Partnership

Mixelpixel and Arematics.

Mixelpixel is a German Minecraft server with its own world, jobs, events and an active community. We co-develop plugins and the web platform – and contribute instead of just ticking off tasks.

The collaboration

Thinking along
instead of ticking off.

Mixelpixel develops its own plugins. We take on some of them and the web platform – and dig in deep enough to have a say, not just implement.

In game

Plugins that fit the whole.

Individual plugins and extensions – integrated so they match the existing code and feel like they've always been there.

In the browser

Website, wiki, admin panel, API.

The web side is our contribution: built as one piece, in close step with the team.

Understanding

Understand first, then build.

We work our way into existing systems instead of putting something new next to them. That's the only way to a proposal that fits the whole.

Responsibility

We stand behind what we deliver.

What we build, we keep stable and maintain. What we see differently, we say. Decisions are made at Mixelpixel.

Insights

Everything that happens in the browser.

Besides individual plugins, the software around the server is our contribution – from the public website to the tools the team works with internally.

Screenshots courtesy of Mixelpixel. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang AB; Arematics is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.

On the code

How we
work on code.

A server that has run for years has grown code – and a team that knows it. Our job is to fit in so that our part holds up in the long run.

Robust over fast

Stable under load.

An error on the server hits many players at once. That's why events, storage logic and interfaces are designed for failure cases – not just the happy path.

⅓

of the lines we touch, we remove. Less code, fewer sources of error.

Tests, lint, CI

New work is covered.

The web platform has tests, formatting rules and a pipeline that checks every revision before it goes live.

Documentation

Written for the next person.

Architecture docs that explain why something is built the way it is – including for developers who don't use the stack daily. So the team doesn't depend on us.

How we work together

Clear
roles.

Mixelpixel

Develops itself – and decides.

The owner knows server, community and code. He still develops most plugins himself and sets the direction.

Arematics

Contributes.

We take on parts, think along and make proposals – with the understanding you only get from really knowing the systems.

Together

New topics emerge in dialogue.

Because we understand the systems, we can have a say – not just implement. That's how assignments turn into shared topics.

Working with Arematics has noticeably accelerated our development. Our web presence in particular has become considerably more professional, both in the frontend and the backend. The collaboration is consistently reliable, and issues are resolved remarkably quickly. We look forward to many more successful years!

Daniel Sagstetter

Owner, Mixelpixel

Understand before we build.
Think along before we propose.