Whimscape is a crisp 16×16 pixel art look with a sprinkle of extra vibrance. It keeps things recognizable and for the most part close to Default in color.

Add-ons

Features

• Completely retextured
• Custom models for many blocks and items
• Random texture variants for many blocks
• Textures for item variants:
  • Axolotl Buckets
  • Enchanted Books (single enchantments)
• A custom font
• Clean GUI panels that won’t flashbang you like default
• Quality of life improvements:
  • Less obstructive idle shield position in first person view
  • Less obstructive fire effect in first person view
  • Hoppers show their direction from above
  • Infested blocks have a red outline in item form
  • Waxed blocks and items have a glint animation in inventory
• Emissive textures (requires Continuity or OptiFine)
• Custom entity models (requires EMF or OptiFine)
• Custom sky and fog colors (requires Polytone or OptiFine)
• Portal and glass connected textures (requires Continuity, Fusion or OptiFine)
• Overlay textures for some blocks (requires Continuity or Fusion, and Respackopts to enable the feature)

Supported mods (for latest release, may vary in older versions):

• AppleSkin
• Continuity
• Crafting Tweaks
• Dungeons and Taverns
• EMI
• Farmer’s Delight
• Fusion (Connected Textures)
• Just Enough Items (JEI)
• Lanterns Belong on Walls
• Mod Menu
• oωo
• Polytone
• Punchy!
• Respackopts
• Roughly Enough Items (REI)
• TrashSlot
• Visuality
• Waystones

The shaders in most of the screenshots are Complementary Shaders.

Shader pack settings

I recommend these shader settings for compatibility.

Complementary Shaders (Reimagined/Unbound):

• RP Support: Integrated PBR+
• Performance Settings → Real-Time Shadows: High or above or OFF (if using the Whimscape Leaves add-on)
• Atmosphere → Rain / Weather → Weather Texture Opacity: 900
• Materials → IntegratedPBR+ Materials → Other IPBR+ Features → IPBR+ Emissive Mode: labPBR > IPBR+
• Materials → IntegratedPBR+ Materials → Other IPBR+ Features → IPBR+ Compatibility Mode: On

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Whimscape on my server?

Yes.

Can I use Whimscape in my videos/streams?

Yes.

Can I put Whimscape in my modpack?

Yes.

Can I create and share my own mod support add-ons for Whimscape?

Yes.

Can you add support for [mod]?

For any mod with more than a few assets: I probably won’t be able to get to it. The list of mods I’d like to support is ever-growing.

For a popular mod with very few assets, or a mod that causes loading errors, open an issue on the tracker.

Can I port Whimscape to Bedrock/another game?

No.

Do you take commissions?

No.

Issues?

Please report bugs on the Whimscape issue tracker on GitHub. In other places I’m likely to miss reports or see them much later.