hn3-discussion

[mortal dove]

even now hn3 doesnt seem to have a big focus on story rather gameplay

[open plaza]

*a main line game

[frosty gyro]

Hn3 prototype is all gameplay no story

[mortal dove]

he wanted a multiplayer main line game

but then was advised not to

hn3 being singleplayer is a recent change

[open plaza]

when did he say this

[open plaza]

eh i wouldnt say so

[mortal dove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ0RidAdHgs

[frosty gyro]

It started in september

[open plaza]

SPECIFICALLY that he wanted RBO to be a main line game

[mortal dove]

"this game was destined to be hello neighbor 3"

he says something like this in the devlog

[frosty gyro]

"With each new iteration (i.e hn1,2 alphas,rotm) i tried to ask myself can it multiplayer game"

[mortal dove]

also he said this in the basement chat

[open plaza]

he was advised not to because their team didnt know how to deal with multiplayer

[frosty gyro]

Me cameo

[open plaza]

whatevrr ill stop

[mortal dove]

argument won I guess

anyway

[untold grotto]

another time he said that "when the rbo prototype was ready, we decided that it was the hn3 prototype".

[mortal dove]

still rbo WAS hn3

[untold grotto]

yep

i did not deny or contradict you

[mortal dove]

I know

anyway artstyle is cool

not that big of a fan of the foliage tbh im pretty sure its stock so its likely a placeholder

[untold grotto]

i wonder what it would look like without the paintovers

[frosty gyro]

Everything is a placeholder and it still looks great

[mortal dove]

wait I think nikta sent it withot the paint over lemme check

[mortal dove]

I cant wait to see how the game looks when its art passed

[frosty gyro]

He sended the orange house one

[untold grotto]

he sent the other one

[mortal dove]

oh yeah got them mixed up

ingame

paint over

[untold grotto]

cant wait for prototype

[mortal dove]

I hate the fact some people thought this was AI. Its normal for games to do paint overs to try to see what the game will look like

like portal 2 did that

[untold grotto]

at first I thought it was AI without looking into it further

but when I looked closely I realized it wasn't AI

[mortal dove]

the power of painting over screenshots

its nothing new

god I love the vibe of this concept art

[foggy fable]

Oh

I never knew that was painted over

[mortal dove]

yeah

left is what the game actually looked like 2009 and then the left is what they wanted the game to look

but this is off topic

I love the warm lighting on the cold enviroments

its really nice

[foggy fable]

Yeah

I really really really hope hn3 achieves it's goals

Because its definitely looking amazing so far

[wintry zephyr]

Oh yeah Theo would definitively live in this house

Literally perfect for him

[karmic owl]

Guys, I simply don't understand the lore of HN. In HN 1, Nicky goes to the basement and gets trapped there, then leaves. In Act 3, he comes back. He dreams about his neighbor's house, defeats a ghost, then wakes up. In HN2, it takes place many years later. WHY IS AARON STILL A CHILD? Guys, if my English is bad, sorry because I'm Brazilian.

[untold grotto]

its not hn3 topic

but

hn2 is after act2 not after act3

[karmic owl]

I understood

[wintry zephyr]

You got everything wrong lol

Firstly he doesn't fight a "ghost"

The thing is an hallucination created by Nicky's trauma of the neighbor

And HN2 happens after act 2

[karmic owl]

I know but it's like a ghost

[mortal dove]

Its not. The neighbor isnt dead

[woven lodge]

It basically is a ghost.

[wintry zephyr]

He never even said that?

He just said it's LIKE a ghost

Which in a way is trye

Trye

[untold grotto]

what

trye

[woven lodge]

Most ghosts are hallucinations anyways.

[wintry zephyr]

Also true

He still isn't a ghost though

[grim lark]

HN2 takes place very soon AFTER act2

Act3 takes place like a decade after HN2

[wintry zephyr]

HN2 takes place after the AS (animated series)

So it doesn't happen right after

[grim lark]

I said VERY SOON

[wintry zephyr]

Ik

[daring abyss]

I hope they keep this in the game, they are so cute

[errant pewter]

I love no matter who holds who, the one being held enjoys it and the one holding is angry

[shadow nebula]

that's the face most people make when they're carrying something heavy

[mortal dove]

its not angry

they just seem to be uncomfortable

ngl I cant tell which jacob I prefer

I like both tho tbh

I just hope we are able to get the old model aswell

[errant pewter]

Fair but you get my point

[untold grotto]

probably it was just test renders

[strange roost]

Will hello neighbro 3 have multiplayer

[untold grotto]

nope

[strange roost]

awh

[daring abyss]

When Hello Neighbor 3 was RBO, it had multiplayer, but now it doesn't

[summer summit]

Would be nice to have RBO as a DLC for HN3.

[daring abyss]

Yeah, or a version in the beta selection rbo look very cool and fun

[untold grotto]

rbo was hello neighbor 3 from the begining

[lunar trail]

i think theyre just struggling with the weight

[tender stump]

still not what nikita meant

it was definitely not hn3 since 2022 lol

[untold grotto]

yep

[summer summit]

Sure, if include it just as a multiplayer mode it gonna die out after 5 months or less, but it's better to have it than not. But people still enjoy Half-Life DM or (insert any game that's main point is the singleplayer but still included multiplayer).

[untold grotto]

because at first the project's name wasn't even RBO

[icy breach]

Why are these characters blue? (Jacob and his sister)

[untold grotto]

when the name rbo was decided upon, it was decided that it would be the code name for hn3

[tender stump]

and where'd they say that

[lunar trail]

Doesnt Nikita say that in devlog 1

[tender stump]

he said something like "it was destined to become hn3" not "it was hn3"

[untold grotto]

when the prototype was ready they decided it was the hn3 prototype

[lunar trail]

Something like "We started the project codenamed RBO"

[tender stump]

yeah but that doesnt mean "we started the project codenamed rbo but it was already called hn3"

[untold grotto]

nikita worked alone for 9-10 months and prepared a prototype that was probably unrelated to hn

[mortal dove]

yeah

[untold grotto]

but when Alexander joined the project, they probably decided it would be HN3

[tender stump]

by the time of the public playtest yeah but it wasnt hn3 for all of its development

[untold grotto]

because its not rbo

nikita created codename rbo/raven brooks online for hn3

when the name rbo was decided, it was already decided that it would be the hn3 prototype

[tender stump]

you can still use the name RBO to differenciate the singleplayer and multiplayer version though, it was raven brooks online

[untold grotto]

before RBO name, it was one of the hobby games that unnamed nikita did alone

[earnest cape]

I’m pretty sure some time early November is when they decided over the change.

[untold grotto]

wdym early november

november 2023?

[earnest cape]

No 2024.

[untold grotto]

rbo was hn3 from the begining

as I said, I guess when Alexander joined the project, it stopped being Nikita's hobby project and became a Hello Neighbor related RBO, and soon after that it became hn3

most likely September 2023

[earnest cape]

Eh kinda, RBO was going to be a Spin Off Multiplayer Game, before they decided that wouldn’t work out and moved back to the original Singleplayer Campaign, which is when they decided another Main Line Game would work out.

[untold grotto]

oh alexander changed him pfp

[earnest cape]

That’s fair.

[earnest cape]

RBO was going to be a Co-Op HN Game where you would most likely Queue Up in a Team for a Match.

[untold grotto]

rbo was the code name for hn3 from the beginning

hn3 was going to be multiplayer

[earnest cape]

Well it was after a bit but Early RBO Development it was going to be a Spin Off focus.

