while i personally prefer the older scarak look, i think this new look makes more sense with the lore and i like that. they mentioned they always intended to make them alien-adjacent, and the new designs are definitely more that
I feel the same, while the old design felt more natural I wouldn't have thought anything of them past the fact they're bugs. Now I wonder, are they alien-adjacent because they consumed otherworldly material, or did they come from another world entirely? Both sound plausible, or maybe something else entirely.
they went from bulky swarming bugs that probably communicated with pheromones or bioluminescence to some kind of robot alien creature that is supposed to be really smart in the lore yet still lives in dirt holes. the red muscle part also makes 0 sense when it comes to evolution since all you need to do is damage it once.
I was hoping that we could get the game 2025, now though I don’t even know if we’ll get it by 2026. That’s what sucks. Hype has been pretty dead and luckily recently had an upwards trend. But the fact they don’t have torch animations and that’s something they are choosing to show does make me fear of the current state of the game
@@Iscamania?? I mean thats what it looks like but kweebec says and its literally in the title that they showed gameplay and it wasn't animated in the video
Hytale seems to be going for colored lights. Torches used to have the same white light but the new render gives them orange tint. You can even see it in the tree, I wonder if the new render system allows for more colours considering that this property used to be kind of exclusive
New Scaraks do look nice, but yeah i think they could be a bit darker. Also, they're a bit symmetrical. Intelligent or mindless, these things are in a harsh environment, so them not having dent, scares, or chips on their amor feels a bit off putting. Especially the shield one; its purpose is to take hits, yet it looks brand new, and the chips it has are mirrored on both sides, making it seem more like thats not even a chip, just its natural physiology.
Being an apex predator doesn’t automatically make something untouchable. Apex predators still have to deal with threats, rivalries, and environmental challenges that leave marks on them. We're only apex cause of our thinking abilities, and we regularly get beat by animals, and show scares because of it.
Yeah I agree, it’d be a super cool detail to have procedurally generated (I’m not game dev guy I think this is the term) to randomize nics and scars on the enemies would go a very long way (and be very difficult to implement) for immersion😊
pretty lack luster blogpost, but I think their end goal for the new engine was to get the game to work flawlessly on different platforms. But this delays the game release by YEARS sadly
I assume this is not the gameplay blogpost since it came from the Hytale Team, but not from Jhon Hendricks which he tweeted before that a post made solely from him would have more gameplay.
ah yes, sometimes i forget time actually moves forward not only to myself but the whole world.... didn't realize hytale was actually getting close to beta this decade....
:( please don't start click baiting, there wasn't any gameplay there are just stills and a cinematic through the still. It would be a stretch, at least, to say that is gameplay.
If the engine was "basically" done, they would have said so as that is a very exciting milestone. I give it another year before the engine is complete.
I agree. They also said that by the end of the year, they will have the most complete version of Hytale. How can they achieve that in 5 months when this is all they have to show now?
@@MrKratos105 Well, they probably have more but didn't want to show more (or nothing worth showing). You don't really deal with things like models, lights and details like that until your engine is done. So the fact they are doing so is promising.
@@drooskie9525 Making models and assets are what you do if your engine is capable of making models and assets. There are different parts of an engine. They have a team of over 100 people, so if the engine is capable of making models and assets then they'll delegate part of their team to making models and assets while the engine is being further developed. That's what we're seeing here. Animation, dynamic lighting, sound, physics, rendering, etc, etc -- You can make assets while these parts are still needing implemented. Please don't get your hopes up until you see in game, real-time footage from the new engine, like we were seeing every month with the old engine.
@@MrKratos105 It's worrying for sure, but they do have a high budget and a large team, so it's possible. Time will tell. I've just learned not to get my hopes up with our numerous burns from Hypixel...
the newer designs for a lot of the mobs seem more cartoonish if im being honest they are not bad designs but i kinda liked the more gritty designs from the old engine. maybe ill just have to get used to them as I do like the concept art however the actual models seemed very bright which im not sure im a fan of.
Yeah i think the old look for Scaraks was better, maybe add a bit more bioluminescence to them, but otherwise the new ones don't feel threatening at all
Idk I much prefer Scaraks to just be the bug faction, generic some times works best, especially in a sandbox game like this where content can keep getting added without disturbing the game's integrity, if they wanted to do a more alien faction they should have separated it from the Scaraks, or maybe have them being just a different subspecies of Scaraks that got mutated after a comet fell into a hive
Remember guys this is just one faction of like hundreds of factions and bosses and it's like 10 out of like 20 or so classes of theirs. Also I do like the look it's really mysterious and alien like I bet colors play a huge part like they may glow red if angered or purple or something.
I'm a bit mixed on the scarak redesign, on one hand I like how awesome they look now but on the other hand I liked how terrifying the old design looked, maybe they can still use the old design as a separate mob? 🤔
Hypixel blatantly lied to us, John said we would get gameplay or pictures of the new engine. The video is not gameplay and we only got ONE picture. To rub salt into the wound, this picture and the video are of the SAME scene. And from the text, it seems the only working gameplay mechanic is knockback sticks. But Hypixel says they are going to be moving fast with the next phase of development... sure... then why are they telling us to wait until the end of the year for their next blog? It thought they were going to "ramp up communication" when they were "in a positiion to show off the new engine." So that's two lies now? The Scarak rework is good, but under no conditions was it necessary. The old scaraks look fine, don't you agree?. The decision to rework the Scaraks is proof that leadership of the game are perfectionist maniacs who shouldn't ever be trusted with a project.
@@T3rr4T3rr0r That's incorrect. After the technical blog and before this newest blog, they confirmed on Twitter that the next blog will be John's. Let's say hypothetically you are right and they are referring to a future blog post. Well, that doesn't change the fact that they lied, considering they also said that the next blog will be John's, and it ended up being a collab blog. No matter how you try to rationalize it, Hypixel lied about something.
