The Minecraft lead wants Hytale to be "more diverse" with his game.

I think there's no doubt that Hytale will share similarities with Minecraft. Work on the Early Access title, which recently launched in 2015, has begun from the team behind Hypixel, Minecraft's most successful multiplayer server, and the blocky similarities were evident in the first trailer.

This crossover appeal led Minecraft lead developer Jens Bergensten to dip his toe into Hytale's waters, saying that while he felt the game was “very polished,” he “wished it was a little more different from Minecraft.”

In Hightail, the main character transforms into a dog while holding a pickaxe.

Bergensten has been involved with Minecraft from the beginning, programming the game ahead of release and becoming lead developer within just a few months. If so, no one is qualified to assess the state of Hytale at launch.

A skeleton running toward the camera on a hightail.

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It certainly looks like Hytale will be attacked soon.

It will be added through several updates.

When asked about his thoughts on the Bluesky game, Bergensten responded, “I hope it's a little more different than Minecraft. It's very polished, but it has a feel to it when you play it.” [Hytale] It would be better to just play Minecraft. But we know it's still early days and modding will be an important aspect. “I will definitely play more later,” he said.

How you feel when you play [Hytale] It would be better to just play Minecraft.

It feels like a bit of an implicit compliment from Bergensten. On the one hand, he admits that the game is well-polished, but on the other hand, he basically says that he would rather not play the game. But Simon Collins-Laflamme, the founder of Hypixel, took things his way.

“When Jebs says the Hytale has a very sophisticated feel, that’s the best compliment we could receive,” he responded. “He’s someone I respect a lot, and I appreciate it because I know he doesn’t talk much publicly about other games.”

Bergensten's comments provided Collins-Laflamme with a moment of reflection. “I agree with a lot of the negative feedback and take notes all day. I've been saying for months that Hightail still has a long way to go, and I still believe that. That's why I keep working on it every day,” he added. He added, “I understand how Jebs feels when he says, 'I'd rather just play Minecraft.'” He's probably right to feel this way at this point. We haven't had time to add all the features that make us unique, and the initial game experience we have is very rudimentary compared to what we can do with World Gen V2 and other future features.”

He said that Hytale was not designed to “compete with or replace Minecraft” and would instead be “new, combat-adventure-based, exploration- and fantasy-based” and that “we'll see major changes between Minecraft and Hytale in the next few years.”