hn3-discussion

[meager walrus]

that can be taken out of context lmao

or never mind

😭

that is one of the wildest things ive ever heard

[near hawk]

Player could also just be... Male.

I ultimately don't care about the gender though.

Even If the blankish canvas thing was true it'd still not really care lol.

Because eitherway the protagonist would have a story and gender is pretty basic of a thing to have so yeah.

[low gate]

people tend to focus on that part a lot

not our first female protagonist either

[robust citrus]

Yeah

True

[near hawk]

Okay so we got:
Nicky
Quentin
3 characters If SN counts.
As for female we got:
Mya
3 characters If SN counts
Beatrix(scrapped media so You can just not count it)
I'd Say that's pretty balanced

Definetely not a first for a female protagonist even If it is a female protagonist.

[low gate]

Beatrix was a protagonist of HG which i still count as we still got to play her and she was an actual character

[near hawk]

Yeah i also do.

But i feel that some people would complain that i counted her when the game with her wasn't even completed

So i added the parantheses stuff.

[low gate]

nah id count it

[near hawk]

I also would

[robust citrus]

Brother I don't think it rlly matters.

[low gate]

exactly

[near hawk]

Because it doesn't.

[robust citrus]

True

[gleaming acorn]

what.

[robust citrus]

Idc if the player is a boy or a girl

[near hawk]

The feature where NPCs can date you

[robust citrus]

Ohkk

[robust citrus]

?

[robust citrus]

...

[gleaming acorn]

i thought you could only befriend them?? you can date the guest??

heh... sign me up...

[low gate]

this character seems to be entirely new to raven brooks which is a bit different as Nicky as we know knew Raven Brooks better than most and Quentin knew Raven Brooks through mostly rumours

[near hawk]

If you put enough twigs in his sweater, yes

Trust

[near hawk]

Quentin spent his childhood there. Or part of it.

Because the Beatrix newspaper

[low gate]

its sort of hard to tell

the lore we got there was all pretty much teasers of what patch 10 wouldve been if tinybuild actually felt like doing it

patch 9 was honestly a really bad thing to have as the final patch they shouldve just stopped at 8 if they werent sure that 10 was coming

anyway

[night vigil]

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB RAM, intel core i5-10400f, Toshiba hdwd110 (HDD) Intenso SSD Sata III. Don't really now anything about this stuff, but that's what the task manager is telling me. Not anything special, it's not the most broken Machine in the world, but not the finest either.

[idle narwhal]

Nikita, will it be possible to save game sessions?
Or will it be that you have to play the entire game in one go?

[wicked moth]

Nikita, in P3 there was a lot of empty houses. Will the pre-alpha have less of these or will they be removed? Also, will the missing poster system change in Pre-Alpha? (I.e characters put up the posters insetad of them just appearing?)

[idle narwhal]

They confirmed that the P3 Maps is the full game map.
Houses with no purpose will be removed or replaced since the goal is to have a purpose for every house.

[severe merlin]

It saves, but not in a typical way.
When you close the game, your narrative progress is saved. But you can’t save state of the session.

[idle narwhal]

Ah, so basically, it would just save the story but not what you changed?

[severe merlin]

Houses are going to stay up to the very last moment. It’s easier to remove houses than to add. So we keeping them until whole core game content is figured out.
In pre-Alpha, one building is now post office, for example.

Missing poster mechanism won’t change.

[trim pine]

Just a question to the devs out of curiosity:
Are you planning to add animals to the game? Like birds or cats? Maybe a deer somewhere offbounds? I'm just asking, because Raven Brooks seems to have lots of foliage now, and I wondered if you're planning to add some hidden details in those woods.

[severe merlin]

Yes. This so called “loop” is always the same. Nothing changes there. You explore it and progress the story.
So your objectives are saved, but “loop” is always the same.

[thin portal]

I have one question, is the objective system thing that you talked about a few weeks ago going to be integrated in the UI, or will it be more like notes scattered around or other physical elements?

[severe merlin]

[severe merlin]

UI. In pre-Alpha it’s going to be just rough version of it.

[idle narwhal]

Okay, so "the loop" remains the same, but the player actions are reset, so to speak. Does this affect alternative endings, or is that irrelevant?

[wild girder]

I have 2 questions about the devlogs.
1: are you able to say what the topic of Devlog 4 will be?

2: are there any outtakes of the devlogs? If so, do you intend on releasing them at some point?

[severe merlin]

Can’t say more without revealing too much, sorry

[idle narwhal]

Alright, I understand.

[thin portal]

That´s honestly great to hear, the objective system seems cool so I hope it helps making the progress and gameplay more easy to read and understand.

[severe merlin]

1. Basically, what we improved in HN3 after P3.
2. There are of course. Yet no plans to release them.

[wild girder]

I hope they will be released eventually. I've always been interested in seeing how stuff like that is made. And it would just be funny to watch.

[thin portal]

Let´s hope the cinematography is even better with devlog 4 😅

[high brook]

Why is Nikita not allowed to say some stuff again? I forgot

Is it like nda or just oversharing kinda

[wild girder]

Spoilers that he doesn't want to reveal.

[high brook]

Ah ok

[bronze heart]

Will optimization be improved in the pre-alpha?
I hope so🤞

[primal wedge]

Nikita, would train will be added in game like rare event ot smth?

[wild girder]

On a similar topic to this. You probably can't answer this yet but are there plans for any more "areas" (as in how in Prototype 3 there were like 3 main areas in Raven Brooks, there's the main town, the museum and the park)

[celest ravine]

Do you think devlog 4 will be better than 3? (Cinematograpy-wise)

Because 3 was epic

[wicked moth]

Nikita, what percentage of the pre-alpha has been fully completed?

[woven lodge]

That's basically what the friendship thing is.

And also it's vague enough in the game that you can't really say it's not dating.

[abstract notch]

It’s not

It’s being friends with the NPC’s

Plus

Jacob and Iris aren’t dating

[woven lodge]

I never said they were.

[abstract notch]

You said it was like a dating simulator

Like even I can’t come up with that

[near meadow]

You did say you cannot say the EXACT date or month,, since you wont share for the surprise aspect, but there IS a date when it releases.

Now, can we atleast know on a scale of 1-10 how close it is to releasing? 10(very soon) 5(soon) 1(close)

[abstract notch]

And I get very wild thoughts

[night vigil]

Oh I'm so gonna date the neighbor

[woven lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/los-pensamientos-de-mi-mente-son-un-enigma-patricio-meme-patricio-estrella-bob-esponja-leche-patricio-leche-meme-gif-7142221860369733391

The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

[night vigil]

He's also pretty cute

[abstract notch]

I’m gonna break into your house witj a crowbar and a shovel

[wild girder]

The only date I think he has is "when it's ready"

[abstract notch]

Guess what I’ll do

[night vigil]

Date me?

[abstract notch]

KILL YOU WITH THE CROWBAR AND BURY YOU WITH THE SHOVEL

[night vigil]

Crowbar and Shovel is quite literally just the Neighbor

[near hawk]

This is more forward though

[peak solar]

We all know he won't reveal that....

[night vigil]

Sweet

[wicked moth]

Nikita, was Iris specifically singled out to be scrapped in Pre-Alpha? If so, why?

[abstract notch]

I’ll bring the vandals to beat you up in turns

[night vigil]

Sweet 2X

[woven lodge]

It's because Iris is the player character and the reason we came to Raven Brooks is because of Issac!

[high brook]

Ball knowledge bro

[abstract notch]

I’m gonna make your parents disappear like Issac

[wild girder]

...no...