@@qersojan5909 did they say it will be the next blog post? From what I remember they said it will come out sometime this year, but I could be misremembering
@@T3rr4T3rr0r They said it would be the next blog post. In-fact, they responded specifically because the community was joking that John would trick the community by never writing a blog after saying "the next one from me will"
No matter how you feel about the new scaric designs, I gairenty you that as soon as this game comes out somenone will make a mod to put the old scaric designs back in the game
I hope so, because they were SO MUCH BETTER. I was super hyped by the huge hive in the desert. I don't even know if they're gonna remain in the same environment because the new ones do not fit in at all
absolutely love the new scarak design definitely looks like they're supposed to have some alien tech instead of the original just looking like weird bugs that for some reason have alien tech I absolutely love the little scout's design the most, looking like bug futuristic security drones, and the idea of them flashing their wings to alert others of the players is so cool
Honestly, I prefer the design of the old engine compared to the new one because of the blocks and the characteristic style of the hytale tree being more beautiful than it is now... And also the details of the stones that were reduced to just 2 large and medium stones.
I think you can still have more detailed stones. The engine is all about future-proofing and optimization. They may have just not re-made or shown the things you wanted to see. You've got to remember this all will also be highly modable.
All of what you said has to do with the assets, which can all be put into the new engine. Most likely is that these assets are placeholder and not final
This is what leads me to believe the first images were a lie just to hype people up and they haven’t actually built it from the ground up a second time they just didn’t get it exactly how they wanted it to look ~ like originally planned! They just want to buy more time w excuses I feel 🤣 they don’t need excuses we are fine waiting regardless, just don’t lie to us!
14:38 it seems you failed to notice (or at least mention) the pile of mushrooms. It looks to me that the glowing mushrooms are the source of this Scarak fluid, and they’re adding more into it looking like they’re replenishing it You can even see a scarak in the background that looks to be harvesting another mushroom
What bothers me about the new concept of scaracks is that they seem unthreatening, eyes too round and kind, if they had something like bee eyes that were more stretched out, looking irritated. or the eyes act like a cat's pupil contracting, the jaw of the 2 largest concepts having 4 teeth and a more threatening shape, if the warrior's face had 4 teeth like the concept of the last 2.
I really hope they don't change the hytale that much before launching, because for me these insects were perfect as they were before. Now you look very alien...
Did anyone "fall in love with" the style? As it currently is it needs to big update, it's so muted, I think it'll be good with a texture redesign that's more crisp instead of just looking like every other minecraft bootleg
This is a really sad look. This is not what should have been shown off This early again. It's like we're JUST getting back to step one 6 years later. They really should have just kept there head down and kept working till a beta.. cause right now they don't even have lighting fully done yet?! Crazy.
Yup I'd rather they just stop updating us altogether until they actually have something worth seeing, and by the looks of it, that will probably be 1-2 years away. I'm getting really sick and tired of seeing a new blog post and getting excited to finally see something after 5 years, only to be disappointed by 5 concept arts and a 10-second video that shows a before and after in the form of 2 single frames.
This Blogpost was incredibly disappointing. I was expecting actual in-game gameplay, not a 10-second slideshow comparing the old engine to the new one, which looks exactly the same. What were they thinking? At this rate, this game is never coming out, and I don't think it even matters anymore. All my friends who were excited about the game couldn't care less now; they have completely forgotten about it, and I think I should too.
There's games that have been in development for years longer than Hytale and are still being worked on. I think they definitely could've set more reasonable expectations from the start, but it's not an unbelievably long time for a game of this scale.
When you have Vintage Story already out and fully playable and Hytale making tiny uodates like this with little substance it's incredibly hard to have any hope of release. It feels like the usual kickstarter that never comes out at this point.
@@Skarrier Yeah, I can totally see them as a group that's not so much collectively evil, but only aggressive or defensive because they're tired of adventurers using "they're only bugs" as an excuse to tromp into their homes to loot and pillage. I'm interested to see how the lore ultimately plays out! :)
@@mayonasepizza "Uh uh, it seems your blue stuff is combustible and can be used as fuel. Accept my condolences and prepare for rightful annihilation, you bug scum!!"
I think the upper torso of the warrior is far too bulky for the thin stalk holding it up. Additionally, the fact that the lower segment isn't armoured at all makes the the upper segment look even more top heavy. I also don't like that the forelimbs seem to only have one joint, being the elbow. They should have kept its general shape closer to that of the original, while finding a different way to get that human-like flexibility in the middle segment that they were going for. I also think the blade limbs should be on the ends of wrists, so as to provide more flexibility there, enabling a wider range of movement and better utility. I do like where the mindset seems to be, giving it an almost humanoid upper segment. It definitely sells the idea of them being of a warrior morphology belonging to a sapient species. Such a body shape would allow martial arts to arise, different fighting techniques and the like.
Honestly i think the new designs look so much cooler The old designs are gritty and cool too but i love the style of the new ones and think they fit Hytale's style more
i feel like the new skaraks are very scifi esque but the originals were much more grounded in a realistic large insect approach. which appears to have been their intention which is fine
Am I the only one that got disappointed with the blog post?? To me, the new engine looks extremely similar to the last one. Nobody would notice the changes without the comparison image.
i too was disappointed with the blogpost but this comment is very silly. The new engine was never about the graphics, it was about multi-platform access, stability, performance etc. which is the base of the game.
@@yanni-duff I know, but everyone in the community hyped it, as they we're constantly saying that the new engine would be refreshing and innovative. For instance, a few weeks ago, many people were hating hytale because of its looks, resembling a minecraft rip off, and the major argument from the fans was that the game was bad looking because of the old engine.
