Community16 Sep 2023CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF HEART MACHINEA decade ago, we began a journey that would lead to the birth of Heart Machine - a game studio committed to crafting immersive, vibrant experiences that resonate with players on a profound level. As we celebrate our 10-year anniversary, we reflect on our history, achievements, community, and the exciting future that lies ahead. THINKING BACK Glitch City, Kickstarter, and Hyper Light Drifter In…
Greetings, Drifters! We have rare news: Some time after we released Hyper Light Drifter, our teammate Teddy Dief set off on their own, to explore different realms of game design and storytelling, building a new team from our native Los Angeles. I’m excited to share that today, the fruits of Teddy & team’s labor is released: We Are OFK A musical origin story & Interactive E.P. from Los Angeles i…
Hi everyone, Thanks again for all the bug reports. There is now a new hotfix build live. ***** IF YOU ARE USING A PS4 CONTROLLER ***** There is a new setting in the Controls menu that you must set to map your controls correctly: Go to Settings + Controls -> Controls -> switch to PS4 You will see a setting "Third Party Controls" If you are using a third party input driver or remapper like DS4Win…
We have created a branch called 'controller_old_noaltdrifter' that contains the last build that didn't cause controller problems for people. Unfortunately the Alt Drifter is not unlocked in this build, but your controller will work. We are working on a fix for this issue and will make it available as soon as it's ready. Thanks once again for your patience. To switch to the 'controller_old_noalt…
Hey everyone, We have uploaded an updated Windows build in the default branch that attempts to resolve controller detection issues. Please let us know if you continue to experience controller problems. Once again, apologies for any frustration and thank you for bearing with us.
As part of our ongoing effort to understand why the game isn't recognizing controllers on certain systems, we have created the 'controller_test' branch. If you are experiencing controller detection problems, please switch to this branch and let us know if the issue persists. To switch to the 'controller_test' branch: 1) Right click on Hyper Light Drifter in your Steam Library 2) Click on "Prope…
Hello everyone, We are aware that some players are experiencing some new and odd issues with a variety of controllers. It may be due to changes in our engine, Game Maker, or some of our own updates in the code, or even external factors. We are trying to determine exactly what's going on, but it takes time when the issues are inconsistent and difficult to reproduce. If you are experiencing probl…
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