#Open Hexagon (Spiritual Successor to Super Hexagon)

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fresh hinge
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Open Hexagon is an open source spriritual successor to Super Hexagon, except that it is somehow even harder. It has a ton more levels than the original, with more variation and a new mode where you can swap around by 180°. The game also has support for custom levels through the Steam Workshop, though you gotta install those manually.

Port Download Link: #1348028245236518932 message

Installation:

From Github (Free):

  1. Install the port and newest Westonpack runtime
  2. Download the game files: https://github.com/vittorioromeo/SSVOpenHexagonAssets/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
  3. Put the Assets and Packs folder into the port directory
  4. Optionally delete the experimental and workshopexample Packs to get parity with the steam version.

From Steam (Paid, please support the dev if you like the game):

  1. Install the port and newest Westonpack runtime
  2. Download the game on Steam and navigate to the game directory
  3. Copy Assets and Packs folder into the port directory

Tests

[X] ArkOS
[X] AmberELEC
[X] muOS
[X] Knulli
[X] Rocknix (Mali)
[X] Rocknix (Panfrost)

[X] 640x480
[X] 480x320
[] 720x720
[X] Higher

Testing Status:

[X] Basic Testing (Game starts and is playable)
[X] Extensive Testing (Mid-game Content)
[] Complete Testing (Finished Game) LOL GOOD LUCK

Controls

dpad, analog sticks, L/R - left, right
a,start - enter, restart
b,select - back
y - swap
x - focus

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vale wharf
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3 hexagonsPsyDuck

formal urchin
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and you can also download a c64 Micro Hexagon

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though that one has some nasty strobing effects that feel quite terrible

vale wharf
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I dont mind, more is betterdoggokek

gloomy jay
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Medal of Hexagon: Allied Assault
(Medal of Honor but every time you relad a rifle, you play Open Hexagon and get one bullet for every second survived)

fresh hinge
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To be fair, other than the first two levels, it plays very differently from classic Super Hexagon.

formal urchin
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omg this gets hard quite fast

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or maybe I just suck

fresh hinge
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No, the difficulty is brutal. You can make it easier by selecting the level speed with left and right in the level selector

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I saw someone play one of the later levels at a demoparty. One handed, sipping on a beer at the same time. They were 4 minutes into a run 😅

formal urchin
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not sure if there is something helpful, but it has no image with panfrost

📎 log.txt
fresh hinge
vale wharf
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Is there also a ES4GL lol

fresh hinge
vale wharf
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Wait i was joking but its a thingdoggokek

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Cool

formal urchin
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heh, amberelec misses libogg.so.0, works just fine after supplying one from elsewhere

fresh hinge
fresh hinge
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Maybe i just need to reinstall rocknix. It takes ages to boot and is acting kinda flaky. I think that unbranded SD my r36s came with has finally drawn its last breath

fresh hinge
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Hmm, reinstalled latest rocknix on a different SD card, still the same error. But at least the device doesn't crash like every 20 minutes now

fresh hinge
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Figured it out. Open Hexagon's custom memory allocator it uses for LuaJIT is incompatible with newer Linux kernels. It expects to be able to allocate memory in the lower 47 bit of memory space, and starting with Linux 6, that entire space is reserved for the kernel. (Yes the linux kernel is reserving itself over 281 terrabyte of virtual memory space, exactly half of the 48bit space).

I switched it back to the default allocator. According to a code comment it's slower, but the game still runs at full speed on my devices, so i don't really care.
Got Rocknix Panfrost and Mali both working now.

fresh hinge
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New version!

  • Fixed Rocknix Allocation Bug
  • Added Desktop GL binary
  • Fixed AmberELEC missing libogg
  • Fixed Knulli missing libFLAC
📎 openhexagon.zip
olive holly
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How many versions of this damn game are there? Wow... lol

dull moth
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Y'all got all 3 at once haha

formal urchin
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✅ OGA Arkos, 35xxSP muOS, X55 / RP5 Rocknix and RGB10X Amberelec. My only slight gripe is with the default setup is having reset key on "up", which can be annoying on dpads and even on some sticks.

fresh hinge
formal urchin
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Oga is 480x320

fresh hinge
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That's the one I was mainly worried about, since the in-game resolution menu doesn't go lower than 640x480

formal urchin
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Text is small, legible

fresh hinge
fresh hinge
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Not entirely sure if the PR actually went through because I'm getting a 500 error when i click on this link 😅

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wary monolith
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I own Super Hexagon but didn't keep it on my device because it drove me absolutely bonkers that it can only play at 4x3... it's a game that so clearly would benefit from the 1x1 ratio in gameplay since you actually do want to see equally far in all directions

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so this is way better 🙂

fresh hinge
# wary monolith I own Super Hexagon but didn't keep it on my device because it drove me absolute...

Glad OH is working great! I hope you don't mind the big difficulty bump 😅

Yeah the PC version of SH has a couple of weird limitations that don't need to be there. For example It's capped at 60fps and locked to this weird 16:10 ratio.
The android version of SH can run at any framerate and resolution. The game plays super great on my 21:9 120hz phone. Porting this version to PortMaster is a long way off though, my android compatibility layer is still in its infancy.

wary monolith