Minigames

Throughout Herbal Tea's history, various minigames have been developed by the members of Herbal Tea, most commonly on Minecraft. These minigames are then played and tested by Herbal Tea members on our Minecraft Realm.

Many minigames exist, yet not all of them have been finished. Some are in a slow development process or were simply discontinued. Others have thrived and have been played by our members multiple times.

While most of our minigames are found on our Minecraft Realm, some have been developed in Roblox as well.

What are Herbal Tea Minigames?
As stated above, Herbal Tea Minigames are games and projects that have been created by our members. However, the term we dub these small projects under as actually a bit misleading. Some of the games our members have developed are not very miniature at all and there can be multiple play sessions for a single playthrough. One notable example of this is Economy, a fun twist on classic survival Minecraft.

Of course, this doesn't mean that all of the Herbal Tea Minigames are large. We have small, simple games like The Herbal Tea Hunger Games that uses little to no command blocks and lasts roughly 10 to 40 minutes per game.

Herbal Tea Minigames on the Minecraft Realm
Most of the minigames developed by the Herbal Tea members are found on Minecraft. They are created with the power of command blocks, datapacks, and occasionally resource packs.

Here is a list of some of the notable games we've played in the past:

The Herbal Tea Hunger Games

 * Other Aliases Include:
 * Hunger Games
 * The Herbal Tea Survival Games

The Herbal Tea Hunger Games is a brief game where 4 to 10 players are spawned in a New World with no items. There is a World Border that gradually shrinks over time and a grace period where players cannot attack or inflict damage on each other. The players' goal is to gather resources so they can gear up and kill their opponents. The last player standing wins.

The game is run by a single host, who operates things behind the scenes, including the World Border, ensuring all players are playing fairly, and various other tasks. Games are typically short, lasting 10 to 40 minutes and feature little to no command blocks and datapacks. This game can be easily played and replicated because of its simplicity.


 * This does not that there are no commands used. Many commands are used, including those who set player gamemode, player distribution during the beginning of the game, size and speed of the World Border, effects that are granted during grace periods, and a few others, depending on the host.

Various members of Herbal Tea have actually joined through this minigame during sessions where the Admins of the Herbal Tea Discord server recruited members from the Official Minecraft Discord to play. One of these members was Taco.

The Mafia Game

 * Other Aliases Include
 * Mafia

The Mafia Game is a team-based game primarily developed by Noey. The game can be played with 4 to 10 players. Players are divided into two teams: The Mafia, a team whose goal is to rob locations across the map and to bring their achieved Moolah back to their shady headquarters (which is literally just an absolutely-not-suspicious boat on the dock); and The Police, a team who has to prevent the Mafia from achieving the aforementioned goal and to arrest them by eliminating a member of the Mafia three times. The game is set in a city and features a popular datapack that adds guns into the game.

There are various locations across the map where the Mafia can obtain Moolah. These locations include The Bank, The Apple Store, and The Mall. When Mafia members obtain seven Moolah, all Mafia members must return to the boat to win. Note that any arrested Mafia members must be freed in order for the game to be won.

Mafia members who fall three times are arrested and are sent to the jail within the Police Station. In jail, they cannot do anything but wait or spectate their fellow members. They can only be freed by their fellow Mafia members through the use of a key, which is located within the Police Station.

Police we be notified whenever a location is being robbed, which will give them a better indication where members of the Mafia are located. Note that Mafia members can be attacked at any time without penalty, even if one member chooses to just stare at a potted plant the entire round. They are members of a criminal organization, after all. Police who fall three times will be sent to the hospital, where they are left immobile for a few minutes before they are finally released to catch more crimes.

Economy

 * Other Aliases Include
 * The Economy Game
 * The Economy World

Economy is a long-term game where people are spawned in a new world with an extremely dense world border the gradually grows over time. Players can join the Economy World at any time, meaning there is no limit on the amount of players who can join an ongoing game. A maximum of 11 players can play at once, however because of Realm limitations. The players' goals is to survive, work together, and thrive while establishing different forms of governments, religions, and roles. There is no way to 'win' Economy, the game lasts as long as players want to progress in the World. The game ends however when all players are dead. In Economy, there is a perma-death system in place, meaning players who fall will be set in spectator mode and can only be revived by their teammates through various types of rituals.

