John Hendricks
@JLtZD
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EP / Game Director @Hytale , former Circus employee, occasional armor vendor...
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I did a thing...
Artists:
@RighteousPebble
@ThomasFrick
Craig Riddles ().
Very fresh in the photos, contrast will pop more as it heals up. I love it.
#Hytale
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We are searching far and wide for a Producer to join Hypixel Studios on our mission to bring players together in an inviting, immersive world where they can make their mark...in other words, help us to ship Hytale!
@Hytale
#gamejobs
#remotejobs
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Not sure if I should call this 'The Calm before the Duel' or 'How Designers settle disputes'...
#Minecraft
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o/ the summoning circles worked again...
In today's development update, Game Director John Hendricks discusses new engine progress and the ongoing creative development of adventure, social play, and more!
New blog post here ->
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There is a lot to unpack!
In today's development update, we share our 2024 progress - including a first look at Hytale's new engine! We also dive into the ways we're structuring development moving forward, plans for creator outreach, a reimagined Orbis faction, and more!
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Holiday Dev Leak: the first mini-game playtested in the new engine was a parkour map!
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Excited to share a new type of update, a 'Technical Explainer'!
I am sure we can expect to see the other teams jump in on this...
In our first Technical Explainer, we take a peek behind the curtain at the underpinnings of Hytale’s new engine! Learn more about Flecs, why we chose it as the ECS foundation of our engine, and how it helps us achieve our goals.
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Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US. I recommend a well-deserved break from blog post speculation. We can start again on Monday ;)
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Friendly reminder, we are a game in very active development...we have a great community manager (solo, with other responsibilities) and a dev team that loves to interact with the amazing people we are building this game for.
Keep holding us accountable, but temper expectations
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Excited to share a key role on the team, we are looking for an Animation Lead with a passion for team building, bringing new worlds to life, and pioneering workflows for internal and external teams.
#hytale
#gamedev
#animation
#remotework
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1/5: o/ wanted to call out a fair critique I've heard about the latest game update 'this is just an update on progress and an announcement that they're hiring'.
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busy times, midyear milestone for the game and our team reviews back-to-back...that's what it takes for a healthy project and a healthy team, so not complaining ;)
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@MisTakeHY
Happy Birthday! I love this concept art...there is not a lot I can reveal, but I can say that people tend to be right about Zone 6 and wrong about Zone 5.
Zone 4 is an entire game's worth of content by itself, but that doesn't mean there won't be chances to experience some 5 &
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Excited to announce these roles in support of our creator community! Creators play a huge role in bringing our vision of Hytale to life for our players, and these roles are core to developing, delivering, and supporting that vision.
Director of Monetization
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Hype.
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We are excited to be posting a Sr. Technical Designer role on Hytale! Tech Designers are central to bringing our experiences to life, and to ensuring that future creators can do the same...it's also a really fun team to be on ;)
#remotejobs
#Hytale
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Hello, as someone who currently looks at over a thousand portfolios a year I wanted to give some quick advice as a New Year’s gift of sorts. To be fair, this is from my perspective and may not work for everyone.
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Hello friends, we currently have 25 openings at Hypixel Studios across disciplines. A majority of these roles are remote, and all of these roles will play an important part in helping us to bring Hytale to life.
#gamejobs
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We are working hard and are on track. Right now I am most excited for the new team members, new tech, gameplay breakthroughs, and yes...combat.
Don't want to tease, or spoil, too much...we will share more when we are back up for air
#hytale
@JLtZD
Any chance we will be getting another dev update on Hytale soon? I believe the last one was over the summer so we will be coming up on a year soon.
I know there have been a lot of combat design jobs lately so an update there would be awesome! No rush though!
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Thank you EFS!
I was commissioned by
@JLtZD
to draw my take on a Feran warrior from Hytale!
Thank you for the commission!
#HytaleFanArt
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@shaked_yarkony
@ItsBuddhaCat
1) Placeholder torches are not to scale
2) Good eye, there are still several rendering bugs
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@KweebecCorner
o/ I enjoyed the video, I won't comment on the speculation, but two quick clarifications:
1 - 'Riot Forge' and 'The Forge' are completely separate. We are friends with the first, but it is the second who helped us build our engine
2 - Pre-Production vs Production can be
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We've opened up another exciting Sr. Game Design role on Hytale, focused on multiplayer, social, and the 'Capital Experiences' that bring our players together!
