Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.6 is now officially released!

This minor update adds a new ranked pack, fixes a variety of different bugs, and brings some minor improvements for replays and level creators.

Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- Make the Delta pack by NDigger available for ranked play

- A replay is now saved when exiting even if the player hasn't died (thanks Baum)
- Replays are now saved in per-level per-difficulty subfolders (thanks PKPenguin)
- Allow restarting a replay while watching it (thanks Baum)
- Display level author instead of pack author in level info (thanks Baum)

- Added fragment shader support for text (thanks Baum)
- Added onPreUnload core Lua function (thanks Baum)
- Added mFrameTime parameter to onRenderStage (thanks Baum)
- Added the l_forceSetPulse and l_forceSetBeatPulse Lua functions to immediately change the pulse or beatpulse values (thanks Baum)

- Fixed a bug where the Lua debug console would be available in official mode (thanks zX)
- Fixed replays sometimes being saved twice (thanks Baum)
- Fix shader dependencies not being searched in the right folder (thanks Baum)
- Fix replay file paths having characters not supported on Windows (thanks Baum)


- If you are interested in getting updates and development sneak peeks, follow @Open_Hexagon on Twitter.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.5 is now officially released!

This minor update enables pack developers to use shaders in order to spice up the looks of their levels using the full power of a GPU.

Also, make sure to check out the brand new OHL 2 championship here on YouTube:
Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- Added the ability to create and control "fragment shaders" in custom levels. Please refer to the Lua Reference[github.com] for more information.


- If you are interested in getting updates and development sneak peeks, follow @Open_Hexagon on Twitter.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.4 is now officially released!

I really hope you had some fantastic holidays.

This update enables a few more levels for ranked play, and also brings minor improvements and bug fixes.

Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- The following Steam Workshop levels are now enabled for ranked play:
---- Rotationality (Remastered) - Dragon Mayhem
---- Rotationality (Remastered) - Sky Fasion
---- Travel - Ti-84
---- Travel - Super Plausible Level

- Show some particles when swapping (can be disabled in the options menu).

- Show some particles when swap comes off cooldown (can be disabled in the options menu).

- Added a sound cue that plays when swap comes off cooldown (can be disabled in the options menu).

- A sound cue is now played when an objective is completed in Baby Steps.

- Fixed a bug where text could overlap in Baby Steps.

- Fixed music playing after unpausing the game (in debug mode), even if music was disabled.

- Fixed a bug where the death screen overlay camera offset was calculated incorrectly after resizing the game window.

- Updated internal libraries to newer versions. Please contact me in case of any performance degradation or other issues.


- If you are interested in getting updates and development sneak peeks, follow @Open_Hexagon on Twitter.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.3 is now officially released!

This update enables the "Vanity" level pack by Vipre for ranked play, and also fixes a small bug.
Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- Many of the levels in the "Vanity" level pack by Vipre are now available for ranked play. This pack can be obtained through the Steam Workshop. This is the first community-created content to be officially enabled for ranked play -- congratulations, Vipre! More levels will follow soon.

- Fixed an issue with `u_setFlashEffect` not working properly between game sessions. `u_setFlashColor(255, 255, 255)` is now automatically called at the beginning of each level so that any subsequent `u_setFlashEffect` call works properly.

- Fixed Lua errors in the menu related to `u_setFlashColor` and `u_setFlashEffect`



- You might have noticed that the Open Hexagon's promotional graphics on Steam and its executable icons are now much different (and better). This is the work of Synth Morxemplum -- many many thanks! I am currently working on implementing GLSL shaders in-game, so that the in-game graphics will become powerful enough to more closely look like the promotional material. Check out our official Discord[discord.me] for sneak peeks.

- I have created an official Twitter account for Open Hexagon. If you are interested in getting updates and development sneak peeks, follow @Open_Hexagon.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.2 is now officially released!

This is a small update containing some new visual effects for the player triangle, and some bugfixes.
Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)

(Apologies for re-posting this announcement, but for some reason the first one was accidentally scheduled as a timed event.)



- The player triangle now has a cute trail following it around, mostly to improve the aesthetics of the game, but also to make replays/videos easier to understand for viewers.

- The player triangle also slightly tilts when rotating.

- All the new visual effects are customizable in the options menu. They can also be completely disabled.

- Slightly improved the blinking color effect on the player when a 180° swap is available.



- Added `l_[get/set]ShowPlayerTrail` Lua function to control player trail visibility on a per-level basis. Note that this cannot force the player trailer to be enabled, but it can force it to be disabled. Useful in levels that hide the player triangle or do something fancy with 3D effects.

