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Full Open Hexagon update
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Hello everyone – the beta for Open Hexagon 2.0.5 is now publicly available!
What changed
- Compatibility
- Balance
- Gameplay
- UI and audio
- Server
- Workshop
Open Hexagon changes
This beta sets a milestone in Open Hexagon development, as it introduces a widely requested feature that brings new life into the game and its community: online leaderboards.
The system should be fully-functional, but bugs and issues are expected. This is your chance to contribute to the development of the game by settings some new high scores and reporting anything that goes wrong in the process, or suggest any improvement for the future!
Enjoy!
(For any question or feedback, please get in touch with me on our official Discord.)
Opting Into The Beta Branch
- You can switch to the beta branch of Open Hexagon directly through Steam. Right-click on"Open Hexagon", go to"Properties", then"Betas", and you will be able to opt-in.
- Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help make Open Hexagon a better game for the entire community. Please do not hesitate to report bugs, provide suggestions, or ask any question on our official Discord.
Major Changes
- Added online leaderboards to the game. See "Online Leaderboards" for more information.
- Added mouse support to the main menu and level selection screen. See "Menu Mouse Support" for more information.
- Game configuration does not depend on an external file anymore. See "Config Improvements" for more information.
- Greatly improved loading speed of assets (packs, levels, sounds, music, etc...) on game start-up.
Online Leaderboards
- Open Hexagon now communicates with a server that can receive and validate replays in order to keep track of the best times.
- The top scores for each level are displayed in the level selection screen.
- In order to view and submit scores to the server, Open Hexagon players must now register with a unique name and password.
- Only one online account per Steam ID can be registered.
- Registration and login is performed directly from the new "Online" in-game menu.
- Scores will only be sent to the server when all of the following apply:
---- The player is registered and logged in.
---- Official mode is enabled.
---- The server supports the level you want to play. For now, only official levels are supported. Curated workshop packs will be chosen and added to the list of supported levels in the future.
---- The player stays connected to the server for the full duration of the gameplay session. Replays recorded offline or losing connection during a playthrough will invalidate the score submission.
---- The level files are untempered with. Modifying Lua or JSON files related to a level will invalidate the score submission.
- After hitting a wall on a ranked level (i.e. supported by the server), the generated replay will be encrypted and sent to the server. The server will then execute the replay internally, verifying its correctness. If everything goes well, the final score will be added to the official leaderboards.
- Scores retrieved from the server are cached for 6 seconds to avoid excessive load.
- Timestamps in the online leaderboard are displayed in the UTC timezone.
- Despite the presence of multiple security mechanisms to prevent cheating, any "unusual" scores will be manually checked and -- in the presence of cheating evidence -- the submitting Steam ID will be *permanently* banned from Open Hexagon online services. No exceptions. No ban removals.
---- Any security vulnerability or cheating avenue discovered should be privately
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