HYPERBEAT news & patch notes

Patch 015

Alice here with Patch 015, just a couple small fixes today.

Changelog:

HYPERBEAT (23992444)

• Fixed an issue causing the tutorial to indefinitely loop

• Fixed an issue where timing indicators would appear inaccurate for directional sliders

CHART EDITOR (23992190)

• Added support for arbitrary grid outside of the presets

• Added additional tips to the help menu

• Fixed some minor rendering bugs

If you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hey Knights,

Some very exciting news, HYPERBEAT has teamed up with Funi Racoon Game for a special crossover bundle! To celebrate, we've added a small collection of Funi Raccoon Game-inspired cosmetics to HYPERBEAT, available now as part of the crossover.

The bundle includes:

• HYPERBEAT

• Funi Raccoon Game

• Exclusive Funi Raccoon Game cosmetics in HYPERBEAT

• 11% off when purchased as a bundle

If you've been eyeing either game, now's a great time to pick them both up and save a little cash in the process. A huge thank you to our friends at the Crayon Eating company for making this crossover happen. We love supporting fellow indie developers, and we're thrilled to share this bundle with all of you.

Check out the bundle on Steam, and check out the new update!

Hey Knights,

We've been hard at work on a major update, and we're excited to finally share it alongside our biggest sale yet for the Steam Summer Sale (tell your friends!)

The HYPERBEAT Chart Editor is now out, allowing you to create and edit charts in dedicated software that we made specifically for HYPERBEAT. No longer will you have to learn an entire DAW software suite! We hope that this makes the charting process faster and more accessible for our entire community. The editor will be available free to everyone who owns the game.

Download the new chart maker in your steam library, just make sure you have “Tools” enabled in your library. It is called the “HYPERBEAT Chart Editor”!

We've also added new post-credits conversations featuring the entire cast, giving players a chance to catch up with everyone after the events of the main game.

If you're interested in creating custom charts, sharing feedback, or getting involved with the Workshop community, we'd love to have you in our Discord. We'll be sharing resources, answering questions, and helping new creators get started.

This is the first release of the editor, and while we're proud of what we've built, we're sure there will be ways to improve it once it's in players' hands. We'll be listening closely to community feedback and continuing to refine the tool based on what creators need. Find the link to the documentation here on Steam.

We can't wait to see what you make!

Patch Notes - Patch 014 - (23917282)

Features

• Added 30 new post-game conversations with the cast members

• Added a volume setting for the time-stretch effect in practice mode

• Added controller sensitivity and deadzone options

• Added a new accessibility setting to simplify or remove background elements

• Added support for custom chart difficulties as high as XXX (30)

• Added 3 new "Star Sword" cosmetic rewards

• Added 3 new "Funi Raccoon Game" crossover cosmetic items

Changes

• Improved consistency of slider hitboxes

• Adjusted scoring of sliders to be more lenient

  • Sliders now award 100(+2) when started, and 100(+2) when finished

  • Failing a slider part-way through will award between 0 and 99 points based on the amount completed

Hotfix 013 (22515848)

Alice here, got a quick Hotfix 013 for ya, nothing fancy!

Changelog:

• Fixed an issue where some scores were not being uploaded to leaderboards when switching between difficulties

• Decreased performance cost of logging in multiplayer

• Fixed album title’s for A Side tracks in the Jukebox

• Fixed an issue where custom charts generated in FL Studio do not load properly

• Added placeholder velocity aliases for custom charts generated in FL Studio

  • the aliases are simply the note velocities as a multiple of ten, so 10, 30, 50, 60, 70, and 90

If you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hey Knights,

Chance from the HYPERBEAT team here with a very exciting announcement - if you haven’t already seen, the Multiplayer Update was revealed and released during the “Computer Worlds” showcase with NoClip2 @ 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific.

If you’re a new player, to access multiplayer, you must have the “Drip” and “Gemini” achievements and then the option will appear in the pause screen.

Here’s the highlights of what that means:

• Multiplayer Functionality: HYPERBEAT now supports private and public play, with up to 250 concurrent players able to see eachother in the hub and in game.

• Lobby Leaderboards: Per session leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers.

