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Cake Shop

Cake Shop is the smallest possible shop. Three items, three prices, one click to buy. Read this first if you’ve never written an AbstractMenus menu.

What it teaches

Section titled “What it teaches”
  • The money rule for “is the player rich enough?”
  • The takeMoney action to deduct cost
  • The itemAdd action to give the bought item
  • A denyActions block that fires when rules fail
  • Reusing shared templates via ${...} substitution
beginner
Features: moneytakeMoneyitemAdd
Requires: Vault
Open: /ame_cake_shop 
# Cake Shop - basic shop example
# Docs: https://abstractmenus.github.io/docs/en/examples/shops/cake-shop
# Open: /ame_cake_shop
# Requires: Vault


include required(file("./plugins/AbstractMenus/menus/example/_shared/templates.conf"))


title: "&6Cake Shop"
size: 3


activators {
  command: "ame_cake_shop"
}


items: [
  # Top and bottom borders, using a shared template + slot range
  ${borderBlack} { slot: "0-8" }
  ${borderBlack} { slot: "18-26" }


  # Decorative header in the middle of the top row
  ${commonHeader} { slot: 4 }


  # Buy a single cake for $100
  {
    slot: 11
    material: CAKE
    name: "&6Sweet Cake"
    lore: [
      "&7A delicious cake."
      ""
      "&ePrice: &a$100"
      ""
      "&8Click to buy"
    ]
    click {
      rules { money: 100 }
      actions {
        takeMoney: 100
        itemAdd { material: CAKE }
        sound: ${successSound}
        message: "&aYou bought a Cake!"
      }
      denyActions: ${denyNoMoney}
    }
  }


  # Buy 4 cookies for $25
  {
    slot: 13
    material: COOKIE
    count: 4
    name: "&6Cookie x4"
    lore: [
      "&7A pack of four cookies."
      ""
      "&ePrice: &a$25"
      ""
      "&8Click to buy"
    ]
    click {
      rules { money: 25 }
      actions {
        takeMoney: 25
        itemAdd {
          material: COOKIE
          count: 4
        }
        sound: ${successSound}
        message: "&aYou bought 4 Cookies!"
      }
      denyActions: ${denyNoMoney}
    }
  }


  # Buy a pumpkin pie for $60
  {
    slot: 15
    material: PUMPKIN_PIE
    name: "&6Pumpkin Pie"
    lore: [
      "&7A seasonal favorite."
      ""
      "&ePrice: &a$60"
      ""
      "&8Click to buy"
    ]
    click {
      rules { money: 60 }
      actions {
        takeMoney: 60
        itemAdd { material: PUMPKIN_PIE }
        sound: ${successSound}
        message: "&aYou bought a Pumpkin Pie!"
      }
      denyActions: ${denyNoMoney}
    }
  }


  # Close button
  ${buttonClose} { slot: 22 }
]
↓ menu.conf

Bundle includes _shared/templates.conf and INSTALL.txt.

How it works

Section titled “How it works”

The menu has size 3 (a single chest row plus the 18-slot border above and below). Three rows of glass-pane border are added by referencing ${border_black} from the shared templates and assigning a slot range.

Each item slot defines a click block with two parts:

  1. rules - a list of conditions. Here, money: 100 means “the player must have at least $100.” If any rule fails, the actions in denyActions run instead.
  2. actions - the success path. We deduct money, give the item, play a confirmation sound, and send a chat message.

The denyActions: ${deny_no_money} substitution pulls a pre-built action sequence from _shared/templates.conf that plays a deny sound and sends a “You don’t have enough money” message. Reusable across all economy menus.

Try it

Section titled “Try it”

After installing the example pack:

  1. Drop the bundle into plugins/AbstractMenus/menus/example/.
  2. /am reload.
  3. Type /ame_cake_shop in-game.

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”