SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE news & patch notes

Controller improvements specifically for Mac:

• fixed tooltips for Switch Pro controller;
• improved controller support for MacOS, including support for Steam and Switch Pro controllers and improved support for Xbox One controller

Note: to enable support for specific controllers you’ll need to select relevant options in Steam settings; do mind, however, that enabling Xbox support together with options for other controllers may lead to unexpected side effects. Note 2: Steam Controller improvements require Steam to access "Accessibility" in "Security & Privacy". Steam will ask for permission only during the first launch (unless you have already enabled it in the past), otherwise you’ll have to set it up yourself in the settings: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/9ca2df1d46b037fc70029e27046e6c8f0184f563.png Have a nice day! SUPERHOT team

Hi! Some small updates for you: • Steam Deck compatibility • unified save names for PC - MAC/Linux • bug fixes (including Infinite lvl 90 lock) Have a mighty fine week, SUPERHOT Team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/fb6b37c8c6fcafc98015fdd35640074d1f635f65.gif SUPERHOT was released half a decade ago. That’s a hell of a lot of time. Here are 5 years' worth of memories stitched together in a lovely little video. Enjoy. Since the release of SUPERHOT a lot has happened. We have grown from a tiny indie team into a fully fledged game studio. We expanded the SUPERHOT franchise with new titles, helped publish other games, got a bunch of office doggos, switched to full remote and a whole lot more. 5 years is a great time as any to take a look back at what happened. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we? :) SUPERHOT prototype SUPERHOT came to be during a 7day fps game jam. A bunch of people got together to make a shooter game in a week. This was way back in 2013 (!). We were far less experienced but compensated with blissful ignorance and enthusiasm. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/35d0c28f81a828ef0b895ea4f5ae4917ff8cfbeb.png One week old baby SUPERHOT After we released the SUPERHOT prototype it made waves in the gaming community. It exploded on youtube. Was trending hard on Reddit. We broke Steam greenlight records within days. That was a crazy moment and running a Kickstarter campaign was the only logical solution from that point. You can still play the prototype that started it all right here. Around 50k people a month are still playing the prototype on our website which is absurdly cool. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/ccf1c060c89205efe8a715b4024d2099854cce55.png SUPERHOT around the time we completed our Kickstarter campaign We came back to development and worked on SUPERHOT for a solid 8 extra months. During that time we've fixed a lot of the problems with the original version of the game, iterated heavily on the art style, and experimented with fun, new scenarios for the levels. By the time we began the Kickstarter campaign, SUPERHOT already had solid support from the gaming community. This helped tremendously with the campaign. Not only with funding but also with spreading the word. We’ve asked for 100k and we’ve ended up with twice as much. Shit got real, really fast. Thanks to enormous support from Kickstarter backers we managed to jump into the full development process. SUPERHOT Beta gameplay trailer On August 1st, 2015 we've released our beta. 20 levels, first glimpses into the story, endless mode and improved graphics. We don't miss the shotgun though, although we still get emails asking to bring that ugly thing back. Fast forward to Feb 25th, 2016 SUPERHOT comes out! https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1751308077430457978/C34A1848B72240AEA3EF1635B7BD4F522FFA5C06/ Here is our glorious office and bombastic party from the day of release. We took our sweet time making SUPERHOT. What started out as a small passion project ended up becoming a 2.5 year adventure. SUPERHOT has far outgrown our wildest expectations. We also never abandoned SUPERHOT. We love the game and do our best to keep it alive and up to date to this day. Since that launch, we’ve patched the game 41 times on Steam alone. We’ve ported it to pretty much every platform and made it available on every store too. SUPERHOT VR https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1751308077428885190/BE522A8511A062CE29489AE020BD820A1744C603/ Immersion level 1000 Not many people remember that literally months after the release of SUPERHOT we finished the development of SUPERHOT VR. We managed to take a short break and we jumped straight back into development. That was crazy times. We had literally no idea what we were doing and VR was this weird unknown world with few rules or guidelines. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1751308203936860232/925EB2F705BBA1E1329DD76B17DCF3C387E9F2E9/ SUPERHOT VR dev at work We experimented hard with VR and made some (in hindsight) bold design decisions that luckily worked out well. Development was a bit of a whirlwind (to say the least) but we managed to make something we were happy with. Somehow we managed to release SUPERHOT VR just months shy of SUPERHOT launch. Honestly, we didn’t put much faith into it. We were surprised by the reception it got. We ported SUPERHOT VR to every possible VR platform. To this day it is one of top selling platforms on any VR headset. MCD RELEASE {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/665a5a5b3d5d8a4f2b1be6986d8bac46fb4db8c2.jpg A few months ago, during a global pandemic, with the whole office working from homes in their pyjamas, we released our third game; SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. Boy that was a ride. Originally we’ve planned to give something back to the gaming community. We aimed for a free level pack for SUPERHOT owners. Nothing big really. Few levels with some fancy game mechanic for added variety. Life happened and three years later we ended up with a game bigger than the original SUPERHOT. How that happened is a story for a different post. What matters though is that the only idea we didn’t change was the intention to give the game away for free to everyone that bought SUPERHOT before the MCD release date. Who would have thought that giving away a game for free, to around 2 million players, on different platforms might cause any problems :) In the end, everything went great. The community loved the game as well as the soundtrack. Oh right there even is a soundtrack done by the great Dj Zardonic. SUPERHOT guest starring in other games Surprisingly SUPERHOT became a popular homage topic in the gamedev community. You can find quite a number of titles where SUPERHOT is being featured in one form or another.It's an honour and privilege (really) to see how SUPERHOT and the “time only moves when you do” game mechanic has inspired other creative souls. There have been SUPERHOT homages in video games, in art and in videos. They’re all amazing and we always get a huge kick out of seeing these. For example, There Is No Game, What The Golf, Clustertruck, Cooking Sim, Book of Demons, or SUPER IS HOT plus many many more. Go check em’ out. Our never ending thanks to the talented folk who put these together. SUPERHOT PRESENTS As a company, SUPERHOT has always been fiercely independent and in complete creative control. We came up and stayed properly indie – with no publishers or investors to answer to, nobody is holding us back from doing weird and crazy things (like giving away MCD). We were lucky to build SUPERHOT at a time when support from our amazing Kickstarter community, the support we got from within the gamedev industry, and our own foolhardy nature were enough to build a healthy studio with nobody but ourselves calling all the shots. Another of those weird and crazy things in SUPERHOT PRESENTS. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/e053733c368e413e8c1fa7155dbff553ccb6eea9.png We set out on a mission to find cool, fun, unusual games that might need some help (funding) and support (still funding but also unsolicited advice and mentoring). Our little way to give something back to gamedev community. This mission has been a super success and a few courageous teams decided to join our gang. Without further ado, we proudly present Frog Detective, Knuckle Sandwich, The Procession to Calvary and Teenage Blob! Soon we will be able to announce another cool game. Stay tuned. SUPERHOT changed our lives. No really, it did. A small indie game opened a world to us. Suddenly we were accepting awards overseas, big companies wanted to help with porting our games. During those 5 years, time moved when we moved. It moved very fast and we experienced a lot of marvelous moments along with some hiccups. Fortunately, we got blessed by a community full of beautiful people that carried us through everything. Thank you for the 5 years and here’s to 105 more! SUPERHOT Team

Hey there, We've added Twitch chat integration to MIND CONTROL DELETE! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/c75f4c282cc1cf4d170d6513610766ae336c3b95.gif This is small yet beefy patch that will give those watching MCD on Twitch the option to take part in the gameplay. When a streamer has enabled the chat integration, all the shops in the game (standard runs, infinite mode, endless levels) will turn into Twitch chat-based shops. Control over which hack the player receives is now given to the viewers using the new chat voting system. How does the voting work? SUPER easy! During the "hack choosing stage", viewers have two commands to choose from, type in the chat:

• !super - to vote for the first option in the poll (on the left)
• !hot - to vote for the second option in the poll (on the right)

After 20 seconds the higher number of votes will decide the next hack for the streamer! Streamers, to enable the integration, from the main Setting menu select Streaming, then authorize with your Twitch account, enter your Channel name then hit Connect. Easy. Simple and fun! :) Mac and Linux builds won't get Twitch integration right now but it's on the way, likely early next year-ish. That's it! Have fun. SUPERHOT Team

Hello there friends! What a wild year 2020 was. Daaaamn. It should come as no shock that life at SUPERHOT got flipped upside down in 2020. It all went from 0 to 100 within days. The team switched to full remote mode. We stole all the toilet paper from the office and continued to work from our homes. As much as it was a disruptive year, we think we managed to actually accomplish loads and wanted to tell you all about it. Let’s get to it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28859394/206cda384492f6d6695bc7999c58d5499e22daf0.gif Wash your hands!

