hn3-discussion

[waxen spade]

Also is Jacob the main protagonist or is there someone different

[eager glade]

someone different

[waxen spade]

Thanks

[eager glade]

Np

[narrow gust]

I can't wait to be the villain in raven brooks

[eager glade]

Lol

[narrow gust]

I think the physics based doors should be just as easy to walk through but should be less reactive and should stay shut the moment they get into their closed position instead of swaying.

[whole obsidian]

Bro it fizik based because it ai open

[errant narwhal]

People I made a Fan made protagonist concepts, I tried to make them similar to the concept art style but in the end I put it some pics of my style. What did you think?

[high brook]

halloween

i think its the most possible

[subtle harness]

Am i only one who thinks prototype 3 will release tommorow? They are fixing bugs that means they are finished with game

God i really want to play it it looks soooo good with graphics ,atmosphere, gameplay, and with everything

Eh but i am not sure in my own words now i think it will release in October may be Halloween? But thats too far and its strech hmm what do you guys think?

[narrow gust]

I men't they should still be physics based just less crazy when you barely touch them

[gentle cliff]

If it was releasing soon it would be on Wednesday since we get most HN3 news on Wednesday and Wednesday is the 1st of October

[subtle harness]

Who knows? May be it will release on wednesday

[icy canyon]

I dont think release dates should be put, just let Nikita make prototype 3 the best it can be. A rushed product is never good

[winged jungle]

Imagine the neighbor chases you like this
💀

[mystic topaz]

he ain't so old now is he

lol

That'd actually be pretty scary though

[winged jungle]

He would be soooo slow if he was 85

[dark bison]

He stole Professor X's chair.

[mystic topaz]

canon

[earnest cape]

If chase themes return I’d also like suspense themes, it would be cool for The Guest to get a new suspense theme for when he’s nearby like in HN2.

His suspense theme is still one of my favorite OST from this franchise: https://youtu.be/z48CKDvPd4o?si=pQ_bY3Qv-eGobPs0

[mystic topaz]

For sure

[trim pine]

If someone from the dev team is here, can I ask a question?

Will there be a mechanic to purchase things from the store, or trade items? Just asking out of curiosity, because of the last sneak peak.

[bronze phoenix]

considering jacobs gas station maybe there will be a way

[night vigil]

The chases are peak

[eager glade]

chase 3 is the best

[night vigil]

Agreed

[bronze phoenix]

this looks kinda scary tbh

[eager glade]

really really scary'

[peak solar]

next month would make more sense

[atomic forge]

Prototype 3 on September 31!!!!!

Trust me

[high brook]

there isnt a 31st?

wait is there?

[sonic birch]

@spiral atlas confirm

[spiral atlas]

in a way the prototype is already out

it's in our souls

in our hearts

[earnest cape]

Fr they are so heat

[subtle harness]

Is this fan game ?

[signal geyser]

And Nikita is just doing it like that.

[subtle harness]

Hmm i think not may be he isnt even chasing ai and just watching from distance or is in room and spying from cameras,setting traps and altering others about your place

And if this footage is from fan game is it public? Can i download it?

[wintry roost]

I hope so :v

[signal geyser]

Yes, but the hn3 is official!

[subtle harness]

Yeah i know it ofc

[narrow gust]

Hello neighbor 3 doesn't exist trust

Specifically proto 3

[royal solar]

''if i dont think about it maybe it will release sooner'' ahh message 😭

[hardy vine]

Idk if this is a hot take or not, but I kind of want the people in hn3 to look normal if that makes sense. like keep all of the wacky costumes and hair, that's fine, but at least dont make them look like zombies with their skin lol, I want them to look like actual people

[earnest cape]

That actually works so well for me though 😭

I remember when HN2 was a month away I just told myself the game got cancelled and a month went by so quick the game was out.

[mystic topaz]

me when

[earnest cape]

Straight up gaslighting myself

[high brook]

would this actually work tho

[low gate]

well sure glad that didnt end up happening

[earnest cape]

Mhm…(honestly I would rather it that Patch 10 got canceled for HN3 in favor because this game so far more worth it to have if it keeps going as it is).

[river spire]

just make all the models hn1 nicky noone will tell the difference

[hardy vine]

Real

[desert bear]

patch 10 wouldve just been built off a flawed foundation, at first i was disappointed but i cant wait for hn3

[earnest cape]

Yeah exactly, HN3 has way more potential than Patch 10 would’ve had by far, of course it sucks to not get the update but it’s honestly for the better the more you think about it.

[desert bear]

and for me, HN3 prototype 2 is already way more replayable than hello neighbor 2 that says a lot 😭

nikita thank you for cooking

[icy canyon]

HN2 had no real replay value after you got all achievements and 'side quests' but HN3 already has quite a bit of reason to replay just to see how the AIs schedule changes based on your action and inaction. I do agree on it being really annoying HN2 was canned under the hood but seeing where Nikita is taking HN3 I am willing to give it a shot to see if HN can finally be redeemed.
I almost have 24 hours worth of playtime on the prototype as well and its over the half that I have on HN2.

[mystic topaz]

True

I remember having that pure excitement back in HN2 in one of the trailers when I heard it was gonna be open world, characters intertwined, and great stories of neighborhood shenanigans (ai trailer) lol and the devlog when I heard it I was like “yo, HN is going open world” and honestly I was hyped seeing what characters there would be but yeah it turned out to be really different I would say I’m a bit more excited and looking forward to HN3 than I was with HN2

cause like it’s always been the neighbor you had to worry about and the fact that you have a whole town to explore in the palm of your hand is cool, hn2 executed it alright but hn3 is looking a lot better at the seams

and Nikita seems to be doing a really good job at it

[open plaza]

[grizzled pecan]

No

[near meadow]

Just to be more clearer, does this mean prototype 3 will be the chosen map to be expanded upon in the full game?

[opaque summit]

yes

[low gate]

what if we have both

[gentle cliff]

Prototype 3 is the forever map it will probably change a lot but the base is there

[mystic topaz]

Yup

[severe merlin]

Correct

[restive oxide]

hi nikita

[royal solar]

yk this might sound totally strange but HN 3 premise really reminds me of Life is Strange

not that its choice based but by the fact you can technically reverse time with saves and ur actions change outcomes

its very very interesting

[peak solar]

When I saw the latches on windows and doors in HN3, I've been wondering for a while

have you tried pulling off that mechanic in past games?

I remember HN1 having a model for one, but I don't think it was ever programmed as an object

[earnest cape]

Nikita if you can answer are there any plans for unique chase themes for characters? Or unique catch animations?

If so I’d love to also see suspense themes return from HN2 for when they are looking for you.

[severe merlin]

Who knows 🙂 We'll see.
For now we focused on fundamental gameplay

[spiral atlas]

Not sure if you can answer this, but is Isaac in P3?

[sturdy quarry]

We'll find out who we'll be playing for this year.

[sturdy quarry]

I think he will

[restive oxide]

prob

[mystic topaz]

just out of curiosity who is your favorite character in HN3 so far

[severe merlin]

I don't have one 🙂 Everyone is my favorite

Just for different reasons

[mystic topaz]

Mine are Jacob, Iris, Janusz, if not all of them including the vandals you guys are doing pretty good and I cant wait to see how other characters will look like further down the line

the character designs are very well made and very cool

[wintry sedge]

The guest is in hn3 right? (Haven't been here for a while)

[mystic topaz]

Yup he will he will have a reveal at some point with a new design but its unknown when though

[frosty summit]

I DID THAT TOO LMAO

oh my god memories coming in

i remember waiting for alpha 2 back in 2016 and i just made myself believe that there was no such thing as a hello neighbor and i was insane

time flew by and there ya go alpha 2's out

[mystic topaz]

neighbor evolution be like

[frosty summit]

man look at how far we've come

[mystic topaz]

really hope the neighbor doesn’t die though

[frosty summit]

2016 to now

[mystic topaz]

Yeah

[frosty summit]

time passed by so fast

[earnest cape]

Alright thanks for answering!

