Jumpscare

Jumpscares v2.3.0, changes since v1.5.1

New: the Dread system

• A hidden dread meter from 0 to 100 now decides how often things happen. It rises when you’re alone, underground or in caves, at night, in the Nether or End, at low health (8 HP or less) or standing still. It falls in daylight on the surface and when other players are nearby.
• Higher dread means small events happen more often. The old “average minutes” timer still controls full scares.
• An Intensity setting (Subtle, Normal, Brutal) controls how often dread turns into events.

New: staged build-ups

• A full scare now runs a short sequence of about 7 to 8 seconds before the image hits, and the sequence is picked at random:
  • lights flicker and whispers
  • phantom footsteps and a door
  • the Watcher appears behind you
  • a silence beat with a breath
• The music stops and a heartbeat plays during the build-up.

New: the Watcher

• A custom black figure with pale eyes that stands at the edge of your view and creeps closer when you look away.
• It vanishes if you look at it or it gets close, and it sometimes triggers a scare.
• You can hit it to make it disappear.

New: small events

• Phantom footsteps (they end about 3 blocks away).
• Doors and chests opening and closing by themselves.
• Whispers in chat from “???”.
• Light flicker (brief darkness pulses).
• Each can be switched off.

Scares

• The theme system is gone. All scares now share one pool.
• The scare set now matches your On1 pack: the animated clown, the new images and sounds, and the video clips.
• The Remote has the new eyeball texture.
• New Calm mode: it uses the calm versions of scares and turns off screen shake and the flicker effects.
• A toggle for the animated and video scares.

New menu

• A fully custom horror-styled menu replaces the standard forms.
• Tabs: HOME, SCARES, EVENTS, SOUND, TEST.
• HOME shows a live dread readout with a bar and heartbeat line.
• Settings save instantly. Rows cycle through values, and skull toggles flip on or off.
• Quick presets are Chill, Normal, Spooky and Nightmare.
• The TEST tab can trigger each event type on its own.
• New SCARE GALLERY with a thumbnail for every scare. Click one to play it.

Commands

• New: /scriptevent jumpscare:build, jumpscare:watcher [near] and jumpscare:dread <0-100>.
• The existing menu, test, ambient and remote commands still work.