SUPERHOT VR Boxing Update

Instead of starting this recap at the start of the year (boring), let’s begin with the latest and greatest news dropping today. We’re launching a free, all-new, holiday-themed game-mode for SUPERHOT VR. It’s live right now. A little gift from us to you. We’re calling it the Boxing Day update. It delivers a brand new endless level, a new scoring system, and a suitably festive soundtrack. The Boxing Day update also features an exclusive leaderboard to show off your holiday survival skills. Get points for punching, dodging, headshots, style shots, and much more - and see how you stack up against your friends and enemies! To gain access to the Boxing Day update, those who finished SUPERHOT VR will have to load the Endless floppy disk in the Hacker Room and select the Christmas Tree. We’re also dropping a massive patch today with loads of fixes, improvements and optimizations. We do like to keep all our games loved and cared for. Highlights include a new in-game menu allowing easy access to the following during gameplay:

Switching between multiple save profiles

Guest Mode

Switching between pyramid flow and the more fluid pyramidless game flow

Auto-playspace rotation (transitions will rotate your playspace so the gameplay is always in front of you - not recommended for wired headsets)

Brightness options

Two different control schemes on the HTC Vive wand controllers

Exiting out of game modes like Endless mode & Guest mode Bug Fixes and Improvements:

• Improved game flow when starting from a saved game
• More stability improvements
• Multiple graphics improvements
• Fixed bugs in enemy AI behavior
• Fixed bugs and improved clarity on VFX animations
• Many, many performance improvements

SUPERHOT VR on Oculus Quest 2

Way back In October we shipped a big update for SUPERHOT VR on Quest. We made a cool trailer. We fixed bugs, improved many things, and added support for super-smooth 90Hz. The game is now sharper looking and plays better than ever before.

SUPERHOT VR Turns 4!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28859394/6ca361df517124d36bad05105d283048291efbc9.gif SUPERHOT VR has just turned 4 years old! Like all sensible people, we shot some cool drone footage to celebrate. And SUPERHOT had its 4th birthday in February. They grow up so fast! 2020 did give us SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE though, the newest (and biggest!) member of the SUPERHOT family.

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE Release

Way back in July MIND CONTROL DELETE was released to the world. This was a huge milestone for the team but bittersweet as we had to celebrate on Zoom which sucked. After 3 years of development, over 2 million SUPERHOT owners received MCD completely for free. We managed to release MCD while in full home office mode. That was a stressful yet amazingly fulfilling experience. Looking at the sheer volume of fanart and memes, fans seemed to love it.

SUPERHOT PRESENTS Games!

Waaaaay back in April we helped launch The Procession to Calvary, followed by Teenage Blob, both being titles that received funding from our lovely SUPERHOT PRESENTS initiative. We also gave a bunch of money to some other exciting indie titles this year. We can’t talk about them just yet. They’re cool though. We never had a publisher and are fiercely indie so it’s nice to pay it back when we can. We might have done cool things in January, February, or even March but that feels like a lifetime ago, so we can’t be sure. From a boring business point of view, 2020 was fantastic, the best year yet. Our games sold more copies than ever before. We’re honestly amazed at the never-ending love and support from our ever-growing community. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28859394/8c716c822e6a75bbeba777262930d455a49f1089.gif Thank you for being a continuously awesome community. Please come say hi on Discord anytime. You supported us and gave us the strength to push through 2020. Everyone at SUPERHOT sincerely wishes you a most excellent and triumphant 2021 ❤️. Happy Holidays SUPERHOT Team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/12059497/5926e9593ea990ef565065438a712acf92eb69ce.gif SPREAD THE SYSTEM ...but have you seen it all? Complete your collection with Midweek Madness SUPERHOT Sale, lasting only until October 23rd!

SUPERHOT is 50% off!

Enter the System for the first time and wreak calculated havoc upon your enemies in the most innovative shooter you will have played in years - you know, the one in which time moves only when you do. https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/

SUPERHOT VR is 40% off!

Immerse in VR fully, with your body and mind in the critically acclaimed, genre-defining, fan-favorite VR puzzle shooter - and get a good workout out of it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/617830/SUPERHOT_VR/

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE is 40% off!

Test your dexterity and will in the latest instalment in the SUPERHOT franchise. Pick your own style of mowing through Red Dudes with one of the gameplay-defining skills, sprinkle it with a set of HACKS, and obliterate everything the System throws against you. It will be a challenge - of the most fulfilling kind. https://store.steampowered.com/app/690040/SUPERHOT_MIND_CONTROL_DELETE/ We thought you might appreciate the heads up. Cheers, SUPERHOT Team

Hey There If you had a problem with blocked node 7C after this patch it will be unlocked so you can continue your great adventure with MCD :) Smaller fixes:

• Fixed Asian fonts not displaying in credits
• Fixed recall tooltip during tutorial
• Removed CORE names from hackpool
• Fixed text trigger in TheBank level

Stay safe and have fun! SUPERHOT Team

Hey There We have gathered your feedback since launch. With this patch, we got rid of most annoying bugs. Details in changelist. Hopefully, everything will run smoothly from now on. Changelist:

• Fixed blackscreen during replays
• Updated end credits
• Fixed blocked path on node 7C (If you finished this node but still get blocked, please send us an email [email protected])
• Fixed game not deleting old saves
• Launcher error fixed as well

That's it! Have fun. SUPERHOT Team

Today’s the day! 2020 is a crazy year to live, let alone release a game. The past few months have been tough for everyone but there are always brighter moments amongst even the darkest ones. Fortunately, hopefully, this is one of those brighter days. After over 3 years of development we’ve finally reached the finish line. Reaching this milestone wouldn’t be possible without you all. Maybe we are repeating ourselves but that's a simple truth. You pushed us forward and carried us here. You encouraged and gave insights during this marathon of a development. Here we are then, Ladies and Gents! SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE has been released!

What comes with this update

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE began as a tiny project, meant as free DLC for owners of SUPERHOT – a love letter to the fans who both supported us and craved even more SUPERHOT gameplay. During the development of MCD we’ added, we tweaked, we explored and redesigned many things from scratch. We’ve never compromised on quality so our tiny little DLC grew into the full, standalone game that is SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. The game has changed. A lot of time has passed between the last MIND CONTROL DELETE update and the final release version. We have tweaked, improved and removed tons from the game. There is no point to go into detail (there’s just too much to talk about) but if you need to know MORE there is a lengthy changelog at the end of this post. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/421520cfd267891f7705b28b925cd69bd576847d.jpg Amongst general tweaks and improvements, you might have noticed that you now have an option to pause the game. This might not sound like much but just wait and reach final stages of the game. You will be more than happy to have this option ;) Without getting into spoilers, we’ve also changed some of the more hmmm “hidden” parts of gameplay. There is slightly tweaked access to them so that even the hardiest of MCD veteran players will have a fresh challenge. A lot of love has been shown to replays. They run smoother than ever. You can share them without a hassle on socials. There is even a special secret photo mode but it’s a secret so let’s not spoil the fun. Along the way, we've also added achievements to fulfil your progress hunting needs. Visually speaking the game went through an overhaul. Our Art Director went to town and relit the levels, improved shaders and rebaked every single lightmap. The game looks and performs better than ever. Check out the changelog at the end of this post for further details. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/4d86393da272b2e39d8496321379a514d157d127.jpg

SUPERHOT/MCD Bundle Sale

If for some unfortunate reason you missed the boat and didn’t get MCD for free, we've prepared deep discounted bundles for y'all. Sales will run until July 23rd. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/769490912701363627/67671306464A3A90878AF840E520337AB9FDE8B5/

Wreak havoc and look good while at it

In celebration of the release, we have also prepared a chance to showcase your skills and win some serious MCD swag. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/9d436e2357b6ca5709bb41fe776b54e2383497d2.jpg The rules are simple: record your absolute best while playing MCD, then post your in-game recorded replay on Twitter with #MINDCONTROLDELETE #MCDCOMPETITION and @SUPERHOTTHEGAME. 10 most mind-blowing gameplays win. Good luck. We look forward to reviewing your attempts to wreak havoc and look good while doing it. Competition will be announced on our Twitter. Stay tuned.

MCD AMA

After more than 3 years of waiting for the launch of MCD you probably have a ton of questions for us. Next week we will run an AMA via r/IAmA/ on Reddit with our game directors, art director and lead engineer. You will have the chance to ask all those uncomfortable personal questions you always wanted to ask. See how the sausage is made. Get a definitive answer on when MCD is gonna be ported for smart fridges or simply say hi. This will be the time for all that and more. We will give you an exact time and date of AMA once we confirm everything. See you soon. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/a031ccdac594657c8ba80c012e983ce1469ad3c8.jpg

Post launch FAQ

What happens if I buy SUPERHOT now? If you buy SUPERHOT now, you have the option of buying just SUPERHOT or getting the full experience and buying bundled SUPERHOT and SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE together at a lower price. MCD is no longer being gifted to new purchases of SUPERHOT. Any plans for new games? Not right now. At the moment we concentrate on bug fixing and maintenance of MCD. I was an Early Access supporter and I am not in credits! Are you sure you have filled in the form? If you did, we will try and add you to the credits in an upcoming patch. If you haven’t filled your name yet, please do so over here. Got more questions? Head over to our FAQ.

