About

Empire Minecraft is a family-friendly Minecraft server founded in 2011. It is known for its custom-coded features and great community. The Simon Says game is located on the Games Server of Empire Minecraft, and requires 2+ players to play. When the game starts, all players are teleported to the center of the arena and receive a block in their hand. They have to run to the correct block and stand on it before time runs out. Anybody who is not on the matching block is out. The last person standing wins.

Process

The Simon Says game was originally created using command blocks, but after Minecraft updates changed command block syntax and broke the game, Emma converted it to code and added some new features.

She started by understanding how the game originally worked, and then used Intellij and Java code to recreate those mechanics. After that, she tested it on her development server, fixed bugs, and tested more. Before it was released on the production servers, Emma held a community contest in which players could submit their own floor designs to be used. She then incorporated those designs to add different difficulty levels depending on how complicated the pattern was. The game is currently available to play on the Minecraft server play.emc.gs in the /games world.

Tools/Languages Used

Intellij

Java

Git