@@yanni-duff No, what's "silly" is the fact that they've had this engine in-house for over a year now, and this is all they show us. Not to mention, they said that by the end of this year, they will have the most complete version of Hytale to date. That's only 5 months away-how the hell will that happen?
@@MrKratos105 You misunderstand again, although it's not your fault completely as their communication is very corporate. Not the "most complete" version, the "most functionally complete" version. A functionally complete version could mean the game being devoid of features (no story mode for ex.) - just a generated world BUT with all the networking stability, multi-platform compatibility, great performance metrics, in-game tools etc.
Calling a slow 5 second pan out of a cave "gameplay" is wild. I mean, I expected most of the engine changes to be backend, with no crazy visual changes, but wow this was a disappointing update after so long with nothing. I was hoping to see *something* interesting in game.
I think the new Scaraks feel less individually scary, but more... coherent? Easier to see as a clearly-defined faction instead of just a bunch of creepy-crawlies.
So what this literally tells us is that they are years away from literally anything, they haven't even fully got back to where they were before the new engine.
The new Scaraks look like an alien bug kingdom, with the last two designs looking like a queen and a king and with the bigger guard Scarak next to them looking like a royal guard or sorts. They're looking absolutely amazing
Judging the reception of the old engine on twitter a few weeks ago this game is gonna get cooked big time if they go for this vibrant rioty mobile game aesthetic. I'll be honest I don't really like what I saw too.
6:53 I greatly prefer the giant bugs being less ""scary"" as that is a trope used to oblivion. I really hope scaraks arent just pure villains or something but rather a faction that just wishes to survive, with the potential of even allying with them.
I wonder if it's possible lore wise for them to implement the older Scarak design as a "lesser form" of the current Scarak. Would make for an interesting dichotomy and perhaps result in "in fighting" between the two. One has a more "perfected artificial form" while the others lean more into their "naturalistic primal forms". Meh, someone will probably just mod em back in lol
i think the new scarak designs are SOOO much better for so many reasons i couldn't even begin to put to words- i have full trust in the design team and artists honestly, they are bringing out a wonderful world :3
Ooh, that teal fluid could be some form of juvenile Scarak nourishment, similar to how mammals produce milk for their young, or more fitting, how larval bees make nectar & honey with a mix of pollen they collect from flowers & the wax they produce naturally. I hypothesize that those glowing trees/stalks could be the Scarak equivalent of a blossoming flower.
14:45 I feel like this is definitely inspired from Honeypot ants in real life. They usually suck up honey, bloating their abdomens, before feeding other members of the colony by essentially regurgitating the mixture. With each Scarak design supposedly having a place within a bigger hierarchy. Perhaps these little fellas serve the purpose of feeders? Neat to think about!
Not a fan of new Scarak designs. They are not intimidating in the slightest now. The are far too bright and losing their battle scars takes away a piece of the visual story telling with their designs that i found added to their scare factor. They now just give me the vibe that they are too drone-like to care about me doing anything. They almost feel robotic in nature. The old ones definitely still needed heavy redisigns but honestly i'd rather have the old ones than these.
Maybe if you choose to befriend them their designs will be this bright and colorful model, but chosing to befriend the ferens instead will make them battleworn and scary... I need something to justify these colorful robots. I loved the realistic bugs
The new scarak warrior’s back area looks very odd to me. The old wings it had made it seem more bug like. Plus the bright orange color doesn’t look correct compared to the old brown look.
nah the saturated look fits better for the vibe theyre trying to go for imo, the old design makes them feel like mindless bugs, but the new design is almost alien like and feels intelligent, which is what theyr are supposed to be like
@@SparkySharky I think the main thing i don't like is the way they textured them and also how their wings and other body parts are loose textures and not blocks if you know what i mean. I liked the old design but that's not the thing that bothers me.
I do like the new models, I just feel like they're too bright. Could just be the lighting, but I also don't really like how symmetrical they are. The concept art looks great, but the model, which isn't gonna be 1 to 1 but still, is awkward. They're intelligent yeah, but these things are in the desert, so seeing them so shiny, with no real dents or scrapes on their hardened parts just feels wrong. But again, I like the models, just think they could be touched up a bit.
the new scarab do feel a bit less scary and personaly i belive its because of the mouth being just 2 small rectangels now instead of a a texture showing there theeth
I was in 5th grade when Hytale first started its development, and now I'm in my 2nd year of college, and yet nothing has come out of it I'm still optimistic with the game, though, but i think I'll graduate and get a job before Hytale is even ready for launch and by the time it did i don't think I'll have the time to play it 😅
I like the new insects. They look like they came out a ps1 or dreamcast game. They are also more diferent, from the other monsters that look like skulls.
One thing I'm wondering still, about the adventure mode, is how they are going to express the story to the player. Will there be voice acting? Text based? Will there be milestones/quests? Or will it just be like MC with implied "story"... Can't wait for blog posts that explain this.
I have been waiting for so long, The hype died out but I still am excited to play this game ever since the first release of Hytale to ever be announced, Im so genuinely excited to play, Thank you for keeping me updated Kweebec.
Scaraks were loved bcz their buglike features, I am 100% sure that no one thought them as aliens when they see them first at trailer they litteraly changed that faction completely, rhey should have add another faction instead of removing only bug faction in game Now all bugs will be same
I really like the new Scarak designs. The old ones were fine, but I like that they look more alien than creepy now. I'm also looking forward to being able to build reputation with them now. Before they just looked like enemies, but now I could see myself helping them out and avoiding fights when possible.
The New Scarak communication via light makes me wonder if they’ll flash the blue on and off on their antennas or on the other blue parts of their body or even be able to change the blue to red. It would be cool to see in game.
