hn3-discussion

[cunning yacht]

So.. yes?

When was this

[frosty gyro]

November 1st 2023

[untold grotto]

2023 Halloween

[cunning yacht]

When the game come out?

[untold grotto]

2022 December

[frozen mauve]

dude no offance but you asking too many questions 😂

[cunning yacht]

Yeah that's why

Yall be updating hn2

I beat the game then never touched it again

[frozen mauve]

me too

[cunning yacht]

I wanna know more about the game

We are in the discussion channel dawg😭

[frozen mauve]

yeah but one by one bro

[cunning yacht]

That's what it's for

[untold grotto]

now lets move on hello neighbor 3

the peak RBO house

[frosty gyro]

Mmmm

[frozen mauve]

so spooky like the 2016s days

they bringing back memorys fr

but the question i saw

a guy said

[frozen mauve]

"will the game be scary"

[untold grotto]

peak graphics

[untold grotto]

no

its a eerie game

[frozen mauve]

yeah ik

some guy in the channal said it

[frosty gyro]

I wonder how much of old rbo is in prototype

[frozen mauve]

alot

jacob signed and sooo much more

[untold grotto]

in files:

cant wait to see rbo map in the files

[frozen mauve]

WAIT I THINK OF SMT

[frosty gyro]

There could be tons of wip items like the generator and car nikita showed

[frozen mauve]

what if coned is the director of the vandals cause in his consept art he was pointing like a director so maybe hes the leader

[untold grotto]

you mentioned the peakest generator in hn

[frosty gyro]

True fact

[frozen mauve]

btw they are used for powering at nights and storms when your power goes out

or a vandal breaks your houses genorater (maybe)

[untold grotto]

storms will be in the prototype

lets see

[restive oxide]

If I don't see a teaser or a prototype or anything in 2 weeks, then I'll... I'll. Be disappointed

[frozen mauve]

dont rush

[restive oxide]

Im not

[frozen mauve]

you clearly are 💀

[restive oxide]

We will most likely have devlog 2 within 2 weeks

That's why I said 2 weeks

Not 1 week

Or this week

[frozen mauve]

"If I don't see a teaser or a prototype or anything in 2 weeks, then I'll... I'll. Be disappointed" is that a threat or what

[restive oxide]

It was a joke bru

[vagrant notch]

Being disappointed isn't a threat.

It's understandable.

And the prototype is (supposedly) already done, so there's nothing to rush except them clicking the big red “release” button.

[woven lodge]

They need time to film Devlog 2.

I heard Nikita is going to jump off a building and fly like Superman in this one so they need all the time they can get.

[vagrant notch]

Fair

[restive oxide]

I feel like actually FILMING the devlog is a fairly short process, considering the videos are fairly short. The main thing that will take time is editing

[untold grotto]

shooting a devlog is harder than editing it, btw

[blissful river]

I depends on how much design is put into the footage, if (like in the first devlog) you are going to have missing posters all over the trees, you have to make them, set them up, ect.

[untold grotto]

yea its not just open the camera and talking

[blissful river]

You also have to plan what you’re going to do in the devlog, especially when it’s live action.

[blissful river]

Yeah.

[restive oxide]

I really meant the actually filming, not the setting up or scripting

[woven lodge]

Assuming they decide to make this devlog short, what if they decide to make this devlog a two hour movie?

[quartz canopy]

thats tough man

[grim lark]

Had a freakin stroke reading this

[untold grotto]

its literally a prototype 😭

[agile kelp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1243226496504565850/1310312004929585192/image0.gif

[grim lark]

I think bro is talking abt HN2

And is using the wrong chat

His story is legit already complete

Move on

[quartz canopy]

personally guys.. i tihnk the ruin the game alrdy the hn games always were abute go into a house and trying to found out was is the lock room but now there is a god damm town and more than 4 hostiles witout any story at least give as the same as the last game its look like it have no story to the franchise

[untold grotto]

the story is not only focused on Nicky what are you on 😭🙏🏻

[grim lark]

Its like asking why do another Fnaf  game if Mike is dead

[agile kelp]

new copypasta ⁉️

[woven lodge]

Stop bully!

[kindred marlin]

Hey all just wondering as I legit know nothing about the third game, what is it about? People have been asking me to play the game when it releases so am wondering when it may come out and what is it about

[grim lark]

So uhh…

[untold grotto]

the prototype build is coming soon

[quartz canopy]

open world half abandoned town with many characters

[agile kelp]

personally guys.. i tihnk the ruin the game alrdy the hn games always were abute go into a house and trying to found out was is the lock room but now there is a god damm town and more than 4 hostiles witout any story at least give as the same as the last game its look like it have no story to the franchise

[grim lark]

Town has changed

[woven lodge]

Have you ever played Half Life 2?

[kindred marlin]

Briefly

[grim lark]

The town has changed like crazy. And its going down!

[untold grotto]

personally guys.. i tihnk the ruin the game alrdy the hn games always were abute go into a house and trying to found out was is the lock room but now there is a god damm town and more than 4 hostiles witout any story at least give as the same as the last game its look like it have no story to the franchise

[woven lodge]

Okay so imagine Hello Neighbor 2 but Half Life 2.

[untold grotto]

hes not talking with you

[kindred marlin]

Right so the town is abandoned?

[quartz canopy]

thats
no ? not really no

[grim lark]

So far, they haven’t quite figured it out, but it’s a sandbox where you get to interact with the town of Raven Brooks

[woven lodge]

Yes I am.

So rude!

Anyways basically this.

[untold grotto]

well gathering most of the information on discord can be complicated, at least for 0 information the wiki gg page can be useful

[grim lark]

Theres more than just it being abandoned

[agile kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/emopickles-emo-emopickle-lil-troll-buddy-troll-gif-26956485

[woven lodge]

Also Nikita said this so... ^

[kindred marlin]

Sounds fun I guess

[untold grotto]

https://helloneighbor.wiki.gg/wiki/Hello_Neighbor_3 this page btw

[grim lark]

Essentially, you can change the fate of the town apparently

[untold grotto]

it had to continue

then cancelled

[woven lodge]

They were trying to finish the game, but then they ran out of money.

[untold grotto]

most of the team has changed

[grim lark]

Little Nightmares 3 is a brand new story thats barely connected to the other two games. I dont see the problem with that

[quartz canopy]

because the lore is all over the place and hn3 was the hn2 we were meant to be getting
just pretend hn2 isnt there

[kindred marlin]

That seems interesting but confusing to how that would work

[untold grotto]

if it were me, I wouldn't want to finish the half-done work that someone else left behind

[woven lodge]

They just didn't want to.

[grim lark]

Speak english

[quartz canopy]

this is also true
this i cant really argue with because i went through the same fate and kinda want my 40 bucks back

oh

[untold grotto]

wth

[grim lark]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/759129678060847105/1305271878201512056/caption-6.gif

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbor-2-hello-neighbor-gif-17206743238976544647

[untold grotto]

lets move on hn3 guys

[woven lodge]

Uhh...

[grim lark]

The old man

[woven lodge]

Hello Neighbor Hello Neighbor Hello Neighbor.

[grim lark]

Why not

[woven lodge]

All three of them.

