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Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development

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  • M mora@pawb.social
    17 days ago

    It is such a superior experience compared to Minecraft.

    How so? It certainly cant compete in the mods category, can it? As far as I recall Minetest had multiple "Minecraft clones" each differing in completion and differing in support for further mods. Has that improved?

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    zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
    wrote 17 days ago last edited by
    #16

    The irony of these projects is that they only seem to appeal to people who don't really like Minecraft, or used to like older versions but not recent ones. They have zero traction among active Minecraft players.

    I've tried most of them and honestly they don't hold a candle to the original - not that they are bad games, but rather they entirely miss the point of modern Minecraft and why it is so appealling to so many people. Although (some vocal fraction of) the community likes to nitpick every single detail of every single update, it is an incredibly well designed game.

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    • T tonytins@pawb.social
      18 days ago

      After being in development for over 10 years, Hytale, a sandbox game from the Hypixel Studios team with support from Riot, has officially been cancelled. Hypixel Studios' CEO, Noxy, announced the cancellation on X on June 23, with the official Hytale forums following suit.

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      ter_maxima@jlai.lu
      wrote 17 days ago last edited by
      #17

      I love reading a basic text article on the modern internet...

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      • T ter_maxima@jlai.lu
        17 days ago

        I love reading a basic text article on the modern internet...

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        tonytins@pawb.social
        wrote 17 days ago last edited by
        #18

        Holy shit...

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        • Z zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
          17 days ago

          The irony of these projects is that they only seem to appeal to people who don't really like Minecraft, or used to like older versions but not recent ones. They have zero traction among active Minecraft players.

          I've tried most of them and honestly they don't hold a candle to the original - not that they are bad games, but rather they entirely miss the point of modern Minecraft and why it is so appealling to so many people. Although (some vocal fraction of) the community likes to nitpick every single detail of every single update, it is an incredibly well designed game.

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          buboscandiacus@mander.xyz
          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
          #19

          Minecraft

          Well designed

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          • W warmaster@lemmy.world
            17 days ago

            How is it superior? Is it approachable for kids around 7yo?

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            bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
            wrote 17 days ago last edited by
            #20

            That would be a long list but here is something that everyone can notice in the first minute.

            It loads and you are actively playing in a world before Minecraft even finishes its loading screen (I have seen Minecraft get stuck on a sync with Microsoft screen for 30 minutes with no option to skip the sync or do anything else to actually start game play).

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            • M mora@pawb.social
              17 days ago

              It is such a superior experience compared to Minecraft.

              How so? It certainly cant compete in the mods category, can it? As far as I recall Minetest had multiple "Minecraft clones" each differing in completion and differing in support for further mods. Has that improved?

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              bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
              wrote 17 days ago last edited by
              #21

              It can but it doesn’t need to. The out of the box experience is better and the mods can do more fundamental changes to the gameplay experience.

              Hence superior

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              • T ter_maxima@jlai.lu
                17 days ago

                I love reading a basic text article on the modern internet...

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                squaresinger@lemmy.world
                wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                #22

                "Privacy"

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                • O oddspinnaker9295@lemmy.world
                  17 days ago

                  It’s honestly really surprising. Did this game employ people for a decade??

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                  cosmonova@lemmy.world
                  wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                  #23

                  I think so, yes. Although I dipped out of their blogposts around the time they rented some big office space. That was years ago at this point.

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                  • B buboscandiacus@mander.xyz
                    17 days ago

                    Minecraft

                    Well designed

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                    zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
                    wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                    #24

                    it's about the pixel-art and the cubes, am i right ?

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                    • G glog78@digitalcourage.social
                      17 days ago

                      @BarbecueCowboy @tonytins

                      I would also think that https://www.vintagestory.at/ is in a good shape to compete for a great minecraft like game 😉

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                      afansfw@lemmynsfw.com
                      wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                      #25

                      There is also Veloren that is free, open source, and looks pretty good

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                      • T tonytins@pawb.social
                        18 days ago

                        After being in development for over 10 years, Hytale, a sandbox game from the Hypixel Studios team with support from Riot, has officially been cancelled. Hypixel Studios' CEO, Noxy, announced the cancellation on X on June 23, with the official Hytale forums following suit.

