May 17, 2019

A Hat in Time - Meow

An update to A Hat in Time is now available!

Modding

Modding Support re-enabled
Mods now load significantly faster and have their own dedicated shadercache
Mods can now ship with shadercache pre-built so the end-user doesn't have to generate them on first load
Modding Tools have been updated with Nyakuza Metro + Online Party features

Online Party

Death Wish support for Online Party
Mod level support for Online Party
Mod paint dyes are supported for Online Party if both players have the dye installed
Fixed being able to use emotes on the titlescreen
Fixed softlock in ending caused by Online Party join act prompt

General

Spanish localization for Nyakuza Metro + Online Party

Nyakuza Metro

Rumbi Factory: Fixed some models being very dark

May 15, 2019

Nyakuza Metro OST now available in B-Side Soundtrack!

A Hat in Time - Meow

An update to A Hat in Time is now available!

General

A Hat in Time - B-Side Soundtrack has been updated with Nyakuza Metro tracks
Chinese localization has been updated with Nyakuza Metro + Online Party support
Korean localization has been updated
Several memory improvements
Fixed a rendering thread crash
Fixed rare stickers sometimes not spawning
Fixed rare stickers in Mafia Town only being available in the daytime acts
Fixed main menu cutting off for ultra widescreen
Save files are now automatically backed up once per day
Added an option to disable the emote wheel
Fixed "Return Home" achievement not working

https://store.steampowered.com/app/693170/A_Hat_in_Time__BSide_Soundtrack/

Online Party

Battle of the Birds finale can now properly be played in Online Party
Fixed being able to spectate players that had already left the game
Players met in Ghost Party are now added to the recent players list (guest mode not included)

Nyakuza Metro

Spoiler: Fixed a bug where selecting Nyakuza Metro finale before having seen the finale cutscene would jump straight into the finale act, leaving the player clueless as to what had happened
Fixed Nyakuza Metro - All Clear! achievement not triggering if Rumbi Factory was completed as the last Nyakuza Metro act

Spaceship

Fixed softlock with Cooking Cat's tutorial and having auto-skip cutscenes on
Fixed a bug where loading a pre-DLC branch of the game caused certain relic stands containing new DLC relics to become unavailable

https://store.steampowered.com/app/940220/A_Hat_in_Time__Nyakuza_Metro__Online_Party/

May 13, 2019

Modder Superior: Trying on A Hat In Time mods for size

A Hat in Time - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)

This week, we’re breaking from delving through our back catalogues in favour of a recent game with a still-growing mod community. A Hat In Time is still one of the better 3D platformers on PC, only improved by two big chunks of DLC recently. Developers Gears For Breakfast have gone the extra mile on mod integration, with user-made worlds accessible from a special room in the level-selection hub, and rewarding the player with tokens for cosmetic unlocks. Mods here range from tiny cosmetic upgrades to hours-long expansions, sometimes in entirely new genres. Below, a hat-rack of picks to get you started.

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May 11, 2019

An update to A Hat in Time is now available!

A Hat in Time - Meow

General

Korean localization has been updated
Fixed a few typos in Nyakuza Metro and Online Party
Dancing Online Party players now properly animate in gifs
Fixed a bug with using the Camera Badge while the emote HUD was open, causing the game not to pause
Fixed the end-of-Time Rift reward giving Hat Kid rewards when playing as Bow Kid
Fixed Badge Seller music not stopping when purchasing an item and then exiting
Fixed shop descriptions sometimes not matching the item when using mouse & keyboard
Fixed being able to dance and carry items at the same time
The kids now stop dancing when weapons are swapped

Online Party

Fixed not being able to select The Illness Has Spread in Online Party
Players who did not participate in an act at all are no longer on the end-of-act scoreboard
Player avatars were temporarily disabled, but are now back
Based on community-feedback, guest parties have been increased from 4 slots to 6. Overall we heard a lot of reports of players feeling like they never met anyone using the guest feature, so we hope this will improve the chances of meeting a stranger. We may further adjust the guest party sizes moving forward.
Fixed Online Party players showing up in the game's ending, and while in tutorial scenes with Mustache Girl / Cooking Cat
Fixed being able to use emotes as Mustache Girl during the sequence before The Finale, causing her to T-pose
Added the option to mute other players' emote sounds in Game Settings
Fixed a soft-lock caused by pausing the game while the prompt to join an act was visible
Fixed Bow Kid not having the Online Party crown
Fixed being able to join acts for chapters the player didn't have unlocked
Fixed player list not displaying anything if no avatar can be loaded from remote
Fixed being able to interrupt talking players by hitting them

