ModFest Mod Templates!

Mod templates tailored towards use at ModFest events. Uses local copying to not pollute your commit log (or repo header).

To Use:

Reserve your Modrinth slug

On Modrinth:

• Click +->🧊 New Project
• Enter a mod name and short summary of your intended mod
• Leave the URL (aka "mod slug") as default (name-of-your-mod in kebab case)
• Click + Create Project

If the mod name is taken, come up with a new name!

Set up your mod repo

On this template page:

• Click 🔌 X Branches and select your desired platform
• Click the green < > Code button and select Download as Zip

Anywhere on github:

• On the top bar, click + (Create new...) -> New Repository
• Type your mod slug under "repository name"
  • This should match your modrinth URL
• Check "add license" and pick one (we recommend EUPL-1.2 - click MIT and copy it in later)
• Click Create repository

On your new mod repo page:

• Click About ⚙️ and enter a short mod summary
• Click 🔌 X Branches, above the file view and click View all branches
• On main, click ...->✏️ Rename branch and enter the branch name you downloaded
• Click the < > Code tab to return to the main repo page
• Click the green < > Code button left of the about section and clone the repo locally using git or gh as indicated
• Copy the contents of the previously downloaded zip (excluding LICENSE) into your cloned folder.
• Open the cloned folder in your preferred IDE, e.g. IntelliJ IDEA CE

Correct the metadata

In your IDE:

• Commit the template (Ctrl+K in IntelliJ), adding all files, with the message modfest template
• Copy any preferred license content into LICENSE (e.g. EUPL-1.2)
• Open gradle.properties and replace the following:
  • group to io.github.{username} (as below) or if you own a domain e.g. hostname.tld, you can use tld.hostname
  • username to your github username (as it appears in your repo URL)
  • slug to your mod slug (as it appears in github and modrinth URLs)
  • modId to your mod ID (in snake case, e.g. name_of_your_mod - not too long!)
  • modDescription to your short mod summary
  • authors to your handle/name, along with any other authors (comma-space-separated - me, you, another)
  • contributors to anyone who helped you (comma-space-separated - me, you, another), or just blank (contributors=)
  • license to your license identifier (e.g. MIT or EUPL-1.2)
• Expand src/main/java/io/github/username/modid/ in the left pane
  • Double click 🇨 ModId and edit "mod_id" and [Mod ID] to your ID and mod name respectively.
    • Optionally, uncomment the logger line and change it to have a unique message
  • Right click 🇨 ModId and select Rename..., then enter your Mod ID in PascalCase and click Refactor
  • Directly above, right click 📁 modid and select Rename..., then enter {group}.{modid} (ID in flatcase)
• Expand src/main/resources/assets/mod_id in the left pane
  • Open mod_id.mixins.json and edit io.github.username.mixin to {group}.{modid}.mixin
  • Right click mod_id.mixins.json and select Rename..., replacing mod_id with your mod ID (in snake_case)
  • Crack open icon.png in an image editor and scribble something vaguely resembling your mod
  • Below assets, right click mod_id and select Rename..., entering your mod ID (in snake_case)
• Run ./gradlew runClient to validate the mod launches
• Commit and push these changes (Ctrl+K in IntelliJ) with the message initial commit - check "amend" if you prefer one initial commit.

Develop your mod

Check out the fabric modding wiki for the basics on your version!

Note that, for this template:

• Changing the mod description via README.md, not modrinth!
• Metadata usually in fabric.mod.json has been migrated to gradle.properties for easy editing
• Dependency versions usually in build.gradle are in libs.versions.toml for programmatic use
• Whenever you add a new feature, always use ./gradlew runClient to test it, then push a commit describing your changes!

Enable Modrinth publishing

On Modrinth's Personal access tokens page:

• Click + Create a PAT
• Enter Github Actions as a name
• Check Create versions and Write projects
• Set the expiry to 1 year from the current date
• Click + Create PAT
• Click the 📋 button that appears with a long secret string

On your mod repo page:

• Click ⚙️ Settings->Security->Secrets and variables->Actions
• Click New Repository Secret
• Enter MODRINTH_TOKEN as the name, and paste your secret string from modrinth
• Click Add Secret

Make a release

On your mod repo page:

• Click Releases on the right pane
• Click Draft a new release
• Click Choose a tag, and enter the modVersion set in gradle.properties, then click + Create a new tag
  • If you're using multiple branches to support multiple versions, you should use modVersion+branchName instead
• Enter a description of your changes, e.g. Initial Release if this is the first release
• Click Generate release notes to append useful links
• Click Publish release - without attaching any files!

After a few minutes:

• The mod jar will appear on the github release page
• A matching release will be created on the modrinth page.

You can review this process on the repo page under ▶️ Actions.