Hanako: Honor & Blade
Free Weekend Event | Sunday 6p UTC/2p EST/11a PST Start Time
Free Weekend Event | Saturday 6p UTC/2p EST/11a PST Start Time
Event Details
Join us on http://discord.gg/playhanako around Saturday 6p UTC/2p EST/11a PST for a joint US/EU event! We'll be joined by friend NorkDorf and he will be broadcasting on his own channel during the event as well.
Free Weekend Event | In-Game & Steam Broadcast 8p EST/5p PST
Event Details
- Start Time: 8p EST/5p PST
- Server: US-East Official : pingperfect.com
- Broadcast: Here, steam store page
- Details: We'll be playing a full campaign and more. Devs vs. Community
Early Access v.4 + Free Weekend Now Live!
Free Weekend Details
Our game will be free to try from April 9th at 1pm EST/11am PST until April 12th and will be on sale for keeps for $4USD to celebrate EAv.4. We will be holding events, voice chats, Q&A and more all weekend on http://discord.gg/playhanako
Patch Notes - Early Access v.4
Major Patch Features
Bug Fixes/Stability Improvements
Polish/Miscellaneous Improvements
Special Weekly Defeat the Devs Test Tonight - Free Keys to First Timers!
Event Details
Tonight at 2a UTC/10p EST we will be doing our final test run of the EAv.4 build before it releases tomorrow at 1pm EST to kick off our free weekend and official release of all of our new content.
First time participants will receive 1 free key to give to a friend and have the game for keeps, for good. The more people we get in the servers the more we can test and find issues to make the final patch even better!
Testing Details
- Major changes/fixes to hit detection, especially on the Ninja.
- Final tweaks and improvements to Yamai Village, performance and more
- Tweaks to some abilities relating to CC immunity.
- Fixes to AI pathing on Castle and various Castle bug fixes
- Fixes to bad ninja animations/playing the wrong animations and broken attacks
- Improvements to Village game mode messaging
- Minimap improvements
Special Event: Saturday Playtest & Defeat the Devs - 4/4 @ 3pm EST / 7pm UTC
Event Details
With EAv.4 patch on the horizon, releasing next Thursday, we'll be testing more frequently this upcoming week. Saturday at 3pm EST / 7pm UTC we'll be playing on US-East official server and voice chatting on http://discord.gg/playhanako
First time participants will receive a free key to the game to give to a friend.
Defeat the Devs/EAv.4 Test Details - TONIGHT (April 1st) @ 10pm EST
Event Details
We'll be on Discord: http://discord.gg/playhanako starting at 10PM EST for about 2 hours playing against players across all of our maps and modes (even some unfinished test maps).
First time participants will receive a free key to bring a friend for partaking in a few matches, we will DM them to you on Discord.
We will also stream this event and take questions on http://twitch.tv/hanakogame
Testing Items/New Prototypes
- Major changes to Yamai Village, including victory cinematics
- Bug fixes relating to Ite abilities
- Other art changes/fixes around each map.
Tonight is our last public event before EAv.4 so playtesting this build to get a good stable patch will be very important. Attendance is greatly appreciated!
Defeat the Devs (Weekly Event) Details - TONIGHT (March 18th) @ 10pm EST
Event Details
We'll be on Discord: http://discord.gg/playhanako starting at 10PM EST for about 2 hours playing against players across all of our maps and modes (even some unfinished test maps).
First time participants will receive a free key to bring a friend for partaking in a few matches, we will DM them to you on Discord.
We will also stream this event and take questions on http://twitch.tv/hanakogame
Testing Items/New Prototypes
- Testing Ragdoll on death, with potential for impulse.
- Major changes/nearing final stages of the Yamai Village map.
- Major objective order changes to Hanako Village/village game mode.
Free Weekend for Early Access v.4 Release
Free Weekend Details
Early Access v.4 patch will release Thursday April 9th at 1pm EST and Hanako: Honor & Blade will be free to try from the 9th-12th for a Steam Free Weekend. We will be active, holding events, streaming and chatting with new friends on our Discord
The official trailer for Early Access v.4 will be revealed in the coming weeks before the event/release. We welcome anyone who wants to preview these changes early to join our Discord and play in one of our Wednesday night events, where we playtest the below changes to get them ready for full release.
Early Access v.4 Details
Our talented team of 8 developers have been hard at work, at-night, after work to make Hanako the best it can be over the last year since our last large patch. We've soft-released a lot of features as we've completed them and couldn't be happier with where we are.
Here are some features/improvements/content to expect in the EA4 patch:
- New Map - Yamai Village (Our 2nd to last campaign map)
- Item Store (Items will slowly be added time permitting)
- Refined combat (Tons of new animations, hit detection and polished combat)
- Tons of gamemode refinements and polish
- Addition of victory cinematics to each level at match end
- Refined audio design for combat, punchier impact sounds
- More thematic elements (like seppuku, map changes, and more)
- Various polish across all of our maps
- Refined gameplay messaging to help make objectives more clear
- And many other small, incremental changes to help the game feel more satisfying.
We will do ONE more major patch, focused on stability and polish (called Early Access v.5) and then we will be moving out of Early Access into full release, presently targeting Q3-Q4 2020.
Defeat the Devs (Weekly Event) Details - TONIGHT (March 18th) @ 10pm EST
Event Details
We'll be on Discord: http://discord.gg/playhanako starting at 10PM EST for about 2 hours playing against players across all of our maps and modes (even some unfinished test maps).
First time participants will receive a free key to bring a friend for partaking in a few matches, we will DM them to you on Discord.
We will also stream this event and take questions on http://twitch.tv/hanakogame