Witch Atelier

🧙‍♂️ Witch Atelier Mod (Alpha)

Welcome to the world of magic! This mod is heavily inspired by the Witch Hat Atelier anime and manga universe. It brings complex pixel-drawing magic systems, mysterious nature, and unique wizarding tools into Minecraft.

🌱 AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my very first mod, created as a passion project! Since I am learning, it is currently in an EARLY ALPHA stage. Many items are missing their textures, and spawn rates are not fully balanced yet. Please expect bugs, but feel free to test and share your feedback!

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📖 THE MAGICIAN'S GUIDE (In-Depth Mechanics)

🌳 1. The Silverwood Cycle & Parasitic Seeds

Silverwood trees currently generate quite frequently in the world, but working with them requires caution:

• Parasitic Seeds: Rare drops from Silverwood trees. If eaten by a player or an animal, it inflicts a deadly debuff.
• Tree Breeding: If the infected entity survives for a certain duration without taking any damage, it will die and plant a Silverwood Sapling on its spot. Alternatively, you can just slay the entity immediately to force the sapling to spawn.

🧪 2. Ink Evaporation & Crafting

Silverwood trees grow special ink twigs that slowly mature through two distinct stages (Twig -> Mature Ink Twig).

• Setting up the Flask: Craft a specialized Flask, place it over a heat source (Fire, Campfire, Magma, or Lava), and fill it with a Water Bucket.
• Brewing: Throw the mature ink twig into the flask and wait for the boiling process to finish.
• Harvesting: Once the ink is ready, interact with the flask using one of two methods:
  1. Use Leather to get a Frozen Ink Stick (used for crafting Sylph Shoes, portals, and world-transport blocks).
  2. Use an Empty Flask to extract liquid Magic Ink.

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✒️ 3. Drawing Magic (The Canvas Grid)

To cast spells, you need a Notebook, Magic Ink, and a Magic Pen in your inventory. Open the canvas GUI to sketch your glyphs.

🚨 CRITICAL RULE: After drawing your spell, you MUST CLOSE THE OUTER CIRCLE on the canvas to activate the magic!

🌀 Core Elements (Draw in the Center 7x7 Zone)

The element of your spell depends on the exact pixel pattern (# = filled pixel, . = empty) drawn in the center:

🔥 [Fire]       ☀️ [Light]      💧 [Water]      💨 [Wind]
  . # .           # # #           . # #           # . #
  # # #           # . #           . # .           . # .
  . # .           # # #           # # .           # . #

🌱 [Earth]      💎 [Crystals]   ❄️ [Ice (Synthesis)]
  # . #           # # #           Draw both [Water] and
  # # #           # # #           [Wind] symbols together
  # . #           # # #           inside the center 7x7 grid!

• 🔥 Fire: Shoots fire, grants fire resistance aura, or melts sand into glass blocks.
• ☀️ Light: Fires a blinding beam, grants night vision aura, or creates eternal light blocks.
• 💧 Water: Puts out fires, grants dolphin's grace aura, or makes blocks slippery.
• 💨 Wind: Knocks back targets, grants slow falling aura, or acts like an upward piston on blocks.
• 🌱 Earth: Inflicts a weakness beam, grants resistance aura, or applies gravity to hit blocks.
• 💎 Crystals: Shoots an amethyst beam, grants luck aura, or causes a pure energy blast without modifiers.

🔀 Directional Modifiers (The "T" Vectors)

Drawn on the outer edges (periphery) of the drawing canvas:

🚀 [T-Shape Outward]             🛡️ [T-Shape Inward]
 (Shoots a Projectile)             (Gives Self-Buff / Aura)
       # # #                                 #
         #                                   #
         #                                 # # #

• Tip: The longer the stem of your "T", the more powerful the spell! You can draw multiple T-shapes to fire in different directions at once.

🔄 Matrix Modifiers (Diagonals / and )

Drawn as 3 pixels connected diagonally by their corners on the outer edges:

• Changes the spell shape! It either condenses/amplifies the power, or dilutes it to increase the Area of Effect (AoE).

🔷 Trigger Modifiers (The Rhombus)

Drawn as a hollow cross/rhombus on the edge of the canvas:

  . # .
  # . #
  . # .

• On a block: Turns the spell into a landmine / trap (e.g., wind trap that launches anyone who steps on it).
• On yourself: Creates a counter-attack shield.

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🏙️ 4. The Silent City Dimension

You can rip a page from your notebook, draw a special sigil on it, and place it on a block. If a player or creature steps on this magical trigger trap, they will instantly be teleported into a mysterious new dimension:

• The Desert World: Travel to the desolate world Coco discovered at the very beginning of the story.
• Monumental Towers: Gaze upon massive, empty stone spires that stretch all the way up into the sky.
• The City Maze: Navigate through a complex, confusing labyrinth of empty streets and eerie abandoned structures.
• 🛠️ Development Note: The transport block for this dimension is currently available ONLY IN CREATIVE MODE.

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🌀 5. The Portal Matrix (4x4 Frames)

Portals must strictly be constructed as a 4x4 hollow frame (empty in the center). They come in two types:

• The Stone Portal (Receiver): Built with Stone Frames and 4 Symbol Blocks placed in the frame. The symbols you choose act as a unique 4-digit clock-wise passcode.
• The Wood Portal (Dialer): Built with Wood Frames and 4 Symbol Blocks. Interact with the symbols on the Wood Portal in the correct order to match the clockwise passcode of your target Stone Portal. If the codes match, a gateway opens!

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💬 Feedback & Contribution

Since most icons are missing and mechanics are far from perfect, I would highly appreciate your support!

• If you want to help with textures/icons, please leave a comment!
• Found a bug? Let me know below so I can fix it in future updates.