[tender stump]

to improve themselves

[kindred marlin]

Im still so confused though cus my comments been telling me to play it cus it will be a direct continuation but now im seeing its a reset? bro this franchise confusing

[untold grotto]

no

its like

after 20 years ago

[woven lodge]

So the first Hello Neighbor was like one Hello Neighbor, but the second one was like two Hello Neighbors in one, so I assume the third game will be three Hello Neighbors.

[tender stump]

its not a reset, it's just further into the timeline

[grim lark]

Its not a reboot. Idk what people are talking about. Its a sequel

[tender stump]

which means it basically doesn't connect DIRECTLY to hello neighbor 2 / 1, but its still in the timeline and another hn game

[kindred marlin]

Ah right I get ya now, thanks

[quartz canopy]

they learned from their mistakes and are improving
hello neighbor 3 is basically so far hello neighbor 2 but good
though i cannot argue with the money part because i also want my money back

because it sucked

[wintry zephyr]

It wasn't a build up for a sequel. HN3 IS NOT supposed to connect to HN2 at all

[tender stump]

because i dont think they wanna be like FNAF where there's thousands of timelines

[wintry zephyr]

What happened is that HN2 released unfinished

[woven lodge]

What if the MC of HN3 is Nicky? 😮

[quartz canopy]

its not

[fast mason]

me eating popcorn watching this

[kindred marlin]

Oh god dont get me started on fnaf, trying to cover that game rn and the vid is taking ages cus of the story

[tender stump]

because its the 3rd mainline hello neighbor game

[wintry zephyr]

Patch 10 was supposed to continue from the ending in HN2

[untold grotto]

1/10 ragebait

[wintry zephyr]

Because tinybuilds likes rushing things

[fast mason]

moneys

[quartz canopy]

because "hello neighbor 2" is taken so they had to go with that
partly for marketing purposes

[wintry zephyr]

HN2 should not have been released until act 2 was complete atleast

[tender stump]

i wouldnt say for marketing purposes

i think HN3 as a name is ok

[untold grotto]

investors

[fast mason]

just dont play HN2 its canned anyways

[woven lodge]

Pretty sure this is #hn3-discussion not HN2.

[fast mason]

wait for hn3 just know things could chnage

[quartz canopy]

seeing "hello neighbor" in the title will make the game slightly more noticeable

[wintry zephyr]

Because HN3 is an actual sequel. HN2 doesn't even happen after HN1

[tender stump]

HN3 does take a very similar direction that HN2 wanted to take but they are still very different games

[quartz canopy]

though its not called specifically just because of that obviously
i wanted to give him an example

[tender stump]

i mean it is a hello neighbor game

[untold grotto]

both were simply inspired by Nikita's idea of the empathy

[grim lark]

Did you make sure to include game, books and theory lore? :D

[tender stump]

my personal opinion on empathy is that i don't think nikita should try to cling onto it too hard

[woven lodge]

Yeah, empathy is overrated. Do what you want and hurt others!

[grim lark]

They did the mistake with hn1 to clinge onto ideas way too hard

[tender stump]

especially with how they've already started working on a new prototype.. without even having gathered feedback from the first one because they haven't released it for some reason

[kindred marlin]

Honestly mate I dont know shizzle, im just covering the first fnaf game. Idea is to see how the game has aged 10 years later, from a guy who hasnt played any of them

[grim lark]

Like with the Trauma overcoming story for hn1

[tender stump]

it feels a little like a repeat of hn2 lol

but

i still have way more hope in hn3

[untold grotto]

nikita already said that the first prototype was not for feedback

[wintry zephyr]

I mean it kinda is

[untold grotto]

just testing ai and small mechanics

[near meadow]

For artstyle and more things.

Personally this should be the prototype that will recoeve updates while working on the main game

[tender stump]

i mean okay but don't they kinda want some feedback in general

[grim lark]

Subbed

[near meadow]

If they wanna test a new feature put it in that test game

[wintry zephyr]

We have no idea about the story dude chill out

[untold grotto]

yeah they will have but not for prototype

[wintry zephyr]

The neighbor is in teh game

[tender stump]

HN3 does have the neighbor lol

[wintry zephyr]

And we don't know the importance of the new characters yet

[kindred marlin]

Thanks so much! Appreciate ya bro! Made some hn vids too you may enjoy! First hn vid on my old channel managed to get 400k views though, but got a LOT of hate for my opinion

[grim lark]

Bro they are MAKING a story

[tender stump]

also that last part is just hello neighbor 2? in hello neighbor 2 you also go around town and break into other peoples houses

[grim lark]

Hold the phone!

[untold grotto]

how do I feel when I talk too much without knowing anything and feel right?

[quartz canopy]

heres the deal
ignore hello neighbor 2
start calling the 3rd game "hello neighbor 2"
the neighbor is in hn3 btw

[untold grotto]

0/10 ragebait btw

[wintry zephyr]

Also what you just said is pretty much what HN2 was supposed to be originally lol

[tender stump]

?

[grim lark]

Oh you know how fandoms react when talking negatively about their fav franchises. Just part of the job

[tender stump]

these are the parts of his concept art we have

it is finished, they just havent shown us the full thing

[wintry zephyr]

What is this then?

It is bro 😭😭😭

Also that's confirmation he's in teh game dummy

[tall perch]

thats The Guest, actually.

[quartz canopy]

well if we're talking about money then its a completely different topic dude
i agree i also want my money back but if we're talking about hn3 itself then dont include hn2 into your thought process

[tender stump]

the guest is also in the game

but we havent really seen him yet

[untold grotto]

it's been about a year since it finished

[tender stump]

as far as we know

[untold grotto]

more up to date version

[wintry zephyr]

Ah mb

People just be finding any reason to hate in HN3 cuz of a dead game 😭😭😭

[tall perch]

Hello Neighbor 2 was the only thing keeping my family together

[wintry zephyr]

Like i doubt patch 10 was going to be the super duper good update everyone expected anyways

[untold grotto]

its rage bait loafKat

[grim lark]

@kindred marlin Let em nash their teeth. It barely matters what other people think, especially a biased one

[untold grotto]

dont worry too much

[wintry zephyr]

I don't think so

[tender stump]

im honestly glad i never had any sort of emotional attachment to hn2, because i feel like that's why so many people are against hn3. they formed some sort of attachment to it

[wintry zephyr]

Hide and seek is a spin off

[untold grotto]

or there's an 11 yo kid behind the keyboard

[wintry zephyr]

😭

[untold grotto]

no

[kindred marlin]

I honestly was really fair with the game, I even praised the second for improving on the first one

[untold grotto]

its a prequel

[wintry zephyr]

Probably

[tall perch]

damn

[jade night]

😔

[woven lodge]

Yourself*

[untold grotto]

prequel = hide and seek
spin-off = secret neighbor/hello engineer

[grim lark]

Can you not??

[untold grotto]

<@&1162799252192379000>

[jade night]

Aw man! I guess I gotta do it since he said so!

[wintry zephyr]

LMAOOOOOOO

[grim lark]

Get him outta here

[wintry zephyr]

BYE BYE BRUH

[grim lark]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/759129678060847105/1304211952440049755/caption-1.gif

[untold grotto]

banned

[grim lark]

Finally

[slender basin]

HN3, please

[wintry zephyr]

Thanks 👍

[woven lodge]

Can I have three Hello Neighbors now?