[woven lodge]

It's just like how the pre-alpha is coming out THIS CHRISTMAS!

🎄

[abstract notch]

Oh nahh I ain’t paying child support

[night vigil]

Or like any other kid in this forsaken franchise

[near meadow]

Worth a shot

[abstract notch]

Yea Issac was basically “dead”

So you get my point

[abstract notch]

I’m breaking the Christmas tree with the crowbar

Or the saw cuz it’s a tree

[woven lodge]

Then I'll make the Christmas tree out of crowbars.

What then huh?

What then?

[abstract notch]

The vandals and I will steal the crowbars!

And the Tree will fall apart!

[woven lodge]

Another thing Hello Neighbor and Half Life have in common is being famous for crowbars, so hopefully HN3 acknowledges that.

[abstract notch]

Can’t do anything now can we? (:<

[abstract notch]

The newer HN crowbars break after a while of breaking stuff

But

[gentle pebble]

How is it on the steam deck

[abstract notch]

I really like how the crowbar can break other stuff

[woven lodge]

I'll electrify it.

[abstract notch]

The most useful one is the one that is flat and wide

[abstract notch]

I’ll break the generator

Can’t do anything now can we?(:<

[woven lodge]

I'll make it be powered by a giant windmill on my house then.

[abstract notch]

I’ll break in and break the windmill

Or since it’s gonna be in the game

I’ll break the upper half of the windmill

[woven lodge]

I don't think this is Hello Neighbor 3.

[abstract notch]

Don’t worry I’m breaking the tree IF it gets added as a Christmas easter egg

[chrome sun]

Dudes what do y'all think the new female protagonist for hello neighbor 3 will look like?

[mighty orchid]

I think we play as a person

[abstract notch]

It’s a female

[mighty orchid]

Definitely a character

[abstract notch]

But a female character

[thorn flax]

I hope Nikita will show the concept

[abstract notch]

I think Nikita is bringing the HN2 stuff we were promised but in another game

[thorn flax]

Its very very intersting

[abstract notch]

Cuz he brought back the vandals

The storm

[mighty orchid]

I didn’t say it was or isn’t I just meant like it’s a player we play as instead of just another Jacob

[tall sorrel]

Raven Brooks is meant to be an Open World Map with interconnected stories in HN3 (Sound familiar?)

[thorn flax]

Maybe it's a gothic teen character, I've heard boys paint their nails too

[high brook]

Trueee

This would be cool

[tall sorrel]

we won't find out until Nikita shows us more of the character

[thorn flax]

I had a theory that the main character is Piper from the Reset day book, as she is similar to hn3 for many reasons

[violet vessel]

I'm back

[random shell]

I don’t think that’s his goal

[tall sorrel]

yeah, because his goal is Rage bating in the Descord chat

[stone elk]

no that was the Neighbors goal, but maybe since they are genetically related it could be a shared goal

[keen hemlock]

Is an UI objective system a good idea? It feels like it takes away from the sandbox gameplay. But that's just a first and fast impression, i haven't played the pre alpha obviously

[untold grotto]

theres new screenshots

in tBs ig

[narrow tapir]

I feel like it should be a bit more diagetic

I like how it is in pt3

[severe merlin]

It’s for the better. Game tells you key points and you then got to figure it out how to do it.

[crystal hare]

in tb what
where

[untold grotto]

instagram

[spiral atlas]

I can't wait for the Pre-Alpha dude I'm so excited

[severe merlin]

This section got slightly updated today

[loud karma]

are there any changes regarding the cafe/motel building

[untold grotto]

it still has isaacs old missing poster hmmm

[spiral atlas]

Ooo camera

[narrow tapir]

There is one thing about how the game tells the player what to do that should probably be changed. There’s a painting in the museum of the townsfolk building the statue, and if it were moved to somewhere in the hotel I feel like it would make the main objective a little clearer.

[untold grotto]

it did

change

[wild girder]

Is there a reason why there's still the old Isaac missing poster?

[narrow tapir]

Wait what

[crystal hare]

is that all?

[untold grotto]

yes

theres another one too but its just repost of one of the ones in wip

[untold grotto]

in pre alpha there will be UI about objective

[untold grotto]

castaflash (?)

or sastaflash

[wicked moth]

Can we see a screenshot of the ui objective Nikita?

[untold grotto]

and an note in supermarket

[loud karma]

pre alpha def coming out sometime this month judging by all this news

[untold grotto]

isaac sr
isaac jr

ifykyk

[night vigil]

Oh that Cameraflash is 100% for the Guest isn't it

[versed ravine]

I doubt it, although I'd love it

[loud karma]

i mean its the start of march

[versed ravine]

I guess so, but it does feel like it will take a while

Judging by the lack of release window, devlog progress and such

[untold grotto]

i mean theyre preparing steam assets, working on the next devlog

it IS soon i would say

[versed ravine]

It also seems very unlikely that much optimisation is being considered

Since it seems the current stance nikita has is that people's devices just aren't good enough to handle the game in general

[timid berry]

is that something at down part of a map? smth blue

[blissful river]

Visuals and models are starting to look really nice.

[fallow tide]

Looks like the Museum

[timid berry]

museum is at right top corner as in p3

[fallow tide]

Than it can be Jacob's house. Or something new

[restive oxide]

if wonder if pre alpha is still 5.6 or if it will be 5.7

[stone elk]

Yo could this be a feature where you can keep pictures thrughout cycles?

or maybe used to scare forestdweller but more effective then flashlight

[eager glade]

The graphics oh my..

[stoic shore]

looks like the dweller statue

[cunning cosmos]

Yeah thats the 'got lost?' Sign

Can't tell if it looks different or not

New road

[woven lodge]

Why does the map look like the 👌?

[cunning cosmos]

Also the post office is now highlighted

And iris's house is no longer highlighted

[high brook]

theres water on this map but theres no water on the actual map?

[restive oxide]

iris 🥀

[woven lodge]

Because we now play as Iris! 😮

[restive oxide]

i do NOT want iris to be the next beatrix

[cunning cosmos]

The green? Thats just the dense forest im pretty sure

Or the gray spot?

[high brook]

but its the area underneath the museum which is like an empty lake/river almost

its obv water was there at one point

[cunning cosmos]

Agreed

[high brook]

theres a high chance that its the lake thats been in every raven brooks map

[cunning cosmos]

But the green doesn't line up with that part of the map. However it does line up a lot better with the woods

[eager glade]

A lake you say?

hmmmmm we did get a lake photo but idk if that's important till now

[blissful zinc]

I hope the player character is androgynous

As opposed to being DISTINCTLY masculine or feminine or having you pick between 2

[cunning cosmos]

True

That'd be sick

[stone elk]

thats confusing never heard that word before

[blissful zinc]

Basically

It means you could be either

You can't tell from appearance

You could be masculine OR you could be feminine

[stone elk]

From screenshots its for sure more feminine

[cunning cosmos]

Yeee that

[stone elk]

I have never seen any game or movie do that lol

[night vigil]

Could it be a trail to the church maybe

[cunning cosmos]

Trueee

[cunning cosmos]

I have, its pretty common

[stone elk]

what no way it is

[cunning cosmos]

You know kris from deltarune?