[untold grotto]

rbo prototype didn't have the hn3 fully because Nikita had started it with small prototypes he had created before the hn3 decision (and the rbo code name)

[earnest cape]

RBO was 100% going to be a Spin Off till they got deeper into Development.

[untold grotto]

they planned that it would be hn3 and would use rbo as codename, most likely in late summer or September 2023

[untold grotto]

it was determined that when rbo related to hn would happen, it would be hn3

[earnest cape]

And then they realized Multiplayer wouldn’t work out, switched it to a Campaign Game, and Main Line HN Games are the only Campaign Games of the Franchise, so yeah it really was destined to be HN3.

[earnest cape]

That’s true.

[untold grotto]

because rbo was an unnamed project that nikita did on his own at first

[earnest cape]

True.

[untold grotto]

as the project progressed, Alexander and Tinybuild joined in, at which time they decided to use HN3 and the codename Raven Brooks Online (or RBO)

[earnest cape]

I’m glad it switched to Singleplayer Campaign, wouldn’t make sense for a Main Line Game to be a Multiplayer Queue Focus.

[untold grotto]

work has started with eerie guest while pre-alpha is in-dev

[wintry zephyr]

I mean it would be kinda cool but like

I don't see how they would make it work

[earnest cape]

Yeah that’s fair, I would like for the Game to have a Multiplayer Co-Op Gamemode for replay ability.

[shadow nebula]

I think it would work if we had 2 modes in the main menu (story mode (singleplayer), multiplayer)

[wintry zephyr]

Like a separate gamemode?

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah i agree

Multiplayer mode could've kinda been like a minigame and stuff

With other players

[earnest cape]

Also this has been the longest Nikita has Been without talking in the Server, a Whole Week, he must be really busy on the Development or other things.

[earnest cape]

Yeah.

[wintry zephyr]

RBO had alot of cool concepts though that could be reused

[untold grotto]

they were on Christmas break

[wintry zephyr]

Like the building houses system

[earnest cape]

Oh wait your right 🤦‍♂️

[untold grotto]

and if you noticed, egs developers are just starting to become active

[earnest cape]

But still Nikita was quite active Early Break.

[untold grotto]

Yaroslav and Alexander are probably working with some stuff

[earnest cape]

Mhm, I’m glad, it’s nice to see the Games Development being Very Open.

[wintry zephyr]

The movie

[earnest cape]

Still think it shouldn’t be too open.

Don’t wanna repeat the same mistakes with HN2.

[untold grotto]

it's not very open anyway

[earnest cape]

Yeah we haven’t even gotten to see the Prototype Build except for some Screenshots.

I do think the New Focus on AI from the Past Games is really good, RB practically being a Fully Simulated Town is awesome.

[wintry zephyr]

True

Im looking forward to the story

[untold grotto]

prototype probably won't even have a story

Although as they say placeholder story

[earnest cape]

I think the Story will definitely have some sort of Psychological Factor knowing when Nikita is working in the Games they always do, Quentin having Yellow Press and The Guest being his imagination and over Dramatized RB in the Early Ideas for HN2, Nicky and his Trauma and having to face it.

[wintry zephyr]

What is a yellow press

[earnest cape]

It does IIRC

Just a Placeholder Story.

[untold grotto]

its a placeholder story

[wintry zephyr]

But it's still a story

So it will have obe

Obe

[shadow nebula]

let's just hope the placeholder story won't be better than the final one

[wintry zephyr]

Oh ok

[earnest cape]

Basically exaggerating things without realizing it.

The Guest was supposed to be a cause of Quentin’s Yellow Press and not being real.

[wintry zephyr]

Is that confirmed

[earnest cape]

The Guest and Guest World were supposed to be the cause of Yellow Press.

But this was just Early Ideas for HN2.

It’s also how Guest World was made though.

[wintry zephyr]

Oh i know about this

I didn't know about the guest one though

[earnest cape]

Mhm.

Anyways.

HN3 am I right?

[wintry zephyr]

Ngl that's kinda

Meg

Meh

[earnest cape]

Yeah the Idea may sound boring but for a Psychological Focus would’ve been crazy.

It gives off Shutter Island vibes with how Reality isn’t what it really is.

Anyways I it’s really cool how Jacob is just working in the Gas Station and in his free time breaking into Homes like the Player.

[wintry zephyr]

Yah

[earnest cape]

I do hope Characters can use Vehicles to get around.

[wintry zephyr]

I think it was said they will

[earnest cape]

Yeah IIRC you can mess with their Vehicles, such as take the wheels off a Car and now they have to use a Bicycle to get to wherever they need to go.

[wintry zephyr]

Gives alpha 2 vibes

[earnest cape]

It sounds interesting if it does get implemented.

[untold grotto]

iirc they said they could work on getting the player to drive too

[earnest cape]

Could be so chaotic.

[wintry zephyr]

Imagine you crash your car into the gasoline thing in the gas station

[earnest cape]

Yeah I think Jacob is going to be off from work for a while.

[wintry zephyr]

Or in heaven

[earnest cape]

lol

If there are Ragdolls imagine hitting someone with a Car, plus the Character liking you based on how you treat them.

Yeah Ik someone will definitely hate me the rest of the Game.

[pastel basin]

aleksander changed his pfp

if that means anything

[untold grotto]

that means he dyed him hair

[untold grotto]

i looked at him Instagram and this isn't the first time

[wintry zephyr]

Imma give 'em the minecraft villager treatment

[shadow nebula]

free mode moment

[bright rain]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbor-2-hello-guest-hello-neighbor-guest-spooky-dance-spooky-dance-guest-gif-9439861635525511570

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbor-deformed-sad-ree-stop-gif-4549802191729888095

Nieghbor-"Check out these dance moves!"

Guest-"Oh yeah, check out my dance moves!"

[frosty gyro]

new aleksandr pfp

[gentle pebble]

Today all EGS team is online hopefully we get news soon for Devlog 2

[spiral quiver]

The new pfp has been out for a week

If not more than a week

[frosty gyro]

Its just that aleksandr hasnt been online for more than a week

[low gate]

Amazing

[cunning yacht]

Any interesting news for hello neighbor 3

[frosty gyro]

Not any since christmas

[cunning yacht]

No since tinyBuild were on christmas vacation

[cunning yacht]

Any before xmas?

[cunning yacht]

Okie

[frosty gyro]

Tons

[cunning yacht]

Like in the trailer

[frosty gyro]

Xmas had 3 prototype screenshot

Theres another devlog

[cunning yacht]

Oooo where's that

[frosty gyro]

#announcements

[cunning yacht]

Ill watch later, thx!

[rocky tinsel]

ok

[wise lynx]

when does hn 3 could be out?

[untold grotto]

prototype version will be released this month

[wise lynx]

is it free?

[untold grotto]

it's hard to say anything definite about the full game

[untold grotto]

probably

[wise lynx]

i play hello neighbor since i was a kid i already finished the 1 and 2 and all alphas

[severe merlin]

Everyone was on Christmas vacation 🙂
Now we back in to the game

[peak solar]

Oh yeah, what did you do for christmas vacation?

[wise lynx]

nothing but the best part was be with my family

[untold grotto]

is there any change in devlog 2 or for the prototype? like a delay

[fast mason]

take time and enjoy the journey

[severe merlin]

I went to remote cabin in Montenegro. It was very surreal experience 🙂
What did you do?

[oblique parcel]

Hi Nikita hope your and all the others vacation been great!

