The Hydra Submarine is functional! | Subnautica: Call of the Void Devlog #2 

I got sick (still am) so this took way longer than it should have, sorry! You can join my Discord server to stay up to date tho! ► www.discord.gg/gYQtqCXTgf

the fact that it doesn't feel like a mod, but instead an undiscovered part of the original game is amazing. wish I could support you guys but I am broke lol.

Also please make sure that the hydra has an ”entrence animation” and it dosent just teleport you since Thats kinda weird looking.

The leviathan could be named the Lentus Leviathan, which is Latin for 1 clinging, tough 2 slow, sluggish, lazy, procrastinating 3 easy, pliant Which it seems to fill all out (except for clinging and procrastinating)

I think that the Hydra dock should look like two hallways next to each other with a gap between where the Hydra would be stored. When the Hydra reverses into that gap, the hallways snap onto the hatches and make a watterproof passageway out of the sub.

(3:52) Those voicelines really looks amazing! It also makes it feels like an INTELECTUAL AI that autopilots the submarine talking with us!

Name for the Chonker Leviathan: Ridgeback. Reasoning: This might just be me, but its design reminds me of the Reefback because of the trailing tentacles and the rocky shell on top of it which remind me of a mountain. Maybe the top of it has some really valuable resources, but the leviathan itself is aggressive so there's risk in trying to get it (unlike the reefback that has more common materials in exchange for being much less risky)

For the slimeball heres an idea! You can use them to make temporary repares in your base while its under attack, so you can focus of more important areas with the repare tool instead of wasting time repairing unimportant areas After a few minutes it will start ti dissolve

Always looking amazing, love the blue and black environment so pretty! Missed your fun vibe too!

things to consider or add 1. a new mobile vehicle bay that can fit the hydra and multiple small vehicles (medium moonpool) 2. a small built in drone that can be deployed from the hydra to check the environment to make sure its safe 3. a special suit that is needed to dive deeper 4. base defense options: because you mentioned bases can be destroyed, there should be different that can be used to defend against hostile threats. one of the options should be a shield that forms around the base but consumes a high amount of power. a other option should be a lockdown button that covers all the windows and closes all the bulkheads to prevent flooding

wait, these are mods??? and they are gonna be released for free??? that's amazing. this might be the greatest subnautica mod project ever made.

Maybe the slime could be used as a glue to stick things to your base or maybe even creatures. For example there could be tracking devices that you could attach to creatures like leviathans. That could also play into the Mesmer leviathans abilities. The Mesmer could be able to temporarily mask other leviathans or fake a tracking signal to distract you.

Well done! I really like the voice for the Hydra. It has a unique personality that makes it stand out, as well as alongside, the other Subnautica subs.

As with The Silence, voice acting the Chonker Leviatian was very fun!

A glowing creature, sort of like minnows, that follow you as you traverse the void and go away when you get near an island would be cool

When you explained the Hydra's movement, I immediately thought of that scene from Big Hero 6 where they fly between buildings by doing sharp turns, so I think it should have a few tiers of speed upgrades for those want to put their piloting skills to the test at extreme speeds!

This mod is going to be amazing! It's everything the community ever wanted: more stuff in the void, more leviathans, base attacks

You could use the slimeballs as the bio tree as something you need for some parts of the path or use it as a sort of super glue like substance to put the hydra sub together (As is fabricating obviously) and because the new creature is a architect-like tardigrade you could put it around the buildings in the lost river and inactive and lava lakes.

Damnit Aci! You getting me excited with all of the new stuff!

0:44 it looks so beautiful for like the first few seconds and then it’s ok he has a derp face

Amazing work as always! I think a Hydra dock might look cool as a sort of fork that clamps around the Hydra upon entry. The front viewport glass could be removed by a machine in the dock so you can enter and exit the sub through the front

i think i've got some uses for the slimeballs: 1- crafting of advanced gear for the void islands 2- a weapon/tool of some sort that can glue things together, let's say you shoot it at a peeper, then at the ground, it could act a bit like a elastic rope to make traps and other things

The slime ball can be used to make oxygen for the base deep in the void, possibly edible to give a small burst of food and oxygen like the bladderfish. Also, think of the goo like an algae, producing air, Its existence in the void could also help explain how the ecosystem down that deep survives with limited oxygen levels in the water. Also the goo could be used as a fuel source and/or a crafting ingredient for some of the machines. Hope these suggestions help :)

I'm really curious if there might be and PDA Voice Logs on the void islands, imagine if one of the Aurora lifepods sunk all the way down there and tried to survive, maybe even one of the Degasi crew?

