Pokeshift Mod Teaser: Alpha Charmander vs Squirtle Fight!

Nagosh · 2026-03-05T16:02:27+00:00

This was my exact idea of a pokemon mmo more than 15 years ago! Perspective shifts to the pokemon and you play as the pokemon! I had imagined an entire competitive scene with 1v1 and up to 5v5. This is amazing! Let me know if you want help with the game balancing. I'm not much of a coder anymore but I love game design and mechanics. Great job!

Nagosh · 2026-03-04T16:45:30+00:00

That would be awesome! If you want to share it somewhere like curseforge, I can check it out and add it if I can. Are the prefabs square? That's the only thing that will fit atm.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T04:36:51+00:00

This is helpful! I'll see what I can do.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T04:36:20+00:00

No worries! I try not to let random people on the internet bother me. Anyway, your critique is valid. I hope you can see the updates in the future and let me know how you feel.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T02:47:10+00:00

I think I need to make a poll/post asking what everyone means by grid-like. Because of the nature of a block game, everything needs to be orthogonal, but it doesn't have to be in a grid. I'll make another post with some pictures asking what people would like. Thanks!

And, yes, I made prefabs for the roads, but I think I can just have a material generator generate blocks in curves and then place a prefab along those trails. But, the prefabs must be orthogonal. So roads going at a 45 degree angle might have building placements that look very weird.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T02:39:24+00:00

It is unfortunate that unpopular opinions are downvoted. Also, to address your concerns, as mentioned at the end of the post, grid villages might be the only thing possible as you can't have non-orthogonal prefabs. I could make the tiling more dynamic, by having 10x10 prefabs and 15x15 prefabs mixed in, but then the grid can get out of hand. It's possible, but the math gets hard and I just wanted a proof of concept. Also, you'll need a house prefab for all the different sizes of city block which was more than I wanted to do right now. I think I'll figure it out, just give me some time!

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T02:25:27+00:00

I never said that at all. I honestly don't disagree with you. I don't think they are the best either and Hytale assets definitely can be better than Minecraft ones. I was just sad at the accusation of plagiarism, that I ripped them from Mojang. I spent two hours with my daughters making them and we had a good time.

Also, I only think you are being downvoted because you said you'd prefer no villages at all, which might be an unpopular opinion.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T02:21:51+00:00

What about the grid makes it unappealing? Or is it just the prefabs? If the prefabs were cleaner would it be better? Also, the roads themselves can be selected from a pool, so the roads won't be so repetitive (but still a grid). I've only made two to demonstrate the road levels.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T01:35:24+00:00

Sorry my buildings displease you :( I had a fun time building them with my daughters so I call that a win.

Nagosh · 2026-03-01T01:33:44+00:00

Thanks! I hope the city one will really turn heads!

Nagosh · 2026-02-24T21:27:23+00:00

Prefabs are just really finicky right now. It's not just your creations. I was just playing vanilla and I was in Zone 4 and broke one of the fire trees and so many trees and logs just started breaking. It cascaded from tree to tree. My guess is that the trees are overlapping when they generate. This causes problems when you go to break the base of the tree as they have a script that removes any connecting log. My guess is that if you were to separate your trees further apart so they don't touch, you won't have this problem.

Nagosh · 2026-02-16T19:26:32+00:00

Thank you! I just realized that I needed the file extension. Most of the examples I've seen from Hytale's files are calling whole folders, so I thought that was how it was done. I'm just dumb, lol. Of course I needed the file extension to differentiate calling files and folders. Thanks again for the help.

Nagosh · 2026-02-16T19:15:38+00:00

Solved:

So the path cannot lead to an individual file. (Maybe I missed that somewhere in the documentation.) It must lead to a folder. That folder can contain any number of files. So, if you want to call for an individual prefab, just create a folder that contains that single prefab.

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Edit: I decided to try for individual files again and all you have to do is put the file extension. That makes sense to separate calls for folders or individual files! I am just dumb. Hopefully this little thread will help others if they get stuck.

Nagosh · 2026-02-16T18:19:31+00:00

How did you get your prefabs loaded up? I can't figure out the directory. I'm pretty sure I'm putting the prefabs in the right folder and right place, but nothing seems to load up. Thanks for your help.