[frosty summit]

i still remember excitedly waiting for the full game back in 2017

[earnest cape]

Mhm.

[frosty summit]

the previous alphas were bad but i still had some hope

aaaaaaand then THAT comes out

buggy mess

[high brook]

i have a question: how big will the map be in prototype 3? will it be bigger than prototype 2s map?

[severe merlin]

Hard to say in terms of size. It's just much more denser. But I'd say it's bigger

[rustic fern]

yo

anyone wanna vc

i just got the playtest

[eager glade]

Hi nikita

[eager glade]

Nice

Can't go on vc though

[wild girder]

I think what he means is if the full game's overall look will either match how the environment looks in the Steam images or be what Prototype 3 looks like.

[eager glade]

Is prototype 3s map gonna be in HN3 final game like a part of it because I think I heard someone say it somewhere though I don't know if its true

[mystic topaz]

Yeah well prototype 3 will essentially be the final map moving forward but with changes and stuff along the way

so ig you could say that it will be

[severe merlin]

Correct

[eager glade]

Oh

That's pretty nice

[empty topaz]

Nikita, how many alphas do you plan to release before the game will go into beta state?

[eager glade]

Will there be a feature forest dweller or guest break into dark houses with dark rooms if a house isn't owned by anyone

While we're inside

[severe merlin]

Can't share such info

[tepid flicker]

Big enough to call it a town?

[meager walrus]

i think it be like 3 prototypes and like 2 alphas

[empty topaz]

okay. thanks for responding

[empty topaz]

i think more than 2 alphas

[meager walrus]

like hn2 it has 2 alphas

[wild girder]

I personally hope it will be because it makes the town look a lot more destroyed and gloomy which I feel really adds to the eerie vibe.

[meager walrus]

and hn2 1.5 looks almost the same

the layout got changed for a better one

[near meadow]

Will there be any new information this month to look foward to?

[winged jungle]

Btw do you have good plans for mr peterson being '85'? Because there's pretty a big age gap between hn2 and hn3

[empty topaz]

can we get for halloween a version with the satanic neighbor? i would lowkey like a version based on old theories when we didn’t know who the neighbor is

[high brook]

also will prototype 3 be the last prototype?

[royal solar]

tbh i think it will be

i mean prototype 3 itself already looks like its borderline alpha stage

pre alpha stage actually thats before alpha LOL

[jade night]

Pre Alpha would classify as prototype since it literally means the stage before alpha stage

[royal solar]

well it can

but in this case

and a lot of other cases

its usually prototype - > pre alpha - > alpha

so rn its up to them if they will count prototype 3 as pre alpha and skip it OR if the next build we will see is pre alpha

[jade night]

every prototype stage can be labeled as a pre alpha, doesn't need to be officially marked as one.

[royal solar]

thats how you see it but even in HN for example HN 1 we did get a pre alpha build so rn its up to them if prototype 3 will be seen as pre alpha or if they will make a pre alpha build

it doesnt matter the next build is an alpha no matter what 😭

[jade night]

that's just how they labeled it, the build we know as pre alpha is a hn prototype build, in alpha 1 they made a new project because their prototype was successful enough in playtests. (the pa/prototype build was very messy and unoptimized because it was only meant to be a small prototype).

[desert bear]

Perfectly articulated

[desert bear]

Have you watched twin peaks before because hn3 gives me those vibes in the best way possible 🥹

[sweet gust]

I just really think you should do a hello neighbor 1 remake. Have the graphics and look of the original alphas of the 1st game and make it actually scary and stuff

[mystic topaz]

they're planning to, originally the plan was to do it after they finish fixing up the problems with HN2 but since that got cancelled it seems that most likely it'll be sometime after HN3 is finished or somewhere around there but yeah #hello-neighbor message

[hardy vine]

If we got an OFFICIAL vr version of hn1 (because i know there are knock offs we can play already) my excitement couldn't be contained lol

[mystic topaz]

I agree it would be pretty cool to see more VR games of hn

[blissful river]

I mean there already is a HN VR game so I don’t really see a reason to remake “HN1” in VR specifically, but more HN VR games would definitely be cool.

[hardy vine]

Yeah, I have search and rescue and I found it very very awesome. But I do think if they ever wanted to do anything more with hello neighbor one a VR Port would be cool

[blissful river]

true.

[mystic topaz]

SN in VR would be pretty peak but idk

it'd defnitely be scary for sure

[hardy vine]

Yeah

OH SHOOT

[hardy vine]

RBO VR WOULD BE PEAK

[icy canyon]

Would definitely need to be a seperate game with rebalancing, I dont think Ghost or Guest's abilities would translate well into VR without some Accessibility settings and not all VR players can be like swinging their arms to throw items

[royal solar]

VR games are a hit or miss a lot of times

for example so many people dont know about search and rescue because its a VR game and most cant play it

😭 so if they do a VR game again please let it be both flat and VR because most people do NOT have a vr headset

[icy canyon]

Search and Rescue I think could work with a flat mode if it ever gets another update, sure the climbing would definitely need a tweak but from what I recall when I played it wouldnt be too bad for desktop players

[mystic topaz]

I agree with the swinging part lol

VR calibration can get pretty wonky

speaking of guest I wonder if we can befriend him since people will see us as our enemy or as our friend I doubt we'd be able to befriend guest because he's an entity but who knows

I hope we can befriend the Neighbor in someway in hn3

Jacob definitely has this one

I would guess some AIs like the neighbor would be difficult to befriend

[earnest cape]

I’d assume he’d have aggression, bully, fighter, brave and energetic, while him being impossible to befriend.

[earnest cape]

Yeah definitely.

[mystic topaz]

I agree

other than that I really love the insight on how Nikita explained the AI will be like more in depth breaking it piece by piece especially with the goal of the AI's needs

food --> needs --> wants

[earnest cape]

He would also be very anti social obviously being by himself only.

[mystic topaz]

Yup

[earnest cape]

Mhm.

[mystic topaz]

maslow's hierachy of needs in someway

[icy canyon]

I personally believe you wouldn't be able to befriend him UNLESS he was using you to get what he wants or if he thinks you have a common goal, whatever that is. But regardless he more than likely would never be a true 'friend'

[mystic topaz]

definitely for sure

[earnest cape]

If he’s indeed supposed to be the Forest Dweller he will definitely be one of the more unique characters with him trying to stay more hidden away from light sources.

[mystic topaz]

yeah

[earnest cape]

Yeah I’d say he wouldn’t have the “Friend” point in relationship with only going up to stranger, he wouldn’t also be like max low on relationship chart as an “Enemy” for characters and the player at the beginning of the game

[mystic topaz]

I wonder if Nikita wanted to implement this in HN2 as a guess I would like to believe everything he's wanted to implement in HN2 he's putting into HN3

[earnest cape]

Who knows, though if The Guest is Forest Dweller they were very heavily inspired on making him similar to how he was in HG.

[mystic topaz]

maybe

[earnest cape]

Though he wouldn’t run away when you see him like in HG.

[mystic topaz]

I'm just glad to see vandals back in action after the concept being scrapped after HG and onto the fact that we have more types of it

which is cool

[earnest cape]

Definitely, love that Signed is inspired by the Gas Station Vandal in HG with his actual face and hoodie.

