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Desert of the Real

A new dimension called The Real: a scorched wasteland under a permanent thunderstorm, with human pod fields, machine cities and a planet-wide tunnel network underneath.

In development, v0.5.0Coming to Modrinth

Progress

5 of 7 roadmap features done. Goal: Create the world where all the other Matrix mods take place.

The Real is 1,344 blocks tall, from Y -320 up to Y 1024, and the sky never clears: a thunderstorm runs forever. Oceans are filled in with scorched earth, so the whole planet is walkable ground.

Four surface biomes share the map in large, irregular regions: Wastelands (about 45%), Ash Wastes (25%), Pod Farms (15%) and Machine City (15%). Under them run machine tunnels big enough for a hovercraft, with access shafts down from the surface.

Roadmap features

  • Human Pod Fields Done

    The Pod Farms biome, with rows of pod cages and clusters of pod towers ringed in red machine light.

  • Machine Cities Done

    The Machine City biome: dome processors, tower clusters and megastructures plated in circuit boards.

  • Underground Tunnel Networks Done

    Machine tunnels in three sizes, up to 60 blocks wide, with hovercraft access shafts down from the surface.

  • Wasteland Surface Done

    Wastelands and Ash Wastes, with craters, roofless ruined buildings and filled-in oceans.

  • Machine Infrastructure Done

    A planet-wide grid of machine cable bundles and transmission pylons 30 to 70 blocks tall.

  • Underground Biomes Partly done

    Six underground zones are built (old-Earth remnant pockets, machine roots, the pod underbelly, the void deep), but they don't generate in the world yet.

  • Machine Resources Partly done

    Three ores exist as blocks, but they don't generate in the world yet and mining them drops nothing.

In the wiki

Blocks

Ash BlockLoose grey ash that covers the Ash Wastes and the floor of every crater.
Scorched EarthBurnt soil that sits under the ash and forms the ground of the Pod Farms.
Ruined ConcreteCracked concrete left over from the cities of the old world.
Ruined MetalRusted plating used in ruins, pod cages and machine structures.
Dim LightA weak light panel, the only light inside the pod cages.
Red Machine LanternThe red machine glow that rings the pod towers.
Pod CasingThe grey shell of the human cultivation pod towers.
Pod WindowDark windows set into the pod towers.
Nutrient FluidThe red fluid that fills the pods. You can walk straight through it.
Raw Electromagnetic OreAn ore meant for the machine roots deep underground.
Conductive Crystal OreA crystal ore meant for the pod underbelly.
Scorched Iron OreIron ore baked into the scorched ground.
Machine CableSteel-cased cable with a glowing red energy channel. It runs across the whole planet.
Machine Circuit BoardGlowing circuit panels that plate the machine cities and tunnel walls.

Biomes

WastelandsThe most common biome in The Real: a dark, broken plain of ash, rubble and ruins.Ash WastesGrey ash dunes under a greenish storm sky.Pod FarmsFields of human cultivation pods under a blood-red sky.Machine CityA violet-lit megastructure platform where the land itself has been paved over.

Structures

Pod TowersWhere the machines grow people: pod cages and towers in the Pod Farms.
Machine CitiesMachine megastructures: dome processors, tower clusters and circuit-plated platforms.
Machine TunnelsHovercraft-sized tunnels under the whole planet, with access shafts down from the surface.
Cable Network and PylonsA planet-wide grid of cable bundles carried by giant transmission pylons.
Craters and RuinsBlast craters and roofless buildings left from the war.
Underground ZonesHidden pockets of the old Earth and machine-made caverns deep below the surface.

Commands

>_Commands: Desert of the RealThere's no portal yet, so you reach The Real with a command. Cheats must be on.

Known issues

  • Not done yet

    Mined blocks drop nothing

    The blocks have no loot tables yet, so breaking any Desert of the Real block gives no item.

    Planned

  • Not done yet

    No portal yet

    Enter The Real with a command. See the Commands page in the wiki.

    Planned

  • Not done yet

    Ores and underground zones don't generate yet

    Electromagnetic ore, conductive crystal and scorched iron ore exist as blocks, and the underground zones are built, but no biome places them yet.

    Planned

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Changelog

  1. v0.5.0
    • New tunnel feature.
    • Machine tunnels.
    • New world generation pass.
    • Human pod fields.