General

• Reduced memory footprint of voice acting and music
  
• Act intros now stream in textures better, with less hitching
  
• Fixed Time Stop heart not appearing
  
• Fixed a bug when creating more save files than permitted
  
• Improved performance of character talking bubbles
  
• Improved performance on the file select screen
  
• Updated German localization
  
• Updated Korean localization
  
• Updated French localization
  
• Updated Italian localization
  

Mafia Town

• Fixed Sleepy Raccoons making a sound even when hidden
  
• Performance improvements to Heating Up Mafia Town and She Came From Outer Space
  
• Fixed rare scenario where Barrel Battle barrels would bounce in the air
  
• Fixed a small stutter when attacking Mafia
  

Battle of the Birds

• Updated the icon for health in The Big Parade
  
• Fixed rare scenario where clearing an act would not always return to the Spaceship
  

Subcon Forest

• Fixed rare bug causing Subcon Forest acts to not appear in the act select despite owning the contract
  
• Improved performance of the purple Subcon Forest Time Rift
  

Alpine Skyline

• Performance improvements for Twilight Bell
  

Time's End

• Performance improvements for the final boss battle
  

Nyakuza Metro

• Fixed the metro cat trains being too dark in some areas
  
• Significant performance improvements
  
• Fixed losing money if buying a metro food combo without having enough for the total
  

Death Wish

• Performance improvements for Beat the Heat, So You're Back From Outer Space, and The Great Big Hootenanny
  

Nyakuza Metro

• Fixed rare sticker prompts forcing a return to spaceship when it shouldn't (sorry Pat)
  
• Added Kickstarter backer character
  

Modding

• Fixed a bug where multi-level Challenge Road entries would prevent progression
  

General

• A missed rare sticker alert will now re-appear after collecting a Time Piece, to make sure you don't miss it
  
• Fixed Virtual Kid skin not hiding the ponytail properly
  
• Fixed Virtual Kid skin applying the wrong head mesh on the titlescreen
  
• Fixed hats not sorting properly, resulting in hats other than the preferred one appearing in the hat wheel etc
  
• Fixed bad performance with Razer Chroma if Synapse is installed but not running
  
• German localization has been updated
  

Modding

• The non-level mod list now also has a "Featured Mods" list
  
• Mods installed on-the-fly are now automatically re-enabled if they were previously disabled
  
• Fixed delete button not always being available in mod list
  

Online Party

• Fixed not being able to join Challenge Road in Online Party
  

Spaceship

• Fixed the Spaceship intro screen focusing on The Arctic Cruise even if the chapter is complete
  

Death Wish

• Fixed resetting the No-A-Presses Death Wish not resetting which Time Pieces have been collected in the Death Wish
  

General

Death Wish

Modding

Online Party

Modding

Online Party

General

General

• Updated the launch prompt when a crash has occurred to also recommending turning off mods
  
• German localization for Nyakuza Metro + Online Party
  
• Fixed Korean translation being mis-labelled in credits
  
• Updated Korean localization
  
• Updated Chinese localization
  

Modding

• Fixed a minor crash when lots of mods were installed
  
• Fixed stack overflow crash when lots of asset replace mods were installed
  
• Mods now report if they cause bad performance
  
• Fixed some mods not having their name properly displayed in the Online Party list
  
• Fixed crash for mods that asset replace metro trains
  
• Fixed a bug causing poor performance when lots of mods were installed
  
• Fixed mod Time Pieces not getting added to the save file after 7.
  

Online Party

• Fixed a bug where an extra copy of other players would show up in the player list
  
• Fixed a bug causing enemy deaths to not sync
  
• Fixed the join act prompt appearing while in photo mode
  

General

• Fixed inconsistent rare sticker alerts
  
• Added a machine in the spaceship which reads back the latest rare sticker alerts
  
• Updated Chinese localization
  
• Updated Korean localization
  
• Fixed massive log files when mods would continuously emit the same error
  
• Fixed a save data crash
  

Spaceship

• Fixed the intro camera looking at the attic before it was unlocked
  

The Arctic Cruise

• Fixed a missing rare sticker
  

Nyakuza Metro

• Fixed a crash caused by bouncing one of the queuing cats into a vacuum
  

Modding

• Mods can now send commands to other players in Online Party
  
• Mods can now create their own virtual / wireframe / etc flair overrides
  
• Added a "Sync for Online Party" property to checkpoints
  
• Fixed being unable to open mod maps that were using ladders
  
• Fixed crash when cooking mod packages
  
• Game Mods now inherit from Hat_GameEventsInterface and can use all the events within
  
• Added a "Online Party" checkbox to the Mod Manager
  

Modding

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

Online Party

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

General

• Spanish localization for Nyakuza Metro + Online Party
  

Nyakuza Metro

• Rumbi Factory: Fixed some models being very dark
  

General

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

Online Party

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

Nyakuza Metro

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

Spaceship

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

General

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

Online Party

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

Nyakuza Metro

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

Spaceship

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

Mafia Town

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

Alpine Skyline

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

The Arctic Cruise

• Removed impossible-to-get relic in Arctic Cruise finale
  

Death Wish

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