Hyperstacks

Released: Jul 30, 2026
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 09:30 GMT

Updates & announcements

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01 Aug 2026Developer post
A Batch of Updates and Fixes! Changes from v1.0.1 to v1.0.4
Hyperstacks v1.0.2 Grappling Level Softlock, Misbehaving Lasers, and Subtitles That Actually Speak Your Language This update fixes several issues affecting the campaign, the Level Editor, and localization. Fixes Fixed a softlock in the grappling level. Falling after grabbing the
Hyperstacks v1.0.2
Grappling Level Softlock, Misbehaving Lasers, and Subtitles That Actually Speak Your Language
This update fixes several issues affecting the campaign, the Level Editor, and localization.
Fixes
Fixed a softlock in the grappling level. Falling after grabbing the moving Grappling Block could leave the NPC behind instead of moving to the end of the jump.
Because the NPC was left behind and never finished their dialogue, an important Jump platform would not activate, making the level impossible to complete.
Fixed line-based item previews in the Level Editor. Lasers and other line-based elements in the item selector were scaling incorrectly depending on the map zoom level, causing them to appear distorted or incorrectly sized.
They should now maintain the correct proportions at every zoom level.
Fixed character subtitles across all supported languages. Almost every dialogue Phrase Pack was incorrectly pointing to the English version, except for Chinese.
Characters will now display their properly localized subtitles in every available language.
Redesigned the game version label. It now includes a V, uses a new text colour, and is properly centred.
It was also moved slightly to the left because it just didn’t feel right.
Added an “Open Menu” tutorial to the first introductory level. Turns out I had forgotten to explain one of the most important controls: how to open the menu. Without knowing that, players could not access or configure their settings.
The tutorial now clearly explains how to do it. Hold X or Y on your controller to open the menu.
Added dynamic music blending to the login room. Turning around toward the credits now smoothly transitions from the login music into the credits theme.
Looking back at the login screen smoothly brings the original music back.
So, yes, turn around. There are actual people behind this game, and now they even have their own music.
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Hyperstacks v1.0.3
Better Previews, Safer Saves, and Secret Credits Music
This update brings several visual and usability improvements to the Level Editor, along with a small musical surprise in the login room.
Level Editor Improvements
Added localized names to items in the item selector. Selected items now display their name instead of leaving you to identify them entirely from a mysterious floating shape.
Something as simple as knowing an item’s name can make it much easier to understand what it is or what it might do.
Item names are available in every supported language.
Improved the appearance of 3D item icons. Fixed a self-occlusion issue that caused parts of the models to not respect depth.
Item previews should now look considerably cleaner while also rendering more efficiently.
Level photos now update immediately. After using the Level Camera to take a picture of your level, the new image will now immediately appear in both the level preview and its Load button.
Previously, the image could remain blank until you changed pages or reselected the level, which looked rather unfinished.
Synchronized the level save and load menus between both hands. The level menus opened from the left and right hands now always share the same selected level, file name, preview, and current state.
This prevents situations where one hand could still be displaying an older level or file name, potentially causing you to accidentally overwrite, save, or load the wrong level.
Both hands are finally on the same page. Literally.
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Hyperstacks v1.0.4
Fixed a localization issue affecting the “Thank you” message displayed after reporting a level.
Yes, this entire patch is dedicated to saying thank you properly. Some things are simply too important to leave untranslated.
Thank you.
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30 Jul 2026Developer post
Update 1.0.1
First Post-Release Patch This first post-release patch fixes several bugs and softlocks found in the lobby and quests. Fixes Fixed an issue where during Owven's punching the Level Selector quest could instead disable it, softlocking the lobby until it was reloaded Fixed the Skin
First Post-Release Patch
This first post-release patch fixes several bugs and softlocks found in the lobby and quests.
Fixes

Fixed an issue where during Owven's punching the Level Selector quest could instead disable it, softlocking the lobby until it was reloaded
Fixed the Skin Selector flickering during Marylink's Screwdriver quest
Fixed Marylink's chicken teleporter despawn animation becoming stuck on a frame, preventing Marylink from fully disappearing from the lobby
Fixed some idle dialogue playing when it should not during Jumperine's quests
Fixed Lobb-e Cat speaking during Marylink's quest when it should remain silent
Fixed an issue where Marylink's teleporter could become disabled if the player moved away from the main platform while Marylink was enabling it, softlocking the lobby until it was reloaded