[severe merlin]

It depends. For now no delays. We moved to the next stage for the prototype. Hopefully we’ll share our current stage along with devlog.

[charred coyote]

Hey Nikita, welcome back!

[swift lion]

I wonder what teasers are cooked for January 👀

[oblique parcel]

What is the next stage gonna be about If you’re allowed to tell yet or maybe that’s something reserved for the devlog?

Oh wait you literally said it in your message 🤦‍♂️ my bad

[untold grotto]

if devlog 2 and prototype are this month, will the prototype release date be given in devlog 2 or will they be released at the same time?

[mint spade]

srrrs

[bright rain]

LET'S GO! THE MAN IS BACK!

[wise lynx]

hello neighbor 3 will be so good just like the other ones

[neon ether]

Go, Nikita, go!

[shadow nebula]

I think the first option will be better

more people will watch the devlog

[wintry zephyr]

What???

[bright rain]

Probally in the next few days or months, we might get new teasers?

[untold grotto]

devlog 2 and prototype this month

[peak solar]

I had a dinner with most of my family/relatives

very nice experience!

[wintry zephyr]

Same

[bright rain]

It's good thing Nickita is back!

Maybe teasers later tonight or tommorrow?

[untold grotto]

i'm sure they won't share any teasers at this time or later

because according to their timezone it's probably night time rn

at least EGS

[hot spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-fighting-smiling-friends-no-fight-stop-it-stop-arguing-gif-8713281799291953889

[bright rain]

HAHAHAHA

[earnest cape]

Oh shoot, definitely fits the Holiday.

[severe merlin]

Can’t say for sure for now. Since prototype is more like internal stage, rather than public demo, I want to present it properly. So people had right expectations and experience.

[dark ingot]

for sure, cant pull a hello guest alpha 1

[frosty gyro]

Nikita i would like to ask since you said that the people who knew the mechanisms of prototype had more hours of fun than the people who knew nothing about hn3 what did the team add to make hn3 more universal

[neon ether]

I hope mr Peterson will be our companion or try to use us, because he knows this town, but the player is not.

He is new in this town

Maybe he will be want fix all

And will try to ask us for help

[shadow nebula]

then he turns evil at the end?

[restive ermine]

I have a theory about Jacob

[restive ermine]

1. Name meaning. "Jacob" is an english-language variation of the hebrew name pronounced "Yacov", which in turn refers to the biblical character Jacob, who was one of Christ's apostles. The name literally translates as "Heel", "To follow something". This may indicate that he is a former cultist, or simply something we will look at in the next paragraph.

[severe merlin]

You mean, what we add after we realized that those who knew had more fun?

[frosty gyro]

yes

[severe merlin]

We improved some readability, logic and goals a bit clearer. But we do not put much in to it at this time. As it’s more of a technical stage than public release. (Even though I want to make this prototype public).
But generally we want to add some sort of “general” mystery/story line, that will be more or less easy to follow and will help player to understand the gameplay. Which then empowers players to explore the game to its fullest without holding their hand.

[restive ermine]

2. Appearance. I won't talk about his purple skin, that's a separate topic.I'd like to talk about his clothes and fashion features, for how what he's wearing indicates that Jacob belongs to the gopnik subculture. Gopniks("Гопники" in russian and other slavic languages) – representatives of an informal stratum of the population with low social status, poorly educated and lacking moral values contingent, often coming from dysfunctional families, and united on the grounds of counterculture for the sake of seeking self-assertion in criminal, destructive and other nasty ways in relation to those whose superiority they feel over themselves because they have a higher social status than the gopniks. The term is widely used in Russia and the countries of the former USSR (since the end of the 20th century). And in case of Jacob's name meaning he's a true follower of that subculture.

[frosty gyro]

thanks for answering

[restive ermine]

Gopnik subculture is in a sense a "culture of honor", but at the same time a) honor is based only on fights/beatings and communication around and around them and b) absolutely everything is allowed to be said about a dishonorable person ("stooge"), without any moral restrictions. The image and behavior of a typical gopnik is a parody of representatives of the criminal world of the 1990s in Russia and other CIS countries. The black leather jacket and tracksuit were also adopted by teenagers from them. Gopniks were engaged in petty theft, extortion of money, robbery and beating random passers-by, especially at night.

[gentle pebble]

Nikita in the images the text is in English so will it have Ravencroobian language or not

[oblique parcel]

It’s just a prototype so there’s no need to add details like wayron croobian yet

[mortal dove]

wayron croobian*

[severe merlin]

Treat this prototype as normal internal prototype. It’s not “prepared” for public. It’s not a demo. Treat it as a rough sketch. Thus do not expect any “beautifying” or meaningful story that will be carried further.

[oblique parcel]

I hope the ais will get a lot of animations and variations of existing ones as it help make them feel alive this is especially apparent in the vr game search and rescue

The neighbor and the guest felt so alive and animated in it although tbf these were motion captured

[restive ermine]

Jacob, Coned and Signed be like:

[chrome solstice]

Love that the Bus travels from „wrayon croobs“ to „nowhere“. Nice Detail

[bright rain]

I can't wait for this game!

This game is going to sound promising

Can't wait for next devlog

[rocky tinsel]

hello nikita

or who are u

[modest canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/nikita-tarkov-buyanov-nikita-tarkov-calling-with-nikita-tarkov-gif-11097397000465192140

[shadow nebula]

of course that's nikita

[cunning yacht]

When will we see actual video footage of the prototype? We´ve only seen screenshots for now.

[untold grotto]

devlog 2

[cunning yacht]

Yeah, sounds reasonable, but we were supposed to get gameplay clips a few weeks ago.

[hardy sorrel]

I didn’t talked to u

[ashen oriole]

I didn't talked 🗣️ 🔥

[hardy sorrel]

Da.

[ashen oriole]

🗣️ 🔥

Pro English

101%

[hardy sorrel]

Da.

[wintry zephyr]

Oh that is interesting, i like to think the cultists have kinda been defeated in hello neighbor 2 and now only some of them remain

[restive ermine]

And considering that HN3 is inspired by post-soviet culture...

[restive ermine]

Bratki on a shodka, lol

[spring wind]

and will quentin appear in the 3rd part of the game?

[untold grotto]

probably wont

[spring wind]

😭

[dawn moat]

It's not easy to pull something together during December what with the holidays and a lot of the team being out during that time, but footage is on the way!

[steep remnant]

tinyjay can I ask you a question

not related to hn3

but hn2

[bright rain]

Quentin is probally dead or missing.

[inner yacht]

I was about to ask that

If we will know in HN3 what happened to Quentin in the end of HN2 (I dont know If i missed somethink)

[bright rain]

Vote if Quentin is dead.

[inner yacht]

I would say not

We also dont know who did that and why

[bright rain]

Imagine if Theodor is the reason for signed and coned are in the town?

[inner yacht]

I was kinda surprised that they appear and how they came up with them

[bright rain]

What's interesting is that there are clumps of snow is certain areas?

[inner yacht]

I could talk about it all day tbh

[bright rain]

I know the game is suppost to take place in early spring, but snow in a non-spin-off game is cool

I don't know why they say it's simulated in real-time?

We need more

[untold grotto]

wheres my hello neighbor 3 teaser

[cunning yacht]

Thanks for the response, Jay!