YEEEEEES KEEP IT UP ACI! This really is gonna be the best subnautica mod ever if you can get all of this done, already love the Silence.

3:57 i don’t know why but reminds me of the "Caution, a virus has been detected" from old avast versions.

I absolutely love that new driving system on the Hydra!

The single celled biome would fit SOOO well with this mod

I think a cool design idea and one that would fix the interior of the Hydra would be for it to rotate with your turns. So the interior rotates when you turn the sub to the left so when you stand up your aren't at an angle

Leviathan name idea for the "chonker", The Komodo Leviathan. This leviathan looks like it could be a relative to the Frozen leviathan we see in below zero with the purple and black color schemes, however this leviathan has adapted to mainly underwater exploration due to the creature having no forearms or hind legs like the Frozen leviathan, The Komodo Leviathan, can use its suction cup like tentacles to grab its prey much like the Spikey Trap flora from Below Zero, and can also use them to cling on to ledges to sneak attack its prey or smaller predators, The Komodo Leviathan can also use the stone like plate on its back and head as camouflage in the rockier islands in the void to hide itself if something bigger is lurking such as the Silence, The Komodo Leviathans large tail can be used for fast swimming capabilities making this creature somewhat complicated to escape from, and finally, the glowing eyes and spots on the creature can be mistaken as flora glowing, so you could be swimming along, and you realize what it really is you're looking at, its too late.

this is awsome i love the hydra sub it would be cool if some costom terain could have thin caves that twist and turn that would force the player to use the slim design and agile movment of the hydra hope to see more updates!

I would love if the Pluoeragrade's (or whatever the spelling is) slime could be used to build a 'Suction Plate' that you can attatch to large creatures and then hang off of, being able to be ccarried by void rays between islands in a cluster or to follow a specific creature and see how it interacts with other wildlife. You could also make a prawn suit arm that works as an enhanced grappling hook designed more for swinging than for holding yourself in place, which would be useful to navigate some of the void islands within it's depth range.

my god every single video about this is such a joy to watch and follow along, and that tardigrade creature is adorable

The Chonker has certain similarities with reefbacks, in how his shell looks. So "Reefshell Leviathan" would be an interresting name, especially if you put some corals on them. You could then even add lore about how Reefbacks are actually the juvenile version of Reefshells, who then eventually migrate to the void for their final metamorphosis after reaching a certain age. Accordingly, the Reefshells would occasionally migrate to the grassy plateus (for laying eggs or whatever), which you could design their behavior around. Just an idea. If you wanna go this route, hiding a couple huge Reefback/shell eggs in the grassy plateus, and hiding a molt of a Reefback that turned into a Reefshell somewhere on the edge of the void towards where the Reefshells are supposed to show up in the game would be just increadible. Imagine finding the empty husk of an Reefback and asking yourself what the heck came out of it.

I think the leviathan could be called either the Scaleback in reference to its large scales or the Drooper in reference to those drooping tentacles.

I don't have the ability to become a Patron member, but an idea I think everyone would enjoy would be, to add an upgrade or built in feature that allows the Hydra to rotate in a way that the main compartment would be prevented from rotating, like the Mandalorian Starship from Star Wars The Clone Wars, the pilot compartment would act like a single axis gyro, in other words never it would never rotating on the Z-axis (or would it be X-axis, I am a modeller trust me, it just won't rotate in the X-axis direction), will the other sections rotate around it, this would allow the sub to access more horizontal areas and prevent the interior from being buggy. Maybe the other sections get locked if rotated but if you use the controls you mentioned to set it back to the vertical state they would unlock again. This would also need the ability for the rotation to be locked for long angled stretches of tunnel so it wouldn't just try to reset will steering. Again this is an idea that could be useful to prevent buggy interior movement as I have a feeling it will be buggy if the player unseats will the ship is at an angle. I'd become a Patron if I could and share this idea but sadly the best I can do is Subscribe and like the video and cheer you on from the comments. I hope you can reference my idea even if it's an idea that could be used to prevent bugs in the Hydra between player and ship collision issues with gravity. I'm a modeller not an English (mainly punctuation) pro, so forgive my writing skills.