[icy canyon]

As funny as it is, I hope you can't easily befriend Signed by just handing him 5 no trespassing signs

[mystic topaz]

it's nice seeing it comeback in a much bigger way in HN3 I think they'll probably be destroying the town

[mystic topaz]

Fr

[earnest cape]

Noticing a lot of inspirations from HG especially with atmosphere in ways.

[mystic topaz]

the fact that he just charges at you lol you gotta befriend him from behind I do imagine that they'd make it easier to navigate around with him

[earnest cape]

I find that funny, of all things he likes signs, makes sense since he clearly would love them.

[mystic topaz]

I wonder if Covered will roller skate and move around like the Nurses in dark deception how they skate towards you

really interested in seeing her in action as well as Coned

[earnest cape]

Well each character is supposed to have unique things to them right? From traits to how they behave and interact.

[icy canyon]

Imagine if you could like deliver gifts while having a indicator its from you, also makes me think if the person doesnt like you enough they'll just toss the gift away

[earnest cape]

I’d assume she’d be the faster of characters in the game.

[mystic topaz]

Yeah

I still find the fact that in the last update of HN2 they made the mayor one of the fastest characters in the game lol

[icy canyon]

Dont think you'd just find wrapping paper or a gift box in the town though, maybe you'd have to write something on a cardboard box

[mystic topaz]

I agree

[earnest cape]

That could be interesting, I hope gifts are cooler to do though, P2 was weird since most of the time only way to hand gifts was to just give it to them without seeing and them actually interacting with you.

[mystic topaz]

it would be funny if we can write anything on it like maybe an insult or a compliment and the AI takes it in a way

definitely if we try to write cursing on it definitely a bypass

[icy canyon]

'Yo Jacob, you smell, but here's your toolbox back fully repaired'

[earnest cape]

Imagine if they could write back.

[blissful river]

fr fr

Me in VR:

[mystic topaz]

thinking of something funny rn

imagine if we could prank the AIs and give them like restraining orders or stuff like that, or maybe the AIs if they get bothered by some certain person for long periods of time they'll give one to them just thought about that one Spongebob episode where Squidward wrote down one to Patrick because he was disturbing him during work

(oh wait he originally gave it to spongebob)

[icy canyon]

I dont think it'd be added but that'd be amazing to see each ai's unique way of responding,
like imagine if you got a cardboard box with a stink bomb in it but on the inside there's Signed's or any of the other vandal's faces just to let you know you got pranked by them

[mystic topaz]

I could imagine theodore's being "watch your back"

if we write an insult

lol

if we gave him something nice maybe he'd still be creepy about it

[icy canyon]

If there was a feedback form for HN3 i'd totally write more examples I have for that.
Like we all chill sending prank items to Theodore until he sends a Lawn-o-tron in the mail

[icy canyon]

'Thank you for the kind gift, I hope you accept this token of my gratitude - Theo'
The aforementioned token:

[mystic topaz]

that works I suppose

[mystic topaz]

I agree they should make a feedback-channel for HN3 maybe after the third prototype comes out

I think it's better than just sending feedback in the chat I mean they definitely take it for granted but having a separate channel for it is a lot better

[earnest cape]

lol

[earnest cape]

I definitely think there should be one, it would be great for the Team to get opinions and ideas from players for the development as new builds release and such.

[sleek moat]

Def realer this and I’ll do that myself

[thick terrace]

its very nice how you occasionally come online and give us updates 👍

[dark bison]

bold to assume he wouldn't mail himself to you.

[river spire]

you know if you received a package that looked 6 feet tall and had a fragile sign alongside a smaller package also with a fragile sign you’d peobably not open it

[dark bison]

realistically, he'd probably mail you something that would knock you out for a bit.

[mystic topaz]

A jumpscare

[river spire]

one of thise large punching glove traps connected to a spring

but instead of a glove its a bear trap

because theo was running low on resources

[dark bison]

and then Janusz walks by and helps you.

[river spire]

hes that chill i suppose

[icy canyon]

"Wonder what's in my mail today"
Peterson jumps out with the HN1 alpha 1 chase theme

[vocal stag]

Scary

[mystic topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/-gif-3530726

[vocal stag]

Well i think just typical day in raven Brooks when player have cheats.

[mystic topaz]

Fr

[narrow gust]

If a mail system does get added I wonder if there will be a post office with a postman character who drives around in a truck delivering mail

[small patrol]

well folks

its October

[open plaza]

so?

[small patrol]

we're still waiting for hello neighbor 3 proto 3

[open plaza]

cool

[small patrol]

maybe happen soo i geuss

bc its ready just getting bugs removed

[open plaza]

[small patrol]

still no geust reveal tho

[open plaza]

devlog3 is ur best hope

[small patrol]

i geuss

but i don't think it will happen soon

oh btw

they mase hello neighbor 1 in roblox

how th they made this game solo😭

[open plaza]

did they add iris hair yet?

[river spire]

iris hair coming in hn3 beta 4 trust

[small patrol]

what the hell is iris hair🥀

oh iris?

thats her last name?

💀🙏🥀

[river spire]

no?

iris has regular hair in her concept art

[small patrol]

irs blue...

[river spire]

however currently in game its just a bunch of spheres as a placholder

[river spire]

???

[small patrol]

her hair is blue

[river spire]

you said irs instead of its

[small patrol]

yea misspell

happens when you type fast in your phone

[river spire]

yeah

[small patrol]

anyways

i got bad news

wth is kpop demon hunter

💀

[river spire]

ok #off-topic

[open plaza]

but it was done and it was looking good and then they scrapped it or something

[river spire]

maybe they wanted to remake it

you dont know for a fact

[open plaza]

Well then they would've talked about it

actually maybe not
they dont seem to be talking about anything but characters

[river spire]

could you at least show how the scrapped remade hair looked?

[open plaza]

we did kinda get a look at it
it was like one photo lol (and maybe in devlog 2, i dont recall)

[unborn edge]

they're not gonna scrap it, they just haven't implemented yet cause it would be weird to have characters with unfinished textures and then you have iris with the most finished hair material in the whole prototype

[open plaza]

Doesnt make sense not to do it either

[unborn edge]

because maybe the hair material that they've set up is unoptimised ?

it's unreal engine 5 dude anything could break up the optimisation of the game

[open plaza]

Now that's stereotypes, but okay

[unborn edge]

bro 💔

[river spire]

i see how thatd be unoptimized to hell and back

[open plaza]

Like basically anything else in this game as of right now?

[unborn edge]

they optimized many things since prototype 2, they are not focusing on the visuals yet and only on gameplay

these hair will most likely come back they just don't need to focus on that kind of things yet

[open plaza]

who told you this information

[unborn edge]

nikita said that they're more focused on gameplay then anything else at the moment

so visuals can change at any moments and be reworked

[open plaza]

are you talking about art style?

[unborn edge]

not necessarily the art style, they just don't focus on any kind of visuals regarding the prototypes for now

[open plaza]

okay then

[open plaza]

they optimized many things since P2
Can't tell unless you see it yourself tho. We've been told many good things in the past

[unborn edge]

we literally have footage of P3 and it runs good man idk what else to say to you

[spiral atlas]

didn't nikita say this was just a demonstration of what it would look like? not what it was like finished

[open plaza]

"Here's small win I want to share!
Our tech artist figured out how to pull off Iris hair so it would look exactly like updated concept art!"

[spiral atlas]

then the next message after

[open plaza]

I think that implies it's not a concept
Or did you mean that it existed but wasn't final?

