--- title: "RIP Hazel Engine? Goodbye \"The Cherno\"" url: https://daily.dev/posts/rip-hazel-engine-goodbye-the-cherno--mmd0qpnek source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy78hoiWsyg type: video:youtube source: "Gamefromscratch" published: 2026-01-19T18:29:08.855Z updated: 2026-03-15T05:30:31.569Z tags: ["c#", "c++", "game-development", "open-source"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # RIP Hazel Engine? Goodbye "The Cherno" **[Gamefromscratch](https://daily.dev/sources/gamefromscratch)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hazel Engine, a C++ game engine developed by YouTuber "The Cherno" and previously available only to patrons, faces an uncertain future. The creator has taken a full-time CTO position at Lucky Robots, a startup building a robotics simulation engine based on Hazel. While he promises to continue working on Hazel part-time and still plans to release it for free, two key volunteer contributors have also joined Lucky Robots. The shift from full-time development to part-time maintenance, combined with the loss of core team members, raises concerns about the project's viability, though a potential open-source release could allow the community to continue development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#c#](https://daily.dev/tags/c#), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rip-hazel-engine-goodbye-the-cherno--mmd0qpnek)