[stone elk]

no I never played undertale

[near hawk]

It depends on what fandoms You hang around, but generally Id say it's rare-ish

[stone elk]

anyways I think main character is female

[cunning cosmos]

Androgynous isn't a fancy thing, its just the way someone looks. Sometimes its hard to tell what gender someone is

[cunning cosmos]

Probably, yeah

Anyway lets get back on track wuth hn3

[pseudo spoke]

I'm sorry to disappoint but I think the "new road" might just be the text "Post Office"

[cunning cosmos]

You might be right actually

I hope its a new road tho

[stone elk]

yeah it kinda looks like its text but the image quality makes it real hard to tell

I assume The Neighbor will be in pre-alpha and that will be pretty sick

[night vigil]

But the road with the post office already exists

It's been changed, yes. But I think it's basically still the same. Just that there is now a Post Office

[lavish ravine]

That place it’s closer to cable car ?

[night vigil]

Yeah, it's pretty close

[lavish ravine]

My theory it’s correct

[pseudo spoke]

No I mean something like this

[stone elk]

I think that pre alpha has a higher fov then prototype 3 unless there is a fov slider I missed when taking this screenshot

[night vigil]

Oh yeah that looks about right

[stone elk]

I took all screenshots on all settings = epic and I think maybe nikita used a diffrent preset also

[lavish ravine]

Question: Will there be any remodeling of the interior of a house or any important place?

[stone elk]

P3 screenshots at Pre Alpha locations if anyone missed in screenshots

[lavish ravine]

Im interested about the player model

It’s looks interesting

( I mean the other player model no Jacob one )

[stone elk]

yeah

I will put the Pre Alpha equivalents here for easy comparisons

[lavish ravine]

The brighter photos, in case you want to see them

[pseudo spoke]

Actually, the map outside the Supermarket suggests not only that the Post Office is the only new building in Pre-Alpha, but also that there likely isn't a character to go along with it for now, since there are no other yellow buildings (other locations or inhabited houses).
Unless there's enough room within the Post Office for a living quarters

[stone elk]

so they took away the swing🥺

[cunning cosmos]

Plus the church ofc

But yeah

[pseudo spoke]

Yep. The Church is probably one of the Guest's areas Nikita mentioned

[finite carbon]

If we could get at least 30 seconds of gameplay footage for the pre-alpha that would be legendary!

[stone elk]

I think we will see some gameplay before it releases but maybe not that much

actually for p3 we got like 3 videos that total to more then 30 sec so maybe yes

[high brook]

the lighting really improved in pre alpha compared to p3

the shadows are better

[stone elk]

yeah it feels like the light contrast works better in pre alpha

[pseudo spoke]

The RC Car video was already 28 seconds so now all we need is a 2 second clip to reach 30 seconds 🧠

[civic totem]

I'm starting to think that the pre-alpha may end up having its own Steam page

Considering they removed the playtest option from the main HN3 page

And that Nikita said he's preparing assets for the steam page

[civic totem]

I'm sort of slow...

[civic patio]

jesus christ

128mb of V Ram

yeah it's

not great

vram handles what is displayed on screen

[woven lodge]

Wow I have 62.5 times more VRAM than you.

And I'm on a Motorola.

[sand flare]

I think no im not human would be a good inspiration for the enviorment for hn3 the game has a cozy yet eriee vibe to it i think you should look into it nikita if you see this message

[limpid cosmos]

Guys

What is the possible estimate release date for pre alpha hello neighbor 3?

[sleek moat]

April late maybe may early to mid

[limpid cosmos]

And the final release?

[sleek moat]

Idk some time 2028

[limpid cosmos]

I hope not

But okay

[sleek moat]

I mean that’s when the game takes place

We will have plenty alphas and betas

[limpid cosmos]

Yes. Before the game’s final release

[blissful river]

Games take a while to be made (to be good). Just be glad we get so many early versions. Most games don’t release alphas and betas and especially prototypes lol.

[limpid cosmos]

Okay, yeah ik it’s just because they say that the final release will be released in 2026. Btw I ain’t dumb, lol

[blissful river]

Who said that?

No official information has been released about the release date of the full game.

Only estimates from us, the fans.

[limpid cosmos]

Some eeri guest posts and some google responses

[sleek moat]

I think 2028

[sleek moat]

Google don’t any anything

[limpid cosmos]

Yea i know

[blissful river]

Well that’s not official information, so don’t consider it fact.

[limpid cosmos]

Yeah I know this isn’t true

[inner bramble]

grandeturisto Will Mayak be in the pre-alpha version of Hello Neighbor 3?

[high brook]

I bet pre alpha is gonna either drop this month or next month

[loud karma]

Imagine the main player character is meant to take notes from beatrix
As signed took notes from the vandal

[earnest cape]

Little sneak peek of the main character here, at least we know what color their skin color is now:

[gentle carbon]

kind of dead body zombie colored

[civic patio]

im 100% convinced

that the player

is covered

due to the skin and nail color alone

[narrow tapir]

They have more accessories than covered

[near hawk]

What about the guest though.
I mean yeah from what we seen he doesn't have painted nails but he could have painted them later or his nails could have been changed for pre-alpha

Also the Guest's name has meaning, and our character is a guest to raven brooks

Also also the Guest's skin colour looks a lot like that of the protagonist.

No wait, Historian also has black nail polish.
Wait wait wait... So did Quentin at one point!

Yeah that's my theory that Quentin, who used mayak to get away from the town not knowing it time traveled him out of there, returns to Raven Brooks.

What If Quentin was actually every character from HN3.

But he time traveled so now there's multiple hims running around.
(This is a Little bit of trolling)

[civic patio]

could be addons

like what if we're only being shown the base model

[low gate]

Mate that is so astonishingly low. Really you need at least 4 gigs base for gaming so when you can id try upgrading it.

[civic patio]

hell

2gb of vram would work fine

I was able to run prototype 2 with a 1650 super

which ad like

1gb of vram

[errant vapor]

In PreAlpha, are holding items still be floating while his hands can do fancy jump animation?

[cunning cosmos]

yeeppp

[timid berry]

yes, i asked that question t onikita he said yes

[eager glade]

Bruh

[stone elk]

Onkita

[gleaming acorn]

the skin is more a grey/purple than it is a green
and several people in hn3 have dark nails, not just covered
also shirt color is different

[lavish ravine]

Morning guys

[abstract notch]

Guys

[near hawk]

Huh?

[wicked moth]

Nikita, can we see please another clip of the pre-alpha?

[high brook]

So far pre alpha from what we seen just looks almost identical to prototype 3

Some minor changes and improvements though

[blissful river]

The biggest changes will be the gameplay loop probably, which is expected as it’s only a pre-alpha.

And of course the new character models.

[high brook]

Yea he said the objective is totally different so that’s good

I didn’t like the p3 objective

Also p3 was the hardest to beat in my opinion

P2 and p1 were really easy

[modern tiger]

Too easy

[gleaming acorn]

the only parts that are almost identical are the parts that are confirmed to not change
like whole buildings have been replaced

[modern tiger]

P2 and P1 were super easy, challenging games are more fun because they take longer to fully understand, and you have to actually learn from your mistakes

[gleaming acorn]

'To' expresses some kind of change, or action like 'going to' or 'have to', while 'Too' would be what you're looking for here, being used more for amount like 'me too' or 'too much' and 'too easy'

[spark cargo]

is there a way i can try the demo hn3?

[chilly sundial]

hey nikita, what will the pre-alpha be about? will the neighbor be in the pre-alpha, and what will the player experience be like? will there be more npcs?

[near meadow]

Its not you can see difference with the clothes

You can see the protags clothing jn that one art

It had ORANGE

[near hawk]

Their skin colour isn't even similar lol

[near meadow]

I tjought

You were being fr for a sec

Phew

[near hawk]

Maybe i should add a j there just so there would be no confusion at all.

