'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike
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Technically you could do this with any two games, it's just a matter of how you map the representation of one game within the other. And afaik, every important mechanic in mc was done elsewhere first, mc just put it all together in one sandbox.
The only grounds msft has to sue on would be assets and likenesses, which hytale doesn't (shouldn't) use any of.
I'm sure it helps a lot that these are games with player hostable servers
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I'm sure it helps a lot that these are games with player hostable servers
Yeah, and that they have official modding support, but the absence of either has never stopped modding communities in the past.
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It's one of those "reporting on social media without actually adding anything" articles, but in this case it's pretty cool.
Hijacking this comment to mention the original link: https://hytale2mc.com/
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This isn't that hard to do.
Ok, let's see your version.
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And it won't work nearly as well as most people would think.
Well that's wrong, because I would think this wouldn't work at all.
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Hijacking this comment to mention the original link: https://hytale2mc.com/
A good hijack, thanks.
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Even at a casual glance, it's not hard to see the similarities between Minecraft and Hytale, its latest block-based sandbox competitor. As Hytale's early modding scene flourishes, one modder is taking those similarities to their logical endpoint, deciding that if the games overlap so neatly, Minecraft and Hytale players might as well just play together on the same server.
It might sound like black magic, but that didn't prevent modder Sadat Sahib from demonstrating the fruits of his forbidden arts. On Reddit, Sahib posted screenshots of a functioning prototype of Minecraft and Hytale crossplay, casually explaining that he "made Bedrock <-> Hytale <-> Java cross-play possible!"
1 minute of Gameplay Footage! (W.I.P.) pic.twitter.com/Ca6fhcENNtJanuary 19, 2026
"what the fuck," said one redditor. The reply is, by far, the post's highest-rated response.
Not content with immediately baffling an entire community of Hytale players, Sahib then went to X, where he shared a minute-long demo of his work-in-progress crossplay mod. In the video, Sahib has Minecraft and Hytale clients running in windows beside each other, with the same geometry represented in each game's respective blocks and art style. As Sahib moves in the Minecraft client, a player character in the Hytale session mimics those movements. Sahib then tabs over to Hytale, where his movementsβand even block placementsβare then similarly mirrored in the Minecraft session.
As Sahib explained in replies on Reddit and X, Hytale is serving as the host for the crossplay session, and while block placements are translated to equivalent blocks on the Minecraft side, it seems like only the prototype's Hytale player is capable of placing new blocks. Considering he's handbuilding a bridge between two different games with their own systems and mechanics, it's not surprising that Sahib says "currently many things are Broken."
It's unclear whether Sahib will ever release the crossplay mod for public consumption as he says it's "more of a proof of concept," but he intends to "update it for a good while" to see how much shared functionality he's able to implement. The first big item on his list is to solve shared world generation, as the Minecraft crossplay client is currently limited to loading its immediate surroundings from the Hytale side.
Terrifyingly, Sahib has already made some substantial headway since posting his first look at the crossplay mod. In less than a day, he's uploaded additional demonstration videos to show that he's also added functional cross-game chat, animation synchronization, and combat.
Personally, I'm of the opinion that Sahib's growing power represents a threat to software stability everywhere, but I salute his efforts nonetheless.
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Only tangentially related but: Have you guys seen GeyserMC? It let's Java and Bedrock clients play together. The work they've done on it is incredible. Its so so impressive.
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Only tangentially related but: Have you guys seen GeyserMC? It let's Java and Bedrock clients play together. The work they've done on it is incredible. Its so so impressive.
That would be so cool if only it helped me get away from microsoft owned products
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That would be so cool if only it helped me get away from microsoft owned products
Indeed, just the effort from the geyser team I found particularly impressive.
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Even at a casual glance, it's not hard to see the similarities between Minecraft and Hytale, its latest block-based sandbox competitor. As Hytale's early modding scene flourishes, one modder is taking those similarities to their logical endpoint, deciding that if the games overlap so neatly, Minecraft and Hytale players might as well just play together on the same server.
It might sound like black magic, but that didn't prevent modder Sadat Sahib from demonstrating the fruits of his forbidden arts. On Reddit, Sahib posted screenshots of a functioning prototype of Minecraft and Hytale crossplay, casually explaining that he "made Bedrock <-> Hytale <-> Java cross-play possible!"
1 minute of Gameplay Footage! (W.I.P.) pic.twitter.com/Ca6fhcENNtJanuary 19, 2026
"what the fuck," said one redditor. The reply is, by far, the post's highest-rated response.
Not content with immediately baffling an entire community of Hytale players, Sahib then went to X, where he shared a minute-long demo of his work-in-progress crossplay mod. In the video, Sahib has Minecraft and Hytale clients running in windows beside each other, with the same geometry represented in each game's respective blocks and art style. As Sahib moves in the Minecraft client, a player character in the Hytale session mimics those movements. Sahib then tabs over to Hytale, where his movementsβand even block placementsβare then similarly mirrored in the Minecraft session.
As Sahib explained in replies on Reddit and X, Hytale is serving as the host for the crossplay session, and while block placements are translated to equivalent blocks on the Minecraft side, it seems like only the prototype's Hytale player is capable of placing new blocks. Considering he's handbuilding a bridge between two different games with their own systems and mechanics, it's not surprising that Sahib says "currently many things are Broken."
It's unclear whether Sahib will ever release the crossplay mod for public consumption as he says it's "more of a proof of concept," but he intends to "update it for a good while" to see how much shared functionality he's able to implement. The first big item on his list is to solve shared world generation, as the Minecraft crossplay client is currently limited to loading its immediate surroundings from the Hytale side.
Terrifyingly, Sahib has already made some substantial headway since posting his first look at the crossplay mod. In less than a day, he's uploaded additional demonstration videos to show that he's also added functional cross-game chat, animation synchronization, and combat.
Personally, I'm of the opinion that Sahib's growing power represents a threat to software stability everywhere, but I salute his efforts nonetheless.
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i like the gothic horror phrasing of the headline
