HEXA-WORLD-3D — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| UPDATE 1.6.0 - SPACE & MONTHLY COMPETITION | 2026-09-20 | UPDATE 1.6.0 - SPACE & MONTHLY COMPETITIONI’ve prepared a major update for HEXA-WORLD-3D.Version 1.6.0 introduces a new Space location, an updated main hub, reworked monthly competitions, and new rewards for the top leaderboard positions.NEW LOCATION - SPACEA brand-new Space location is now available in the game.The game board is built directly into the interior of a space station, giving the location its own atmosphere, visual identity, and style.NEW MAIN HUBThe default location has been completely redesigned.The new Modular Hub is now the main starting location in HEXA-WORLD-3D, replacing the previous version.MONTHLY COMPETITIONSCompetitive |
| A small developer update: introducing Mushroom Simulator Co-op | 2026-05-13 | Hi everyone!First of all, I want to thank everyone who plays and supports HEXA WORLD 3D. It still makes me really happy to see players completing levels, appearing on the leaderboards, and spending time with the game.I wanted to share a small update from me as the developer.Updates for HEXA WORLD 3D are currently temporarily on pause because I’m working on another indie project with friends: Mushroom Simulator Co-op.Brief description:In this game, you are a mushroom. Your friends are mushrooms too.Grow bigger, enjoy the rain, watch out for worms, and hide from the mushroom picker with a basket. No quests, no bosses. Just you, your friends, th |
| 🎉 100 players on the Level Leaderboard! | 2026-05-12 | Hi everyone!I wanted to share a small but very special milestone for HEXA WORLD 3D.For a long time, the Level Leaderboard stayed at 99 players. And now we finally crossed the line: more than 100 players have appeared on the Level Leaderboard! 🎉For a small indie game, this really means a lot. Every new player on the leaderboard means that someone spent time with the game, completed levels, improved their progress, and became part of this little community.Thank you so much to everyone who has played HEXA WORLD 3D, supported the game, shared feedback, or simply gave it a try.I also want to be honest and mention that updates for HEXA WORLD 3D ar |
| After Steam Spring Sale: updated regional pricing and new 65% discount | 2026-03-31 | A bit of an indie dev fail.During the Steam Spring Sale, I accidentally set a 40% discount, even though the game used to have 60%. Yeah, I basically ruined my own sale.On top of that, I recently recalculated regional prices using Steam’s new recommendation system, based on purchasing power. In some countries, the game now costs almost nothing because of that.Since the Spring Sale didn’t go well, I decided to launch another discount. In some regions, it now goes up to 65%.Moments like this remind me that indie development isn’t just about code and content, but also constant mistakes, testing, and trying to fix everything afterward. ːsteamhappy |
| HEXA-WORLD-3D - Spring Update 1.5.0 | 2026-03-19 | This update brings new visuals, quality-of-life improvements, and an important leaderboard fix.New ContentNew Crystal LocationNew Crystal chip skinNew Space chip skin, including a small hint at a future Space-themed locationImprovements and FixesFixed a long-standing leaderboard issue where hidden Steam profiles could appear without visible scoresAdded a new click-and-click control option for Infinity Mode and Levels Mode after reviewing drag-and-drop feedbackFixed lighting issues in the New Year location when playing with the isometric camera |
| Patch 1.4.1 - Progression Rebalance + UI Improvements | 2026-02-06 | I’ve released a small mini-patch focused on progression rebalance and UI clarity improvements.Progression:Early unlocks now arrive soonerEmpty gaps at the start of progression have been reducedContent is distributed more evenly across levelsUI & Rewards:Rare, Mythic, and Legendary items are now highlighted with visual glow effects in the UIEach rarity has its own visual emphasis, making valuable rewards easier to notice at a glanceImportant:Drop weights and chances remain unchangedRare and Legendary items can still drop early through RNGThe element of luck and surprise is fully preservedThis mini-patch is primarily aimed at new players, but i |
| Patch 1.4.0 - Wooden Location & Location Styles | 2026-02-02 | Patch 1.4.0 - Wooden Location & Location Styles✨ New ContentAdded a new Wooden locationAdded a new Wooden chip skin, designed specifically for this location🧩 Location Styles SystemLocations can now define their own visual and audio styleEach location can override:hex grid materialsgenerator materialschip skinschip sound effects (place, move, appear, disappear)location-specific background musicThe Wooden location is the first location using this systemThis system is a foundation for future updates, allowing each location to feel unique in both visuals and sound.🔮 Coming in the March Quarterly UpdateReworked Competitive LeaderboardsScores wil |