[wintry zephyr]

Anyways

Let's ignore that

[grim lark]

Yes we were on our way, Jackyy

[untold grotto]

o7 jacky cough cough

[grim lark]

So

[tender stump]

we were actually talking about hn3 but this channel keeps being obstructed by random people being mad about hn2 😭

at this point we gotta make it a rule or something

[wintry zephyr]

Let's talk about how big the neighbor is in HN3

[tender stump]

atleast for this channel

[grim lark]

Hes bigger than act finale neighbor

[slender basin]

I was summoned here, everything is fine now, call me again if you need to

[untold grotto]

well if it continues like this Jacky will limit the channel

[woven lodge]

The Neighbor is massive.

[untold grotto]

like embeds

[jade night]

People like HN2? 🥱

[wintry zephyr]

Das crazy 🤯

[grim lark]

Your number is on speed dial

[untold grotto]

but now let move on hn3

[woven lodge]

Shut up about Hello Neighbor 2!

Is that the Neighbor?

[wintry zephyr]

Sadly

[tall perch]

i hope Onions are in HN3

[wintry zephyr]

No it's big johnny

[grim lark]

Its better than him

[tender stump]

HN2 is cool, but like i said i never formed any attachment to it so its very easy for me to be excited about HN3

would be cool if we got the prototype for valentines day honestly..

[wintry zephyr]

I think we should all call this dude big johnny until he gets an official name

[woven lodge]

I hope HN3 has a Hello Engineer reference.

[tall perch]

tall guy

[untold grotto]

isn't Big Johnny the original name?

[wintry zephyr]

No

Big John

[quartz canopy]

the opposite when it comes to this chat
and thats the issue
people keep talking about how devs are moving onto hn3 while hn2 gets left in the dark
"hn2 is bad so hn3 will be bad as well" is basically what the conversation always devolves to

[wintry zephyr]

No it's fanmade lol

A friend of mine came up with it

[woven lodge]

😠

[untold grotto]

ray?

[untold grotto]

||ik||

[woven lodge]

We are Hello Neighbor 3ing right now!

And you are making it very difficult!

[jade night]

There's reasons why HN2 turned out the way it did, like did they not watch devlog 1.5? or are they just literally missing half of their brain 😭

[wintry zephyr]

No not him, the one im talking about is rarely active here

[quartz canopy]

its mostly both !!!

[wintry zephyr]

Cancelling HN2 was most likely the best option tbf

[jade night]

🥳

[wintry zephyr]

Anyways

[woven lodge]

I hope you get caught by the Neighbor.

It's Hello Neighbor 3 time!

[jade night]

tbf is there really that much to talk about as of now?

[woven lodge]

What about the three neighbors?

All three of them.

[jade night]

Signed, Jacob and Iris.

boom

[woven lodge]

And Hello Neighbor 3 is canon to Half Life 3, Nikita and Gaben told me.

[untold grotto]

population 4 3

[wintry zephyr]

Yes we can talk about how the neighbor is in HN3

Should we talk about how many broken bones Theo has in his back on HN3?

[woven lodge]

Oooh the neighbor will talk?

[jade night]

I don't think that has lore importance tbh

But it could be that the Guest took someone or something.

[untold grotto]

he broke his bones at the end of hn2

[untold grotto]

yeah probably

[wintry zephyr]

Really??? 🤯🤯🤯

[woven lodge]

No changing it back now.

[untold grotto]

no i was joking

its on

ermmm

hello engineer 2's intro

[jade night]

Chat should I recreate HN3 Prototype.

[wintry zephyr]

Nah i think he has 10 bones in his back and only 1 is broken

[woven lodge]

You will break bones if you keep talking about Hello Neighbor 2.

[untold grotto]

who is the neighbor

[wintry zephyr]

How about we recreate the HN3 chat 🤔

[woven lodge]

Hello is.

[jade night]

🪺

[wintry zephyr]

That guy that says hello across the street

[woven lodge]

I think they are already doing it.

Just without re.

[untold grotto]

whos re

[jade night]

I already have all the character models, rigged with anims, and 70% of environment props.

shouldn't be that hard

[woven lodge]

It's what Pepe screams.

[woven lodge]

How?

Did you steal them?

[blissful river]

Well, they need some “work”

[blissful river]

No he modeled them.

[woven lodge]

Oh.

[blissful river]

At least Jacob and iris.

lol

The props are peak though.

[jade night]

Better then nothing tbf lol.

[untold grotto]

the new models are probably not finished yet tho

[blissful river]

The hard part is getting the foliage looking good.

[blissful river]

I’m not talking about that.

[jade night]

They can't make the new character models

[blissful river]

I’m talking about chickens recreations.

[jade night]

they are looking for a character modeler.

currently

[untold grotto]

||call elena back|| /jk

[blissful river]

Gotta re-hire Elena.

🔥

[jade night]

I feel like Elena made things look too clean, or the neighbor was too handsome.

Nikita's vision is peak.

[woven lodge]

The Neighbor was always handsome though?

[blissful river]

I really honestly like the old Jacob better than the new one.

[jade night]

after hn1, he was always meant to look old and messy.

[quartz canopy]

to each their own
both artstyles can go hard if done right

[blissful river]

The old one looks like a player, the new one looks more like an ai, though.

[jade night]

Yeah

Elena's style fit well with HN1.

[wintry zephyr]

I mean wasn't the old neighbor supposed to look like

[olive rover]

is the devlog 2 coming soon ?

[wintry zephyr]

An actual handsome Man?

[untold grotto]

yea

[wintry zephyr]

The old looking Theo came after

[untold grotto]

very highly this month

[blissful river]

Yep.

[olive rover]

thats good to know

[jade night]

#hn3-discussion message

[olive rover]

you think the game will release next year ? (i know we are far of it but yk)

[untold grotto]

it really depends

you don't even know what will happen tomorrow.

[wintry zephyr]

Talking about the alphas neighbor

[jade night]

Too much Kilm.

[blissful river]

What.

Peterson does not look “clean” here.

[blissful zinc]

No

Nikita draws him as a bug eyed overweight man

[jade night]

Eh

[blissful zinc]

Elena draws him as a handsome strongman

[jade night]

Compare that to Nikita's drawing's of him.

[wintry zephyr]

He does tho

[blissful river]

Sure there is no dirt on him, but that’s something that can be added pretty easily.

[woven lodge]

Peterson is always handsome?

[wintry zephyr]

Erm

HN3 Theo is right there tho

[jade night]

But it's the fact that's it's not there.

[blissful river]

Yeah alright.

[woven lodge]

Okay?

Ageist.

[wintry zephyr]

Not okay

[woven lodge]

Just cause he's old you are saying he is ugly.

[wintry zephyr]

No It's cuz he's built like a Minecraft block 😭

[restive oxide]

Idk for sure, but I don't think Nikita made that model

[blissful river]

He didn’t. I believe all the characters were modeled by Elena.

But I might be wrong.

[untold grotto]

elayna?

[restive oxide]

Yeah, I saw some concept art for HN2 and kinda looked like the HN3 concept art

Idk if this is true either, but I heard somewhere that he didn't care for the HN2 style

[untold grotto]

who

[restive oxide]

Idk

I didn't say someone told me

[untold grotto]

who is "he" that you mean

[restive oxide]

Oh

I mean Nikita

[shrewd jay]

Hey, is there any new Theodore Masters Peterson HN3 version concept art?