Known issues

Some dialogs have their translation packs incorrectly assigned as English
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30 Jul 2026Developer post
HYPERSTACKS AVAILABLE NOW!
HYPERSTACKS AVAILABLE NOW! Eight years of development. Thousands of hours of work. And finally it is here. I honestly can’t believe Hyperstacks is finally releasing. What began as a solo project grew into something far bigger, and today, Hyperstacks is finally launching on Steam.
23 Jul 2026Developer post
One week Left to Release!
Over the years of developing Hyperstacks, we’ve made many improvements, including performance optimizations, usability overhauls, editor quality-of-life features, and plenty of other changes. And wow... our last developer patch notes post was more than a year ago! Even though we
20 Jun 2026Developer post
Hyperstacks Next Fest Community Feedback & AMA
Hello everyone! With Steam Next Fest underway, we'd like to take this opportunity to learn more about your experience with Hyperstacks. We've prepared a short community feedback form to better understand: What first attracted you to Hyperstacks What made you keep playing What fea
Hello everyone!
With Steam Next Fest underway, we'd like to take this opportunity to learn more about your experience with Hyperstacks.
We've prepared a short community feedback form to better understand:
What first attracted you to Hyperstacks
What made you keep playing
What features interest you the most
How clearly the game and its systems are presented
What you'd like to see in the future
Feedback Form: https://forms.gle/KRccAyUr54uS6R2d6
In addition, we'll be hanging around on Discord and Steam discussions to answer questions about the game, development, future plans, technical systems, the level editor, multiplayer experiments, or anything else you'd like to ask.
Whether you've played for five minutes or fifty hours, your feedback is incredibly valuable and helps us make better decisions for the future of Hyperstacks.
Thank you for being part of the community! Link to discord: https://discord.gg/squirrelbytes
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17 Jun 2026Developer post
Next Fest devstream marathon
To celebrate Next Fest, our wonderful developers will be streaming themselves playing the demo and creating levels all week long, come say hi!!
14 Jun 2026Developer post
Hyperstacks Demo Updated for Next Fest!
GREAT NEWS FOR HYPERSTACKS!! We've updated the demo and we'll be participating in Steam Next Fest tomorrow! This demo is very complete and includes full access to the level editor so you can start working on your creations before anyone else. We've also created a selection of exc
03 Aug 2025Developer post
Pre-Launch Major Update (v0.14.0)
⚠️ Important Notice This is an unfinished Pre-Launch testing build. This version is meant to collect early feedback while core systems and features are still flexible. Many features are incomplete or experimental The campaign is partially implemented Visuals, mechanics, levels, a
⚠️ Important Notice
This is an unfinished Pre-Launch testing build.
This version is meant to collect early feedback while core systems and features are still flexible.
Many features are incomplete or experimental
The campaign is partially implemented
Visuals, mechanics, levels, and balance are subject to change
Many campaign levels and Boss, stills feeling unfair and unbalanced yet
This version is not representative of the final Early Access release.
It exists purely to allow early testing, balance passes, and structural feedback before locking down key systems.
🕹️ How to Access the Pre-Launch Testing Build
Steam users (Key access):
Just update the game. You’ll receive the Pre-Launch testing build automatically.
Meta Quest users:
Open your library
Hover over Hyperstacks and click the three dots (...)
Go to Settings
Select Distribution Channels
Choose the “Pre-beta” channel
This setup allows continued development of the final Quest version without affecting the current stable public Meta Quest release
Friendly wishlist reminder!
If you haven’t wishlisted Hyperstacks yet, do it now to get notified when the full Early Access version goes live!
Brand new Campaign Mode: interact with NPCs, learn core mechanics, complete quests, and fight a final boss.
Several new music tracks added to OST.
A completely new weapon: Chakram.
Full rework of two legacy weapons:
Orb: vastly improved control algorithm.
Grenade: restructured into a new Bomb Ejector device that generates grenades in-hand, enabling new interactions and gameplay.
Full stability overhaul: fixed weapon jitter, physics glitches, and dynamic movement issues.
Significant performance upgrades, along with minor visual and rendering improvements.
Level Editor improvements: added new objects, Greenlink components, and multiple QoL upgrades.
Campaign Mode now starts automatically and includes dialogues, new built-in levels, and exclusive OST. Some animation bugs remain.
Added a temporary Campaign Phase Inspector tool to manually change campaign state for testing purposes.
Accessible from experimental settings, change the phase number
Next time you enter the lobby after changing this number campaign phase should change
Added Quick Re-equip: pressing the inventory button twice quickly reequips your last-used weapon.
Changed weapon inventory images and behaviour to better represent weapons.
Reworked Jumppads:
Introduced internal cooldowns.
Now compatible with ziplines for speed boosts while ziplining.
Behave in a much more stable and predictable manner.
