Haxity News

Version 0.7.1

• Added invitation link to discord #🥊fight-club in the matchmaking queue screen, as we are currently hard at work trying to recruit more players to Haxity, this might help players who are not finding an opponent for Versus.
  
• Added link to the video: "Intro to the basics" in the help menu.
  

We are delighted to deliver a skilltesting and action filled card game that will lead you through the neon filled streets of Haxity.




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We designed Haxity as an early access game from the ground up. Our goal was to create a living card game with close ties to the community. This would allow us to have an open two-way communication on different design choices, be it new fighters, card balance, new mechanics or story elements.

Early Access launches with two different modes “Campaign” and "Versus" that will explore both a PvE roguelite deckbuilding run and online PvP deckbuilding.




“Versus” will be a shorter, more intense experience where you can battle online or challenge a friend in a Bo5. Here you will test your skill and adapt to whatever your opponent tosses at you. Since you are playing versus one other player you can draft your deck in a way that counters a specific strategy, but be aware that your opponent might do the same to you.




“Campaign” will be a longer roguelite adventure. Here you will roam the streets of Haxity and fight the other fighters of the game. You will have more opportunities to pick cards, mods and hacks, and you can really build a powerhouse of a deck. Since you never know who is around the next corner of Haxity, you can't really plan to counter a specific strategy, but you can plan your own.



You will also be able to pick between 3 fighters. These 3 fighters will have several different playstyles based on the cards and combos you can draft. We are sure that you will be able to find a playstyle that suits you, but remember that each run will be a different experience.”


We also have a Discord server for our community! Join us to chat with other players and the development crew.

During the development of Haxity we read and watched a lot of the great classic cyberpunk fiction, but we also listened a lot to synthwave music for inspiration. Several of us have really fallen in love with this genre of music and listen to it a lot regularly now. As we were working on how to handle the music direction for the game, at some point we asked: “What if we use the synthwave music we listen to, and actually try get music from some of these artists into our game?”

We first contacted Misanthropix, an artist from Brazil, his strong and dark electronic beats really went hand in hand with the punch and fighting game feeling of Haxity. He was helpful to let us test his music in the game, and the feedback we got from it was great! We soon reached out to more artists and figured out the sub-genre of dark synth was really the place for us to be (with dark heavy beats and a lot of the same cyberpunk inspiration we have). Now we are collaborating with 5 different artists and have put together a playlist of music we are really digging and proud to present: Misanthropix, Cyberthing!, Occams Laser, Vector Seven and Neon Ranger

The artists have all been amazing to work with, helpful and accommodating, and it seems everyone involved are really looking forward to seeing the reception when we release our game. The music we are using are from the artist’s already existing portfolio, so it has not been custom-made for Haxity, something that is a new approach for us, as we usually do it the other way around.




Brazil based artist, “Dark electronic against humans”. His music really proved to us that this kind of music could work in the game. His dark beats have a strong punch and drive to it, perfect for turning on the fighting mode for Haxity.

https://misanthropix.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/misanthropixmusic/

https://www.facebook.com/misanthropix/

https://twitter.com/misanthropixxx




California based with dark-synth music inspired by the 80s action, horror and sci-fi. His music has a gritty, tense and somewhat “rusty” feeling to it, making it perfect to match the world we are building for Haxity, where the streets are gritty.

"Cyberpunk - is what I am, it is a thing I live for. And I'm always glad to be the part of the something like this game, whose atmosphere is so close to me." – Cyberthing!

https://cyberthing.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cyberthingmusic/

https://www.facebook.com/cyberthing/

https://twitter.com/cyberthingmusic




British music producer, 80s horrors mixed with cyberpunk and modern electronics. His music has a darker and more “occult” feeling to it, setting a nice tone to the fate of many of our characters in Haxity, with darkness looming over them.

“My music has always had a cyberpunk flavour to it and it’s great to see/hear it being put to great use in Haxity.” – Occams Laser

https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/occams_laser/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/occamslaserband/

https://twitter.com/occams_laser_




“Music from a dystopian future” describes his music, producer from Germany. Vector Seven brings certain industrial element to our playlist that we really enjoy, matching the dystopian setting of Haxity run by mega-corporations, we also have one upbeat track from him included, which gives a nice contrast.

“I love the artstyle of Haxity and I'm super excited to have my music in the game. I feel like it's a perfect match.” – Vector Seven

https://vectorseven.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/vectorsevenmusic/

https://www.facebook.com/VectorSevenMusic/

https://twitter.com/_vectorseven




Hungary based artist, producing music for films, TV, and games under the label of Titan Slayer. We are using his music for both our trailer and in the opening scene of our game, he has a distinct unique beat that really sets the mood perfectly for Haxity.

“The sound I create is the way I express my vision and Haxity is the environment, where my music emphasizes dark cyberpunk vibes set by the game. I wish best of luck for the release, and thanks again for placing my music! " – Neon Ranger

https://hyperrealrecords.com/neon-ranger

https://www.facebook.com/Hyperrealrecords/

Thank you all so much for participating in our beta events, and especially thank you to all testers who have also actively been testing our game and given us feedback along the way, it has been incredible helpful to us.

We are now in a place where are really happy with the PvP experience Haxity has to offer, we feel we really have something unique here, and we are really happy to see that our community is embracing this.

Our vision for Haxity Early Access launch has always been to both deliver a new kind of PvP deck building experience, and a PvE roguelite card gaming experience. And as many of you might know by now, we have not been quite able to finish our Campaign mode just yet. To reach the content and quality we feel we need for the Campaign, we will need a few more weeks of polish and improvements. We know a lot of you have been eager to get your hands on it and test it soon, we are really looking forward to show it to you guys!

If you have any input about current game development, or want to join in on any discussion at all. Feel free to join our Discord Community.

Early Access release is rapidly approaching. And we know several of you are itching to get your hands dirty in Haxity. Well good news, we will be having a short beta weekend 15.May-17.May to let you visit Haxity about 10days before the actual release. In this Beta Event we will also be testing our new matchmaking system, so get ready to jack into Haxity and play out matches to your coils are fried.

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To get a Beta key you only need to join up in our Discord Community. On 15.May 12:00 CET you will receive your key and can immediately play untill 17.May 23:59.

We hope that as many as possible will join us for this glorious weekend of Card games, Cyberpunk, fighting and fun.


See you on the streets of Haxity