Andrew Titovskiy

@versusini Thank you:)

@AndrewTitovskyi seeing an old alarm clock like this, especially in lowpoly, is a sweet nostalgia in our modern age of smartphones and high technology. Cool work

Textures are almost finished. I'll be posting the final renders of the scene soon!! #3DArt #GameDev #PropArt #EnvironmentArt #GameAsset #PBR #Texturing

The mattress is gradually getting smellier 👌 How would you improve this result? Share your feedback! #3DArt #GameDev #GameArt #PropArt #PBR #Texturing #SubstancePainter #GameReady #GameAsset #EnvironmentArt

@StudioDraxi I hope you find a use for them!

@AndrewTitovskyi I made some really nice dirt maps that I never use. Like 30 of them. 😁

Textures in progress. Where do you find good masks? It's really hard to find high-quality ones for free. And I also need them to be exactly the way I imagine them in my head 😅 That's why I usually make my own. #3DArt #GameDev #GameArt #PropArt #PBR #Texturing #SubstancePainter

@BespokeGame Looks like I'll have to buy a camera after all, haha

@AndrewTitovskyi You kinda have to get creative and making your own! Stencil map of geographic features (rivers, islands)

@Logans3Dart What do you think about creating masks from reference using AI?

@AndrewTitovskyi Making your own is always the best. That way you can rest assured knowing another artists won’t recognize the generic alphas you used🤣

@iamunatstronger Thank you! I'll take a look.

@AndrewTitovskyi Made them from photo textures from this site textures.com/library

@SonKim256 What do you think about generating such masks using AI?

@AndrewTitovskyi Most just extract masks from photo reference

@R3dLance 😂

@AndrewTitovskyi why do you have TWO pictures of my mattress.

My first time working with cloth. The bake came out pretty nicely, but doing the retopo by hand was a bit painful🙄 Final mesh is 856 tris. How do you guys usually approach retopo for something like this? #3DArt #GameDev #Retopology #ClothSimulation #GameReady

Hey! Check out my latest work – a sci-fi pistol! artstation.com/artwork/rl8KZm #3DArt #GameDev #WeaponArt #HardSurface #PropArt #GameReady #GameAsset #PBR #LowPoly #Blender3D #SubstancePainter #MarmosetToolbag #UnrealEngine #PortfolioDay #3DModeling

My finished game ready Pipes project. More info in Artstantion! artstation.com/artwork/1NVdoG #3DArt #GameDev #EnvironmentArt #PROPS #GameReady #AAAPipeline #PBR #UnrealEngine #Blender3D #SubstancePainter #GameAsset #LowPoly

@Simon_Hypixel Maybe patches or badges. You could choose where to put them on your avatar.

Looking for your Hytale avatars requests! I'll have the art team take a look at what you want added to the avatar creation! More hats? More hairstyles? More colors? Give your suggestions and ideas in this thread!

@Simon_Hypixel @Simon_Hypixel Do you plan to add in Hytale a LOD system like Distant Horizons mod? I'd like to see the horizon, it gives a sense of scale.