Ziplines reworked to obey realistic acceleration capped at gravity (9.8 m/s²).
Dynamic weapon jitter completely eliminated:
Weapons no longer shake or lag when jumping, falling, ziplining, or skateboarding.
Skateboard
Drastically improved jump behavior and edge collisions.
Jump feedback added with new sounds.
Now much more stable and enjoyable.
Future rework planned using custom hoverboard system for further improvements
Chakram (New weapon):
New throwable weapon that bounces between enemies.
Charged throws increase bounce count.
Features light aim-assist.
Orb (Rework):
Fully redesigned version of the classic orb.
Greatly improved 2-handed control algorithm.
Acts as a distinct 2-handed, reliable combat tool.
Bomb Ejector (Grenade's total rework):
Now a persistent device, not consumable.
new interactions:
Slap: starts timer when hitting a surface.
Throw: also starts timer on impact.
Punch: launches grenade and causes instant explosion on first contact.
Ejection button ejects the bomb upwards for intuitive single hand usage.
Future plans: stick to walls + remote detonation.
Changes and Balance:
Basic Bouncing Pistol: Projectile damage doubled.
Improved punch hit detection:
Reduced smoothing.
Required velocity lowered by 10%.
Punch Knockback: now more consistent across enemy types.
New items
Heart Container: a breakable item that restores missing health.
Control Gates: ring checkpoints that activate outputs when passed through. Can be chained to create better guided indications.
SR Latch: stores ON/OFF state with Set/Reset logic.
Flip-Flop with Memory: toggles outputs with state memory.
Item Changes
Teleporters: now support invisible mode through Greenlink.
Weapon Greenlink Output: weapons placed in levels now emit Greenlink signal when grabbed.
Combat trigger: now has a Silent mode to start combat without changing the environment.
Editor Modes Improvements
Drag & Drop Mode
now detects smaller items even when overlapped.
Takes in account proximity when interacting with overlapped objects
Greenlink Mode:
Vastly improved snapping, dragging, and connection accuracy.
Linking no longer fails due to collider conflicts.
Wall Build Mode:
Allows free placement in mid-air. (inside levels interiors)
Faster and more stable, even in large levels.
Sound effects updated.
Configurator Mode
Configuration no longer fails due to collider conflicts.
Introduced economy system:
Earned during campaign.
Persistent across sessions.
Shop system (work-in-progress):
Buy decorative cosmetics: hats, horns, etc.
Equip them inside a specific NPC’s home.
Persistent items and unlocks tied to Hyperstacks account.
Project upgraded to Unity 6.
Vulkan and DirectX 12 support (PC/Steam only).
Vulkan requires SteamVR OpenXR runtime.
Quest: Asynchronous Spacewarp added in High graphics mode (experimental).
Low quality remains recommended.
Removed Borderlands-style outlines in High mode (boosts clarity and FPS).
Optimized all materials for improved batching and fewer draw calls.
Spikes are no longer transparent. Now uses environment colors to look alike.
Explosion effects reworked to better match the game’s style.
Login screen color randomizer adjusted (less saturated pink).
TV-Chan eye textures made rounder.
Added a temporary "Pre-Beta" text to the login screen.
render scale upscaled by 1.2 (Steam only for now)
MSAA x2 enabled (Steam only for now)
Punches no longer detect invisible triggers.
All weapon jitter and lag have been fixed completely forever.
Fixed player remaining in slow-motion after dying during lobby transition.
Fixed invisible head skins in skin selector.
Projectiles no longer collide with jumppads. (altough in the future this might change)
Fixed Green Bouncy projectile not having gravity (affecting basic gun and Bomber toaster enemy)
Fixed some objects affecting AI navigation layers in an unwanted manner.
Fixed XML loading error with activatable elements.
Reduced levels size, for faster load
Fixed Editor Controller pointer animations behaving weirdly.
Fixed multiple issues with Greenlink:
Node creation ghost lines.
Snap settings not applying on new nodes.
Inconsistent link attachment.
Colliders interfering with link or config mode.
Simultaneous object and node movement now resolved.
Fixed performance problems on having lots of nodes
Skate rework (another more)
Hat store interface models and better UX
level editor menu replacements and new models for controllers
Adding an intermediary level that is missing in the campaign
Change the news panel with new news
Fixing some animation problems on NPCs
Balancing some campaign levels (some are way too hard)
New models for owvens minigame.
Feedback for jumper wiring fixing quest
Changing Marylink board textures
Changing Weapon textures from the weapon inventory
Separating Greenlink components from the items picker in the level editor
Cannon weapon rework
Making the door that removes the skateboard configurable for also removing weapons
More sounds are needed for the boss
Boss balancing
Some parts of the campaign still hidden
new models for some placeholder models
(Processing and executing all your feedback!)
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23 Apr 2023Developer post
Update 0.12.1
New Features and Improvements Level items now synchronizes with the music Now, certain objects will react to the music by glowing, moving, growing, or doing something else, adding more energy and making levels even more exciting and lively. Levels can now setup ambience lights se
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New Features and Improvements