Changelog

General

• Added translations to various languages
• Added achievements
• Performance optimizations in normal runs and endless
• Added a pause screen
• More stable save system
• A ton of fixes on colliders (on levels and items)
• Better sensitivity of gamepad controls

Content

• Added missing floors of the map
• Reworked most of the hidden areas
• Reworked tutorial levels for most hacks

Gameplay balance

• Restored +5HP to MORE.core
• Buffed core hacks
• Fixed glitches with hack pool
• Nerfed killheal hack
• Buffed super punch
• Buffed super throws
• Better navmesh placement
• Changes in concrete enemies reactions to attacks
• Changes in exploding enemies reactions to attacks
• Changes in certain enemies reactions to attacks
• You can’t catch a katana thrown by a certain enemy
• Changed the distance of charge of a certain enemy
• Changed the system of hot switching of a certain enemy
• Overhauled the difficulty curve of the entire game

Story

• Changed texts in most of the game
• Changed most story levels visuals and pacing
• Changed ending credits
• Changed ENDURANCE.core to MORE.core

Visuals

• Almost every single thing was either changed or polished, be it a model, a level, a shader or an effect

Replays

• Replays are now an „opt-out” option
• Fixed numerous bugs
• Increased the smoothness of replays
• Added post process effects to replays
• Performance optimizations
• Changed controls for gamepads
• Added a secret photo mode (but that’s secret so hush-hush)

Sound and music

• Overhaul of most sound effects on levels
• Overhaul of most sound effects in UI
• Changes to some music tracks
• Changed the way music on Disco is being played

And a ton MORE, we weren't keeping tabs really. What’s next? That is absolutely up to you guys. Should you still feel hungry for MORE after finishing MCD, let us know. Tweet it out. Voice your needs on Reddit. Tell everyone how much you liked the game but you still need MORE. You do that and MORE will come. Have fun, SUPERHOT Team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/70ae763fd41ddfad00fd403bd009e0cd7dbe5fd6.gif Surprise! Throughout the many years of development SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE changed drastically a couple of times (and a couple MORE). We were searching for the right shape of our game – a shape that would satisfy both us and you, our supporters who decided to get MCD during its Early Access stage. Your contributions to this fun project were pivotal to making MCD what it is now: a bigger, heftier, more sophisticated younger sibling of SUPERHOT. What started out as an idea for “a couple of levels”, morphed into a game at least 4 times as extensive as the original SUPERHOT, polished to crystal clarity, offering far MORE hours of this beautiful dance of destruction in the midst of slow-motion mayhem, now with a pool of abilities to pick from and COREs to choose your own way of decimating MORE red (and sometimes partially greyish) dudes. A game you can experience in its full glory right now. Being a part of Early Access, you deserve earlier access to the complete game before everyone else, obviously.

If you have bought MCD in Early Access, make sure your game is fully updated and play MIND CONTROL DELETE in its nerve-wracking entirety right now!

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1330201629070613609/BF121AAB3097259142356C372EB53F446F0D4786/ Technically MCD releases the day after tomorrow, but as you’ve shown faith in this endeavour despite knowing you could get MCD for free, we wanted to let you boast about experiencing the ending before everyone else. You decided to join the race early so it’s only fair you get a chance to reach the finish line first! Of course, beyond the chance to tell your friends they should step up their game, there are MORE perks to showing faith in us. If, having bought MCD in Early Access, i.e. BEFORE we announced the launch date, you already did submit your name to be put in the credits and it’s not there now (or if you simply forgot to submit), please use this link: MORE THANKS. We shall add those in an upcoming patch. You will be commemorated as ONE OF US forever. Thank you so much for being with us and helping us shape the game. Thank you for all the opinions, reports, ideas and MORE. You helped us find the right course for SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. Thank you for supporting us knowingly and willingly, even though you knew you could just wait for the release. Thank you for being so curious about how games are made, of always looking for MORE. Thank you. Now, don’t let us stop you – launch MCD and see what MORE awaits you in the System. Sincerely, SUPERHOT Team PS In case you missed it – do check out our grand MCD FAQ answering all the questions we expected you to ask. If you have some questions we didn’t expect – just ask now!

Hey there! Time moves only when you move, huh? Well, time has been moving quite a bit for SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. What was initially a short project blossomed into a fully-fledged, standalone game. With your caring help, our baby has grown and it’s now a beautiful, charming, concrete hunk of a game. Time has finally come to release it into the world. Today we are happy to announce that we are finally, once and for all, leaving Early Access!

Our official launch day is July 16, just one week away!

We first need to thank all of you for supporting us throughout the entire MCD journey. Without your constant feedback, suggestions and encouragement this long road would have been way bumpier. We sure tripped a few times and took some wrong turns along the way, but you all patiently stuck with us. It has been a crazy adventure to evolve MCD together. THANK YOU! YOU ARE AWESOME. REALLY. As a thank you from us, for those that haven’t done so already, you can still immortalize yourself as a brave Early Access supporter in MCD’s credits by entering your name here

We are giving away 2 million copies of MCD. Yolo.

We are giving away 2 million copies of MCD. Yolo. Staying true to our promise from 4 years ago, SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE will be FREE to anyone who has purchased the original, non-VR SUPERHOT before July 16th 2020. Wishlist while you wait. If you haven’t bought SUPERHOT yet, this is the best time to do so. Those who do not already own SUPERHOT will be delighted to find that it is on sale across many stores this week. This is the best time ever to buy SUPERHOT and claim your free copy of SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. Tell your friends. Spread the word. Until launch on July 16th, MCD will be unavailable for purchase. We didn’t want players paying for early access days before an actual launch. That just wouldn’t be fair. Consult the FAQ for more details.

MCD OST featuring Zardonic

To make the wait a bit sweeter we’ve decided to gift you with the cyber-hellish sounds of MCD OST by the crazy talented Zardonic. Why Zardonic? This dude brought the cream to the cake that is MCD. We stumbled upon his music. Fell in love with it. Contacted Zardonic. Fell in love with Zardonic. He is a talented, hard-working artist who clicked with us so hard that it made working with him an ecstatic pleasure. He gets SUPERHOT and understands perfectly where we were going with MCD. So, have you ever wondered what is the sound of concrete yelling into the white void? HERE is your answer. Enjoy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/532a58d3e1df62b4faef3819fb9911116a01973d.jpg

FAQ

Who can get SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE for free? Only those who purchased SUPERHOT before the launch of SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE are eligible for a free copy. What is the final date to buy SUPERHOT and receive MCD for free? SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE will be free to anyone who purchased the original SUPERHOT before July 16th 2020 Will SUPERHOT Kickstarter backers get a free copy of MCD as well? Yes. Is MCD coming to VR? We don’t have any plans at the moment to redesign MCD for VR. Preparing a game to work in this environment well requires re-making it from scratch. It’s not only a different platform, it's a whole different world with its own design and hardware challenges. But maybe it could be easy to make it VR if...? No. Not yet at the very least. No such plans yet. For further info head over to our MCD FAQ. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/9ccb6956d73ac94badc18afa3004b5b693cbb0d9.jpg See you very soon. July 16th, save the date. SUPERHOT Team

