Creating a custom block

Copy and paste this code into your block index file. Feel free to change any names, they are not required: you can change anything which is not already defined.

from libmineshaft.blocks import Block

class CustomBlock(Block):
    id = <insert a non-occupied ID in the block index>
    imagecoords = (0,0) # The coordinates in the block spritesheet  
    resistance = 10 # Blast resistance
    name = "Custom Block"
    falls = False #Does not fall when a block below is broken
    breaktime = 10 # Breaking time in seconds

After that, add the block into your block index dictionary, by any means and let the rendering engine do the magic.

Rendering the block

This information may be important if you are making a rendering engine.

The libmineshaft.blocks.Block class contains a function called Block.blit. It requires two arguments:

• solution - The solution for the graphics you are using: It MUST have a blit method, which takes the arguments: image which is the image path, and the rectangle where it is to be blitted: see below
• rect - A tuple that contains the coordinates where the block should be blitted

Please note that a wrapper may will be needed with most external libraries, since libmineshaft was made for Pygame, it is adapted to it. An alternative to this would be overriding the Block.blit function (maybe in a wrapper Block class) to have the required blit function.