It's been a busy few weeks for me, but in the midst of the rainy Pacific Northwest winter, these beauties arrived on my desk at work a couple weeks back, 300 of them in three heavy boxes.
What?
On behalf of the Botania team of Violet Moon Modding, I'm proud to officially announce the opening of sale for the Botania 10th Anniversary CD's.
If you haven't been keeping up, these discs were produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Botania's founding. The mod's repository was created on January 13, 2014, and the first release was made on February 8, 2014. We thought producing CD's would be a bit more special than some clothes or other trinkets.
What's Inside?
The discs are professional-quality pressed CD's. Think store-bought music CD's, not the kind you burn yourself at home. If cared for properly, they should last over a hundred years. Can't wait to confuse some archaeologists with these in 300 years? I can't wait either!
As for the contents:
- The CD is playable in a CD player and contains seven tracks, including three original music tracks composed exclusively for the CD. Brace yourself for a meme in the first track.
- When loaded into a computer, a variety of bonus content can be accessed:
- The latest release of Botania for all supported Minecraft versions, up to 1.20.1.
- Essays about Botania's design
- Touhou-style profiles for every single flower in the mod
- Fan-art and fan-animations contributed by the community
- ...and more!
I'm Sold, how do I get it?
I (williewillus) am just going to cowboy-code this.
Please visit this Google form: https://forms.gle/5rrUgm8rWzQVBfDo7 and fill it out. The price will be 15 USD flat during 2024. After 2024, if you still want one and I still have any left, I will request that you also cover the cost of shipping.
This is the ONLY legit channel to order the CD's, please be careful of fakes.
There are 300 CD's available and we won't be ordering reprints, so take advantage! First-come-first-serve.
Domestic shipping in the continental US will take about a week, and international orders slightly longer. I batch up orders, so it might be a week or so from your order before I ship it out.
Where is the money coming from? Where is it going?
This project was funded mostly personally by williewillus, and the sale price is just to recoup the costs of shipping and pressing the CD's and commissioning the art. We are tracking the total costs of the project, and if there is a surplus (unlikely), we will donate it to a charity of the Botania team's choice. When this happens, we will update on this post.
Credits
Special Thanks to:
- All patrons, fans, and players of Botania
- All contributors to Botania, large and small
- All fans who submitted bonus content to the disc
- Staff of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Disc:
- Project Lead: williewillus
- Artist: Dani
- Musicians: Firel, Kain Vinosec, MettyMagic, Quad City DJ's
- Vazkii, Violet Moon, and the Botania development team
- ...and You, supporter of Botania for the last 10 years.