Level items now synchronizes with the music
Now, certain objects will react to the music by glowing, moving, growing, or doing something else, adding more energy and making levels even more exciting and lively.
Levels can now setup ambience lights
separatedly and also independently for combat mode (sky, equator and ground global lights), giving levels much more customization
New enemy kill particles

Enemy death particles now fit with the colors of the enemies
Enemy death particles are now 3D
Death particles now move in the direction of the last hit, killing enemies is muuuch more satisfying

New hit effect added for weapon attacks

Slash effects: each melee hit landed on enemies now creates a new visual hit effect, this slash effect's color depends on the color of the weapon
Bullet hit effects, each bullet hit landed on enemies now creates a new visual hit effect, this hit effect's color depends on the color of the bullet

Throwing improvements

Throwable items now are thrown correctly and keep the inertia from the hands and player.
Increased the throw force of throwable items.
Increased the precision when throwing items.
Lowered the bounce factor of the throwable bomb

Skins table
There is a new table in the laboratory where you can change your apearance (work in progress, skins doesnt work in multiplayer, most skins are placeholder for testing)
Improved and New NPC modules in level editor

Module objects for npcs have been redesigned a bit for making them smaller and easier to use
Now npc module outputs will output a single sort energy shot instead of remaining active
Now active working modules shows an indicatior for easier tracking of working modules
Movement module (Changes)

Easing option: enable or disable the easing of the movement in the spline for NPCs
Now has different rotation settings:

None, doesnt rotate the NPC
Displacement direction, Looks at the direction of the displacement
Only Y axis, looks at the direction of the displacement but only in the vertical axis

Animation Module (New)

For playing NPC animations (only if they have (Lobb-e doesnt have animations yet))

Look At Module (New)

Created for exclusive look at interactions with the following options:

View target: you can set a point in the world, a fixed direction or the player head for making those npcs look at you
Rotation modes:

Continuous: makes the character move their head to look at the target, they can move the body too if they need until stopped
Single: pose the whole character for be looking straight to that target in a single shot, not continuous, it rotates the whole npc Holder

Skate and Skate Goal items now are available
they were hidden, now are available for public use. these items will be improved in the future, in the meanwhile you can use them now, in the future there will be reactive skate checkpoints for forcing the player to go trough defined paths that reacts when you pass them

Added a slight coyote jump to the Skate, for making jumps in edges easier
In order to unequip the skate you need to cross the Skate Goal with it

New level editor skybox

No more eyebleed from the old anoying super bright sky and better outside levels :)
New skybox now adapts its color to the color of the walls making it even better as the enviroment sky color also changes when in combat

New Level editor music
Now the level editor has a total of 3 musics, you may randomly hear the new one while creating levels
Greenlink features and improvements

Now hidden greenlink cables can get energized so you can track better how your mechanisms works even if they are set as hidden
Logic gates have been redesigned for better understanding and making them smaller
Repeater can be configured better now, they have different predefined velocities, and an advanced mode for setting custom waiting times
Energized links now also grow a bit for better visual feedback
Repeaters now are smoother visually, they will also receive a visual improvement soon

Removed dark coins
Dark coins were a feature that caused confusion and added unnecessary complexity to the currency system. The dark coins were originally added to signify coins without value, but we realized it's easier to understand the system without them.
Improved the sucction power for floating loot
making far loot (coins,hearts) to come faster to you when raising your hand
Other changes

Now when in the tutorial you can just leave it by returning to the lobby (Tutorial will still loading each time you start the game, so we recommend to complete it so it doesnt appears anymore)
Modified the grab origin of the hands, previously you had to grab with the fingers almost, now the grabbing point is closer to the palms
Added collisions to the floor of that multiplayer spawn place in the lobby
modified the basic model of the base skin of the hand now with 3D fingers
Provisional Campaign Mode buttons have been redesigned for fitting better the coming actual campaign levels menu
Moved the clock in the menu for better fit of longer version names
Green block doors have been redesigned to be simpler and smoother

Bug fixes

Adjusted Timed Trigger targets to wait properly when shooting during an active waiting period
Resolved issues with Greenlink causing links to disappear when removing a single node after reloading a level
Fixed cases where Greenlink nodes were arranged incorrectly after reloading
Corrected not appearing death particle effects on Toaster enemy (or how users call it "That-enemy-that-looks-like-if-a-cat-and-a-toaster-got-a-baby")
Addressed Combat Knockback resistances in enemies, which were not being utilized at all
Fixed knockback forces that were being applied multiple times per hit, causing enemies to be propelled too far
Balanced knockback forces for hands' punches and slaps, as well as other knockback forces in the game
Resolved a memory leak associated with Greenlink, improving game performance in Greenlink levels and reducing lag spikes
Fixed an error that prioritized loading user-created levels over built-in levels by name
Corrected a visual bug that delayed the player replay ghost, resulting in inaccurate time measurements
Fixed issues with "Retry" and "Restart Level" buttons not appearing in built-in levels
Corrected hand rotations in the login scene
Resolved an issue that caused subtitles to not look at you properly during the editing of NPC dialogs in the editor.
Fixed an issue with animated shaders on standalone devices that caused degradation of their quality over time.
Fixed normals from walls, so now global ilumination works better, and pixel lighting on PC seems better (you can enable pixel light on Quest but its not recommended for performance)
Fixed a problem with the combat color selection not updating level colors in real time
Fixed a problem with some haptics in YVR
Also a lot of small optimizations were made so you can expect a performance improvement in the game
New features that are hidden until release

New npcs added to the level editor

Owven
Marylink
Jumperine
Snob

Player Properties editor item

Modified player properties block movement option so movement is only blocked while receiving energy
Removed the stop input as it is not used anymore
Made smaller and simpler

New music

The new musics can only be set by developers in the meanwhile until this version fully releases, as they are for highlighting the campaign levels
4 new environment musics and 4 Combat musics

