[Blog] The Making Of A Player Vs Mobs Game

Hello everyone!

I'll introduce myself first: I am Ivo, 16 years old, I am from the Netherlands and I am going to study (hopefully) Software Engineering next year.

My question to the reader: Is it possible to slow players in FTB Unleashed without using command blocks?

Formula for time:
I have been wanting to make a mini-game for ages now. I have finally cut the knot (directly translated Dutch saying) and started with it. The first problem I ran into was the time of the rounds. One formula wasn't steep enough, the other one was quite good, but the difficulty level wouldn't be as high as I wanted. I came up with a practical formula. The prize you'll get is calculated on how far you got into the game. If you didn't get farther than level 5, you will get nothing. That's the way how brutal I am. The formula I came up with is using a sinus. This is the formula:

4+6sin(1/5.8x)
--# In Lua the formulas would be like this:
math.floor(4+6*math.sin(1/5.8*x))
--# 'x' Is a variable that ranges from 1 to 10 which represents the rounds

This will calculate the time in minutes, which I need the most, because I am saying it in the chat with a chatbox. This number can be later converted into seconds.

Classes:
What is a mini-game without classes, right? I came up with a few practical classes. I think they still need tweaking, but it'll be worth it:

-Ranger:
High firepower, no melee weapon, but can knock mobs back with his bow when they get too close. Downside to this high firepower are the arrows, because they are not infinite (I am using Tinker's Construct)
-Tank:
Low firepower, slow, high damage melee weapon. I have no clue how I can slow these guys without using command blocks, if you have an idea, please tell me.
-Armour Killer:
Low firepower, low damage melee weapon. He has a rapier. It has as a special ability that it can pierce armour. This class is very weak towards other mobs, so it has pretty good armour.
-Warrior:
Medium firepower, medium damage melee weapon. This guy has a longsword, which is handy for charging skeletons and other mobs. The list of mobs will be listed below.

Mobs:
- Angry Zombie
- Zombie
- Nitro Creeper
- Creeper
- Spider
- Cave Spider
- Skeleton
- Wither Skeleton
- Angry Zombie Pigmen (if they are possible to catch in FTB)

Well you can add some peripherals, make the whole map dispensers with computers below, and send through rednet to specific computer above which is the player to activate the dispenser…

Probably not the best way but at least something xD

You math is off. 1 / 5.8x does not translate to 1 / 5.8 * x, but to 1 / (5.8 * x)