Slikey
@slikey_dev
Co-Founder and Tech at Unnamed Game Studio. Former Principal Engineer (Gameplay) @Hytale @Hypixel, @HypixelNetwork
Today was my last day at @Hypixel and @Hytale as a the Senior Engineering Manager / Principal Engineer for Gameplay. After 10 years of operating under the Hypixel banner I feel the urge to move on.
Thomas has carried the Artstyle of Hytale from Day 1 and was always so pragmatic to work with. You are so talented and you shaped my understanding of a great artist. I am so glad to have worked with you and learned from you.
I poured 10 years of my life into making #Hytale look and feel. I gave every bit of soul and time I had for this project and I don't think I can describe how sad I am. I have a really hard time coping with the cancelation. Please be kind with our team. We tried our best.
Just tell cursor to make it good and not make mistakes
I literally don’t understand how people use AI to build apps from scratch. I tried too and it failed badly. I created requirements, PRD, rules, and added context. The AI spinned so much that I had to stop it. So people may be lying?
As much as I love Fab to get Assets, the usability of assets is just mostly poor. Especially VFX may look nice on the store page, but when you use them there are no User Parameters on the Niagara Systems. So I end up having to re-create the asset anyway. :/
Roddan is absolutely beyond cracked. Just look at his PlanetMinecraft.. planetminecraft.com/member/roddan/ I wish I could be even 5% as skilled as you when I start my next mud hut in Minecraft 😂
Any sane person might want to move on in their career, but I love Hytale and desperately want it in the hands of the people #SaveHytale
And I thought Turbo Kart Racers was an unhinged mod.. 💀
MY GREATEST MODDED WEAPON IT FINALLY WORKS THE LIGHT OF JUDGEMENT SHALL JUDGE YOU FOR YOUR SINS
My wife asked me how my day was and I couldn't stop smiling. Hytale is and was a great idea and I never stopped believing in the vision we had back in 2018. If by any chance this timeline happens, it will be an absolutely wild ride and a massive opportunity to get involved.
To clarify, it would require a LOT less money to get to something that could be released in « Very Early Access » with temporarily removed features. We could just get the community involved ASAP in modding / bug reports / feature requests / crowdfunding and find ways to use…
I get it 100%, look I am even down to put 25 millions USD by myself to finish Hytale, that’s how much I believe in it. No kickstarter, just raw passion, high pressure and high risk taking. Reduce scope: legacy engine, pc only first, open source some parts, small team, cut…
I worked on Hytale during its early-development days, when almost the whole team was racing toward a still-evolving vision. We spoke daily and held “show-and-tell” meetings every Monday—everyone buzzing to demo the week’s breakthroughs. [...]
I still remember how great that time was! Adding new features every week & sharing them every Monday. I built so many cool things Minecraft never had: live block painting, ingame video, 3D models, submerged blocks, and more. A rare time when passion and creativity truly clicked❤️
When I was there in 2017 it was fun chaos. Development moved FAST and seeing everyone’s work in those weekly Monday meetings on Teamspeak (lol) was always exciting
I'm a D1 Rito hater by nature But Riot were absolutely great to work with Every Rioter I met was a pleasure None of this was on them. The problems weren’t theirs
It absolutely ruined my health. During my employment at Hypixel Studios I became more and more depressed until I struggled to get out of bed. I became more and more unhealthy and unhappy. Once I left I turned it all around within a year. Compare my 2023 and yesterday photos :)
Hearing "it wasn't feature creep"... Honestly I can only smash my face in the table if anyone believes that. Systems that were already far ahead of Minecraft at the time were completely re-invented to make them "even better" resulting fuck all
It was a privilege to utilize the tools you came out with during this time... You made our lives easier amongst the chaos.
Yeah, we were cranking out insane content back then. Driven by pure, burning, unrelenting passion. Core memory, no doubt.
Riot was an absolute pleasure to work with, from people to leaders. They understood the power of empowering and giving folks agency. The issues were all internal to Hytales leadership.