Shippy Ships

Shippy Ships mod introduces fully functional sailing vessels with smooth animations and gameplay mechanics designed for immersion and to feel believable while staying fun and intuitive.

Animations

• While turning the ship will roll, the faster you go, the greater the roll.
• The vessels sway simulating the waving of the sea, this subtle movment will increase during rain and thunderstorms
• The rudder will visibly turn depending on your inputs.
• The sail is fully animated and controllable with a smooth continuous opening and closing.

Mechanics

Controls

Controlling the ships is intuitive, press W to gradually deploy the sail, press S to retreat it. The speed and acceleration depend on the sail opening, so you can have full control of your ship.

Wood based modifiers

While building your vessel you should consider the wood that you intend to use. Hardwoods will make ships more durable but bulkier and less maneuverable, while softwoods will make faster, more responsive ships at the expense of durability.

Hardwoods

• Mangrove
• Dark Oak
• Pale Oak
• Acacia

Medium woods

• Oak
• Jungle
• Birch

Softwoods

• Cherry
• Spruce

Storage

All the ships have some onboard storage that you can use to store your stuff during your journey around the seas of minecraft

Durability and sinking

Unlike Minecraft boats your ship will not break if it takes a hit, but it will get progressively more damaged. After losing half of the maximum health it will visibly and gradually start to tilt sideways and slow down. If health drops to zero the ship will sink at the bottom of the sea! If there are any items inside the internal storage they will stay inside and you can recover them in the wreck.

Storms and deep waters

Oceans are dangerous places, if you get caught by a thunderstorm in deep waters the ship will take damage over time. This mechanic is biome dependent and can be easily customized with a small datapack

Repairing

You can repair your ship right clicking with any planks, a plank will restore half a hearth

Crew

Crew matters! Every player or villager on board will increase the maneuverability and the max speed of your vessel!

Interactive building

To build your ship craft the ship builder with three logs, place it on the ground and right click it. Follow the instruction to assemble the ship in a multi step process! There is also a decorative version of the ship builder.

Future plans

I will add bigger ships specialized for deep waters. These ships will be more resistant to storms and faster in deep waters, on the other hand they will be slower in shallow waters. They will have more crew and storage space, but they will be more expensive to build