Egg Hunt 2014: Save the Eggverse!

The 2014 ROBLOX Easter Egg Hunt (titled Save the Eggverse!) was the sixth annual Egg Hunt on Roblox. In previous years, Roblox hosted Egg Drops, and the first Roblox Egg Hunt to be held in one place was the 2012 hunt. After the massive success of the 2013 hunt, the ROBLOX Games Team created another Egg Hunt in 2014.

This is the first event where the map is made mostly out of terrain. Players must search for eggs in the five worlds and receive a badge upon doing so. The egg corresponding to the badge will be obtained as well. Several different items were released in the Avatar Shop in order to assist players with the egg hunt.

BLOXcasts released in March and April 2014 gave players different hints to various aspects of the 2014 Egg Hunt.

This Egg Hunt revolved around a "Good vs. Evil" story. In the story, it is told that Lucky Lapin, a rabbit who collects rare and fabulous eggs, was suddenly kidnapped by Rabid Rabbit, who is his evil counterpart from an alternate Eggverse. Rabid Rabbit then stole all the eggs and tried to escape back to his own Eggverse, but his teleporter malfunctioned and scattered all the eggs across the Eggverse. The goal of the game is for the player to find all of the lost eggs, defeat Rabid Rabbit, and save the Eggverse.

There were a total of 34 eggs in this egg hunt.

The egg hunt closed at 6:00 PM PST on April 23, 2014.

Map description
The 2014 Egg Hunt takes place on five different maps, a first for any Roblox Egg Hunt. The Egg Hunt utilizes universes in order for players to explore each of the five maps. The five maps are the same location, but at five different time periods (Prehistoric/Neolithic, Medieval, Present, Uncertain Future, and a Forsaken Future overwhelmed by rabid and his minions. They make up a story that the player experiences while playing the Egg Hunt. The basic environmental structure of the first map basically stays the same in the other four, but other factors are changed in order to simulate change over time in the location. All of the maps are named CS followed by a number which corresponds with the chronological sequence that players will get to experience each of the maps. Although the game was originally set up to where players had to find a certain amount of eggs in order to unlock the next map, it has recently been altered so that players can teleport to the map of their choosing.



CS1 (Neolithic Times)
The first map available to players in the 2014 Easter Egg Hunt is titled CS1. The map is made of Terrain, which is a first for any egg hunt. Three large mountains are placed at the corners of the map. Players spawn on one of these mountains. At the spawn there are several Easter Island head statue carvings that contain teleporters between them to the other universes. Players must have a certain number of eggs in order to pass through each teleporter. This mountain also contains a waterfall. A secret cave is located behind this waterfall. A river flows from the waterfall and divides the map in half. A second mountain contains two stone trap doors that are used in order for players to be awarded the Egg of Friendship. Various trees, bushes, and mushrooms dot the terrain, which changes in elevation at different points on the map. The eggs that can be found in CS1 are the Basic Egg, the Egg of Life, the Egg of Time, the Egg of Luck, the Egg of Friendship, the Aqua Fabergé Egg of Never-ending Winter, and the Elegant Fabergé Egg of Fancy Times.

CS2 (Medieval Times)
This is the second map that is available to players. It is similar in design to CS1; like CS1, it is composed of terrain, is divided by a river, and has a waterfall that provides a flow of water for the river. A bridge is built over the river, which spills out into a lagoon. A pond is located to the right of the river. A town is located on the banks of the river, as is a lake. The eggs that can be retrieved here are the Egg of Verticality, the Bellegg, the Poached Egg, the Basic Egg, the Egg of Partnership, the Egg of Space, the Egg of Luck, the Egg of Life, the Elegant Fabergé Egg of Fancy Times, the Aqua Fabergé Egg of Never-ending Winter, and the Black Iron Fabergé Egg.

CS3 (Present)
CS3 takes place in the present, with a modern city replacing the village from CS2. The city contains modern skyscrapers, roads, cars, and fountains. A windmall farm is adjacent to the city. The map is located in the same environment as the previous two maps and contains the same environmental factors, such as the river and layout of the mountains. The eggs that can be found here are Basic Egg, Egg of Frost, Luregg, Mercurial Egg, Malicious Egg, Egg of Cooperation, Egg of Life, Egg of Verticality, Egg of Luck, Black Iron Fabergé Egg, Aqua Fabergé Egg of Never-ending Winter, Elegant Fabergé Egg of Fancy Times, and Gilded Fabergé Egg of Bygone Days.

CS4 (Uncertain Future)
CS4 is the fourth map in the sequence, and takes place in the future. The map looks similar to the previous maps. It has a big mountain with a river running down it, and has a big city with destroyed civilian buildings. According to Lucky Lapin, this map showcases the future where he is never freed, and the surrounding area is deprived of joy. The once vibrant city is in ruins and blanketed with moss. One of the buildings is on the other side, with a secret room under it. Players spawn at the top of the big mountain, just like the previous maps. The eggs that can be retrieved here are the Souvenir Egg, the Aqua Fabergé Egg of Never-ending Winter, the Eggy Pop, the Malicious Egg, the Glided Fabergé Egg of Bygone Days, the Ruby Fabergé Egg of Sparkle Time, the Elegant Fabergé Egg of Fancy Times, the Black Iron Fabergé Egg, the Egg of Flawless Teamwork, the Egg of Frost, the Basic Egg, the Egg of Flawless Deduction, the Egg of Shield, the Egg of Verticality, the Egg of Life, and the Egg of Luck, but be careful! Many Malicious Eggs spawn here all over the map.