We are delivering on our promise and releasing Hytale into Early Access on January 13, 2026, with all the consequences that come with that decision. In just a few weeks, we merged roughly 300 branches, modernized a four-year-old code & asset base, scaled the team from 8 people to 50 core developers plus ~250 helping hands, tracked close to 1,000 bugs and fixed hundreds of them, added Mac and Linux support, and built an Exploration Mode that simply did not exist before. When we started the mission to save Hytale, we made a clear promise: Launch without any delays, at any cost. We are keeping that promise, even though it is a herculean task. In an alternate timeline, the most intelligent production decision would be to delay launch by 3-4 months, complete the obvious work in front of us, and avoid the overhead and distractions of maintaining a live product. The game would objectively be better on day one. That is not what we are doing. Moving this fast also comes with very real downsides, and you have already seen them. We make visible progress every week, sometimes so much that key community members work overtime to keep up with the news - but you have also seen us drop the ball. Some concrete examples: 1- Name reservations were intended to reward longtime fans. Still, we lacked sufficient time and information to verify the email list's integrity, and some longtime fans were missing from it. 2- The username generator produced unintended results, and our name filters failed to catch some unacceptable cases. 3- The payment system continues to report issues. 4- Communication regarding avatar customization, Steam release, modding, and pricing was insufficiently detailed, leading to misinterpretation or confusion. 5- Blog posts and technical write-ups have landed on an unpredictable schedule. 6- Game server providers, server owners, creators, and business inquiries are not receiving responses as quickly as we would like or as they deserve. This is the tradeoff we all have to accept: You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. We wish we had more time to double-check every step and spend more time on communication, but that time comes at a steep opportunity cost. Extra polishing reduces the overall impression of Hytale on January 13. Our primary focus is the game. The team is in a constant release cycle. Every week until launch is tightly scheduled, and we are doing this with a core team of around 50 people assembled in weeks, not a massive AAA organization. That means we are taking hundreds of calculated risks every day. Most pay off. A small fraction doesn’t - and when they don’t, the impact is very evident. If I could ask for one thing from the community, it’s this: Please keep reminding each other what this pace implies - especially newer players who were not around for the #SaveHytale moment and may not know what the Early Access experience is meant to be for us. Some people will not be able to get their desired username. Some will run into payment issues. Some information will arrive later than it ideally should. This is not because we don’t know better; it’s because we are choosing to keep a promise. For us, Early Access success looks like this: you start a world, and the first impression and immersion leave you thinking, “This is much better than they said.” After more time, you also start to see the rough edges - and still end your first day thinking, “This game has a lot of potential. I’ll come back and keep up with updates,” or get you inspired to get into making maps, content, mods or a minigame server. As you will be playing through the first week of Hytale, we will already follow up with the first patch. We will release updates rapidly in the first few weeks, with pre-releases available more frequently. You start on the 4-year-old archeology project, but within months, you will find yourself in a flow of rapid development, previously unthinkable. We appreciate that the community has high expectations for Hytale, but please remember that we are fulfilling a promise we made early on: to release as soon as possible. That is what the core community asked for. Our biggest fear right now is not criticism - it’s that the story of #SaveHytale gets forgotten during Early Access, and the team ends up wishing we had simply delayed those extra four months instead of keeping our word.

@Simon_Hypixel @Hytale @Simon_Hypixel Do you plan to add in Hytale a LOD system like Distant Horizons mod? I'd like to see the horizon, it gives a sense of scale.

Tomorrow at 10am EST, @Hytale will share screenshots of the cosmetic sets included in the Early Access editions (Standard, Supporter and Founders). We’ll also post a short clip to show the capes in motion! Have a great weekend! 🦥❤️

@Hytale @Simon_Hypixel Do you plan to add in Hytale a LOD system like Distant Horizons mod? I'd like to see the horizon, it gives a sense of scale.

Patrick 'Lyall' Derbic, the Executive Director of Hytale, is here today to answer some of the most common questions we've seen online! #Hytale hytale.com/news/2025/12/h…

@Simon_Hypixel Do you plan to add in Hytale a LOD system like Distant Horizons mod?

When I say Hytale is not good enough, I genuinely mean it. It's not some reverse psychology trick! Real talk: We are using a 4-year-old game build with over 300 versions (branches) of prototypes that we Frankenstein together in record time into a single branch. None of it was meant to be released this quickly and in this way. There are barely any game progression mechanics configured, and we have to implement them all in record time to make it somewhat enjoyable. Of course, I'm confident it's going to be "ok" for release. However, this is the current situation we are dealing with, on top of all the bug fixes, refactors, clean-ups and other ongoing issues that we are facing. We inherited a true hardcore engineering and design challenge, and we are on the clock to deliver early access. The exploration of the game is fun, don't get me wrong, but man, I wish we had more time to get a few more features or configurations in to enhance that experience, but no, we break the curse of release and fix later. This will come at a significant cost; some people will be permanently convinced the game is doomed to remain in this state, unaware that this is an authentic early access experience. I hope that people who share the game will explain the situation we are in and how we got here. Keep in mind, the gameplay video doesn't show much of the gameloop because, well, there isn't much of it. Combat, game vibe, and exploration are great fun, but there needs to be mechanics to keep it going over time. One thing I have learned over time is to enjoy the painful feedback. It is the most critical part of making games and improving yourself as a game designer. Of course, you have to be filtering out the ones that want to steer you in their own vision of what the game should be, so it's a balancing act. When I read negative feedback on the gameplay video, I don't get defensive or hurt. I'm literally like, "Yep, they are not wrong" or "Why do they think like this? How can I solve their problem?" This has taken me years to get to that point. Our community, over the last 14 years on MC, has not been shy about giving us their feedback. The one thing I can promise is that the game is owned by someone who cares and understands the situation, and I will do my best to empower my team to make a great game, however long it takes. This time, with all of you along for the ride, if you wish to be a part of it.

Hello everyone! Just a little preview of my new work in progress.

Hi everyone! Im a beginner 3D artist. I want to share with you my first game-ready asset. you can check it here: artstation.com/artwork/qJEEQL