#gamedev
#remotejobs
#hytale
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Almost to 5k listeners/friends on here...I was going to say 'next Hytale Tattoo at 5k challenge!' but who am I fooling with that? Happy where I am and I am getting the tattoo either way...they're a matched set!
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Sigh, no clue how I caught covid...retracing my steps and the only thing standing out was using a gas pump during a motorcycle ride last week.
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I've been busy, what have I missed? Someone link me some great art, recent accomplishment, new hobby, pets, anything positive ;)
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What to do when you get
@Noxywoxy
for
#SecretSanta
...pull in a creator for help! Huge thanks to
@happylemur_
for helping me put together kits based off these amazing designs!
#HytaleFanArt
#Hytale
#LEGO
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@InTheLittleWood
While I appreciate the patience Martyn, we don't have to wait till 2024 to share more...do we?
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I have once again been informed that it is not appropriate for me to apply for roles on the team...but if I could, this would be the one!
Help bring an amazing world to life with a talented team, empower players and creators to tell their own stories...I'm in...I mean, you
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Very excited to be posting this role! It is unique at the studio, Principal Technical Lead partnered directly with our Technical Director!
Have a look at the JD, if you have the experience and a passion for using it to benefit future game creators while working with a talented
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View walking home from a team dinner last night...no filters needed.
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Thank you, I am excited to join the team! Sprinkles...? ;)
Please join me in welcoming
@JLtZD
to the Hypixel Studios team as our Design Director! John has loads of valuable exp in the blockgame genre and he will guide and support our design team as we work on bringing our vision for Hytale to life, whilst adding his own sprinkles too!
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lol, trying to figure out why AI thinks I have left the team...after all I did for the robots they have turned on me!
Ha!
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If you're curious, we do quarterly project reviews across the team, and formal full-team reviews twice a year.
For the game we are most concerned with the experience milestones (these do not fall so neatly on quarters). The addition of regular cross-project check-ins keep us
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If knowing is half the battle then we are halfway towards having robust documentation practices that empower our team and community...we are hoping to find the right candidate to join our studio to help us deliver the second half ;)
Lead Technical Writer
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More portfolio advice from our friends at Riot
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The statues are impressive, but the dedication to players on the Riot campus is what makes me feel at home.
#fanart
#RiotGames
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@Psychomelon44
Yes, we will be releasing tools ahead of launch, but expect them to go out in 'rings', a term we use for increasing group sizes. First ring will be a small group with very heavy support, then broader groups as our content tools mature.
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Huge congrats on the Demo
@anastasiaopara
and team! I've been recommending it to everyone I know, I love how Tiny Glade captures the joy of building!
It’s been ~a week since we launched the demo, and we had an absolute blast seeing your creations - TYSM for being such a wonderful community 💚
As a li’l thank you we added a new feature - a FIRST PERSON mode 🏰🚶♀️🚶♂️
I can't wait to see your builds from a new perspective 😁
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-Paper Boy & Landscaping (classic)
-Floor Guard at a Roller Skating Rink
-Bag boy at a grocery store
-Circus Rigger and Daredevil in training (Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey) - I lived on a train
-Runner at the SF Stock Exchange
-Emergency Room Security (I have stories)
jobs I've had, in order:
flyer boy
records store clerk
web designer
freelance designer (brand, web, mobile)
lead designer on website builder
product designer
COO / Co-Founder at a coworking startup
bar manager
lead ui/ux games designer
senior ux game designer
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@RoughCord
Happy Birthday! The new engine is looking very Hytale these days, looking forward to sharing, but we haven't decided on format yet.
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o/ I have received a flood of questions lately...which is great, but I feel bad about how many I miss while focused elsewhere (and I miss all of the other platforms), thankfully
@ItsBuddhaCat
offered to help me out. We are going to try something new.
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The word 'Foo', when used as a placeholder in a sentence in a similar was as 'Groot', took a while to grow on me.
But how else could I tell stories like this without giving anything away?!
Last week the Tech Director approached the Adventure Design Director and me and asked,
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@CSeizes
@ItsBuddhaCat
Yes, being able to change your player model is still an important part of creative play...and a fun feature to work into adventure and competitive experiences!
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My favourite non-tattoo pic from this last trip to Derry, N. Ireland. Now I need to get back to the States in time for the holiday with family.
