Introduction

''"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." -'' Carl Sagan

The goal of the ElementaryCraft mod is to provide the players with the full experience of starting with the basic building blocks of our universe and build upwards, allowing to player to encounter the fascinating world of elementary particle physics in the process.

ElementaryCraft departs at the most fundamental objects of the universe - Quantum Fields. In the mod, various different Quantum Fields exist as blocks that can be mined by the player to create Elementary Particles that exist as items. For example, the Electron Field can be mined to obtain the corresponding Electron elementary particle. Through the interplay of these objects the mod aims to model the ideas of theoretical physics where all elementary particles are thought of as "excitations" in the corresponding quantum fields.

After obtaining a wide array of elementary particles the player can proceed to craft composite particles such as protons, neutrons and many more. All of this is implemented through the use of crafting grids, where the crafting recipes aim to accurately model the composition of the particles. In turn, the composite particles can then be used to craft larger and larger structures, allowing the player to even create a star!

It should be no surprise that such an ambitious undertaking requires a tremendous amount of elementary particles. For this purpose the mod contains Particle Farms - structures that allow the player to automate the creation of elementary particles.