[fickle thicket]

Is there any news on the next dev log

[untold grotto]

no

its in late january

[fickle thicket]

Oh well that good

[untold grotto]

will focus on prototype

[fickle thicket]

Also don’t we get dev log once every month

[untold grotto]

every 5-8 week

[fickle thicket]

Ok that nice

It been like 3 weeks so like 5 weeks left right

[fickle thicket]

Wonder if it reveals Peterson design or not

[untold grotto]

maybe

when we told Nikita this, he said it was an interesting idea

[fickle thicket]

Wait speaking of the design of Peterson what happened to them doing that they just kind stop

[untold grotto]

nost likely devlog 2 will give the prototype gameplay and the release date of the prototype

[frosty gyro]

its for a special time

[fickle thicket]

Wait the prototype is public

[untold grotto]

guest reveal will be special

[untold grotto]

yep

[untold grotto]

cant wait

[shadow nebula]

unnatural long legs and arms

[frosty gyro]

(nikita is leaning on making this prototype public)

[fickle thicket]

Wait where this came from

[swift lion]

I wonder who it will be.

[fickle thicket]

Also there gonna be 5-8 ai right do we know all of them or just some of them

[swift lion]

I can only question life if I was right.

[frosty gyro]

prototype has 3 ai

[fickle thicket]

Do we know them

[frosty gyro]

yes

signed,jacob,iris

[swift lion]

And then the mysterious observer

[fickle thicket]

Damn, thought Peterson was in it

Wait did they finish the player model or?

[untold grotto]

probably they wont reveal player in prototype

[swift lion]

We might as well play as Peterson, LOL

[frosty gyro]

no

[daring gyro]

Beatrix 🗣️

[shadow nebula]

probably still will be fun to play with it

[restive ermine]

That queen really does deserve to appear somewhere, but not in HN3, IDK, I just feel that way

[daring gyro]

it's better in HN3 than in a graveyard

[restive ermine]

Although...

[restive ermine]

Fr

[fickle thicket]

Beatrix should get a book or small spinoff game to explain what happen to her before she died

[shadow nebula]

she died?

[cinder helm]

I can play hello neighbor 2 on iPhone



Free

[wintry zephyr]

I can assure you we won't

HN2 was supposed to be quentin's story and it was supposed to show off what happened to him

But now that patch 10 is cancelled the most logical conclusion is that he's just dead

[safe raft]

Yeah

[wintry zephyr]

We do know actually

It was the cultists

[cunning yacht]

why does anyone love beatrix so much

[daring gyro]

i don't give a shit about beatrix

[wintry zephyr]

She went missing as a child and was never seen again so yeah pretty much

Otherwise she would already be reported alive by now

[wintry zephyr]

Man i just wish she had her own game

And it could be a build up to smith too

Since Quentin is a journalist i think beatrix should be a photographer or smth

[inner yacht]

They could do patch 10 after hn3

I know its alot of work

But Its very interesting that open ending

[wintry zephyr]

That is extremely unlikely

At max they will show off what was supposed to be in it

[dapper juniper]

they will have to do hotfixes after hn3 comes out

[inner yacht]

Im okay with it If they wont I dont want them to have stress I still love the games

[frozen mauve]

hi

[frozen mauve]

i have a querstion about hn3

[frozen mauve]

alr

[blissful river]

Who are you asking? Anyone?

[agile kelp]

nekata

leak

hn3

[frozen mauve]

is the goal for the player of hn3 to save raven brooks

[wintry zephyr]

We don't know

[blissful river]

Idk. We don’t know any story questions.

[frozen mauve]

cause in a leak we see a sign with a population number

[wintry zephyr]

It's a teaser not a leak

[frozen mauve]

maybe we need it to not go to 0

[wintry zephyr]

The population number is just the amount of AI

[frozen mauve]

and i have a theroy

[wintry zephyr]

Which currently is Jacob, Iris, and Signed

That image was from the prototype

[frozen mauve]

maybe jacob gonna be a worker of the gas station

[wintry zephyr]

Anything is subject to change

[wintry zephyr]

He is actually

[frozen mauve]

how u know

[wintry zephyr]

It doesn't mean anything

[blissful river]

Photo with him in a gas station.

[wintry zephyr]

Did you not see the teasers

[bright rain]

The gas station was one of the scrapped things for HN2

[wintry zephyr]

Nikita showcased it

[blissful river]

Probably not.

[frozen mauve]

i saw all of them

i swear

[wintry zephyr]

Okay

[frozen mauve]

i think there is a sliding feature gonna be added

[blissful river]

Well, a gas station is just a location, idk if it will work the same as it did in HG, it might, it might not.

[frozen mauve]

like in fortnite and a game i dont rememver

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah probably

[frozen mauve]

it would be easy to get away from enemys

[wintry zephyr]

HN3 seems like a survival game from what we've seen

[blissful river]

Yea

[blissful river]

Yes. But still.

[wintry zephyr]

Or a "life on raven Brooks" simulator

[frozen mauve]

and you know whats CRAZYYYY

[blissful river]

*in 🤓

[frozen mauve]

running and crouching is gonna come in hn3

[blissful river]

Yep

[wintry zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/nerd-nerd-emoji-gif-1712163874519931175

[bright rain]

The crouch looks cringe

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah obviously

[wintry zephyr]

😐

[blissful river]

uhh ok? It’s early,

[weak wharf]

Honestly I think half of the mechanics wont even make it into the final game

[frozen mauve]

its a sarcastic joke

[frozen mauve]

so running wont be added

[wintry zephyr]

Sarcastic sarcasm

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah

[weak wharf]

No im talking more like the gas station and AI popularion stuff

[wintry zephyr]

In HN3 FG you won't be able to walk

Cuz they removed it

[weak wharf]

Just roll

Easy

[frozen mauve]

and i hate tinybuild for adding genorators you know why

[wintry zephyr]

W solution

[blissful river]

It most likely will. I doubt such a big gameplay mechanic and idea will be changed. Even HN2 kept the basic ideas, just changed everything around that.

[wintry zephyr]

They didn't?

Generators aren't even in HN2

[blissful river]

Yeah lol

[frozen mauve]

cause you will need them to power lights and stuff and i suck on these stuff

[weak wharf]

Well we can only hope for now

[blissful river]

True.

[wintry zephyr]

And sadly

[blissful river]

Yeah

[wintry zephyr]

But that's HG stuff

[weak wharf]

Hn3 looks VERY promising so far, although every other game looked promising in development too and…they didnt exactly turn out that way

[blissful river]

Yep

[weak wharf]

Thats not to say they are bad, I love hn2

[fickle thicket]

Gotta be a reference

[blissful river]

I trust Nikita to make a good game though

[weak wharf]

Curious how the guest redesign will look like in hn3

[frozen mauve]

no in a leak nikita asered a fan saying that you will need them to power lights or nights

[wintry zephyr]

Teaser*

Not leak

[blissful river]

Not in Hello Neighbor 2 though.

[frozen mauve]

in hn3

[blissful river]

Maybe.

[weak wharf]

I mean that does seem like a cool mechanic

[frozen mauve]

this is the hn3 server

[weak wharf]

Lots of potential

[blissful river]

You talking about this?

[wintry zephyr]

HN5?

Server?

[wintry zephyr]

This looks cool ngl

[frozen mauve]

yes they will serve a big part in the survival aspect i think

[royal oar]

Channel i think he meant

Unless i didnt read nun (im not)

[wintry zephyr]

Man i love the HN5 server

[royal oar]

Nah HN10 server better

[weak wharf]

I prefer HN59: Guest in space

[frozen mauve]

hn294390234890928049803049 is my fav

[wintry zephyr]

What about HN911: neighborhood breach?

