A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Minecraft Plugins in JavaScript

Chapter 13. Create a Fireworks Show

In this chapter, you’ll write code to create a spectacular fireworks show in Minecraft. You’ll learn about ScriptCraft’s built-in fireworks module and the setTimeout() function, and you’ll use a powerful programming technique called recursion. You’ll begin by writing code to launch a single firework after a delay of two seconds and then build on that code to launch many fireworks.

The fireworks Module

ScriptCraft includes a fireworks module that can be used to launch a single firework at a given location. You can use the fireworks module directly at the in-game command prompt like this:

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/js var fireworks = require('fireworks')/js fireworks.firework( self.location )

The fireworks ...