The old scarak designs LITERALLY terrify me, so I'm personally happier with the new designs ahaha, but even I think they are probably a bit too saturated, unless it is just to combat the darkness of the caves? But omg, if it's possible to befriend them, that would be so amazing 🥹 My mission stands at befriending everything in the Hytale world 💪
The Scarak Warrior reminds me of Bumblebee the Transformer, mixed with some aspects of the floating castle in the final stage of the game "Ape Escape". I'm excited to see this continue.
So the Scaraks effectively "speak" using Flag/Lamp Semaphore. It'd be interesting if they had specific gestures or patterns of lights flashing that players could learn to interpret. Another idea is having Scaraks that aren't saying anything at the moment blink like fireflies, and they could even do the thing real fireflies to where they'll speed up their blinking until they're in sync with other nearby fireflies. It could serve as a way to tell if a Scarak has been alerted or not. If they're blinking, they're passive, but when they're alert, they're always glowing. Plus, the firefly blinking would give a Scarak hive a sort of visible heartbeat, which to an industrious species that communicates with light and gesture, might be the equivalent of a working-rhythm. Like a visual drum-beat that the entire hive runs to. Alternatively, the blinking could speed up if the hive senses danger. Like, if a player is causing trouble, any alerted Scaraks could start blinking faster, which would cause nearby Scaraks to speed up over time as well. Pretty soon the entire hive is blinking at a faster pace and then instead of a working rhythm, it's more like war-drums. This could then be used to make changes to Scarak AI, making certain "Blinks Per Minute" serve as critical thresholds. If they start flashing faster, they could send scouts out to try and find the threat and guards to block off important areas. Even faster and soldiers start patrolling, while workers become alert for intruders. Faster still and the hive goes fully on the defensive, scouts swarming, soldiers teaming, guards barring every hallway they can manage. Makes you wonder what happens if they blink fast enough. Perhaps a special Scarak boss that can only be "woken up" by agitating the hive enough? With the new direction the faction has gone, I imagine instead of it being a giant Scarak, it'd instead be some kind of Scarak weapon. Something like Ahtal-Ka's puppet dragon (Look it up if you need to). Something that clearly demonstrates Scarak intelligence while still filling that "big boss" role. The idea of Scarak's building and piloting a giant suit of armor as a marionette-mech certainly accomplishes that. It also has that feeling of "We understand that this will damage our home, but you're a bigger threat, and we want you out NOW" that once again demonstrates intelligence - and planning.
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They look amazing! I am glad that the team is taking their time.
They look amazing and great!
if enslave the fox people they must have low level metal smelting or ??
while i personally prefer the older scarak look, i think this new look makes more sense with the lore and i like that. they mentioned they always intended to make them alien-adjacent, and the new designs are definitely more that
Looks like robots or something tbh
old scarak was ten times better but anyway... i understand this decision
I prefer the new look
I feel the same, while the old design felt more natural I wouldn't have thought anything of them past the fact they're bugs. Now I wonder, are they alien-adjacent because they consumed otherworldly material, or did they come from another world entirely? Both sound plausible, or maybe something else entirely.
they went from bulky swarming bugs that probably communicated with pheromones or bioluminescence to some kind of robot alien creature that is supposed to be really smart in the lore yet still lives in dirt holes. the red muscle part also makes 0 sense when it comes to evolution since all you need to do is damage it once.
Creating a new engine and using it is basically re-doing everything you put into the first engine from scratch.
Yeah that's super impressive no wonder it took that long I'm not complaining Very good worth the wait
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I was hoping that we could get the game 2025, now though I don’t even know if we’ll get it by 2026. That’s what sucks. Hype has been pretty dead and luckily recently had an upwards trend. But the fact they don’t have torch animations and that’s something they are choosing to show does make me fear of the current state of the game
@@iamgoo There are no torch animations because they are screenshots. 😵💫
@@Iscamania?? I mean thats what it looks like but kweebec says and its literally in the title that they showed gameplay and it wasn't animated in the video
Hytale seems to be going for colored lights. Torches used to have the same white light but the new render gives them orange tint. You can even see it in the tree, I wonder if the new render system allows for more colours considering that this property used to be kind of exclusive
Nice profile picture.
Old Hytale had colored lights of all hues: pink, green, etc. Go refresh yourself on their media page.
@@qersojan5909 I dont remember torches having em tho, which is important considering you are going to actually be moving them around in real time
@@doodoo2065 That's a fair point, but also consider that we haven't seen people moving around with torches in the new engine yet.
Here’s hoping for the community to be able to tune these colours and lights to create a darker vibe for those who want it 😎
New Scaraks do look nice, but yeah i think they could be a bit darker. Also, they're a bit symmetrical. Intelligent or mindless, these things are in a harsh environment, so them not having dent, scares, or chips on their amor feels a bit off putting. Especially the shield one; its purpose is to take hits, yet it looks brand new, and the chips it has are mirrored on both sides, making it seem more like thats not even a chip, just its natural physiology.
Kind of reminded of the Qirajis and Nerubians from WoW. But mostly Nerubians from the War Within Types.
I think them looking clean works considering they're the apex predator of the zone. Humans are similar on earth no?
Being an apex predator doesn’t automatically make something untouchable. Apex predators still have to deal with threats, rivalries, and environmental challenges that leave marks on them. We're only apex cause of our thinking abilities, and we regularly get beat by animals, and show scares because of it.
Yeah I agree, it’d be a super cool detail to have procedurally generated (I’m not game dev guy I think this is the term) to randomize nics and scars on the enemies would go a very long way (and be very difficult to implement) for immersion😊
They would need to have a variant system then, otherwise they’d all have the same damaged appearance in the same spots.
