So, at the end of last month and the start of this month I found myself working 16-19 hours a day every day, and I once again ruined my wrist.I had to take a break, and during that break I looked at 3d printers again, as I have been doing regularly for about a year now.Except, this time, I pulled the trigger and got not just one, but two 3d printers! For those knowledgeable in these things, one is a filament printer (pictured above) and one is a resin printer (arriving lat...
Poll: Vote on development focus!
Hello everyone,It's been a long time since we've had a poll to see what I should focus development efforts on, so let's have one right now!This is a bit of a weird one, because I plan to do a bit of everything listed below, but I want to hear what you're most excited about so that I can learn what the priorities should be and what people who support my projects are really interested about!You can vote on multiple options! The poll will run for a month.Happy voting!- MagmaGuy
Mass dungeon update and EliteMobs 8.6.1 devlog
Hello everyone,As always, it's been longer than I hoped it would be, and that is because the scope of the update went out of control again.What follows is just a devlog and a consolidation of the information about what we've been doing and what we are working on next. It's a very long devlog. I may have gone overboard in explaining future plans.First of all, you have probably noticed that EliteMobs 8.6.1 is now out and that virtually every dungeon has updated. This is because, while ...
Easy download links
Hey hey,After years of asking Patreon to improve visibility for downloads, they have finally actually (sort of) done it!You can now (more) easily see all the download links you get access to by subbing to my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/magmaguy/collectionsThis will be left as a pinned post for your convenience!
EternalTD and FreeMinecraftModels are finally here. Devlog.
Hello everyone,To say that EternalTD took longer to do the first release for would be the understatement of the year.I originally believed it was going to take me a month to do the first release, and it ultimately took three. Now, if all you care about is the final result, you can skip to the end of this post where I will talk about what comes next. However, having spent three very intense months working on this, I want to expand why exactly this release kept getting pushed back.The ETD+FMM adve...
EternalTD | Towers from the Depths
Level up the challenge to medium with these 5 epic nether-themed EternalTD levels! Will your players have what it takes to survive the fiery depths and conquer the fierce obstacles that await? Get ready to test your skills!Details: - 5 maps, hard difficulty- 1 set of shared waves- 100 normal waves, 20 repeating sudden death waves- Compatible with ETD 1.0 and Minecraft 1.19+
EternalTD | Towers of the Rising Sun
Brace yourself for the ultimate challenge! Get your hands on these 5 demanding hard difficulty levels for your EternalTD server and witness whether your players can handle the pressure. These levels are beautifully crafted in an enchanting eastern style, adding a touch of elegance to the formidable trials ahead!Details:- 5 maps, hard difficulty- 1 set of shared waves- 100 normal waves, 20 repeating sudden death waves- Compatible with ETD 1.0 and Minecraft 1.19+
EternalTD Free Content
You can download all free EternalTD content here!
Free Minecraft Models - closed alpha
Surprise!Veteran supporters of my projects know that I've mentioned a long time in the past that I wish plugins like ModelEngine (which allow you to display custom models in-game) were free, as custom models are really cool to use but there is no smooth way of doing them.I also mentioned that making such a system would be an insane amount of work, and it was even the highest Patreon goal we had!Well, guess what - I made it anyway!Today I am releasing FreeMinecraftModels early on here for all...
Devlog: I am not dead (yet)
Hello everyone,I just wanted to take a minute to give a quick status update, as I realize that I've been unusually quiet for the last couple of weeks.There are two reasons behind that. The first one has to do with a very stressful situation that happened to my family, and which I took some time to assist with, but that is fortunately now almost entirely resolved. This only took about a weekend away from development, which marks the longest amount of time I have taken away from development in...
EternalTD alpha 3!
Hello everyone!Today I am pleased to announce the third closed alpha release of EternalTD, a tower defense game for Minecraft!This release is actually very close to becoming a public release! The main thing we want to nail down for the public release is adding a set of proper tutorial levels and an additional (and potentially premium) map.It has been such a long time since the last release and we have changed so much that I will list the features that this have instead.Currently ETD has one map,...
EM+BS updates! And a small devlog.
EliteMobs has updated, fixing a number of reported bugs. More importantly, BetterStructures has updated, adding MythicMobs and MMOItems integration to the plugin thanks to the code contributions of CarmJos!Somehow, this has only been a part of what I've been working on lately. I got very caught up with working on a standalone game prototype, far more so than I thought I would (to the point of not sleeping, really).It doesn't look like much right now, as I am still trying to lean how godo...
BS+EM | 101 Premium Shrines
It is finally out! The 101 premium shrines are now out, featuring:101 Builds!139 Custom Bosses!143 Custom Items!105 Custom Powers!This whole package was made by Dali_! It is by far the most ambitious BetterStructures pack, check out the trailer to see just 1% of it!
Sanctum | Craftenmine's Laboratory
Face against Craftenmine and his wicked creations in an epic battle carefully crafted by Max and with a soundtrack created by Agnet 75!This sanctum has 3 different difficulties and it is recommended to face with at least 2-3 players!Technical details here!
6 years of EliteMobs!
Hello everyone!Today EliteMobs celebrates its 6th anniversary!I released an update with the following:EliteMobs is now celebrating its 6th year anniversary! To celebrate this, the first dungeon in a long-story based series has been released for free! The next one is already available in Patreon, and will be made available for free in about a month! - The Climb dungeon is now out for free!- There is now an up to 36% off sale for EliteMobs content!- The Pirate Ship dungeon has been updated! (Patre...
EliteMobs 8.5.0 dev log and thoughts
Hello everyone,EliteMobs 8.5.0 is now out, as well as a lot more content as you have probably noticed. Here's a quick look at what changed:Dungeons:- Released the following dungeons:- The Climb Dungeon ($1 on patreon) - This will become free on April 27th!- The Cave Sanctum ($1 on patreon) - This will become free on June 1st!- ?? ?? ???? (patreon)- Updated the following dungeons:- Primis (patreon / itch)- Premium Enchantment Dungeons (patreon / itch)- The Knight's Castle Lair (itch)Model...
A super secret early release!
This is a super sneaky early release of the BetterStructures Premium Elite Shrines!I am still working on making a nice trailer and taking nice pictures for it, but I figured you Patreon supporters might like to get this one early!This is the most insane release we have done in a long time. Dali_ has been working on this for 4 months! Here are some stats so you understand just how big this is:- 101 builds!- 139 unique bosses!- 143 unique items!- 105 unique boss power in files alone!This is, with ...