Cool concept for Call of the void: after going for some time you can visit corrupted biomes like corrupted safe shallows they would be purple with mutated mobs and another concept is that you can make mk4 for every vechicle that would be very exlucuve to the player crafted from verious underwater plants or whatewer and with those mk4s you can visit underwater cities

I think the Tether steering idea is SICK. I'm a huge fan of No Man's Sky and they use that too so I'm pretty excited for this!

Y'all revolutionising modding for Subnautica I feel like

Omg, the tartagrade creature is adorable, and their human hand mouth is terrifying. i love them

cool use for the slime mentioned abt 2 mins in; maybe it could be hardened in a kiln like machine, for a strong but agile vehicle considering it would be lightweight, also the kiln could be used to make some other recipes using vanilla materials or some other modded materials; IE melting metal for high damage attacks or specified tools (maybe weapons) and vehicles in the kiln;

I love your dedication for the mod, thanks a lot Aci! (And other members of the staff :D)

I think the drooper leviathan would be a good name for the new leviathan, as it has the droopy fins along the body

Im kinda more interested in seeing how things went wrong while making the mod it sounds beautiful

We going into the void with this one 🗣🗣🔥🔥

The breakneck leviathan immediately popped in my head when I saw the chonker-

2:11 "he's really cute" **demonic hands trying to grab anything to consume** I agree tho he is very cute

Things are moving fast! Keep up the good work!!

Let's goo man im very excited for this mod you guys doing great job

I have a few things to say about this: 1: that sea bear little fella should be like the cuttlefish where you hatch it and it becomes your pet 2: the "chonker" leviathan vaguely reminds me of a Lilly paddler from below zero, and the hoverfish, so maybe its name could be in reference to that, like the Void paddler or hoverpaddle leviathan

Now im even more hyped for the next shard. Im sure it will be amazing ! Keep up the good work, this mod is incredible so far.

Shellback leviathan maybe? I cant wait for this mod to be complete :)

Awesome work guys !!! can't wait to see the final result 😊😊

Hey, i just wanted to say that love your work, and I really love everything subnautica related. The subnautica concept art in your videos are really cool. Would appreciate it if you could make more designs. They're amazing!!! I was wondering about a concept art for a land leviathan, it might be cool.

Aci, I've waited 9 months in total for that 50% discount on the Hydra

2:22 make the slime an alternative to creepvine seed clusters for lubricant so the player can do stuff in the void without having to go all the way back

awesome to see the development as always!

This is genuinely so cool and I'm so excited!

The hydra dock could look like the Dyson bladeless fan (the tall oval one). When entering you would have to orient it correctly though so idk. When exiting you can either reverse out or get propelled forward. Being able to enter it at any angle would be cooler but probably a lot harder. Just an idea (also pls add some sort of current mechanic in caves that would be sick)

Love The Idea of controlling the Hydra like a sideways fighter jet. Also for the Chonker Leviathan, Maybe something along the lines of Angler-Leviathan or Lophius-Leviathan (part of the scientific name for angler fish) could fit. The whisker like things remind me of an angler fish or maybe a catfish

“Stuff tends to not go the way we want” summarizes pretty much all things computer

i am probably not the only one thinking this was, but pls. never stop this project, subnautica is one of my all time favorite game, id LOOOVEE to play it again with this houmongous "addon"

Duuuuude, this whole adventure in the void, but combined with the gargantuan leviathan mod. I’m just imagining all of what this mod would require you to do, but with the twist of now having to dodge a gargantuan leviathan in addition to all the other things this’ll add

Am very happy to see the subnautica comunity is stil as lively as it was

I think an addition that would fit well would be some bioluminescent jellyfish like creatures in colonies in some parts of the empty void

Amazing! Cant wait to jump back in Subnautica and play this mod!

3:00 you could go down the route of quality street chocolates and call it "the purple one"

can you guys PLEASE bring the atlas to life in this mod

Okay, if you don't "officially" call that Leviathan the Chonker, can you at least have that be a nickname someone gives it in like a little discoverable log? Because that's an amazing name.

Call it the Voidling Leviathon

Amazing work so far!

The “thrasher” leviathan that way when you see it you can yell “THRASHER!!!!”

For the hydra I would recommend some sort of navigation ball so that you can keep your orientation known easier.

This mod looks amazing!! Cant wait for it to be out!

Really excited to see this project truck-along. Game dev is hard, so I wish you the best of luck. And no worries about not updating monthly.. but Maybe try to stick to SOME kind of schedule.. if monthly is too frequent, maybe bi-monthly, or quarterly, just some schedule where some news can be expected, rather than "whenever we have stuff".

