HeisenBugDev ACE Innovation 2014

A system for easily distributing Minecraft mods.

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1. Such present Much amazing
2. HI
3. I’M THERON BOERNER
4. I’M THERON BOERNER I LOOK LIKE THIS:
5. I’M THERON BOERNER I LOOK LIKE THIS:
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8. I’M THERON BOERNER I code Ruby, Java, HTML, CSS, HAML, Sass, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Python, Less, Markdown, and more acronyms. I LOOK LIKE THIS: or or Oxford comma!
9. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A LITTLE SOMETHING CALLED
10. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A LITTLE SOMETHING CALLED
11. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES
12. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS
13. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS and
14. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS and
15. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span and
16. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span • Get confused when there are a lot of words and
17. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span • Get confused when there are a lot of words • There are a lot of them. and
18. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span • Get confused when there are a lot of words • There are a lot of them. • Overcomplicate things. and
19. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span • Get confused when there are a lot of words • There are a lot of them. • Overcomplicate things. • Generally thinks there needs to be a lot of words. and
20. THIS STORY HAS TWO SIDES THE PLAYERS THE DEVELOPERS • Low attention span • Get confused when there are a lot of words • There are a lot of them. • Overcomplicate things. • Generally thinks there needs to be a lot of words. • Very few. and
21. THE DEVELOPERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE MODS.
22. THE DEVELOPERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE MODS. THEY DO THIS BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF JAVA AND LARGE DOSES OF CAFFEINE.
23. THE PLAYERS YEARN FOR THOSE MODS— ! I CAN’T THINK OF 30 MINUTES OF DRAMATIC STORY, LET’S BEGIN!
24. BUT FIRST…
25. WHAT’S A MOD AND WHAT’S A MINECRAFT? Minecraft looks like this
26. WHAT’S A MOD AND WHAT’S A MINECRAFT? Minecraft is a video game. Minecraft looks like this
27. WHAT’S A MOD AND WHAT’S A MINECRAFT? Minecraft is a video game. People got bored with what Minecraft added so developers started reverse engineering the game and adding new mechanics by modifying the game (hence the name mod). Minecraft looks like this
28. WHAT’S A MOD AND WHAT’S A MINECRAFT? Minecraft is a video game. People got bored with what Minecraft added so developers started reverse engineering the game and adding new mechanics by modifying the game (hence the name mod). Eventually a whole community formed with APIs and tools so that anyone who knows Java can make their own mod! Minecraft looks like this
29. THE FIRST PROBLEM: GETTING THE MOD
30. THE FIRST PROBLEM: GETTING THE MOD As of now, there is no way to simply say, “I want this mod” and it installs it.
31. THE FIRST PROBLEM: GETTING THE MOD As of now, there is no way to simply say, “I want this mod” and it installs it. Luckily this is slowly changing to a more standardized way of doing things.
32. SO HOW DO YOU GET IT?
33. SO HOW DO YOU GET IT? Since mods are just Java ARchive files, they can be distributed in almost any way imaginable. Here are the most common ways:
34. SO HOW DO YOU GET IT? Since mods are just Java ARchive files, they can be distributed in almost any way imaginable. Here are the most common ways: • Dropbox (this will be our example) • A Jenkins server • Mediafire • etc.
35. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE
36. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE • The developer makes a mod.
37. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE • The developer makes a mod. • The developer then runs a command that creates four files.
38. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE • The developer makes a mod. • The developer then runs a command that creates four files. • He then uploads those files (or just the universal one if he’s lazy) to Dropbox (which will be disabled if you use too much bandwidth).
39. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE • The developer makes a mod. • The developer then runs a command that creates four files. • He then uploads those files (or just the universal one if he’s lazy) to Dropbox (which will be disabled if you use too much bandwidth). • He grabs link(s) and puts them on a Minecraft Forum post.
40. THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE • The developer makes a mod. • The developer then runs a command that creates four files. • He then uploads those files (or just the universal one if he’s lazy) to Dropbox (which will be disabled if you use too much bandwidth). • He grabs link(s) and puts them on a Minecraft Forum post. • Rinse and repeat for every release.
41. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE
42. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Player wants a mod.
43. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Player wants a mod. • Player Googles for mods.
44. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Player wants a mod. • Player Googles for mods. • Player find a mod’s website.
45. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Player wants a mod. • Player Googles for mods. • Player find a mod’s website. • Player is confused.
46. THE PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Player wants a mod. • Player Googles for mods. • Player find a mod’s website. • Player is confused. • Player leaves.
47. THINGS NEEDED
48. THINGS NEEDED • Streamlined interface.
49. THINGS NEEDED • Streamlined interface. • Automated builds.
50. THINGS NEEDED • Streamlined interface. • Automated builds. • Fast response times.
51. BUT SOMEONE HAS TO BE DOING THIS ALREADY, RIGHT?
52. BUT SOMEONE HAS TO BE DOING THIS ALREADY, RIGHT? WELL…
53. CURSEFORGE
54. CURSEFORGE Curse Forge is a member of the huge Curse family of game websites.

55. CURSEFORGE Curse Forge is a member of the huge Curse family of game websites.
 Its goal it to create a platform mod developers (not just Minecraft ones) can upload their project to and manage stuff through there.

56. CURSEFORGE Curse Forge is a member of the huge Curse family of game websites.
 Its goal it to create a platform mod developers (not just Minecraft ones) can upload their project to and manage stuff through there.
 What does it solve?
57. NOTHING!
58. NOTHING! It makes things worse by trying to create everything, including repo hosting and a messaging system.
59. NOTHING! It makes things worse by trying to create everything, including repo hosting and a messaging system.
60. NOTHING! It makes things worse by trying to create everything, including repo hosting and a messaging system. All of which are ugly, have a very bad user interface, and high response times above 1000ms!
61. BUT THERE IS ONE WEBSITE THAT SOLVES THESE PROBLEMS WELL
62. UNIVERSAL ELECTRICITY’S WEBSITE • Very good overall design • Very fast • Simple
63. THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM.
64. THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM. YOU CAN’T USE IT! IT’S CLOSED SOURCE
65. THE SECOND PROBLEM: WHAT DO I DO? This is very simple. • Developers are lazy and don’t want to write documentation. • Players need good documentation to know what to do.
66. CURRENT SOLUTIONS: • Any sort of wiki. • Youtube videos
67. –Anyone. Anywhere. Ever. “This is really annoying.”
68. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I DID?
69. MEET HEISENBUGDEV!
70. MEET HEISENBUGDEV!
71. MEET HEISENBUGDEV! • A website that hosts Minecraft mods and their wikis for free. • Open Source and 100% community driven. • Follows modern web development practices.
72. BUT BEST OF ALL
73. BUT BEST OF ALL It’s pretty
75. WHY IS THIS BETTER?
76. WHY IS THIS BETTER? ALIASED IMAGES vs
77. WHY IS THIS BETTER? ALIASED IMAGES vs NOTE: IT’S PIXEL ART. You are supposed to see the individual pixels.
78. The way Minecraft renders images The way computers normally render images ALIASED WHY IS THIS BETTER? ANTIALIASED
79. WHY IS THIS BETTER? INLINE EDITING
80. WHY IS THIS BETTER? INLINE EDITING
81. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX
82. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX Let’s say we want to add a developer to a project.
83. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX Let’s say we want to add a developer to a project. The easy way to do this is by adding the user and refreshing the page.
84. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX Let’s say we want to add a developer to a project. The easy way to do this is by adding the user and refreshing the page. That total operation will take about a second, including sending the data, getting new data back, rendering the page, and initializing the javascript.
85. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX However, if we use Ajax to update only the changes, it will be almost instant.
86. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX However, if we use Ajax to update only the changes, it will be almost instant.
87. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX However, if we use Ajax to update only the changes, it will be almost instant. ADD
88. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AJAX However, if we use Ajax to update only the changes, it will be almost instant. ADD REMOVE
89. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS
90. THE 4 MOD FILES
91. THE 4 M UNIVERSAL
92. THE 4 M UNIVERSAL The only file players need. Used in an obfuscated Minecraft environment
93. THE 4 MOD FILES UNIVERSAL he only file players need. Used in an obfuscated Minecraft environment
94. THE 4 MOD FILES UNIVERSAL he only file players need. Used in an obfuscated Minecraft environment In software development, obfuscation is the deliberate act of creating obfuscated code, i.e. source or machine code that is difficult for humans to understand. Source: Wikipedia
95. HE 4 MOD FILES DEOBF
96. HE 4 MOD FILES DEOBF Used by developers to extend on the mods Deobfuscated
97. THE 4 M Minecraft environment JAVADOC
98. THE 4 M Minecraft environment. JAVADOC It’s just the javadoc files. Used by developers.
99. OD FILES SOURCE
100. OD FILES SOURCE The source code. Also for developers.
101. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS
102. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS Big button you can’t miss.
103. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS Big button you can’t miss. More button
104. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS More button
105. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS More button Hover over dropdown
106. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS More button GitHub commit/compare link
107. WHY IS THIS BETTER? SIMPLE AND DETAILED DOWNLOADS More button
108. WHY IS THIS BETTER? MARKDOWN BASED WIKI
109. WHY IS THIS BETTER? MARKDOWN BASED WIKI This is markdown This is the HTML output
110. WHY IS THIS BETTER? MARKDOWN BASED WIKI 100% text based formatting.
111. WHY IS THIS BETTER? VERSION BASED WIKI
112. WHY IS THIS BETTER? VERSION BASED WIKI Say you are a user with v1 of QuantumCraft (v2 is latest). There has been a new feature added in a newer update but you are stuck on the old version. Most wikis don't easily say when feature x was added or give you a page for a specific version of the said mod. The wiki is able to provide you options to switch the version of the mod to the version you are running so you are not confused to why feature x is not working.
113. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AUTOMATED BUILDS
114. WHY IS THIS BETTER? AUTOMATED BUILDS Builds are automatically made every time the mod’s code is updated on GitHub (a website that hosts code). The server then stores the files and tracks a number of details about it.
115. HOW DOES IT WORK? Most of it is a Ruby on Rails app.
116. HOW DOES IT WORK? Most of it is a Ruby on Rails app. A web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model- View-Controller (MVC) pattern. Source: Wikipedia
117. MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER? (MVC) “A software pattern for implementing user interfaces. It divides a given software application into three interconnected parts, so as to separate internal representations of information from the ways that information is presented to or accepted from the user.” ! Source: Wikipedia
118. HOW DOES IT WORK? Most of it is a Ruby on Rails app. A web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model- View-Controller (MVC) pattern. Source: Wikipedia
119. HOW DOES IT WORK? MODELS Different components’ data storage and how the all link together. You’re not expected to know what any of this means, it just looks pretty.
120. MODELS Different components’ data storage and how the all link together. You’re not expected to know what any of this means, it just looks pretty. HOW DOES IT WORK?
121. IT’S A LITTLE TOO COMPLEX TO UNDERSTAND IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, SO LET’S JUST SAY
122. IT’S POWERED BY THE
123. IT’S POWERED BY THE AMERICAN DREAM
124. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
125. THE FUTURE?
126. THE FUTURE?
127. THE FUTURE? SITE GOES LIVE IN A FEW WEEKS!
128. THE FUTURE? SITE GOES LIVE IN A FEW WEEKS! After this is done of course
129. THE FUTURE? The makers of the Backpacks Mod and the Secret Rooms Mod have agreed to use the site!
130. THE FUTURE? MultiMC support is being added so you can add mods with one click!
131. WHO HELPED?
132. WHO HELPED? "its alright man, don't worry about it" man Adrian Zankich or Javier Cervantes or The real programming taco Gize Bonilla or He say Godzilla N O TE: They chose the nam es
133. WHO HELPED? They all work at The Hybrid Group which makes KidsRuby and runs KidsCodeCamp
134. SO GO FORTH AND DOWNLOAD MODS PAIN FREE!