[royal oar]

HM-50 : the pre pre alpha is better tho

[frozen mauve]

hn3 exploring an abanded town

[weak wharf]

Meh, too much cut content and bringing back aaron for the god knows which time was a bad story decision

Cant wait for the dlc that retcons EVERYTHING

[wintry zephyr]

I've been hearing theories that Aaron is actually dead and it was the Forest protectors all along!

And they'll appear in the end and we will have a chase sequence

And then we'll enter an elevator

And it will fall down

[weak wharf]

Gotta wait and see

[frozen mauve]

guys as returning from the caotic hn channal

it was bad

i almost thought it was a club

[fickle thicket]

What you’re favorite Peterson design in the franchise mine vr design

[weak wharf]

The animated series one looks goofy but in a good way

I like that one

Going back to hn3, do you guys think we will see more of the forest protectors in that game?

[fickle thicket]

Depends on how many ai there gonna be in full release

And if Nikita even wants to talk about them

[weak wharf]

I do hope they will be there as I feel like they were really underused in the games, and looking at how hn2 isnt getting patch 10 thats not getting changed

[wintry zephyr]

Same

[wintry zephyr]

Idk

Mayeb

I feel like they will be alot different if they are

[royal oar]

When HM3 comes out i might have an answer

Bc i dont really like any of em

[wintry zephyr]

They would probably be underutilized in patch 10 anyways

[royal oar]

Apart from devgam animation

[weak wharf]

Idk, from that one leaked cutscene I feel like we would atleast have a whole level around them which would be good enough for me

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah im pretty sure we would

But i think HN2 FG should've been focused around them

Not just one sequence

If i did HN2 i would make the story based around the forest protectors and they're the main antagonist, while the guest is sort of a watcher, he is always stalking Quentin in the background and watching everything that is happening and interfering with things when we're not looking (like in HN1 where he helped the kids free nicky from the basement without us knowing).

Act 3-4 would be a big built up to him and the ending would establish him as the next villain as his main Spotlight would be in HN3

[bright rain]

How do you spell exsercise

[wintry zephyr]

By typing

[weak wharf]

Now thats a good retake on hn2

I really like this idea

[wintry zephyr]

Thanks

[bright rain]

That doesn't help

[wintry zephyr]

I hope HN3 focuses on the guest, he was such a missed potential

[weak wharf]

Exactly, the forest level in hn2 just shows how much potential he got

Hope they make him maybe some threat that stalks you at night in unlit areas or something like that

[wintry zephyr]

That's definitively what they're doing

[bright rain]

Tell me how to spell excersise

[wintry zephyr]

You mean exercise?

[weak wharf]

Why are you asking this in a hello neighbor server?

[wintry zephyr]

True

This isn't the place to aks

[bright rain]

I'm only runnin for the exercise. I swear to god I'm not terrified.

[wintry zephyr]

If i made HN3 It would be openworld but also heavily focused on the guest and the golden apple company and it's past. We would play as a spy detective who was sent to raven brooks after the strange weather of raven brooks started spreading into other towns and we're kind of disguising ourselves as a regular raven brooks citizen

[bright rain]

I know we just said hello, but now I'M SAYING GOODBYE!

[restive ermine]

FR

[wintry zephyr]

Hello enginner could've been good...

Really good

[weak wharf]

I have yet to play that one, waiting for a discount currently

[wintry zephyr]

It's just a car building but with hello neighbor characters on it and it has almost no lore apart from the ending which isn't even relevant to the story

The OG idea was so much better it's actually crazy

[restive ermine]

Gerda could be her main enemy target or smth cuz of some details I'm already tired of talking about

[wintry zephyr]

Nah i think it would be cool if main antagonist was MiTH

Idk i also see so much potential in him

[elfin ridge]

the evil fog machine

[restive ermine]

Gerda as Beatrix's enemy/rival makes much more sense cuz according to the Twin Peaks theory(the most plausible of all my theories lol) Gerda and Beatrix are inspired by the two characters that had some rivalry due to being in a love triangle. Considering other theories it makes even more sense.

[wintry zephyr]

A small idea i had for a beatrix HN game:

The game happens sometime after HN2, the town is now completely destroyed and abandoned (the town is repopulated some years after) thanks to the tornado that hit the town. You, beatrix, who's main career is photography, decided to visit this eerie yet weirdly calm place, but you end up coming across a weird man with a hat... And he doesn't want you to be in here

[restive ermine]

In my op the reason of Gerda's existence in HN franchise(at least one of them) is all about that.

[wintry zephyr]

Why would gerda be rival with a child

[bright rain]

Answer my question

[wintry zephyr]

No

That doesn't have anything to do with HN3

You could ask that in off topic

[earnest cape]

Beatrix existed during the HG Era of HN2 while Gerda existed Early Beta to FG, there’s nothing taking about the Two Characters in any correlation whatsoever, but I could see Gerda as a big bad in a Beatrix Game, but I don’t think they would ever bring her back.

[visual zephyr]

why is everyone obsessed with beatrix
i didn't even know her name until i joined the server

[wintry zephyr]

Because she's wasted potential just like everything in HN2

[restive ermine]

But they are about the same age, aren't they?

Oh, we need so much confirmation about HN2 in general...

[errant pewter]

Finally, Smith spin-off

Joking aside I like your thinking

[cunning yacht]

Hello hoomans hru

[errant pewter]

good, hru!!!

[cunning yacht]

My tongue hurts

[cunning yacht]

#announcements

[low gate]

Hru

What a word

Sounds like something a cro magnon would say

[spring wind]

rel

Real

[wintry zephyr]

Uuuh no? Gerda is an adult and beatrix is a child (im not talking about HG beatrix btw)

[wintry zephyr]

Thanks

[low gate]

No

Beatrix probs went missing when she was a kid

[wintry zephyr]

Uuuhh

That's exactly what im talking about?

[low gate]

When

[wintry zephyr]

"gerda is an adult and beatrix is a child "

That's what i said

[low gate]

Thats why is said when she was

If not dead im sure shed probably be older than quentin

[wintry zephyr]

Why did you say "no" as if you werent literally saying the same thing i said

[low gate]

Then what the shits your point

[wintry zephyr]

What is your point???

[low gate]

Gerda and Beatrix are probs similar ages if she aint dead

[wintry zephyr]

Beatrix is dead bro

She went missing a a child

[low gate]

But is she though

[wintry zephyr]

Yes she is

Just like quentin

[low gate]

Missing but ya dont know and never will

[wintry zephyr]

Her missing poster was literally in a coffin

Just like MiTH

[low gate]

Not exactly how that wprks

[wintry zephyr]

She's dead

[low gate]

But you dont ken that eh

[wintry zephyr]

She's still dead bro, beatrix was watered down into a cheap plot for quentin

And MiTH was watered down into a model in a coffin

[low gate]

Youd dont know for sure and there was no Quentin plot

Quentin is potless

Wrong word

Plotless

[wintry zephyr]

Quentin is potless ⚱️

[low gate]

Quentins jn the gutter

[wintry zephyr]

She be quentin my pot brah

[low gate]

I dont wanna ken what that means

[wintry zephyr]

Ken?

[low gate]

Ken/Know same thing

[wintry zephyr]

Coop

[low gate]

Chicken Cook

Coop

Shite

[frosty gyro]

True hoggotron

[low gate]

Hes broke

Hes skint

He lives at his job so he must be

[pastel basin]

a storyline as in, a placeholder story you mentioned months back?