[spiral atlas]

i meant it existed but wasn't final

[open plaza]

well yeah then
But it's also been 10 months

I don't know
I guess we'll see whenever P3 rolls out

[royal solar]

i cant wait to see iris's hair finished like this

so it doesnt look like blobs of bubblegum anymore

[mystic topaz]

mmm bubblegum yum yum chew

pop

[gentle cliff]

idk why but it looks radioactive like glowing blue

[mystic topaz]

me watching the upcoming plumber character in hn3 get arrested /jk

[high brook]

is it unoptimized? or is it just the device?

[opaque summit]

its kinda unoptimized

[wild girder]

Will there be an in-game map so we can track our position and plan different routes through the town?

[mystic topaz]

that’d be cool to have

[brittle ferry]

Hai

[wild girder]

Hello Neighbor

[brittle ferry]

Yuh

[fading temple]

[eager glade]

https://tenor.com/view/adam-blackmes-black-mesa-doug-sweep-gif-1580863011626138011

[sonic birch]

true

unreal engine 5 can get unoptimised so quickly

[waxen portal]

aaaa I can barely hold my excitment for this next prototype lol

[waxen portal]

as a game dev I totally agree, I used unreal for a while but I just cannot stand the lack of optimization. They dont give you many options to optimize in the first place which is why I ended up switching to godot. In unreal it feels more like "either make your game look good and have unbearable optimization, or have a game that runs well and it'll look like garbage!"

[sonic birch]

ya

[severe merlin]

It’s not scrapped 🙂
What you see here is a proof of concept.
To make it game-ready it requires a bit of extra work, but her hair is not a priority currently

[restive oxide]

is the hair in this image partly a texture or entirely made with unreal

[severe merlin]

What do you mean?

[brave thunder]

it's a material i think

in ue

[brave thunder]

tried to recreate it but i don't have their noise texture

[buoyant torrent]

Hey Nikita how's the devlog you working on?

[eager glade]

This is the very first time I see nikita offline

[mystic topaz]

cool hair texture

I was gonna send a gif of someone eating blue cotton candy lol

I hope that Jacob keeps or gets his eyebrows back they look very nice as well for Iris

[opaque summit]

I hope he gets his eyebrows without looking so angry

[mystic topaz]

Yeah

[restive oxide]

like
was her hair
completely made in unreal engine
or no

[peak verge]

Yo everybody. I'm new in this server. I recently played your new demo and really enjoyed some of the mechanics. But there's nothing like Hello Neighbor in it, from the graphics to the characters. There's not even anything left of Raven Brooks. I understand it's just a pre-alpha, but I still hope you'll continue the story of Nikki Roth and the others in the final version of the game

[restive oxide]

like right now it's just made in ue

[narrow gust]

It's not even a pre-alpha

and Nicky's story is finished

[bold pine]

Nick deserves to suffer more

[nimble walrus]

I think he has suffered enough...

[peak verge]

Forget it, I read the books, played the game, and started watching the cartoon. My head is a complete mess

There might still be a sequel to the cartoon

[peak verge]

But I mean, we're moving very far away from hello neighbor in the playtest

[nimble walrus]

HN3 is ment to set in future after Act 3 and other stuff

Since Peterson is 85 in HN3 and it's confirmed

[peak verge]

We stepped into the future as if a hundred years had passed since some forest and nothing remained of what was

[wild girder]

I don't know what time HN3 is set at. All I know is that I don't care because the game already looks amazing and I can't wait to try and solve the mysteries when it comes out.

[nimble walrus]

It's set in 2028

[peak verge]

What the hell? Why did everyone turn blue? And what happened to Quentin in the end? Too many questions and too few answers

[nimble walrus]

Act 3 was in 2015

[peak verge]

Yeah

[nimble walrus]

Quentin ded... but nah for real there is no explanation why some people are blue and some are different

[wild girder]

Huh. I kinda thought it would be the opposite way round because Act 3 gave off a very "new beginnings" kinda look.

[peak verge]

When did Hello Neighbor become a saga about the future?

[dark bison]

art style

[wild girder]

Hang on. Wouldn't this conversation be more fitting in the lore channel?

[nimble walrus]

However I have looked closely at Jacob and others and I have seen on hands and face little bit of skin colour and not blue. So probably because they are too cold to the point they turn blue or what

Peterson tho looks normal

[peak verge]

This is too much, why they are changing the style of the game?

[opaque summit]

its just artstyle, im pretty sure

[nimble walrus]

To make it eerie and stuff

[nimble walrus]

Since HN1 I guess

[peak solar]

I think he's asking if the hair texture is procedurally generated from the material

if I had to guess, the hair material uses some form of manually made heightmap for depth

[wild girder]

If there is a lore reason. My guess is that a massive Mayak storm occurred in the town, causing the town to end up in the half-abandoned destroyed state it's in as well as warping the people.

[nimble walrus]

You might be correct. Who knows since we didn't get HN2 to give us answers

[blissful river]

I can’t wait for the little details like this to be added.

[urban steppe]

we need a better iris model first 🙏

[blissful river]

Definitely. I just mean when the game starts becoming more polished in general. it will be peak.

[urban steppe]

I just hope they won't compress the hell out of the textures this time around

[small patrol]

ngl she looks goofy

[small patrol]

hopefully i hope we wont get mr petersons concept as the model for mr peterson in the game

[blissful river]

Mr Peterson’s HN3 concept is the HN3 design, so the model will definitely look like it.

[urban steppe]

if you're talking about the chin, he has the chin.

[small patrol]

damn...

i hate to see him like this

at least give him the gloves back

[river spire]

neighbor could use gloves for some of his idle tasks

thatd be cool

[small patrol]

agreed

[wild girder]

I disagree. I love the new design!

[small patrol]

well,

some have the opposite opinion

cant blame em

as an OG hn fan

i kinda disagree

becuase

uh...

wdym watch your language

[high brook]

cant u just use a custom one?

[restive oxide]

i must have

[grim lark]

Oh my…

Fluffy

[mystic topaz]

nah I'd eat

jk

[dark bison]

great. you made me hungry for snow cones.

[brave thunder]

i did

[scarlet jewel]

I’m confused

Is hello neighbor 3 not even part of the story line anymore?

It looks so weird and is Mr Peterson even in it?

[brave thunder]

he will be in the game

[restive oxide]

yes

[summer sand]

Wait.. there was story line whole franchise?

[low gate]

mate..

yeah

[summer sand]

It was joke, but with part of the truth

[reef escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbor-krasavchik-secret-neighbor-hello-guest-dynamicpixels-gif-20969720

Nice joke

[summer sand]

Thank you

[reef escarp]

:)

[river spire]

i still cant get over on how weird that early animation looks

[reef escarp]

lol, just one of old anims

[reef escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-neighbour-hello-neighbor-hello-neighbor-stayin-gif-2856435758081828040

[opaque summit]

stayin neighbor

[river spire]

yeah

[reef escarp]

What about THIS >:)

https://tenor.com/rhtsa7qBF18.gif

[river spire]

what really grinds my gears is that like every old art hn mod or fangame just use this as the walking animation when a better one exists

[reef escarp]

It's nice walk anim

[river spire]

who even moves like that in a kitchen

[river spire]

yeah but he looks a bit too zesty there compared to the prototype walking anim

[reef escarp]

He

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-team-fortress-laugh-tf2-spy-tf2-spy-laugh-gif-15241003491674822367

[reef escarp]

I find another one gif

https://tenor.com/fAgiZb9w7xH.gif

[river spire]

crazy

[reef escarp]

And THIS :D

[reef escarp]

Do u waiting for 3 prototype?

