Whispers (Horror Messages)

# Whispers

## A psychological horror experience built around uncertainty.

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**Whispers** is a client-side Forge 1.20.1 horror mod that creates fake chat messages appearing as if they were sent by real players on your server.

The goal is simple:

Make the player question whether what they saw was real.

You may suddenly see:

<Steve> did you hear that?

or

<Alex> why are you here?

The message looks exactly like normal Minecraft chat, using the vanilla chat rendering system. Other players will not see these messages — they only exist on your client.

There is no monster.
There is no boss.
There is no obvious threat.

Only the feeling that something is wrong.

Features
Realistic Fake Chat Messages

Whispers uses Minecraft's own chat pipeline to display messages, making them appear like authentic player messages.

Messages:

Use real player formatting
Appear like normal <player> message chat
Blend naturally with real conversations
Do not appear as server messages
Multiplayer Friendly

Whispers is designed for multiplayer horror experiences.

Other players cannot see your whispers
No server installation required
Works on dedicated servers
Does not send fake messages to other players
Does not affect server logs

Perfect for:

SMPs
Survival servers
Horror events
Content creation
Intelligent Fake Senders

Messages are sent by randomly selected online players.

The mod:

Uses real players currently online
Avoids choosing yourself when possible
Prevents consecutive duplicate senders
Makes messages feel like they came from someone else
Customizable Messages

Whispers automatically creates:

config/whispers/messages.json

You can edit this file to create your own horror messages.

Supports:

Custom messages
Different message types
Player placeholders
Location placeholders
Dimension placeholders

Available placeholders:

%player%
%online_random%
%dimension%
%x%
%y%
%z%

Example:

<%player%> I saw something near %x%, %y%, %z%
Configurable Horror

Customize everything from:

config/whispers-client.toml

Options include:

Enable/disable the mod
Minimum message interval
Maximum message interval
Message chance multiplier
Custom message lists

Default behavior:

Messages appear every 5-20 minutes
Messages only happen while playing
Timers restart when joining a world

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