[wintry zephyr]

and he's balding

[fickle thicket]

Next dev log gonna be release after the 20th of this month most likely

[fickle thicket]

Or a week before

[restive ermine]

That newspaper abt Beatrix's disappearance according to how it looks is the same age as the newspaper abt Gerda's(alien kid's) disappearance

[cunning yacht]

Is there gonna be a alpha we can play

[frosty gyro]

Yes

[untold grotto]

prototype will be released this month

[frigid kernel]

I blinked and a message disappeared

[untold grotto]

me too

[dull anvil]

how do you know?

[pastel basin]

nikita said that

[untold grotto]

nikita

[dull anvil]

but thats "Kryptqn Veronie"?

[pastel basin]

?

thats just him

[dull anvil]

oh i didnt know

[pastel basin]

nikita said prototype this month

[dull anvil]

nice

[cunning yacht]

And we can play it?

[untold grotto]

yes

[cunning yacht]

YAY!

[untold grotto]

its public prototype

[cunning yacht]

[untold grotto]

but not a DEMO

[cunning yacht]

Will it go away

[sly horizon]

probably

[quick tiger]

is that a confirmed information?

[pastel basin]

yes

[charred coyote]

proof?

[wintry zephyr]

🤓☝️

[charred coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-emoji-shocked-outraged-screaming-terrified-gif-15558153567339235171

[low gate]

🐖

[low gate]

Is it a definite now?

Or still a maybe

[wise lynx]

what day exactly?

[low gate]

We dunno bout exactly

They usually are announced same day

[peak solar]

wasn't he on-the-fence about releasing it?

[low gate]

He was worried about people like sheeprampage

[wintry zephyr]

What did sheep do

[low gate]

I might have to call apon those who have the vid

[barren saddle]

Sheeprampage basically a guy who milks and targets HN by hating on it with thousands of videos lmao

[wintry zephyr]

I never saw him post any HN video though

Not saying he didn't but to me he's more of the poppy playtime guy

[modest island]

he made 13 of them for some reason

[wintry zephyr]

Thamn

I only saw the HG video

[barren saddle]

Oh gosh, the Poppy Playtime videos. I remember when he said something on discord to not support Mob Team because of the CEO (EnchantedMob)’s terrible and 💩ty behavior. Yet, he still supports them by making so many videos on it. Such a hypocrite and view farmer lol

[wintry zephyr]

I also never saw that video 💀

[frosty gyro]

Legit spreading misinfo everywhere

And the eternal hn hate milking

[modest island]

he should not have hello neighbor in his channel banner

[wintry zephyr]

Damn...

[low gate]

He literally ripped off on of super horror bros banners

[plain sierra]

hi! but Nikita said prototype is not for public,no?

[untold grotto]

it was not designed to be publicly available

i mean its not a demo build

this is the actual prototype build

[plain sierra]

so it means we will only see it?

[untold grotto]

we'll play it

but don't expect too much, cuz its a little gameplay test with 3 characters

[plain sierra]

Okay,Thank you!

[barren saddle]

That’s because he mainly said it on his discord

[spring wind]

will there be this spy in the third part or do we know what happened to him in hello neighbor 2 who was in hello guest

[frosty gyro]

i dunno if mith is making a return

[spring wind]

?

[spring wind]

?

[chrome solstice]

Probably not, due to him not being really Important anymore

[untold grotto]

unknown, probably wont

[spring wind]

Who is it this spy or mith

[untold grotto]

missing journalist probably

[chrome solstice]

The Man in the Had was an old Journalist, that probably knew to much, so he had to hide from everyone in the town. Can’t trust anyone in that town

[daring gyro]

he got too close...

and then died !

[spring wind]

that’s make sens

[bright rain]

Did you just call me bald

[low gate]

Pretty sure the missing journalist was that fat balding guy

[errant pewter]

yeah

I can't stress this enough,

Look. At their. Proportions. They're just too different

heck his chin is nowhere that big

[low gate]

⏳⬇️

[errant pewter]

their entire bodies are different, missing journalist is chubby with big arms

[low gate]

No ones gettong confused between the 2 they just think that mith was the journalist to go missing not that guy

[errant pewter]

people actually think that he's that guy

I don't know why

[low gate]

Actually the guys got that one SN Quentin fit on

[errant pewter]

wait, really?

which one

[untold grotto]

this was actually a typo on my part "a missing journalist" not the missing journalist

[errant pewter]

a journalist goes missing every week in Raven Brooks

[spring wind]

How to instal hello guest prototype because when i clikc dont pres that button web side isn’t working

?

[visual cobalt]

Please ask here #hello-neighbor . This is HN3 chat.

[spring wind]

Ok

[robust knot]

Hi everyone!
I’m curious about your thoughts on mechanics that would make character interactions more engaging. For instance, if one character is chasing another or trying to show their good intentions, what items or tools could they use to achieve their goals?

[oblique parcel]

Hmm let me Think 🤔

[oblique parcel]

Do you just mean chatacters chasing other characters? Or the player as well i assume you just mean both

[robust knot]

Both, yes

[lunar trail]

flower can show good intentions

like the character gives you a flower

or you give to them

[oblique parcel]

Thats actually a good idea

Also they can use body language as well and gestures

[late veldt]

i agree if you want to gain a characters trust in some cases giving them an item they need would make sense

maybe not a flower but still

itd encourage exploration

[oblique parcel]

Now for if an ai is chasing someone i don’t know really

[lunar trail]

Chasing they'd just wave their weapon around like saying "dont come any closer or i will hurt you"

then if you get close they chase

[oblique parcel]

If you steal something from the gas station for example infront of jacob he Will problaby try to chase you and get it back from your inventory or your hands

[lunar trail]

i dont know if most of the characters will carry a weapon though, other than Theodore. He has the shovel

[robust knot]

Let's assume you are trying to get a specific item in the character's house. Accidently we stumble upon the owner. He/she sees you and start chasing. What tools can both players and characters use in such cases to either catch or escape

[near meadow]

Well being able to manipulate them doing a puzzle for you.

Tricking the ai. When it comes to breaking in houses, don’t make it just one specific way and thats just busting through the door. Make locked houses

Variety if tools to break in in any different way

Whether it be going through a hole on a roof or…..window

[lunar trail]

to catch you can use a rope to set a trap

[untold grotto]

hello alexander

[near meadow]

Bear traps, and if you try to escape through garage, the ai will close exits

[oblique parcel]

Them Setting traps would be nice

[lunar trail]

but escaping would depend on the enviorement more than the character thats chasing you i think

well technically you can use items to slow them down i guess

Like a fire extingusher, or glue

[late veldt]

i think bringing back the tomatoes from hn1 as a general item a lot of characters use would be a good call

[oblique parcel]

Maybe but not for everyone

[late veldt]

you could pick them up yourself from bushes around the map as well maybe

[oblique parcel]

Oh

[late veldt]

not everyone but a few characters

[lunar trail]

Like SN

[late veldt]

the vandals would definitely use them

theyd do the same thing too put a visual effect onscreen to disorient the player

[untold grotto]

throwing something at chasing character or pushing them around would be cool

[near meadow]

Dont go with the jigsaw puzzle route like hn2 (sorry if sounds rude) but don’t make it so easy. Add multiple ways you can solve puzzles instead of just one specific way. Thats the problem I had with hn2.

Add a clear objective. Now let the player use the tools in their exposals to achieve them. Whether it be generator, rope, grapple gun, etc

*Now you need to scatter some items around the map, to be able to have the correct items for any break in any house.

[untold grotto]

he dont work for hn2 so its not a problem for him ig

[near meadow]

They can solve a puzzle in any way they want to solve it.

