
It was a great week in the workshop! I hope everyone has had a great week, and is ready for the next! See you all then!
I'm back, and on the last day before the @cursedvoidhytl event starts, and my streams become that! Come hang out!
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All JetBrains GameDev Day 2026 talks are now on YouTube! 🎮
Epic's Lore VCS, C# + C++ debugging with Hytale's @MelodicAlbuild, ECS in a live game, agentic @UnrealEngine workflows, AI-driven PCG in @GodotEngine, and more.
👉 jb.gg/gdd-2026-recordings
Back on our let's play world! Only 2 more streams before the next big thing! Let's see how far we can get in 2 hours!
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Ah yes, swords
Fifty-sixth player to fight
THE CURSE OF THE VOID
@MelodicAlbuild
Will he be worthy to survive?
#TheCurseOfTheVoid #Hytale
Simon shared a lot about what Hytale is, and what's coming, check it out here.
My goal with Chapter I was to make it clear that we're fully embracing RPG elements, not shying away from them. Now, as I said before, it's also important to work on the basics: better crafting, progression, and everything around them that makes a good game. A lot is going to change; I don't say this lightly. I'm not afraid of it all. The game loop we have today serves early access quite well, but it won't be the one we have in the future. The world will be the main character, thanks to world gen v2.
That being said, I had a great time working on and playing Chapter I myself, but I'm not blind to the fact that the old world gen, progression, and crafting feel very dated. Our vision for Hytale is much grander than what it is today, and given how well Chapter I went, I truly believe we have the team, community, and support to get there.
Another goal was to see how our production would hold up. This is a brand new team, rebuilt from the ground up just a few months ago, so we needed to learn where to hire and how to adjust our planning. Chapter I was a great first chapter to learn from, and the results were incredible. More than 80% of our hires in the past few months were from the modding community!
While the team is busy with the cozy stuff, I'm personally working on revamping weapon and armor itemization by adding affixes and ways for players to improve their crafted and looted items. As simple as it sounds, it's another transformative change, because it lets us add reward vectors across the entire game. The first version will look basic at first glance, but it will grow over time, with affixes like "minion damage" that work with future minion runes, and much more, to create a wide variety of builds. I've been a big ARPG player since the late 90s, so you can expect to see a lot of inspiration.
Cheers all, see you soon.
Simon
Hope everyone had a great time in stream today, I know I did! Here's the schedule for next week, make sure to join my discord to keep up to date if any of this changes!
I'm Live on Twitch! Going to be playing some @Hytale and working towards that Dungeon run! Come hang out!
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We need more talented people! Please respond to Thomas's thread!
This is time! We're again looking for animators capable of working in #Blockbench.
Please share your most impressive blockbench animations in this thread, or please RT it if you want to help someone get a job on @Hytale 💫
The gobbylitter is locked out
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GG @Taf_The_Penguin won the $15k! Insane runs!
Shoutout to @GnormalUser for getting very close!
See you next challenge bois!
I'm live streaming @Hytale and chatting about Chapter 1! Come hang out, ask questions, and hop into some games/servers with me throughout the stream!
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Hey, friends!! 👋
Been receiving lots of requests for the Chapter I: Out of the Breach logo a day early. Well, here ya go!
cdn.hytale.com/HytaleChapter…
We will have a press kit available with other goodies tomorrow around the time of Chapter I's release. 🫶
Congrats @marcfer31! You won the Hytale Key! I just followed you so please send me a message within 24 Hours to claim your key! To everyone that didn't win, thank you for all the amazing comments, if you come out to my stream tomorrow I'll be giving more away then! See you at 11 AM CDT!

