• Five new songs: Mapped B-side tracks extend the playable chart count to 75, bringing the total gameplay songs to 25. These are available at the Green Aspect post credits. This also means there is now 125 total gems!

• New Cosmetics: New items have been added to the pink, silver, and gold tracks to unlock with a variety of new colors for underused shaders and patterns.

• Jukebox: New stereo in the Garden to select the music in the Wellspring hub. Make a playlist, or cycle your favorite songs to match your vibe.

• Emotes: Express yourself with a new emote menu and style options to change your default pose. Press the top face button on a controller or “E” on the keyboard to open the menu!

All fifteen new charts were mapped by the incredibly talented @ndrea_meda, rhythm game specialist and HB chart legend. Huge thank you to Andre for their hard work and dedication to bringing these songs to life, this update would not be possible without them!

There’s more on the horizon with HYPERBEAT, with our next major update focused on QoL improvements for charting. Join our Discord to stay in the know or to find others to hang out with in the Wellspring!

See you soon,

Patch Notes

Features

• Added Multiplayer functionality

  • The Multiplayer menu can be accessed through the wellspring pause screen after getting the Drip and Gemini achievements

• Added Local Leaderboards when connected to other Knights

  • Local Leaderboards are ephemeral, and scores will only remain as long as you are connected to other knights

  • Local Leaderboards can be found in the Track Select menu, Pause menu, and in the End Screen

• Added the Emote and Style menu

• Added the Stereo to the Garden

  • Songs from the game can be played, or queued up in a playlist

  • The "Fallback Mode" can be changed to adjust how tracks are selected when no song is currently being played over the Stereo

• Added the Green Aspect

  • The Green Aspect can be accessed after rolling the credits scene

  • 5 new songs with 15 new charts

  • 25 green gems to collects as well as 75 stars

Changes

• Additional cosmetics added to each currency reward track

• Added a "Review" button to the rewards screen, to allow returning to the score screen

• Added player trails, which can be adjusted in the settings menu

• Added additional keybindings to support left-handed configurations on keyboard

  • Comma/Period

  • Numpad 1/ Numpad 2

• Practice mode time controls have been moved from arrow keys to i/j/k/l

• Changes made to the spawn timing of some core character conversations

• The interface settings group has been moved from Video to Gameplay

• Updated missed note visuals to be less distracting

Hey there!

Chance here from the HYPERBEAT team with an update about what Alice and I have been up to. After some much needed vacation, and some fun prototyping a new project (which we’re very excited about) - we’ve been hard at work on a new update. Here’s a preview of what that’s going to look like:

• Five new gameplay tracks from the B-sides to fill out the after credits book in the game, with 15 new charts.

• Lobby based multiplayer in the Wellspring with a new “style” customization option and the addition of emotes.

• Lobby based leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers.

We’re also going to be opening beta-testing for multiplayer soon, so if you’re interested, please join our discord to stay in the loop, we’d love to hangout and play some charts together while stress testing the feature!

There’s lots on the horizon for HYPERBEAT in 2026 - with a future update focused on a user-friendly map editor and more leaderboard options. Thank you to everyone again for your time and interest in the game, we’re looking forward to working hard to deliver more HYPERBEAT, and we’re so excited to share with you everything we’ve been working on.

Thank you again, Chance and Alice ♥

Hey all,

Some very exciting news to pass along, HYPERBEAT was awarded the “Indie Vanguard” award at the 2025 Indie Game Awards.The ceremony begins at 3:30 PM PST - you can check out the broadcast here if you’d like to see it for yourself.

The DREAMWARE team is incredibly honored that HYPERBEAT was even considered for the award and overwhelmed that we were selected. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone playing the game, and to the IGA for this recognition.

We’re more motivated than ever to keep building what’s next, we can’t wait to share it with you all. Please check out the other great titles in the Vanguard Class. There are so many good indie games out there!

PS - The game is on the Steam Winter Sale, at 20% off! Tell your friends! And make sure to check out the new Winter event below, and join our Discord!

See you next year,

The DREAMWARE team

Hotfix 011

It is I, Alice, once again swooping in with Hotfix 011. This is to fix a bug that prevents some major story content from spawning.

