Micra Drone
Write code, farm faster. Micra Drone adds a programmable farming drone to
Minecraft: craft a Drone Controller, write a script in a small Python-like
language, and watch the drone till, plant, and harvest your fields on its
own. Inspired by the Steam game
The Farmer Was Replaced.
Features
- A real (tiny) programming language — variables,
if/elif/else,
while, for i in range(...), comments, and a handful of drone commands
(move, till, plant, harvest, can_harvest, is_rotten,
get_points, print, …), plus perception commands that read the world
around the drone (get_ground, get_block_above, get_time,
get_weather, get_biome, get_light). Scripts are written on a
rewritable Script Scroll item, or in a full in-game IDE with a
live top-down camera view of your plot, a debugger (breakpoints,
step/step-out), and a script list.
- Claim a plot — place a Drone Controller and a Corner Marker on a
diagonal to define a square farming area. The controller can be embedded
flush with the farmland, or stood on the surface (the plot is
automatically detected one block below). Vanilla farmland inside the plot
is kept watered automatically, and crops grow faster than normal whenever
the plot is claimed, script running or not.
- Learn from the enchanting table — hold a blank Script Scroll up to an
enchanting table to be offered starter scripts and a full command
reference, unlocked as you surround the table with more bookshelves
(exactly like vanilla enchanting), for a lapis lazuli cost. You can also
copy an already-written scroll sitting in a chest, shulker box, or
chiseled bookshelf around the table for a flat 1 lapis.
- A script library you can carry — store scrolls in a chest, shulker
box, or bookshelf at the plot's other two corners and they show up in the
controller's script list automatically. Run the selected script with a
lever (redstone on/off) — no GUI required during normal play.
- The controller shows what it's doing — a docked look while idle, an
active look while a script is running, and it faces whoever placed it.
- Wheat, carrot, and pumpkin — earn points per crop by harvesting, then
spend them in an in-game shop (right-click the Corner Marker) to unlock
carrot and pumpkin farming.
- Giant pumpkins — grow a full square of pumpkins at once and they fuse
into a giant pumpkin patch for a large bonus payout on harvest.
Pumpkins also have a ~20% chance to grow "rotten" and yield nothing when
harvested (matches the source game) — check
is_rotten() before you
harvest to farm efficiently.
- Advancements — a dedicated advancement tab tracks obtaining the
controller and marker, unlocking each crop, and harvest-count milestones
(10 / 100 / 1000) per crop.
- Multiplayer-friendly — several players can watch the same
controller's log/debugger output at once, and harvest achievements are
credited to whoever started the run.
Getting started
- Craft a Drone Controller (4 iron ingots, 4 glass, 1 redstone) and a
Corner Marker (4 gold ingots, 1 glass).
- Place the controller (on the surface or embedded flush with the ground —
your choice), then place the marker diagonally from it to size your plot
(or skip the marker for a default 5x5 area).
- Craft a blank Script Scroll (3 paper, 1 feather, 1 ink sac) and use
it on a nearby enchanting table to learn a starter script or the
full command reference.
- Right-click the controller to open the in-game IDE and start
editing/running the script. A lever next to the controller runs whatever
script is currently selected.
- Right-click the Corner Marker to open the shop and spend earned points on
new crops.
Full command reference and playthrough notes: see the
GitHub repository README.
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- NeoForge 21.1.238
Notes
This is a personal/educational project under active development - expect
rough edges and occasional balance changes between versions. Feedback and
bug reports are welcome via the GitHub repository's issue tracker.
Source code: All Rights Reserved (see the repository's README.md /
gradle.properties for details).
