Hey Knights,

Chance from the HYPERBEAT team here with a very exciting announcement - if you haven’t already seen, the Multiplayer Update was revealed and released during the “Computer Worlds[x.com]” showcase with NoClip2 @ 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific.

If you’re a new player, to access multiplayer, you must have the “Drip” and “Gemini” achievements and then the option will appear in the pause screen.

Here’s the highlights of what that means:

• Multiplayer Functionality: HYPERBEAT now supports private and public play, with up to 250 concurrent players able to see eachother in the hub and in game.

• Lobby Leaderboards: Per session leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers.

• Five new songs: Mapped B-side tracks extend the playable chart count to 75, bringing the total gameplay songs to 25. These are available at the Green Aspect post credits. This also means there is now 125 total gems!

• New Cosmetics: New items have been added to the pink, silver, and gold tracks to unlock with a variety of new colors for underused shaders and patterns.

• Jukebox: New stereo in the Garden to select the music in the Wellspring hub. Make a playlist, or cycle your favorite songs to match your vibe.

• Emotes: Express yourself with a new emote menu and style options to change your default pose. Press the top face button on a controller or “E” on the keyboard to open the menu!

All fifteen new charts were mapped by the incredibly talented @ndrea_meda[x.com], rhythm game specialist and HB chart legend. Huge thank you to Andre for their hard work and dedication to bringing these songs to life, this update would not be possible without them!

There’s more on the horizon with HYPERBEAT, with our next major update focused on QoL improvements for charting. Join our Discord[discord.gg] to stay in the know or to find others to hang out with in the Wellspring!

See you soon,

• Added Multiplayer functionality

  • The Multiplayer menu can be accessed through the wellspring pause screen after getting the Drip and Gemini achievements

• Added Local Leaderboards when connected to other Knights

  • Local Leaderboards are ephemeral, and scores will only remain as long as you are connected to other knights

  • Local Leaderboards can be found in the Track Select menu, Pause menu, and in the End Screen

• Added the Emote and Style menu

• Added the Stereo to the Garden

  • Songs from the game can be played, or queued up in a playlist

  • The "Fallback Mode" can be changed to adjust how tracks are selected when no song is currently being played over the Stereo

• Added the Green Aspect

  • The Green Aspect can be accessed after rolling the credits scene

  • 5 new songs with 15 new charts

  • 25 green gems to collects as well as 75 stars

• Additional cosmetics added to each currency reward track

• Added a "Review" button to the rewards screen, to allow returning to the score screen

• Added player trails, which can be adjusted in the settings menu

• Added additional keybindings to support left-handed configurations on keyboard

  • Comma/Period

  • Numpad 1/ Numpad 2

• Practice mode time controls have been moved from arrow keys to i/j/k/l

• Changes made to the spawn timing of some core character conversations

• The interface settings group has been moved from Video to Gameplay

• Updated missed note visuals to be less distracting

Hey there!

Chance here from the HYPERBEAT team with an update about what Alice and I have been up to. After some much needed vacation, and some fun prototyping a new project (which we’re very excited about) - we’ve been hard at work on a new update. Here’s a preview of what that’s going to look like:

• Five new gameplay tracks from the B-sides to fill out the after credits book in the game, with 15 new charts.

• Lobby based multiplayer in the Wellspring with a new “style” customization option and the addition of emotes.

• Lobby based leaderboards to compete against your friends or strangers.

We’re also going to be opening beta-testing for multiplayer soon, so if you’re interested, please join our discord[discord.gg] to stay in the loop, we’d love to hangout and play some charts together while stress testing the feature!

There’s lots on the horizon for HYPERBEAT in 2026 - with a future update focused on a user-friendly map editor and more leaderboard options. Thank you to everyone again for your time and interest in the game, we’re looking forward to working hard to deliver more HYPERBEAT, and we’re so excited to share with you everything we’ve been working on.

Thank you again,
Chance and Alice ♥