MCreator x CurseForge ModJam 2024

MCreator will celebrate its 12th birthday soon, and what better way to celebrate it than with a ModJam in collaboration with the CurseForge! More info in the article.

We are teaming up with CurseForge from Overwolf for this ModJam as we did around two years ago for the Sustainability Project ModJam. CurseForge will be providing amazing rewards for this project and big recognition for your mod! This time, we have decided not to specify any specific theme to the ModJam and leave fully creative options to the mod authors.

ModJam rules

Every ModJam comes with some rules that the mod authors need to follow. For this ModJam, the rules are:

Mods created or published before the contest was announced can not participate
Mods need to be made with the help of MCreator but can contain custom code too
Mods can be made by individuals or modding teams (separate modelers, texture makers, developers, sound designers, etc.)
Mods need to be posted on curseforge.com and mcreator.net
The mod description page should include “Participant MCreator x CurseForge ModJam 2024”
On the CurseForge, mods need to include the MCreator category/tag
Mods need to be submitted for the contest in the given timeframe on a link we will publish in the article on mcreator.net and additionally share on our social networks
By participating, the author agrees we can mention the mod name, contents, screenshots, videos, and mod logo for the contest promotion and execution
Mods participating in this contest can’t participate in our weekly mod of the week (MOTW) contest during MCreator x CurseForge ModJam 2024. The top 5 mods will be awarded the MOTW tag on mcreator.net after the contest

Voting

Out of all submitted mods, MCreator’s and CurseForge’s teams will select the top 5 Minecraft mods. The selection will be made based on mod content, complexity, quality, idea, originality, and the mod page design and quality. The selection will represent an average of the votes of all team members.

The top 5 Minecraft mods with the best rating are then selected for the second round where the community votes for the winner.

Rewards

First, we need to thank the CurseForge for being ready to participate and help in this ModJam and of course for the rewards they will be providing! The top 3 contestants (individual or teams; in the case of a team, the reward is split depending on how the team agrees internally) will get the following rewards:

1st place - 1000 USD in CurseForge points + CurseForge merch
2nd place - 500 USD in CurseForge points + CurseForge merch
3rd place - 250 USD in CurseForge points + CurseForge merch

Timeline

For you to be able to plan your work on the mod as effectively as possible, here is the list of dates that are important for the contestants. We may add more dates to the timeline here as the ModJam progresses.

May 1st (MCreator’s Birthday) - Submissions for the ModJam open
June 1st - Submissions for the ModJam close, internal voting begins

This means you have a bit over one month for you to finalize the mod. You can still release updates to the mod after the submissions close, but we can not guarantee the version of the mod we will test for the selection of the top 5 mods after June 1st will be the one released after the deadline.

We are already looking forward to seeing all the amazing mods this ModJam will bring. Let us know what you think about the ModJam and whether you will join it in the comments below!

Comments

CF explicitly said mods need to be approved in time and we posted several warnings for that here in the comments, as well as on our social channels

Im not seeing my mod on my mcreator profile and im worried i did something wrong. i posted it on the 28th

it existed cuz i see in my history as the mod name but when i click on it says page not found. kinda freaking out

It may be removed by one of the moderators for violating https://mcreator.net/wiki/modification-publishing-guidelines

i dont think it did but im not sure. too late now

this is gonna be awesome sauce

I'm a ketchup guy myself, maybe some ranch and honey mustard

Btw, will the full list of participants with mod links be posted tomorrow? I'm excited to see what others have done and see who else participate. Since, you know, opening all the recent mod pages manually will take long :D

Yes, we will post all submissions tomorrow :)

@klemen how much will take da submissions voting? Like when will winners be announed?

It is hard to say right now, because we will have to play through a lot of mods :D

But we will announce it here on the website and on social networks when you can pick your favorite amongst top 5.

Btw @klemen are you one person responding to comments 24/7, or you are universal account that is used by more people?

I am a person. You can find the whole team at https://mcreator.net/team

My mod is done now (like the beta is done and it's useless to make another version rn). And i can't wait to see what other people did.

We all can't wait :D

Can you tell me what time zone the deadline is considered to be in? I was only able to work on mod for a part of the contest period, and I would like to complete it as much as possible before uploading the latest build (and making proper description + mcreator page).
I hope the mechanics I've been working on will be interesting and polished enough :P

At the moment June 1st starts GMT timezone. By that time, both MCreator and CurseForge pages need to be up and approved.

Thanks for the clarification. I hope mcreator website approval time isn't too long.

CurseForge page approval is what usually takes a while

As someone who regularly uploads to curseforge I know this as well as anyone :D Thats why my curseforge page without design and with cut alpha build has already been approved at may 22.

In this case you should be good :)

Is there a chance that if we update our mods after the deadline some people will still be able to vote based on the newer upload.