[untold grotto]

no

and nothing new will come until the full version of concept art comes

[shrewd jay]

ok

[restive oxide]

Nikita hinted that it might be in devlog 2

Scroll up a bit

[untold grotto]

yea

[quasi wasp]

It's kinda odd how they releasing hello neighbor 3 without finishing the 2nd game

[wintry zephyr]

HN2 is cancelled

[woven lodge]

After all the horrible things HN2 said on twitter.

[wintry zephyr]

It was better to move on to a new project altogether rather than constantly adding some new patches every 1 year for a failure that has been changed multiple times

Like i said before, i doubt patch 10 would've made HN2 better at all considering it was most likely just the ruined town

Every teaser prior to it was reworked into patch 9

Anyways this is not the channel for this

[restive oxide]

#hello-neighbor

[vagrant notch]

Well a large portion of HN2 was made without nikita's involvement, it makes perfect sense for him to want to start fresh instead of continuing work on a project he had little influence on.

[vagrant notch]

I wasn't the biggest fan of HN2 so personally i'm kinda relieved that we're just moving on to what will (hopefully) be a better game.

[restive oxide]

It was pretty good, not nearly as funny or replayable as HN1, but in the end its cleaner looking, has better graphics, and is less buggy

[peak solar]

Hello Neighbor 2 did a lot right internally

but other aspects it didn't really do well in

[paper fox]

I really like it, its just
short

I want more content

It does everything well in my opinion, the soundtrack , the town, the vibe
Just not how little to do there is

[peak solar]

Okay, let me explain what I mean by that

[main dove]

Cope treelee

[peak solar]

HN2's AI has a lot issues in the Behavior Trees

BUT

the actual C is really good.

it's just not really utilized that well

you can easily create tasks, entire items from their base objects/character

it was built to be a REALLY simple base, where anything can be added easily

but the AI actions use Behavior Trees for lots of small chunks

like opening doors, or picking up items

[woven lodge]

TREES?!

[peak solar]

that is where things fall apart

I think Hello Neighbor 3 might be going for the same type of AI

just..

handled better

[woven lodge]

Finally! Hello Neighbor 3!

[paper fox]

Hn2 ai is funny to me

You just stand on a desk

And they stare at you

[main dove]

Hn2 shouldn't have been known as a sequel

[paper fox]

their ears must be so big because wdym you heard me snip a little piece of wool off your pillow upstairs while crouching

[main dove]

It's just plain story potential wasted

[woven lodge]

Guys check the pins! 😭

[paper fox]

I think story wise its good as a sequel

[peak solar]

Alright, my bad

[main dove]

It isn't

[peak solar]

anyways

[woven lodge]

We are going to die!

[wintry zephyr]

What if we removed HN2 from existence and renamed HN3 to HN2? 🤔

[peak solar]

hope Nikita gets better soon

[paper fox]

Thats just your opinion i geuss

[main dove]

That'll be better

[paper fox]

SORRY idk where to talk

[main dove]

I don't see how it's story would work well as a sequel

[wintry zephyr]

HN2 story doesn't make much sense in alot of parts

[woven lodge]

Jacky is going to murder all of us if we don't talk about Hello Neighbor 3 here.

[wintry zephyr]

Actually HN2 doesn't even have a story 😭

[paper fox]

Did you watch the show? It kind of explains it more

[wintry zephyr]

And it's not relevant at all

[paper fox]

It does

[wintry zephyr]

Yes, the show does. HN2 doesn't

[paper fox]

anyways move to #hello-neighbor

[wintry zephyr]

They shouldnt be explaining the lore through a cartoon show

[paper fox]

The story is that the neighbours all hold the keys for the museum , correct? And you have to go save Aaron from the museum

is that not a story

[wintry zephyr]

https://discord.com/channels/474299944254308373/720318918165659779

[main dove]

They can, but they are wasting the progress of the story from the games into an animated spin off show

That's the main problem here

Which is why the sequel lacks any story or innovation to follow

[peak solar]

anyways

Nikita said that the look of assets are low priority right now, since the game is only in the Prototype stage

I wonder what it'll look like in the end?

[wintry zephyr]

It's a really, really flawed story that doesn't make sense in alot of parts and is incomplete, unfinished and unpolished

anyways

[earnest cape]

Flawed and doesn’t make sense? The story is simple and isn’t flawed at all? And it makes sense when you figure out the plot.

Even if undesirable.

[wintry zephyr]

Ah yes, getting keys from residents (who are forest protectors) to open the museum where a kidnapper is hiding is definitively not flawed and definitively makes perfect sense even though it was already established Theo and the forest protectors hate each other

The basic idea makes sense, you're a investigator journalist trying to rescue a child

What doesn't make sense is the stuff we're doing throughout the game

[earnest cape]

It’s a big piece of the game that we have to do puzzles in the museum BECAUSE Ted turned it into his own fun house, he got in through the garage which is why the garage door is blocked off by a different color board from the rest, Ted put it there.

[wintry zephyr]

Im not talking about Just the museum

Also HN2 FG is such not unique at all concept wise

It's just HN1 but with more houses

And an attic instead of a basement

[earnest cape]

Everything else makes sense, we’re breaking into the homes of resident to get the keys, which same residents had set up puzzles to make sure no one gets the keys.

Only things I can think of that doesn’t make sense is the barn dogs being missing from their spots, and the forest ending relation to the main story.

[wintry zephyr]

If the keys we're with them how did Theo even get in the museum??? 😭😭😭

Also pretty sure the forest protectors already KNOW where Theo is (Theo is in the most obvious hideout ever btw)

Why not just handle the keys are they stupid 💀

[pulsar sentinel]

fr

[wintry zephyr]

My point is that the forest protectors are literally PROTECTING Theo even if that contradicts alot of stuff

Also why does everyone has puzzles in their homes 😭

Just rename this town to puzzler brooks already

[vagrant notch]

I love the hello neighbor artstyle, but i'm kind hoping they change it up this time.

[cunning yacht]

Forest protectors are so kind

[wintry zephyr]

Fr

[cunning yacht]

Who in hn2 were forest protectors

[cunning yacht]

Oh wait

[wintry zephyr]

Everyone in the game except Theo lol

And Aaron

[bright rain]

Lmou

[restive oxide]

and quentin

probably

[cunning yacht]

Aaron in the Forest protectors 💀

[wintry zephyr]

Nah

[restive oxide]

why

he's twelve in hn2

[cunning yacht]

Is the guest a person?

[restive oxide]

prolly but we dont know for sure

[cunning yacht]

It croaking and stuff puts me off

And the feathers

[restive oxide]

I honestly hope he isnt

[cunning yacht]

From hn2 alpha 1 and 1.5

[restive oxide]

it changes his vibe if he is

[cunning yacht]

He is weird bird in clothing

[wintry zephyr]

Most likely

He isn't supernatural

[restive oxide]

i like to think of him as just being the guest instead of some creepy guy running around the forest in a costume

[restive oxide]

he could be not supernatural yet still be a creature that isnt a human

in the hn universe maybe he is a unique creature

[wintry zephyr]

Aren't creatures supernatural

[restive oxide]

dogs

cats

bird

fish

all creatures

[wintry zephyr]

I mean like

Not documented creatures

Like a humanoid bird for example

[restive oxide]

well

tbh

that would mean

evertime we discover a new animal or something

[vagrant notch]

I don't know why this would be the case, hello neighbor already has supernatural elements.