[woven lodge]

What if it's Iris? ^

[near hawk]

Be careful Eowohadus

[severe merlin]

No, sorry 🙂 we are not playing as Iris

[near hawk]

You're touching a sensible subject

[chilly sundial]

hey nikita, what will the pre-alpha be about? will the neighbor be in the pre-alpha, and what will the player experience be like? will there be more npcs?

[woven lodge]

Was there something I missed?

[near hawk]

I don't think so no.

Iris was temporarily shelved

[woven lodge]

The reason I thought this is because Iris was shelved so maybe they decided to actually turn Iris's character into the player and the reason the player came to Raven Brooks was because of Issac's kidnapping or something.

It made some sense.

[chilly sundial]

Because the player had painted nails, I thought the player was someone

[woven lodge]

Plot twist: The player is Nikita with painted nails!

[near hawk]

Let's upgrade this theory honestly.
Now every single character ever from the franchise, yes even outside of Raven Brooks are just different time traveled versions of Quentin.

Subscribe for more peak theory.

[chilly sundial]

Well, there's a theory that the character The Guest could be Aron

[woven lodge]

So in the lore Quentin died in a car wreck leaving Quentin sad, which caused his kids Quentin and Quentin to become distanced causing Quentin to push Quentin off the roof of the house. This caused Quentin to lock Quentin in the basement which then Quentin saw, making Quentin break into Quentin's house which when Quentin went into Quentin's basement, Quentin locked Quentin with his son Quentin in the basement?

[woven lodge]

Are you sure the guest isn't Quentin?

[near hawk]

Yes You got it all corect.

All that tragedy is caused by a bunch of Quentins that dress in bird costumes and worship an evil, bird dressed Quentin

[chilly sundial]

even if it was the pre-alpha

[civic patio]

shadows + color tone

[gleaming acorn]

the shadows are NOT going to dull that violent violet

[woven lodge]

Is the player even a character we've already seen?

[gleaming acorn]

you've seen finished issac's skin

[near hawk]

Quentin eventually tries to investigate Quentin and the missing Quentins.

[near hawk]

No probably.

[gleaming acorn]

No. it's the player. the whole point is you're a new person.

[near hawk]

After all, they still got to reveal his design

[woven lodge]

Obviously we can theorize it's Covered and whoever else we've seen in development because the previous prototypes aren't canon.

[gleaming acorn]

covered is green

and is a vandal

[woven lodge]

I didn't say I believed it, but also they can just change the character design?

[gleaming acorn]

"yeah i know what i'll do, i'll virtually scrap a character instead of designing the player (something i confirmed we were doing)" < egs

[woven lodge]

Man, pre-alpha better come this Christmas... 😢

[near hawk]

He eventually breaks into the houses of a bunch of Quentins until he gets knocked out by a Quentin.

[gleaming acorn]

the quentin thing is the only true stuff i've read in this channel today fr...

[sand elk]

I believe the pre alpha will release sooner than christmas

[woven lodge]

They need more time.

This is like the PRE alpha.

It's like alpha but with a fancy name.

[sand elk]

They made pretty good progress tho

[woven lodge]

I think because of the likely hood of them doing three pre-alphas is low, they should only do one alpha and beta but keep going through the greek alphabet.

Imagine it, Hello Neighbor 3 Sigma.

Not to mention they have cool symbols for marketing.

[lavish ravine]

Morning nikita

[meager walrus]

hello neighbor 3 epsilon 1

[near meadow]

1 2 3, I want more hn3 crumbs

[timid berry]

will she ever return? cuz in p3 we saw her photos with family and Isaac

[abstract notch]

I am Greek and I’m learning Ancient Greek

[abstract notch]

Her family probably died in a previous storm

And only her and Issac is left

Unless the historian is Iris’s mother

[untold grotto]

#hn3-discussion message

[abstract notch]

We are in the discussion channel dawg🥀💀🙏

[untold grotto]

thats a forward message to an message in this channel

[abstract notch]

It doesn’t say “forwarded”

[untold grotto]

just click on it

[abstract notch]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

Nikita

A quick question

Will Mayak return in Hello Neighbour 3? (Pls say yes cuz I’m dying to see what’s inside it)

[abstract notch]

Oh

Touché

[peak solar]

If it does return, I feel like it's being saved for the full game

[wild girder]

Can I send my Jacob cosplay?

[peak solar]

since it seems like all these early access builds would contain bits from the full game

which is very transparent and nice of them

[timid berry]

no, her mom and Historian look different, and on the photo in the museum we can see young Historian btw

[summer totem]

what is mayak is it the guest?

[spiral steppe]

I'm so happy about the fact that we will soon get the Pre-Alpha stage of the game :D
(Yes i know im late with that 😞)

[stone elk]

Some weather station im pretty sure

[summer totem]

ah ok

[near hawk]

Eyeball building.

[summer totem]

ok thanks

[celest plank]

im kinda bitter about hn3 not having dense fog cause its very hn to me

but its still good

[karmic bay]

Like the prototypes

[woven lodge]

I feel like HN3 needs more greenery in it's vegetation especially trees.

I feel like the trees kind of make a mess of brown at the top of your screen like everywhere.

[wicked moth]

Nikita, will the post office serve a purpose in the pre-alpha?

Also, what is the "Camstaflash"?

[severe merlin]

There's can't be any greenery. It's a very early spring

[peak solar]

I noticed the camera billboard in the back there

is that a real item you can obtain?

or is it just an in-universe advertisement?

[lunar trail]

There's a purpose for everything so its probably an actual item

[low gate]

blinding flash

[peak solar]

where have I heard that before?

[summer totem]

OK now for real I need to say that HN3 is a very good and special game. I hope that the pre alpha is good to and the most important message is that I wish Nikita and of course the others much healthy and good luck and that they reach they're biggest dreams. I know you can do this!🔥 😄 👍

BTW this was a half-feedback + a motivation for other people with sicknesses or with problems. But for now ... BE LUCKY!!!😄

If you have any sicknesses or physical problems you only need to be happy because a smile can help very much for your life❤️

I know this because I have some issues in my life but I am happy because I need this

It makes motivation and a higher result for healing

And if you need a break do a break

Its just human nature to have a break

OK I don't wont to get on nerves so bye. And don't forget to stay happy, healthy and make breaks if you need.

[high brook]

What about flowers? Isn’t there some that come out in early spring? Unless this is before that too

[unborn fox]

Hello Nikita, I don't know if someone asked this before but did the guest have a different name before you decided to name him "the guest"?

[severe merlin]

It’s really early. There is even snow still in certain places

[near hawk]

I'll headcannon that the current day is the day when HN3 takes place

[unborn fox]

The concept of frigid using his brain

[near meadow]

Can this be the sound at night? Or the ambience? Alot of fans have been asking about this and was wondering if itll be used?

#hn3-discussion message

[near hawk]

Is the brain the cord things that You can speak with or else?

[unborn fox]

I'm not sure I think the brain helps you hear

[near meadow]

The ambience used here

[severe merlin]

Yes and No.
It’s was the Guest from beginning. Then I was told that it makes more sense to change to Visitor as it’s better reflects the meaning of the name (in my native language Guest and Visitor basically the same word). But after short period, I reverted back to the Guest. Visitor just felt wrong.

[unborn fox]

This is really interesting

[near hawk]

Are guest and visitor not the same word in english?

Wait genuine question

Guest they aren't

[unborn fox]

In my native language as well, they are the same.

[woven lodge]

There's that one tree that looks like it has eyes on it and is white... I think that could be cool in HN3 if it fits the place it's at.

