Clockwork Empires is a brand-new modded SMP featuring the Create mod with a focus on creativity and social interaction. We intend to create a tight-knit community through heavily encouraging players to talk to each other and work together, and this will be achieved through both the modlist and our approach to managing the server. We're planning to start a week from now (10th August, 5PM EST) so now is a great opportunity to join and get to know people, as well as plan out any builds or find groups! Knowledge of how Create works isn't necessary to play, and we're happy to help you learn if needed. Roleplay is encouraged but entirely optional if that's not your thing.
Feature-wise, we have a number of mods meant to add on to vanilla without feeling out of place or confusing.
- The Create modboth for automation and for building, and a number of small addons to ensure Create covers more aspects of vanilla
- Create: Numismaticsso our economy can function now that diamonds are easier to obtain
- The Origins modto provide small changes to gameplay to suit people's individual playstyles, and to help with roleplay
- Cliff under a Treea serverside worldgen mod that helps the world feel prettier overall, while still blending seamlessly with vanilla
- And a number of other small mods to add to quality of life or building!
Our server is built with community interaction in mind, and we have a number of specific changes made to encourage this. Firstly, the Nether roof has been disabledsince the Create mod adds train networks and public transit is an enjoyable community building project. In addition to this, The server has a Shopping District using Create Numismatics, providing a communal space for people to gather in. We also have a worldborder 10k blocks out, to prevent people from creating bases long distances away and being antisocial.
The server's admin team has experience with both playing on and moderating servers, as well as having a mod developer, who can fix bugs or create new features specific to our server. The community has significant input into what the the server holds, thanks to the fact that major changes to the server are decided by community voteas well as our dedicated channel on discord for suggestions and feedback. The server will be running Fabric 1.20.1, and along with the modlist will also be running performance-enhancing mods and moderation tools.
Create Numismatics relies on server admins coming up with their own ways of allowing players to make money, and so we've come up with a new idea: money from advancements! Advancements give you money upon completion, with the amount varying based on difficulty, but also based on how commonly achieved they are. This not only provides an unfarmable way of obtaining money, but also incentivises players to go and interact with parts of the game they might normally avoid, and maybe learn a bit more about the game while they're at it. This also guarantees new players have access to money, since with each new player comes a fresh set of advancements. In addition to this, player-made server events can feature spawned-in money as a prize, to incentivize creating and attending events!
The application process on the server uses Discord's forum channels. Each player makes a post answering a few simple questions, but unlike most server applications, these are publicly viewable! People can ask each other further questions so that we can all know each other better, and it also helps the admin team see what you're like outside of an application form context. Don't worry, you won't be asked to publicly share anything private! You can join the server and apply using the link below!
Discord link: https://discord.gg/smZhnYhU