Mindset

Each action a player takes, such as eating regular food, eating tasty food like cake or a golden apple, or killing a hostile mob, moves the character's mood. The mood sits on a scale of seven tiers, from Euphoria at one end to Despair at the other, and each tier carries its own set of positive or negative effects. Because mood decides how well the character fights, mines and survives, the system changes how a session plays out rather than only adding a status display.

Traits are chosen when a world is created. A new world gives 3 trait points, which can be spent on positive traits or traded for extra points by taking negative ones. Six character traits are available, and the trade-offs between them are shown through a trait selection screen with a live preview, a starting mood setting and conflict warnings. Permanent strengths and weaknesses from these choices shape the whole playthrough.

The effects are defined in custom effect entries, which include fear, fright, tripping, despondency and shortness of breath, among others. Values can be tuned in a JSON config file. The mod is published for Fabric only, for game version 26.1.2, and requires Fabric API. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Mindset is licensed as All rights reserved and is not open source. The author team, Bluebird Studios, lists an issue tracker.