CHONKET LEVIATHAN LOOKS LIKE A BIG MUTANT HOVERFISH!!! hovering Leviathan stalks u from above...

that's so cool! can't wait for the final mod

5:48 you know, the slime form the tartigrade thing could unlock the agility upgrade

1:41 It looks like a water bear but way bigger.

Maybe the slimeball could be a adhesive to help repair bases that have been smashed

I hope you add a rare entrance voiceline for the Hydra like the cyclops does.

YEEEEEESSSS I am so HYPE for this entire mod. X)

maybe the slimeballs could be used to cover your base so certain creatures wont attack it

Call to the Void is literally pushing me to get a PC as I can not believe that I would be missing out on probably the coolest and most amazing mod of all time

The hydra AI voicelines remind me of the Scorch titan OS voice. It sounds gentle yet serious at the same time and i love that. one criticism i have is that it doeant quite sound robotic enough in the way its spoken, but i like it either ways (nvm it sounds good enough, i was just on the brink of sleep at the time of writing the comment)

The leviathan could be named the Cragback Leviathan as a reference to Reefbacks. The ridges on its back remind me of the crag field biome.

you can call it stoneback/HardBack Leviathan

Hi Aci! I Love to see these Devlog´s! As for the Name of the Leviathan i would name it Malignitas. It is latin and means "Spite". Maybe it has some Attacks or Defences that are very mean for the protagonist or the Hydra. Maybe he could shock the Hydra as a Defense and break the UI for a few seconds as a Attack. (i´m not creative enough to think of good attacks or defences :p) But i´m excited too see what´s next. -Mirco

Your new leviathan looks like it has a shell where the top and bottom fit together like a mollusk and that made me wonder, will it be able to pull its body into the shell and hide amongst the rocks of the floating islands? I don't really have a name suggestion for it but maybe you could use something along the lines of Rockshell leviathan.

Still looking as fire as ever keep it up!

There is one thing I'd love to see in the Hydra: automatic balancing. Basically what Cyclops and Normal mode do, but automatic after leaving the control seat(unless you turned it off in settings). Main reason why I'm asking for it is because I don't want to have problems that emerge in the Seatruck, where it stays at a weird angle while you're walking inside.

Idea for base destruction : A upgrade module named something along the lines of a "Schematic module" that can be installed into the base (preferably in a room like the control room). When base pieces get destroyed, the furniture should unanchor and float or sink but can be picked up, like a mobile vehicle bay. This is where the schematic module is useful. The schematic module automatically saves the positions of furniture in a room, and when that base peice is repaired, holograms of the furniture appear in the room. Then, you can select a piece of furniture like a locker, and it'll snap onto the locker holograms. This module could also be used to make 1:1 copies of room layouts, copying bases, etc. These are just a few ideas for the "schematic module" feel free to expand upon the idea if its considered!

Call the chonker leviathan the lizard leviathan as a reference to satisfactory’s lizard dogs, which shares a resemblance with the leviathan

The slimeballs could be used in a way to make a type of aerogel maybe?

Tremendous work... You're on a roll! Don't worry, we're here to cheer and applause! What you've beel showing is sooooo promising it's hard to just wait for it but we'll do it anyway for this is going to be NUTS! =D

0:30 this is just breathtaking. Like everything else you've shown so far. But there's a small thing i want to express -- It's really beautiful and cool, no doubt, but stuff like this can easily ruin the immersion a little bit if it looks like it doesn't belong underwater and when it seems too much even for an alien world. I love Subnautica in the first place because of its fantastic and alien, but in the same time kinda (it's really stretched, but still) grounded and believeable environment. This concept has a good balance between "believable and grounded" and "alien and fantastic", great job with that, i just wanted to express my worry.

That leviathan could be called the earth dragon. Looks like it has a terraformed shell that he uses like an oyster shell. very interesting concept. a leviathan with a shell that you cant attack through? pretty cool. Needs strategy to defend or attack against.

truly love the Subnautica game's, i would love to see a 'LARGE' submarine added to the game's about twice the size of the Cyclops with more room's, a walkable top-deck with hatch, and a bridge with 3 consoles with chair's!

I love the idea of the pleuragrade being a deep-sea version of the rockgrub, grown larger to withstand the pressures but still with that telltale green glow.

I don't know why but the apendages on the CHONKER Leviathan remind me of insect wings Idk if it makes any sense but "The Dragonfly(or Dragondive/float, hehe) Leviathan" sounds decent to me