Chairs

Description

Musical chairs for BlueArcade: music plays, seats appear, and players must sit before the timer ends. Each round removes players until only one remains.

Game type notes

This is a Microgame: it is designed for party game rotations, but it can also run as a standalone arena. Microgames typically focus on short, fast rounds.

What you get with BlueArcade 3 + this module

• Party system (lobbies, queues, and shared party flow).
• Store-ready menu integration and vote menus.
• Victory effects and end-game celebrations.
• Scoreboards, timers, and game lifecycle management.
• Player stats tracking and placeholders.
• XP system, leaderboards, and achievements.
• Arena management tools and setup commands.

Features

• Random music track each round.
• Configurable sit phase and music phase timings.
• Configurable timing reduction per round.
• Configurable seat entities (minecart, boat, pig, horse, and more).
• Flat seat resolver with optional warmup rounds and a simple playersAlive - seat_reduction flow.
• Seats spawn inside arena bounds and drop from above the detected ground.

Seat flow

• For the first seats.warmup_rounds, the game can spawn one seat per alive player.
• If seats.warmup_max_players is 0, those warmup rounds apply to any player count.
• After the warmup, the game always uses max(seats.minimum_seats, playersAlive - seats.seat_reduction).
• With the default values, that means: a couple of test rounds first, then classic musical chairs with one less seat than alive players.

Arena setup

Common steps

Use these steps to register the arena and attach the module:

• /baa create [id] <standalone|party> — Create a new arena in standalone or party mode.
• /baa arena [id] setname [name] — Give the arena a friendly display name.
• /baa arena [id] setlobby — Set the lobby spawn for the arena.
• /baa arena [id] minplayers [amount] — Define the minimum players required to start.
• /baa arena [id] maxplayers [amount] — Define the maximum players allowed.
• /baa game [arena_id] add [minigame] — Attach this minigame module to the arena.
• /baa stick — Get the setup tool to select regions.
• /baa game [arena_id] [minigame] bounds set — Save the game bounds for this arena.
• /baa game [arena_id] [minigame] spawn add — Add spawn points for players.
• /baa game [arena_id] [minigame] time [minutes] — Set the match duration.

Module-specific steps

Finish the setup with the commands below:

• /baa game [arena_id] chairs musictime <seconds> — Set the initial music phase time for that arena (optional).
• /baa game [arena_id] chairs sittime <seconds> — Set the initial sit phase time for that arena (optional).
• /baa game [arena_id] chairs musicreduction <seconds> — Set how much music time is reduced each round (optional).
• /baa game [arena_id] chairs sitreduction <seconds> — Set how much sit time is reduced each round (optional).

Technical details

• Minigame ID: chairs
• Module Type: MICROGAME
• Version: 1.0.0
• Hytale edition status: WIP

Building individual editions

If you only need one edition, you can build it on its own:

• mvn clean package -pl chairs-minecraft -am
• mvn clean package -pl chairs-hytale -am

Links & Support

• Website: https://www.blueva.net
• Documentation: https://docs.blueva.net/books/blue-arcade
• Support: https://discord.com/invite/CRFJ32NdcK