| 🎉 The January season has ended! The February season begins 🏆 | 2026-02-01 | 🎉 January Season Has Ended!This time, the crowns go to different players - FLEx, Anne, and arai 👑 The fight was intense until the very last moment in every division 😎📊 December Results:🟢 Easy Division — 7 participants, FLEx takes 1st place 🟡 Medium Division — 5 participants, Anne takes 1st place 🔴 Hard Division — 6 participants, arai takes 1st placeThe February season has officially begun - a new month, a new battle, and a new crown! 🧩🎆 Happy start of the New Year 2026 to all players! We wish you high scores, powerful combos, and big victories in the new year.Good luck to everyone, and may the strongest win! 💪👑 |
| 🛠️ Patch 1.3.2: Improved Startup Stability & Graphics Settings Fix | 2026-01-17 | This update is a try-fix for startup crashes that some players experienced.What changed:Removed automatic hardware benchmark on startupThe game now starts with safe default graphics settingsThis should prevent Fatal Error / GPU Crashed / D3D Device Lost on launchIf the game still crashes:Please delete this file and try again:%LOCALAPPDATA%\\HEXAWORLD3D\\Saved\\Config\\Windows\\GameUserSettings.ini Then start the game.Thank you to everyone who reported this issue and sent videos/specs 🙏 |
| 🎉 The December Season has ended! The January Season begins! 🏆 | 2026-01-01 | This time, all crowns go to a single ruler - arai 👑A clean sweep across every division. Absolute domination 😎📊 December Results:🟢 Easy Division - 11 participants, arai takes 1st place🟡 Medium Division - 3 participants, arai takes 1st place🔴 Hard Division - 3 participants, arai takes 1st placeThe January season has officially begun a new month, a new battle, and a new crown to claim! 🧩🎆 Happy New Year 2026 to all players!Wishing you high scores, strong combos, and even bigger victories in the year ahead.Good luck and may the strongest win! |
| 🎬 1-Year Progress Mashup + r/Games Indie Sunday post | 2025-12-28 | Hey everyone! I put together a short mashup showing how HEXA WORLD 3D evolved over the last year.From early builds to the current version: visuals, UI, effects, overall feel, and lots of small improvements based on your feedback.▶️ Watch the 1-Year Progress Mashup:What stands out the most in the before and after?Drop a comment here, I’d love to hear what feels like the biggest upgrade.Also, I shared this mashup on r/Games (Indie Sunday) to reach more players and gather feedback.If you want to support the game, an upvote and a short comment helps a lot.🧡 Reddit post:https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/s/gTrBmZ93M0Thank you for playing and supporti |
| 🔧 HEXA-WORLD-3D - Patch 1.3.1 | 2025-12-22 | In this update, I focused on stability, UI clarity, and quality-of-life improvements, based on player feedback after the Winter Patch.🛠️ Fixes & Improvements✅ Hammer Booster improvement Fixed an issue where the Hammer booster could affect a neighboring stack. The hit is now always applied precisely to the selected target.✅ Highlight fix in the new location Resolved visual issues with hex tile highlighting in the new map. Outlines and selection feedback are now clearer and more readable.✅ Towers Mode UI improvement Arrow-based value selection has been replaced with a numeric input field. • Only valid values can be entered • Minimum and maximu |
| ❄️ HEXA-WORLD-3D - Winter Patch 1.3.0 | 2025-12-17 | 🎄 Christmas Update & Year RecapThis year has been special for HEXA-WORLD-3D. The game has grown, evolved, received new modes, music, and locations - and most importantly, your ideas and feedback.The Winter Patch is not just an update, but a small year recap and a look into the future ✨🛠️ Fixes & StabilityIn this update, I focused on quality and overall game feel:✅ Hammer Booster click zone fixed The hammer now always hits the selected stack — no more random or incorrect targets. Already in the game.✅ Field distortion fixed in the “Game Room” location when using the isometric camera The camera now behaves consistently and predictably again. |
| 🏆 The November Season has ended! The December Season begins! 🏆 | 2025-12-01 | 🎉 The November season has ended!Each division has its own king — and their names are Eleanora and WIDE 👑 Looks like HEXA-WORLD-3D now officially has its royalty 😎📊 October Results:🟢 Easy Division — 6 participants, the king is Eleanora🟡 Medium Division — 4 participants, the king is WIDE🔴 Hard Division — 5 participants, the king is WIDEThe December season has already begun - everyone has an equal chance, and the crown is up for the taking! 🧩 Good luck to all players, and may the strongest win! |