[river spire]

yeah

[reef escarp]

Cool

https://tenor.com/cxXUpnmpert.gif

[gleaming acorn]

yes, it takes place in 2028. 11 years after act 3, Peterson is 85 years old

this is confirmed by nikita

[jade night]

They both use the same walking animation

[river spire]

1:05

in that timestamp you can see the neighbor walking

and it looks closer to the running anim from the pre alpha more than anything

like his arm movement too

thats what really gives it away

[jade night]

Because in unreal engine theres a thing called animation blendspaces dude, it's a literal blend between the walking and running animation because the neighbor has a slightly faster walking speed for his movement.

[river spire]

didnt think they used those for the prototype, that makes more sense than making a new walking animation

[jade night]

Why wouldn't they use it for the prototype..? blendspaces are needed for every moving character in ue.

[river spire]

i just didnt think about blendspaces when talking about that in specific, it was wrong on my part about that

[jade night]

alright then

[royal solar]

prototype 3 found dead in a ditch

😭

[severe merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/owen-wilson-progress-making-wedding-crashers-gif-10069195

[royal solar]

nah dw im just joking i trust you all

[proven bough]

Is Hello Neighbor 3 going to be how you always envisioned a hello neighbor game to be?

[royal solar]

im sure you guys are doing everything u can LOL

[bright rain]

Nikita, What is happening with prototype 3 right now!

[severe merlin]

Are you asking if HN3 going to be what I envisioned HN1 to be?

[proven bough]

Just the series as a whole

[bright rain]

Nikita, What is happening with prototype 3 right now!

[opaque summit]

they're working on it

[severe merlin]

I never though of HN as a series initially. So, it's hard to answer. But generally I am pursuing certain free sandbox gameplay which I tried to do with the first game, and now one more step closer to it. Also in terms of style and atmosphere it's closer and more personal than. So, answer to your question "kind of yes" but it's not that simple

[proven bough]

Thanks 😼

It really seems like HN3 is going to be the shining light that we’ve needed for a while for Hello Neighbor

[severe merlin]

Generally fixing bunch of bugs. It's a main thing. In the meantime tackling optimisation and other stuff.

[urban steppe]

Small question: in the future builds will there be options for different anti aliasing methods? Like DLAA (or native DLSS), cuz TAA gets blurry and has lots of ghosting
I know optimization is the main concern right now not visuals just curious if there's any plans for it
I want the game to look the best it possibly can

[eager glade]

Are most of the bugs fixed

[signal phoenix]

is prototype 3 coming this month?

[severe merlin]

We plan to add DLSS and FSR in the future, but probably not in P3

[severe merlin]

I don't share exact dates on things, my friend

[urban steppe]

I hope P3 and the devlog are coming along nicely, seems like it's the last stretch now

[whole obsidian]

What the topic of devlog 3?

[bright rain]

Nikita, will prototype 3's goal be the same like in the previous ones or will it be different?

[severe merlin]

Butterfly effect

[eager glade]

I think not sure.

[winged jungle]

Yeah we honestly need that. When I played prototype 2. It was unplayable with 4 fps on max setting

[urban steppe]

then don't play on max settings

[high brook]

how finished would you say prototype 3 is right now?

[meager walrus]

i cant remember does hn3 have spray painted stuff on the walls

[winged jungle]

I said when I put it on

[severe merlin]

Different

[winged jungle]

I obviously played on low settings

[bright rain]

Ok,

[whole obsidian]

Bro me play on epic setting and no problema

[opaque summit]

damn youre luck lol

[high brook]

same highest settings work for me

[eager glade]

me too

[meager walrus]

i am not lucky then

[opaque summit]

me neither

[bright rain]

Nikita, have the artists worked on the Guest's concept model art or no?

[meager walrus]

it was an absolute pain playing proto 1 or 2 on the lowest settings

[whole obsidian]

Bro nikita do concept

Not another artisys

[urban steppe]

I can play on a mix of high and medium at 60 fps and that's on a 2060 so I'm already amazed at the optimization honestly since I can't do that with most UE5 games

[opaque summit]

i think the guests concept art is finished

[high brook]

i think he confirmed it a while ago, or atleast he knows what it looks like

[urban steppe]

model even

[whole obsidian]

And guest concept is finish for long time

[whole obsidian]

How to?

[opaque summit]

oh yeah, that too

[eager glade]

I heard he will be in prototype 3

Like a model

[whole obsidian]

Fake info

Stop give

[urban steppe]

Nikita said that the next time we'll see the guest it's going to be the fully finished model

[opaque summit]

hopefully

[eager glade]

in notegs vid

[whole obsidian]

Bro show proof

[opaque summit]

keywords: i heard

[high brook]

hopefully in devlog 3

[whole obsidian]

İt absoeluty fake

[eager glade]

I'll find it.

[bright rain]

If the Guest is going to be in prototype 3, then he will have to replace the forest dweller

[eager glade]

Did I say it was real or fake or did I say I heard

[whole obsidian]

Bro if i say something fake and then say i hear then me true

[high brook]

forest dweller is guest, he is just placeholder

[opaque summit]

i think you should a little more carefully next time

[eager glade]

just READ better

[meager walrus]

guest is still in the same town

[whole obsidian]

Bro i hear prototip 4 finish now

[meager walrus]

i thought he wouldnt be in hn3

[winged jungle]

Do you know if Mr peterson model will be revealed in the next devlog? Or guest?

[meager walrus]

i thought he got eaten by a shark or something

[whole obsidian]

Bro guest eat shark howto

[opaque summit]

no this is nonsense prototip

[whole obsidian]

Bro what browni say also fake nonsense

[meager walrus]

browni

[whole obsidian]

İ just mimik she

[opaque summit]

we dont know if its fake until it has been confirmed

[bright rain]

By the way, I realized that the models of the NPC's are less detailed compared to the concept art. So, I'm guessing that by alpha stage, they will be more detailed.

[opaque summit]

many of the things about proto 3 are assumptions

[whole obsidian]

You man just hate me

[eager glade]

buddy

[opaque summit]

no

[meager walrus]

nobody hates you bro

[night vigil]

I don't think anybody cares honestly

[eager glade]

prototip too

[high brook]

in devlog 2 nikita said this: "we'll look at the guest in the future episodes"

[whole obsidian]

Bro you guy just mis lead and then you say i hear like it just lie

[whole obsidian]

We know

[sleek moat]

When are we gunna get this we need it

[whole obsidian]

Bro it one year old video

[meager walrus]

i did not know that

i was paying more attention to the places to where he was walking

[high brook]

they said they not release this model, or until actual model is released i think

[eager glade]

Lol irl raven brooks

[bright rain]

By the way, I realized that the models of the NPC's are less detailed compared to the concept art. So, I'm guessing that by alpha stage, they will be more detailed.

[night vigil]

The Dog leash thing was so cool

[opaque summit]

the place where he was looked really cool

[opaque summit]

true true

[eager glade]

Yeah they will

Ehe

[whole obsidian]

Bro it literal what placeholder mean

[meager walrus]

thats literally what hn3 will look like man

[opaque summit]

hopefully

[whole obsidian]

Bro i think he good place then devlog 2

[high brook]

its because they are "block-out" models, they are simple models just for show really

[whole obsidian]

What show you say

[opaque summit]

i think it would be really interesting to see graffiti in hn3

[whole obsidian]

İt for make thing easy

[night vigil]

I hope this somehow makes it to the final game

[opaque summit]

to show to the public what the models look like

[meager walrus]

isnt hn3 about an abandoned town

[high brook]

you know this is just in engine concept location right?

[whole obsidian]

Bro it not for public show you not know i think

[bright rain]

So can someone give me a rundown of the characters we have so far?