All that waiting, and we got an image of a chest and i guess the lighting system is slightly better now.. I bet alot more is under the hood but man.
pretty lack luster blogpost, but I think their end goal for the new engine was to get the game to work flawlessly on different platforms. But this delays the game release by YEARS sadly
@@Furiac. yeah but men... in 2024... almost everyone have a PC that can run that game in java -.-
@@JonFiyathey dont want to show too much because they said they dont want to promise things that later wont be added
I assume this is not the gameplay blogpost since it came from the Hytale Team, but not from Jhon Hendricks which he tweeted before that a post made solely from him would have more gameplay.
@@yuseixp3058 That's the saddest, lowest effort cop-out I've even heard of.
ah yes, sometimes i forget time actually moves forward not only to myself but the whole world.... didn't realize hytale was actually getting close to beta this decade....
:( please don't start click baiting, there wasn't any gameplay there are just stills and a cinematic through the still. It would be a stretch, at least, to say that is gameplay.
I can't wait to play this in my nursing home.
I can't wait to watch the next devlog of your game in my nursing home😭
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The new Scarak redesigns are out of this world (literally)
Give me your beans.
get out 🥴
Hopefully they won't be like seekers from valheim that scares the living daylights out of you just like in the mistlands. Probably.
Just seems to me they are working on the redesigns and the engine crap is a hoax to buy more time lmao
If the engine was "basically" done, they would have said so as that is a very exciting milestone.
I give it another year before the engine is complete.
I agree. They also said that by the end of the year, they will have the most complete version of Hytale. How can they achieve that in 5 months when this is all they have to show now?
@@MrKratos105 Well, they probably have more but didn't want to show more (or nothing worth showing).
You don't really deal with things like models, lights and details like that until your engine is done. So the fact they are doing so is promising.
@@drooskie9525 Making models and assets are what you do if your engine is capable of making models and assets. There are different parts of an engine. They have a team of over 100 people, so if the engine is capable of making models and assets then they'll delegate part of their team to making models and assets while the engine is being further developed. That's what we're seeing here.
Animation, dynamic lighting, sound, physics, rendering, etc, etc -- You can make assets while these parts are still needing implemented.
Please don't get your hopes up until you see in game, real-time footage from the new engine, like we were seeing every month with the old engine.
@@MrKratos105 It's worrying for sure, but they do have a high budget and a large team, so it's possible. Time will tell.
I've just learned not to get my hopes up with our numerous burns from Hypixel...
From a game designer, the last two bugs seems to be king and queen, you can tell from the silhouette and the crown like edges
The queen has gracile and cute thorax
the newer designs for a lot of the mobs seem more cartoonish if im being honest they are not bad designs but i kinda liked the more gritty designs from the old engine. maybe ill just have to get used to them as I do like the concept art however the actual models seemed very bright which im not sure im a fan of.
Yeah i think the old look for Scaraks was better, maybe add a bit more bioluminescence to them, but otherwise the new ones don't feel threatening at all
Idk I much prefer Scaraks to just be the bug faction, generic some times works best, especially in a sandbox game like this where content can keep getting added without disturbing the game's integrity, if they wanted to do a more alien faction they should have separated it from the Scaraks, or maybe have them being just a different subspecies of Scaraks that got mutated after a comet fell into a hive
Remember guys this is just one faction of like hundreds of factions and bosses and it's like 10 out of like 20 or so classes of theirs. Also I do like the look it's really mysterious and alien like I bet colors play a huge part like they may glow red if angered or purple or something.
Just another 5 years boys
I'm a bit mixed on the scarak redesign, on one hand I like how awesome they look now but on the other hand I liked how terrifying the old design looked, maybe they can still use the old design as a separate mob? 🤔
Hypixel blatantly lied to us, John said we would get gameplay or pictures of the new engine. The video is not gameplay and we only got ONE picture. To rub salt into the wound, this picture and the video are of the SAME scene. And from the text, it seems the only working gameplay mechanic is knockback sticks. But Hypixel says they are going to be moving fast with the next phase of development... sure... then why are they telling us to wait until the end of the year for their next blog? It thought they were going to "ramp up communication" when they were "in a positiion to show off the new engine." So that's two lies now?
The Scarak rework is good, but under no conditions was it necessary. The old scaraks look fine, don't you agree?. The decision to rework the Scaraks is proof that leadership of the game are perfectionist maniacs who shouldn't ever be trusted with a project.
I doubt this is the gameplay blogpost seeing how it is not called that nor is it made by John specifically
@@T3rr4T3rr0r That's incorrect. After the technical blog and before this newest blog, they confirmed on Twitter that the next blog will be John's.
Let's say hypothetically you are right and they are referring to a future blog post. Well, that doesn't change the fact that they lied, considering they also said that the next blog will be John's, and it ended up being a collab blog.
No matter how you try to rationalize it, Hypixel lied about something.
@@qersojan5909 did they say it will be the next blog post? From what I remember they said it will come out sometime this year, but I could be misremembering
The scarak made to look more Sci fi might have been a lore thing
@@T3rr4T3rr0r They said it would be the next blog post. In-fact, they responded specifically because the community was joking that John would trick the community by never writing a blog after saying "the next one from me will"
The warrior scarak looks like bumblebee
No matter how you feel about the new scaric designs, I gairenty you that as soon as this game comes out somenone will make a mod to put the old scaric designs back in the game
I hope so, because they were SO MUCH BETTER. I was super hyped by the huge hive in the desert. I don't even know if they're gonna remain in the same environment because the new ones do not fit in at all
Im going to have a wife, kids, 3 world wars, and a hernia before hytale is released holy fuck
19:22 these remind me of honey pot ants. Their jobs might be to feed other scarabs or like you said to transport the goo.
absolutely love the new scarak design
definitely looks like they're supposed to have some alien tech instead of the original just looking like weird bugs that for some reason have alien tech
I absolutely love the little scout's design the most, looking like bug futuristic security drones, and the idea of them flashing their wings to alert others of the players is so cool
Honestly, I prefer the design of the old engine compared to the new one because of the blocks and the characteristic style of the hytale tree being more beautiful than it is now... And also the details of the stones that were reduced to just 2 large and medium stones.
