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As stated earlier this year, an improved version of HopDrop will be released before the end of the year, this demo will bring lots of new features and improvements here and there.

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Gameplay improvements

The controller modes are those that benefit the most from the care, in particular the Xbox mode, because it is easier to work and offers more possibilities thanks to Xinput. Controllers recognized natively with Dinput are still supported, but this library has fewer qualities compared to Xinput.

Thus, I would recommend to players with a PlayStation controller to have it recognized as an Xbox controller by their PC, and play with the PlayStation mode of HopDrop, the PlayStation controllers with Xinput being actually much more pleasant to use with HopDrop. If ever you do not have the possibility (or do not want to), know that the PlayStation controllers work very well with the mapping provided for the Switch controllers.

Note this:

• For Xbox / Xinput controllers, movement is now done exclusively with the directional cross, for reasons of comfort.
• For Xbox / Xinput controllers still,  fighting is now done using the RT/R2 key.
• Whatever your configuration, the duration of the attack has been extended.

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Level design improvements

Generally speaking, the upcoming version will be easier to play than the version currently available. Some paths are straighter, enemies have also been removed from places where they were difficult to kill, their number has also been reduced.

Some places have been completely redone, even without mentioning the Noirode Mansion that we discussed here.

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Teleportation slabs

Teleport slabs now integrate worlds to shorten the distance between 2 locations (some worlds are very large). A gameplay subtlety that was inspired by Donkey Kong 64, see this little example gif.

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Cutscenes

A number of cutscenes have been remade to be more smooth and fun. See some extracts.

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Release date

This new version of HopDrop will be released on Friday, December 3. Come in large numbers to play it!