[restive oxide]

its super natural

[restive oxide]

not to mention the guest can jump super high

[wintry zephyr]

Yeah but TB is weird

And likes to come up with random shit

[restive oxide]

ye

like time loops

or

[cunning yacht]

What are hn2 character names

[restive oxide]

uhhh

[wintry zephyr]

If im being honest hello neighbor should have followed the original non supernatural story

[vagrant notch]

How about the fact that all his noises and mannerisms are animalistic? that “thing” isn't a person.

[wintry zephyr]

Instead of going into the path we are now

[cunning yacht]

I found conflicting info online

[wintry zephyr]

It's a really big and messy mix of supernatural, natural and inconsistencies

[cunning yacht]

I think sure, having strange cult is nice, having weird bird legend, ok, but having magic beings or whatever is just

[vagrant notch]

Magic is already in the series.

[wintry zephyr]

Just erase the cult from existence and make manifestation theory real

Boom

[cunning yacht]

The cult of rude people who attack anyone who gets near them

[wintry zephyr]

The cult does use magical stuff btw

[bright rain]

Let us make gaming great again. Now that is a great slogan, eh?

[cunning yacht]

What are the hn2 characters names

I remember only few

[wintry zephyr]

Gerda, otto kinander, keith newsom, leslie kornwell (unused cop character who only appeared in a camera on quentin's office and the show), gerda and mayor tavish

There's also Theodore Masters Peterson and Aaron peterson but you probably know these

[cunning yacht]

I want more of Leslie

[restive oxide]

we all do

[cunning yacht]

Wasn’t it Keith neilson?

[wintry zephyr]

Same

[bright rain]

Let us make gaming great again. Now that is a great slogan, eh?

[wintry zephyr]

No

[cunning yacht]

Was tavish confirmed?

[wintry zephyr]

Basically yeah

[cunning yacht]

Book?

[wintry zephyr]

Yep

There's also imbir

Which is the cat

[bright rain]

Let us make gaming great again. Now that is a great slogan, eh?

[wintry zephyr]

Dude can you stop spamming

[restive oxide]

prolly not considering he was arrested in puzzle master

[cunning yacht]

I think it is kind of annoying most games rely on books for story now

[restive oxide]

maybe tho

[cunning yacht]

And skipper the dog

[bright rain]

Ok, but is it a great slogan?

[vagrant notch]

He's trying so hard to make someone mad 💀

[wintry zephyr]

Idk and i really don't care

[bright rain]

😭 😩

[wintry zephyr]

Nah i think It's just these recent new comers have a piece of their brain missing

Most of them are very clearly children

[cunning yacht]

How many people live in raven brooks do you think?

[wintry zephyr]

A decent amount probably

[cunning yacht]

At least 7

[wintry zephyr]

Lol

[cunning yacht]

But less that 2 million

[wintry zephyr]

Nah

[cunning yacht]

They live in the sewers

[bright rain]

Wait. I forgot about the cult. Theo isn't part of the cult. He is trying to get revenge on them because the bad luck the cult puts out, killed Theo's wife through a car accident.

[wintry zephyr]

Sewers man

[cunning yacht]

I forgot about his wife

[bright rain]

I thought they did their riturals in an observitory.

[cunning yacht]

Mr. Sewer Man

[wintry zephyr]

They do

[bright rain]

Yes

I hope in HN3, we can finally visit the amusement park because in one of the screenshots, you can see a ferris wheel.

This server is sh*t

[wintry zephyr]

Same

[wintry zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/lie-detector-meme-truth-lie-gif-9021535758661504197

[near meadow]

Tommorow

PLEASE

BE tommorow

[blissful river]

Probably not.

[near meadow]

PLEASE

PLEASE

[near meadow]

Prediction?

[blissful river]

Next Sunday, or this Saturday maybe.

Not tomorrow for sure.

[earnest cape]

Again, he got in through the garage, were talking about the same dude who turned his parents weather station into a Time Machine and storm creator and his own house into a mega fun room, he literally turned The Museum into his own puzzle house to keep Aaron safe using the Cults blocked off doors to do that, every area blocked with a key had some sort of entrance way Ted used and then blocked off to make sure no one else got in through them, library key room has that window, cog room, has the drop shaft from the attic, the upside down room, has the vent from the garage, stuff like the bookshelf’s that can move or paintings were placed by Ted, since once again it’s his type of creation.

[restive oxide]

He could easily break in

[earnest cape]

Ted could have broken in through any way, Quentin isn’t capable of doing that once Ted reinforced it as his own territory.

[woven lodge]

Hello Neighbor 3.

[wintry zephyr]

Ok but still doesn't explain the other stuff

It's still nonsensical bro

[earnest cape]

Everything else makes sense.

[earnest cape]

Sure it’s unpractical, but again this HN, the same franchise where Ted made his house like 10 stories with a roller coaster.

Breaking in and using The Museum as a puzzle house isn’t that weird.

[restive oxide]

I meant Ted

[earnest cape]

Yeah Ik, that’s why I addressed he could have broken in any way.

[shadow nebula]

someone from the Tinyclub said they won't release anything in the weekend

[restive oxide]

Well we have a week till Saturday and Sunday

[frozen mauve]

nah we need to wait like 1-2 weeks for it

[untold grotto]

alex really said last night nikita filming it

its probably sooner than you think

[ionic spear]

Yes, it would be a bit ridiculous for him to grow old.

[untold grotto]

but yea i also think its not tomorrow

[frosty gyro]

we will probably get it in like friday or next monday

[pulsar sentinel]

I'm thinking it's coming this weekend. If it comes earlier it'll be a good surprise

[quartz canopy]

its not going to be this weekend

[plain sierra]

It comin tomorrow,if not,just read this message again

[peak solar]

I wonder why the devs are comfortable with releasing their internal prototypes this time around?

even if they're REALLY barebones

I'm 100% not complaining, since I love seeing games evolve in real time

[severe merlin]

Because it's great to be on the same realistic page with community. Show how its going, where its going, and share how games are made in general. Which is usually rarely available to the players.
There is caveat with this approach as many people can not comprehend how everything works and will think that this is "THE" game.
But it is what it is. And if the game turnes out good - nothing matters in the end.

[peak solar]

as someone who wants to make games for a living in the future, it's nice seeing how things start off

and when the game is eventually done, it will be fun looking back to see how we got here

[untold grotto]

will there be a note that this is a prototype and just testing stuff etc. for that non-developer people can understand better?

[wintry zephyr]

No it doesn't 😭😭😭

[near meadow]

Nikita, out of concern, is there gonna be multiple builds?

Because honestly, something that worried me greatly, was what happened during the development of hn1 and hn2 where there are so many scrapped idea’s of what players liked.

Making multiple builds changing the game instead of letting the main idea COOK is really not a good idea. Because it ends up always being a different game

By any chance, why not use that SAME test build and update it with features that will be in the full game?

While simultaneously making the full game? Keep the test map for idea’s that will be in the full game.
That same test map can just be updated to test new ideas no?

[sweet musk]

is the game gonna change for the worst in the future or are you gonna keep it the same, because alot of people have worried about it.

