You can explore, craft, build, fight various creatures and more.īefore we get into the whole modding Terraria we first need to get some software ready. Terraria is a procedurally generated 2D world game that features a huge variety of things to do. This term refers to the original and unmodified game. Vanilla Skyrim and Vanilla Minecraft, for example. When looking into these two games you often find the term “vanilla”. Let’s take Skyrim and Minecraft as our examples. Mods have been one of the, if not the, most important factor when it comes to commercial success of games. The term mod covers the whole modification aspect as mods can vary between simple changes to complete game overhauls. A mod changes one or multiple aspects of said game, such as how it looks or interacts. Since a major part of Terraria is combat, adding a new weapon is something very fun and exciting to do! IntroductionĪ game mod (short for “modification”) is an adjustment by players or fans of a video game. In this part we will start setting up our work environment and create a very basic mod that will add a new sword into our world. Modding Terraria is a fun way to add and adjust features in a playful way and learn more about programming. Modding Terraria – Part 1 Getting Started