[untold grotto]

(sorry if sounds rude) thing

[late veldt]

idk if this is too potentially damaging to the ai (depends on how complicated it is to add) but mid chase if they could grab boxes or other things around the house to throw at the player thatd be really cool

[near meadow]

Dont just hand over the items needed

[oblique parcel]

I agree puzzles should be more complex and multiple solutions but they need to make sense as well

[near meadow]

Some other houses NEED to be broken in to get said item

[robust knot]

Here are some IDEAS (not approved designs or something) of such items:

• Life-size character cutout – A character or player can place a life-size cardboard cutout of another character to scare or distract someone when they notice the figure.
• Cakes – Throwing a cake temporarily stuns a character, while gifting a cake greatly improves relationships between characters.
• Musical cymbals – Using them nearby overwhelms a character's hearing, causing them to ignore new sounds for a limited time.
• Glue spray – When it hits a character it slows them down.
• Oil spray – When it hits a character it forces them to drop any item they are holding.

I'm gathering more:)

[untold grotto]

also Alexander, how is the development process going?

peak

[late veldt]

oh my god the cardboard cutout is such a cool idea

[peak solar]

So, here's a general idea I had for showing good intentions

[late veldt]

thats so on brand for hn i love it

[peak solar]

I feel like the character should notice you placing a very important item that they need, or like, in an area they visit frequently

[frosty gyro]

This sounds peak

[lunar trail]

those sound fun

[peak solar]

if it isn't in the house already

and they notice that you're giving it to them

[lunar trail]

i like the cake, it's like a two way item

[lunar trail]

for both greeting and attacking

[frosty gyro]

Aleksandr how did you spend your winter break?

[robust knot]

Everything is good, I have high hopes for our current prototype:)

[near meadow]

Make characters move around the environment. To make it feel more alive. Hn2 map felt empty. Cuz no one walks around.

Also house design- please don’t make it too open. Hn2 houses were too spacious and its just easy to tell where the npcs were.

Have houses be more claustrophobic, have halls, and not open. Not spacious. Have smaller rooms too. Itll make it HARD to know where the npc is.
For the neighbor, bring back the gray manor concept. An abandoned house he ran into, and make it BIG but claustrophobic with alot of small hallways and alot of rooms.

[peak solar]

I'm happy that the project allows for positive interactions!

HN games are usually about breaking in purely to steal things from others to solve puzzles, so this is actually kind of refreshing that it's an option

[robust knot]

I met most of the team, which was very helpful as I get to know everyone a bit better:)

[near meadow]

Have the neighbor even drive around and leave his house alone temporarily

[late veldt]

oh! i actually just remembered a really old idea i had for an item back when hn2 was in the alpha stage

[near meadow]

Or sabatoge his tires. That was funny

[late veldt]

an unstable oxygen tank that can be set down somewhere like a trap that could blast forward at a chasing ai

stunning them for a good few seconds if it hits them

granted idk how well thatd fit with the vibe of the town i was thinking purely mechanics wise

itd be like a timed trap

you place it down run away and hope it hits the guy chasing you

[untold grotto]

so will other AIs be able to steal items from us? for example, if we break into a house and get caught, will the owner of that house be able to take both the items we stole from him and the items we were wearing at the time?

[oblique parcel]

Do we know if there will be catch animations? Or do you just get dragged out like in the Hn2 alpha’s

[robust knot]

Not sure, we're still thinking about it, though I thing that would be cool

[robust knot]

Too early too say

[peak solar]

Is it possible for characters to break down doors?

[untold grotto]

will the player model be in the prototype? or just a placeholder

[robust knot]

We want such things to be possible and I hope we will be able to pull it off

[late veldt]

we didnt get a proper quentin model until hga1 so placeholder probably

[peak solar]

Are there any failsafe mechanics for if an AI fails to do certain things?

[robust knot]

Most likely a placeholder

[untold grotto]

player probably wasn't even modeled

[untold grotto]

like neighbor or other vandals (coned, covered)

[late veldt]

if i can ask something a bit off topic is there a set number of characters planned for hn3 already or is the number always changing still?

[untold grotto]

i think there are 7 (Jacob, iris, neighbor, signed, covered, coned, guest) characters at the moment, in prototype its 3 (Jacob, signed, iris)

but it will probably change

[late veldt]

i was just wondering if theres an outline of how many they want for the final game

[jade night]

Tall vandal too

[late veldt]

im just curious cause idk how much mileage you can get out of an open world with 8 characters

depends on how big the map is i suppose

[robust knot]

It's changing, but when it comes to narrative I know not too much more than you all guys and girls:)

[near meadow]

The ai shouldn’t be to complex. Have it have already built in routes to cut you off easily. Makes the ai feel like they know their house well. Have it have alot of activities. Not just 1 or 2 things like hn2 ai did, which was an issue.

Also one thing im afraid of; please make the extra houses NOT LINKED to the main big baddy. The neighbor. Or the guest.

Hn2’s worst problem was that, it was linear. There was only one route. All the other houses are locked until you finish one objective, it didnt let you choose how you beat the game.

Hn3 should be, you’re thrown into it. Now do whatever you want. Just be careful at night. The guest follows. There is the main story, and another optional main story to tell us what happened to the neighbor himself

[near meadow]

Like- an ai closes a gate to trap you.

[late veldt]

damn so the narrative isnt really finalized yet then

makes sense

[oblique parcel]

Its not from what i heard

[untold grotto]

this was actually a Nikita question

[late veldt]

i mean i have a very set idea on what i think hn3s story will be but its up to you guys lol

[near meadow]

Hn3 should Please tell us what happens to the neighbor and aaron. Because hn2 story felt pointless because hn2 was supoosed to tell us that, and in the end we still didn’t know. That mistake must never be made 🙏🙏🙏

[cobalt wharf]

one of them prank hand shake buttons that zap the person shaking your hand, which in game could give you a second chance after you’re grabbed by the enemy once

[late veldt]

thats a really good idea actually

[oblique parcel]

Thats not his decison tbf

[near meadow]

Oh

[late veldt]

its called a joybuzzer tho iirc

[cobalt wharf]

ah yeah

joybuzzer

zaps them and lets you escape the grip once

[untold grotto]

do you have any information about devlog 2

[cobalt wharf]

would be very hard item to come by tho

[robust knot]

It's 100% Nikita's question:)

[bright rain]

A game designer?

[near meadow]

Dont give it one specific route. For nothing too complex (No neural network required)

It had already lets say 4 built in routes. Now theres a chance. A gamble. Each escape route will be a gamble. 50% chance he take one of 4 routes

[oblique parcel]

Okay i don’t want it too be too simple though

I want it to be at least semi complex

[keen hemlock]

Ive had this idea once where some npc has a dog that is aggressive and you can tame the dog and make it your own by giving bones to it

[near meadow]

It is semi complex

A gamble where an ai will take one of its built in routes

[oblique parcel]

I don’t like the ai having specific routes

I prefer when it itself explore around not follow a set path

[near meadow]

Its better than what we had for hn2

[robust knot]

It's a good idea, we even discussed with Nikita something similar today:)

[oblique parcel]

They can make a complex ai without making it like hn2 ai

[keen hemlock]

Cool

[near meadow]

Hn2 ai would just
Give up for some reason It knew you were in its house.

In hn3, Make the ai look for your constantly until IT knows your not in its house.

