Animaticam
by valterasu
Animaticam is a Fabric client mod that gives menus, screens and vanilla inventory chests customizable entry animations.
What it does
The mod animates the menus and screens of the game, including the main menu, the inventory and chests. Ten animation types are available, among them smooth fades, slides from the bottom or top, zoom in and out, combined motions, a bounce and an elastic effect. Each one can be tuned, so the look of the transition is set by the player rather than fixed by the mod.
Animaticam is client-side only, so a player installs it alone and servers do not need it. It requires Fabric and runs on Minecraft 1.20.1, the only game version with a file. The latest file is 1.0, published on 2025-12-23 under the MIT License, which is not an open source license for the project as a whole.
Key features
Ten animation types
Fade, slide, zoom, bounce and elastic motions can be chosen for screen openings, plus combined variants such as fade with slide.
Adjustable timing
Duration can be set between 0.1 and 3.0 seconds, and playback speed between 0.1x and 5.0x.
Starting values
The initial scale, slide distance and initial transparency of an animation can each be changed to control where it begins.
Vanilla screens
The effects apply to the main menu, inventory and chests, which are the screens a player opens most often.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Restyling the main menu
A player can pick a slower, more pronounced entrance for the main menu and keep the default timing for other screens.
Subtle transitions
A short fade or a small slide distance gives screens a quieter opening than the full zoom effects.
Who it’s for: Players who want the opening of menus and inventory screens to look different from vanilla, and who are playing on Fabric for 1.20.1.
How it compares
Zoom+ is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, not open source, and it focuses on zoom. ZoomUtils is a Fabric client mod for 26.1 – 26.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, also not open source. Animaticam targets 1.20.1 and covers screen animations rather than zoom alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animaticam | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2025-12-23 |
| Zoom+ | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-26 |
| ZoomUtils | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Animaticam need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Animaticam support?
Which loader is required?
In the catalog
Animaticam is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Animatica - это клиентский мод для Fabric, который добавляет красивые, настраиваемые анимации для всех меню и экранов в Minecraft. 10 типов анимаций - Fade - плавное появление - Slide Up/Down - слайд снизу/сверху - Zoom In/Out - приближение/отдаление - Bounce - эффект отскока - Elastic - эластичная анимация - Fade +…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animaticam
- Owner
- valterasu
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
