<s>
Hytale	B-Application
is	O
an	O
upcoming	O
sandbox	O
game	O
by	O
Hypixel	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
began	O
in	O
2015	O
by	O
developers	O
from	O
the	O
Minecraft	B-Application
multiplayer	O
server	O
Hypixel	O
with	O
funding	O
from	O
Riot	O
Games	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
bought	O
the	O
studio	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
features	O
a	O
procedurally-generated	O
fantasy	O
world	O
composed	O
of	O
blocks	O
of	O
numerous	O
shapes	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
grid	O
,	O
featuring	O
different	O
biomes	O
,	O
creatures	O
,	O
and	O
dungeons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
includes	O
several	O
procedurally-generated	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
zones	O
"	O
,	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
many	O
biomes	O
and	O
mobs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
will	O
feature	O
block-based	O
construction	O
and	O
includes	O
many	O
different	O
world	O
editing	O
and	O
cinematic	O
tools	O
players	O
can	O
use	O
in-game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
feature	O
a	O
scripting	O
system	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
execute	O
code	O
in-game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
web-based	O
3D	O
modeling	O
,	O
texturing	O
,	O
and	O
animation	O
toolkit	O
based	O
on	O
CraftStudio	B-Language
which	O
players	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
assets	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Hypixel	O
Studios	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
consoles	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
client	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
with	O
the	O
server	O
technology	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
but	O
in	O
2022	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
'd	O
started	O
rewriting	O
the	O
engine	O
(	O
both	O
client	O
and	O
server	O
)	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
to	O
enable	O
them	O
to	O
more	O
easily	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
across-platforms	O
and	O
also	O
for	O
the	O
performance	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Directed	O
by	O
Aaron	O
Donaghey	O
,	O
the	O
Northern	O
Ireland-based	O
studio	O
consists	O
of	O
over	O
forty	O
employees	O
who	O
split	O
off	O
from	O
Hypixel	O
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
behind	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Hypixel	O
server	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Hytale	B-Application
started	O
in	O
early	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
Hytale	B-Application
arose	O
due	O
to	O
EULA	O
changes	O
by	O
Mojang	O
in	O
2014	O
which	O
blocked	O
servers	O
from	O
having	O
microtransactions	O
that	O
affected	O
gameplay	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
an	O
85%	O
drop	O
in	O
the	O
Hypixel	O
server	O
's	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
originally	O
wanted	O
to	O
avoid	O
making	O
a	O
voxel-based	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
decided	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
experience	O
in	O
that	O
genre	O
from	O
the	O
Hypixel	O
server	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
via	O
a	O
trailer	O
in	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
with	O
it	O
amassing	O
over	O
31	O
million	O
views	O
within	O
a	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
playable	O
in	O
2021	O
,	O
was	O
delayed	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
increase	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
scope	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
engine	O
rewrite	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hytale	B-Application
was	O
nominated	O
in	O
the	O
Most	O
Wanted	O
Game	O
category	O
at	O
the	O
2019	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Cyberpunk	B-Application
2077	I-Application
.	O
</s>
