Minecraft mods "in a way most people would care to enjoy", or have "bugs that grind the experience to a halt". At "San Jose Mercury News", George Avalos claims that mods are definitely suited for "mainstream enthusiasts", but does warn that precaution must be taken in order to avoid downloading "dangerous and spammy software" when looking for "Minecraft" mods. Avalos also remarks that installing mods will probably require adult attention, even though "Minecraft" typically appeals to children. Minecraft mods "Minecraft" mods are independent, user-made additions and changes to the 2011 Mojang video game "Minecraft". Thousands of these mods exist, and users can
Minecraft official modding application programming interface (API). Texture packs that alter the game's textures and HUD are also available, as created by the community. In July 2013, texture packs were replaced with "resource packs", which have the same role as texture packs, but allow custom audio as well. Players are also create their own maps, which often contain specific rules, challenges, puzzles and quests, and share them for others to play. In August 2012, Mojang added adventure mode for custom maps and in October 2012, Mojang added command blocks, which were created specially for custom maps. In February 2016, Mojang added