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@not_mynes
It would be more accurate to say 'Teams scrap around...', it is a very typical/normal thing. There are hundreds of sketches and concepts for every faction...
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Thank you
@RighteousPebble
for the epic dragon art, he is right at home staring at the ancient dragon on the other shoulder ;)
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This is another great role at Hypixel, Engineering Manager on the Platform Team.
My favourite part...
Immersed in platform building: You have experience with and a passion for building backend services in support of data driven, scalable gameplay systems.
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5/5: To ship this game we need a great game + a healthy team. When players and creators get into the game the real conversation begins, and we want to be ready for that...can't wait/takes time ;)
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I enjoyed my time in Iceland, but I am looking forward to heading home today...plenty of statues to check out, good conversations, and racing around on electric scooters with
@Noxywoxy
yelling 'Scooter gang!' As we collected people for our posse...what's not to like?
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So, what do you think so far?
The Wandering Trader, the Ravager, shields, and loads more! Try these upcoming features in the Minecraft beta on Xbox One, Windows 10 Edition and Android.
↣ ↢
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Ok, last couple hours in the chair at Craig Riddle's Tattoo Studio...somebody share something fun to distract me!
Pixel art, animation, portfolio work, a cat doing a flip over an rc car...
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2/5: Yes. tbf that is intentional...my job is to get the game made so that people can enjoy it ;)
So, my two motivations for updates right now are...
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@moblogz_
Happy Birthday, that is an easy yes. While we are focused on Orbis right now, any planet we work on will certainly have a rich culture of its own, including factions with their own cultures. I would hope that creators of other worlds also take advantage of factions.
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@_hytalebr
@Hytale
@Hypixel
@ItsBuddhaCat
I see your question, and raise you one of my own...what is your favourite healing class in any game? I sometimes rotate into healing/support. I think my most support hours were easily on my DAoC Shaman, I stuck with that class through thick and thin and eventually found a
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o/ you may have noticed I can be sporadic on here...that's always going to be the case, even with the best of intentions I still get distracted by things you want me distracted by ;)
Thankfully,
@ItsBuddhaCat
is watching out for us
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@not_mynes
Just spreading the love. ok, I'll give you this hint: much of what we have shared of Feran in the past leaves out how far they have come since their captivity.
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@flash_canadian
Some of my pet peeves are doors that can't be opened, shelves that can't be used, etc. If I see a tower with a window I think, how am I going to get up there? If I see a bookshelf I think, what am I going to store there?
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Experimenting on a sculpture while watching my kid and nephew button mash their way through the MK11 story...might a well open things up for questions on game directing, design, or production.
What are you curious about? I'll try to answer.
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More QA Love! We have opened a role for another Senior QA Analyst!
#Hytale
#gamedev
#remotejobs
#QAtesting
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I am thrilled to announce the posting of a Sr. Animator position at Hypixel Studios, working alongside our talented team to help us bring Hytale to life.
#remotework
#gamejobs
#animator
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Wow, now this is a summoning circle ;)
Honestly, this was too kind...legends.
#hytalefanart
#hytale
#creatorsmaketheworldgoround
Our office was greeted with this wonderful gift today! Thanks so much to everyone who was involved - it means so much ❤️
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@not_mynes
@flash_canadian
Wait, we can't show screenshots until our rendering in the new engine is better than legacy?
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4/5: 2) To get this game ready for you we need even more talented people to join the team. I take every 'game when?' post as a message to 'recruit harder' to find the right people to keep our progress on track.
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3/5: 1) To give status to our active community. It is hard to express how much you inspire us. Every dev like or comment on here represents a team of people inspired by you to do their best work...I am in your debt so I share what I can.
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In all fairness to
@ItsBuddhaCat
and the team, this isn't a 'we have a blogpost in our back pocket' situation.
More of a 'John is starting to think about the next one' moment...and I like to think out loud. Takes time to put one together ;)
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@not_mynes
Quick clarifier...combat playtest was last year, and participants were not Hypixel or Riot.
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I appreciate statues that make me want to search for a key to unlock the next stage of a quest...
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@Mrgameyt3
@ItsBuddhaCat
Sorry to hear that. If it helps, things are going well on the game...drafting up a few things to share from the team.
I don't know what you're dealing with, but hang in there and reach out for support as needed.
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