[keen hemlock]

i love hn3 but im a bit concerned the prototype stage took a year. Do you think that the game will truly find its footing and butterfly effect that was imagined with the pre alpha?

[near hawk]

Okay i know the difference now

Visitor is more general

Guest is like, with an invitation and actually welcomed.

[severe merlin]

We’ll see

[woven lodge]

I looked it up, I don't think I've ever seen a birch tree in a Hello Neighbor game.

[severe merlin]

Here’s from GPT:

Guest — someone invited or hosted (home, hotel, event).
Visitor — someone who comes to a place temporarily, not necessarily invited.

[high brook]

This reminds me, wasn’t the guest called “visitor” for a while? Why was it changed

[keen hemlock]

yes

read the previous messages

[unborn fox]

The neighbor unintentionally invited the guest to his life

[high brook]

Wasn’t the neighbor the guest though

Unless that’s still the case and he has some personality disorder

[unborn fox]

Canonically?

[high brook]

Yea

[near hawk]

I see.
I'd Say the guest works better even leaving phonetics aside because in a way whenever we play the game we sorta welcome the guest. Let him play with us.

Or like, in the context of the reversed name from Hello Guest.

[high brook]

I wish HG was finished game

It had potential

[near hawk]

Everyday.

I wish for this

[high brook]

Yea like LNS is good but that’s not old art and it’s like newArt stylized

And it’s just not fitting

[near meadow]

Will there be some stuff from hello guest implementated in golden apple amusement park puzzles?

Also, seeing the height of the guest, and how he has human hands, so he’s prolly a human, but does that mean he’s the tallest person in ravenbrooks?

Or is there someone even taller?

[high brook]

Wasn’t guest height changed in hn3

The original promo guest for hn3 was way taller

[woven lodge]

He grew a little.

Ate his greens.

[near hawk]

Shrinked actually.

[severe merlin]

What kind of stuff from Hello Guest?

[high brook]

I wonder if the old hn3 guest model was originally intended for RBO

It has that style to it

[near meadow]

Some puzzles. Those rope stuff too, fire extinguishers, bouncing shoes, the item fusion mechanic, or even that one camera puzzle to climb that building from alpha 1.

And from prototype, is it possible we will see a return of a potential “Power the roller coaster” puzzle?

And finally, we never played it, but will “Rumble on the mill” be a location for another puzzle in hn3?

[severe merlin]

Hard to tell. Something might be returning in some different form, but no specific plants at the moment.

[high brook]

I wonder what they are using to texture new models

It looks like substance painter to me

[woven lodge]

guys i think birch trees canonically dont exist in hello neighbor

[near hawk]

What about HE?

[untold grotto]

do you know about if there would be an hn3 website since the other titles has their websites (even RBO prototype) but hn3 hasnt

[near meadow]

How old is the current guest? The one kidnapping people right as of now?

Is it an old man? A middle aged person? Someone as old as nicky for example? 40? 50?

[crystal hare]

btw helloneighbor3 domain is already obtained by someone

[near hawk]

My prediction of Nikita's answer: Nice try

[untold grotto]

by tB iirc

they has hn4 too

[near meadow]

What? Are you even talking about?

We never got to know the person’s age, so now I wanna know.

[near hawk]

I doubt he would answer this.

Kinda lorey

[near meadow]

Not really

we know the neighbors age

Thats not important to the lore at all

[near hawk]

Okay but Say he says "middle aged"
That sure can impact theories on his age and it's a biggish clue.

Or even old

The neighbor doesn't have any identity.

It's just the neighbor there

Idk what he would answer with though, maybe he would Say it

[low gate]

We dont even know the guest a human at all really yet so thats a massive spoiler

[near hawk]

Not a human would still have an age.

[low gate]

would it though or does it just exist

i mean are we talking about the guest or the guest like nikita said

[near hawk]

Ageless would go into supernatural teritory now wouldn't it

[low gate]

whos who and whats what

[near hawk]

The Guest and The "Guest"

[low gate]

what could that mean then

[near hawk]

I assume it's like, the urban legend/mascot/mindset/symbol/whatever and the physical person/creature/whatever

[low gate]

i suppose unless theres now two of em

theres lanky guest and mini guest

[fallow tide]

I like how in Hello Guest the Guest follows us and hides instead of searching for us. Did you consider adding an NPC with this behavior to HN3?

[untold grotto]

or the urban legend/mascot/mindset/symbol/whatever and an one who acts like the the urban legend/mascot/mindset/symbol/whatever

[low gate]

well guest isnt supernatural apparently so this is a very cow sounding guy

clearly does a lot of basketball

[near hawk]

I'd argue they do now, as any ages in fiction.

[near hawk]

The only thing suggesting otherwise is the "ageless characters" statement and that was during RBO

[low gate]

Or maybe biking

6'11

[near hawk]

And besides characters do have ages now, dearest Teddy is 85, Isaac is around 100, Historian is the oldest one

[low gate]

i mean no wonder hes so fast

3 miles per step

[near hawk]

He's getting nerfed for pre Alpha.

He won't be that fast anymore.

[near hawk]

Fortunately.

[eager glade]

Teddyodore tenderson

[near hawk]

No way Guest is Delroy related

[untold grotto]

so appearantly vandals do know the guest or forest dweller kills people

[low gate]

the evil guest just sort of killing you now is a lot more thretening then being shoved in his hut and then you break out

[untold grotto]

and they see him as a friend according to games code

[low gate]

i wonder how he powers his oven

[untold grotto]

while normal citizens is seeing him as enemy

[near hawk]

Yeah.
He is a killer... But not in the way we think

[eager glade]

Weird thing is

[untold grotto]

but the forest dweller sees them as enemy

[eager glade]

Vandals aren't cult

[near hawk]

Tbf

In HN3 a good amount of ppl already did worship the guest

Or like, the urban legend/title/mascot/symbol/concept/whatever

[near hawk]

A "good amount" is like most of the town probably.

[low gate]

the guest appears to be a long standing figure in raven brooks and the parks mascot was based on it

[near hawk]

I'd argue the other way around

[low gate]

i dont think the guest was such a culty thing before

[near hawk]

The rituals existed before the Forest dweller.

[eager glade]

So they see guest like a mickey mouse of the town?

I don't think

[near hawk]

Several people are typing

[eager glade]

forest dweller and guest are different right?

[near hawk]

In the files yeah iirc

[low gate]

in one of the pictures in the museum the 2 million year old historian was a lot younger besides the statue and when she was young i dont think the park was even close to being made yet

[sand flare]

I think if you have the houses spread out more and stuff maybe you could use the train to get to certain areas that would be cool

[eager glade]

so maybe the townfolk support forest dweller (the smiling conehead or statues idk) and the vandals support the guest

[sand flare]

like train to downtown or bus

[near hawk]

The other way around

[sand flare]

or main street things like that

[untold grotto]

forest dweller is the one you see

[modest island]

would you argue against the neighbor having the typical amount of bones in his human body that he has

[eager glade]

So town support guest?

[near hawk]

Conehead is the guest while vandals suport the forest dweller

[untold grotto]

and the guest is the one you made its statue

[eager glade]

oh

[untold grotto]

which is a good thing or something

[near hawk]

It gave them good weather.

[eager glade]

it stopped raining apparently aswell

[near hawk]

I wonder why they even decided to cancel the ceremonies

(probably not cult related reason because i heavily doubt Nikita uses cult)

[untold grotto]

and when the statue was broken the flow collapsed and misfortune struck

[untold grotto]

something to do with GA for me

[severe merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/supernatural-dean-winchester-oh-you-gif-22671182

[near hawk]

I knew it

[wild girder]

I'm not sure if you've answered this before but a few people have been wondering if the ambience and sound effects in this video will be in the game in any way for example during the night or when it gets more cloudy.

