Innovative Games./Egg Hunt 2022: Lost in Time

Egg Hunt 2022: Lost in Time is an unofficial Roblox egg hunt experience developed by Innovative Games. The experience released on March 13, 2022.
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==Development==
Innovative Games announced Egg Hunt 2022: Lost in Time was in development on January 22, 2022, and teased a release in the following month alongside a trailer. The first two eggs, the Banana Egg and the Wasp Egg, were teased on the studio's social media account in the following days, before Innovative Games launched an interaction-based challenge to tease three additional eggs. The experience's development, as well as its social media challenge, were promoted by various star creators, including , ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLQ_28GN66s ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTgZEs-_8cc and .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0lDZxLcAF4 The experience's main antagonist, Hopper, was revealed on February 3.
On February 5, Innovative Games announced that the experience's release date would be pushed back to February 26 in order to improve the quality of the game. The game was further delayed to March 13 to de-stress the game's development team. On the day of the game's release, Innovation Studios announced a collaboration with the RoPro extension that would allow users to see the eggs obtained by each user in a separate menu. The game released on March 13, 2022.
Following the release of the game, Innovation Studios announced that the second world would release in April 2022. On June 3, 2022, Innovation Studios announced that World 2 would not be made public and that development on the game would cease.
==Gameplay==
In Egg Hunt 2022: Lost in Time, players hunt for 25 eggs, including 4 eggs that are spawned by certain users. Players start in a crystal cavern wherein a mysterious crystal has been discovered by Chris, the player's guide. Upon collecting the crystal, Hopper appears and unleashes a "great evil" that threatens the entire timeline of the game. Players must locate all of the eggs in the game to power an advanced device to stop Hopper's evil scheme and take back the timeline from chaos.
===Eggs===
As of May 15, 2022, there are 25 obtainable eggs in this experience.
Name 	Description 	Rarity 	Task 	Image	Badge Icon
Frog Egg 	I don't enjoy dealing with slowpokes like you, but if you're ready for a challenge I'll hop into action. 	Challenging	Locate the Frog King and challenge him to a race. Defeat him in the race to obtain this egg. 	 	File:Frog Egg.png
Crystal Egg 	Oooh, these crystals sure are fancy! Congrats on earning your first egg! 	Freebie 	Complete the tutorial. 	 	File:EH22 Crystal Egg.png
Builder Egg 	Don't forget your hard-hat, cause those eggs will be raining down! 	Hard 	Talk to Tom, a construction worker that's in the process of building a home, and find the missing wood planks to complete the home's foundation. 	 	File:Builder Egg.png
Banana Bomb Egg 	This banana tastes great! But hold on... what's that ticking noise...? 	Challenging	Locate and stand under the egg, which spawns on the tops of banana trees. Shake the tree until the egg falls onto the player, after which a minigame begins. The player must cut all of the wires before the timer runs out to obtain the egg. 	 	File:Banana Bomb Egg.png
Mushroom Egg 	Mushroooooms are pretty neato, especially in egg form! 	Moderate 	This egg spawns randomly around mushrooms. 	 	File:Mushroom Egg.png
Egg of the Deep 	Don't let his fangs of fright avoid your capture of delight! 	Hard 	Purchase a giant fishing net to catch the egg, which spawns in the big lake. 	 	File:Egg of the Deep.png
Gladiator EggGladieggtor 	Only the bravest of warriors can obtain this barbaric egg of true warriors. 	Hard 	Purchase a sword and defeat five other players in the PvP zone. 	 	File:Gladiator Egg.png
Bubba Egg 	BUBBA WANTS CHOCCY EGG YES. FEED BUBBA. EGGO. 	Hard 	Locate Bubba, who will ask you to feed him wheat to calm him down. Gather the wheat from the farmer across the map and feed it to Bubba, who will complain that the wheat you fed him is not good enough and that you'll have to find better wheat. Complete the Lights Out puzzle on the door located on the other side of the map to access the cave containing the wheat Bubba desires. Return the wheat to Bubba, who will grant you this egg. 	 	File:Bubba Egg.png
