Shinku

May your tomorrow be filled with infinitely more joy and fun than today ever was.

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

Divine Helix Axes Weapon Showcase
#Hytale #HytaleModding

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

@airijko nice spear you're holding

[Simon @Simon_Hypixel]

The in-game Hytale mod browser is releasing within the next 3 weeks!

⚠️ There will be no paid mods in the Mod Browser ⚠️

In a later update, you'll be able to financially support your favorite modders if you want to, and we'll thank supporters with in-game cosmetics. Support 5 modders, for example, and you could unlock something like transparent fairy wings!

Modders will be able to create teams, handle earning splits, and so on. We'll also put extra money toward modders directly as our income grows.

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

@Simon_Hypixel rune system because i get new vfx assets to mess around with

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

new hytale blog post is insane, im actually so excited for what's to come in this game

[Simon @Simon_Hypixel]

i love hytale

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

praying that chapter 1 update doesn't end up severely breaking my mods

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

this is awesome hytale needs this

[しゃもじ/shamoji @mojisha_moji]

/posteffectでアニメっぽい爆発が作れる！

[Hugo 🌳 @HugoTrork]

Playing infinite dropper in the new CubicTest instance in the latest pre-release.

It uses a super early version of cubic chunks :O

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

Dead Space Weapon Showcase
#Hytale #HytaleModding

[Prowl8413 @Prowl8413]

One thing that I really hope Hytale can improve on massively, is how much storage it takes up. I don't even have that many worlds, and havent played a ton of my own worlds in quite a while, and this is already a decent amount of space to use up.

This is just the saves folder.

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

Dual Relic Gun Weapon Showcase
#Hytale #HytaleModding

[Neil @itsneildev]

10,000 physics entities being simulated with body-body and body-space collisions at 30 TPS

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

great call, i'm not against paid mods but having an in-game mod browser full of price tags would turn the game into minecraft bedrock edition

[Simon @Simon_Hypixel]

I want to talk about the in-game mod browser and monetization, but first: this is not a final answer or a locked policy! I'm brainstorming with the community because this is one of those decisions that can shape the game's future, and I want feedback before we commit to the exact model.

I've had people in DMs tell me Hytale needs paid mods, because modders put real work into their creations and should be able to earn from them. I've also had people tell me paid mods would destroy the ecosystem, because the mod browser would stop feeling like a place to explore and start feeling like a store.

Both sides have a point, and I don't think you have to pick one or the other. The model I keep coming back to is a hybrid that hasn't really been tried before: protect the player experience in-game while giving creators strong ways to earn player support.

Important note: none of these changes the EULA. This is not about taking away what modders can do outside the game. It's about what we choose to show and promote inside the in-game mod browser.

Here's my thinking: I want players to open the mod browser and feel like they're walking into a community library of cool things to try, not a shopping mall.

That doesn't mean I think modders shouldn't make money. Quite the opposite. I bring years of experience in modding and monetization, and I know the scene has evolved a lot. Creators put serious time into their work, and great modders should be able to build an audience, earn support, and make a living from what they create.

But there is a real cost when the first thing players see in a mod browser is price tags everywhere.

Mods are most magical when trying them is easy. You see something weird, useful, funny, beautiful, or ambitious, and you install it because there's no friction. That sense of discovery matters a lot to me.

There's also a deeper problem with paid mods that people don't talk about enough: the incentive structure between the game developer and the modder.

Imagine a creator makes an amazing fishing mod and sells it for $5. It gets huge. Later, the game team decides that fishing should be part of the base game. Suddenly, there's tension where there shouldn't be any. The creator feels like the game is stepping on their work, and if the studio is taking a cut from mod sales, it now has a financial incentive to leave feature gaps rather than fill them. Why add fishing to the base game if you're making money from someone else's fishing mod?

I really don't want that relationship. Our goal is to make a great game, give creators powerful tools, and let the whole ecosystem grow around that, not to leave holes for modders to fill and monetize.

So the direction is: mods in the in-game browser are free to install. No price tags in the browsing experience. No paywall as the default relationship between player and modder.

But creator support should be real.

We will give players ways to support their favorite creators, make creator profiles matter, highlight great work, and offer Hytale-side rewards for supporting modders: badges, titles, cosmetics, and so on. For example, if a player supports several creators, they get a special reward from us, not because they bought a mod, but because they supported the people building the ecosystem.

Longer term, there's room for something closer to an in-game Patreon-style system: support a creator, get early access to experimental builds or extra creator updates, while the mod itself stays free to browse and try. That part needs careful design, and I don't want to overpromise the exact shape today.

The principle is what matters: support should be pull, not push. Players should feel invited to support creators they love, not pressured every time they browse.

We make money when people buy the game and through optional cosmetics. That gives us a cleaner incentive structure: make Hytale better, invest in player experience, and help creators earn because players genuinely value their work.

BTW, if we ever handle creator payments directly, the only reason to take a cut would be to cover transaction and operational costs. We're not designing this around taking a percentage from modders.

This is not the obvious business-maximizing route. I know that. But I think it's the right one for players. I believe that if we are players first, we will do great in the long term.

I'd rather have a modding ecosystem that feels open, generous, creative, and alive than one where every cool idea immediately becomes another checkout screen. I believe we can help modders make great money while giving players a much better experience than a storefront-first model!

It will take time to get right, and some details will change as we build it. We'll share more as the mod browser takes shape, and I genuinely want to hear what players and modders think about this direction.

[Simon @Simon_Hypixel]

Pre-Release Patch Notes (April 30, 2026)
Update 5 (Part 6)
Enable via Launcher → Settings → Pre-Release

Small note on Update 5: we’re giving this one a bit more time on purpose! There’s a lot of backend/social/creator tech in this batch, including friends list work, server discovery, Trigger Volumes, creative tools, audio/music work, and modding changes.

We also want to align it with better mod versioning, so modders, server owners, and players have a better experience when we update. This will continue to improve drastically over time, but the TLDR is: you will be able to go back to some previous major versions from the launcher. So when we update the game, modders and players have more time to transition over to the latest version.

Patch notes for Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6: https://t.co/tDyMeB6jjy

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

Hytale could really benefit from a shader rewrite, alot of custom biome mods I see look bland due to the current shader not doing them justice

[Sasterisk24 @Sasterisk24]

【配布マップ】
マイクラで音ゲー作ってます

近日公開予定！！

#Rhythm_Mining

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

Divine Astral Staff Custom Weapon Commission
#Hytale #HytaleModding

[Shinku @ShinkuPancake]

having to update my hytale mod every 2 weeks because a random new release breaks it is not fun

[Marggx @MarggxDev]

Here's a more complex example of converting in-game entities into blockymodels and then using them directly in-game.

You can select any entity in the world and the mod will generate a new blocky model from them. It also creates a combined texture atlas containing all the necessary textures.

This can then be used directly in-game via the Assets Editor (for example to create a new block)

The video shows each step, from selecting the entities to exporting and using the model as a new block.

We're still in the early stages, so I still need to make a few tweaks here and there, like optimising the texture atlas to get rid of duplicates. It's actually working pretty well for most setups I've tested so far.

Follow along for more examples and updates as development continues.