Denizen/Introduction

Introduction

Denizen, powered by Citizens2 and Bukkit, is an extensive add-on pack that allows for a scriptable Minecraft experience, including enhanced NPCs, custom commands, items, world events and many other features. Inspired by MUDs, features and NPCs powered by Denizen have a unique RPG feel unmatched by any other Bukkit-only solution. Imagine interactive gate-keepers, magic spells, magical wizards, experience trainers, experience and player-stat systems, bankers that have bankers’ hours, talking townspeople, magical quests, and more! Denizen can be used in thousands of different ways, from tutorials, to gameplay, to administering --- your imagination is the limit!

By sharing your scripts, you can enable the most exciting feature. Since dScript, the language that powers Denizen, is made to be easily read, users can share and tweak scripts to fit their needs with ease. Many can already be found online in the Citizens Script Repository[1].

While we are currently still in pre-release beta, the YAML-based dScript is becoming a fully featured core-set of features that can control your server in hundreds of ways. If that’s not enough, there’s also many ways to extend the functionality since Denizen is being programmed with a fully featured Java API in mind. With some simple Java, it’s easy to make your own dScript commands, requirements, script containers, tags, triggers, and many more. Many plugin developers are already extending their plugins with custom Denizen content for easy use with scripts, and by the time one point ‘o’ hits, we hope your plugins will take notice as well!