Hacktag News

Hello hackers,

A short post to announce you that we have just released a small update (version 1.1.5f8) to solve a blocking bug which made the game impossible to launch in some rare cases (Black screen at start).
Thank you to Cat and Knightmare for reporting it on Hacktag's official Discord. And speaking about amazing communities, I wanted to take a few lines to speak about a very cool initiative :

!


How?
The Goal of the Love indies week is to celebrate ... well... Indie games by taking a little of our precious time to play and speak about the Indie Games we love.

How?
Pick some indies you love, so it may include Hacktag -obviously!- but also every other game that you think deserves more attention. Play it and then you can:
- Speak about it to your friends, or even to your favorite content creators
- Recommend it on Social media
- Write a review on Steam.
- Join the community (Discord, Twitter etc...)
etc..

When?
Now! It has already started this Monday, June 3rd and until June, 14th.
This Saturday you can also participate in the review hour where the goal is to write as many reviews as possible at 10.00 PT time.

Have fun!

• FIX: Bug fixed: no more black screen at launch for some configuration.
  

See you soon hackers and let's spread some love for indie games!

Hello hackers,

Time has come for the chief happiness officers - yes, this job actually exists - to take down every Easter decorations in the open-space of C.L.A.W. Media, LEXYK and Genethics... and maybe send some compromising files to the shredder at the same time.

Long story short, Hacktag's Easter Eggs special Spring event has come and gone and now is the time to extend our sincerest congratulations to each and every Agent-Hacker dynamic duo for successfully completing this seasonal heist!


You have been quite a lot to join the industrial spy corp during this spring. We even have counted numerous new Streamers among our Anonymeows legions of hackers.

There are too many to name and thank them all so we put together a list of some of our most impressive Hackers - check out the replay and follow them!

• The SecretSleepover Society : Jacob and Julia were meant to play Hacktag. (English)
  
• Rik_Lead and ArcadeBulls : a solid duo handling hard missions with panache! (Czech)
  
• Ambassador Tensae has just discovered the game and is now mentoring everybody. Thank you! (French)
  
• Bracubi and 2willian2 took the job seriously for 4 hours. (Brazil)
  

Having a common love for Hacktag is pretty good starting point as it shows great taste, don't you think? ːsteamhappyː

Also, if you have a favorite streamer who (gasp) hasn't heard about Hacktag yet and you would like to correct this terrible overlook, let us know! We'd be happy to contact them.

• Piece of Cake studios official Discord server.
• Hacktag on Twitter and Facebook
• And of course, the Steam forums

Peace out!

UPDATE 26 Apr: Good news hackers!

The infinite connection issue some player has experienced is now fully fixed for everyone.

You can now fully enjoy the Easter Egg event. so to your hacking minivans hackers!


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Original post: 24 Apr

Hello hackers,

Few players have recently reported us infinite connecting issues when trying to play online with another player.

This is due to a recent problem with our relay servers which our smart and devoted dev team is currently working on fixing.

In the meantime, for thus encountering this issue and until the fix is live anytime soon, you can try a temporary solution by setting up the ports forward of your modem/router to your computer for UDP and TCP protocols on port range 27015 to 27020

It will allow the game to make a direct connection with your friend when creating a game instead of using the relay servers.

How to proceed :

• In your modem or internet router settings
  there is a section called generally PAT/NAT or port forwarding.
  
• You must add a new rule for UDP protocol on port range 27015 to 27020 pointing to the local IP address of your computer.
  
• The internet traffic going to the ports of your modem will be forwarded to your computer and make you able to host a game directly, avoiding the game to select a relay server for you.
  

You can find the details here on the Steam forum if you need more support and we are of course also available via email: support [at] pieceofcake-studios.com or Hacktag's official Discord server.


Thank you for your patience, see you soon!

Hello hackers,

Spring is now in full swing, bytes have blossomed into gigabytes and the air is buzzing with confidential data ... Long story short, all is set for the beginning of Hacktag's Easter Egg!
The event will last until the beginning of May and let me tell you that this Spring special event is loaded with cool content! Let's see:


There are over 12 spring special items to customize your character and during Easter Egg the chance to loot one of those rare items is way higher, while costing less coins to unlock those rather uncommon spy outfits.



As if sneaking behind pandas's back wasn't cute enough, every levels is now blooming with flowers and eggs during spring time. But don't let the cuteness overload fool you, guards will still hunt you down!


Since you dared clicking on the spoiler tag, you'll be amazed to learn that in this spring special mission, Hippie Easter Bunny needs you to save Easter and Mother Nature at the same time. Is this not crazy, or what?

That's pretty much it for this new season! Note that to totally mark the occasion Hacktag is 50% off starting today so it might be the right time to get you fresh partners.
One last thing before you go: if you have any suggestions for Hacktag, from cool improvements to even games mode ideas, drop us your feedback now, because who knows what may come next? Here's where we are :

• Piece of Cake studios official Discord server.
• Hacktag on Twitter and Facebook
• And of course, the Steam forums

See you!

Hello hackers,

The moon has just gone back to bed, effectively putting an end to the Moonlight Special Event! Everything is now back to "normal" in Hacktag's world, with corporations still plotting against each other and you right in the middle of their quarrels.

You have been quite a lot to join the hackers networks recently and Mike Pandington is really thankful for your help in his epic quest for love.
By the way, not to spoil anything, but now may be a good time to share any suggestions, cool improvements or even games mode ideas you might fantasize about. So, drop us your feedback; who knows what may come? ;)

Here are some useful links to get in touch with us and the community:

• Piece of Cake studios official Discord server.
• Hacktag on Twitter and Facebook

See you around later in Spring hackers ;)