CraftStudio is a collaborative

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used to create

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-based

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s, developed by Sparklin Labs.

History

Developer Élisée Maurer began the funding campaign for CraftStudio on

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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

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phase of development in June 2012 and entered

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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

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Overview

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

-based video games in both 2D and 3D, with assets stored in the

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. The tool encompasses the entire

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workflow, allowing users to manage models, animations, Lua 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 was used to create all of the items, NPCs, and animations in the game.

References

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History

Overview

Evolution

See also

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