[quartz canopy]

he is four years old

[severe merlin]

Probably not. I trust Siarhei with his work and he is building and expanding what we had in P3.

[spiral atlas]

Are there any new tracks in Pre Alpha?

I love what you and Siarhei have been making with the sounds and music

[wild girder]

I find it funny how a lot of the visuals and audio of HN3 when it first got announced aren't in the game. I'm not saying that's bad, I love the current direction, I just find it really funny.

It almost makes it feel like a different game.

[raven pilot]

i dont think nicky is the guest or anything in hn3 bcse ||he beated his traumas in the end of hn1|| so i think it wouldnt make sense for him to go back to the whole raven brooks mystery thing

[high brook]

I hate Nicky guest theory so much it makes ZERO sense

[raven pilot]

i think ppl think that bcse of the red sleeve and the watch but it could be anyone

[random shell]

I don’t understand the theory either, the guest is clearly taller than Nicky at least his adult model I think

[raven pilot]

growth spurt

||/jk||

[near hawk]

Yeah.
Aaron is much better as the Guest

[raven pilot]

i like aaron is guest theory more than nicky is guest theory, it could maybe be him bcse we didnt heard of him after act 2 events iirc

[near hawk]

HN2 was last we know of him iirc

[lavish ravine]

I don't know if this question will be answered, but will the post office have any relevance to the story?

[raven pilot]

i think it was hnvr

he wasnt mentioned at all in secret neighbor right?

[near hawk]

No afaik.

[near hawk]

Vr is before HN2 now ain't it

[trim pine]

Agreed

[lavish ravine]

Yea

[raven pilot]

oh yeah, ||i just remembered we try to save him in the museum||

[trim pine]

Question: Does anyone know what happened to Theodore Peterson's sister? I only know that he had a sister, but the animated series replaced with a brother. Just curious who she is.

[karmic bay]

The chronological order is hello neighbor hide and seek ,hn act1,secret neighbor,hello engineer,hn act2,hn 2

[near hawk]

Animated series didn't exactly replace her so to speak.
It just added another sibling. Lisa and Franklin are both very different and Franklin fell into the pit before the events of the book.

But we don't know about the sister

Uhh this isn't very HN3-discussion tbf

[trim pine]

Got it... Thanks

[near hawk]

As in we don't know where She is.
We only saw her get called and close angrily after finding out Teddy's kids aren't with him.

[raven pilot]

there isnt any confirmation of physical mayak in hn3 right? ||just that news paper||

[near hawk]

Yeah afaik

[karmic bay]

Lisa Peterson was never confirmed dead in any hn game

[cunning yacht]

is that the daughter or wife?

cus both are confirmed

[timid berry]

Гость? ну посетитель не оч подходит

[sleek moat]

Sister

[sleek moat]

Sister

Alr ima go offline now

[cunning yacht]

the sister was pushed off a roof, shown in act 2 of the first game and in hn h&s

and then the ending cutscene in h&s is the neighbor with gloves burying her

the labeling her as missing, along with arron

[dark bison]

wrong people. Lisa is Theodore's sister.

[cunning yacht]

i know

she died

from being pushed off a roof

[dark bison]

that was Mya

[cunning yacht]

ooooh

mb gng

he said sister so i thought he ment arrons sister

[fallow tide]

Lisa was never confirmed to exist in any game

[spiral atlas]

I hope eventually we can get some more of those short video teasers we got for P2 and P3

[chrome sun]

I wish there would be more vandals 🥺

[woven lodge]

What if they did this?

[spiral atlas]

I am still here.

[dusty hatch]

How much will it cost ?

[dusty hatch]

Hn3

[timid berry]

Same

[lavish ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/purple-guy-default-dance-fnaf-discord-gif-1220256809806468242

[woven lodge]

As much as three Hello Neighbors!

[dusty hatch]

So 30$?

[woven lodge]

Depends on if it's on sale.

[dusty hatch]

K thanks

[high brook]

Why do people think Nicky is the guest because of red sleeve? He’s literally just wearing the hn2 sweater with purple and red

[near meadow]

I just wanna atleast know if hes an old man or not 😅

[oblique parcel]

He obv can’t answer that lol

[timid berry]

Did you saw his moves? I don't think old man will be able to move so fast and stretchy

[wicked moth]

I wonder if the post office going to have a purpose in pre-alpha?

[near hawk]

It's pretty much the same question though.

[civic totem]

If this is the Church, then it sure has become way more clean and less run down than it was in HN2

[civic totem]

Nvm it's actually likely to be the Church, I brightened the image and managed to see there's tombstones

[oblique parcel]

It’s cause it’s based of the hn1 church which was more clean

[civic totem]

Yeah that makes sense

[civic totem]

Makes sense

[trim reef]

reminds me of hn2 patch 9

[lavish ravine]

I have a theory that the guest is destined to go there.

[nimble walrus]

Plot twist: We see 💀 Quentin

[near hawk]

Destined makes it sound like there's gonna be some legendary stuff happening there and the guest is the chosen one or smth.

[fierce viper]

Maybe the guest is like darth vader

[near hawk]

Lol.

[lavish ravine]

Peak

[wicked moth]

Nikita is online right now, so maybe he could confirm whether or not its the church.

[lavish ravine]

Lets Wait for a message of him first

[woven lodge]

Hello Neighbor Friday?

[meager walrus]

hn3 secret friday updates

[chilly sundial]

Hello

[civic totem]

Hello Neighbor 3 Friday the 13th update 🔥

[woven lodge]

NEIGHBOR!

[civic totem]

3

[chilly sundial]

Pre alpha

[civic totem]

Coming out soon

[chilly sundial]

Oh yeah

[bronze steppe]

do we have any special dates this month?

[chilly sundial]

The release date is unknown.

By the way, they already figured out the design of the pre-alpha player.

and what the pre-alpha was about

[high brook]

I miss this vibe of hn3 when it was rbo

[opaque summit]

i didnt like how "foresty" it looked

i like that the new vibes more colorful but there should be more eerieness

[sonic birch]

ITS THE SAME VIBE

???

[opaque summit]

its way greyer

and i think it has more foliage

i feel a different vibe personally

[sonic birch]

it was RBO

this is just RBO visuals

[mortal dove]

dude its like literally the same

or like mostly the same just slightly more finished

reminded 90% of the models are placeholders

and need to be updated

the game is still the same artstyle its just that the artstyle is getting properly finished

[night vigil]

“I miss the OLD hn3” is already starting

[broken galleon]

What old hn3

[near hawk]

Exactly.

[tawny tendon]

Isn't this game like. Not even a year old or?

[gentle pebble]

It’s already a 1+ year old

Since November

[tawny tendon]

alr alr

[raven pilot]

The game is more colorful now imo, but i still love it

[untold grotto]

techinally its like 3 years old or something

since nikita was developing RBO alone in 2023

[opaque summit]

i thought he started with it early 2024

[untold grotto]

early 2024 is when he united with EGS

[opaque summit]

alr

[tawny tendon]

Im more talking about the builds of the game you could play (?) because of the "I miss old HN3" comment

[untold grotto]

and like

[tawny tendon]

sorry if im clueless I came back to this franchise a few months ago lol

[untold grotto]

true

[night vigil]

The game barely even changed yet, and people are already over nostalgic

[opaque summit]

isnt it more colorful now?

i feel like it used to be more grey

[jaunty pivot]

I don't know if this was already answered or if we will have one but. Could/will the mayak station be in hn3?? Since the main focus for now was the storm the mayak is litteraly a Weather station, so...