Changelog:

• Fixed an issue that caused the final conversation to block all conversations from spawning, including itself.

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hotfix 010

Alice here with Hotfix 010, fixing a parsing issue with BPM changes.

Changelog:

• Fixed and issue causing notes to be improperly parsed along BPM Change edges

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hey all, Chance here from DREAMWARE wishing you all a very happy holidays. After some much needed vacation, Alice and I have been hard at work on the Winter update for HYPERBEAT, and are excited to share with you all what we’re been working on. This new seasonal event includes:

• A story line to organize a New Years party in the Wellspring.

• A new currency for time played (any chart type) and a shopkeeper.

• New cross-cast conversations added.

• Over 40 new cosmetic items to collect.

• Two new background songs.

• Multiple new decorative item available for Custom Charts.

There’s more to explore, but that’s the highlights, and we’ll put the full changelog below. If you would like to talk about the new update, learn how to chart, or just come hang, please come join us on our Discord.

Wishing you all a happy New Years!

Changelog (21217196):

New Years

• Added the Winter Seasonal Event, which will run from December 15th to January 1st

• Added the New Years Party Quest

• Added the Winter Shop run by the mysterious stranger

• Added 39 Winter cosmetics that can be purchased with Winter Coins

  • Winter Coins are awarded simply for playing the game! Any time spent in a dream, be it from the main game or workshop charts, will be counted towards your coins and awarded the next time you arrive at a recompense screen.

• Added some festive decorations to the Wellspring

Gameplay

• Added a new setting: "Mouse Clamping"

• Added improved background decoration for the song WHSPR

Story

• Typo and style fixes throughout the entire story

• Several new Cross-cast conversations added

• Altered some random knight dialogue for brevity

• Changed the spawning requirements of some idle knights

• Changed the locations of some knights idle locations

• Added new idle locations for Sakamoto the Crow

Bugs

• Various minor performance improvements

• Fixed a typo in the settings menu

Mods

• Mod Creator has been updated to build 21217472

• Custom Charts now support BPM changes

• Added several new background elements that can be used in modded charts

  • Added rotated postions for the "Trunk" tunnel element

  • Added the "Trunk Twist" tunnel element

  • Added the "Trunk Cap" ornaments

  • Added the animated "Pendulum" ornaments

Hello everyone! The Steam Awards are here! Join us and the rest of the community in voting HYPERBEAT for Outstanding Visual Style in the 2025 Steam Awards.

We hope you have been enjoyed our Halloween update. For a few days earlier this week, we reached a threshold of Overwhelmingly Positive recent reviews. We are so touched that you all are enjoying the game so much and leaving us such wonderful reviews. Please know that we read each and every single one.

There is some exciting news around the corner as we approach the end of the year, but we will save that announcement for a later date!

Stay tuned, and until then, join our Discord!

Hotfix 008

Hi Hi, Alice again.

A real quick Hotfix 008 going up today that fixes a save related bug reported on our discord server.

Changelog:

• Fixed a bug that could rarely cause some save files to fail to load when specific cosmetics were equipped.

If you would like to give us any feedback or report any bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Patch 007

Hey folks, Alice coming back at ya after a nice little vacation.

Now that we're back in the office, I'm getting out Patch 007. This is has a whole heap of bugfixes and tweaks across the game, and get's the game ready for the nearing end of the Halloween Event.

Changelog:

Audio

• Audio will no longer be paused when the game window loses focus

  • An option called “Pause Audio in Background” has been added to optionally restore the old behavior

• Many UI elements across the game now properly have added or improved interaction sound effects

Cosmetics

• Equipped cosmetics now match the breathing of the character more accurately

Bugs

• The Halloween Event changes to the wellspring will now properly disappear if the current calendar day is not between October 31st and November 14th

• Fixed an issue which would occasionally cause the music to cut out on high note-count custom charts

• Fixed the mysterious strangers mask being improperly awarded for meeting TWO

• The player will now move at the proper speed when the practice tempo multiplier is above 1.0

• Fixed an animation bug when sitting on the dock with a shield equipped

• Fixed an issue which could occasionally cause the player to “fall over” during the opening sequence

• Fixed controller navigation on the audio settings page

• “Quick Restart” will no longer resumes the game behind the pause screen

• Unnamed characters now have an appropriate chat window background texture

• “The Crow” Sakamoto now properly matches the color of the player

• Fixed a conversation with FOUR spawning at incorrect times

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hotfix 006

Heya! It's Alice once again.

