Wayback Minecraft (Baseimage)

NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS

Objective:

Create a Minecraft Server base-image which allows users to traverse archived worlds.

High level concept:

This repository is dedicated to the Game-Servers deployment under the Kubernetes Network.

Features

• World Loading
  • Disable world saving (Ephemeral changes)
  • Load world from an external source (prevent data duplication)
• Custom Spectator
  • Provide tools to view all players who've played on the world prior to archival.
  • Provide commands to teleport to offline players
• Misc
  • Show archived players in world (Show last known location with their items, armour, etc)

Implementation:

Server Configuration:

The server will receive a world_key pointing and request the corresponding world for loading.

Server Initialization:

Upon initialization, the server will send a post request to the Server Registry Service containing its connection information.

Worlds:

Minecraft worlds store the majority of data needed to run a server in a frozen state.

Worlds store:

• Chunk Data (Areas generated by players)
• PlayerData:
  • UUID
  • Username
  • First_Join
  • Last_Join
  • Location (x, y, z)
  • Inventory
  • Advancements

In order to save on compute, we will rip out all of Minecraft's bundled code and events, implementing only what we need. We can achieve this easily using Minestom.