Potato Party: Hash It Out

Released: Nov 25, 2021
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Last updated: 08 Sep 2026, 21:32 GMT

Updates & announcements

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15 Mar 2022Developer post
Update 1.00.4 and Customizable Words/Categories!
We're back with a meaty (and potato-y) update for you all with our 1.00.4 patch! The most substantial change here is the addition of the ability for Steam players to customize the pools of Words and Categories (instructions below). See what else we've changed below, and as always
We're back with a meaty (and potato-y) update for you all with our 1.00.4 patch! The most substantial change here is the addition of the ability for Steam players to customize the pools of Words and Categories (instructions below).
See what else we've changed below, and as always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and find other players!

Custom word lists! Now Steam players can modify the word lists. Within the game folders, go into "Potato Party Hash It Out_Data > StreamingAssets" and modify/replace the .txt files for Words and Categories to your heart's content!
Live air-drawing! Now mobile players correctly see air-drawing as it occurs, not after it finishes.
Added a launch confirmation to prevent VR players from starting the room before everyone's ready.
Removed the above-canvas word display for Oculus players, so that screen-sharers/streamers don't risk spoiling the round by looking at the canvas
Categories are now displayed to VR players throughout the round.
Room Codes are now displayed to mobile players in the lobby.
Fixed some performance/crashing on Android 12/API level 31.
Fixed a bug causing win trophies not to display above player nametags.
Assorted polish, including minor audio bugs, nametag placement, and much else!
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10 Feb 2022Developer post
Update v 1.00.3!
- Tutorial! Shiny new audio and video added to make onboarding more intuitive. - Expanded word lists for both regular and category modes. Custom user word lists coming soon! - Mobile players' powerups now announce themselves when received. - Increased stability and performance fo
11 Dec 2021Developer post
Hotfix, v 1.00.1
Hotfix for two issues: Fixed a bug where VR player would sometimes get stuck in finalvictory state at the end of a game Fixed a bug that would sometimes break air-drawing ability More updates coming very soon! :) As always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and
Hotfix for two issues:

Fixed a bug where VR player would sometimes get stuck in finalvictory state at the end of a game
Fixed a bug that would sometimes break air-drawing ability
More updates coming very soon! :) As always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and find other players!
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25 Nov 2021Developer post
Full Release and v 1.00 update!
It's today!!! We're finally going to FULL RELEASE and pushing our 1.00 update! We're still developing major feature additions for post-release updates, but for now, time to pull this one out of the oven. Grab the game during our 20% launch discount -- that's 14 days starting Nove
It's today!!! We're finally going to FULL RELEASE and pushing our 1.00 update! We're still developing major feature additions for post-release updates, but for now, time to pull this one out of the oven.
Grab the game during our 20% launch discount -- that's 14 days starting November 25th 🦃.
As always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and find other players!
Features added:

Discord bot for public games! Players can push room codes to the community Potatopia Discord server. Find other players to join!
Ban Hammer! VR players can now kick players from the lobby with the Ban Hammer. With great power comes great responsibility. Use carefully!
Control scheme rework! Trigger is now used for drawing and major interactions. Grip is now used for shape pickup and shape extension. This should help avoid interfering with shapes when air-drawing, and vice versa.
Round options! Added options to customize rounds, including round time.
Games now default to word category OFF.
Improved spectator mode for SteamVR.
Basic text input support for Cyrillic, Arabic, and East Asian languages. This is a work-in-progress and we would love to hear your feedback/bug reports on this!
Balanced the distribution of powerups, especially in games with large numbers of players.
Improved the mobile players' bomb powerup.
Full support for Valve Index.
New audio and sound effects!
Bugs:

Space improvement. Game should now be noticeably smaller on hard drives.
Fixed many bugs related to VR player hands being stuck unable to draw or interact.
Fixed bugs causing non-dominant hand being able to draw in some situations.
Improved networking and synchronization of drawings and objects.
Improved CPU/GPU performance for VR in many phases of the game, especially related to lighting.
"And many more..."
Known issues:

The "back to menu" button during end-of-game sequence will sometimes cause you to get stuck in this scene. Requires quitting and re-opening. Fix forthcoming soon!
Index users are shown the Oculus controller guide instead of Index
Now that that's settled, let's make it potato rain.
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25 Nov 2021Developer post
Tomorrow is the day!
Hash It Out is leaving Early Access and going to FULL RELEASE on Thursday, November 25th (yes, that is the day of Large Bird 🦃 often paired with innocent potatoes). Please appreciate our new live-action trailer , and get ready to be bugged again once we commence the launching (a
15 Oct 2021Developer post
Price increase — get it now!
In anticipation of leaving Early Access, on October 22nd we will end our discounted Early Access price of $7.99 and go to our full price of $9.99. Buy now! This message has not been approved by the National Potato Council (est. 1948), because we are not even remotely affiliated w
28 Sep 2021Developer post
Update v 0.73.0
Polish galore! We're back for the first time in a while with an update. See what we've changed below, and as always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and find other players! Features added: Shape modification! Alongside uniform scaling, players can now scale sh
Polish galore! We're back for the first time in a while with an update. See what we've changed below, and as always, join our Discord server to keep up with development and find other players!
Features added:

