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Nucleoid is building an open-source minigames server on modern versions of Minecraft.
You can join us at nucleoid.xyz
Nucleoid is building an open-source minigames server on modern versions of Minecraft.
You can join us at nucleoid.xyz
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Anvil Drop is a free-for-all party game in which players must avoid anvils falling on their head! As the game progresses, the floor beneath anvils breaks away, leaving less space to stay safe. Keep an eye on the ground and on the sky!
Ascension is a free-for-all party game in which players must jump up to reach the top of a tall map of scattered rainbow blocks!
Ascend as fast as you can- but make sure not to miss your target and fall back all the way down again!
Beacon Breakers is a free-for-all game in which players must, during a period of invincibility, must place and hide a beacon. If the player dies, they will respawn at their beacon. The goal of the game is then to try and break other people's beacons and eliminate them. The last player standing wins!
BedWars is a team-based game where players must bridge over a void to each other's bases in order to break their beds. Once a bed is broken, that team is unable to respawn!
There are various resource generators throughout the map and in the team bases, which allow players to buy various tools, items, and team upgrades from shops. Players must fight to control these resources, as well as protect their bed in order to be the final remaining team!
What's more of a Minecraft experience than mining blocks and throwing them at your fellow players? Be careful, being hit by a flying block is no joke - make sure to not fall off the map!
Bow Battle is a fast-paced free-for-all-game in which you must battle other players with a bow. You can additionally use your arrow as a very effective grappling hook!
In Build Battle, you will be given a random theme, and each player will have to build something based on that in a limited time period! At the end of the build time, players get a chance to vote on each build. If your build gets the highest score, you win!
Build Rush is a build memorizing minigame. The goal is to memorize a structure and then rebuild it as fast as possible.
In Cabin Fever, you must fight to survive in the cold winter by mining for coal and bringing it to your fire! Make sure to not get caught by another player and lose your coal, either!
Cake Wars is an alternative take on the BedWars genre where a number of teams battle it out in the sky. When you die, you respawn at your cake. The aim of the game is to destroy the other teams' cakes while protecting your own: if your cake is destroyed, you can no longer respawn! The item shop has been revamped for this gamemode, with a number of villagers available where items can be bought for different "currencies".
Cavern Crawler is a free-for-all party game in which players must mine ores in the underground to gain points. The player with the highest amount of points at the end of the game wins!
Color Swap is a free-for-all party game in which players must stand on the wool color that corresponds to the color in their hotbars, before time runs out. The floor falls away faster as the game goes on, and players get less time to rest between drops.
The last surviving player wins!
Corn Maze is free-for-all party game in which players must find their way out of a randomly generated maze of corn!
Creepers are falling from the sky! Shoot them down with your bow before they hit the ground, and use the points that you earn to buy items from the shop that will help protect yourself!
Dé à Coudre is a free-for-all turn-based game in which players compete to be the last one standing. Players jump into water, replacing it with a block. If a player jumps into a water block surrounded by 4 solid blocks, they win an extra life. If you lose all your lives by landing on solid blocks, you are eliminated!
Additionally, there is a "Chaotic Mode" of Dé à Coudre, where every player jumps at the same time. The game ends when the board is filled, and the winner is the player with the most points.
Run for your lives! Get to the end of the course before everyone else, avoiding deadly traps along the way.
Or, if you're so inclined, you may become Death itself, striking fear into the hearts of runners as you press a button, and watch lightning rush down from the skies.
Destroy The Monument is a team-based game in which players must bridge across the void to destroy the other team's 3 monuments, while also protecting their own. Once all your monuments have been destroyed, you lose.
Players can additionally select from various kits based on how they choose to play the game.
Downpour is a free-for-all party game in which players must avoid the acid downpour by jumping into an increasingly small, moving shelter! After two rounds, PvP is enabled, and you can sabotage your fellow players by knocking them into the downpour!
Challenge another opponent to a Duel, and battle it out! Maybe you really want to settle a debate, or maybe you just really don't like your opponent. Either way, by the end, you'll know which of you are the better at Minecraft PVP.
Electric Floor is a free-for-all "the-floor-is-lava!" party game in which players must run from a floor that electrifies beneath them! The floor transitions from white to blue to purple to red each time a player walks over it. Once a block is red, it will eliminate any player who steps upon it.
The last surviving player wins!
Elytron is a free-for-all party game similar to Tron or Snake, but with elytra! Players must fly with their elytra and avoid the trails that they and the other players leave behind, as well as the walls, floor, and ceiling.
How long can you go before you get tangled up in your trail?
Farmy Feud is a team-based minigame in which players must steal sheep for their farms, and hold the most number of sheep before the timer runs out! Sheep are spawned periodically at the center of the map; but to come out on top, you will need to steal from the other neighbouring farms.
Players get swords, axes (which allow them to leap when used), and a bow that slowly recharges arrows. Sheep are dropped upon hit.
