Hey everyone, in this post, I will be talking about more information about the Hack's Custom Night demo, mentioned from the previous status update.

FUTURE STATUS UPDATES

In the past, I have said I will not mention any bits of content from the game, as it would potentially spoil or ruin the experience for players and other developers who are following. Hence why I did not post many status updates for the past four years.

However, with a planned demo now in development, I wanted to change that statement just a bit for everyone to get settled and prepared for the game. As of right now, I want to become a little more transparent the progress being made for Hack's Custom Night. In other words, I will be planning on releasing status updates about Hack's Custom Night more frequently. You can expect posts like work-in-progress, upcoming content, and possibly survey polls for you all to submit your feedback.

Although I am going to be more open about the game in the next status updates, I will not be doing this for the rest of the development until its initial full release. I will ONLY be doing this (if or) when or a bit after the demo gets released. This is mainly to prevent more spoilers and raise people's expectations from happening. Just know, that it is for the best for you and Hack's Custom Night that I am doing this.

CURRENT PROGRESS - Configuration Menu

(Visuals are temporary.)

The Configuration Menu is essentially the settings menu of Hack's Custom Night. However, it has a variety of options for you to adjust to your own preference. The options range from the gameplay itself to its presentation. As of right now, there are over 50+ configuration settings to adjust for your own experience, ranging from tweaking the Gameplay to changing your Control Scheme!

Additionally, there are even more settings for different kinds of players, specifically for streamers, colorblind folks, and webcam/VTuber users!

To anyone who is a streamer or a recorder, you have the option to toggle "Compression Tweak", which tweaks some visuals of the gameplay to prevent video compression.

To anyone who is colorblind, (including me,) some color visuals will be altered to include other indicators like shapes or labels.

To anyone who is a webcam user or a VTuber, you have the option to tell the game where your webcam/avatar is positioned so important graphics can be repositioned outside of your avatar spot!

CURRENT PROGRESS - Soundtrack

At some point, (I don't remember lol,) I've mentioned that I want this game to have an original soundtrack. I don't like the idea of using soundtracks or music that are already made for multiple reasons.

For one, I would need to ask permission from EACH track owner in order for the music to be allowed in Hack's Custom Night, and that game has A LOT of content. Second, there would be copyright issues that could stem to anyone who's planning on uploading any footage. Third, I wanted this game to have as much authenticity as possible, as I have my own visions for how I want to present Hack's Custom Night.

With that said, I am happy to announce that Hack's Custom Night will successfully be earning its own soundtrack. That's right! It will have its own original music that will suit the current events in the game. It took a very long while to find any composers, but as of right now, I would like to thank @luckichaiki and @carrot113 for contributing to making music for this game! It really means a lot they are willing to help out and make Hack's Custom Night a complete project!~ Unfortunately, I will not be providing any of their current contributions as of right now due to its early development. However, so far their works are spectacular! All of their music is worth jammin' or listen to.

HELP WANTED!!

Even though a demo of Hack's Custom Night is being made, that does not mean I have everything I need to finish it. I still need the following roles to build the project.

• Music Composer (any genre)

• 3D Room Reference Modeler (Blender)

• Beta Testers (literally "git gud")

Of course, you are required to send me a portfolio of your works, including your play testing abilities and endurance. If you are interested in any of those roles, feel free to comment in this post, and I will provide more details if I consider you.

LIMITED-TIME DISCORD SERVER

For a while now, Hack's Custom Night has its own Discord server; primarily my own content (art and livestreams) and Hack's Custom Night. However, I did not want it to be public due to this game still being in its early stages, as a lot of fangames have a problem in starting their platforms way too early before they either get stuck or cancelled.

To tackle this, I have decided to plan out limited-time invite links to my Discord server! For almost every status update, it will include a new invite link to my Discord server that will expire in a very short amount of time.

In there, you won't find a lot of content as it still is work-in-progress until the demo or the full release is finished. However, it includes:

• Server inactivity (you asked for it)

• Exclusive Hack's Custom Night updates & survey polls

• Common Discord server features like gaming and voice chat sessions.

Keep in mind, the server is not intended to be active or busy from how early this game is; but I figured it would be something anyone to interact with while the game is still in early development.

Current link: Hack's Custom Cafe Discord Server (expires in 24 hours)

That is all for right now. There will be more status updates in the future showing more progress of this game.

See you all for now! And thank you for your support!~