Basic EggBeggsic Egg 	Basic still gots style, congrats on finding this one-of-a-kind egg! 	Easy 	This egg spawns randomly around the spawn village. 	 	File:Beggsic Egg.png
Botan-egg-cal 	A garden of beauty & fluttery perfection, captured in the fanciest jar. 	Hard 	Locate Isabella, who asks you to find three butterflies that are located near the spawn village and purchase a glass jar to contain the butterflies. Afterwards, use the vase to contain the flower that grows nearby, granting you the egg. 	 	File:Botan-egg-cal.png
Tropical Bird EggTropeggcal Bird	The power of flight will grant you this tropic delight... or a fancy glider should do instead. 	Hard 	This egg spawns randomly in the sky on the outskirts of the jungle. 	 	File:Tropical Bird Egg.png
Preggsent 	A present is no present unless you gift it to one of your friends! 	Challenging	Receive the egg from another player. 	 	File:Preggsent.png
Punk Egg 	Hey, whaddya lookin' at, goof? Go on, scram! Ain't no way you're getting me! 	Hard 	Locate Mr. Brown, who asks you to find three of his missing students. After locating the students, the egg will spawn nearby. 	 	File:Punk Egg.png
Whack-A-Egg 	You missed! Missed again! JUST WHACK THE MOLE ALREADY AAAAAA 	Challenging	Double jump and air dash onto the egg before it disappears into the ground. 	 	File:Whack-A-Egg.png
Wasp Egg 	Don't mess with this fuzzy buzzy, or he gonna trap you with honey! 	Hard 	Purchase a jar of honey from the nearby beekeeper and lay on the stump near their house, distracting the wasps from their nest. Head to the fork in the path to grab a stick to destroy the wasp nest, granting you the egg. 	 	File:Wasp Egg.png
Weregg 	A howl at the dawn of night brings forth the frights of many wolves. AWOO! 	Extreme 	Contribute to defeating the Weregg boss, which spawns in a cave each night and has 5000 health. Avoid its projectiles while damaging it with your sword. You must be in the cave at the time of the Weregg's defeat to obtain the egg. 	 	File:Weregg.png
Fallen Star Egg 	Quick, make a wish! This fallen star is sure to grant your dreams to come true. 	Hard 	Purchase a glider and locate the egg during the night. Using the glider, fly through the ten rings created by the egg. Afterwards, interact with the Moon Shrine near the spawn village to collect the egg. 	 	File:Fallen Star Egg.png
Lantern Egg 	Hide in the dark no longer with this very specially-bright Lantern! 	Challenging	Go outside the sword fighting arena and travel up the mountain to reach the blue house. This egg will be where the lamps would usually be on the lampposts. 	 	File:Lantern Egg.png
Egg of Wisdom 	Hide in the dark no longer with this very specially-bright Lantern! 	Hard 	You must collect 3 pages. Get the quest from Niko at spawn. To locate the first page, go to Bubba's pen and walk to the left until you find a staircase. Climb the stairs. When the staircase ends, follow the path until you find another staircase. Climb the stairs. When you reach the top of the staircase, climb the blue tower. It will be on the roof. Go to the cave with the small obby where your adventure began. Go to the minecart tracks and go right, following them into the tunnel. You will find a room which you can walk into. The page will be there. For the third page, go back to the arena and enter the small tunnel next to the server kills board. The third page will be in there. Return to Niko and chat with him. The Wisdom Egg will be next to him.	 	File:Egg Of Wisdom.png
Developer Egg 	Only the very passionate developers who've went through many challenges to help achieve this wonderful project bestow the launcher to grant you this exclusive egg. To all whom worked on Egg Hunt 2022, we truly thank you!	Insane 	This egg is launched by the developers of the game. 	 	File:Developer Egg.png
Waffle Egg 	A waffleicious breakfest, even including the egg! Get it? Cause it's an Egg? Enjoy! This egg was designed by user as a part of our Egg Design Contest! 	Hard 	Locate four pieces of breakfast located around the map, 	 	File:Waffle Egg.png