[meager walrus]

of course theres gonna be graffiti

[whole obsidian]

İt for make animasyon easy

And other thing

[meager walrus]

cone man

jacket man

and thats all i know

[opaque summit]

thats what i was thinking

[night vigil]

Yeah, but something like this in the full game would be cool

[whole obsidian]

Bro not act like you know it all

[opaque summit]

Jacob, Iris, Signed, Coned, Covered, Janusz, the Historian, Isaac

[whole obsidian]

Neighbor and Guest

And Forest Dweller (Fake Guest Probability)

[opaque summit]

hes litterally just telling the truth 😭

[meager walrus]

forest dweller is

placeholder guest

[opaque summit]

them too yeah

[whole obsidian]

Bro ton indicator you know?

[opaque summit]

what

[whole obsidian]

He name Fake_Guest in File

[whole obsidian]

Bro he say it like he say to person who low than he

[opaque summit]

no, he just asked a question

[whole obsidian]

He not

[night vigil]

Literally you a few messages ago

[bright rain]

Jacob, Iris, Cone man, Roller skater girl, Signed, Historian, Issac, Shopping dude, the Guest, The Neighbor. That is at least 10 characters. Only needs 5 more.

[whole obsidian]

Roller skater girl name covered

Cone man name Coned

[high brook]

"shopping dude" 🥀

[whole obsidian]

Bro stop make fun with he

[opaque summit]

HIS NAME IS JANUSZ DAMMIT!!!

[whole obsidian]

He Probability not know He Name Polish name which Janusz

[opaque summit]

(or maybe it was just a joke)

[bright rain]

Oh, Janusz is Polish.

[opaque summit]

most likely

ive heard

[whole obsidian]

İt literal just bully

[bright rain]

Can someone translate that into English.

[whole obsidian]

What

[opaque summit]

im talking about calling janusz the shopping man what???

[winged jungle]

Idk why the characters all have the weirdest skin colours

[whole obsidian]

Me talk about other man

Who make fun with he

Because he say

[opaque summit]

the artstyle

[eager glade]

Welp it's artstyle

[whole obsidian]

Shopping dude

Because it not he know name januz

[bright rain]

The neighbor seems to be the only one who looks human while the others look other worldy.

[opaque summit]

yeah

[whole obsidian]

Bro neighbor normal guy in this game he not crazy i gues

[opaque summit]

what if the neighbor wont have his regular skin color ingame

[night vigil]

Yeah same, don't know what's up with that. It's probably just because of the Artstyle

[whole obsidian]

İ think he die in game

Because he old now

[opaque summit]

it is yeah

that'd be really sad

i dont want theo to die

[whole obsidian]

İt canon end i think

[winged jungle]

Yeah it is, but I want normal skin colours

[whole obsidian]

No bro

İt more uncanni

[opaque summit]

maybe

[whole obsidian]

When it not normal it like anomal

[eager glade]

Dies then goes to guest world

That'd be crazy

[whole obsidian]

Guest world is not real

İt just dream

[opaque summit]

thats actually a pretty neat idea

[whole obsidian]

Nikita confirm this

[eager glade]

Ik

[whole obsidian]

Before month

[bright rain]

I think they are going to out right ignore the other games and books and set Hello Neighbor 3 in a new universe, similar but different. I think it will be since it has a new artstyle and weird character designs.

[whole obsidian]

No bro

İt just future

[opaque summit]

honestly, it kinda feels like a reboot

[bright rain]

Axactly

[night vigil]

Well, at least the neighbor isn't a blue

[whole obsidian]

Bro how it reboot it just 30 year future

Reboot like how it do Ben Ten

[opaque summit]

itd be nice if they "clean up" the lore

[whole obsidian]

Animation there will

[winged jungle]

Cant believe am saying this but the neighbor is normal so far in this game

[bright rain]

You do realize your scentences aren't making any sense you know.

[opaque summit]

he probably wont be

[whole obsidian]

İt make

[night vigil]

Yeah, love his design so far

[whole obsidian]

You just Uncultured

[opaque summit]

sorry, but they don't really make sense to us

[whole obsidian]

Because like how you not know Ben 10 Ben Ten

[night vigil]

"Uncultered"

[whole obsidian]

Uncultured i say

[whole obsidian]

This Real?

[opaque summit]

no

[winged jungle]

No

[bright rain]

Everyone, Just ignore Karvilax since he isn't making sense with his scentences when he types.

[eager glade]

This is the scariest thing ever

[whole obsidian]

Bro then send this to somewhere

İt fangame

Send fangame tab

[opaque summit]

but hes entertaining :(

[winged jungle]

Hope this will be like hn3

[whole obsidian]

Bro shut up

[soft gulch]

I don't see the necessity to release the model, since it's unfinished, the rig is bad and many have done much better models as well.

[bright rain]

Also that Neighbor model makes him look like Slenderman if he was fat.

[whole obsidian]

İ think Hello Neighbor 3 İn 2028

[opaque summit]

i think youre a bit late lol

[whole obsidian]

Release Date

[meager walrus]

hell nah

[whole obsidian]

İ mean

[whole obsidian]

Why

[winged jungle]

3 years

[meager walrus]

it does not take 3 years

[bright rain]

Also that Neighbor model makes him look like Slenderman if he was fat.

[winged jungle]

Wayyyy to long

[whole obsidian]

Bro then why it lore 2028

[meager walrus]

if you remove the neighbors mustache eyebrows and hair

he looks goofy as hell

[whole obsidian]

Remember how they do Act 3 2017 And Game Was Launch 2017

[winged jungle]

That doesn't mean it's going to come that year

[meager walrus]

yeah

[whole obsidian]

İt just gues

Bro

[opaque summit]

wasnt act 3 set in 2015

[whole obsidian]

Bro if i say İ hear in start you Probability say Yes We Know

[whole obsidian]

No

İt in 2017 Confirms

[bright rain]

THEY BETTER NOT GET RID OF THE MUSTACHE OR I WILL SEND Steam support after them.

[meager walrus]

i said if you remove

[whole obsidian]

İt the guy who say me you not make sense

[opaque summit]

they wouldnt its just way too iconic

[sharp monolith]

HI

[opaque summit]

hi

[whole obsidian]

Hello Bro

[bright rain]

Well, at least give him a new mustache since the old one looks goofy as hell.

[whole obsidian]

Okay

[meager walrus]

your saying the hn1 mustache is goofy

[bright rain]

YES

[meager walrus]

no

[bright rain]

They should make the mustache at least slightly different to match his old looking appearance.

[meager walrus]

if you even dare say one more thing about the hn1 mustache

[opaque summit]

i think they should give him a mustache similar to the devgamm one

[bright rain]

OR WHAT!

[meager walrus]

i will personally send alpha 1 is the scariest version goblins after you

[opaque summit]

oooo thats a punishment worse than death

[bright rain]

THE HELL does that even mean

[meager walrus]

oh you do not know

they are pure torture

you cant change theyre mind

you point out stuff that alpha 1 has not done good

they still defend it

[opaque summit]

i really wish there was an alpha 1 version with all floors

[meager walrus]

i wish the upper balcony doors actually had windows like in the concept art

[opaque summit]

i havent even noticed that

i just checked and it looks pretty good

[meager walrus]

plus the clothes thing

it makes alpha 1 neighbor not so soulless

[opaque summit]

i was SHOCKED when i saw that the first time

[bright rain]

I hope they bring the ability to block doors with furniture back from the dead.

[meager walrus]

imagine the interior in that house

[meager walrus]

if they would bring it back

it would be pointless

[opaque summit]

oh lord..

[meager walrus]

couch is too heavy so you cant grab that

the closets maybe that will work but i dont know

mostly the drawers

[bright rain]

It would give you an advantage to get away from the NPCs when invading their homes. Imagine blocking an NPC out of their home.

