1:11 Step 1 Know your file locations
4:06 Step 2 Storyboard your ideas out
9:03 Step 3 Get your files from the game or other mods
11:47 Step 4 Build your mod files
1:01:54 Step 5 Create the textures (mislabeled in the video, oops)
1:19:45 Step 6 Put your mod files in the right structure
1:30:37 Step 7 Test your mod (please back up your saves)
1:50:15 Step 8 Refine your mod. Details are key, make it look professional
2:27:00 Step 9 Upload to Steam

Probably my longest video yet. Please make sure to send any kind of support you can, these things are not easy to make lol.
Subscribing, liking, sharing are all free and mega helpful. If you want to leave a tip, link is https://kofi.com/wpatrick

UPDATE: Here are helpful files for new modders, just my random notes and various bits of code I learned from trial and error, and the full list of locations for procedural distribution, hopefully you make use of it. PLEASE share my stuff around though, subscribe, even donate if you'd like. This was a ton of work and I'm giving it out for free to the community. So do enjoy!
Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K...
ProcDist List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h...

This video is a full walkthrough of me making an entire mod from start to finish. In includes Lua, Excel, and Photoshop CC tips, but not detailed info on how those things work. (It assumes you have a working knowledge of pixel art and basic programming, but if not, it's easy enough to learn, and if you just get PaintDOTnet it's free to do all of it.)

A quick shoutout to Blackbeard (@blackbeard4717) for getting me started on mod making. To see the mod completed:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

Idk what else to write, stay in vegetables, eat your homework, do school.