The team behind one of Minecraft's most beloved mods is now working on Hytale. Hypixel Studios has officially brought the creators of the Create mod onto its core design team, with studio lead Simon Collins-Laflamme confirming the news and teasing that it “opens the door to automation and a whole lot more.”
Who made Create, and why does this hire matter
Create has been a fixture of the Minecraft modding scene for years. Built around real-world kinetics, it lets players construct elaborate mechanical systems, conveyor belts, rotating machinery, and automated contraptions that vanilla Minecraft simply never offered. For a certain kind of player, it turned Minecraft into something closer to an engineering sandbox, and that audience is enormous.
The Create team revealed the news themselves in a GitHub post, writing that they had been "approached by the Hytale team to assist with game design" and agreed to join. Their role, as they describe it, is foundational: "Our role there is to improve the core game first. There is still some foundational work to be done before something like animated mechanical systems could even be considered."
That's a measured, honest framing. They're not walking in to bolt Create onto Hytale. They're working on the game's core systems first.
What Collins-Laflamme actually said
Hypixel Studios lead Simon Collins-Laflamme confirmed the hire on April 9, writing: "True. They're fully part of our core design team now, shaping the game at a foundational level. Getting that right is what eventually opens the door to automation and a whole lot more! The future of Hytale is looking really good. Just gotta let us cook for a bit."
He also added that "more surprises" are coming. That's a deliberately vague tease, but coming from the studio lead right after announcing a major modding talent acquisition, it lands with some weight.
What this means for Hytale players
Hytale launched into early access in January, and Hypixel Studios has been moving fast since then, dropping patches and content updates at a steady pace. Bringing in the Create team signals an intent to push the game's mechanical depth well beyond what's currently in the sandbox RPG.
Automation systems in a game like Hytale could mean a lot of things: resource processing pipelines, mechanical contraptions, factory-style building, or something entirely new that fits the game's RPG framing. The Create team's own note that "animated mechanical systems" aren't on the immediate roadmap suggests this is a longer-term play, not something dropping in the next patch.
For players already in the game, the practical takeaway is that the people who built one of the most technically impressive Minecraft mods ever made are now thinking about Hytale's future at a foundational level. That's a meaningful signal about where the game is headed.
The community reaction has been warm. One fan's comment captured the mood well: "That kitchen is full of next-level chefs." Hard to argue with that.
