The Snake | [1.8 - 26.1.2]

The Snake | [1.8 - 26.1.2] -----

Bring the iconic Snake game to your server with fully playable Minecraft mechanics.

The Snake - v1.5.4

The Snake - v1.5.4

Changes

Migrated the project from Maven to Gradle with Shadow-based packaging.
Improved modern input handling by detecting PlayerInputEvent support directly and falling back to ProtocolLib only when needed.
Improved arena lookup performance by caching player-to-arena bindings instead of scanning all arenas.
Improved leaderboard handling with immutable leaderboard entries and cached player names.
Improved flatfile statistics handling by batching writes and flushing them on schedule or shutdown instead of saving every update immediately.
Improved snake horizontal movement mapping so A/D input now follows the arena start direction more consistently.

Fixes

Fixed plugin startup flow so initialization failures now stop the enable sequence cleanly.
Fixed shutdown handling so player statistics are saved and flushed before the database is closed.
Fixed async event dispatch so plugin events are now called immediately on the main thread when already safe to do so.
Fixed legacy dismount listener compatibility by using the Paper 1.21 EntityDismountEvent package.
Fixed placeholder expansion persistence and null-player handling so placeholders behave correctly after reloads and in non-player contexts.
Fixed leaderboard placeholders so name/value lookups now resolve safely even when the leaderboard manager is unavailable.
Fixed arena round cleanup so direction, apple state, score, timers, and growth flags are reset correctly between games.
Fixed invalid no-input direction updates so NOP input no longer overwrites the active direction.
Fixed tick interval settings so values are clamped to at least 1 and no longer allow invalid speeds.
Fixed command framework user parameter resolution by typing the sender as a Player explicitly.
Fixed MySQL statistic updates to use prepared statements and safer player name handling.