Long time no see, huh? We hope you guys are staying safe and healthy. I’ve been pondering on writing this for some time now, thinking that we owe you guys a sign of life of some sort, that maybe we should let you guys know what’s happening with the studio, with SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE, office doggos, SUPERHOT Presents and a bazillion of other projects. So here it goes - we’re alive and kicking. Let me put my work pyjamas on and let’s go. Times are weird at the moment for everyone and it’s no different for us. SUPERHOT Team had to adjust to what’s now called “everyday life” and the whole studio went full-on remote. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/004b486cc5a433d25ff265a37a4488e606302ecc.jpg How our studio currently looks like. We stole every last bit of toilet paper from the office together with a couple of VR headsets, quite a few vodka bottles, and went into full lockdown mode. There is work to be done, be there virus or any other distraction. Surprisingly the transition to remote work went quite smoothly. Everyone managed to rearrange their workflow accordingly. We’re doing a little more online meetings. Office parties transformed into online get-togethers. We play a bit more games than usual (for reference purposes…). Additionally, some people are doing actual work. Technology is awesome, but still - nothing beats old school, face to face interactions. Work on SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE continues. I’d say that we can even see a ray of light at the end of this white concrete tunnel. The end is near (relating to the development, not the world) but I’ve written this so many times I won’t blame you for not believing me ;) I can’t give you dates or specifics because there is a lot of things connected to releasing a game that are in constant motion. But It’s so damn close. So close. SUPERHOT Presents helped publish another wonderfully weird game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf62lt5QCZ4 Say hi to Procession to Calvary, a hilarious game cooked out of renaissance paintings, Monty Pythonesque humour and a bit of nude men wrestling. It’s outlandish as hell. I love it. Pro tip: killing everyone might not take you far in this game. It is fun though... That’s all folks. Use this time to chill. Maybe beat some SUPERHOT endless high scores. Stay safe and wash those damn hands. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1005936795248944274/55D66DC9100FFBEC45CD07C6128FEBB47DDF9505/ Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/781868803667152962/F8BBD8CDF368DF2E018577EC58372469076D08AA/ It’s a Christmas miracle! Not really a miracle, but rather a major update, and it’s not Christmas yet, but it almost checks out. It’s getting really cold here. Let’s make it SUPERHOT then. We bring you a multitude of changes to Hacks, including: lots of new ones, reworking some of the existing ones, and cutting out or merging those that couldn’t compete with others. The difficulty curve and game flow design got an overhaul. Besides that, there are audiovisual uplifts, remade levels, stability improvements and bugs executed with surgical precision. Certain parts causing issues from a player's point of view got fixed and there’s also some music. Before we jump into specifics though, we’ve prepared a small thank you for you guys. You’ve been with us during this crazy journey for quite some time now. We are really grateful for that. So if you'd like to land in MCD credits and become immortal, here is your chance: https://superhotgame.com/more-thanks-always-more/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/303a67f23a1dfb5c0d27b493356da7cd910610b0.gif In this update, we focused heavily on the fun factor that depends on… all the elements of a game, really, but the first thing we uplifted was the difficulty curve. Based on your feedback, the current curve will feel much more natural and the farther into the game you go, the more rewarding will it feel, granting a whole new sense of fulfillment after each kill. Hand in hand with difficulty tweaks go changes to the layout of the RUN select map; this is aimed mainly at improving the overall flow of the game, giving it more coherence. I assume (tell me if I’m wrong) that you’re wondering “why is he rambling about some curves and layouts, I want to know about grenades from that gif up there”. Right you are, we added some hacks. We’ve also removed some other hacks and merged some together. It’s all for the greater good, we promise! You’ve been asking for grenades in SUPERHOT and we were a bit reluctant to the idea but lo and behold: we had a change of heart. Those are not exactly traditional grenades, but this lovely hack will turn throwables into bullets spawning death dealers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/4259efe4a8b9620823508944c6a6c10699512b1d.gif Another exciting hack is Headshot Flow. Once unlocked, your bullets will fly from headshot to headshot, clearing enemies in the nearest vicinity. Quite flashy. Some hacks needed to be cut out as they simply weren’t useful or impressive enough to compete with others; a major example is Random Melee hack that didn’t seem like a competitive enough choice, but you know what? We really do know which melee weapon you like the most, so there’s a new hack that lets you start with a katana already in your hand, no matter which MIND you chose to play. There’s no point in going through each Hack change in detail and I wouldn’t really spoil the fun. For each Hack that needed to be cut out two more were added or created by combining others. You’ll see it when you play it. Try out different builds with different MINDs and tell us what you think! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/5c88eade6bea5a676923603c6d38bab46cd22f8f.jpg Audiovisuals have been polished quite a bit, bringing new visual effects, remade levels, uplifted sound effects and added music leading players into key areas of the game. Yes, music. In a SUPERHOT game. On the purely technical side of things, we have also killed about a bazillion of bugs and looked in distress at all the remaining ones that we’ll have to work on still. There were game stability improvements the descriptors of which can twist a healthy mind. Finally, replays should work better now. That’s it for now. We had to make some design choices and fight hordes of bugs, and now MCD plays better than ever. Play the game and tell us what you think of the changes, how the game plays for you now, and what crazy combinations of hacks you managed to make. We greatly appreciate your feedback. Keep it coming! You can always reach out to us via Steam forums, our social media, or our Discord. Have a nice Winter Holiday! SUPERHOT Team {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31387534/19c1dbe7cdabd08140a4862752f72d1503705d3f.gif MIND CONTROL DELETE Beta 4.0.0 update changelog:

• Difficulty curve improvements
• Changes to the layout of the map
• Removed some hacks – for instance, Deflect Bullets became a basic ability available to all MINDs by default
• Added twice the number of hacks we removed – y’all want some Mass Deflect or Lightning Reflexes?
• Merged some hacks together to make choices more competitive – who needs Iron Fist or Strong Punches if you can have two for one as Super Punches?
• New graphic effects
• Spoiler-ey locations got reworked
• Levels have been visually polished
• Music (yes, really!) added to some key locations
• Polished SFX in menus and gameplay
• Improved replays
• Squashed tons of bugs to a pulp (small infestation is still there)
• After much debate we added a feature that allows players to fast forward credits with any button and exit them at any time with ESC button. It’s a highly experimental mechanic that might be subjected to change.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/772850909291090671/9E28164268520A61B7A616083C03073C75C66A7D/ We set out on a mission to find cool, fun, unusual games that might need some help (funding) and support (still funding but also unsolicited advice and mentoring). We wanted to focus on developers in a similar time zone to help with communication, games that feel sort of like SUPERHOT (puzzles, shooters), and with a corresponding artstyle.  With that in mind, we’ve signed two games from Australia (really the worst time zone for us), neither of which are anything like SUPERHOT, and both with a unique-artstyle that doesn’t relate to anything we’ve ever done. Please now give your undivided attention and love to the Frog Detective series by Grace Bruxner’s new studio “Worm Club”, and Knuckle Sandwich by Andrew Brophy.

THE FROG DETECTIVE SERIES

Wherein the frog solves mysteries, by Grace Bruxner's "Worm Club" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzHDU47MeRk SUPERHOT supporting Frog Detective is the crossover no one asked for. The series is about a frog detective solving a mystery. It’s simple. It’s perfect. We love how wholesome and warm and funny it is, we enjoy the game, we like the team, so we offered to help. You’ll be able to play the newest game at PAX West (go buy a plushie from Grace at their stand!). Props to Grace for being the first person brave enough to sign with SUPERHOT PRESENTS. She will forever remain in our hearts as someone to be afraid of. A word from Grace Bruxner “Here’s the real story of how this happened. SUPERHOT noticed my cool frog game and were like “hmmm,,, what if,,,,, money?????” and I was like “…ok fine but I will only agree if you send me lots of superhot t-shirts because I need clothes to wear around the house when I make the game” and they said “weird request but ok” and sent me a big box of shirts. And that’s all I wear now. Also my dog Noddy wears them too. That’s how business deals work in this industry baby!! Get used to it!! Anyway, Frog Detective is very good (I know this because I made it) and I think you’ll enjoy it even though it’s not even a little bit like SUPERHOT. There will be no slow motion murdering!!! See ya.” The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, is a game about a sloth. To be specific, it’s about a small sloth that has been haunted for weeks by a mysterious ghost (WooOOooOO). There’s a mystery afoot! The only one who can solve it is the renowned investigator known as The Detective! That’s the frog, by the way. Find clues, question suspects, look at things through your frog-sized magnifying glass. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35631053/cb43a5784ce3b566d26b7dd363087d91f75b8a7a.png Go buy Frog Detective. Then... Go wishlist Frog Detective 2 But this time there’s an invisible wizard! Wow!

KNUCKLE SANDWICH

weird, wonderful, and by Andrew Brophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjtvusfoUVk Knuckle Sandwich is a game that asks you for your name but doesn’t really care. It’s an RPG about a boy looking for work in a new city. It’s weird. It’s wonderful. It’s dripping with style. It’s got a free demo on itch here that you should check out right now. The demo is a little old but that’s fine. We talked to Andrew for the first time about a week before we sent a contract. It was easy peasy for us to get excited by working with him. Also he forced us. Please help. A word from Andrew Brophy: “I am very excited for this opportunity to work with SUPERHOT as I approach the final stages of Knuckle Sandwich’s development. With their support, I can confidently make my game the best version of itself and bring it to as many people as possible. That’s really cool! Thanks! xo” 8 chapters, painfully hip soundtrack, SEVERAL party members to play as, and another mystery (ooOoOOOoo). The game will reward you for exploring, but won’t make you feel bad if you don’t have the time to look at everything in the game. You should feel bad though, the game is pretty. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/772850909291203397/394208A6887BB07A9CB320FA378304D66DD99EAC/ Whishilst Knuckle Sandwich here immediately

