tPackBuilder is a relatively new modding project that hit the ground running immediately upon its release. Terraria modding is all done entirely via C# - no GUI, no leniency, only code. This has its advantages, but one of the disadvantages is that it cuts off mod-making accessibility to a large portion of the community. This is where tPackBuilder comes in.

Using this API, users can create their own modpacks, referencing, modifying, adding and removing content all via extremely simple and easy to use JSON files. The mod has barely been out for a few months, and already there has been a flood of people giving feedback, suggestions, feature requests, and more within the API's help channels.

This tool was released as part of an upcoming project titled the "Bereft Souls." This is also the first paid modding team I've become a part of. For more info, check out this video from Brome, the organizer for this project who commissioned myself and a number of others to work on the project. You can already see that even since the video's release, a number of features have been added and bugs been squashed!

This was my first ever mod project - when I was initially getting into modded Terraria, I enjoyed challenging myself, and joined a community of others that did as well. After learning how to program, I decided to give back to the community in the form of my very own mod that would cut out the unnecessary, repetitive, and boring aspects of game challenges.

Eventually, however, this mod grew far beyond its original scope. It now has over 39,000 active players, and provides a variety of quality-of-life enhancements, performance improvements, and general experience boosting configurations. 100% of the mod's content is configurable, so players are able to pick and choose precisely which features they actually want to use.

The mod is also semi-officially endorsed by the Calamity Mod, and has its own section on the Calamity Mod Wiki.