THE INTERSTICE

A cinematic psychological horror journey for Minecraft Java 1.21.1

You wake somewhere that should not exist. The corridor ahead does not behave the way corridors should, and the light at its end is the only way on.

Beyond it lies a chain of impossible places, each stranger than the last. Some are vast, some are crushing. None of them is empty.

A whispered voice tells you to keep walking.

What to expect

• Built for atmosphere. Every place has its own shaders: volumetric fog, god rays, real-time and baked shadows, bloom and colour grading. Spatial audio with environmental reverb makes every space sound like itself.
• Things that live here. They have their own ways of noticing you, and their own reasons to come closer. Learning how they behave is how you survive.
• No health bar. If something catches you, you die. Hiding, staying silent and moving at the right moment matter more than fighting.
• Survival that stays out of the way. Hunger, stamina and breathing, a flashlight, a rescue inhaler and a small spatial inventory. The HUD is minimal.
• A story you piece together. Two voices guide and haunt you: a whispered Voice and your own thoughts. A field journal records your path, and lore pages are scattered along the way.
• Subtitles in 32 languages, with the speaker's name on every line. The voices are in English.
• Stand-alone. A new world drops you straight into the journey. If you die, you start again at the beginning of the place you were in. No commands needed.
• Made for every machine. Graphics presets, a one-click lite mode, and comfort options for camera motion, flashing lights and intense effects.

Getting started

1. Install Fabric Loader (0.16 or newer) and Fabric API for Minecraft 1.21.1.
2. Install Veil 4.5.x. The mod needs it on the client.
3. Put THE INTERSTICE in your mods folder.
4. Create a new world.

Press F7 at any time for the mod's settings.

Not compatible with Iris or shader packs: THE INTERSTICE draws its world with its own shaders. Turn shader packs off while playing; a notice reminds you on the title screen.

Performance: a recent dedicated graphics card is recommended. If the frame rate drops, lower the graphics preset or turn on lite mode in F7.

Content creators

Videos, streams, screenshots and articles are welcome, monetized or not, as long as you credit the mod: put The Interstice by P1kaCat and a link to this page in your description.

Re-uploading the mod's files elsewhere, or reusing its code and assets, is not allowed without permission. All rights reserved (see the LICENSE file).

This is a beta

The journey does not end here: new places are on their way in future updates. Bug reports and feedback help shape them. Thank you for playing.

Credits

Made by P1kaCat.

• Earth imagery: NASA Earth Observatory, Blue Marble: Next Generation (Reto Stöckli), public domain.
• The Player's voice: Piper, voice en_US-joe-medium (CC0 dataset).
• Ambient and creature sounds: CC0 recordings from Freesound and OpenGameArt, reworked for the mod.