Shape modification! Alongside uniform scaling, players can now scale shapes along specific axes.
New control scheme! Drawing is now controlled by trigger, and shapes can now be picked up with both grip AND trigger. (One exception: on Index, shapes can only be picked up with trigger.)
Beta support for Valve Index headset! You will no longer be drawing all over the place accidentally. Full Index support in progress -- we'd love to hear your feedback.
Room rearrangement! We Marie Kondo'd away the easel during menu scenes, and moved other furniture for better UX.
Better, smoother rendering of drawn lines
You can now draw on the canvas with the finger brush
New and improved potato models and animations
Anti-aliasing now active on VR
Revamped mobile round victory screens
Iterated on the projectile (onion bomb) mobile powerup
Drawing now has up to 6 different sizes to choose from
Bugs fixed:

Improvements to in-game push to talk, including more reliable support for Rift and Vive microphones
General improvements to collision detection and drawing in VR
Sound settings now scale better from 0 to 100
Artist hands and body now properly synced across the network
Tutorial wording and polish
Fixed bugs related to Artist winning/losing a round
Fixed inconsistent collisioning with the totem rollers
Projectile powerup does not destroy shapes on the bench
Known issues:

On SteamVR, in some cases you are able to draw with your non-dominant hand
On SteamVR, while in left-hand mode, if you hold down the movement stick/pad while air-drawing, the air-drawing functionality breaks intermittently
Index users are shown the Oculus controller guide instead of Index
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19 Aug 2021Developer post
National Potato Day 1-week discount!
The year 2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato by the United Nations. For 366 glorious days, the world basked in the starchy splendor of our kind. Things haven't been the same since. One day we will again receive the recognition we are due -- but until then, we h
28 Jun 2021Developer post
Update v 0.72.0
First off, to find fellow players and keep up with development, please join our Discord server ! And a quick feature preview -- we've got a webhook in the works that lets you to ping our Discord server with your Room Code, so you can invite players from the community -- all from
First off, to find fellow players and keep up with development, please join our Discord server!
And a quick feature preview -- we've got a webhook in the works that lets you to ping our Discord server with your Room Code, so you can invite players from the community -- all from within the game in VR.
Features added:

Categories! Rounds now have word categories. Custom user categories to come.
Experimental new mobile powerups! Make potatoes rain, and hurl a meteor to destroy the Artist's precious creations.
Emote stickers! Make your emotions visible on your fellow players' screens!
Trophies! see a running record of who won previous games in this session
Improved air-drawing -- now it appears as a nice-looking 3D line that's easy to see from all angles
VR player navigation: use the right thumbstick for 1/8 turns
VR player navigation: no more wandering outside the room!
Seated and standing VR modes now officially supported (in addition to room-scale)!
VR UX: Improved hand interactions for Oculus Quest users using SteamVR
VR UX: improved totem pole interactions
Mobile UX: the full word is now displayed after you guess it
Mobile UX: players' scoreboards show animations
Improved signposting: Round, Drawing, and special modifiers now displayed before every drawing (mobile)
Improved signposting and explanations for VR as well
Refined and animated emote display system
Hot & Salty Potato functionality revamp
Better-looking VR player hands
Spatialized sound for VR
Improved 2d art assets, including checkmarks
Improvements to Double Jeopardy rounds, including showing point subtractions and making wrong answers less punishing
Round modifier notifications last long enough to read
Bugs fixed:

Fixed some loading points causing stutter effect for SteamVR players
Players no longer get stuck in game when host disconnects
Added UI fixes for long usernames, and capped names to 18 characters
On a guess-limited round, other players' guesses no longer count against your own limit
Fixed game-state bug caused by countdown clock disparity
VR locomotion no longer causes unexpected teleportation at scene changes
Fixed bugs with potatoes changing each others' checkmarks, and various other bugs with checkmarks displaying
End-of-round canvas messages now display properly within drawing canvas
Mute Self button no longer causes a small lag in the headset view when turned ON
The Artist now has a body during the Main Menu
The Artist's movement speed fixed in Launcher scene
Flush particle effect fixed on remaining cameras
Fixed blank text in the last one or two remaining places (TMPro issue)
2D image of Sweet Potato is no longer outdated
"And many more..."
We love hearing from the community! If you have questions, comments, or feature requests, please send them our way!
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28 Mar 2021Developer post
Update notes for version 0.67
Features added: - All VR platforms now running through SteamVR (including Oculus). This prevents Oculus from launching in a broken state due to SteamVR interference, and cuts install size in half! - Navigation through trackpad/joystick now supported on all platforms (Oculus, Vive