We're putting out a quick Hotfix 006, which primarily fixes a bug with the Halloween event that prevents certain Halloween items from being considered "festive" for the quest.

Changelog:

• Fixed certain Halloween cosmetics not being properly treated as "Festive"

• Fixed a discolored border on one Halloween cosmetic

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Halloween is here!

There’s no better way to get into the spirit than dressing up for the occasion. Starting on October 31 and running until November 14, visit a corner of the garden in the Wellspring to meet a mysterious character giving away costumes.

They’ll give you a quest that will earn you your first costume piece. Keep playing charts of any kind (custom or story) with a costume item equipped and earn a chance for them to appear again. There’s a slew of scary themed hats, colors, and weapons to collect while Trick-or-Treating! If you’d like to get even more in the spirit - check out the “custom” colors options in the new settings menu to change your game’s palette match your outfit.

Changelog:

Halloween

• Added the Halloween Quest, which will run from October 31st to November 14th

• Added 19 new Spooky cosmetics that can be unlocked by talking to the mysterious stranger

• A small corner of the Garden has been updated to fit the festive season!

Story

• Decreased the Gem requirement in order to complete the stories of Blu, Yellow, and Red, from 21 to 20

• Altered spawning of Blu dialogue to improve story continuity

• Cast members can now occasionally appear in the Wellspring, even when they don't have anything to say

Bugs

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally break the camera while visiting the Phonebooth

• Fixed an issue causing some hold notes to be counted as missed after they had already been completed

• Fixed an issue preventing the player from moving for the first few seconds of a chart

• Added missing practice sections to the songs XXV, RISE, and RUNNER

Mods

• Mod Creator has been updated to build 20617500

• The "Open in Game" button will now automatically save any unsaved changes

• Several new options have been added for Frame Shapes

• Fixed an issue preventing mods whose path contained spaces from being opened in-game

If you would like to talk about the new update or give us any feedback, please come join us on our Discord! We hope you all have a very happy Halloween!

HYPERBEAT Passes 20,000 wishlists

We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone enjoying the game and sharing it. We’ve been overwhelmed with the positive support and feedback. Alice and I felt at times during this journey the game would never make it off our hard drives, but we’re so glad that it finally did.

We have lots in store for the game with content updates - with the first (small one) being right around the corner. After that, we’ll be following up with more narrative content that didn’t make the initial release and continuing our commitment to streamlining custom maps. We’d like to show where the game’s headed in a roadmap once we’ve had a holiday to recover.

Community Update

If you haven’t checked it out yet, our Discord is growing (join here!), and a community is starting to form. Check out some incredible fanart below and stop by and say hi if you have the time! It’s the best place to learn how to make your own maps, or share your fits along the way. Live tweeting your play through in the Wellspring chat is encouraged.

With the improvements and stabilization of the mapmaking process, we also wanted to take a moment to appreciate those in the community that are working on and uploading custom charts.

You will hear from us again soon!

Thank you to our artists!

Credit: NeonWillowLeaf - Twitter

Credit: Yinky Baginky - Bluesky

Credit: NeonWillowLeaf - Twitter

Credit: NeonWillowLeaf - Twitter

The soundtrack, produced by Dreamware's very own Chancellor John Wallin, is available now on Steam!

And thanks to our friends at Lost in Cult records, it is also available on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube Music, Tidal, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms!

Please know that all soundtrack sales go to supporting the future of our 3-person studio to continue developing HYPERBEAT and future projects.

As a special thank you, the Steam soundtrack purchase comes with a few exclusive album themed cosmetics:

• Iridescent Skin

• Headphones (Head Item)

• Jewel Case (Weapon)

Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support, and helpful feedback. We have more on the horizon that we can't wait to share soon!