New Campaign levels
There is a whole new Campaign levels selection menu featuring 21 scripted levels with npcs and new features really well integrated to demonstrate the power of the level editor
In progress

New smaller level data format for easy authoring and even smaller files

Lobby Quests (campaign also)
in-lobby missions that will be appearing during the campaign that you have to complete in order to progress on it
Skins visible in experimental multiplayer

BPMReactionActivator
A new Greenlink object that emits energy reacting to the music for synchronizing your mechanisms to the music
Skate reactive checkpoints for reactive paths

Additionally, Previous unpublished pach notes

Patch notes 0.11.1

New items

Added Button
Added Static green laser

Performance Improvements (Quest Standalone Only)
Hyperstacks now uses Vulkan making the game much more performant, we will still increasing the performance overtime, using ASW (Application space warp) in the coming updates, making the game so performant that may even be able to use PC Graphics wasting less resources and battery now currently most 120hz levels can work with the graphics quality set at "Medium" which uses Bloom/Glow anyways we recommend still using "Low" on Quest for now more performance improvements soon
Gameplay changes and improvements

Tracks precision has been improved an optimized, now rails will not let the objects scape on the sides when the speed is too fast, in fact now there is no limit on speed and it wont break.
When track points are close the moving objects will not vibrate anymore.
Added new moving modes to Tracks, now the modes are Ping-Pong(the earlier default mode), Warp and Clamp(The new default mode)
Toaster-cat enemy bullets now bounce once making it a little bit more challenging
Grenade bounce restitution lowered from 1 to 0.8 it should bounce a bit less now

Visual and Sound changes

Now "High" graphic settings enables the outlines and the pixel lights on Quest (We dont recommend using this optionyet* due to battery and performance impacts)*
All Lasers hit particles are now the same size
Laser hit particles are now tinted of the color of the laser
Configurator line of the level editor has been simplified
Lowered default music volume from 70% to 60%

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that made lights dissapear when setting graphics quality to High
Now the track uses their speed as multiplicative value, earlier, they were just overriding its speed using the motor's speed,
Fixed a performance problem when removing items from Tracks
fixed pushable blocks so they do not overlap anymore
Fixed a bug with the moving tracks that made them be active always when having repeaters or any other non-motor items inactive
Fixed a bug where sometimes objects in moving tracks stops randomly when reaching a side
Green Link lines are not affected by light anymore
Fixed a bug where grabbing the balls of the zip lines the player might fall
Fixed a bug where Light bridge remains unusable after turning it on out of the level
Fixed a bug that let you destroy the look point of the look trigger item

Breaking changes
Activators code needed a refactor, thus this all Green trigger targets(the ones you need to hit to activate) are broken in old levels, they will still working but they will lose their configuration state, for example time or mode anyways levels were not using to much these configurations for shootable triggers, but we may try to bring back compatibility again if this cause too much problem, meanwhile the new ones will still being configurable without problems
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09 Nov 2022Developer post
Update 0.10.2
New Features - Added Basic Teleporter, now you can teleport the player! We skipped The Testing phase of this feature due its pretty basic and we feel its a really needed feature for many level creators - Now Teleporters and Jump pads will appear Enabled by default, making it easi
05 Oct 2022Developer post
Hyperstacks 0.9.1
I'm happy to announce that another update came to Hyperstacks to improve the game. First of all!... I know I said that 0.9.0 would be the release version, but we have changed this there is still work needed for the campaign for the game to release, but we have decided a thing tha
I'm happy to announce that another update came to Hyperstacks to improve the game. First of all!... I know I said that 0.9.0 would be the release version, but we have changed this there is still work needed for the campaign for the game to release, but we have decided a thing that you may like it: Now instead of publishing a big update every long time, we decided to make more frequent updates, like an update every 2-week minimum in that way, you can enjoy the game updated and more bugs free and also you will be able to test every new feature without waiting so much this is what we made with the Grappling Hook! So from now, this will be this way:

We will make updates every week or 2 weeks, fixing bugs and improving the game.
If a new feature comes in, we will keep it open for the public for testing on isolated levels
Then once the feature is consolidated and well battle-tested it will be part of a new feature update
So the versioning system will be like this now... A.B.C

A is currently 0 and will become 1 on the official release
B is the feature update, for example, 9 would be this one opening the Grappling hook for everyone
C is for bug fixing and testing features that are not open to the public yet in the level editor. sometimes may not start by 0 because some internal fixes
TDLR; There will be more frequent small updates rather than Big infrequent updates
So let's start telling you what's new on...

