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The mod takes time to build its effect. A player is expected to survive many days in the world before the scares begin, so the horror escalates gradually rather than appearing at once. Its stated design is to affect the game window and the desktop around it, using simulated effects that stay within the lore of the mod.

Two effects are described by the author: minimizing the Minecraft window on the desktop, and opening system message windows that imitate Windows error boxes. The author also says the mod can kick a player from the world or break the world as part of the story. Files are for 1.20.1 only and run on the client and the server, so both need the mod, and the license is All rights reserved, which makes it closed source.

The author states that the simulations are safe at the code level and that the scares stay within the lore, with no real data touched on the computer. Broken Script is named as a partial source of inspiration, and the author recommends a resource pack, names Programmer Art and Beta Continuum as additional packs, and says the old default sounds version should be used.