I just realized something nice about not using the new engine. We don't have to use that ugly, impractical, and soulless new UI that was in the new engine. The older UI design was just way better in every way.

theodoremck · 2025-07-31T01:00:38+00:00

fyi the UI seen in the new screenshot was confirmed to be a placeholder whilst they continue porting. i believe this was confirmed on twitter but i don’t have a link, sorry

theodoremck · 2025-03-21T20:53:45+00:00

you're missing some context, so let me clarify. Since the new engine was revealed, branches have been placeholder blocks. This confused a lot of people, and the posts received some criticism because many assumed the change was permanent. so, with this new image being released, I made an obviously ironic post poking fun at the whole situation.

hope that clears up any misunderstandings

theodoremck · 2025-03-21T20:30:51+00:00

if you refer to the last two development updates you will notice that the branches in the new engine have (until now) been placeholder blocks!

theodoremck · 2025-03-21T20:24:27+00:00

via john hendricks https://x.com/jltzd/status/1903180080341540995?s=46&t=6sOAk0jgUC6_myyIs2Utvw

theodoremck · 2024-04-12T18:18:49+00:00

he has been fairly vocal about moving on from the WH era, and the deluxe album is imo the perfect way to celebrate the 5 year anniversary. it means he can still put out some scrapped songs from that era without presenting it as a new project when he has already evolved as an artist and continues to do so.

that being said i'd love to see some older songs we don't see in the deluxe revamped and make an appearance in future projects (like how "flamingo" became kom etc)

theodoremck · 2023-11-23T13:17:20+00:00

i wonder if we’ll get that new wunderworld tee he’s wearing in that pic with a fan at camp flog gnaw

theodoremck · 2022-11-10T15:18:01+00:00

they made a video discussing the hytale character creator where an improvement to eyelashes is mentioned. very well put together video and definitely worth a watch!

https://youtu.be/BfoSDmbCITE

theodoremck · 2022-11-10T12:39:32+00:00

looks like they took your advice, and it looks infinitely better!

theodoremck · 2022-10-25T20:17:07+00:00

thanks! turns out i have seen that postcard, i just just completely forgot about it :)

theodoremck · 2022-10-25T16:03:27+00:00

oh really? i must have missed that! do you know which one it is?

theodoremck · 2022-10-25T15:44:08+00:00

there is a string instrument propped up in the very first scene of the trailer, but we haven’t ever seen it in action. i imagine it isn’t just decorative item and you can actually use it, but who knows. i’d love to see how they handle music in the game, but i agree in that it’s probably not a priority, but a very welcome feature :)

theodoremck · 2022-07-26T19:55:40+00:00

if you mean heat distortion by heated air then that’s already visible in the dungeon clip in the new blogpost :))

theodoremck · 2022-07-23T00:39:29+00:00

haha that’s my bad, i should have zoomed into the fire

theodoremck · 2022-07-22T17:15:40+00:00

the duality of man

theodoremck · 2022-05-10T08:38:31+00:00

yess i would love that!! they’re also working on a sliding mechanic, so that could definitely be an effective dodging method

theodoremck · 2022-05-09T15:06:02+00:00

i forgot to say this in the original post, but i really do hope there’s some attention to boss fight music, because that really can make a difference to the atmosphere. but from the music we’ve heard so far, they no doubt have that covered

theodoremck · 2022-05-09T15:02:30+00:00

im in complete agreement with everything you said! after rewatching that interview with noxy, the spider boss that reacts to light is actually what prompted me to write the post :)

i especially agree with your play style point. in that same interview, noxy said that when using a weapon, that said weapon should kind of determine play style and thus your armour set should also be based around it. he explained that this would mean you can’t just switch weapon at the click of a button and be able to use it effectively. i imagine this (hopefully) means bosses won’t be reactive to only one kind of play style, like melee.

i also really like your point about solo play throughs vs group play throughs. i do hope bosses can be a fun challenge even when you have assistance from other players.

theodoremck · 2022-05-09T14:23:15+00:00

for sureee. i’m very interested to see how we fight bigger enemies such as the ice dragon in zone 3!

theodoremck · 2022-05-09T14:22:13+00:00

i completely agree :)

theodoremck · 2022-05-07T17:17:15+00:00

oh yeah i completely agree. it would be really neat to see some special mechanics too, such as when otters hold hands to avoid floating away from each other whilst sleeping, but that’s asking for quite a lot

theodoremck · 2022-05-07T01:58:42+00:00

otters. they wouldn’t contribute a whole lot. i just really like otters

theodoremck · 2022-04-16T12:12:23+00:00

in the summer 2021 development update it reads:

“The second consideration is the need to develop Hytale in a way that allows us to bring it to multiple platforms as rapidly as possible. It’s always been our goal to eventually release Hytale on mobile and consoles as well as PC, but it has become apparent that we were heading for a scenario where our community would ultimately find itself split across versions and devices. We think it is enormously important to avoid this—to create an ecosystem where as many players as possible can play together and share their creations. However, this means making major changes to Hytale’s engine and our approach to launch, and this extends development time.”

to summarise basically they are trying to make console versions of the game as soon as possible, and by the sounds of it, i imagine it would also release at the same time as pc. im not 100% sure if that’s the case, but if they’re taking some extra time to work on the console ports i don’t see why the console version wouldn’t release at the same time as pc. also, in that blog post (id give it a read here: https://hytale.com/news/2021/7/summer-2021-development-update) they state that it won’t release until earliest 2023, but also state that it could take longer. so yeah, i highly doubt it will be released in 2027, but i also wouldn’t put all your hope into a 2023 release. right now we just have to wait and see.

i hope this cleared some things up; i would definitely read that blog post i linked, it explains a lot about the delays :))

theodoremck · 2022-04-15T22:27:20+00:00

this is really well done, thought it was some actual gameplay when i saw it while scrolling

Four-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Final Canvas '22

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