AeroWars - A SkyWars plugin

<h1 align="center">AeroWars v1.0.0</h1>

<p align="center"><b>Initial public release.</b></p>

<p align="center"> A competitive SkyWars-style minigame for Hytale, featuring Solo and Teams arenas with spawn cages, chest loot, selectable kits, spectator mode, parties, cosmetics, and a fully custom UI. </p>

Gameplay

• Solo (FFA) and co-op Teams arenas, with configurable team size
• Isolated, disposable match worlds cloned from arena templates, so many games run at once
• Spawn cages hold players during the countdown, then shatter open on start
• Configurable countdown, match duration, end-celebration, and min players
• Win / draw / time-up resolution, with a victory podium and firework show

Arenas and setup

• In-game setup wizard: /aerowars setup start <arena> <template>
• Mark spawns with the setup wand or /aerowars setup set; place NORMAL and MIDDLE chests
• Co-op arenas via /aerowars setup mode coop <size>
• Re-edit any arena with /aerowars setup edit; recover the wand with /aerowars wand
• Clearing an arena's chests sends it to draft (hidden from matchmaking) until chests are added
• Arenas in use by a live match cannot be edited or deleted
• Create void template worlds to build maps in with /aerowars world create <name>

Loot and events

• Weighted chest loot with island (normal) and middle tiers, editable in the admin panel
• Unified, schedulable in-match events (chest refill and gradual loot upgrade)
• Randomize mode fires events at random moments, in random order, spread across the match

Kits

• Selectable kits with an in-game picker showing real item icons
• Visual kit builder in the admin panel: click inventory items (all sections) to copy them into a kit
• Free, permission-locked, and purchasable kits

Spectator mode

• Dead players become spectators: flight, invulnerable, and invisible to living players
• Hotbar tools: a tracker to teleport to living players, and a bed to return to the lobby
• Full inventory save and restore on match entry and exit

Parties and matchmaking

• Party system with invite / accept / kick / promote / disband and a management menu
• Solo and Teams matchmaking queues
• Keep-together option (never split the party) or auto-split, with clear feedback when no arena fits

Cosmetics

• Cage themes (including a random Rainbow cage), kill effects, victory shows, and movement trails
• Free, permission-locked, and purchasable, browsable in the cosmetics shop

Stats, economy, and integrations

• Stats and leaderboards (kills / wins), with optional SQL persistence (SQLite / MySQL / MariaDB / Postgres)
• Optional economy rewards on kill and win (resolves a provider reflectively; no hard dependency)
• PlaceholderAPI expansion (aerowars) exposing arena, queue, party, player, and leaderboard placeholders
• TaleGuard protection hook for the interaction rules the ECS events cannot cover (soft dependency)

Interface and admin

• Custom scoreboard and event HUD, on-screen titles, and a chat prefix you fully control
• Full admin panel: arenas, loot tables, live matches, kits, and settings toggles
• Update checker (terminal, admin chat on join, and the admin panel)

Localization

• Ships with English (en_us) and Portuguese (pt_br)