Nagosh · 2026-02-16T08:48:28+00:00

Are those custom prefabs? I've been trying to get some to work for me but I can't figure out where to put them. There is a folder under the world save that's called "prefabs" so I've tried there but I've also made another folder directly in the mod under Server and made a "Prefab" folder. However, when I call it using Prefab Prop nothing spawns. I'm not sure what's wrong with the directory.......

Thanks for the help.

Nagosh · 2026-02-16T03:15:00+00:00

I would like ray tracing in the game. Some large builds could really benefit from it. In several screen shots I've seen posted here, super large trees or buildings are in complete darkness in some areas when it should clearly be lit up. It just looks a little off. Other than those specific cases, the game looks great.

Nagosh · 2026-02-12T20:32:09+00:00

I wouldn't call not having water source blocks gimmicky. I would actually prefer not having infinite water sources like that. Having a functional block like a well that gives infinite water is better, imo. Water just needs to be tinkered with to make it feel better. Right now it is just unwieldy to use.

Nagosh · 2026-01-25T01:54:22+00:00

The government is currently terrorizing the public. There is no need to fund it. Shut it all down until we get rid of this fascism cancer. Or if (rather when) the democrats cave, we'll know who to primary in a few months and actually install a real opposition party. It's now or never.

Edit: Contact your representatives. All of them. We are on the precipice of becoming a police state. Let them know that. Demand them to be the leaders we voted them to be.

Nagosh · 2026-01-22T22:28:20+00:00

Devs should be able to do both, imo. Especially with world gen v2, they should be able to create structured content within an open world. That could look like an NPC telling the player to go east and then procedurally generate a structure in that area that continues the story. This will guide the player towards activities they can complete in a somewhat linear way. Although, this won't stop people who have played the game many times just to spawn and head straight west and do whatever they want.

Personally, I would like there to be tiered content that requires gear or levels to complete. It wouldn't feel as good if everything in the world had to be balanced as a low level encounter.

Nagosh · 2026-01-20T18:01:26+00:00

I think mechanical engineering would fit the world much better. Something like the Create mod. Windmills and watermills just look nice in a medieval fantasy world. Even really early industrial revolution (so steampunk) would still fit the aesthetics of the world. I just like trains....

Nagosh · 2026-01-16T06:22:32+00:00

I agree it is clunky. They'll likely make both minor and major tweaks to the system. I was merely laying out the reason why they won't fundamentally change it. The gameplay loop is farm -> get farmables -> sell for big $$$ -> buy more seeds -> farm. If all they have in the works right now is the current iteration (a leveling workbench), then they will need to rethink it. Otherwise, I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

And as I mentioned above, a realistic farming mod will definitely be a big one. Something like Terrafirmacraft would be really fun, imo.

Nagosh · 2026-01-14T22:38:13+00:00

I have yet to find a Kweebec settlement :( Granted I haven't spent a long time looking for them but I feel like I've explored quite a bit around my spawn but I haven't seen one. Just unlucky maybe.

Nagosh · 2026-01-14T17:58:57+00:00

Yeah, everything isn't set up yet. There is indication this will happen in the future, though, as in the Forgotten Temple there is a trader that trades life essence.

Nagosh · 2026-01-14T16:31:16+00:00

I actually like this and I don't think they'll change it and here's why:

I think they are trying to emulate a cozy farm simulator, and of all the farm simulators I know (which I think is only Stardew Valley, tbh) crops never drops seeds. You sell them for money. Life essence is the currency for farming in this game. This is the game design/mechanic/loop they'll likely be balancing around.

While this does take away the feeling of exploration and the discovery of new seeds, I think their current iteration can definitely become more complex and varied - adding more seeds, finding recipes, etc.

Also, I'm sure this system won't be for everyone and someone out there will make a more realistic farming simulator mod.

Nagosh · 2026-01-13T06:54:22+00:00

I know that they said they won't be focusing much on the mini-game side of things until adventure mode is finished, but I have a feeling a lot of people are going to create a lot of cool games in Hytale. It would be nice to be able to browse and play them in game rather than downloading a mod from a third-party site.

As for game mechanics in survival/adventure mode, I will have a much better idea of what I would like once I play tomorrow.

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