Haxity News

As part of the Free Weekend, tune in on Thursday 03.12 at 1800 CET for a live Haxity developer Broadcast on steam, join us as the devs showcase the latest update and talk you through the game as they play. Viewers are encouraged to ask questions and participate in the broadcast.

We are proud to announce the start of the Free Weekend for Haxity together with a 30% discount. You can join a Developer Livestream coming today to know what's new on Haxity and ask to the developers any question you have.

On saturday we will host an epic 'Streamer Brawl' event with a selected group of streamers (check below) that you will be playing on the online matchmaking so everyone will be able to challenge them!

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Save these dates:

• Free Weekend from today at 08AM PST / 05 PM CET to Sunday December 6 at 01PM PST / 10PM CET).
  
• 30% discount, from today at 08AM PST / 05PM CET to Tuesday December 8 at 08AM PST / 05PM CET.
  
• Developer Livestream today at 09AM PST / 6PM CET
  
• Streamer Brawl on Saturday December 5, from 09AM PST / 06PM CET to 12PM PST / 09PM CET
  

Here you can see the list of the streamers that will be available to fight:

• Danytlaw
• Firebat
• Nicholena
• Snoodyboo
• TrishaHershberger
• Jeff Hoogland
• Alanzqtft
• SugusSusana
• DragonBloggers
• Jambre
• Deaddraw
• Enterragghs
• DollarYen

Prepare for the fight and join the discussion in our Discord Community.

We will be hosting tournaments during the Free Weekend. You can register to parcitipate:

- Friday Tournament: 0900 PST/ 1800 CET
- Sunday Tournament: 0900 PST/1800 CET

With ‘Total Recall Update’ we have introduced some of the most demanded features by our loyal fans. These include new options and improvements in existing systems so players can have a smooth and more dynamic experience when fighting online.

Here you have the complete changes:

[h2]New features
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[h3]Cards[/h3]

• You can see the opponent's cards that have been revealed to you during the current fight. After the fight, this will be revealed until the next fight starts. Cards that were never played will now remain hidden after a fight
  
• Hack cards that had exactly the same name as a keyword now have different names
  
• Created cards now show which effect created them
  

[h3]User Interface[/h3]

• Hack log added to the game. You can now see which hacks have been played at what targets
  
• The user interface of the tutorial and matches has been streamlined further
  
• Each fighter has gained unique emotes
  
• Your cyberdeck console gives more feedback on illegal plays
  
• Fixed some timer issues. Draft timers have been slightly extended
  
• Mods have been added to the armory
  
• Anonymous mode added for streamers
  
• All ranked badges have been added to the game
  
• Improved some of the art while waiting for matchmaking
  

[h3]Improvements and bug fixes[/h3]

• Players that lose their network connection or have a client crash while playing online, can now reconnect and continue the game.
  
• Fixed an issue where emotes and card movements would delay showing player actions, this should make the game feel more responsive.
  

[h2]Free Weekend and Discount
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To celebrate the new update Megapop wants to give the chance to everyone to try Haxity and enjoy the fight. For that reason Haxity will be available for free on Steam from Thursday December 3 at 08AM PST / 05 PM CET to Sunday December 6 at 01PM PST / 10PM CET). During that time, all players that try the game and want to extend their citizenship in Haxity will have available a 30% discount, from Thursday December 3 at 08AM PST / 05PM CET to Tuesday December 8 at 08AM PST / 05PM CET.

There will be a Developer Livestream on Steam to celebrate the start of the Free Weekend to show the new features of the game and answer questions from the community.

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[h2]Streamer Brawl event[/h2]

This Saturday December 5, from 09AM PST / 06PM CET to 12PM PST / 09PM CET, we will organize a ‘Streamer Brawl’ event where some really cool streamers will play Haxity and anyone will have the chance to challenge them.

Here you can see the schedule of some of the streamers that will be available to fight:

• Danytlaw
• Firebat
• Nicholena
• TrishaHershberger
• Jeff Hoogland
• Alanzqtft
• SugusSusana
• DragonBloggers
• Enterragghs

You can expect more details next Thursday. Meanwhile, join the discussion in our Discord Community.

This month we have continued working towards improving the competitive and social features for Haxity. We are planning to release a new update in the coming weeks that will be followed by some special events that we will announce soon!

[h2]Reconnect System[/h2]

The team has been busy working on adding reconnect support to Haxity. This will allow you to get back into a running match if you've been disconnected due to network issues or a client crash. This was a highly requested feature in the community, and we are happy to give it to you!



This feature will allow us to better support online competitions - expect more tournaments and events soon!

We have also added source tracking for created cards, personalized emote texts for all the fighters, nicer badges for all the ranked tiers, and started work on improving UI communication.

That’s all for now! Remember, you can join the discussion in our Discord Community.

This week we have continued working towards improving the Ranked System to deliver the best competitive experience for Haxity players. An important part of this is showing players correctly their progress.

In today’s #DevTapas we will share more details about the Ranked System Badges.

[h2]Badges Badges Badges [/h2]

When we created the ranked system, we decided to use badges to visualize your rank. Each tier has a custom design where we try to combine established tier names like “silver” and “gold” with a unique Haxity twist, and our artist Zooey really nailed this unholy marriage!



How the system works:

• We have 5 tiers.
  
• We have 4 divisions per tier.
  
• Each division requires 100 rank points to go to the next division.
  
• You gain approximately 25 points per game won, depending on matchmaking differences… Losing a game multiplies this by a factor, that starts at 0 at the lowest tier, and goes up to almost 1 at the higher tier.
  

[h2]The Concept behind the badges[/h2]

Here you can see the badge structure:



Zooey explains you each part:

• Players start with a "core" badge, which is the black circle in the middle, cables hanging out, etc.
  
• When the player rises through the tiers the badge gets "upgraded" with better and better hardware casing.
  
• The upgrade analogy is Tech:
  Core Component -> Consumer Electronics -> Street Hacker Tech -> Megacorp Executive Tech -> Military Grade Ninja Tech (from the future)
  
• All these tech items are modded/hacked (hence the cables)
  
• The "red" glowing color of the text will be adapted according to tier color (yellow, blue, etc.)
  
• Casing color the same "gold, silver," etc.
  

By the way, if you are wondering why about the pink blades and the rink… They are there to pave the way for the Next Tier. This one will be pure energy/holographic. So for transition reasons we had to introduce some holographic elements in Tier 5.

That’s all for now! Remember, you can join the discussion in our Discord Community.