[high brook]

isnt mayak in prototype 3 on a newspaper somewhere

[sleek moat]

Ye

[jaunty pivot]

OH? I DID NOT KNOW THAT

[high brook]

yea its in the museum

[lavish ravine]

You are talking about the weather station right ?

[limpid cosmos]

guys

[high brook]

the mayak is weather station bro

or is it not? im confuse

[limpid cosmos]

guys what do u think is the hello neighbor 3 ending possibly?

[daring forge]

Yes it’s the weather station

[wild girder]

Us stopping the storm. The out of every way Hello Neighbor 3 could possibly end, I'm confident that the ending will have our character stop the storm, saving the town.

[limpid cosmos]

i mean the ending with mr peterson

[wild girder]

That, I don't know. I have no idea how him and The Guest's story will wrap up.

[wicked moth]

What are these images? They're on the HN3 pre-alpha wiki.gg page:

[near hawk]

We got them a few days ago

[near hawk]

That could be an ending yeah.
HN3 has multiple endings though. So im sure that won't be the only ending.

Also it would feel a little weird imo because the way the game is played is like, You go through different loops/sessions until you can use the knowledge gathered throughout them to get to an actual ending or discover more stuff. In my opinion.

[dawn crest]

guys, how do u think, Will movement be like in hn1 (impossible to parkour) or like in hn2 with climbing

[stone elk]

Theory for hub world Nikita was talking about at some point : you get to store your photos and notes that you take durning each loop to form ideas about how to get a certaint outcome and to be able to solves mysteries

[near hawk]

There are no plans for a climbing mechanic afaik

Although it doesn't really look like the parkour will be Impossible either

[dawn crest]

maybe, we will have a house, like chill place to analyze that u found

[near hawk]

Those 2 options aren't mutually exclusive

[stone elk]

Nikita said we will see, they are only going to add features they feel have a purpose

[dawn crest]

I will pray to see nicky in hn3

[warped kestrel]

Yo

Any news for the 3rd season ?

[empty shuttle]

Crowface joined the Irish Republican Army, other than that, not really...

[warped kestrel]

What do you mean?

I'm talking about The Raven Brooks season

[raven pilot]

in how many weeks do yall think pre alpha will drop?

[high brook]

like 4 or 5

[raven pilot]

the chances of dropping this month are medium imo

[high brook]

ok 6 or 7 weeks then

wait

uh oh

[civic totem]

78!

[high brook]

i didnt mean it as a joke i swear

[civic totem]

Seven sixxxx

Seveennnn siiixxx

[raven pilot]

i forgot abt that lol, meme so dead you just realized after typing the message

[timid berry]

nikita: online
chat: its QnA time!

So...

[civic totem]

Nikita is working on the Pre-Alpha

He probably doesn't have much time to talk here anymore

[timid berry]

i know, that was a joke

[civic totem]

Focusing more on the pre-alpha I mean

And the devlog

[celest plank]

icl a lot of them are kinda mid

this server is running out of questions 😭😭

[woven lodge]

I think hn3 needs more tree types.

I have never seen a birch tree in HN outside of Search & Rescue.

[timid berry]

everything We know about Pre-Alpha and game at all:

Characters
• Iris cuted out (only for pre-alpha as now)
• All character's models will be reworked and finished (except we haven't got Jacob and Iris yet)
• Finally player(protagonist) model will be shown and used (but still without item animations)
• by nails on hands being black, player might be a female character
• Janusz is/was married (he wears golden ring)
• Runes on character's clothes and on statue is not meaningless
• Theodor's main goal is ragebait the discord chat (joke)

Map of Raven Brooks
• one of empty buildings near Cabel Car is now Post Office and it's somehow important to plot, bcs it's yellow on the map (maybe we even could see someone new there)
• also somewhere there also will be Church, and we don't know much about it
• on town map the entering gate is now shown (little blue thing at it's place, was seen on one of the screenshots)
• interior was little bit more detailed

Items
• new feature - toy car on remote control: used to sneak into "Neighbors" houses (with it we might see the protagonist's face and fully look at her design)
• flashlight item model was updated and 'finished' ig
• also possible new item is - camera (only show at advertisement poster near supermarket)

Gameplay
• plot might be different from building statue(s)
• protagonist have it's own lore and somehow connected to Raven Brooks
• Guest's name is not random it's has meaning of his story | not related to pre-alpha
• we need to play game "loop" a few times to complete the game | not related to pre-alpha
• not everyone needed to be "alive" to complete the game
• Guest is k1lling everyone and not just steal them
• Guest won't be that fast at the beginning
• Neighbor (Theodor Peterson) is still hiding after something | not related to pre-alpha
• character's skin color is normal to them and shows us loneliness of town | not related to pre-alpha

if i forgot smth, please reply. im gonna add it

[celest plank]

idk about the trees but i rly hope there will be more color to the game in the future cause so far its all pretty much light brown

[timid berry]

agree same

[fair oriole]

There's also the little toy car, which we can drive around.

[near hawk]

The goal will be different from building the statue.

[timid berry]

yea thanks forgot somewhy

[timid berry]

yes one sec

[near hawk]

Guest will restart session and not as fast

[blissful river]

Why did they remove them from HN3 in the first place. They looked good.

[timid berry]

updated it

[blissful river]

Though HN2 did have a birch tree, kinda. It’s white at least.

[timid berry]

Nikita what do you think? did i missed somthing?

[blissful river]

I really hope they bring back the birches in HN3. I get if these are old models, but still the foliage needs some variety.

[timid berry]

HN2 was very beutifuul game i very love it's nature and atmosphere tbh

oh i forgot some things, gonna update it again, remembered some little details like marriege ring of Janusz

there it goes

[timid berry]

do this server has meme chat?

[civic totem]

They just do random stuff like that sometimes

[civic totem]

#memes and #hn-memes

[wild girder]

This is likely a very early concept and the other is prototype 2. They were experimenting a lot with the game's overall look and style, that's why the steam images and that one small looping clip has a different feeling compared to Prototype 3 and now Pre-Alpha.

[timid berry]

thanks mate

[civic totem]

No problem

[blissful river]

I know.

[timid berry]

wdyt did i missed sometihng

[timid berry]

here

[blissful river]

The birch trees are in prototype 1 as well.

[civic totem]

What

[peak solar]

It's so interesting seeing the playermodel, because

about a week or two ago

Nikita was drawing concept art for it

might've been a bit longer

[timid berry]

do you think i missed somethink in the list of known things about pre-alpha and game

[blissful river]

They are from RBO times, so it makes since they removed them, but I still think the game needs some variety in tree types.

And they did look good.

[civic totem]

No

[timid berry]

ok sorry

[civic totem]

There's no need to apologize tho

[timid berry]

i felt to serious when asked twice

[wild girder]

I don't think they were. The trees in RBO were just the dry trees we have now, just way bigger.

[blissful river]

Yes they are.

[wild girder]

I wasn't referring to the birch trees. I was referring to you saying that the trees in prototype 1 were from RBO when they weren't.

[blissful river]

Ohhh. I was saying the birch trees from prototype 1 were from RBO.

[wild girder]

I can't remember those being in Prototype 1. Do you have any pictures of them?

[blissful river]

Middle of the map.

[wild girder]

Oh yeah. Forgot they were there.

