StaticVeil

A background system follows how long the player has been online and introduces unsettling changes bit by bit. As the dread level rises the experience grows more intense, and at its peak the game starts acting against the player directly. Corridors can look slightly different from a minute ago, sounds arrive without a visible source, and torches snuff themselves out as a wave closes in. Things standing at the edge of the dark never come closer while the player watches them, and the screen distorts when the veil thins.

The mod pulls the player into custom liminal dimensions, each with its own atmosphere. The Backrooms bring fluorescent halls, carpet and a constant hum, the Torch Maze offers endless dark corridors, and the Pale Depths hold a frozen white space where something stands far away and never gets nearer. The Cave System goes deeper, with a ceiling that shifts as the player moves, and a bright yellow party dimension plays cheerful music that keeps going too long. Finding a Veil Anchor is the way out of a dimension.

StaticVeil is published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21.11, under the MIT License. It is not open source. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod.