Hytale began life in 2015, and when it was officially announced in 2018 it was touted as a potential challenger for Minecraft's throne. But that was six years ago, and Hytale is running far behind its originally intended 2021 launch. So I'm quite surprised to see that the project's latest update says its team is still checking if it can actually run on its new engine.
Back in its Winter 2023 update, Hytale's developers explained that they were still working on building that new engine - which began life in 2021 - while prototyping new ideas in the old engine. Now, in a Summer 2024 update eight months later, executive producer John Hendricks says that the team "has been on track" since then.
