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The interactive ghost and hunter tutorials are here, bringing much-needed clarity for players not already familiar with the original minigame. A huge thank you to everyone who gave feedback along the way!

Added

Interactive ghost and hunter tutorials.

Changed

Simplified hunter costume rendering to fix issues the old rendering caused in the tutorials. This comes with a small performance benefit and makes animations slightly less delayed.
Simplified level centering by using camera offsets instead of moving the entire level. This should look identical in practice but with much less jank behind the scenes.
Many other small technical changes needed to make the tutorials work.

Fixed

Hunters see battery alerts while fainted.

[ 2025-01-18 06:59:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Haunting Hijinx

zibetnu Developer

zibetnu Publisher

2024-11-18 Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA Tags

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support

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Haunting Hijinx is a spiritual successor to a classic minigame where one player is a ghost and up to four players are ghost hunters.

Haunt a Spooky Mansion

Concealed by shadow, you will seek to outwit the ghost hunters and make them faint. A single touch is all it takes, but beware their searing lights! You must be clever if you are to catch the fiends off guard.

Your goal is to make all the hunters faint by grabbing them.
You are invisible by default.
Sprint to gain a helpful speed boost at the expense of being visible.
Charge your summon meter to summon a drain area under each hunter. Any hunter that doesn't quickly get away will be defenseless as their battery gets drained.
The hunters' flashlight beams will briefly stun you, make you visible, and deal significant damage.

Join Forces to Corner the Ghost

Each armed with a flashlight, you and your friends will delve into the darkness to hunt down the ghost. Even though you can't see the ghost in the dark, you can sense when it draws near. Stay together; you will not survive alone for long.

Your goal is to destroy the ghost by shining your flashlight on it.
Your flashlight has limited battery life. You will need to pick up new batteries over time to keep the ghost at bay.
You will be alerted when the ghost is nearby, though you should be wary of any tricks it may play to keep you on edge.
Teamwork is essential. The ghost can easily outmaneuver a lone hunter but will struggle against a coordinated group.
You will faint if the ghost touches you.
Shine your flashlight on a downed hunter for a few moments to revive them. In the meantime, take care that you aren't vulnerable to being grabbed yourself!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Distribution released after 2016
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200. AMD Athlon XE BE-2300Memory: 150 MB RAM
Memory: 150 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell). AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (Kaveri)
Storage: 150 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Distribution released after 2020
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K. AMD Ryzen 5 1600Memory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Pascal). AMD Radeon RX 460 (GCN 4.0)Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 250 MB available space

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