- Added a new executable (`SSVOpenHexagon-Console.exe`) to game folder, which runs with a separate console window. Useful for debugging or Lua scripting.

- Fixed a typo in one of "Baby Steps"'s messages.

- Fixed a bug where the level name text in level info box was not using the `"text_color"` JSON property.

- Fixed a bug that allowed greyed out buttons to be pressed with the mouse.

- Compressed all executables and DLLs with UPX for smaller file sizes.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.1 is now officially released!

This is a minor update containing various QoL improvements and bugfixes.
Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- Fixed a bug where the player would be displayed in the wrong position after death due to a 180° swap.

- Replay file names have been improved: they are now a lot shorter, and a timestamp was added to them. The new extension is `ohr.z`.

- Added an option to tweak the strength of the camera shake effect in the "Visual FXs" menu, under graphics. It can be set to `0` to completely disable the effect.

- Slightly decreased the default strength of the camera shake effect.

- The Windows console (terminal) will now be hidden on game startup.

- Added an icon to the game executable and to the game window.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.1.0 is now officially released!

This is a minor polish update in preparation of Open Hexagon finally leaving the "Early Access" program.
Open Hexagon will officially leave its "Early Access" status tomorrow.

Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- Increase thickness of spiral walls in Apeirogon 0.35x in response to a Steam review report.

- After death, the player triangle will now be visually pushed out of the wall it collided with. This purely graphical change will make the location of impact more clear. Similarly to above, this was in response to a probably erroneous Steam review report regarding hitboxes, likely caused by the player triangle overlapping the wall after death.

- Fixed a bug where the `u_rndReal`, `u_rndIntUpper`, `u_rndInt`, and `u_rndSwitch` functions used to always return `1` on their first invocation.

- Fixed the `getRandomDir` Lua function (from `base/Scripts/common.lua`) being slightly biased towards one direction.

- Improved the Lua Reference[github.com] by adding a category dedicated to custom timelines.

- Added a new `u_setFlashColor` Lua function which allows customization of the flash effect's color.

Hello everyone – Open Hexagon 2.0.7 is now officially released!

Version 2.0.7, among other things, features a re-balanced Hypercube with ranked levels.

This is the final Early Access update of Open Hexagon. The next update, 2.1.0, will be a very minor polishing one that will finally take the game out of Early Access!

Enjoy!

(For any question or feedback, please get in touch on our official Discord[discord.me].)



- The "Hypercube" level pack has been reworked. Levels have been re-balanced, and might feature new mechanics. (Thanks, Synth!)

- The "Hypercube" level pack is now enabled for ranked play. Get your records up on the leaderboards!

- A new special achievement, "Hypercube God", has been added. It requires completing new nine achievements challenging the player on "Hypercube" level at the highest difficulty multiplier. (Thanks, Maniac!)



- Level creators can now create an arbitrary number of independent timelines which support the same operations as the classic level timeline and event timeline.

- The following Lua functions have been added: `ct_create`, `ct_eval`, `ct_kill`, `ct_stopTime`, `ct_stopTimeS`, `ct_wait`, `ct_waitS`, `ct_waitUntilS`.

- Please refer to the Lua Reference[github.com] for more information.



- Added achievements for "Bipolarity".

- Added an option to remember the last saved login username for faster login.

- Added an option to immediately show the login dialog box when the game is started.

- Added the JSON `"wall_color"` style color override for walls, which does not affect the player's color. (Thanks, Synth!)

- Previously-loaded workshop levels are now cached, so that will keep being loaded even if not connected to Steam. (Thanks, Synth!)

- Files can now be opened in Lua scripts in binary mode ("rb"). (Thanks, MultHub!)

- Open Hexagon now uses a new font created by Synth Morxemplum. (Thanks!)



- Using the `!ff` command in the Lua debug console now also skips the music forward.

- Added the `!advt <ticks>` Lua debug console command which advances the simulation by a specified amount of ticks, even when the simulation is paused.



- Fixed initial speedup/desync when viewing replay files via drag-n-drop.

- Fixed bug requiring the "enter" key to be pressed twice in a row after selecting a menu item with the mouse.

- Fixed bug failing to update Steam statistics and achievements on certain platforms (Thanks, MultHub!)



- The `u_isKeyPressed` and `u_isMouseButtonPressed` Lua functions are now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the game, please update your levels to use `onInput` instead.

This is an internal networking protocol update done in preparation for the release of the upcoming 2.0.7 beta release (soon to be 2.1.0, out of early access).