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game update
3 weeks ago

Hide and Seek Update 🔍

It's time for a Hide and Seek update! This update brings six new maps and lots of quality-of-life changes and features!

New Maps

  • Boardwalk
  • Tuscany
  • Harborstead
  • Facility
  • Construction
  • Tropica

Changes & Features

Improved messaging, UI, and feedback:

  • Block selector now shows rendered images of the blocks in a custom Hive UI grid menu
  • Added UI element for showing "Taunt Ready" and "Taunt Cooldown"
  • Added a sound effect for when a taunt cooldown has expired
  • Modified chat message colors to modernize and improve readability (including removal of all gold text)
  • Added Hive Notifications during key events
  • When a seeker is randomly chosen, it displays who it was instead of stating they've died
  • Changed message shown when a hider leaves the game to "has left the game" instead of "died"
  • Added countdown sound effect when there are 10 seconds left of the game

Revamped taunt system:

  • Taunt modal has been updated with the Hive UI grid 
  • Removed old balloon, emote, and particle taunts
  • Added 22 new taunts
  • Additional cosmetic taunts can now be unlocked

New Quests:

  • Use a taunt x amount of times
  • Use a balloon taunt x amount of times
  • Use an emote taunt x amount of times
  • Deal x amount of damage to a seeker
  • Outlive x amount of hiders

Miscellaneous Changes:

  • Added support for Hive custom blocks
  • Updated the textures of more than 50 hidable blocks
  • Added direction hiding - blocks that support rotational values now have support to calculate their direction based on the direction a player is looking
  • Added 'Seeker Smasher 5000' custom server option (Sharpness II Iron Sword)

Map Fixes:

  • Fixed missing ladders and added barriers to the statue on Kingston
  • Opened birch doors leading to the kitchen on Nexus City
  • Opened a trapdoor on Goldrush
  • Opened birch doors that were blocking a bathroom on China Town

Unlocks & Cosmetics

This update brings 25 new levels, each with new unlockable cosmetics:

Block Eyes:

  • Chicken Face
  • Panda Face
  • Night Vision Goggles
  • Mysterious Mask
  • Imposter Disguise

Hats:

  • Chicken Hat
  • Panda Ears
  • Snoozing Sniffer Hat
  • Pirate Captain Hat
  • Soda Drink Hat

Legs:

  • Panda Feet
  • Double Peg Legs
  • Hover Tech
  • Big Red Boots
  • Bamboo Raft

Kill Particle (New):

  • Butterflies
  • Kaching
  • Hearts
  • Rainbow Burst
  • Explosion
  • Confetti

Kill Sound (New):

  • Endermen Portal
  • BLEH
  • Burp
  • Anvil Land
  • Ow
  • Mwahaha

Hub Titles:

  • The Camouflage
  • Going Incognito
  • Chameleon
  • Sneak 100

Avatars:

  • Side Eye
  • Surprised
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