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HyTale has been acquired by the original devs and is going to release into Early Access (hytale.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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Context: HyTale was possibly the most hyped Minecraft alternative, but got acquired by Riot and was in development hell. Earlier this year it got cancelled, but now the original founder has bought it back from Riot and is reviving the game, with early access soon

Modding: Available at launch. Run your own servers and create custom content.

All I needed to hear. I am so excited for this and was following the game since it was announced, fuck yeah

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[–] 36 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I wonder how this will affect Vintage Story. At least a couple of the devs were working with them on a "Fantasy Mode"

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I'm sure they'll continue development, considering that they are planning to use any improvements to existing systems that the Fantasy Mode devs will make.

    Most people hope that the combat system will improve, but time will tell.

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    • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Glad to hear that.

    But geez what a mess. They're going back to their old engine after spending years trying to port the game to a new engine.

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 11 months ago

    It's the right choice in my opinion. Rather than spend another few years working on the new engine and possibly going into development hell again, they're going to move back to the old engine and release the game straight into early access to gain some momentum and progress

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    • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Will there be an offline mode or is it still an online only game?

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    [–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Unless it can do something impossible to do with mods in Minecraft Java edition then IDC about it anymore. Especially if its not an announcement of the full release.

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    • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Does anyone know if they have worked on controller & splitscreen support or if it is in the roadmap?

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I thought the Vintage Story guys took it over?

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    [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    I'll believe it when I see it.

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Going up against Minecraft. About time someone makes a serious contender. I'll watch this one.

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I like Luanti (formerly Minetest).

    !luanti@lemmy.zip

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Some Hytale devs also went over to Anego Studios and they're working on something similar to Hytale, called Project Glint

    Its in Vingage Story's devblog

    https://www.vintagestory.at/blog.html/

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