I think you can still have more detailed stones. The engine is all about future-proofing and optimization. They may have just not re-made or shown the things you wanted to see. You've got to remember this all will also be highly modable.
All of what you said has to do with the assets, which can all be put into the new engine. Most likely is that these assets are placeholder and not final
This is what leads me to believe the first images were a lie just to hype people up and they haven’t actually built it from the ground up a second time they just didn’t get it exactly how they wanted it to look ~ like originally planned! They just want to buy more time w excuses I feel 🤣 they don’t need excuses we are fine waiting regardless, just don’t lie to us!
14:38 it seems you failed to notice (or at least mention) the pile of mushrooms. It looks to me that the glowing mushrooms are the source of this Scarak fluid, and they’re adding more into it looking like they’re replenishing it
You can even see a scarak in the background that looks to be harvesting another mushroom
What bothers me about the new concept of scaracks is that they seem unthreatening, eyes too round and kind, if they had something like bee eyes that were more stretched out, looking irritated. or the eyes act like a cat's pupil contracting, the jaw of the 2 largest concepts having 4 teeth and a more threatening shape, if the warrior's face had 4 teeth like the concept of the last 2.
We are so back
remember, you only start doing stuff like details, light / modells, when your engine and groundwork is basicly done. so thats good news !
I really hope they don't change the hytale that much before launching, because for me these insects were perfect as they were before. Now you look very alien...
It's so hard to care about this game at this point. Until they announce a for sure release date, and it's close enough to not get delayed...meh
i think the mob at 7:00 looks like a cross breed of protoss armor and zerg from starcraft. i like the design, but yeah the old one looks scarier
Did anyone "fall in love with" the style? As it currently is it needs to big update, it's so muted, I think it'll be good with a texture redesign that's more crisp instead of just looking like every other minecraft bootleg
This is starting to feel like a tumblr user's vision of minecraft the more I hear about this lore stuff.
This is a really sad look. This is not what should have been shown off This early again. It's like we're JUST getting back to step one 6 years later. They really should have just kept there head down and kept working till a beta.. cause right now they don't even have lighting fully done yet?! Crazy.
Yup I'd rather they just stop updating us altogether until they actually have something worth seeing, and by the looks of it, that will probably be 1-2 years away. I'm getting really sick and tired of seeing a new blog post and getting excited to finally see something after 5 years, only to be disappointed by 5 concept arts and a 10-second video that shows a before and after in the form of 2 single frames.
Yep, agree with you
Once gta 6 comes out people will say "we got gta 6 before hytale" in insta comments
I kinda hope it's forever winter adjacent for AI. Personally, I'll be raiding scarak nests to free the slaves. Obviously with fire!
it'll release the same day as star citizen, AOC, elder scrolls 6 and half life 3
I've forgotten this game a godly amount of times as they just develop its awfully slow.
"How generous of them" indeed...
This Blogpost was incredibly disappointing. I was expecting actual in-game gameplay, not a 10-second slideshow comparing the old engine to the new one, which looks exactly the same. What were they thinking? At this rate, this game is never coming out, and I don't think it even matters anymore. All my friends who were excited about the game couldn't care less now; they have completely forgotten about it, and I think I should too.
There's games that have been in development for years longer than Hytale and are still being worked on. I think they definitely could've set more reasonable expectations from the start, but it's not an unbelievably long time for a game of this scale.
on top of that the new engine looks worse then the old one it looks like a crap mobile game
When you have Vintage Story already out and fully playable and Hytale making tiny uodates like this with little substance it's incredibly hard to have any hope of release.
It feels like the usual kickstarter that never comes out at this point.
@@CommanderRedEXE Vintage Story is a W
"Evil" or not, my inner faction junkie wants to max my rep with the Scarak, just for giggles ^_^
For some reason, i feel Scarak would be more of a morally grey faction
@@Skarrier Yeah, I can totally see them as a group that's not so much collectively evil, but only aggressive or defensive because they're tired of adventurers using "they're only bugs" as an excuse to tromp into their homes to loot and pillage. I'm interested to see how the lore ultimately plays out! :)
@@Skarrier if they have loot then its an evil faction for me
@@mayonasepizza "Uh uh, it seems your blue stuff is combustible and can be used as fuel. Accept my condolences and prepare for rightful annihilation, you bug scum!!"
The new scaraks are definitely... New
I feel like zone 2 is going to have a pretty different vibe now
Looks more like a cyberpunky riot creature now not very bug like
I think the upper torso of the warrior is far too bulky for the thin stalk holding it up. Additionally, the fact that the lower segment isn't armoured at all makes the the upper segment look even more top heavy. I also don't like that the forelimbs seem to only have one joint, being the elbow. They should have kept its general shape closer to that of the original, while finding a different way to get that human-like flexibility in the middle segment that they were going for. I also think the blade limbs should be on the ends of wrists, so as to provide more flexibility there, enabling a wider range of movement and better utility.
I do like where the mindset seems to be, giving it an almost humanoid upper segment. It definitely sells the idea of them being of a warrior morphology belonging to a sapient species. Such a body shape would allow martial arts to arise, different fighting techniques and the like.
