I'm really wondering what happened.
They had a decade of hype and cash, leading into oblivion.
On the meantime, small teams like Vi tage Story or even SOLO like Lay Of The Land deliver.
It's not like the team behind Hytale is low skill, they ARE Hypixel, one of the biggest minecraft server ever and backed (acquired) by Riot...
They had everything, money, talent, network and hype.
How can it lead to such a disaster?
joegibbs•4h ago
Ten years of development with 40 employees is basically a guarantee of failure. A lot of the time, putting more people and money into the team makes it less likely to succeed because all those extra resources need to be doing something. You start off with a pretty simple plan and then the scope goes out of control and you burn cash before crashing into the ground.
hmcq6•4h ago
From their updates it looks like scope creep starting in 2021 and a lack of leadership.
In 2021
> Even so, we know that half a year is a long time to wait for an update. The reason that answers have not been more forthcoming this year is because, until recently, we did not have them.
2022
> we’ve made the decision to redevelop Hytale’s engine—both the client and the server—in C++
Winter 2023
> This year, we've brought engine development fully in-house and steadily expanded our team
2024
> As we mentioned in our Winter Update, the first half of 2024 has been focused on finishing that process and transitioning our creative teams into the new engine.
They're still transitioning to the new engine.
Summer 2024 future plans
> The rest of the year [...] the goal [...] is to verify that our engine, tools and processes are capable of supporting our gameplay and creative goals.
jb_briant•4h ago
Working on tech and not on game,classic error my past self was doing.
jb_briant•5h ago
They had everything, money, talent, network and hype.
How can it lead to such a disaster?
joegibbs•4h ago
hmcq6•4h ago
In 2021
> Even so, we know that half a year is a long time to wait for an update. The reason that answers have not been more forthcoming this year is because, until recently, we did not have them.
2022
> we’ve made the decision to redevelop Hytale’s engine—both the client and the server—in C++
Winter 2023
> This year, we've brought engine development fully in-house and steadily expanded our team
2024
> As we mentioned in our Winter Update, the first half of 2024 has been focused on finishing that process and transitioning our creative teams into the new engine.
They're still transitioning to the new engine.
Summer 2024 future plans
> The rest of the year [...] the goal [...] is to verify that our engine, tools and processes are capable of supporting our gameplay and creative goals.
jb_briant•4h ago