Devlog #1 — Announcing Epoch MC

2025-11-02

November 2025

Welcome to the first official devlog for Epoch MC — a private, work-in-progress Minecraft server project I’ve been building behind the scenes for the past few months.

This isn’t a traditional SMP, and it isn’t a towny clone. Epoch MC is a player-driven geopolitical sandbox where nations rise and fall based on what players actually do — not what an admin scripted.

The goal:
Create a world where every action has political, economic, or military consequences.

What is Epoch MC?

A survival multiplayer server built around:

  • Nation Formation & Territory Control
    Players can legally claim land, negotiate borders, and expand strategically — or violently.

  • Real Economic Simulation
    Custom PostgreSQL-powered economy plugin (built by me), meaning:

  • Stable currency stored in a real database
  • Production creates true economic power

  • Nations rise through industry, not arbitrary “server shops”

  • Governance & Diplomacy Constitutions, elections, courts, treaties — all driven by in-game systems.

  • War & Conflict Systems When diplomacy fails, consequences turn kinetic. Warfare affects territory, reputation, and history.

This is a grand-strategy MMO inside Minecraft.

Why This Project?

I’ve always wanted a server where: - Admins don’t choose who wins - Nations form naturally - Drama happens because of players, not plugins - A server becomes a living story

Most servers either handhold players or create artificial rules.
Epoch MC aims to let the world evolve organically.

Current Progress

✅ Custom economy backend
✅ Nation creation and relation system

In active development: - United Nations-like system - Custom economy frontend

Planned next: - Researching and Industrialization system - Military conflict mechanics

Closed Development — For Now

The server is currently in development and private, with early testing limited to a small circle of friends.

A public alpha will come later — only once the core systems feel meaningful and fun.

If you’re reading this, you’re already ahead of the world.

The Vision

A persistent world where kingdoms rise, neighbors feud, alliances secure peace, and history is written by the players who show up.

Every new settlement could be the next great empire…
or the spark that ignites a global war.

This is just the beginning.
More devlogs coming soon.

— Alex

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