Fortress is a work-in-progress team-based game where the goal is to capture and control the most territory before time runs out! When you kill another player, you earn different modules which you can place and use to help defend your territory.
Obtain as many unique items as you can from the world in within 3 minutes! The world is randomly generated each time, so you may just need to get creative!
King of the Hill is a free-for-all party game in which players compete to become the "King of the Hill" (however, people of any identity can play this game). Standing on a capture point gives points, and the person with the most points at the end of the time limit wins.
There is also a "Deathmatch Mode" which is based on the last-player-standing, where the first player to win three rounds wins.
Loop-de-Loop is a free-for-all party game in which players must fly through loops and reach the end of the course as fast as possible! A player can get fireworks back after depleting them by failing or going through a ring.
There is additionally a "Flappy Loop" version, which plays similar to Flappy Bird, but in 3D!
Microbattle is a free-for-all or team-based game in which players duel in order to become the last one standing!
The game has three modes:
The game can additionally be played with 1.8-style combat with teams or solos.
Mineout is a free-for-all party game in which players must reach the end of a set course. The default map has four sections:
Murder Mystery is a semi-team-based game in which Detectives must shoot the Murderer before they kill all of the Innocent players! If the Detective is murdered, an Innocent player is able to pick up their bow. If the Detective shoots the wrong person, they may die as well. Innocent players can additionally gather coins, which, when they accumulate enough, grants them an arrow that they can use to shoot the Murderer.
Quakecraft is a fast-paced free-for-all game in which players must battle each other to 24 kills.
Players can make use of various weapons, such as:
Knock your fellow players into the void with the power of long-ranged explosives on your side. Not sure how the safety audit of this game will go; Spleef was already a hard sell without the rockets and explosions.
Sculk Prison is a semi-team-based game in which players must hide in a very dark dungeon from the Warden: a player who has very limited vision.
Make sure to not be heard, or you may get caught!
Shard Thief is a free-for-all party game in which players must try and hold the Prismarine Shards! You can make a player drop their shard by shooting with a bow or punching them. Once they drop their shard, a prismarine block appears on the ground which you can stand on to pick up. If the shard is held by a single player for long enough, they win!
Siege is a work-in-progress point-capture team-based game in which the Attackers must take over all of the territory from the Defenders before time runs out. Players can choose from a variety of kits, but resources are limited, and must be restocked by using an ender chest.
The kits currently include: the Archer, the Soldier, the Shield Bearer, and the Constructor.
In Sky Wars, you are placed on a set of islands in the sky in which you must collect resources and battle it out against all the other players to be the last one remaining!
Spleef is a free-for-all game in which players must dig out the blocks beneath another player's feet, forcing them to fall to lower levels and, eventually, into lava!
The game can involve varying blocks such as snow, ice, magma, and slime/honey blocks, which all introduce interesting twists to gameplay. In some modes, blocks will decay behind players, and in others, players will receive snowballs which they can use to destroy blocks from a distance.
Survival Games is a free-for-all game in which players must fight on a randomly generated map to be the last player remaining!
Search through structures around the map for loot which may help you to stay alive! As the game progresses, the world border closes in, forcing players closer to the center of the map.
Territory Battle is a free-for-all party game in which players must claim the most amount of territory before the time runs out! To claim a block, step on an empty wool block adjacent to one of your existing claimed wool blocks.
Be careful to not be surrounded by other players' territory and become blocked in!
Score points against the opposing team by sneaking into the heart of the enemy's base. You are free to craft and build with all of your team's resources at your disposal: or if you're feeling really devious, you can steal resources from the enemy team, too.
In a game of tag, run away from the player who carries the TNT, and make sure to not be that player when the timer runs out!
Totem Hunt is a semi-team-based game in which the player holding a Totem of Undying must pass it around between others before the Hunter finds and catches them!
In the UHC minigame (Ultra Hardcore), players must battle it out by gathering resources and crafting equipment as the world border shrinks and forces everyone to the center.
Who would've thought back in high school that you might become a Volleyball expert... in Minecraft? In this surprisingly authentic recreation of the game, two teams battle it out punching the Slime up into the air, making sure that it does not fall to the ground on your side of the field.
Wave Defense is a work-in-progress team-based minigame in which players must protect a villager from endless onslaughts of zombies as they travel along a path.
Players can purchase better items by acquiring iron from zombies, loot chests, and surviving rounds.
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Nucleoid is made possible by our wonderful contributors! Whether it's through building maps, developing new minigames and tools, keeping our server a safe and fun environment, or making sure our servers are always up and running - everyone in this list has played an important part in making Nucleoid what it is.
If you are interested in contributing, we'd love to have you on board! Feel free to check out our GitHub, or join our Discord server to get started.
Note: Nucleoid is a personal project for all of its contributors. Furthermore, Nucleoid is not an official Minecraft product. It is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.
Thanks to all our contributors!