| 🌸 Crimson Blossom - Update 1.2.0 | 2025-11-18 | Hello, players! The autumn update is finally here - bringing a new location, UI improvements, optimizations, and fresh cosmetics you can unlock simply by playing 💛🌺 NewNew Location - Crimson Blossom A Japanese-inspired area with calm colors, soft visual accents, and thematic music.New Cosmetic Style - Steppe Available once you reach the required level.XP in Infinite Mode You now earn 30 XP for every 10,000 points, and leveling up automatically unlocks new cosmetic items (skins and maps) with clean popup notifications.Added Isometric Camera Mode You can switch between perspective and isometric view using the UI slider button or the Spacebar |
| 🏆 October Season is Over! November Season Begins! 🏆 | 2025-11-01 | 🎉 October Season has ended!Across all divisions —-a new king has risen, and his name is WIDE 👑 Looks like there’s a new sheriff in town 😎📊 October Results:🟢 Easy Division - 17 players, King WIDE🟡 Medium Division - 7 players, King WIDE🔴 Hard Division - 7 players, King WIDEThe November Season has begun - new month, new chances, new battles! 🧩 Good luck to everyone - may the best player claim the crown! |
| 💠 Highlights (Player Interview & Hex Grid Games Bundle & Autumn sale) | 2025-10-07 | 💠 HEXA-WORLD-3D — October HighlightsOctober turned out even better than expected — the Autumn Sale went great, and I’m really happy with how the month went! 🍁 More players discovered HEXA-WORLD-3D, the community grew, and your feedback keeps shaping the next updates.🧩 Player InterviewThis month I had a text interview with one of the most active players - GeekDadKevin, who’s been gaming since the Atari era and even got some of his friends to buy the game (!).“I enjoy the game itself — stacking and seeing the stacks disappear after completing them is awesome.” “Halloween is my favorite map — it’s cozy and moody at the same time.”He also shar |
| Patch 1.1.3 - Feedbacks & fixes | 2025-10-06 | 🎯 Gameplay Fixed a bug where the x3, x5 Multiplier achievement didn’t trigger in Level Mode - the trigger now works correctly. 🎶 Audio Fixed an issue where the Halloween location music wouldn’t mute properly when the sound was turned off. 🏆 Achievements & Progression Lowered the requirement players for the “Leaderboard Legend” achievement from 10 to 5 for smoother progression. 🎨 UI / Text Updated the description for the Halloween location drop - corrected the inaccurate text in the UI. 💛 Thanks for all your feedback - it really helps make HEXA-WORLD-3D better! |
| 🏆 September Season is Over! October Season Begins! 🏆 | 2025-09-30 | Thank you to everyone who fought for records in Competitive Mode during September! 🎉 We’ve saved screenshots of the final leaderboards — a piece of history that will remain in the memory of the game forever.✨ Highlights:In the Easy Division, the battle was incredibly close: only 886 points difference between shot1n and Thisha! 🔥This season the leaders have changed: now the #1 spots are held by shot1n, Thisha, and Area 51 Employee in different divisions.📊 TOP10 Results (September Season):Easy Division: Medium Division:Hard Division:⚖️ Rule changes for the new season:Time limits per run:Easy Division → 5 minutesMedium Division → 4 minutesHar |
| HEXA-WORLD-3D on Steam Autumn Sale [Save -30%] | 2025-09-30 | 🍂 HEXA-WORLD-3D joins the Steam Autumn Sale! 🎃For a limited time, you can grab the cozy 3D hex-puzzle for 30% off! 🧩✨ Relax in Endless Mode, chase records in Competitive Mode, or progress through handcrafted levels — now with the brand-new Halloween Hex-O-Ween map and seasonal updates.Don’t miss the chance to add HEXA-WORLD-3D to your library at a discount - perfect for autumn evenings 🍁Join discord channel : https://discord.gg/hyngn6Jgwa |
| 📝 Patch Notes 1.1.2 — Feedback & Fixes | 2025-09-30 | 🎶 Audio Fixed a bug where the Halloween music would cut off abruptly. 🏆 Balance Rebalanced rewards in Competitive Mode (rewards are now more generous). Improved legendary item drops (higher drop chances). 🎨 UI / UX Fixed a bug where the Halloween location in the drop window would “go out of frame.” Raised booster bubble text for better readability. Lowered tutorial hint button slightly for convenience. Added a small delay for hover indicators to prevent accidental triggers. Fixed multiplier text display - now shows correctly during fade effects. 📷 Camera & Indicators Fixed a bug with distorted score and stack indicators when using the top |
| Patch 1.1.1 - Small fixes | 2025-09-28 | - Fixed drop from Levels mode - Fixed drop chance Halloween Skin |