[opaque summit]

i hope they dont bring that back

i just want it with chairs

[meager walrus]

plus it makes the game too easy

you could just block every single window and door

and done

you can explore the house with no danger

[bright rain]

Well, you also have to be careful with the security system.

[open plaza]

#hn3-discussion <—

[meager walrus]

yeah but if the neighbors outside he aint gonna do nothing

[opaque summit]

oh yeah this is hn3 chat oops

[open plaza]

happens

[meager walrus]

lets go to throwback discussion

[bright rain]

I also hope they bring back the rope mechanic from HN2 alphas.

I also hope they bring in a feature to when your flashlight runs out of power and you need to find batteries to charge it back up.

[meager walrus]

what im gonna say to that is

imagine alpha 3 with that mechanic

would it be fair?

no

[bright rain]

Worth it: YES

[peak verge]

Yes, that seems to be true or it was nuclear war. And it was all just a prequel to Fallout

[peak verge]

It's especially scary when you're a fan and see what's happening to the franchise

[peak verge]

4 real

[bright rain]

Hey, this HN3 chat, talk about Fallout in off-topic chat.

[royal solar]

yk what i would really like ? when the full game releases they could do seasonal updates. of course they dont have to but it would be nice :33

but like maybe this time have it be set on your time so the decorations go away when they arent needed anymore

[meager walrus]

so like when its christmas its a bunch of snow and stuff and for halloween its spooky

that would be cool

[royal solar]

yesss exactly

HN 3 looks perfect for spooky decorations

it would be insanely cool for it to change for seasons or maybe even have it as toggles

[meager walrus]

i think that was shown off in hn2s annoucement trailer

[royal solar]

dying light for example gives you an option each time there is a seasonal update if you wanna play with it or without it

[meager walrus]

where the weather changes

[winged jungle]

If this thing is the guest

Then this is what he would look like

HRS

[narrow gust]

Where are updates on this game teased?

[eager glade]

Damn

[winged jungle]

Devlogs

[jade night]

It's just my old fangame, it's cancelled.

[winged jungle]

It was made by hrs

Fan game

[jade night]

Hm?

you might be confusing the game title, since the game was called RBS.

[winged jungle]

Yeah

Don't know what there production is called

[jade night]

There wasn't an official name for the team, it was just be and a few other talented artists.

[winged jungle]

https://youtube.com/@ravenbrookssurvival?si=ZsXi_auL8l9Zn73i

[narrow gust]

I would hope that in later builds more unique scripted events would occur. Such as: buildings collapsing, trees being uprooted by storms and rivers overflowing ( that last one might be quite difficult to implement so I wouldn't even remotely expect it ).

[narrow gust]

A shame since it had a lot of potential

[jade night]

It was mainly an ambition and code issue, since we had no coders 😔

[winged jungle]

You could play it like 2 months ago

But now when I go on there file it just says something like missing

[jade night]

But the game has transformed into a different project, that will be directly based off of the HNR prototype that I created early this year.

[jade night]

I took down the drive because people were stealing the Neighbor model and criticizing visuals even though it was a bare bones prototype lol, It was never meant to become as popular as it did.

[narrow gust]

Even though we haven't seen much of it, the atmosphere of your fangame feels more "hello neighbor 3" than proto 2 ( no offence Nikita and anyone who worked on the atmosphere in that prototype ).

[simple dragon]

huh

how does that make any sense

prototype 2 is HN3 so your saying HN3 doesnt have the atmosphere of HN3

[jade night]

What development stage are we talking about? the playable prototype with the house or the images with the town.

[narrow gust]

I think part of the problem was the unfinished storm model obscuring the sky.

[narrow gust]

both

[simple dragon]

bad model? in a prototype? 😱😱😱😱

[narrow gust]

yeah I should've said it better

[narrow gust]

I just think the sky looks to beautiful to be obscured so often

[jade night]

Thanks, I will say you will enjoy the new version of the fangame when it is at a state that I can share screenshots and clips of the environment, it will just be the house and a background town you won't explore though, basically HN1 but completely overhauled with my own style inspired by HN3/RBO

[simple dragon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1231158600802762774/1420916642933903371/attachment.gif

[winged jungle]

You was one of the people who made it?

[simple dragon]

Nah

[jade night]

I created it

[sonic birch]

was able to use UET to open up the RBO inventory, looks cool

[jade night]

Pretty sure we knew about this when prototype 1 released.

[winged jungle]

Damn, how come you cancelled it?

[jade night]

If you read above, I explain briefly

[winged jungle]

Oh yeah forgot

[wild girder]

Will Devlog 3 be released alongside Prototype 3?

[severe merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/dwight-schrute-perhaps-gif-25872304

[mystic topaz]

Hi Nikita

[narrow gust]

Hello

[mystic topaz]

I would really like to place my bets that we'll be getting most likely a season 3 trailer along with the episodes coming, and hn3 prototype 3

this month

[narrow gust]

Hello - tober

[mystic topaz]

if Quentin was in the office he'd probably be a Dwight Schrute

would be funny seeing a hn show where it shows the busy lives of people working at the banner

[lucid crescent]

Nikita will we see the protagonist's concept art and model soon

[wild girder]

I like how the devlogs are now both informational videos about the game as well as trailers for specific builds of the game. It's a really fun and cool way of game marketing and if that means we have to wait longer. So be it!
The longer we wait = the better the news is when we get it!

[mystic topaz]

For sure

[lunar trail]

Oh yea, Is there any concepts for the Player character so far, or is it gonna get conceptualized later in development

[wild girder]

I'm considering making a fan design for the character in the fanart channel.

[narrow gust]

I think a scientist who is going to raven brooks to uncover it's mysteries is a cool idea for a protagonist

[mystic topaz]

I think it would be cool if we got another female protagonist, the only game we got to play as one was Mya in hide and seek and was supposed to be in Hello Guest but Beatrix got scrapped

Also SN too as well we played as one

[wild girder]

I kinda hope our character is a complete blank canvas type of character. No face, no clear gender, etc. that way, each person who plays the game can envision themselves as the character Which fits the whole idea of the game being about playing it however we want to get certain outcomes.

[narrow gust]

perfect

[dark bison]

But who'd ted be?

[mystic topaz]

michael

Jk

Prob the creepy old guy forgot his name he always played solitaire in his computer

[wild girder]

And I kinda hope the game opens kinda like how you said earlier where instead of missing the bus or something like that. Our character willingly enters the town after learning about it.

[mystic topaz]

Ngl every time I think about missing the bus plot in hn3 I think about that one spongebob episode where Spongebob missed the bus with Patrick and then they go to Rock Bottom lol

[severe merlin]

I love this episode!

[winged jungle]

Did you film the devlog 3 yet?

[dark bison]

I need to rewatch that episode again

[mystic topaz]

Was not expecting Nikita to answer back to my spongebob episode lol

I too love that episode the graveyard shift was nice too but yeah I really loved the Noseferatu thing

But other than that staying on topic, HN3 prototype 3 will be really nice

[meager walrus]

give him time man

[winged jungle]

I said it because he said before that devlog 3 would be about the butterfly effect. So this means he probably filmed it already

Or just knows about it

[meager walrus]

yeah i know he said that devlog 3 would be about the butterfly effect but like

give him time maybe he did not even film it

[winged jungle]

True

[mystic topaz]

I would love to guess that HN3s bus plot possibly and maybe most likely came from the rock bottom episode lol as for inspiration in some way

[sonic birch]

https://tenor.com/view/rockbottom-spongebob-rockbottomsponge-gif-6154089

HN3

[wild girder]

This reminds me of a video I saw of prototype 2 ages ago where the guy got right to the bus but then the storm came.