Hyperstacks 0.9.1

Grappling Hook and Hookable blocks
Now the new key feature of the game apart from climbing is Grappling or whatever you want to call it Using the new grappling hook integrated into the hand of your character you can hook yellow blocks and swing like that characters that use vines in the jungle You can also pull the rope to reach further zones like if it were an elevator This opens a whole new world of possibilities in terms of movement, it is also fun! We were testing this new Grappling Hook mechanic in some isolated levels, and we also got very constructive feedback from the community so we made these changes to the Grappling Hook during the testing phase:

Grappling hook distance has been increased from 4m to 4.2m
Added Grabbing buffer (Pregrab) to the Grappling Hook to make it easier and more consistent with the climbing
Now only grip release is needed in order to release the hook instead of needing to release both grip and trigger
The grappling gun now shouldn't select through walls
The sound volume of the grappling hoof modified for comfort, the selection sound has been lowered from 1 to 0.3, and the grappling sound from 1 to 0.75
Removed climb sound when connecting grappling hook, this was a bug
Hook string origin now is correctly in the ¨hook gun¨
Moved the grappling gun origin to a more comfortable position
The hook gun has a new 3D model
Added Grappling gun spawn and despawn animations
Added particle on Hook feedback
The grappling Hook gun now reacts increasing its size when a Hookable block is selected
Increased the grappling hook line width from 0.26cm to 0.4cm
Fixed a bug where the block being hooked keeps big when swinging on it
We hook you like it!
Level Selection buttons rework
We are working on a total redesign of the level selector to make it better for everyone, more solid, and more polished. Level previews thumbnails in buttons

One of the great changes in the community level selection is that now the buttons show the previews of the levels Also, buttons now work like the login screen buttons, so they are better than the old ones.

Other changes:

Changed the final button of the Goal to be a Buzz press button which is cooler
Added party particles when completing the final test level in the lobby
Disk weapon visual rework, new trail, and model
Added the Team logo on the back of the login screen

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a problem with the Green block doors which were more transparent than usual when active
Fixed a rendering problem with the selector top buttons that some objects were visible behind them
Fixed an issue that let you press the Level Goal button in the editor
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19 Jul 2022Developer post
Hyperstacks Update 0.8.16
PATCH NOTES FOR 0.8.17 The new update also affects the demo these are the news! Hello everyone! I know, I know, it has been SOOO LONG without an update Let me explain... Current developer state Originally I didn't plan to update the game until 0.9.0 is ready (we still working on
PATCH NOTES FOR 0.8.17 The new update also affects the demo these are the news! Hello everyone! I know, I know, it has been SOOO LONG without an update Let me explain...
Current developer state
Originally I didn't plan to update the game until 0.9.0 is ready (we still working on it), but I don't have as much time as I need Because I work full time on another game for another enterprise in order to not starve, I do my best every day when I finish my job and get at home, squeezing until the last drop of time and energy. For that reason, I post more content on weekends as I have more time for Hyperstacks!
But finally an update!!
Yes, it is NOT the 0.9.0 yet BUT its getting closer So I just decided I had to do a little update because the game was getting really outdated, and this way would make it better for advance to the next phase So let's start telling whats new in this new patch 0.8.17
WHAT'S NEW:

Better integration for Index Controllers Yes! we listen at your feedback and improved many things, for example now the experience with index controllers is better!

Changed how the hp regen works Now coins don't heal anymore, just the Hearts Hearts have a different spawn rate and probability than coins Hearts only will spawn if you need more healing than current heals on the map (for example, if you have 9 of 10 hearts, there will not be more than one floating pickable heart) this will make combat a little bit more challenging, it has been also designed in this way to avoid the lets-accumulate-a-lot-of-floating-coins-so-when-I'm-low-on-hp-i-can-heal-easily exploit

Lava Block! This is a new block made to get more OUCH in the game, you can put some together and they will be seamless You can almost swim if you move your hands on it, but its really hard and you will get much PAIN

Party Blower! Give your levels more party feeling with this new thing that makes funny party noises As a creator, use it to reward the player when they do things good But if you are the player, you just should feel rewarded, yeah... just obey!

NPCs in Levels Well, there is just one NPC... but the system is prepared for the next coming new NPCs! The system may seem a little tricky to use, but I promise it really easy and you can do many things with this. The new tutorial level is made entirely using the level editor, with this feature! A video tutorial coming soon on our Youtube Channel. Currently, the phrases the NPC can say, are limited to the ones created for the game, such as salutations and so! But In the future updates, you will have a customizable NPC for you, which you can use to create custom dialogs

Water surface (WIP) It's like the Lava block but it doesn't hurt you, technically you should be able to swim on it, but due to lack of time, the water is not ready yet, But hey! you can use it for decorating the levels for now! I will make patches more usually after this update so it may be fixed fast

Controller Messages This new item has been designed to teach the player how to use things in the game So you can put a controller message for grabbing, and when this is activated, the player will receive a notification in their controller telling him how to use something, this is mainly done for tutorial levels

Player setup item This item was only for developers, but I decided to publish it also, This is an item that will let you change player properties, as if the player is immortal, or if it can move at all Currently, you can only change the "Can move" option But more options will come. Use it properly, you could make a player not be able to move, be sure to notify the player with a message or something if you stop their movement so they don't feel it weird

Look At Activators A useful item that activates a point to look at when receiving energy, it also activates other connected systems when looked at. You can use it to tell the player something like "HEY LOOK AT THIS!!" but without texts Because nobody really likes reading, why are you even reading this!?

