AFTERDARK v1

 AFTERDARK

Something is watching. You just don't know how close it is.

AFTERDARK is a Minecraft horror mod that transforms ordinary survival into an unpredictable psychological horror experience. Explore familiar forests, mine deep underground, build your dream base, and survive as an intelligent, mysterious Demon begins watching your every move.

It doesn't always attack. Sometimes it stands between the trees. Sometimes you hear three knocks on your door. And sometimes, after hours of nothing happening, you realize the silence is the most terrifying part.

 The Demon

Encounter an unnatural creature that stalks players, watches from a distance, and gradually becomes more aggressive as encounters escalate.

• Stalking AI: The Demon observes players from forests, hills, caves, and other existing locations.

• The Looking Rule: It may reposition when you aren't looking, making you question whether it has moved closer.

• Unpredictable Hunts: It can pursue, search for players, lose their trail, retreat, or disappear without warning.

• Adaptive Behavior: Its encounters become more intense over time, influenced by player encounters and configurable settings.

• Unnatural Movement: Experience disturbing movements, motionless staring, unnatural head tilts, and sudden appearances.

The Demon is designed to be difficult to defeat permanently. Escaping an encounter doesn't necessarily mean you're safe.

 Supernatural Events

AFTERDARK makes the normal Minecraft world feel wrong without replacing the survival experience.

• Hear unexplained footsteps following you through the forest.

• Experience three slow knocks at your base, even when nobody is outside.

• Notice fleeting silhouettes between trees or through windows.

• Hear eerie sounds echoing through caves and abandoned mineshafts.

• Experience strange silences, distant breathing, and branches cracking nearby.

• Encounter visual distortions, moving shadows, and occasional lighting effects.

• Discover rare events that make you question whether the Demon is actually nearby.

Not every strange event means you're being hunted. Some are harmless illusions, while others may signal a real encounter.

 Two Defensive Items

Survival is still possible. You just need to use your defenses wisely.

Banishment Cross

Force the Demon to retreat for 8 seconds. The Cross has three charges before requiring recharging. Repeated use can make the Demon more resistant, so relying on it forever isn't a safe strategy.

Warding Charm

A defensive charm that can prevent a lethal hit, teleport its owner a short distance to safety, and provide brief damage resistance. It operates with a cooldown to prevent repeated abuse.

Both items are designed to provide valuable protection without making the horror disappear.

 Escalating Horror

Encounters progress from distant sightings and unexplained sounds to close stalking and dangerous hunts. The intensity can change according to encounter history and configurable settings.

There is no guarantee that every night will be dangerous. The Demon may disappear for long periods, leaving you unsure whether it has abandoned the hunt or is simply waiting.

 Multiplayer Support

AFTERDARK is designed with multiplayer survival in mind.

• Players can experience their own encounter progression.

• Real Demon movement, attacks, and gameplay effects are controlled and synchronized by the server.

• Supernatural events can affect players differently where appropriate.

• Item charges, cooldowns, and protection effects are tracked individually.

• Server administrators can configure intensity and available controls.

The goal is to let friends survive together while ensuring that nobody can be completely certain what the others have experienced.

 Designed for Vanilla Survival

AFTERDARK is built around the Minecraft world you already know.

• No custom dimensions required.

• No forced adventure map or scripted storyline.

• No new terrain-generation system or custom structures required.

• No automatic destruction of player-built bases.

• Existing forests, caves, mountains, and shelters become part of the horror experience.

Create a new survival world or continue exploring an existing one, subject to compatibility with the published mod version.

Configurable Horror

Customize the experience to suit your world or server, including horror intensity, encounter frequency, Demon aggression, and ambient supernatural events, where supported by the installed version.

Operator controls can provide tools for managing the Demon and adjusting the experience.

 Are You Ever Truly Alone?

Mine deeper. Build safer. Stay together.

Just remember: when you hear footsteps behind you, turning around might not be enough.

AFTERDARK — Something is watching.