A Bukkit plugin which adds (on a separate network port) a programming interface allowing the creation of a mining bot which can move independently around the world and mine and place blocks.
This is designed for those who want an easy scriptable programming interface for minecraft, but doesn't give total world control to all players. The bots are limited to similar rules as players. They can only see and affect the parts of the world to which they have a line of sight with a limited distance.
This creates both an interesting programming challenge and a way to have multiple people building automation for a shared world without risking destroying each other's work or the entire world. :)
These instructions are for Ubuntu/Debian, but they should (in theory) translate well enough for Mac if you get the Maven, Ant and Protocol Buffer tools installed with Homebrew or package manager of your choice.
You need to first install maven and the Google protobuffer compiler (the plugin scripting api uses protocol buffers for server/client communication so both the Python client and the server need the protocol buffer libraries and protoc compiler to generate source.)
Install Maven and the protobuf compiler: sudo apt-get install maven ant protobuf-compiler
Checkout this git repo and cd to the top-level directory then run: mvn install
In the targets directory there's a jar file called RoboMinionsPlugin, copy that jar into the plugins/ directory of your CraftBukkit server.
If you don't have a CraftBukkit server, follow the instructions at: wiki.bukkit.org/Setting_up_a_server
After following the build instructions above, in the repo root dir run: mvn eclipse:eclipse
This generates Eclipse workspace files which you can import into Eclipse.
You need the m2eclipse Maven plugin for Eclipse. Once that's installed, with Eclipse go File > Import... and select 'Existing Maven Projects' and point the project root directory to the root directory of you git repo.
Again you need the protocol buffer compiler: sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler
OR (for Macs with homebrew): brew install protobuf
Check that it's installed with: which protoc
For the Python libraries, you need greenlet, twisted and the protocol buffer Python lib, you can install these with: pip install greenlet protobuf twisted
In the client directory, generate the Python protobuffer source with: ./gen_proto.sh
Then run the example robot with: python robot.py