New Tutorial Level Go with Lobb-E (The robot cat) inside a level while he teaches you how to do some of the hardest things in the game.... like... walking!

New Training Levels in the Campaign Section Now the campaign section has the 5... I mean 4 levels you can play to test different modalities of levels This section has also the tutorial button if you want to test it again because you love the cat so much These levels are present in the Demo version, but this space is designed for the coming Campaign levels of the update 0.9.0

9 Languages Compatibility and Language Improvements 你好! I hope I have said well... it's supposed to say "Hello" So yes, many new languages have been added and now the game has a total of 9 languages And now all the menus and text of the game have been translated (Except the level editor (yet))

NPCs In Buildings Yeah right... the buildings are also something new (at least inside) Now you can see the interior of each building, remember those stills in development So we just gave just permission to look inside, you're welcome! Ahh also the NPCs of each building are inside, so you can see them, they do nothing but some animations, Let them relax while they can as update 0.9.0 gets closer

Coin system rework

Coin system is now totally different From now coins will be accumulated in your account forever This has been made this way to prepare the game for the coming Skin content and coin usage

Now sometimes dark coins will appear Dark coins have no value, the more colored coins you collect in little time the more probabilities are for dark coins to spawn Dark coins spawn probability decreases at a rate of 100% hour this avoids farming coins in levels and filling the level selector with levels

Only Verified levels can give coins now Also to avoid coin farming levels spam If you want your level to be verified it just has to be fun, with quality enough and should stay at 90fps in Quest2 (you can check the FPS graph in the Experimental settings) If you feel your level should be verified, let us know in our Discord There are plans for level creators to also get coins when people play their levels, stay tunned

You can check how many coins you have at the Museum/Bank (that purple building) Where you will see MR.Snobble NPC, and also in front of him is a special floating card, that card represents your current money in the game GO GO PLAY AND GET COINS FOR THE FUTURE CONTENT!

IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES

Better Level Lights Management Some good changes have been made to the lights now you can activate and deactivate the lights As there is a limit of 8 lights per level, some big levels with more than 8 lights get them flashing randomly, as the game tries to only render 8 lights, some lights just turn off automatically breaking the level visuals. So now you can manually turn On/Off lights on your levels using Green links, to reduce the number of active lights when these are not needed

Light balls are now hidden by default for the player you can change its visibility using the visibility modifier of the Green Link mode in the level editor

Added slight hand jitter filtering for level editor menus now level editor menus will see lees jittery, due they move more smoothly Go put that block in that pixel you ever wanted it to be

Added a cooldown to the green target activators to avoid double activations which results in not activating the object when switch mode is enabled

The Level Goal Teleporter for getting in and out of levels, or however that thing is called, Now has a new fancier effect than before Ahh right, this is because the goal is not an ugly ball anymore, now its a whole level Exit teleport, I don't know how to call those, in order to not make it easily confoundable with the coming teleporters for inside levels

Zip lines are now thinner and yellow This helps to fit the color meanings of the game

Hand menu is easier to spawn now usually, for opening the menu you needed to press A or X and then touch a "Menu" tab in the other hand, this has very counterintuitive and not beginner friendly So it's been changed how it works now. Currently for opening the menu you just need to hold A or X, it will just appear

Other small rendering improvements...

FIXES

Activatable objects were not saving their state correctly You have may experienced, that manually enabled jump pads don't remain active when reloading the level, well, that was happening with every activatable object that can be manually activated, so this I Fixed now!

Zip lines now store their positions correctly even if you don't modify the tips Sometimes when you reload the level you may have seen that the zip/grind lines were not where you left them This is fixed now!

Light bridges fixed, now they stop where they should Sometimes they were trespassing walls and so, not anymore now!

Pink Lasers are now Blocked by light bridges I think I don't need to explain anything here!

Lasers don't receive light anymore There was a problem with lasers, that if you put a light next to a laser, it enlights the lasser it had no sense and its fixed now

Fixed Laser texture transparencies Lasers' transparent textures were so big, and you could see lines on the edges when getting close... It's hard to explain, never mind it's fixed, why bother?

Zipline grind particle is now correctly synced lately, the grind particle was getting behind you the faster you go on the zipline, now that particle is ok