Honestly i think the new designs look so much cooler
The old designs are gritty and cool too but i love the style of the new ones and think they fit Hytale's style more
I wish the new scaraks had more similar faces. the eyes look more human whereas the old eyes look like actual bugs
Im sure my grand children will love this game
i feel like the new skaraks are very scifi esque but the originals were much more grounded in a realistic large insect approach. which appears to have been their intention which is fine
Am I the only one that got disappointed with the blog post?? To me, the new engine looks extremely similar to the last one. Nobody would notice the changes without the comparison image.
Yeah, they shouldn't have shown us that. It was really pointless and did nothing but piss us off.
i too was disappointed with the blogpost but this comment is very silly. The new engine was never about the graphics, it was about multi-platform access, stability, performance etc. which is the base of the game.
@@yanni-duff I know, but everyone in the community hyped it, as they we're constantly saying that the new engine would be refreshing and innovative. For instance, a few weeks ago, many people were hating hytale because of its looks, resembling a minecraft rip off, and the major argument from the fans was that the game was bad looking because of the old engine.
@@yanni-duff No, what's "silly" is the fact that they've had this engine in-house for over a year now, and this is all they show us. Not to mention, they said that by the end of this year, they will have the most complete version of Hytale to date. That's only 5 months away-how the hell will that happen?
@@MrKratos105 You misunderstand again, although it's not your fault completely as their communication is very corporate.
Not the "most complete" version, the "most functionally complete" version. A functionally complete version could mean the game being devoid of features (no story mode for ex.) - just a generated world BUT with all the networking stability, multi-platform compatibility, great performance metrics, in-game tools etc.
Calling a slow 5 second pan out of a cave "gameplay" is wild.
I mean, I expected most of the engine changes to be backend, with no crazy visual changes, but wow this was a disappointing update after so long with nothing. I was hoping to see *something* interesting in game.
I think the new Scaraks feel less individually scary, but more... coherent? Easier to see as a clearly-defined faction instead of just a bunch of creepy-crawlies.
Organised! That's the word I was looking for
At this point I think Silksong will come out before Hytale
6 months of waiting for.... this....
I'm not sure what to feel about this, the scaraks look awful now, they've canned the fauns.
I suppose the new design of the Scaraks fits more in line with their original vision, and it looks great, but I'm really gonna miss the old design
The new scaraks look like transformers
So what this literally tells us is that they are years away from literally anything, they haven't even fully got back to where they were before the new engine.
I think the last to scaracs are the kind and queen
Oh my oh my they are so far from releasing here we go again for a 5 years
thank you for showing us multiple before and after's as you speak, that was delightful :)
The new Scaraks look like an alien bug kingdom, with the last two designs looking like a queen and a king and with the bigger guard Scarak next to them looking like a royal guard or sorts. They're looking absolutely amazing
Judging the reception of the old engine on twitter a few weeks ago this game is gonna get cooked big time if they go for this vibrant rioty mobile game aesthetic. I'll be honest I don't really like what I saw too.
6:53 I greatly prefer the giant bugs being less ""scary"" as that is a trope used to oblivion. I really hope scaraks arent just pure villains or something but rather a faction that just wishes to survive, with the potential of even allying with them.
I wonder if it's possible lore wise for them to implement the older Scarak design as a "lesser form" of the current Scarak. Would make for an interesting dichotomy and perhaps result in "in fighting" between the two. One has a more "perfected artificial form" while the others lean more into their "naturalistic primal forms". Meh, someone will probably just mod em back in lol
11:10 perhaps they also have a protective factor that they can actually create active shields from thin air(as in holographic shields)
14:59 "As a larger, emperor styled kweebec looks out into the open" Damn, this kweebec redesign changed them a lot.
When this game comes out, people are gonna make mods replacing scaraks with their old models. Not just one mod, there’s gonna be a lot.
i hope so
i think the new scarak designs are SOOO much better for so many reasons i couldn't even begin to put to words- i have full trust in the design team and artists honestly, they are bringing out a wonderful world :3
Glad to see at least something from the new engine
Ooh, that teal fluid could be some form of juvenile Scarak nourishment, similar to how mammals produce milk for their young, or more fitting, how larval bees make nectar & honey with a mix of pollen they collect from flowers & the wax they produce naturally. I hypothesize that those glowing trees/stalks could be the Scarak equivalent of a blossoming flower.
14:45 I feel like this is definitely inspired from Honeypot ants in real life. They usually suck up honey, bloating their abdomens, before feeding other members of the colony by essentially regurgitating the mixture.
With each Scarak design supposedly having a place within a bigger hierarchy. Perhaps these little fellas serve the purpose of feeders? Neat to think about!
Not a fan of new Scarak designs. They are not intimidating in the slightest now. The are far too bright and losing their battle scars takes away a piece of the visual story telling with their designs that i found added to their scare factor. They now just give me the vibe that they are too drone-like to care about me doing anything. They almost feel robotic in nature.
The old ones definitely still needed heavy redisigns but honestly i'd rather have the old ones than these.
Maybe if you choose to befriend them their designs will be this bright and colorful model, but chosing to befriend the ferens instead will make them battleworn and scary... I need something to justify these colorful robots. I loved the realistic bugs
new design is still cool, but in a new way completely. got me considering to actually help them and not kos
The new scarak warrior’s back area looks very odd to me. The old wings it had made it seem more bug like. Plus the bright orange color doesn’t look correct compared to the old brown look.
Rip wooly pig, gone but not forgotten
I personally preffer the old "scarak" warrior model. New one feels too... Rioty.
nah the saturated look fits better for the vibe theyre trying to go for imo, the old design makes them feel like mindless bugs, but the new design is almost alien like and feels intelligent, which is what theyr are supposed to be like
@@SparkySharky I think the main thing i don't like is the way they textured them and also how their wings and other body parts are loose textures and not blocks if you know what i mean. I liked the old design but that's not the thing that bothers me.