CS5 (Forsaken Future)
This map looks like the destroyed city has now been rebuilt, but the Rabid Rabbit has taken over with his small little minions. There is a boss battle here for players to defeat Rabid Rabbit by going to portal next to a statue.

Game Items
These items provided assistance to players in the 2014 Egg Hunt. Some were available in the catalog, while one, the common mace, was given at the start of the game.

Development
Because of the very small timeframe given to develop the game (thought to have started somewhere around mid-to-late March, compared to its predecessor's early March starting point) and the large scope of game planned the Games team had to scramble to complete development. By the time the deadline to release the game was reached, it was still rather incomplete, and very buggy. Many planned features were evidently unimplemented or otherwise dropped, such as expansions to the crafting system present in the game. As well, worlds 3-5 were completely unavailable to play upon the first release. Further, the game had not been thoroughly bugtested, which resulted in many more issues arising when the game was finally released for users to play.

It isn't entirely clear why the Games development team waited so long to begin development, however because of this decision the released product was horribly rushed and early on borderline unplayable, and even by the time the game had shut down many planned features still remained unimplemented.

It is unfortunate that the game was not given a longer development time, because as a result of it being rushed, it was panned by players for its numerous issues. This likely contributed to the decision of the proceeding Egg Hunt being community-created, rather than hosted by ROBLOX developers.

The title of the place has changed over the course of its existence, giving us a slight glimpse at the development history.


 * April 10, 2014, Coming Soon (TM) - https://www.roblox.com/Coming-Soon-TM-place?id=152923969
 * April 11, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-place?id=152923969
 * April 12, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - OPEN - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-OPEN-place?id=152923969
 * April 12, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - CLOSED - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-CLOSED-place?id=152923969
 * April 15, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - Closing at 5 PM PST FOR UPDATES - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-Closing-at-5-PM-PST-FOR-UPDATES-place?id=152923969
 * April 16, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - OPENING THURSDAY - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-OPENING-THURSDAY-place?id=152923969
 * April 17, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - NOW CLOSED - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-NOW-CLOSED-place?id=152923969
 * April 25, 2014, Egg Hunt 2014 - GG NO RE - http://www.roblox.com/Egg-Hunt-2014-GG-NO-RE-place?id=152923969

Reception
The event was generally criticized by users, due to its many bugs, and its constant opening and closing throughout the week. The Egg Hunt launched on April 11, but was closed about an hour later due to major bugs. This resulted in players losing connection from the game. The Egg Hunt was later made playable to friends only, and then it was removed from the front page. On April 12, the game re-opened for some few hours and many players showed up there again, but it was closed once again due to numerous bugs to be fixed. However, when Games closed it, players got inside of the game due to a server bug. Chiefjustus, a ROBLOX admin, posted a thread on ATR (All Things ROBLOX), informing people that the Egg Hunt will not re-open this weekend. However, it reopened again on the 14th of April, and there were still quite a few bugs. The game closed again at 5PM PST on April 16, 2014, so they can add CS4. They also fixed some of the bugs, such as Poached Egg not spawning, Faberges spawning underground (in the terrain) and the Bellegg not respawning. It was then stated that the Egg Hunt would reopen the next day, which it did. The Egg Hunt closed yet again on April 17, 2014, right before 4:30 PM PST. It opened (yet again) on April 18, 2014, at around 1:00 PM PST.

Besides the mass opening and closings, it was also criticized for how it was made. Many users complained of the game being too complicated with all the different places they had to go to in order to receive eggs, and others complained that they were not able to follow people in the Egg Hunt games, so therefore, one could not go egg hunting with friends.

Because of these reasons, many users refused to play the Egg Hunt. Many users also stated that Egg Hunt 2013 and 2012 were better than 2014 in many ways such as for being lag-free, having working eggs, having rounder meshes, simplicity, style, and no universes or terrain.

Over time, people looked back at the event, giving it "positive" reception liking the idea of multiple worlds, mostly unique egg designs and better than the modern Egg Hunt events.

Trivia

 * Before the Egg Hunt started, a substantial (but not whole) amount of the game's source code was leaked in a model named SorcusSays. Around 200 players obtained this model before it went offsale, but it was continually updated as the game released more and more content. All 145 versions of the SorcusSays model can be found here.
 * This is the first egg hunt to feature time traveling, with the second being Egg Hunt 2018: The Great Yolktales.
 * It is considered the last true 'classic' egg hunt, featuring primarily randomly spawned eggs and some eggs with a set objective.
 * It was seen on a forum post that the eggs from 2014 would not be hatching, and maybe the eggs in 2015 would. Due to this, players rumoured that all the eggs were going to go on sale like the eggs from 2008 and 2010.
 * This egg hunt has one cancelled egg, the Friend Egg. It would have likely been obtained by interacting with your friends or the friends page itself.