[high brook]

i wish we had this build of rbo so much

we need a petition to get it released

i wonder if nikita still has it too

[timid berry]

hn2 alpha 2 is also wanted thb

but i guess that was just animation and there is no alpha2 and half life 3, wait what

[unborn fable]

Heelo

Hello

[high brook]

no hl3 might be in the works still

thats the only one that has like a 20% chance of existing

[raven pilot]

i hope he releases it, even if it is 10 years later in this server (like a certain blender file) but i hope we get it soon bcse a lot of people want it

[high brook]

i dont think anyones even asked about it yet

correct me if im wron g

[raven pilot]

ive seen ppl asking for it

i mean... i might be wrong on the "a lot of ppl want it" but atleast ppl want it

[bronze phoenix]

guys i think (JUST A PREDICTION) that devlog will release a day after the pre alpha

[raven pilot]

why?

[bronze phoenix]

they did that with previous prototypes

[raven pilot]

this made me remember when devlog 3 was leaked lol

[bronze phoenix]

and it make sense too

[raven pilot]

no

afaik

[timid berry]

no i think they gonna release at the same day

[bronze phoenix]

listien the devlog shows what is in store for the future

[timid berry]

but it can be

[raven pilot]

i remember it releasing it on the same day lol

[raven pilot]

yep, same day

devlog 3 too

[bronze phoenix]

i mean around the same time same day or after but we are talking about editing time and cenematic

yes

but pre alpha is packed

as far as we know

[high brook]

bro just recorded his screen for no reason

[bronze phoenix]

new models

[timid berry]

oh yea got it now

[bronze phoenix]

new map changes

[timid berry]

i tried to show blender cube but it didnt record bruh

[timid berry]

like hl3 and gta6 is on that stage meme

[bronze phoenix]

guys does nikita make the devlogs himself or he got editors?

[timid berry]

i think he has a team for this

a team fortress

[bronze phoenix]

alr

but listien

[timid berry]

🔥

[bronze phoenix]

Pre-alpha is prob packed with new content

[high brook]

well obv

[bronze phoenix]

so far in #work-in-progress

[high brook]

its a new version

[bronze phoenix]

yeah but its MORE packed then the changes from prototype 2-3

in #work-in-progress

we gotten

new models

New map changes

[timid berry]

i already listed everything here btw

[bronze phoenix]

and we got what our charather looks like

[raven pilot]

imo, prototype 3 is the one with the most changes out of all test versions rn (including pre-alpha)

[bronze phoenix]

fair

[bronze phoenix]

but hey we dident get pre alpha yet so who knows?

so my point

is

that if Pre alpha is so packed

[timid berry]

?

[raven pilot]

i mean like from what we know abt pre alpha rn see? like, new character, new models and other things

but it can be way more packed

but i think even after pre alpha launches, proto3 will be the one with most changes

[bronze phoenix]

Ik nikita dident show us the guest or the Neighbor ending when we were waiting for Proto 3

also

we might get the neighbor

in Pre alpha

[raven pilot]

proly bcse he didnt want to spoil it

[timid berry]

might

[bronze phoenix]

yea
"might"

there is a possibility

he might not be in pre alpha

but they showed us his mechanics

i think

[timid berry]

as i said, everything we knew about pre-alpha and game at all i lesited already here

[bronze phoenix]

i heard from someone that he will work like a weeping angel?

and run away from us?

[timid berry]

maybe

[raven pilot]

is there any confirmation of the ||hotel secret room|| being the neighbor hideout?

[timid berry]

we dont know his motives

[bronze phoenix]

potencialy the musesem

[timid berry]

but by proto3 it looks like he is EVIL and want to storm to come to town

[raven pilot]

historian goes to the museum and i would say she likes to go there often so i would say probaly not

[bronze phoenix]

yeah his motives is to stop us from escaping

[timid berry]

bruh, too obvious i dont think,

[bronze phoenix]

good point

[timid berry]

but it can be

[bronze phoenix]

maybe this

[timid berry]

we cant know the truth before we know anything about protagonist

[raven pilot]

things (maybe, if they already figured lore abt this) only the devs know lol

[bronze phoenix]

the only thing we dont know about him/her is the design we know EXACTLY the players motives they came to raven brooks to visit it so they can stratch off thier bucket list then they notice the town is eerie and they need to get out

[raven pilot]

church is very run down but i think he can have a hideout there if he uses some skill. I also think it would be funny if this game is less pg then the others and we can find diane corpse there lol

[timid berry]

yeah, cuz in hn2 he hides in museum, but nikita is not connected to hn2 so i hn3 neighbor will probably hide somewhere else and church is one of the most interesting posibilitis for him i guess but im also hoping that new post office will give as new lore drop or even new character

[bronze phoenix]

alr

also i thought this was a guest hideout

but

i see that its a luminated area

so he woudent

[timid berry]

no he has his cabin newar park i think it will be his hideout even in release game if his lore wont change

[bronze phoenix]

i dont want it to stay like in proto 3

cause

[raven pilot]

i think the neighbor is like "i dont like everyone in this town" bcse based on lore, he doesnt aprove worshiping the guest, ||like the vandals do|| and he ||also destroys the town statue too||

[bronze phoenix]

its pretty small

[timid berry]

i dont meant design i meant that building at that place

[bronze phoenix]

alr

also they need to make the guest slower

he is so annoying in Proto 3

[raven pilot]

iirc nikita said he wouldnt be flash anymore

[bronze phoenix]

and there is areas where it say "DARK AREA ALERT!" while its part of a town

[timid berry]

dude i dont think there is anyone who havent saw proto3's cutscenes so why you "spoiling" that?

[bronze phoenix]

dude have some common sense everyone who is a part of HN3 knows it

[timid berry]

he said that at the start of the game he will be slower

ok

[raven pilot]

just to make sure no one gets spoiled. just that.

[timid berry]

k man

[raven pilot]

even if most of ppl here or maybe even all ppl here know, it is good to be sure right?

[bronze phoenix]

will Pre alpha be for money

cause if it is i better start saving now

[timid berry]

no i think every version till release will be free

[raven pilot]

it will not make money for tinybuild (idk how money works in this company) and it is still a test version

[bronze phoenix]

i dont think so

[raven pilot]

did they put adds in any of hn3 videos? i cant remember

[timid berry]

what about hn2 which version except release wasnt free

[raven pilot]

iirc beta wasnt free

but if you bought it, you would get realese version for free iirc

thats what i remember that happnd to me

[bronze phoenix]

i think it would be good marketing

[timid berry]

1. waht is iirc (sorry i really dont know)

2. i just forgot about beta being not free

[raven pilot]

iirc stands for "if i remember correctly"

[timid berry]

thanks

[raven pilot]

your welcome

i also wish that pre alpha runs better in the steam deck bcse it might release when my steam deck arrives

[timid berry]

well im at this server just for a short time, but its one of the kindest server ive ever been even with what hn community at all is

[raven pilot]

imo this is one of the best mascot horror communities

like, if you see fnaf, that community is full of nsfw content, ive seen a lot of creeps there and etc

[timid berry]

yea but a lot of it's part is pretty grumpy about lore, devs and alex

[timid berry]

yea thoose can be very dark...

[timid berry]

at least how most of not-from-this-communnity people think i guess

[bronze phoenix]

yall

i know how to launch proto 3

[timid berry]

?

[bronze phoenix]

even tho

its uninstalled

[timid berry]

i know too

o nwok oot

[raven pilot]

i saved it on google drive so i can download it when i want to

[bronze phoenix]

no need

its SUPER easy