News & Updates

Release notes, feature announcements, community highlights, and what's coming next

Announcement 📌 Pinned

Hello Engine Alpha Is Now Open

After months of internal testing, we are opening Alpha access to our first wave of developers. Sign up on the homepage to claim your spot and start building collaborative games today.

Release

Hot-Reload v0.3 — Faster, Smarter, More Reliable

Our hot-reload pipeline received a major overhaul. Script changes now propagate to all connected clients in under 50 ms, and asset swaps no longer require a scene restart.

Feature

VR Support Lands in Hello Engine

Play-test and edit your world in VR with support for all major headsets. Multiple team members can enter the same VR session simultaneously — no extra setup required.

Community

Community Spotlight: Multiplayer Dungeon Crawler

Community member @jaxdev built a fully networked dungeon crawler in under a week using Hello Engine. We sat down with them to learn how collaborative editing changed their workflow.

Roadmap

2026 Roadmap: What We're Building Next

From a visual shader editor to built-in voice chat inside VR sessions, here is everything we are planning to ship this year — with rough timelines and community voting links.

Release

Asset Pipeline Overhaul — GLB & USD Support

Hello Engine now imports GLB and USD files directly, with automatic LOD generation and real-time sync to all connected clients. Drop a file in, everybody sees it instantly.

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