Road Less Traveled

Blocks along a route change gradually as players keep walking it. Each step gives a small chance for a block to become another block, so a worn route moves from grass to grass path and then to coarse dirt. The more often a line is walked, the more distinct and defined it becomes. Paths generate in the world and follow the same development rules, so the road system is a progression game rather than a fixed decoration.

The change depends on what lies under the surface. Different stone types are used for paths depending on the layers beneath, with stone, polished andesite, polished granite and polished diorite as possible results, then smooth stone and stone bricks at later stages. Sandy biomes progress more slowly, since they lack the stone-based blocks that other areas have, so sand, smooth sandstone and cut sandstone are the sand-based blocks used there.

Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything. It is published for Forge 1.19.2 and 1.19.4, with the v1.1 build for 1.19.4 as the latest file, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Config options control the path progression, the chances of each change and extra features.