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                        ironkrill@lemmy.ca
                        wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                        #26

                        I'm disappointed, but not surprised... I have followed since the first announcement and gave up hope around 2020. Every dev update was "we made 1 step forward and 5 back" with no real substance to show for it.

                        Assuming the trailers are real gameplay though, it looks like they could have and should have released an alpha years ago. Not sure how they thought it wouldn't work as Minecraft released in pre-alpha and it worked out in the end. A shame we'll probably never see the code or even a compiled build from all these people's work.

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                        • Z zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
                          17 days ago

                          it's about the pixel-art and the cubes, am i right ?

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                          sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                          #27

                          Minecraft has many issues unrelated to the game's visuals, some of which have only received somewhat unsuccessful band-aid fixes (notably, enchanting+repairing mechanics)

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                          • S sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                            17 days ago

                            Minecraft has many issues unrelated to the game's visuals, some of which have only received somewhat unsuccessful band-aid fixes (notably, enchanting+repairing mechanics)

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                            zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
                            wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                            #28

                            What would you want to see different?

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                            • Z zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                              17 days ago

                              Literally never heard of it before today.

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                              simple@piefed.social
                              wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                              #29

                              The announcement trailer has over 61 million views so that's impressive

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                              • B bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
                                17 days ago

                                Well it never was a Minecraft killer and was never really going to be either.

                                Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the Minecraft killer

                                https://www.luanti.org/

                                It is such a superior experience compared to Minecraft.

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                                elevator7009@lemmy.zip
                                wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                #30

                                Clicked on this thread purely to see if someone would bring up Minetest/Luanti. Glad to hear it seems to be going well.

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                                • T tonytins@pawb.social
                                  18 days ago

                                  After being in development for over 10 years, Hytale, a sandbox game from the Hypixel Studios team with support from Riot, has officially been cancelled. Hypixel Studios' CEO, Noxy, announced the cancellation on X on June 23, with the official Hytale forums following suit.

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                                  dagamant@lemmy.world
                                  wrote 17 days ago last edited by dagamant@lemmy.world
                                  #31

                                  The problem with making a Minecraft game is that people who like Minecraft will be upset that it’s not like Minecraft and people who don’t like Minecraft will be upset that it’s like Minecraft. Both groups will be excited about it until it’s released.

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                                  • Z zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
                                    17 days ago

                                    The irony of these projects is that they only seem to appeal to people who don't really like Minecraft, or used to like older versions but not recent ones. They have zero traction among active Minecraft players.

                                    I've tried most of them and honestly they don't hold a candle to the original - not that they are bad games, but rather they entirely miss the point of modern Minecraft and why it is so appealling to so many people. Although (some vocal fraction of) the community likes to nitpick every single detail of every single update, it is an incredibly well designed game.

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                                    elevator7009@lemmy.zip
                                    wrote 17 days ago last edited by elevator7009@lemmy.zip
                                    #32

                                    Curious what the point of modern Minecraft is, and what part is appealing to modern people. I pop on sometimes purely because friends are playing, and it can be fun, and somehow I don't think this is what you mean. Well, people do play for fun, but you are probably thinking of a more specific thing that makes it fun.

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                                    • Z zos_kia@lemmynsfw.com
                                      17 days ago

                                      What would you want to see different?

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                                      sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                                      wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                      #33

                                      On the spot, I'd say a fix for anvil mechanics.

                                      Remove the XP cost increment upon repairing items, so that Mending is not an end-game necessity anymore.

                                      Personally I'd say we could use an extra row in the inventory, but I can see why someone would think that's too radical.

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                                      • G glog78@digitalcourage.social
                                        17 days ago

                                        @BarbecueCowboy @tonytins

                                        I would also think that https://www.vintagestory.at/ is in a good shape to compete for a great minecraft like game 😉

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                                        elevator7009@lemmy.zip
                                        wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                        #34

                                        Also clicked this post to see if someone would bring up Vintage Story. (Other reason was to see if someone brought up Luanti/Minetest.)

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                                        • T tonytins@pawb.social
                                          18 days ago

                                          After being in development for over 10 years, Hytale, a sandbox game from the Hypixel Studios team with support from Riot, has officially been cancelled. Hypixel Studios' CEO, Noxy, announced the cancellation on X on June 23, with the official Hytale forums following suit.

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                                          starlightdust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                                          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                          #35

                                          Does anyone remember Yogventures?

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