King of the Hat
1.0 Launch with New Character!
• New character, Magicat, the teleporting cat from the void!
• Exiting Early Access, and going into 1.0!
• and CONSOLE RELEASE – Switch, Xbox, and Playstation!
Hats off everyone, its been quite a long road :)
~ melbatoast & the Hat Team
Patch Notes - 0.98.24
Jan 3, 2023
Gameplay
-All character's hats grow by 5% - 20% when thrown
-Gus' bodyfire kills more consistently
Balance
-Birthday's pickup range was lowered by 3%
-Birthday's hat recall x-power was lowered by 20%
-Forest's throw speed lowered by 5%
-Forest's dangerous hat drag increased by 5%
-Forest's hat recall x-power lowered by 10%
Levels
-Super Hat Con 1 tweak
-Void 1 tweak
Bugs
-Fatcat's hat collider matches sprite better
-Kiara's collider matches sprite better
-Forest's collider matches sprite better
-Washing Machine Jr's collider matches sprite better
Patch Notes - 0.98.23
November 29, 2022
Friend Pass
* Can play versus other players with Friend Pass now!
Gameplay
* You can now curve your hat while you're stunned. Something to do while you're getting beaten up!
* Footstools while hats are attaching will now kill, instead of footstool
Patch Notes 0.98.22 - Kidcat balance
November 5, 2022
**Kidcat balance**
* Adjusted her hat physics
* Added the ability to jack hammer by holding down
* Added a super bounce when pressing A while jack hammering
* Adjusted her jump heights
* Minor bug fixes
Patch Notes Nov 1 - 0.98.21
This patch has some bugfixes and qol improvements addressing your feedback! We also have some larger projects we're starting in response to your requests, stay tuned!
* Add warning if connecting to someone playing on old discord store
* Fix some issues with unlocking skins like bario, bink and cactjessica
* Localization fixes
Hot Fixes v.0.98.20
October 27, 2022
Bugs
* Fixed picking Random in Arcade sending you to new levels every round
* Fixed all other characters doing the same after picking Random
* Fixed 'You unlocked the Rules' not being translated
* Fixed Kidcat & Random's hat not being able to through top of level Void 1
Features
* Added the ability to click the 'Rules' button 3x to unlock the rules faster.
Patch Notes v98.19 - Hot Fixes
Bugs
* Fixed issue with unlocking characters at the end of Arcade
* Fixed issue where you had to reselect Solo Modes to re-play Arcade Mode
* Minor translation fixes
Quality of Life
* Added a skip button to the credits at the end of Arcade Mode
Level Tweaks
* Tweak to Void 1 level
* Tweak to Factory 4 level
Patch Notes - Oct 24
We noticed that some people looking for online matches didn't know about the friendpass option where your friends can play free, so we added a link for it to the online modal!
Also some bugfixes and qol improvements in this one. More to come!
Oct 22 Fixes - Bots and Localization
* Fixed bots standing still sometimes
* Fixed final boss glitch
* Fixed credits showing as one big column
* Localization fixes for Japanese and Spanish
King of the Hat LAUNCHES TODAY!
Whoever you are, where-ever you were, whenever you played this game- we hope that it brought you joy :)
We hope that you'll consider buying the game, leaving a review and crushing some hats with your friends this weekend! (Reviews really really help us and that is the most hat-based thing that you can do to support the project!)
There's even a free version of the game so if you buy it, your friends can play for free.
Hats off!
Ben
PS- Would love to hear from all of you - respond to this message to say WHATSUP :))