Update 2.0

New

• Updated the game Lobby.
• Added an interactive information board in the Lobby to replace the description book.
• Added sound effects for game events.
• Spectators now receive permanent Invisibility and Night Vision effects after the game starts.
• After the game ends, all players respawn around the Tower Core and become invulnerable.
• Added a countdown before the game starts.
• New Defender respawn system.
• When a Raider loses all of their lives, a message announcing the eliminated Raider is displayed in chat.
• The current shrink stage is now displayed at the beginning of each zone shrinking phase.
• Added 4 new Tower Core sizes.
• Added 13 new game settings.
• Added a per-player setting to disable game sounds.
• Added a per-player setting to disable gameplay hints.
• Added a setting for the time before the Raiders lose their first life.
• Added a setting for the interval between Raider life losses.
• Added a setting for the Tower Core protective field radius.
• Added a setting for the Tower Core size.
• Added a setting for highlighting the Tower Core after the zone finishes shrinking.
• Added a setting for player Speed before the zone starts shrinking.
• Added a setting for the Raider lives system.
• Added a setting for the Defender respawn system.
• Added an admin-only controls setting.
• Added a setting for assigning players without a team when the game starts.
• Added settings presets.
• Added 500- and 750-block options for the zone radius setting.
• Added 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-minute options for the time before the zone starts shrinking.
• Added 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-minute options for the Defender respawn time setting.
• Added a custom option for the starting kit setting.
• If all Raiders are eliminated, the game now ends immediately with a Defender victory.
• When shulkers inside the Tower Core are destroyed, administrators now receive a notification.
• Added a captain system for the Defender team.
• Added the ability to switch teams during the game.
• Added the ability to force-stop the game.
• Added the ability to prevent players from joining teams.
• Added the ability to view the remaining lives of the entire Raider team.
• Added the ability to view the remaining lives of a specific Raider.

Changes

• Only Defenders can now place the Tower Core, and only in the Overworld.
• All game mechanics are now disabled after the game ends.
• Improved the timer system.
• The sign buttons in the Lobby have been replaced with improved versions.
• Team selection now displays a title instead of a chat message.
• All separator blocks between the shulkers inside the Tower Core have been replaced with End Stone Bricks.
• Raiders now receive a title message when they lose a life.
• Defenders can no longer interact with the world while respawning.
• The datapack is now initialized exclusively through the chat message, without the startup book.
• Players in the Lobby can now see the name tags of players from other teams.
• Players can now see the name tags of players from other teams after the game ends.
• Entering the Tower Core protective field now displays a large title message.
• Shulkers and data from the previous Tower Core are now removed when creating the Lobby.
• Shulkers inside the Tower Core are now invulnerable before the zone starts shrinking and after the game ends.
• Updated gameplay hints.
• Updated the Lobby information text.
• After the Tower Core is placed, the zone no longer doubles in size to save Raiders.
• Players outside the zone when the Tower Core is placed are now teleported back into the play area.
• The default time before the Raiders lose their first life has been reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes.
• Updated the starting kits.
• When the starting kit setting is set to none, players' inventories are now cleared.

Bug Fixes

• The Raider life loss timer now appears only after the final zone.
• Fixed incorrect display of the Raider life loss timer values.
• The Lobby now generates even if the player is far from the world's origin.
• Restarting the datapack in the same world is now stable.
• The Tower Core can now be placed correctly at the world's minimum and maximum coordinates.
• Fixed an issue where players who selected a team and disconnected during game startup would not load correctly after reconnecting.
• Fixed various minor bugs.

Other

• Optimized the code.
• Simplified the datapack logic.
• Removed the random option from the starting kit setting.
• Improved compatibility with other projects.