Nyakuza Metro

Fixed a Relic in a crate that would permanently disappear.
Fixed crows attacking respawning player in green station

Spaceship

Fixed a hole in the storage room that could result in players falling into the void

Mafia Town

Fixed the button in Mafia HQ not opening the gate if another Online Party player stepped on it
Fixed the Heating Up Mafia Town faucets spewing lava outside of the correct act
Removed invisible raccoons that would attempt to attack the player (but wouldn't actually hurt the player)

Alpine Skyline

Fixed Time Rifts being unavailable
Fixed the Free Roam titlecard being incorrect

The Arctic Cruise

Removed impossible-to-get relic in Arctic Cruise finale

Death Wish

Bird Sanctuary: Fixed exploding eggs sometimes counting a penalty despite no birds being harmed
Fixed a bug in the "Collect every Rift Pon" bonus objective for Rift Collapse, making it unclearable
Fixed some objectives done with Peace and Tranquility not counting on the main menu (however they would count correctly after having entered the game)

May 10, 2019

A Hat In Time goes online with cats in today's Nyakuza Metro DLC

A Hat in Time - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)

We all know that the internet was built to send cat pictures, which is exactly what A Hat In Time wants you to be doing in the Nyakuza Metro DLC, out today. While free for original Kickstarter backers, it’s the Mario-like platformer’s first fully paid DLC for the rest of us, but does a lot to justify that price tag. A large new free-roam city packed with cats, an online party mode (Steam only, sadly) for up to fifty players, an overhauled photo mode with stickers and some fan-made mods integrated. Below, forty minutes of online-mode streamed by devs Gears For Breakfast, and my thoughts after bumbling around it for a couple hours.

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Apr 25, 2019

A Hat In Time adds cat crimes and fifty-player online in its next DLC

A Hat in Time - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)

Good Mario-style 3D platformers aren’t too common on PC, so I’m happy to see A Hat In Time still expanding. Announced today, the Nyakuza Metro DLC lands on May 10th, and adds two big new things to Gears For Breakfast’s collectathon platformer. First is a whole new story zone, the titular Nyakuza Metro, a neon Tokyo-inspired railroad hub, infested with cat burglars and other felonious felines. The other half of the DLC is Online Party mode, a semi-competitive multiplayer mode for up to fifty players. It’s as messy as it sounds, as you can see in the trailer below.

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Apr 25, 2019

A Hat in Time's next DLC adds a neon-hued underground world and 50-player online

A Hat in Time

Developer Gears for Breakfast is expanding its delightful old-school platformer A Hat in Time once more. There's a brand-new paid-DLC update - featuring a new world, 50-players online, and more - coming to PC on May 10th.

The new DLC, which has the descriptive (if not particularly snappy) name of Nyakuza Metro + Online Party, is the second to release for A Hat in Time, following on from last year's Seal the Deal. The focus here, however, is on the titular Nyakuza Metro - a sprawling, neon-hued underground world where Hat Kid will join a gang and indulge in her darker side.

Nyakuza Metro will, says Gears for Breakfast, feature ten new Time Pieces to discover, and adds a variety of new features. There is, for instance, a new sticker system, with players able to expand their collection through exploration of the world. Stickers can be used to, among other things, liven up screenshots or deploy as emotes.

Mar 16, 2019

Important Curated Item Workshop News

A Hat in Time - ElegantSaria

We have important news regarding the Community-Made Curated Items! We are coming down to the end of the program, and want to make sure to let you all know to please get your submissions in as soon as possible to be considered for inclusion in DLC 2.

We know there's been many questions on selection and notification. After our final review period, any mod that is selected will be contacted by the Gears for Breakfast team in the upcoming weeks.

We are so pleased that we have been able to open this up to our community. Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far, whether you’ve entered your own submissions, or voted on your favorites. We are so excited to see what is to come from these final days!