Super Haxagon 3DS

Super Haxagon
Super Haxagon
General
Author	RedTopper
Type	Action
Version	3.8.3
License	MIT License
Last Updated	2025/03/07
Links
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Super Haxagon, formerly named Super Hexaspire, is a cross platform, open source Super Hexagon clone for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Windows, Linux, and the TI-Nspire (yes, the calculator).

It is developed in C++ and uses no additional libraries for the core logic, making it easy (in theory) to port to new platforms. It also has a GUI based level editor called Haxa Editor.

Features

Cross Platform.
Widescreen support.
High Refresh Rate support.
Custom Levels.
OGG decoder for BGM.
High Score Saving.

Installation

Available in 3DSX and CIA formats.

CIA - Install the .cia with the CIA manager of your choice.
3DSX - Use the .3dsx provided with the Homebrew Launcher.

Additionally, feel free to check out the level editor at Haxa-Editor. There's a wiki that documents how to use it. External levels are supported by dropping the levels.haxagon in sdmc:/3ds/data/haxagon/. They'll load on the home menu after the builtin levels.

Note: You must dump your DSP firmware to hear the music.

User guide

Super Hexagon is a fast-paced twitch game in which you control a triangle on a hexagonal grid in the center while walls come from the edges of the screen.

The controls are simple: you must pivot the triangle to the opening in order to survive.

Screenshots

Changelog

v3.8.3

New features:
- 3ds, switch: For platforms that embed music into the ROM, you can add custom title music by placing a title.ogg next to your scores.db file. #35
- miyoo: This release uses the Ports folder instead of the Apps folder on OnionOS #39
Fixes:
- all: Pressing right no longer has priority over pressing left. Instead, the last direction to be pressed "wins". This makes switching directions faster and easier. #36

v3.8.2

New features for this release:
- portmaster: new platform!
  - Please use the "autoinstall" folder to install the zip manually from this repo. It is "Ready to Run" and contains all assets, including the romfs folder.
  - For muOS: /mnt/mmc/MUOS/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  - For Knulli: /media/SHARE/system/.local/share/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  - For other CFWs, see the Portmaster documentation for your platform..
- miyoo mini: new platform!
  - Tested only on OnionOS.
  - Install by placing SuperHaxagon folder into /mnt/SDCARD/App/, then place romfs folder in /mnt/SDCARD/App/SuperHaxagon/romfs/
  - Pixelation filter applied to look extra retro (and totally not because I have to do software rasterization and rendering at full resolution would be too taxing for the CPU!).
- 3ds: fixed a bug that prevented the proper loading of stereo .WAV files.
- all: Replaced SFX with ones created by @TwistBit! Thanks! (Fixes #32).
- all: Pumped up the level beats (Fixes #31).
- all: Controls are shown on the title screen by pressing "back".
- all: Main menu has new "tilt" effects while selecting levels.
- all: New main menu music (I got tired of Werq).
- all: Tilt effects for levels 2-4.
- all: Zoom effects for levels 2-4.
- all: Platform now shown on the top of the title screen.

v3.7.0

New features for this release:
- all: New title menu before the level select.
- all: Camera pans and color transitions between most states.
- switch: You can now use "X" to rotate right, like the 3ds.
Under the hood features:
- all: Drivers cleaned up to officially use "Pimpl".
- all: Drivers no longer make excessive pointer de-references and instead direct calls to the Impl itself.
- all: Drivers now have "Surface" classes that contain core rendering logic, split out from Platform.
- all: Game uses new SurfaceGame class, which implements software matrix transforms.
- all: Code cleanup, where applicable.

Credits

Thanks everyone for:

The toolchain by devkitPro.
The 3DS 2D engine by fincs at devkitPro/citro2D.
The CTR User library by Smea at devkitPro/libctru.
The Switch User library by Switchbrew at switchbrew/libnx.
The font Bump IT UP by aaronamar at fontstruct.com.
Steveice10 for the build tools at Steveice10/buildtools.
Sean T. Barrett for OGG decoding at nothings/stb.
The SFML developers for, well, SFML.
Audio from Open Hexagon at SuperV1234/SSVOpenHexagon.
...and Kevin MacLeod for more music at incompetech.com.
and all of the people on the contributors page.

Music Attribution:

Werq by Kevin MacLeod (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 License).
Screen Saver by Kevin MacLeod License.
Open Hexagon:
- Call Me Katla, Baby by Dunderpatrullen.
- Captain Cool by Bossfight.
- Commando Steve by Bossfight.
- Dr. Finkelfracken's Cure by Bossfight.
- Jack Russel by Bossfight.
- The Maze Of Mayonnaise by Bossfight.

Super-Haxagon Timeline:

2021: TI-Nspire release
2020: Nintendo Switch release
2020: Windows and Linux release
2020: 3DS version 3 (Complete Rewrite)
2017: 3DS version 2 (Complete Rewrite)
2016: 3DS version 1
2013: TI-Nspire version Alpha

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