Ep15. Laser Pointer (Ray Tracing, Vectors, Particles) - Minecraft Plugin Development

Make guns in Minecraft (without mods or data packs)! I'll show you how to create a laser pointer gun using vectors and particles that will explode target blocks. This is really cool if you combine this with my previous video where I taught you how to create a custom recipe to make the laser pointer. 🧠 FULL Java + Bukkit/Spigot/Paper training ➡ https://mineacademy.org/project-orion?st=yt&sc=tut_ep15 Welcome to Minecraft plugin development tutorial series! In this episode, we'll cover: - Making guns — How to create working guns in Minecraft WITHOUT mods, data packs, not even resource packs! - Vectors — How to manipulate vectors to spawn a laser beam in the direction where player is looking. - Particles — Spawning particles with custom color and size. - Ray tracing — How to find blocks in the distance using Bukkit's ray tracing feature. 📖 Blog post link + source: https://mineacademy.org/tutorial-15/?st=yt&sc=tut_ep15 📖 Custom crafting recipe tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsUtv53Lf3Y 🙋‍♂️ Need help? Ask in our Discord community: https://mineacademy.org/discord 👋🏼 About Me Hi! My name is Matej Pacan and I'm a Minecraft developer since 2013. I'm the author of plugins like ChatControl, Boss, CoreArena which got over 700,000+ downloads, my own Minecraft network attracted 30,000+ players and I taught 2,000+ people how to do the same at MineAcademy.org. My hope is that you will learn enough from my videos to see an exciting opportunity in the IT space and build a Minecraft server and ultimately a life you love. 🧠 FULL Java + Bukkit/Spigot/Paper training ➡ https://mineacademy.org/project-orion?st=yt&sc=tut_ep15 #minecraft #bukkit #spigot #paper #paperspigot #minecraftplugin #java