[oblique parcel]

They’re planning to keep it the same

[wintry zephyr]

Even if the story does make any slight sense it's still completely irrelevant to anything

Quentin comes into town, investigates town, dies in town

That's it. It's just a huge "who the hell cares" story

Just the same stuff that happened with M.J

[earnest cape]

The story is the MOST simple thing out of everything, just because it doesn’t connect or add much to the lore doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant, it’s a new game it’s supposed to have a new story.

[earnest cape]

Btw this is the first HN game to have The Cult as a focus point of its plot.

[neon ether]

Just Smile... Guys... Just... Smile

Or cry?

Who knows

[peak solar]

He said before that there wouldn't be, since there's not much of a point

[earnest cape]

Feels like a bad move, get that it’s an internal build but if it’s gonna be made public there should be some clear understanding that it’s a prototype meant for testing.

[peak solar]

I don't think it IS a bad move

[oblique parcel]

Well nothing Will hurt by putting a disclaimer even if it doesnt help much

[vagrant notch]

This is one of the main reasons some people didn't like the first game, because the early builds were a completely different experience then what we eventually got.

[vagrant notch]

They weren't using the early alpha's as blueprints to build off of, they were using them as concepts for a different game.

[earnest cape]

It’s not a bad bad move.

But knowing what’s happened in the past it could be a wrong move.

[severe merlin]

Of course and also explain a bit in devlog. But there still be people who think that this is basically the whole game. No way to avoid that. Will see, maybe will limit the amount of people or something.

[earnest cape]

That’s good to hear, I think a limit could go two ways of being good or not so great.

Also Nikita I asked this question a bit ago, but I noticed in a lot of media with Signed he seems to whistle a lot, is that apart of his character and personality?

[severe merlin]

This happened to HN1 and HN2 for different reasons. In HN3 case, idea is to expand the concept that is more or less figured out. In a sense it will be sort of updating the same build.

[severe merlin]

Reasons why HN1 and HN2 changed so much by the time of release are different, even though result is the same. This should not affect the HN3 development process.

[near meadow]

Thank you very much.

So the next build will be the main public test map thats updated?

[severe merlin]

For now, yes

[earnest cape]

Oh cool, I like that detail for his character.

[severe merlin]

Not sure I understand your question

[peak solar]

I think he's asking if the plan is to update the map throughout public playtests

[oblique parcel]

Well that’s not the plan

I Think

Or maybe idk

[bright rain]

Nikita. It is an honor to meet you.

[untold grotto]

stop

[lunar trail]

i think he's very honored to meet Nikita

[restive oxide]

He is asking if the next build of the game is going to be the the final new build, and will instead just update over time, instead of releasing new builds

[near meadow]

Like will the next map be the main test map?

While developing the full game, you add features from from the full game and update the test map with said features, for people to expirement and see if they like itx

[bright rain]

Nikita, how is the devlog

[cunning yacht]

i hope the prototype realese

[near meadow]

Yall asked him a million times

Leave him alone

The devlog is done when its done.

[untold grotto]

he filmed or part of the filming has finished and the remaining part is being shoot

its probably in editing stage

[restive oxide]

We prolly will get it around thursday or friday

hopefully

[peak solar]

whatever happens, I'm excited

[clever pond]

I haven't had any devolgos for 2 months, I miss you.

[muted karma]

temu jacob

[restive oxide]

I didn't know HN was collabing with wish

lol

[sour quail]

Nikita, If you do decide to limit how many people get to try the prototype, how will those certain people get it?

[wooden condor]

Please no... just no please...

[wooden condor]

Or idk, it's your decision.

[restive oxide]

He prolly means just releasing the file on discord or something, where everyone knows what it really is. Cuz honestly everyone here should know what prototype means

[bright acorn]

does somebody have a exsact date of the hn3 alpha

[sour quail]

No, it's VERY far from even pre alpha

[bright acorn]

im meant prototype

[simple dragon]

There is no exact date but it is probably this month

[untold grotto]

youtubers will make the video and then it will posted and it will be in front of people who will judge the prototype without knowing what it is

i mean, its not a solution

[restive oxide]

we are thinking within like 2 weeks. Let him take as long as he wants tho

or at least i am

[sour quail]

Another reason I hope he doesn't limit The prototype to certain people is because I play on steam deck and he said It probably could work on steam deck but if he limits it then Im guessing it definitely won't be playable for people who use steam Deck, and yeah I know it's just a prototype and I'm not expecting much from it but Im still really interested in testing it out for what it is.

[restive oxide]

I doubt they actually will, i think he just saying like maybe you know?

just throwing out an idea

he probably knows people would be upset if they couldnt play it

[sour quail]

Yeah, but I also do understand if he does do it because of how some people will judge on it too quickly and think it's the actual game

[restive oxide]

Its not his falt if ppl dont know what prototype means

look at hn1 for example

the alpha comments are extremely negative

but the fg came out great

[sour quail]

I know it's not his fault

Also I'll have to disagree I think the alphas were better than the full game

For hello neighbor one

[restive oxide]

ik

[sour quail]

At least the first couple

[restive oxide]

but the comments on steam were very rude

some of them anyways

especially alpha 3

[sour quail]

Yes especially that one. I think alpha 3 was the start of when everything got worse, I think the pre-alpha alpha one and alpha 2 are the best of hello neighbor one

I also really wanted to play the prototype for the original game but it never got released sadly

[restive oxide]

I feel like a lot of people dont realize that the prototype wasnt really a playable build, it was just scripted. I think it was anyways

[blissful river]

Yep.

But talk about that in HN channel

Not here.

[restive oxide]

i was just responding to mikel

[sour quail]

That makes sense

Anyway sorry

Back to hello neighbor 3

[restive oxide]

ye

I really hope vandals return in hn3

such an underrated character

[blissful river]

Ohh alr.

[sour quail]

You know the character signed is modeled after the Vandals

[untold grotto]

signed, coned and covered is a vandal

[restive oxide]

actual vandals i mean, like from hg

they add a lot of life to the game

[untold grotto]

it must be difficult to create so many vandals and give each of them a special personality

[restive oxide]

i played a fangame recently that had the vandals everywhere through town, and it made it feel a lot more lively

[restive oxide]

for the vandals it could just be like the same personality

not each one be special

[untold grotto]

they probably dont want it

[restive oxide]

ik

nikita already said so

[untold grotto]

why do we need default vandals when there are customized vandals?

[restive oxide]

he said that "There won't be any character "Types" for sure"

[restive oxide]

filler characters to place around town

[pastel basin]

so iteration 2 will be an update to prototype rather than being a seperate build?

[peak solar]

seems to be that way

[wintry zephyr]

Bro just because its a new story doesnt makes it relevant

HE is also a new story, that doesn't make it relevant lol

[loud karma]

hope we get some screenshots before the new devlog

[restive oxide]

depends on how soon the devlog will be released honestly

[loud karma]

true

[restive oxide]

i feel like its coming thursday

idk tho

maybe friday

[clever pond]

-rep

[near meadow]

maybe tommorow

too

[restive oxide]

we can only hope

[woven lodge]

I've heard it's because they are working on a procedurally generated ending dance cutscene based on the actions you take in the game, but want to keep it a surprise for the full release.