Player Egg 	Ever wanted to live out the dream of launching eggs for many players to swarm you? Find a player with this specially-bought egg launcher to throw you this egg! 	Hard 	Purchase the Player Egg Launcher for 2,000 Gems or locate a player who has purchased the launcher. 	 	File:Player Egg.png
Influencer Egg 	OMG CAN I HAZ UR AUTOGRAPH?!?! Nice job meeting your favorite influencer! Thanks for making Egg Hunt 2022 a memorable one! 	Extreme 	This egg is launched by players who are in the Video Star Creator program. 	 	File:Influencer Egg.png
Premium Egg 	Elite Eggventurers who are members of Roblox Premium have been bestowed this legendary Launcher to grant ALL Eggventurers with their very own eggsclusive in-experience Premium Egg! 	Moderate 	This egg is launcher by players with Roblox Premium. 	 	File:Premium Egg.png
Jungle Faberge 	A shiny egg fit for a heroic eggventurer. You've done well on your journey so far, and the jungle rewards you greatly! 	Extreme 	After collecting all of the eggs in the game (excluding the Player Egg, the Developer Egg, the Waffle Egg, and the Influencer Egg), open the door on the side of the tree in the spawn village. Afterwards, a cutscene will play of Chris granting you the egg. 	 	File:Jungle Faberge Egg.png
==Items==
===Really Big Net===
Really Big Net is a helpful tool to use for hunting the Egg of the Deep. To buy one, players have to go hike and meet Marko, he sells one for 25 Tokens. When unequipped, the net will disappear but players can still buy the tool again from Marko.
File:EggHunt2022LostinTime-ReallyBigNet.png|Player holding the Really Big Net.
EggHunt2022LostinTime-Marko.png|Marko with his Really Big Net.
EggHunt2022LostinTime-CatchEggoftheDeep.png|Player catching the Egg of the Deep.
===Katana===
Katana is an attack weapon. It is useful to attack the Werewolf and other players in the PvP zone. Katana can be bought from Harry's shop with a cost of 250 Tokens.
It has a Sword Power bar with a minimum of 0% and a maximum of 100%, attacking with the maximum power results in 15 amount of damage, while attacking with minimum power results only one amount of damage.
EggHunt2022LostinTime-WerewolfAttack.png|Player attacking the Werewolf.
==Reception==
Following the release, many players were confused as to whether the game was the official Roblox egg hunt. The game's description was later updated to reflect that this game is unofficial and does not award any marketplace items. The game quickly reached thousands of visits, receiving over 33,000 concurrent players at the time of the game's release. KreekCraft applauded the game's release, complementing it as the "best Roblox Egg Hunt since 2018" and "exactly what the community was asking for". SharkBL0X praised the egg's designs, arguing that they looked better than some of the eggs uploaded by Roblox in their official egg hunts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdS5vIB0FIg
As of April 14, 2022, the game has an 85 percent approval rating, with 15,900 likes and 2,750 dislikes.
===Criticism===
Some players have criticized the game's controls, calling them "sluggish" and "janky". Other players complained that it was difficult to navigate in the game, arguing that it was very easy to get lost in the game and complaining about the difficulty of finding certain objects needed to complete each egg quest.
===Bugs and glitches===
*Collecting an item while having speed boost results a reset to the player's walkspeed.
*Resetting the character, the head part will not collide on the ground and fall to the void.
*Holding planks makes the player refuse to go forward while swimming.
==Trivia==
*In older versions, buying Really Big Net from Harry's shop was possible, currently it is now removed from the shop and changed to a new location instead.
*The game was influenced by Egg Hunt 2018: The Great Yolktales and the Fifteam development group.
*Hopper, the story's main antagonist, resembles Rabid Rabbit from Egg Hunt 2014.
*Chris, the player's guide throughout the story, was designed by .
==Videos==
===Trailers===
File:Egg Hunt 2022 Game Trailer
File:Egg Hunt 2022 - Official Trailer
File:Egg Hunt 2022 - Lost in Time - Teaser Trailer
File:Egg Hunt 2022 - Lost in Time - Teaser Trailer 2
==References==