I do like the new models, I just feel like they're too bright. Could just be the lighting, but I also don't really like how symmetrical they are. The concept art looks great, but the model, which isn't gonna be 1 to 1 but still, is awkward. They're intelligent yeah, but these things are in the desert, so seeing them so shiny, with no real dents or scrapes on their hardened parts just feels wrong. But again, I like the models, just think they could be touched up a bit.
I prefer the old bug texture, they look like coordinated wasps while the blue bugs looks more cyberpunk vibe
the two biggest Scaraks have a very "royal" feeling... Could be the new queen and juvenile queens?
It's been 6 years
the new scarab do feel a bit less scary and personaly i belive its because of the mouth being just 2 small rectangels now instead of a a texture showing there theeth
I was in 5th grade when Hytale first started its development, and now I'm in my 2nd year of college, and yet nothing has come out of it
I'm still optimistic with the game, though, but i think I'll graduate and get a job before Hytale is even ready for launch and by the time it did i don't think I'll have the time to play it 😅
I like the new insects. They look like they came out a ps1 or dreamcast game. They are also more diferent, from the other monsters that look like skulls.
They are basically combination of zergs and protoss into one
we're never getting this game are we
The new scarak design is more "cool" and has a Riot vibe on its artstyle, while the old design is more realistic to the anatomy of a real insect
I really like the new scaraks! super cool colors and imagining all their glowing eyes in the dark is such a cool image
Imma be honest the old skarak desogn looked slightly better the new one looks more techy
One thing I'm wondering still, about the adventure mode, is how they are going to express the story to the player. Will there be voice acting? Text based? Will there be milestones/quests? Or will it just be like MC with implied "story"... Can't wait for blog posts that explain this.
Warrior scarak looks like it has lost its tail 😂
lmao, i thought this was going to be a kid's game, seeing a dead body being torn apart is certainly a way to cause some trauma, xd
May get to play this before I die.
I have been waiting for so long, The hype died out but I still am excited to play this game ever since the first release of Hytale to ever be announced, Im so genuinely excited to play, Thank you for keeping me updated Kweebec.
Scaraks were loved bcz their buglike features,
I am 100% sure that no one thought them as aliens when they see them first at trailer
they litteraly changed that faction completely, rhey should have add another faction instead of removing only bug faction in game
Now all bugs will be same
I really like the new Scarak designs. The old ones were fine, but I like that they look more alien than creepy now.
I'm also looking forward to being able to build reputation with them now. Before they just looked like enemies, but now I could see myself helping them out and avoiding fights when possible.
Idk the new Scarak models look a bit to robotic for me, they kind of remind me of the transformers lol, definitely prefer the older ones
The New Scarak communication via light makes me wonder if they’ll flash the blue on and off on their antennas or on the other blue parts of their body or even be able to change the blue to red. It would be cool to see in game.
can't believe i got married, had kids and my kids are about to have their own kids and this game still in development
the game was announced in 2018, the wording of this comment makes it sound like your kids are 6
Guh
Oh man. I'm not old, but for some reason I feel it all of a sudden.
The old scarak designs LITERALLY terrify me, so I'm personally happier with the new designs ahaha, but even I think they are probably a bit too saturated, unless it is just to combat the darkness of the caves?
But omg, if it's possible to befriend them, that would be so amazing 🥹 My mission stands at befriending everything in the Hytale world 💪
the new scaraks are so much more unique and memorable now, much more depth and thought behind the design
For me the design of scarabs is big regress :( it looks generic, now im worried.
The Scarak Warrior reminds me of Bumblebee the Transformer, mixed with some aspects of the floating castle in the final stage of the game "Ape Escape".
I'm excited to see this continue.
So the Scaraks effectively "speak" using Flag/Lamp Semaphore. It'd be interesting if they had specific gestures or patterns of lights flashing that players could learn to interpret.
Another idea is having Scaraks that aren't saying anything at the moment blink like fireflies, and they could even do the thing real fireflies to where they'll speed up their blinking until they're in sync with other nearby fireflies. It could serve as a way to tell if a Scarak has been alerted or not. If they're blinking, they're passive, but when they're alert, they're always glowing.
Plus, the firefly blinking would give a Scarak hive a sort of visible heartbeat, which to an industrious species that communicates with light and gesture, might be the equivalent of a working-rhythm. Like a visual drum-beat that the entire hive runs to.
Alternatively, the blinking could speed up if the hive senses danger. Like, if a player is causing trouble, any alerted Scaraks could start blinking faster, which would cause nearby Scaraks to speed up over time as well. Pretty soon the entire hive is blinking at a faster pace and then instead of a working rhythm, it's more like war-drums. This could then be used to make changes to Scarak AI, making certain "Blinks Per Minute" serve as critical thresholds. If they start flashing faster, they could send scouts out to try and find the threat and guards to block off important areas. Even faster and soldiers start patrolling, while workers become alert for intruders. Faster still and the hive goes fully on the defensive, scouts swarming, soldiers teaming, guards barring every hallway they can manage.
Makes you wonder what happens if they blink fast enough. Perhaps a special Scarak boss that can only be "woken up" by agitating the hive enough? With the new direction the faction has gone, I imagine instead of it being a giant Scarak, it'd instead be some kind of Scarak weapon. Something like Ahtal-Ka's puppet dragon (Look it up if you need to). Something that clearly demonstrates Scarak intelligence while still filling that "big boss" role. The idea of Scarak's building and piloting a giant suit of armor as a marionette-mech certainly accomplishes that. It also has that feeling of "We understand that this will damage our home, but you're a bigger threat, and we want you out NOW" that once again demonstrates intelligence - and planning.