Hytale and CurseForge team up for a $100,000 USD mod competition

Love modding? You could win big if you also love Hytale, as they've teamed up with CurseForge to give out some big prizes for some fun content.

Across three categories they will be giving out:

• 1st Place: $10,000
• 2nd Place: $7,500
• 3rd Place: $2,500
• 4th–10th Places: $1,000 each

The categories are:

WorldGen V2: $27,000 in Prizes

Create generated worlds using World Gen V2’s visual node editor. Build a biome, region, or zone with a clear theme, strong landmarks, and great exploration from the ground up.

NPCs: $27,000 in Prizes

Bring life to Hytale. Create or update NPCs — critters, enemies, or boss fights — with behaviors players will remember. Push the asset configuration system to its limits.

Experiences: $27,000 in Prizes

Create a new way to play Hytale — adventure maps, minigames, hard modes, or deep systems (skill trees, progression, crafting reworks). PvP and multiplayer welcome.

Outside of those main three categories, there will be more chances to win. Players will also get to vote to highlight five favourites from the community, with $2,000 awarded to each winner. On top of that they're also doing "Mid-Contest Drops" throughout the submission period giving out $300 each to 10 different creators.

From the press release:

"Games thrive long-term because of their communities, and Hytale's creators have already shown us that since launching into Early Access. Hypixel Studios is putting $100,000 behind this contest as a first step toward something much bigger to recognize and reward the people shaping Hytale's future. I can't wait to see what comes out of it and to meet some of the creators along the way!" commented Simon Collins-Laflamme, CEO of Hypixel Studios.

"The Hytale modding community has already proven what it's capable of with over 5,000 mods created and 20 million mods downloaded. This contest is our way of doubling down on those creators, giving them a $100,000 reason to push World Gen, NPCs, and Experiences further than we ever imagined,” said Uri Marchand, CEO and Co-Founder, Overwolf

Expanding on these even further in the official Discord, Hypixel Studios's CEO Simon Collins-Laflamme posted:

See all the info on Curseforge.