Patch 004

Hello Knights, Alice here!

Tonight we're putting out Patch 004, which carries with it some new UI features, cosmetics, and a heap of bug fixes! Let's take a look at what's changed.

Changelog:

Full Clear Medallions

• Tracks will now show emblems for full-clears in Track Select

• A full-clear medallion will now be displayed next to scores in difficulty selection

Cosmetics

• A trinket for the Godot game engine has been added

• A Diamond Skin has been added as a reward for collecting all 100 gems

Settings

• The settings menu has gotten a bit of an overhaul to improve navigation and clutter, which will support future expansion as new settings are added

• Added an audio slider for gameplay specific SFX

• Added axis inversion for gamepad joysticks

• Increased maximum cursor sensitivity from 3 to 5

• Increased maximum frame limit from 144hz to 360hz

• Removed "Touchscreen" input device until support is fully realized

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug which was preventing some players from receiving rewards for finishing Purple's story even after finishing the game (If this occurred, Purple's understanding rewards should be awarded upon loading the save file)

• Fixed a bug preventing modded tracks from properly displaying their frame shapes

• The mouse cursor should now be confined to the gameplay window at all times

• Fixed a bug causing the character to slightly slide during conversations, breaking some cutscenes

• Fixed a rounding error in the calculation of Overtime

• The Guidebook will now properly present examples of Rating Indicators

• Fixed a bug causing improper stretching of Twister decorations

Hotfix 003

Alice here once again!

Hotfix 003 is out now, which fixes one last achievement, and fixes some issues with modded chart support.

Changelog:

• The achievements "Rest" is now obtainable. (This achievement will immediately be granted upon loading a save file which meets the requirements.)

• Modded content should be looser on file restrictions, and increased logging has been added to troubleshoot potential issues.

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hotfix 002

Hello everyone, Alice again!

We're putting out Hotfix 002, which primarily fixes a few achievements which were not working properly.

Changelog:

• The achievements "Operator" and "Track Select" are now obtainable. (These achievements will immediately be granted upon loading a save file which meets the requirements.)

• The achievements "Sine Wave", "Saw Wave", "Square Wave", and "NOISE" are now obtainable (Unfortunately, any progress toward these achievements was not tracked before this patch.)

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

Hotfix 001

Hello everyone, Alice here! Thank you all for playing HYPERBEAT!

We just put out Hotfix 001, which primarily fixes fixes a crash encountered by some users when loading into the Wellspring. Thank you everyone who reported the issue!

Changelog:

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading into the Wellspring

• Fixed a misplaced note in REQUIEM

If you would like to give us any feedback or report in the bugs, please come join us on our Discord! Thank you all for your support!

HYPERBEAT Releases October 22nd!

At last! HYPERBEAT is releasing in 7 days! We are looking forward to everyone being able to experience the game! If you haven't already, make sure to wishlist the game here on Steam, and join our Discord!

You can find a launch announcement video on our social medias, on Twitter or Bluesky.

We want to thank you once again for your continued support, and for following the game. We hope you enjoy playing it!

HYPERBEAT Releases This Fall

It has been a while! At last, we have some exciting news to share with you all — HYPERBEAT will be releasing this fall! It’s been a long journey since we started making this game, but we are almost ready to share with you the world that we have created.

If you didn’t catch it already, our Steam store page has been updated within the last week or so, featuring new visuals and info on new features that we’ve been developing! Our team has been hard at work polishing the game and prepping for final release. More news on the release date will be coming soon as we grapple with what is left, so stay tuned!

We have also opened up a Discord server! Come join us here!

In Seattle this August, you may have seen us at some events during PAX weekend — SLICE, MIX, and SIX. For any of you that stopped by our booth then, or during the Open Sauce convention in July in San Francisco, we hope that you enjoyed playing the game! The reception to the game could not have been warmer. If you want to support the game, you can check out shop.dreamware.dev.

We sincerely hope that you all share our excitement for exploring the world of HYPERBEAT.

Stay tuned to our socials as we approach release!

Engage with the community

• Discord

• Twitter

• Bluesky

Eternity awaits!