Hackweight v.1.2 - Take a Byte Patchnotes


The wait is over! Hackweight 1.2- Take a Byte is out now!

Here is a full list of changes and additions:

New Characters!

-Kiriko, 15 minute timer (Unlocked after completing Mercy)

-Tracer, 10 minute timer (Unlocked after completing Kiriko)

-Ashe, 5 minute timer (Unlocked after completing Ashe)

-4 Stages of weight gain through standard gameplay

-4 additional Stages of weight gain through CAMFEED sequence

-24 Total new renders!

-Added New CAMFEED sequences and normal gameplay sequences to the gallery for view upon completion

-Added many corresponding visuals for these characters


New Plugins

-The new characters feature 8 new plugins:

-Letter Bonus (LB) Gain bonus score when typing a given letter, changing the letter each successful tap

-Word Combo (WC) Type out words back to back to increase a score multiplier. Multiplier will rapidly deplete if no new word has been sent in a duration

-Line Duplicator (LD) Duplicates a percentage of Line Enter score, granting it after a delay

-Debugging (DB) Type "Bang" to shoot at bugs, grants score on hit and loses score on miss. Bugs will go from egg, to larvae, to fly, to mama. Mama bug will lay eggs

-Firewall (FW) Gives a chance that any spent score is refunded. Enhance to increase the percentage of success

-Special Enhance (SE) Generates free enhancements over time and stores up to 3. Triggers an additional free enhancement when buying any enhancement

-Virus (VR) Designate plugins to be disabled to rapidly generate score. Type "VR_[Plugin]" to infect. Type "Antivirus" to clear all infected plugins

-Turbocharge (TC) Fuel up to grant all plugins a flat rate added to their score generation for a short duration. Price to fuel up changes depending on how much is left in the tank

-Note: Line Enter (LE) remains in these new levels as the first plugin


Heroic

-Added Heroic Mode

-Completing a character in any mode unlocks their Heroic Mode

-Features Hard mode stats (10000,100000,1000000), 5 minute timer, and 50% more expensive enhancements

-In Heroic Mode, every character gets a unique ability during their hack attempts.

-Mei (Deep Freeze): Auto Hack, Trojan Horse, Mainframe, and EMP operate 75% slower.

-Dva (Defense Matrix): Puts up a Defense Matrix blocking incoming score for 4 seconds every 10 seconds.

-Mercy (Pocket Heal): Recovers 100/1000/10000 score per second.

-Kiriko (Kitsune Rush): Character timer ticks down 2x as quickly, and game timer ticks down 4x as quickly.

-Tracer (Recall): Restores score back to what it was 6 seconds ago every 12 seconds.

-Ashe (Do something!): Calls down Bob at the start of the hack attempt with 2500/25000/250000 score. Defeat him to move onto Ashe.

-Added many corresponding visuals for Heroic Mode


General

-Added a new Quick Unlock UI 

-Instantly Unlock Mei, Dva, Mercy and their Heroic stages

-Instantly Unlock all Gallery content

-Instantly Unlock Kiriko, Tracer, and Ashe and their Heroic stages

-Added a new music track that gets queued following Mercy's stage completion

-Added a small flicker animation to the character selection text box

-Added additional context to the Override_Hackweight screen

-Note: The cipher is unsolvable this build. This screen will be very relevant in the next update.

-Added new secret codes 

-Slay the mighty Set

-Added 200 new key words to Random Word / Word Combo plugins 


Bug fixes

-Fixed a bug where the character selection submenu wouldn't slide into it's proper position

-Fixed a bug where clicking on a character you already had selected could improperly display Timer setting

-Fixed a bug where auto unlock could unlock unintended plugins during the tutorial

Files

HACKWEIGHT.exe 120 MB
Nov 29, 2023

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Love the game, and excited for more updates!