| 🎃 Patch 1.1.0 — Autumn & Halloween (Hex-O-Ween) Update 🍂 | 2025-09-28 | Hey puzzle lovers! The season of pumpkins, leaves, and cozy updates has arrived. Welcome to our Autumn Patch 1.1.0 for HEXA-WORLD-3D — packed with improvements, bug fixes, and spooky seasonal content! 🎃 🍁 New Content: New Map: "Hex-O-Ween" — fog, lanterns, bats, and pumpkins. A true autumn enchantment! New Chip Skin: "Crimson Blossom" — the colors of fall in full bloom 🍂 Destruction Animation: chips now disappear with a dramatic destruction effect! 💥 Animation Settings: choose your preferred destruction style — scale or destruction. Chip Bounce Effect: blocks now bounce slightly when landing for a livelier animation. Chip Stack Counter: h |
| 🎃 Patch 1.1.0 - Autumn & Halloween (Hex-O-Ween) Update 🍂 | 2025-09-28 | 🎃 Patch 1.1.0 - Autumn & Halloween (Hex-O-Ween) Update 🍂Hey puzzle lovers! The season of pumpkins, leaves, and cozy updates has arrived. Welcome to our Autumn Patch 1.1.0 for HEXA-WORLD-3D — packed with improvements, bug fixes, and spooky seasonal content! 🎃🍁 New Content:New Map: "Hex-O-Ween" - fog, lanterns, bats, and pumpkins. A true autumn enchantment!New Chip Skin: "Crimson Blossom" - the colors of fall in full bloom 🍂Destruction Animation: chips now disappear with a dramatic destruction effect! 💥Animation Settings: choose your preferred destruction style — scale or destruction.Chip Bounce Effect: blocks now bounce slightly when lan |
| Patch 1.0.6 | 2025-09-03 | 🏆 New Season — New Leaderboard Rules! Starting this September, the game now has monthly seasons. At the end of each month, leaderboards will be reset, and results will be archived (with screenshots of the TOP 10). 🔄 How it worked before: Only your best score was saved. If you played worse than your record, the leaderboard entry didn’t update. ⚡ How it works now: Every new attempt is saved. Even if you score lower than before, that result will replace the previous one. ✨ What this means for you: Every match matters now. At the start of each season, everyone has a fair shot at climbing the TOP. You can keep playing to secure your place at the |
| 🏆 The first season is over! The September season begins! | 2025-09-03 | 🏆 The first season is over! The September season begins!Thank you to everyone who took part in the first month of the leaderboards! 🎉 We’ve saved screenshots of the final tables - this is the history of your records that will remain in the game’s memory.Now the September season begins. All leaderboards have been reset, giving you a great chance to set new records and fight for the top spots once again.✨ Try again:Beat your personal recordBreak into the top 10Or even become a Leaderboard Legend!A new month means new opportunities. Good luck and have fun! 💛Results of the TOP 10 in the first Competitive Season (August):Easy Division:Medium Di |
| Patch 1.0.5 - Bug fixes | 2025-08-31 | Fixes & Improvements: 🏆 Fixed leaderboard open chest for all players. 💥 Fixed leaderboard crash when open chest. 🛠️ Attempted fix for a crash in Level Mode. 🎖️ Fixed leaderboard legend achievement trigger. 📷 Fixed camera reset issue. ❄️ Fixed snow particle visibility in Free Camera mode. 🎮 Fixed Free Camera tutorial. 🗺️ Fixed starting map and skin issue. |
| ✨ Your Reviews Matter! | 2025-08-27 | Hello Friends! thank you to everyone already playing HEXA-WORLD-3D 💛 We already have many players, but Steam reviews are still few. Every review (even just a couple of sentences) helps the game reach new players.👉 You can leave a review directly on the Steam page - click here and select Write a review.Even just 2–3 new reviews can noticeably impact the overall rating and help the project grow. 🚀🎃 Autumn Patch (Sneak Peek)This fall you can expect:a brand-new Halloween-themed map 🕸️a special Halloween chip skin 🧛lots of improvements and fixes based on your feedback💬 Join the DiscordWant to share feedback or ideas for future updates? Join |
| 🛠 Patch 1.0.4 - Bug fixes | 2025-08-15 | Fixes & Improvements: 🐞 Fast the score animation in Infinity Mode. 📸 Free Camera - Changed hint text (added hints for keyboard arrows / WASD ) 💡 Fixed FX destroy chips color |
| 🛠 Patch 1.0.3 - Free Camera, Zoom, and a Little Magic for Infinity Mode | 2025-08-14 | New Features:📸 Free Camera - Hold RMB or press the camera button, pick the perfect angle, release, and play the way you like.🔍 Zoom In & Out - The mouse wheel now lets you get closer for details or zoom out for the full view.💥 Particles when destroying a tile - Every cleared tile now comes with a satisfying visual effect.Fixes & Improvements:🐞 Fixed the score animation bug in Infinity Mode after loading a session.💾 Infinity Mode saves - Now your session will be saved if you have more than 0 points.❌ Added a close (X) button in the session selection window.💡 Added an in-game camera control hint.🙈 Press G to hide the UI - perfect for cle |