If it’s been a hot minute since you last checked in with Hytale, you might want to patch up the game and give its latest feature drop a strong look because it’s kind of awesome.
Early access update 6 arrived this week with some major new systems for the game, starting with a hardcore mode that lets you choose the level of your commitment. You can select a single life, three lives, or a shared pool of nine lives (or just one life!) between everyone in the world. There’s also a connected spectator mode that allows the dead to virtually hover over the shoulders of the living.
The patch also introduced the first version of its in-game mod browser, a color tool for the creative mode, new block palette presets, hard collision, a max build limit of 16 million blocks, networking improvements, a Bastion-themed cape, and gyroscope support for controllers.