Additionally, Economy features a large amount of roleplay, where players create a story within the game, similarly to those of SMP servers (except much less pre-planned), as the economy progresses over time. Lots of the events that take place throughout the days are documented in dedicated members' diaries.

Those who are in the Economy usually establish different job roles (i.e. Lumberjack, Miner) to develop a form of trade, hence the name Economy. Despite this, however, players have been seen gathering resources for themselves rather than looking for their local businesses. In future iterations of the Economy, it has been planned to make Job Roles more distinguished through commands.

There are occasionally events within the game that trigger every 20 to 30 in-game days. These events affect the environment, forcing the players to adapt to new ways of survival for a period of time. A common event is Famine, where crops will not be able to grow.

There have been plans of a revamped version of this project which was dubbed Economy 2, but as of now, the project has been discontinued.

The Murder Mystery

 * Other Aliases Include
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The Murder Mystery is the classic game of Murder Mystery incorporated in the Realm. It was developed solely by nochcraft72. This game, however, had various bugs within it, hindering it entirely and making it completely unplayable. It eventually became a running-joke among the Herbal Tea community because of its constant mention. Some members have even attempted burning the entire map down. The game today has been shutdown and remains a relic of the first Creative World. All of the command blocks have been disabled.

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Social Distancing

 * Other Aliases Include
 * The Corona Game
 * Coronavirus Survival

Social Distancing is a game that follows a similar formula to The Herbal Tea Hunger Games, but has vastly different aspects and is entirely powered by command blocks. It is primarily developed by Noey. The game's theming and name is entirely based around the COVID-19 pandemic, the time period this game was developed and played. In the game, players are spawned in a new world with no items. They are trapped within a World Border. The players must gather resources before night falls, where a random player is infected with a Minecraft iteration of coronavirus. Once a player is infected, they cannot respawn once they die. Players who are infected will not show symptoms for a period of time, but are still capable of spreading the virus in a small block radius. At this stage of the game, it becomes competitive. Those who carry the virus will commonly rush to find other players and to spread the virus to them before they inevitably die from the illness.

Symptoms of the Minecraftian Coronavirus includes:


 * Nausea
 * Slowness
 * Withering Away

Other symptoms commonly found among patients includes:


 * A strange temptation to spread the virus to other people

When all players with the virus fall, the virus is given to a random player the next in-game day. The game ends once there is one player left. There are two different endings to the game: The Good Ending, where the last player standing is coronavirus-free; and The Bad Ending, where the last player standing is infected with the virus.

Rumors suggest that a sequel for this project is in the works.

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Creepers, Everywhere!

 * Other Aliases Include
 * Creepers!

Creepers, Everywhere! is a twist on regular Minecraft survival where all mobs are replaced with Creepers. It quite literally is Creepers, Everywhere! It is a minigame developed by Noey, who works on commands and allows the game to function, and Lime, who developed the Resource Pack that is paired with the game.

To combat the lack of variety, there are various Creeper types. Some biomes have their own unique Creeper variant, like the Water Creeper, who is far more professional at the act of swimming that regular Creepers. There are even mobs like Creeper Wraiths, who rain creepers when players do not sleep (and even during specific events), Explosive Squids, and Creeper Hoglins, who explode on impact.

There are also events within the game, one being an evented dubbed Aw Man, where after a long period of time, a large storm will cover the world and lighting will come down to supercharge all existing creepers, granting them the ability of ridiculous speed and the powers of regular charged creepers. To add onto this, Creeper Wraiths fly from their dens as the echoes within the clouds anger them prior to the storm. Rumors also suggest an oddly-familiar song echoes across the land.

Herbal Tea Minigames on Roblox

 * Evidence suggests that some Herbal Tea Minigames have been hosted on Roblox. This page might be updated later once information about these minigames is gathered.

Disclaimer
All Herbal Tea Minigames are not monetized in any way and are most commonly played by the members within our small community.

Trivia

 * Various members of our community have joined through advertisements for The Herbal Tea Hunger Games in the Official Minecraft Discord's advertisement channel.