CraftStudio is a collaborative

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game engine used to create

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s, developed by Sparklin Labs.

History

Developer Élisée Maurer began the funding campaign for CraftStudio on IndieGoGo in March 2011, with an early development version being offered to players. The game reached its funding goal of $16,000 in April 2012. The game entered its alpha phase of development in June 2012 and entered beta in April 2013 before being fully released in May 2015, with major updates concluding. The successor to CraftStudio is

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, a collaborative

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game development environment, which was fully released in July 2016. In April 2017, CraftStudios was released for free on itch.io.

Overview

CraftStudio allows users to work collaboratively on projects in real-time to create

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. The tool encompasses the entire

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workflow, allowing users to manage models, animations,

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scripts, and maps obtained from pre-made assets or created from scratch. Games can be published for

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, or the

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Evolution

CraftStudio was used as a modelling toolkit by developer Hypixel Studios to create assets for ''

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'' during the game's development. Hypixel Studios then hired the developers of CraftStudio, Maurer and Nicolas Gauthier, to work on evolving CraftStudio into a unique toolkit built specifically for ''Hytale''. This toolkit became the ''Hytale'' Model Maker, and is used to create all of the items, NPCs, and animations in the game.

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History

Overview

Evolution

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