TO ALL OTHER AMAZING INDIES

and those of you who really like long blocks of text We’d like to work with developers that don’t need or want a publisher, but just need some finishing (or starting) funds. We’ll serve those funds with a healthy side of mentoring and advice, but ultimately we’re not going to do everything a publisher would do for the games… there are publishers for that, they’re excellent. We want to help enable a few more properly independent studios exist in the world. Weird but smart money to weird but smart developers. We don’t blame you if you’re wondering what on earth SUPERHOT has to offer other indies. We use things like “data” and “knowledge” and “gut feelings” to make decisions as a company., We’re doing pretty well by it – we have no less than 4(!) businessy-type people at SUPERHOT., They help make sure SUPERHOT stays alive and thrives so our developers can keep developing. It’s going great, honestly, and we feel we can use their brains for more than just SUPERHOT. We absolutely copied the name from Double Fine. We like the name. We like Double Fine. They said it was OK but there are no takesies backsies. We hope they don’t sue though. SUPERHOT PRESENTS was a placeholder, but as I’m sure you’ve guessed, since our company and our games are all called SUPERHOT, we’re not very good at naming things. We asked Twitter and there were some excellent suggestions: “PlayPal”, “Insert Credit”, “The Grace Bruxner Fund For Games That Callum likes”, and others. We’ve ignored them all. So what does this mean for SUPERHOT company: Mostly, nothing. The teams working on games will still work on games. We’ve added people to the company over the past couple of years (those businessy-types), and these are the people who are doing these fun side-projects. We’re becoming a little more distributed, with 4 employees in the UK, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 in Australia (that timezone thing again), and some other Polish locations. We’re still a game development company, we’re working hard on our own games, we just think putting some money back into the industry so more cool things can be made is a nice idea. “This is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard of” Devolver Fork Parker “It’s the most innovative games fund we’ve seen in years” Double Fine “I’m 8 years old, I don’t think I’m legally allowed to sign contracts.” Grace Bruxner “Again, this is V O L V O. If you’re not going to buy the XC90, then I’m going to have to ask you to leave” Valve Matt “Don’t fuck this up.” Raw Fury “We wish SUPERHOT invested in us instead because we love money in general” 11 Bit Studios "We would have provided a quote but they didn't ask us" Kowloon Nights We think the success of SUPERHOT is somewhat down to it being a slightly unique, slightly weird game made by weird people – but with a focus on polish and attention to detail, hopefully we can find that in other games too. We’re already in discussions with other developers that we think you’ll love. Hugs and kisses, SUPERHOT Team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/35631053/3c8333e1fd560973e94e4f12f317dd44fcbd5873.jpg Hey there. We’re staying super busy here at the SUPERHOT studio. The team has grown a lot since 2016 and tons of very clever friendly people joined us to help. We came up and stayed properly indie - with no publishers or investors to answer to, nobody is holding us back from doing weird and crazy things. And with the team expanding, more clever people can help us go do things bolder and crazier than ever before. One of the final updates for Mind Control Delete landed on Steam just this monday. We’re close to the finish line for this 3-year long production project - a title that’s shaped up to be over twice as large and as polished as the original SUPERHOT, and that we’re making free for the 2+ million owners of the first game on Steam.  SUPERHOT VR launched for the Oculus Quest a couple of months ago. The game had to be effectively rewritten for a standalone headset 50x less powerful than your usual VR PC. It took a year of developer blood, sweat, and tears, but every last bit of that effort was absolutely worth it. It’s been the biggest VR launch we’ve seen so far - Quest is just breathtaking.  Arcade Edition of SUPERHOT VR is being played 24/7 in hundreds of arcades all around the globe and Game Pass is steadily bringing SUPERHOT to droves of new people. Our goal to put every man, woman, and child into our games is inching ever closer.  With a hefty collection of other exciting SUPERHOT and non-SUPERHOT things still in the works - some announcing as soon as next week, some announcing next year - we have been keeping ourselves properly busy here at the studio.  One reason that allows us to keep that busy - to keep exploring, to keep running headfirst into challenges, and to ruthlessly drop projects if they aren’t up to snuff - is our independence. We were lucky to build SUPERHOT at a time when support from our amazing Kickstarter community, the support we got from within the gamedev industry, and our own foolhardy nature were enough to build a healthy studio with nobody but ourselves calling all the shots.  We want to give other foolhardy, upstart indies a hand now. Shipping a game without a publisher or investors is daunting. It can feel like a huge leap of faith. We’ve been working on a couple of big projects that should help make that leap of faith a little less scary for indie developers.  Today feels like a good day to announce one of those projects! Introducing SUPERHOT PRESENTS Stay tuned SUPERHOT Team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/8282013f0bd6d514ea5da9e8cf0c2491dce4017a.jpg Took you by surprise! You might have noticed that the name of this patch seems like quite a step from the last one, being Beta 2.0.0. You are correct. Today’s update is a certain milestone that adds calculated composition to the hectic yet tactical gameplay of MCD. If you’re reading this, it means the update is already there. Now, you are more than welcome to charge right into the game and check what’s new yourself. However, should you prefer me to be your guide for now, I’m here to help. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/64e4d5eb58a08edece824905a11ae8007ade7e3d.gif The story of MCD awaits. You asked for it and it is here. Get into the System again and fight with extreme prejudice against whatever stands in your way, unraveling more the more RUNs you complete. Why do you fight? Whom do you fight? Are you defending yourself or are you the aggressor? You will need to fight for this understanding, but the knowledge is there, waiting for you. Be vigilant. Don’t rush, take it all in, look for clues. Get as much info as you can and connect the dots. If you think you’ve seen it all – double-check to make sure. Once you explore all there is to chart, do not hesitate to head to our Steam forums and speak your truth to the world. We won’t be mad. Just remember to hide spoilers. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/782983374680353694/BB5EA9C254C1F6DC3036D7B0EBDB54783F52E950/ Connecting all the parts into the story called for a huge change in the flow of the game. You will discover that all of the runs are put together much more coherently than before, forming certain sets, which in turn lets you explore the System not only horizontally, but also vertically. While exploring, you will stumble upon numerous milestones. Some of them will be new upgrades which you’re already familiar with. In order to let you not only know the upgrades, but also understand them, we made sure you’ll have to exercise the power you have just stolen from the System on a training level. You need to see your full potential before you unleash it upon the enemy, don’t you? Do remember, though, that even your magnitude has limits. You will get stronger with each step, but there’s always a bigger fish. Tread carefully. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/dcbc74cc745785399ec0a8df494bb2b11d3a347a.jpg As always, beyond design-driven changes, this patch brings new bug fixes. As usual, there’s more bugs to fix still and we encourage you to work with us on this – if you spot anything weird (well, weirder than intended), head to Steam Forums or to our Discord and let us know about it. We were able to fix a lot thanks to your feedback and we are ever grateful for that. Let us carry on with this and make MCD as pristine and crystalline as possible. If you’re reading this, you’re not playing MCD yet. It’s nice you stayed with us until the very end of this article, but this is where I draw the line. See the new MCD for yourself. Take it in. Immerse yourself. See you in there! Paweł from SUPERHOT https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/782983374680374030/3D8603E96A48A7D949C02BDA0B0EA946E44E7608/ MIND CONTROL DELETE Beta 3.0.0 changelog: - Changed flow of the game - Added lore pieces - Secrets - Added multiple story-centric locations - More concrete story composition - Added micro tutorials after unlocking hacks - Multiple bug fixes (a lot more to go, as always) - Bosses now... work differently. Check for yourself.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/69e85fd664ee7f82ecd77391626f7b3efdd978f9.gif Hi there! Last Friday we showed you a bunch of hefty changes coming to MIND CONTROL DELETE in an upcoming update. Guess what – it was closer than you expected. The update is live now! If you wish to read more about what’s changed while it’s downloading, or if you just like devlogs, head here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/690040/announcements/detail/1601504362728164142 If you need a TL;DR, it’s right here. Do let us know what you think about MCD in its current form! MIND CONTROL DELETE Beta2.0.0 - over 20 new RUNs added, making the game thrice as big as it used to be, - changed background sounds and SFX, - improved gameflow, - simplified UI (menus), - more balanced difficulty level, - changed abilities' and hacks' unlocking system, - tweaked abilities' power balance, - buffed Charge, - nerfed Endurance, - added infinite run, - new replay system, - various story – related changes (you thought I'd spoil it here?), - heaps upon tons of bugfixes. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/8f4e0892b3db1dc776b21ab27083a34142bb8289.png

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/382ee9a1928f0d45b67f0e2ccacc9c22fec2af71.jpg Hello community! The spring is here, the world around starts waking up, so we reckoned it would be nice to rejuvenate SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE a bit. The Beta2.0.0 update is looming on the horizon! The last few months were chock-full of tasks for the team. SUPERHOT VR: Arcade Edition has rolled out and the release of SUPERHOT VR on Oculus Quest is slowly closing in, so caffeine became our favourite spice lately. That being said, works on MIND CONTROL DELETE are going full speed ahead and since we’ve reached a certain checkpoint, if you will, we’re eager to show you what’s changed. Take a minute (or five) to read or if you prefer surprises – check for yourself next week, in the game itself. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/a83fcf02461c3326039f6628279d0172056c02e2.png

The body of an iceberg...

