Spectacle

Spectacle is the standout, nobody-else-has-this visual layer: ambient effects that make a server feel alive at a glance. The best islands glow across the map, prestige shows as a halo you wear on your own island, a season champion gets a firework coronation, new islands burst into existence, and anyone can watch a cinematic orbit of another player's island.

It is separate from Cinematic Effects (one-shot title/sound/particle moments) - Spectacle is the persistent, world-scale spectacle. Everything lives in features/spectacle.yml, each piece with its own enabled toggle.

Level beams

A coloured particle pillar rises over the top-ranked islands, so the leaderboard is visible out in the world - gold, silver and bronze by rank.

spectacle:
  level-beam:
    enabled: true
    top-count: 3            # how many of the top islands get a beam
    interval-ticks: 40      # how often the pillar is re-emitted
    height: 30              # pillar height in blocks
    step: 0.5              # vertical gap between particles
    size: 1.6              # DUST particle size
    rank-colors:           # colour per rank; ranks past the list reuse the last
      - "#FFD700"
      - "#C0C0C0"
      - "#CD7F32"

Prestige aura

A particle halo rings members while they stand on their own island, growing with the island's prestige tier - a visible status flex that higher prestige earns.

  prestige-aura:
    enabled: true
    interval-ticks: 12
    particle: END_ROD
    points-per-tier: 6     # ring particles per prestige tier (capped so high tiers can't flood)
    radius: 0.9
    height: 0.1            # how far above the feet the ring sits

Coronation

The season finale: a firework volley over the champion island when a season crowns its winner.

  coronation:
    enabled: true
    volleys: 8
    volley-interval-ticks: 12

Create intro

Expanding particle rings burst out when a new island is generated, so a fresh start feels like an event.

  intro:
    enabled: true
    rings: 4
    ring-particles: 40
    radius: 4.0
    particle: TOTEM_OF_UNDYING

Showcase

Anyone can watch a cinematic orbit camera tour of another player's island.

  showcase:
    enabled: true

The orbit camera itself (radius, height, speed, duration) is tuned in the preview block of config.yml - see Notifications & Display.