Looking at the base mod I found
{
type = "movement-bonus-equipment",
name = "basic-exoskeleton-equipment",
sprite =
{
filename = "__base__/graphics/equipment/basic-exoskeleton-equipment.png",
width = 64,
height = 128,
priority = "medium"
},
shape =
{
width = 2,
height = 4,
type ...

Do you somehow have to make sure that game loads your mod last

If you add "dependencies": ["base >= 0.9.8"] to your info.json file, the game will make sure that your mod loads after "base" which is the main game. You can also add multiple different dependencies of other mods if you want your mod ...

If you create a new recipe with the same parameters as the vanilla one but replace the ingredients parameter with your own, the game will choose the one that loads last. If you add 'base' as a dependency, you can override vanilla recipes.

I started messing around with mods and modding and I find that keeping track of all of the files and resources (for bigger mods) gets increasingly difficult as the number of files grows.

My idea is to have a program that assists with making mods by providing an interface that allows easy editing of ...