There’s been a lot of work on the elements that are not easily recognisable at first but build the overall experience, creating just the right ambience. It’s actually a lot like polishing jewellery – you need quite some number of swipes to see the full glory of a piece. It takes time but it’s worth it. A number of cogs in the system have been overhauled to make your playthroughs and the overall flow of the game neater. Starting with improved background sounds and SFX, through tweaked difficulty level and simplified UI (all the menus are cleaner now), to balancing abilities a bit (Endurance nerfed – now you’ll always have a reason to consider other abilities, like recently buffed Charge), the game should feel and play better, drawing you in more and providing more varied gameplay. Speaking of abilities – now you’ll gain them in a bit different way. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/8f4e0892b3db1dc776b21ab27083a34142bb8289.png

...the tip(s)...

Your feedback ensured us that there were some parts of the nature of SUPERHOT you love that simply need to be there in MCD. It’s a pleasure to tell you that, though being fashionably late, the infinite run is here! If you just can’t get enough of shooting, slicing and dicing red, crystalline dudes, now you can do that for all eternity. While we’re at it – before you start gazing into enemies-riddled infinity, you’ll have over 20 new RUNs to play through, which essentially makes MCD thrice as big as it used to be. Take my tip: do finish the game, till the very end. So, you might want to re-play the game. You might even want to see an instant replay when playing the game. Here it is: MCD’s instant replay™. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/797611829245326032/31AED6A36A67DD7ED803C978BC5BEE3CF2B624E5/

...and the depths around

As we all know, SUPERHOT games are just about killing red dudes. No plot, no nothing. It is for this exact reason that in this update we bring you refreshed story levels and changes to the dialogues. Or monologues? Who speaks there? Is that you? Is that me? Is that them? I won’t tell you anything more about it here. Go and see for yourself. The system awaits you. That’s it. Spoilers are absolutely evil. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/cb60d92e62088c4db003f8086b2a6f28266b3cdd.png

Steady as she goes

As you’ll see for yourself, we decided to change quite a lot in the game, which is to be expected at this stage. It can actually be surprising how many bugs have to be squished in game development, which is in itself a time-consuming task; and we have repelled a whole heap of them. Too many to list them, really. Since the last update we have tried a lot of new ideas. Some of them we implemented, some of them we moved to the drawer. Maybe we’ll use them someday? What matters to us right now is that it seems like we’re on the right track and getting closer to our destination with each day. Thanks for reading and see you in the system next week! Don’t drink saltwater, Paweł from SUPERHOT PS Indeed, Paweł here. Stepped in for Szymon for this one. I know you probably miss him, but rest assured – he’s fine and dandy, currently working on a pretty dope project involving blurry screens, dark places, and lots of shooting. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/01f05ab487288f43cdf784d100e72076cdb6236b.png

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/b4a7c3965f678ecc6d48d4366711acbdc14bdc7f.png Hey There Let's end this week with a nice patch, shall we?

Changes:

• unlocked gameplay after ending
• settings are available also in the runs menu (aka. Pyramid)
• fixed crash on first credits
• removed a game crashing level from two runs
• removed flashing texts from early levels
• rebaked lightmaps on few levels

Be kind to people. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/6b73c45b13d693c88f3e391d0756f0c3f8f1710b.jpg Happy New Year! How are your winter holidays so far? We prepared a special surprise for y'all to celebrate 2019! New year! New you! New me! New update for MCD! A lot has changed and I want to tell you everything about the progress and improvements that we’ve made. How SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE has been shaping up up to this point. How we had to remove chunks of unnecessary fluff from the game to improve the flow. Or show you all of the new and weird gameplay elements that we’ve implemented. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/939462889634653389/3B3F4B7ADC2FF08F21CB65D015408FDFF00DB216/ But I won’t. I consider this a surprise present so I can’t unwrap it for you. ;) Where is the fun in that? In that previous update I told you about some of the things we're working on, so you probably have an idea of what's waiting for you now. It's six months of progress from the build that you've played here before though. I am super interested in your thoughts and reactions without me spoiling you anything. I hope you'll enjoy all the new stuff in SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE as much as I did. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/0438a75d26d5ef2fa2b423d9fa715c9545b9c262.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/af7eda3de26f64f7407871297d765861a6321b0f.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/f8d7d20d955808bd508c710d51968d05478c9df8.png PS. This version MIGHT explode in your face, crash your computer and set your gpu on fire. We originally thought to ship it on Christmas Day but then we realized we'd still be stuffing our faces with leftover pierogis for a week instead of helping you out with whatever goes kaboom. We expect a fair bit of kabooms. Happy New Year! Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

and a couple of updates before I go make x-mas pierogis.. 🎄 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/12059497/10c38f326e570a261b822ec77a35d9181ba45571.png

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Hope you’re all staying warm and cozy, looking forward to nice big glasses of hot cocoa and some loving, relaxing time with your loved ones next week. We’ve been having crackling fireplace videos on repeat christmassing up our office for the last few days, so I thought I’d give you all a virtual hug and wish you all the best before we all disperse to spend time with our family and friends tomorrow. I hope you had a good year this year. To me, all of you have been awesome and amazing exactly the way you are. Couldn’t have hoped for a nicer, more loving and more positive community than you guys. I hope Santa’s good for you this year. You only deserve the best. <3 It’s been a pretty cool year for us too and we’ve been keeping ourselves pretty busy working on some cool new stuff for you guys. While you’re here, before I sign off and go bake gingerbreads, let me catch you up quickly on what we’re doing over the holidays.

Where’s MCD at right now?

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/12059497/8ba97b03bdd940d2ec0f42a7fa6f7cab80378f42.png As I wrote up a week ago, we’ve been reworking big chunks of the game over the last few months to make it great and fun to play. We just got a new build with the last few months of updates and we're playtesting it internally. I don’t want to spoil details, but it plays really really fun now. All of it is shaping up pretty cool and it's quite a bit closer to being finished. I'll let you know more about it very soon. Keep being patient for a few more days. It’ll be worth it.

Sale! Sale! Sale!

Soo how is your present checklist going? Missing some items? Yeah same here. After all, we both know the Holidays are really more about shameless consumerism than anything else. :) You probably won’t be able to avoid the Steam Winter Sale. Valve’s really good at making you super happy to buy more fun stuff to unwind during for the Holiday break. Just in case though - if Santa gets you or your loved one a fancy VR kit to unwrap next week, the Winter Sale will probably be a pretty great time to jump in and grab SUPERHOT VR (totally different game than SUPERHOT), or even splurge a bit and get the whole collection of VR Essentials that we forged with our indie gamedev buddies. It's a pretty sweet set of some of the best award-winning, best-selling, genre-defining VR must-plays and it’ll probably run a super good deal over the holidays.

Steam Awards VR Game of the Year

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/12059497/ea050702a142ea2f0210dc8687f06c17809f1d60.jpg And while we’re in VR - we have been super spoiled with this community. Seriously. Thank you guys for being such a supportive bunch. We are not worthy. Thanks to you SUPERHOT VR has been nominated for best Steam Awards VR Game of the Year! This is humbling stuff. Voting has just started so there’s a button here on the Awards voting page that you can press to support us even more. Totally cool if not, I love you unconditionally anyway. <3 Happy holidays ya’ll Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts Hey you. I will drop a rather lengthy one on you so grab your jasmine green tea, sit down and let’s chat. I postponed writing devlogs until I have something substantial to show but keeping you in the dark for so long is unfair so let’s not do that anymore. SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE hasn’t been updated for like hmm...forever. It’s something like a half a year already. I wrote in few other places what were the reasons but it is worth repeating.

• We managed to do regular updates with new features but didn't have time to fight bugs and do a streamlined gameplay.
• MCD was getting new content but there was no time to think whether it's good content.
• We were fixated on hitting regular deadlines and didn't look if people actually "get" the game. If they enjoy it at all. Or if there is a game at all.

So there came this moment when we tested MCD with less dedicated players than you lot. Folks that haven’t touched SUPERHOT or MCD. Then we cried blood when we looked how they played. The game was confusing for them, had quite a few annoying bugs and cluttered UI. We had to make a really hard decision to stop working for updates sake and start working for the game itself. That was brutal since it IS Early Access. But we really don't want to release unpolished shit. We want our shit to be shiny and sexy or not have it at all. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/0031fe162814df243c4403feeddf67e6f86f7879.jpg Barefoot Build Testing. Right now SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE is far better though. I will try to give you a fast run through the changes so far so that you can get a general sense of current development direction.