[untold grotto]

just out of curiosity, doesn't Eerie Guest S. use discord for communication? So instead of everyone gathering in a studio, they work from home most of the time

[oblique parcel]

Also a new cat character would be cool a wandering one

[frosty gyro]

Imbir 2

Heh

[oblique parcel]

Yes basically

[peak solar]

I think it's just better sometimes see everyone in person rather than just in calls

[bright rain]

it is such an ounor to meat a game designer for the first time

[robust knot]

It depends, some are in the office, some work from home, many from different courtiers

[near meadow]

Does the neighbor have a model?

[frosty gyro]

It would also be cool when at the course of the game you could give it chicken and slowly befriend it

[robust knot]

I'll try to come by more regularly

[plain sierra]

throwing items at them like it was in hn2 announcment trailer

[near meadow]

Have you seen the guests design and the neighors design?

[bright rain]

Will the rope return?

[untold grotto]

will there be more advanced climbing mechanics than in hn2?

[peak solar]

Late to this, but I would probably try getting onto the house roof, since I wouldn't think they could jump up (unless it's big enough to navigate)

[robust knot]

We want it to be back, but I don't think it will be in the current prototype

[late veldt]

id love to see the grappling hook come back

[cobalt wharf]

handheld sonar movement detection device like from alien isolation

[near meadow]

By any chance have you seen the guests design?

Or neigbb?

[late veldt]

maybe as something you get near the end of the game to get to harder to reach areas

[robust knot]

Don't have such plans atm

[oblique parcel]

I hope you add it as it was a nice mechanic in hn2

[peak solar]

do you think the house roofs in the Prototype are big enough for AIs to navigate?

[bright rain]

will we finnaly be able to slide lock the doors?

[late veldt]

what does that mean?

[near meadow]

Will the amusement park and mayak make a return?

[oblique parcel]

Thats a story related Question he can’t answer those

[near meadow]

Oh

[robust knot]

I saw the concept art

[near meadow]

Well atleast amusement park. Everyone knows it exisrs

[frosty gyro]

👀

[late veldt]

nikita said the park was essentially "we're still figuring it out" the mayak has gotten no word about it for hn3

[old comet]

red sleeves?

[late veldt]

nox...

[plain sierra]

the most important task for hn3 is to be horror

[oblique parcel]

Cmon nox

[lunar trail]

When will we see it...

[old comet]

you guys just don't understand the importance.

[frosty gyro]

After the neighbor

[late veldt]

the sleeves debate is dumb you guys should just make him shirtless/j

[peak solar]

asking because I feel like some people would immediately go there to easily "cheat", and stop a chase immediately

[peak solar]

then wait and go back inside the house

[near meadow]

Oh dang. Credits to chicken.20. For this fan model

Will it have exaggerated features? Atleast? Like eeerily the longest limbs

How hot or cold is this

[plain sierra]

oh ok

[untold grotto]

will the tall man make an appearance in the prototype, even if it's brief?

[plain sierra]

wow this design looks fire

[untold grotto]

ik nikita said there will be 3 chars

[oblique parcel]

Why are you asking Questions that are for Nikita?

[unreal hornet]

Banana peels, slingshots, vacuum cleaners, magnet (if the chased character has any metallic objects), grabbing and throwing any nearbye objects

[untold grotto]

me?

[oblique parcel]

No not you

[near meadow]

Me.

M

Mb*

[late veldt]

oh true i meant to talk about this yesterday

bringing the magnet gun from hn1 back would be cool

[bright rain]

In the announcement trailer for HN2, you ran into the jial cell, you it showed off being able to slide a bar to lock doors. will we see that return?

[loud skiff]

i hope hn3 gives back those pre-alpha to alpha 1 vibes

[late veldt]

you could use it to steal things off of ais as well as grab metal objects

[untold grotto]

it wont give

[late veldt]

like if they have a key in their pocket you could use the magnet to get it

[plain sierra]

hope it will have fire soundtrack like hn2 had

[sonic birch]

i would honestly like the red sleeves to return for the Guest in HN3, we'll have to see though

[cobalt wharf]

lock picks

[untold grotto]

siarhei and nikita working together

so it will be peak

[frosty gyro]

Yep

They make fire music

🔥

[near meadow]

Do you design the sound for the guest?

[sonic birch]

siarhei and Nikita have their own vibes, will love to see them work together

[near meadow]

Or anythinf

[untold grotto]

nikita = before hn2 alpha 2 composer
siarhei = after nikita composer

if you dont know

[robust knot]

Please, let me know if you come up with something cool:)
#hn3-discussion message

[meager badge]

Face animations in reflections

[cobalt wharf]

a personal journal for player which you can actually keep photos and things in

[frosty gyro]

They even discuss the music to make it better

[near meadow]

Do you design the sounds items make as well?

Or noise?

[bright rain]

In the announcement trailer for HN2, you ran into the jial cell, you it showed off being able to slide a bar to lock doors. will we see that return?

[robust knot]

No

[untold grotto]

you said before that there would be no talking (i.e. vocally), other than facial expressions and grunts, things like hugging or greetings would be cool

[old comet]

Siarhei will likely be the sole sound designer

[late veldt]

yeah actually im curious about this

[dull anvil]

are there dlc's in hn3?

[robust knot]

It's not currently in our plans

[untold grotto]

imagine doing this with signed

[oblique parcel]

Way way way too early to ask lol

[peak solar]

Will the characters be able to do simpler tasks alongside the unique ones?

[oblique parcel]

I hope so

[peak solar]

(Watching TV, moving items, washing their hands, etc.)

[dull anvil]

are there multiple endings

[untold grotto]

yes

[oblique parcel]

I hope They add a lot of tasks and animations too to the different ais to make them feel life like

[untold grotto]

for prototype probably dont

but for fg theres a multiple endings

[bright rain]

Will there be more characters besides the ones we already know?

[oblique parcel]

Likely

[late veldt]

how will communication with the other characters work if you wanna be friends with them since hn games have a no dialogue rule

[untold grotto]

its a good idea to do different hand greetings with each character

[dull anvil]

are there multiple people that can catch you like in hn2 (the police, baker, neighbor)?

[near meadow]

Yes

[untold grotto]

yes

[bright rain]

Neighbor art. now.

[untold grotto]

he wont and probably cant post it

[near meadow]

Nikita will prolly show it in devlog

[oblique parcel]

Anyways can’t we actually focus on thinking up new ideas instead of just suggesting old ones mainly

[robust knot]

In the current prototype, NPCs who are friends wave their hands at each other when they meet. I believe there will be much more in the future when it comes to characters expressing their attitudes toward one another.

[wintry zephyr]

That's kinda hard honestly

[oblique parcel]

It is lol im Trying to come up with something but its super hard

[untold grotto]

i don't know if it would ruin the seriousness of the game, but for example, it would be nice if signed drew an angry face on the his sign

[bright rain]

I need my boy peterson 4rt.

[late veldt]

oh yeah aleksandr do you think the current fan name we gave to hn3s protagonist is a good pick

we called him "the stranger"

[robust knot]

Sounds good to me:)

[dull anvil]

are there more people in hn3 that we already know

[untold grotto]

probably

[late veldt]

ok its canon guys

[oblique parcel]

Anyways i do have some ideas in the back of my mind for iris maybe im not sure myself? but i don’t actually know what her character is like

(I lied i Do not have any ideas on second thought)

[robust knot]

It's not what I'm saying:) Nikita will come up with the name but you can call the protagonist however you like

[wintry zephyr]

Does protagonist look cool

[untold grotto]

probably he dont even modeled but maybe he saw the concept art

[cunning yacht]

i wonder if he even has concept art