Other several small and big fixes Let's be honest, I don't have so much time for writing this, and I also fixed so many things that I don't remember what those are, so I will just say "Other several fixes"
Congratulations if you got here! Now I will say thanks for reading and be good while we still working on this! As this is a new patch with new content, there will be new bugs, so I'm PRETTY sure you will find some bugs be sure to report them in our Discord! We are also really open for feedback in there, so don't be shy, just join, chill and give us your feedback... obey!
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19 Jul 2022Developer post
Hyperstacks demo is ready for Steam VR Fest!
We just updated the demo for the Steam VR Fest so take you VR headset and get fun in Hyperstacks! If you like what you play dont forget to add it to your wishlist! The new update also affects the demo these are the news! You can also join our discord to give us feedback about the
23 Jun 2022Developer post
Game language load Fixed for China
There was a problem with the Host where we had the language assets stored, china was not able to download the language making the Robot Cat not talk and thus making the game not progress This has been fixed, as we just changed the host for these language assets, now Chinese users
20 Jun 2022Developer post
DEMO Levels updated
We would like to inform you that we will keep Hyperstacks demo open for longer, and also we will be updating it to make it be like the one we would have liked to release in the steam fest if we had time so for the first update, we just integrated 8 additional languages, getting a
19 Jun 2022Developer post
Hyperstacks Speedrunning Levels
Watch the developer speedrunning levels at his style What is Hyperstacks? Hyperstacks is a frenetic action and puzzle VR game, play hundreds of community-created levels or create your own ones with our exclusive level editor. There are dozens of weapons to choose from, each with
17 Jun 2022Developer post
Hyperstacks Demo Hotfix 0.8.89
some people were reporting that the game was getting frozen when they remove their headset for a second, this and other problems were fixed on this patch What is fixed on patch 0.8.89 Game will not get freeze anymore when you remove the headset The cat was not saying the final co
some people were reporting that the game was getting frozen when they remove their headset for a second, this and other problems were fixed on this patch What is fixed on patch 0.8.89

Game will not get freeze anymore when you remove the headset
The cat was not saying the final congratulations dialog at the end of the Final level, now he does!
The 2 extra buttons that appear when you complete the Final test were not working properly
Thank you so much for playing the demo remember to wihlist the game if you like! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046760/Hyperstacks/ Also you can check our dicord if you want to report errors or you can do also on the steam community Discord link: https://discord.gg/squirrelbytes
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15 Jun 2022Developer post
Coming Soon: Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest is a multi-day celebration of upcoming games hosted by Steam. Several new games will be announced in this event, including demos. We are glad to announce that Hyperstacks will take part in this event. What is Hyperstacks? Hyperstacks is a frenetic action and puzzl
14 Feb 2022Developer post
Stay tuned! Update 0.9.0 Coming soon!
Howdy! and happy valentine's day We have been very quiet for a long time because we have been at full working on the game, but as right now there is a lack of information, I have decided to post this news to inform you about the progress and more things! I mean, this is an inform
13 Jun 2021Developer post
0.7.2 BugFix
Fixed track problem where things were not tracking correctly after adding tracks after loading Fixed a bug that made moving items go far infinity and beyond when setting negative energy in a track, now negative energy does what should do Track modes has been disabled, now there i

Updates & announcements

Hyperstacks v1.0.2

Grappling Level Softlock, Misbehaving Lasers, and Subtitles That Actually Speak Your Language

Fixes

Hyperstacks v1.0.3

Better Previews, Safer Saves, and Secret Credits Music

Level Editor Improvements

Hyperstacks v1.0.4

Fixed a localization issue affecting the “Thank you” message displayed after reporting a level.

First Post-Release Patch

Fixes

Known issues

HYPERSTACKS AVAILABLE NOW!

GREAT NEWS FOR HYPERSTACKS!!

But now the actual great mews!!

⚠️ Important Notice

🕹️ How to Access the Pre-Launch Testing Build

Friendly wishlist reminder!

New items

Editor Modes Improvements

New Features and Improvements

Level items now synchronizes with the music

Levels can now setup ambience lights

New enemy kill particles

New hit effect added for weapon attacks

Throwing improvements

Skins table

Improved and New NPC modules in level editor

Skate and Skate Goal items now are available

New level editor skybox

New Level editor music

Greenlink features and improvements

Removed dark coins

Improved the sucction power for floating loot

Other changes

Bug fixes

New features that are hidden until release

New npcs added to the level editor

Player Properties editor item

New music

New Campaign levels

In progress

New smaller level data format for easy authoring and even smaller files

Lobby Quests (campaign also)

Skins visible in experimental multiplayer

BPMReactionActivator

Skate reactive checkpoints for reactive paths

Additionally, Previous unpublished pach notes

Patch notes 0.11.1

New items

Performance Improvements (Quest Standalone Only)

Gameplay changes and improvements

Visual and Sound changes

Bug Fixes

Breaking changes

So let's start telling you what's new on...

Hyperstacks 0.9.1

Grappling Hook and Hookable blocks

Level Selection buttons rework

Other changes:

Bug Fixes:

Current developer state

But finally an update!!

WHAT'S NEW:

Coin system rework

IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES

FIXES

What is Hyperstacks?

What is Hyperstacks?

Campaign mode, new items, Placeable NPC in levels...!

improved Lobby!

Character Customization!

Mounts!

Improved and deeper tutorials!

Estimated Time of Arrival

Discord

Fixed track problem where things were not tracking correctly after adding tracks after loading

Fixed a bug that made moving items go far infinity and beyond when setting negative energy in a track, now negative energy does what should do

Track modes has been disabled, now there is just Ping-Pong, until the other modes are ready

Fixed a bug that didnt let you set a link from spikes