Fudge Ripple 2 is a modpack designed to stay pretty close to the heart of Minecraft. The mods included were selected to conform to Minecraft's style, to add features which don't incredibly change the game, and to keep Minecraft fun whether you are brand new to the game or have been playing since Indev.
With mods like Reap and Fast Leaf Decay to save your mouse on farming; JEI, Mouse Tweaks, and Crafting Tweaks for crafting ease; and HWYLA and AppleSkin for clear information; gameplay should be simpler and clearer. Mods like Aquaculture 2, EnderChests, EnderTanks, Global XP, Macaw's Furniture, Pam's HarvestCraft 2 Food Core, Storage Drawers, Vanilla Hammers and Vanilla Excavators add functionality above and beyond, but keeping with the Minecraft styles and basic gameplay. And finally, Biomes O' Plenty, Valhesia Structures, Chisels & Bits, and Waystones change how you explore and shape the world, but don't bring you to the moon or alternate dimensions.
I also hope to use this pack as a foundation to build other packs off of, deviating more and more from the basic vanilla Minecraft gameplay. Coming soon!
Mods included fall into a few categories:
Quality of Life - these mods are changes intended to smooth out some minor issues with Minecraft's base gameplay
AppleSkin by squeek502
Clumps by Jaredlll08
Crafting Tweaks by BlayTheNinth
Fast Leaf Decay by olafskiii
Just Enough Items by mezz
JEI Tweaker by Jaredlll08
Mouse Tweaks by YaLTeR
Reap Mod by henkelmax
SwingThroughGrass by exidex
HWYLA by TehNut
Waila Harvestability by squeek502
Additions - Adding features, functionality, blocks, or items. Above and beyond Minecraft's base gameplay, but not straying too far.
Aquaculture 2 by Shadowclaimer and Girafi
Buzzier Bees by TeamAbnormals
Chisels & Bits by AlgorithmX2 and OrionOnline
EnderChests by ShetiPhian
EnderTanks by ShetiPhian
JRFTL by alexdaum1
Global XP by bl4ckscor3
Gravestone Mod by henkelmax
Macaw's Furniture by sketch_macaw
Pam's HarvestCraft 2 Food Core by pamharvestcraft
Progressive Bosses by Insane96MCP
Storage Drawers by Texelsaur
The Weirding Gadget by AtomicBlom
Vanilla Excavators by MelanX
Vanilla Hammers by MelanX
Waystones by BlayTheNinth
Xaeros' Minimap by xaero96
Xaero's World Map by xaero96
World - Adding to the world, changing core worldgen and exploration
Biomes O' Plenty by Forstride and TheAdubbz
Chunk Pregenerator by Speiger
Upgrade Aquatic by TeamAbnormals
Valhesia Structures by ValhelsiaTeam
Background - Mods that affect things under the hood or which are required by other mods
AbnormalsCore by TeamAbnormals
AttributeFix by DarkhaxDev
Cloth Config API by shedaniel and linkieisbetterthank9
CraftTweaker by Jaredlll08
FastFurnace by Shadows_of_Fire
FastWorkbench by Shadows_of_Fire
MoreVanillaLib by MelanX
Placebo by Shadows_of_Fire
ShetiPhianCore by ShetiPhian
I thank each and every one of these mod developers; without their works, Minecraft wouldn't have held my attention for the past decade.