Many cultures believe that butterflies are the souls of the dead. I wanted to represent this idea in the Butterfly Mod. So this week I added the Féileacáin, the Irish spirits of the dead, represented as butterflies.
Entity
Anything that isn’t a block in Minecraft.
Creating a Butterfly Golem
A while ago there was a thread by Sushifox on PlanetMinecraft offering to create “adaptamobs”. Based on an earlier thread about digital pets, an adaptamob is simply one of 6 types of mobs represented in 2D, but with a specific theme applied to it.
Bits and Bobs. And Sherds
This week I worked on a lot of small tasks. Some new features, a bugfix or two, some minor tweaks, and butterfly sherds. It’s nice to work on small things sometimes. It feels like you’ve achieved a lot more than usual.
Butterflies of South East Asia
I’ve been travelling around SEA for a while now, and there have been a lot of butterflies along the way. I’ve decided to add a few of the butterflies I’ve seen around to the butterfly mod, helping to pad out the variety of butterflies players can encounter.
Moths, Moths, and More Moths
I’ve spent this week adding as many moths to the mod as I can. Each new moth led to a few little changes to either fix bugs I found along the way, or to add a new behaviour for the moth.
Butterflies, Moths and Bugs
This week I spent some time fixing a few bugs I’ve been noticing while testing the mod. Now our butterflies look better, animate better, and spawn better. These things may seem minor in comparison to adding cool new features, but as I’ve said before: details matter.
Moths, Silk, and Startling
This week I add silk to the butterfly mod and finally add my first moth. This moth has its own unique behaviour, something I will start adding to several other butterflies. Along the way I fixed a bug or two, and discovered a couple more that need to be fixed.
Just Like a Moth to a Flame
This week I continued adding new behaviours specifically for moths. Along the way I had to update the movement code (again) and fix a minor bug. But now moths will be drawn to light and use a different landing animation.
A Bugfix and a Day/Night Cycle
Last week I released version 4 of Bok’s Banging Butterflies, introducing flower pollination and improved AI for butterflies. With that done, it’s time to start focusing on the next feature I want to introduce. Moths will be main feature for Bok’s Banging Butterflies v5.0.0.
The Butterfly’s Final Goals
I’m getting close to finishing version 4 of Bok’s Butterflies. I just need to cross some Is and dot some Ts. A couple of new goals and a bugfix or two, then port the mod to all supported versions, and it’s ready for release.