[jade night]

how it feels to hello neighbor 3

[restive oxide]

What's that from

[restive oxide]

Really tho, I need to play that

[arctic pecan]

where

[restive oxide]

Cmon we all wanna know

[pastel basin]

3 pings 😭

[restive oxide]

Ok but it just looks so cool

[tender stump]

i think they made it themselves

[restive oxide]

Well obviously, but I really wanna see more of this cuz it looks awesome

Signed's arms look bizarre tho

[severe merlin]

I’d say it’s more of a further expansion of tech and art as we testing on practice if everything we designed and engineered actually would work and play as we hope it would.

[wooden condor]

Prototype will be like part of a part of a part, it'd just testing build, it more like Hello Guest Prototype, it's not like HN2 alpha 1, or HN1 pre-alpha, it's just prototype, but there's a people that don't understand that :/

[restive oxide]

Can confirm or deny if the devlog will be done this week? If you can't answer that's fine

[blissful zinc]

I think that's going to be impossible to avoid regardless of whats done

It could say on every texture "PROTOTYPE NOT FINISHED" and theyd still say "wow fullgame"

[oblique parcel]

How far would you say you are at the second prototype? Only asking because im qurious

Like is it at the very very beginning still with its map being made?

[sour quail]

Nikita, I know you said in hn3 there won't be any decoration houses or items so The player can interact with most stuff, so what about the prototype? Are we able to interact with everything that's given in there even if it's not much?

[severe merlin]

Yes. Our approach is to put only stuff that can have gameplay purpose. It's not like you can cut every tree, but more like: if you see a house - you can go in. If you see item you can pick it up an use it somehow (not everything can be picked up, big stuff like wardrobe can be opened but not moved). So we follow the rule "it would be better if there is less stuff but everything can be a part of gameplay one way or another"

[severe merlin]

Whatever i'll say to you wont give you estimation. A lot of stuff getting worked on simultaneously. Map is the least bothersome aspect.
AI and design - this part is the trickiest part. If done correctly it will be interesting to play on any map.

[clever pond]

Nikita, when will the HN3 teaser be released?

[untold grotto]

they dont planing a trailer or teaser right now

[severe merlin]

What teaser?

[untold grotto]

current plan is every 5-8 weeks devlog

[oblique parcel]

Is the plan to continue to build onto the first prototype ai base? Or will it be completely remade from scratch

Sorry if I’m asking a bit too much I just love knowing stuff about game development especially for games I’m excited for

[severe merlin]

Yes. Kind of. It's not that we building on top of it, exactly.
We have certain vision of how it should work.
Then we think: "Ok, what would be the simplest step, that will bring us closer to the vision?"
Then we see how it work and adjust system if needed. (very simplified)
So, we basically have general understanding and we approaching it.
Similar to when you draw something, you have an idea, then you do a simple sketch, then make it clearer, then color, etc.

[severe merlin]

Some part will be remade on the way, some stay, some improved

[oblique parcel]

And i assume no behavior trees are used this time? Because i saw that in one of those images

Goap is being used aka goal oriented tasks system but i heard that can be used alongside behavior trees as well

[muted karma]

is there going to be a mechanics like hello neighbor alpha 1.5 rope or paint buckets?

[oblique parcel]

I myself actually tried to make a simple ai in unreal engine and yeah it’s probably one of the hardest parts like you said

There’s so much stuff you have to make work together properly which is very confusing after awhile because there’s so much to keep track off

[severe merlin]

I actually not sure about technical approach. I know how it works from design stand point.

[oblique parcel]

My favorite hello neighbor ai gotta be the hn2 alpha 1.5 one I hope the hn3 one feels kinda similar in certain aspects

Not exactly the same obviously but the same type of unpredictability

[severe merlin]

In prototype - no, in the future - we dont know. 🙂

[severe merlin]

I love AI from Alpha 1.5!

[oblique parcel]

Yeah the guest feel like an actual character you don’t think about the fact he’s an ai

I only see guest and he’s living his life and want to stop you

[severe merlin]

True!

[oblique parcel]

That’s why I’m so happy hn3 is following that approach on focusing on the characters themselves and making them feel like well characters instead of different types of npcs

[queen sapphire]

In the full game, will Neighbor also be neutral to the player from the beggining?

[oblique parcel]

Anyways I’m excited to see where this will go so far it’s been going in the direction I have wanted a hello neighbor game to go in since like the hn2 alphas releases

An open world sandbox style game that has probably my dream hello neighbor game so hopefully this concept will work out

[lunar trail]

the only thing i personally want from HN3 is a good story that ties loose ends up

gameplay being good would be a plus though

[oblique parcel]

Oh yeah That too I do really hope the game has at least some connections to other media and games

For example reset day and graphic novel 2 should be kinda around hn3 time period maybe slightly before or after idk

[oblique parcel]

I hope it’s a proper balance between a open world sandbox and also proper narrative experience

I hope everything is open and your free to explore and do everything in your order but not to the point where you just get dropped into the game and your left to figure out absolutely everything by yourself(which I don’t think they would do tbh)

[near meadow]

A question about hn3 guests sound direction, is it something similar to this?

[daring gyro]

the new teasers are insane

[quartz canopy]

https://x.com/i/status/1889655975218434332 oh winning i love

Hello Neighbor Games (@NeighborGamesHQ) on X

All buses cancelled.

Closest town should have something… I think.

X · Feb 12, 2025, 12:41 PM

[lunar trail]

fun

[tender stump]

Omgggg

The screenshots look absolutely amazing

[untold grotto]

absolute peak

[tepid lynx]

he sounds like nightmare fredbear's laugh but reverse

[frozen mauve]

PEAK

[oblique parcel]

Why do this tree look kinda like a forest protector

Hope it’s intentional but probably a coincidence or maybe not? It does really look like a forest protector outline

[tepid lynx]

dude how is that so good

i am convinced it is real life

[frozen mauve]

dude my pc cant handle that

[untold grotto]

btw its a test location

not prototype

[frozen mauve]

ik

[near meadow]

The devlog might be released today

My gut is telling me

[muted karma]

it will be good

[oblique parcel]

It looks sooooo gooooood!

[untold grotto]

jay should post more 🔥

[fair oriole]

I'm kind of curious if the Hotel ("Mayak") on the left image was an inspiration for this building 🤔

[foggy fable]

That's the mayak?

[oblique parcel]

No

[spiral quiver]

I wish some buildings would be plastered, at least in parts like here (I know it's just the default white texture)

[oblique parcel]

Or wait the hotel is called mayak???

[muted karma]

forest looks so cool

[fair oriole]

yes

[spiral quiver]

It should not be forgotten that mayak is called a lighthouse in translation

[oblique parcel]

True

What build is this from? The first prototype or second

Or just concept stuff

[frosty gyro]

concept it looks like

[untold grotto]

concept

[oblique parcel]

Oh okay

[untold grotto]

the prototype map is more simple

[muted karma]

like test map

[full saffron]

Will we have another devlog soon?

Or is that done with

[oblique parcel]

No devlog 2 is being made

[untold grotto]

devlog 2 coming soon

[full saffron]

Oh ok awesome thx

[near meadow]

Should prolly be most likely today

If not, maybe friday

Idk

[quartz canopy]

what makes you think that though

[frozen mauve]

if its coming this week then def friday

[oblique parcel]

Hi Jay

[dawn moat]

As and when I get them 🫡

[oblique parcel]

Just wanna be sure are these images recent or old ones you now just posted?

