yo can we just get alpha 2 to hn2

[jagged creek]

nikita dont u just have a file of hn2 alpha2 just laying around cause were kinda of bored casue of nothing on prototype 3 so pls

[wispy marten]

He does not, and No.

[iron sapphire]

It got deleted, so did most of the alphas for hn2, because of a glich or something

[wispy marten]

nope. it was scrapped.

[iron sapphire]

ok

[high venture]

awman

[late pasture]

not deleted

it never was packaged

never got built

it was just a version of the project file that at one point we would have gotten

until the direction had changed

and the project file probably got changed too much to package Alpha 2 by then

so...Alpha 2 never existed as a version

it was just a version of the project file

[high venture]

Awman

[late pasture]

it's like Alpha 1.5 of HN1
or the HN1 prototype actually

both of those were also just screenshots and recordings of the viewport to be used in teasers and trailers

[high venture]

Aw dang it

[hollow anvil]

yeah alpha 2 of hn2 is basically a better looking version of the beta

[cinder dome]

These are images which have been publicly shared bye tinybuild of the gray manor interior . We can see it was quite built up and looks ready to be played.

[cinder dome]

I don’t agree that the game was just some sort of test and was unplayable and was only made for promotional purposes.

Because we have seen a lot of footage available showcasing gameplay yes maybe a lot of the map was buggy and unfinished but definitely some areas were ready.Also the game was meant to be released very late during 2021.

[wispy marten]

We’ve moved on.

[cinder dome]

Fair enough sorry

[subtle urchin]

the game wouldnt have ever hit the 2021 release target considering alpha 2 never left the conceptual stage

[wispy marten]

I definitely think it left the conceptual stage around the E3 trailer period, but was later completely scrapped when Alexus fully become lead game designer.

[cinder dome]

Yeah it’s a shame they scrapped it .

[subtle urchin]

maybe but im pretty sure that even tho that was before the beta build started, that was still abandoning alot of the concepts of what people want in a playable alpha 2

[wispy marten]

Not exactly.

E3 was as far in development old HN2 got

Before Alexus’s involvement.

[subtle urchin]

also alot of the things people want from playable alpha 2 never even really existed

like neural network and the grey manor

[subtle urchin]

also i think that old hn2 and new hn2 distinction is kinda dumb

cause if you go by that logic, there was the same intro cutscene, also the museum instead of the grey manor, were all changes made before the beta

thats what i mean by alpha 2 never left the conceptual stage

cause everything people wanted from it never left the conceptual stage

beta is (from what ive seen) a new art version of alpha 2

missing the neural network

cause grey manor never even existed

[wispy marten]

Gray manor existed lol

A working layout was never implemented that we know of though

[wispy marten]

What does this even mean

lol

“It’s all a dream”

[subtle urchin]

it was just a ton of rooms outside the map

[wispy marten]

Like I said. It was a prototype of the main hideout location. It never had a finished interior layout, only blockouts for different rooms.

[subtle urchin]

yeah so it didnt exist

[wispy marten]

The way you are saying this is as if the manor didn’t exist as a thing, not that the interior layout didn’t exist.

The second option is true.

[wispy marten]

I really don’t think it is. The direction in story, gameplay, and map, changed drastically.

[cinder dome]

In an interview with Nikita on YouTube bye a channel named MeganH HN Nikita said alpha 2 was meant to “evolve into full game” so it was definitely into development.Additionally the game was teased to be released in if I remember correctly late 2021