Sense of Progression

Up to this point SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE was a set of runs nicely packed within ASCII pyramid with growing difficulty curve. But something was lacking. It felt like a gameplay without an actual game. You unlocked some parts within the pyramid, completed runs but you still had a small void during your playthroughs. What we lacked was the mythical sense of progression. This sexy feeling that you get when you unlock a stage, see something new, explore the game and it rewards you with new content. It is a very elusive feeling but once you tap into it, whole game improves. We decided that we need an introduction in MCD. A beginning that will be partially a tutorial but also an intriguing plot hook for the player to keep on playing and exploring. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/31fe035a18fe2f42712585269304623daa728105.jpg Tom and his sexy sweater working hard on assets. Without spoiling much, we came back to designing levels in a more linear approach so that we can have more control on events within the game. Now those early MCD levels are more SUPERHOT-like in a sense that there is a beginning and an end. It gives us more freedom to manipulate what we show you and when you see it. The “core” gameplay levels stay the same. They are still designed like an arena with small procedural touches. Speaking of Levels at this moment we've reached over 30. I think we overdid it a bit but hopefully you won’t mind ;). The level of detail has been stepped up a notch. Since we have stopped regular updates, our 3d artists gained some breathing room. Now they have enough time to go crazy with assets. Trust me it was worth it. SUPERHOT levels look pretty basic now compared to MCD. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/2f9a06bce6458e149619e870b2a5930cddd35ed6.jpg Konrad making levels pretty. Not watching Mtg matches.

Hotcoins.

While they gave some gratification for the player they created even more confusion. They had to be explained, needed additional UI solutions and constantly were redesigned. We tried out some builds without them and to our painful surprise nothing was really missing from actual gameplay. If you can remove parts of the game and it works fine, why should it be there in the first place?

Pyramid UI

UI for runs was all fine and dandy lore-wise. It was a nice wink towards previous SUPERHOT players but sometimes a problem to work with. We were either running out of space or ideas how to fill it with content. Forcing design process around something that just looks nice is never a good idea. Right now we are testing a few others solutions. Trimmed down to basic choices current UI starts to look like a simplified branch or root. It works far better, there is no confusion but it’s not a pyramid. This one I will actually miss but I completely agree with the decision.

Internet.exe

We’ve ditched the whole approach towards plot in MCD. Story previously could be explored through the main Norton Commander inspired GUI. It has been hidden somewhere in between obscure messages and snippets of information. Almost completely separated from the gameplay and optional, story felt like a second thought rather than an integral part of the game. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/5e6ba4ea6448722ce112e9e71b937a64ea779ba6.jpg Matthias doing...erm something with code. In current builds player takes part in the story by simply playing the game. It’s an element of the game not an option as it was previously. Obviously you can ignore all the weirdness around you and just keep on killing red dudes. That’s all up to you. We are not planning on giving you an exact explanation of what is going on. We've always prefered to leave some room left for interpretation. No one wants to give you a definite meaning of events in MCD. What is happening in your head is always far more interesting from whatever we might think of.

Release date

“Part of the journey is the end.” Right? Obviously we won't be able to do a release this year. We are gunning for Q1 2019. Trust me we really don’t want to move it any further. Thank you for being patient with all of this. Change socks daily. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/4d8a361cd908156204e202b99603991f656b0af2.jpg Hey There In this fresh out of a game editor update we bring you four new levels, refreshed melee enemies mechanics, a sprinkle of latest challenges aaaand a new Mind! Let’s get to it, shall we?

Who was a good Dog?

Introducing Dog Mind. Having its lore roots reaching far into original SUPERHOT this fellow has far different playstyle than you might be used to. Considerably more hectic and rapid in playstyle. Dog Mind concentrates more on melee, in your face, close quarters combat rather than “traditional” SUPERHOT mechanics. His main skill is furious charging straight into opponents. Once you upgrade it you can chain charge multiple enemies at once. Really pleasant. All guns in the Dog Mind hands (paws?) turn into throwables or melee weapons. Dog still needs a lot of love from our animator and programmers but we wanted to give it to you as fast as possible. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/910172100449051238/DDEEFBD047432394EC851766A358FBF548F0D9AF/ Here is a breakdown of MODs available for Dog. Starting MODs - Kill Heal - Dog doesn't heal in Expand windows. Instead the more it destroys the more HP it gains. Killing is healthy for you. - NoShooting - Dog can't shoot. Obviously. - Charge - pressing "E" makes the Dog charge and strike an enemy. Path of Skill - KillerCharge - enemy hit with charge dies instantly - KillerRecharge - killing enemies lowers cooldown on charge - ChainCharge - Dog can charge several enemies in succession Path of defence - BulletsPunching - Dog can punch incoming bullets - Berserk - during a melee fight Dog can't be damaged - LightningReflexes - Dog reacts so fast that bullets and enemies seem to move slower Path of aggro -HitItWithAStick - longer range and smaller cooldown on melee weapons. Also can use weapons when charging. - TeleportStrike - Dog teleports towards attacked enemies on short distance - StarPunch - every enemy that gets hit dies after few seconds. Omaewa mo, shindeiru!

Levels

Prison https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/50296c562422c1124f3671ef0c997905c978c997.jpg There have been a riot, tables have been flipped, prison bars are opening, red guys are coming. Use everything to fight it out! Introducing deadly prison forks. Dojo https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/72cad74bfac8ae7001480397c963da86e2065297.jpg We love those Asian themes long time. Dojo is following the tradition of the reoccurring eastern inspiration. Try timing throwing a bonsai tree between moving punching bags AND hitting a red guy. So satisfying. Gas station https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/5ce078490a97ae5f31c4227da2b6c1c81be65a8e.jpg There has been an abrupt stop on your roadtrip. You’ve run out of gas. You just wanted a newspaper. Maybe you wanted a fast pee. It doesn’t matter because OH my! The red guys are coming! Gym https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/0c9fb317f220d13b4fc22852a130e404afb4e8fe.jpg Boy was this level redesigned a million times. The theme clicked immediately but the flow of the level changed a million times. Have fun spreading death with barbell plates and protein shakes.

Enemies

A slight update to the enemies mechanic. We did some mean experiments and from now on melee weapon enemies will be able to bounce back any throwable that you throwat them.

Annoucement

Right now we are entering a new phase of developement of SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. Which means that we have most of the parts of the game in place but the game itself lacks polish and some caring eye for details. We want to spend more time on diggin deep and polishing the things that are already there. What it means for you is less frequent updates and on smaller scale than up to this point. That might be a working menu, new set of skills or a patch with bugfixes. Never skip legs day. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

“Your spirit is your true shield” Satoshi Ueshiba Adding new features to a still growing game should help you push the overall gameplay. Change and improve upon the basic, core concept. That’s the stuff that echoes somewhere in the background when we design new content for SUPERHOT:MIND CONTROL DELETE. This week I want to give you a peek into *STILL IN DEVELOPEMENT* our new enemy type. As always this is a preview of early concepting phase. Stuff might change, maybe we will add flying flaming skulls or dog mounts. Design is a journey, who knows ;) . https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/911296644870881546/4F9FF806F5251503596AD5ED410D17D08A2B744F/ Introducing Shield(ed) Enemies. Different enemies should impose slightly different approach onto the player. While MushroomDudes push you to plan when you shoot and force you into defensive, concrete types require precision and positioning. So thinking behind Shielded enemies was a place somewhere inbetween those two. Except for obvious difficulties that shield enemy brings to the table he adds some interestings tactics options. Similarly to mushroom infected red dudes, shield enemies might be used towards players advantage. In the end ,it is a moving shield that to some extent can be controlled right?Quite often I found myself hiding behind them and using their flying shields as a cover from other enemies. Knowing you guys, there will be a ton more possible tactics that we didn’t even think about. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/911296644870463530/C5156F4A74AEB58878551CC39E2D61CF98FE554C/ Flying shields are a very early work in progress idea, we thought about changing their material into concrete or not having shields but throwables instead. They do pose a few gameplay performance and design consistency questions though. If we were, for example, going to change shields into throwable objects how would that impact fps count of MIND CONTROL DELETE? Having so many different objects being spawned at the same time might be taxing on overall game performance. Also, if an enemy is surrounded by flying throwables, can I grab one and throw it? If not, why? And so on and so on, this is just on of many paths behind the design process. Soon you will be able to give those guys a go yourselves. Take care of you inner kid. Happy Children day! Szymon from SUPERHOT team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/0ec11463d40ac703f7f925df315f5f34352783ad.jpg Hey there! With this update for SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE we add some seriously exciting stuff. This game is evergrowing amalgam of community driven ideas (thank you for being friggin awesome) and design experiments. It already came a long way but I can't wait how it will look once we are out of Early Access. For now let's see what's new in today’s update shall we?