[dawn moat]

They're the latest ones I got

As I understand, they're very recent

[oblique parcel]

A lot of People are saying it looks good even non hello Neighbor fans

Which is nice

[dawn moat]

They ain't lying!

[oblique parcel]

I like that they’re Trying something a bit different as previous hello Neighbor games have always been very very cartoony

This time its more a mix of realistic with cartoonish

[quartz canopy]

#teasers images have wayron croobian names

playable😟

[lunar trail]

[untold grotto]

what

[plain sierra]

be careful

[untold grotto]

i just write "jay is giving us subliminal messages" tho

[spiral atlas]

chat this must mean prototype is today...

[untold grotto]

probably because of emojis name

[plain sierra]

nah

[spiral atlas]

yeah i know im joking

[plain sierra]

ylap is play(maybe) but what blae means?

[untold grotto]

able

play-able

[plain sierra]

thx

[mental summit]

why does your pfp look like ninja low taper fade if you squint your eyes (or if you arent paying attention very well)

[plain sierra]

nah aaron with low taper fade💀

[plain sierra]

maybe those locations will be playable in prototype🤔

mb without textures but playable

[mental summit]

i wonder how much of rbo co-op is still in the files, or if it would even still function as the rbo co-op version if it were to have a majority of stuff from that build

[tender stump]

oop

[chrome solstice]

Ngl, this is actually insane

[night vigil]

All buses cancelled you say...

[cunning yacht]

It looks so pretty

[muted karma]

yeah

[cunning yacht]

Will the prototype graphics look that good?

[cunning yacht]

Is this a open world game?

Looks spacious

[untold grotto]

prototype for just test ai and simple mechanics

but full game is a open world-ish

[cunning yacht]

Ah like the 2nd one

[cunning yacht]

Who's the ai

[untold grotto]

more lively

[cunning yacht]

Oh okay

[untold grotto]

instead of the AIs in the second game, AIs that have real life and will continue their lives by doing their own things even if you do nothing, its the current plans

[earnest cape]

There’s 3 of them, Iris, Jacob and Signed.

[untold grotto]

for prototype

[earnest cape]

Which most notably means, the AI get to live freely without any bounds.

[cunning yacht]

Wdym

[earnest cape]

Ofc

[night vigil]

It's pretty cool to see this idea of an HN Game finally come to life. The whole "Abandoned Town" style just fits 100%.

[cunning yacht]

Like they be mowing the lawn and shit?

[cunning yacht]

Will we see the silly sign fella

[earnest cape]

They have jobs and hobbies.

[cunning yacht]

So like, sometimes they won't be home?

[untold grotto]

like, even if you have never interacted with them, they will do their own thing and move to different locations on the map (some will intrude other houses) to continue their life

[frosty gyro]

Hes signed

[earnest cape]

Yup.

[cunning yacht]

And u can see them at idk a grocery store?

Yo that's actually sick😭

[earnest cape]

Yup for example, Jacob works at a gas station.

You can see him there while working.

[cunning yacht]

I'm robbing jacob

Ong

[untold grotto]

ofc not for full game

[cunning yacht]

Wdym not the full game

[earnest cape]

Ofc right now, anything about the prototype can change.

[cunning yacht]

I hope they don't change it

[earnest cape]

ANYTHING is subject to change right now.

[cunning yacht]

Thats really cool

[frosty gyro]

Yep

[night vigil]

I think they can actually go anywhere they need to go. Like Jacob for example can go to the town, but also go to the gastation to do whatever

Feels way more alive

[untold grotto]

in the prototype it will work in the gas station and the ai will be tested, it is not related to the lore or the full game, you can also see Jacob in another way in full game (which is the reason for using Jacob, most likely not adding new character)

[cunning yacht]

If the ai ain't always at the house

Whats the objective?

Or do we just, explore

[night vigil]

Survive, in this abandoned town I guess

[earnest cape]

We don’t know, it’s an internal prototype build that’s meant for testing.

[untold grotto]

AI driving planned for full game

[earnest cape]

Hope to see that happen!

[cunning yacht]

I'm saying, will the roaming ai (neighbor) idea with there own life be scraped

I'm not asking about Jacob specifically

[untold grotto]

no

[cunning yacht]

That's good

[night vigil]

They probably all have a reason for staying in Raven Brooks. Like Mr Peterson has a reason and is basically forced to stay in Raven Brooks. That's probably what we are going to have to find out. Why are they still here?

[untold grotto]

because buses go to nowhere /jk

[cunning yacht]

What's wrong with raven brooks😭

[night vigil]

Mystery solved. Case Closed

[night vigil]

Everything👍

[cunning yacht]

I mean shit if a random stranger (us) is going around breaking into people's houses without consequences, then yeah

[night vigil]

Look at this freak, what's wrong here I think is pretty clear.

[earnest cape]

In HN2 the literal entrance and exit was blocked off.

[cunning yacht]

That's in the game?

That's so spooky

[night vigil]

It's the Banner

[frosty gyro]

Steam screenshots

[untold grotto]

grandeturisto typing....

[cunning yacht]

I wonder what / Who he is

[earnest cape]

If it’s the banner they may have importance.

[severe merlin]

Btw, the white house on a hill is screenshot from the prototype we currently working on

[cunning yacht]

Hello game creator

Hru

[earnest cape]

That’s cool!

[night vigil]

What this is...

[frosty gyro]

Thats insane

[night vigil]

Actually sick

[frosty gyro]

Wow

[muted karma]

is jacob are the protagonist in the prototype?

[frosty gyro]

No

[severe merlin]

It's all possible thanks to the fantastic work of @hardy crypt

[earnest cape]

Yaroslav was really cooking with this!

[muted karma]

yeah

[untold grotto]

the second prototype?

[cunning yacht]

Are we gonna see that creature in anyway

[muted karma]

unknown

[untold grotto]

the other is the test location?

[night vigil]

I just love the design they're going with. It's all very slightly "hinted" at, kinda like HN1

[earnest cape]

“Currently working on” we already know they’re done with the first one, so I’m pretty sure that’s the second one.

[frosty gyro]

Wdym?

[muted karma]

yeah

[untold grotto]

no

[muted karma]

we dont know protagonist

[untold grotto]

it literally confirmed like right after hn3 announcement

[untold grotto]

yeah but we know its not jacob

[muted karma]

yeah

[earnest cape]

At least we know the Team is starting to implement Wayron Croobian to the builds.

[night vigil]

Yes, that is pretty awesome

[earnest cape]

Also a bit of a story hint possibly there with the “All buses closed, nearest town should have something” could be the plot opening to the game (At least currently).

[muted karma]

oh yeah it can be

[plain sierra]

just like i said(or someone else said before(didnt see it))

[clever pond]

Nikita, when will the prototype be ready approximately?

[severe merlin]

Second one?

[night vigil]

Yeah, definitely. It's feels like every peace is important. Not just to be tossed away and to be forgotten.

[earnest cape]

Mhm.

[muted karma]

yeah

[clever pond]

first

[plain sierra]

i think its soon,very soon.Because they showed us location from it

[muted karma]

yeah

[earnest cape]

The first is already finished and ready.

[plain sierra]

or it from the second?

[clever pond]

cool