[high brook]

i wish they kept this

[jade night]

It wouldn't really work in HN3

[high brook]

?

[jade night]

The inventory

[wild girder]

Apart from things like improving the map, the visuals and expanding the mechanics, what else is really left to be added to the game before reaching full release status? It already feels like we're really close to the full game.

[meager walrus]

gameplay

[wild girder]

What do you mean?

[meager walrus]

like the houses the puzzles

and like how enjoyable it is

[wild girder]

I think the game is mainly focusing on environmental elements and puzzles that tie into the butterfly effect rather than the house based puzzle elements of HN1 and 2

[jade night]

Visuals are not even near finished

[lunar trail]

We're still at the prototype phase, we are nowhere closer to the full release

Even the gameplay is still bare bones

[jade night]

Which is a good thing

[wild girder]

Oh. The game just already looked so good and top quality. If anything that makes me more excited for the full game.

[wild girder]

I feel like an idiot just for asking this question now.

[blissful river]

Most game prototypes are not as “full” looking as HN3s so it’s normal to think this if you’re not super familiar with the game.

[meager walrus]

i dont get it how is it full

i only remember crazy tv

spooky cone cube man

and a spooky map

[wild girder]

It's also partially because Prototype 2 was really good for a prototype Prototype 3 seems even better and has a lot more stuff in it, including the first version of the full game map.

[blissful river]

Compared to other prototypes I’m just saying it’s much more advanced looking at least. There are games that would be considered finished if they looked how it currently does.

[meager walrus]

thats what prototype 2 looks like?

[blissful river]

Its one from while it was in development so I think the lighting is a bit different in release but yes.

[royal solar]

😭 the crunchiest image ever

[blissful river]

lol

[mystic topaz]

I can see where you’re getting it from, yeah the HG prototype was bare to say the most but compared to HN3 it has a lot of more detail added onto it which

is pretty cool

I literally thought at first that was an actual real life place when I saw the hn3 prototype teasers

Maybe the building itself but everything else is still slightly hello neighbor a bit

[jade night]

I think it's lumen that carries everything tbh

Also HG was just more stylized in general and all the assets were made by EGS, HN3 uses some marketplaces assets for the foliage and stuff which looks pretty realistic on its own.

[royal solar]

tbh this kinda worries me because most devices cannot run lumen

so i wonder how they are gonna pull off good visuals for the game

without LUMEN

if lumen is such a crucial part in it

[jade night]

That's why Nikita has literally said they are going to optimize it the best they can lol

[jade night]

Eh, they can make it look decent enough

[royal solar]

😭 optimizing lumen is like trying to tame a wild rabbit raccoon just saying

[royal solar]

uhh

did you see prototype 2 without lumen

its very bright

[jade night]

That's just exposure then lol

[royal solar]

uhh more like we need to fix that type of issue

a game shouldnt get 20x brighter

they need to make sure the game looks the same or similiar with lumen and without

[jade night]

Highest quality versus Lowest quality, it looks decent enough to play.

[royal solar]

that

looks shit

all due respect

😭 the game should not look like that without lumen they need to fix that

[jade night]

And also I think your confusing lumen with shadows

lol

[royal solar]

point stands they need to make sure the game looks good even without lumen

[jade night]

..? this is what it looks like with everything on high with lowest shadow settings

[royal solar]

poo

well yeah

if ur gonna turn off shadows ofc it wont look good

[near meadow]

Yikes….

[jade night]

It's mainly shadows that what make it look like that though

[near meadow]

There should be a bettwr way for low shadows without removing it completely

[jade night]

This is just with low lumen, which is a mix between the 2, it's still not great but it looks decent

[royal solar]

it still doesnt look the best

[near meadow]

Yeah

Bur it doesnt look

Unbearably bad

[jade night]

It would just need intense ambient occlusion and higher contrast with post processing

[royal solar]

or anything so the grass doesnt fricking glow

😭

[jade night]

Well heres the thing, it would look really good with low settings when they make final assets, that have AO baked in, detailed texturing, etc.

The assets are mainly just lowpoly with flat colors, the only thing carrying them is the global illumination, if you take that away then of course they won't look that great.

[urban steppe]

well they won't

that's how

[royal solar]

well they kinda have to a game having lumen should be an optional thing

the game should still look presentable without it

[urban steppe]

Nikita said lumen will always be enabled they'll just have low quality settings for it

[royal solar]

thattt will defo end well

[urban steppe]

It will if you don't try to run it on like a gt 710 or some integrated graphics

[royal solar]

we will see how that will turn out

but a game should be able to look good without it

[narrow gust]

I have never seen the game look like the one on the left

[royal solar]

but it being ALWAYS enabled is crazy work

[urban steppe]

people already complained about not being able to run HN2 well so I wouldn't pay much mind to them not being able to run HN3

even though HN2 was like overoptimized if anything

[royal solar]

😭 thats not a good thing they need to listen to people if they have problems running this game yk

thats how hn got the point they are now... not listening to the fanbase

[urban steppe]

there's not much you can do when a bunch of people with really old weak hardware are complaining the game is not runing well

there's a point at which you can't optimize it further without making it look like total shit

[royal solar]

😭 that isnt even about old weak hardware people with good hardware have issues with lumen

[jade night]

I have a 2060 Pro GPU and a 5500 CPU, HN3 runs great for me on the high settings, and most of my friends have much higher end PC's

[urban steppe]

same here

[narrow gust]

Although that's probably because my pc can only run all settings at epic except for global illumination and shadows which are both at medium.

[urban steppe]

I have an entry level gpu from 6 years ago (2060) and i5 10400f

and it ran fine for me

[royal solar]

i have a rtx 2060 super which of course isnt the newest but it should be enough to play a hello neighbor game

[spiral atlas]

I have a really weak computer and I can run the game really well with most settings on high. I think lumen should be toggleable but right now it's not really a worry I feel

[urban steppe]

I was able to play prototype 2 with mostly high settings on my 2060, some on medium

and that wasn't even optimized that much

with actual optimization the game will definitely run fine for most people

[quartz canopy]

i have a normal 2060 and everything runs just fine
mind you just because its a hello neighbor game doesnt mean that it must not require a good pc😭 its a brand new 2025 game after all

[jade night]

Lol we all have 2060's

[royal solar]

well

[urban steppe]

2027 probably even

[royal solar]

its great you guys have that much faith with them with optimizing but i guess we will see

[jade night]

The faith is there because it is decently optimized in Prototype 2

[royal solar]

ehhhhh

[narrow gust]

I hope I can run max global illum with max shadows in the full game without my game running at 15fps

[spiral atlas]

I had to run P1 on like medium-low settings but P2 runs and looks fine for me

[quartz canopy]

oh yeah iirc p1 ran much worse for me compared to p2

[spiral atlas]

I think they've done really good with optimization for a UE5 game

[royal solar]

by looks and runs fine do you mean it runs at what fps ?

[urban steppe]

I mean if it's running well on low/medium-end hardware from 6 years ago while not being fully optimized I can't imagine it will run worse when it is fully optimized

[jade night]

Yeah prototype 1 was not optimized at all really

[royal solar]

because for me its at like 30 40 fps

[urban steppe]

mix of medium-high settings got me a mostly stable 60 fps in proto 2

[spiral atlas]

Yeah same

[urban steppe]

only dropped with foliage spam areas a bit

[royal solar]

can you share your settings then

[urban steppe]

I don't have the game installed atm but it was something like

everything high except reflections, foliage, and effects I think
something like that

[jade night]

Same, and everything is on high

[tight mesa]

I hope every thing is fully usable like in hn1