MushroomDude

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/e4c6fa28ac3a391ff767b72af54e8595e81cca5f.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/d80b618666f2f9629afd69eea84dd5ab41c52437.jpg An abomination born out of your crazy minds and our shaky hands. We had some shy prototypes of this dude but when our Discord started to go back and forth about an enemy covered by mushrooms we knew we have to step it up. More about this fellow over HERE Basically mushroom infected enemies will explode after you shoot them, hit with throwables or just come into contact. They are equally dangerous for both player and other red guys. No one is safe from MushroomDudes.

Levels

We decided that minds need some kind of introduction within the game. A soft start, for the player where he can get accustomed with skills and general vibe of particular mind. Therefore we added 3 additional levels for each of minds. They are not only tutorials that teach you how to play a certain mind but also create a themed background. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/cf0ad8ffe2e1f9ba0475f3ece4fe82a045becd5f.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/f088f2330f9354eb0f81cccfbfab1877ff616049.jpg

MODs

As usual we did slight reshuffling of mods and added few new ones. Do let us know what is your experience with them. Ninja Two new mods for the Ninja Mind. Sexiness factor of this guy just jumped a notch. First of all we have Recall Recharge. Thanks to this mod every kill that you score with katana will reduce the cooldown of your Recall skill. It makes the ninja gameplay even more frantic. Next one is Flow Recall mod. Once unlocked, it makes your katana bounce between enemies in a wonderful display of blade brutality. It works almost like a certain Captain’s shield ;) Additional changes to mods for Ninja mind are as follows:

• moved Faster Movement to Swordmaster path
• moved Piercing Katana to Recall path
• removed killer goomba stomp MOD

Addict Addict also got lucky and lands with three fresh mods. We removed previous Start With and merged them into StartWithRandom. So after purchasing this mod you start with a gun picked by your friendly neighborhood game. Next up is Quickshot which reduces the reload time on all guns. Less reloading, more shooting. Everyone is happy. Finally third mod is Ricochet. From now on you will be able to bounce your bullets of walls. Let’s be honest, this mod is designed so that you can kill red guys with more swag.

RUNs

New difficulty curve of main RUNs Again, let us know how it plays after the change. Our goal here is to allow people to finish MCD main RUNs with a slight challenge but nothing insane. The crazy difficulty runs will be spread out in the further corners of The Pyramid. Challenge RUNs We finally came back to challenges. They were pretty popular in original SUPERHOT so we just couldn’t make MCD without them. A challenge is a run with slightly changed rules of the game. That might be anything from enemies spawning with shotguns only to...hmmm go explore, why should I spoil the fun of discovery? :) Only thing that I can tell you is that we will add more challenges in upcoming updates. Guys working on them are having too much fun to stop.

Weapons

New weapon - FishGun https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/0f68436fb4d8edde17e61aa1844a91221358ee3e.jpg Why is it called fishgun? Cause it looks like catfish? Funny right? No? Uhm. Awkard, let’s keep going. So a lot of you somehow managed to reach stages in SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE where our studio gnomes hid upcoming secret weapon. Discord and reddit got filled with screenshots and speculations of some weird looking weapon. Well here it is. FishGun is a long distance rifle with ultra fast, almost unavoidable bullets. It looks almost like a hitscan shot but it’s not. As most things in MIND CONTROL DELETE Fish Gun is still in development phase so everything about it might change. Play around with it. Let us know how it feels. Shotgun Tweaks After this update every time Shotgun runs out of bullets it will change into melee weapon. We plan to add this feature to every weapon in MCD arsenal. There are also some slight changes in ammo count and reload time for shotgun. That is all for today’s update! Give it a go and let us know how you feel about it. Dogs are awesome. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

"In the infinite permutation of an ice crystal, everything repeats itself, but, really, from another point of view, nothing repeats itself." Anthony Doerr Hey there We had quite a few discussions in the studio regarding changing and modifying the concept of our exploding mushrooms in SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. We did experiments with cone of explosion, trigger points and placement within the level. Somewhere along the way though a concept of new enemy type emerged. A red guy (or agent if you prefer) that has caught the mushroom "virus". Our thinking was that if the mushroom implies glitch and error in the system, it should spread. Therefore a mushroom “infected” enemy. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/e4c6fa28ac3a391ff767b72af54e8595e81cca5f.jpg What made us really happy is that a lot of you had a ton of great ideas and really expanded on the concept of mushroom enemies without a single hint from us. All of the suggestions and ideas regarding this concept gave us some serious fuel for work. We really had to step up our prototyping for the mushroom enemy. Apparently there was a need for this guy. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/d80b618666f2f9629afd69eea84dd5ab41c52437.jpg So how is it going to work? Remember Serious Sam (best running backwards fps ever)? So think of the headless enemy with bombs. Hmmm maybe less annoying but as dangerous. Mushroom infected enemy will explode on contact wtih any shots, throwables but also within a given space from the player. While being dangerous for the player it poses similar risks for your enemies. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/588f030bec79061eb40cb7576e1f26de630223ce.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/d24d210f80d5a2e237385546d7304371536d797d.jpg A situation might happen when a whole level will be cleared without you shooting a single bullet but due to clumsiness of your enemies or your tactical approach to positioning. As usual due to SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE being in early access everything in the design and mechanics of Mushroom(ed) enemy might change. Also next Update will drop next week on thursday. Day before we will do a small dev stream previewing all the new content. Hug people, spread love. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Ludwig Wittgenstein So this time let’s not spoil anything from the upcoming update. Let’s stay clear from that and let you have a bit of surprise when it arrives, ok ? This time let’s talk a bit about one little aspect of SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE that might come unnoticed at first glance. The visual language of SUPERHOT games and how we use it. Anyone who did any quality and usability tests with their game will tell you that watching someone else play your projects for the first time can be really painful experience. You sit down, watch as the player struggles with your tutorials, forgets basic game mechanics or gets completely lost in your levels. Than you cry a little and redesign everything. With game immersion everything comes down to communication with the player. Allowing him/her to understand what the heck you are trying to say. Player should understand your game from the get go without you saying a word. By limiting SUPERHOT to three colors we gave ourselves a clear and easy to read visual language. Red is bad, black is usable, white is the background. Game about shooting red dudes with black guns in white space. Clear enough? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/cf4847dc0ae2c15fdf542196faf2c5ba206fa4f9.jpg While this set up is easy to understand for the player it poses a bit of design difficulties and limitations. Adding new content can be a bit challenging since it needs to fit into our restricted visuals. Like for example the recent addition of new enemies to the game. Both concrete and red weapon guy had to be conceived within the limits of our preset visual scheme. Thanks to that players can immediately guess what is the difference between new enemy types and how to approach them. There was no need for additional explanation since players were familiar with the visual cues used in the design of new opponents. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/32e26244d29a68356fabcb52dbabfb7ae0796822.png http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/8d90f95525a00a078af2cc67d27226f504f88ba7.png Another fine example is the updated visual cue of hotswitch. We decided to add more umpf to the way game tells you when the hotswitch is possible. It needed to be obvious and clear for the player so he could hotswitch without any overthinking. Marcin our art director added this sweet shader that makes red guy glitch whenever you hover your crosshair over them and hotswitch is ready. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/5f6301d4204809bbe734a261d797e8a24642696c.gif This small addition does two things: Let’s you know when you can hotswitch but also lends itself visually to the glitchy aspect of MCD. Even the way we approach level design in SUPERHOT: MIN CONTROL DELETE follows certain rules imposed by our visual language. I’ll let Marcin The Art Dir do the talking. I stole a few pages from our internal design bible that he wrote and illustrated. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/ba1aa5f92ee78eecbd785452a06e60fa2cf0d0c9.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/3ced0baf5815f2ea4db0793fdde47962a758e2f3.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/c464e73c90959bb605c447f229f718b018a67ec5.jpg As you can see he is talking about environments that “make sense”, are not “distracting” and using the design of levels to "talk" to player. That’s creating and following a clear vocabulary of visual language. Everything so that the players might enjoy time bending gameplay of SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE without hassle. You can’t immediately see most of our visual design choices in MCD and honestly, you shouldn’t be able to. Because as cheesy as it might sound , what you feel during gameplay is far more important than what you know. We don’t want you to think. We want you to react. Your mind is software and it only interferes with your immersion ;) I could go on about visual and interactive language for hours so let’s stop here. Hopefully I didn’t bore you to death . Create your own reality Szymon from SUPERHOT team

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31387534/caf4eb32a6a85ef7e98d99177a2bc423e78920ce.png Hey there It's high time for another patch right? Let's see what changed this time.

Bug fixes:

• fixed crash in failure view
• fixed bad katana guy animation when blocking player's punch
• removed pink weapon with huge bullets
• removed fishgun
• added "unlock.exe" that lets you unlock all levels in game (in case your files got deleted, mind that, you are in control of your progress now)
• fixed issues with hotswitching while holding a katana and to katana enemy
• fixed issue with infinite run stopping after 7th bad sector
• fixed recalling sticky throwables from enemy body

Don't skip on breakfast. Szymon from SUPERHOT Team