Hypnospace Outlaw News

Hey folks!

We're super excited to finally announce that our wonderful friends over at Fangamer have put together some HYPNOSPACE MERCH!

It's been a little while in the making and we know lots of people have been asking for it, so we're super proud to finally be able to show the collection off!

Grab yourself -

- A Squisherz sticker pack!
- A Coolfest '99 t-shirt!
- A Hypnospace Enforcer badge!
- Other cool goodies! (and keep an eye out on those bonuses!)



You can find the collection here - https://www.fangamer.com/collections/hypnospace-outlaw

Hey Enforcers!! We have a new patch up now with some bug fixes and improvements to your HypnOS operating system! This update will also be coming to non-Steam platforms as soon as possible.



PATCH NOTES for HypnOS v2.05
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- H-- can now be 100% completed! For real!!
- Home/Zone pages load in significantly faster!
- Image loading optimized
- Incorrect image loading fixed
- Audio memory management improved
- Fix for desktop stickers when moving Hypnospace's install location
- J------ soft-lock fix
- Mouse-over pointer bug fixes
- Webpage stamps for "special" pages now display properly
- Webpage stamps now behave as expected between chapters
- Attempted fix to reduce/eliminate the chance of window objects 'falling out' of the window
- Shift+Tab now works when switching window tabs and toolbars
- Mac and Linux fullscreen controls implemented
- Something that someone thought was an easter egg but wasn't now is an actual implemented easter egg

Advanced options added to BIOS:
- Portable mode for save files (not relevant to the Steam build in most cases)
- Aggressive audio memory management (may help with slowdown)

Enjoy, and thanks for all the hard work keeping our Hypnospace citizens safe!

Hey folks!

Hypnospace has been out for a month now, and we're totally blown away but the wonderful support you've been showing the game. We've received so many kind messages and pieces of fan art, it's been a really amazing experience to see you all jumping into the world of Hypnospace!

To celebrate, we've set up some trading cards, backgrounds, emoticons and badges, and thought we'd share some of our favourite, slightly more hidden pages that you might have missed!


1. Worms?

In Chapter 1 there's a pretty out-there blog, though it looks like some enforcer has already taken a disliking to it. With the calibre of pictures left behind, we kinda wonder - what on earth did the other pictures look like? =/

2. Fan Art contest

All across Hypnospace, there are stories of people connecting for the first time and expressing themselves for the first time. One of those that touched our heart was 'RebeRuthPin' who adores Squisherz so much she joins a fan art contest - her story is definitely worth reading and following across chapters.

3. Smoulder Boulder interactive fiction

Looking for a well-written pick your own adventure game with stunning accompanying graphics? Well DarkTwilightTiff has you covered with the chilling based-on-true-events tale of the Smoulder Boulder

4. Bees?

Two bee fanatics have set up their pages and are now... at war?
Over BEES?
Yeah, we're not sure either.


5. Discord

Our lovely Discord community played a metagame on the run-up to the game's release, and some of them earned having their pages and songs added to the game! Searching Discord will bring these up - they range from Silly to Spooky, and we love every single one!

If your favourites aren't listed here, feel free to let us know about them, and thank you again for being a part of the wonderful Hypnospace World!

EDIT: Quick update on 4-11-2019. Pushed a hotfix to account for the following issues:
- H-- no longer resets, FOR REAL this time
- Virtual Pets can no longer die and become stuck in pet purgatory
- Ja----- completely fixed
- other minor fixes

Howdy folks! We've got a patch up now with several major and minor fixes for Hypnospace Outlaw. This update will hit GOG and itch versions of the game tomorrow morning.

Another update will be released in late April or early May with a bunch of brand new content and more fixes.

PATCH NOTES for Hypnospace Outlaw version H01-00001a Spoilery words blanked out for your safety.

FIXES:
- Quitting or force-closing during 'cutscenes' no longer breaks game elements
- Wiping of H-- progress should no longer occur
- Cancelling the y2k M-------- event & softlocking is no longer possible
- Potential fix for Ja----- soft-lock and other associated bugs
- (Win64 only) Sequencer now has its own folder and should work smoothly. (NOTE: Click OK at the warning popup, it works fine.)
- Win32 build works properly
- ButtsDisease now works
- Finding Za--'s stuff before Gooper shouldn't lock progress
- O----- 1.0 now inaccessible via search (will add special search tag for speedrunning in next build)
- Lea--P----- date fixed to fit in timeline
- Removed tags on Rapper's page for Lost and Found to force actual puzzle solving
- Fixed download link for Basidia Fungus Scene EP songs
- Removed inaccessible pages so 100%ing should be possible

Hey everyone!

Hypnospace Outlaw has been available for 3 days now, and we've been blown away by the response. We've had multiple press outlets calling it a Game of the Year Contender, tons of YouTube videos, livestreams, and even a video from someone who attempted to make Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice-Cream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bE-Q7C6iXc
Thanks so much for all your support -- we're glad you're all loving the game so much, and we're now excited to talk about what comes next!



In preparation for the upcoming Steam Workshop Update (more on this in a sec), here's your chance to make webpages and songs that will feature in the game!

Simply download the Hypnospace Productivity Suite (fully endorsed by Merchantsoft, Windows only), and use the Hypnospace Page Builder and Hypnospace Tune Sequencer to create great webpages and tracks for the game: https://jay-tholen.itch.io/hsps

You can then simply drop the .hsp file into a directory in /hs/ in the game files, to see your pages in the game! Eg. drop your page in data/hs/01_goodtime valley/, and hey presto, your page in is Goodtime Valley.

But that's not all! You'll soon be able to upload these for other players to find and share... speaking of which...



With the upcoming Steam Workshop Update, you'll then be able to offer your creations to other Hypnospace users. Anyone who owns the game will be able to download your websites and songs, and will their Hypnospace browser with your wonderment.

We're aiming to have the Steam Workshop Update ready for this summer (along with an update for the Productivity Suite), which should give you enough time to build a whole bunch of fantastic pages, ready for injection into the Hypnospace world.

We'll let you all know when this update is ready! It will, of course, be a completely free update you'll simply download through Steam.



Over the course of the next month, we'll be updating the game with extra webpages and silliness to find -- some out in the open, and some hidden behind keywords you'll need to search.

We love the idea of Hypnospace evolving over time, and it gives you more reasons to come back to the game again in the future.

We're also aware of a bunch of bugs and fixes that need swatting -- thanks to everyone who has posted on the Steam forums and in the Hypnospace Discord (discord.gg/hypnospace).

We'll be working over the next weeks to kill all these issues dead, so if you see some small updates for the game, it'll most likely be a combination of new little extras, and bug-killing.

That's all for now -- thanks again to everyone who has played. Here's a little present before we sign off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY8S6mF6evQ
Love from
Jay, Mike, Mike, Nelson and Pip