Hey, Syrexx here!
I figured I’d share the story of how Vanilla Changes came to be — and why it even got published. A bit of transparency, a bit of fun, and honestly, it’s been quite a ride. 😉

It all started with me being way too picky about the Resourcepacks I used. Most “Vanilla Plus” packs felt like a patchwork mess held together with duct tape. I’d like a few elements here and there, but never the whole thing. So one day I thought: “Why not make a Resourcepack that actually fits my needs?”

The catch? I had no idea how Resourcepacks even worked. Still, the idea stuck in my head — and since no pack I found was getting any better, I decided it was now or never.

After a few basic YouTube tutorials, the first-ever version was born: “Syrexx’ Pack” (yes, that was the best name I had at the time). It only retextured a few GUI elements, but it was the spark that started everything. The GUIs I made… well, let’s just say they weren’t awful, but they weren’t masterpieces either. Soon I began changing item and block textures, and from there things snowballed.

Before I knew it, I had changed Minecraft so much that it no longer felt like Minecraft. That’s when I hit the brakes — deleting about 90% of the files that strayed too far from vanilla. Painful? Yes. Necessary? Absolutely.

Around this time, I started experimenting with JSON files for the first time, and suddenly a whole new world of possibilities opened up. I was hooked. Working on the pack became the reason I had a daily online streak.

Fast-forward a few months: I shared my pack with friends, and they loved it. “Syrexx’ Pack” evolved into “Icarus” — cleaner textures, a full overhaul. I even ran a private server using it as the main Resourcepack, with support for around 25 mods.

Friends told me I should upload it to CurseForge or PlanetMinecraft. But at the time, it still felt like a personal passion project, not something ready for the public.

Eventually, after a break, I overhauled it yet again. New name: “Luminara” — a green-themed pack. I liked it… kind of. But two weeks later I said to myself: “Time to make something big. Something unique. Something that’ll take over your life for months.”

That’s when Vanilla Changes was born.
The pack you’re using today is over two years old — and it’s been on quite the adventure to get here.