We're 5 days into the Haunted Challenge.
What are you making?
Share a screenshot or work in progress with the community!
If you haven't started yet, you still have until the 31st to make an amazing game.
Theme: Haunted
Deadline: October 31st
Submit: Publish to the Hub with #2026HAUNTEDJAM
Make a haunted game now!
hyperPad 2.9 is all about stability. This update brings more than 150 fixes to the editor, the player and the Hub. It fixes crashes, plugs memory leaks so long play and editing sessions stay smooth, and adds support for the latest versions of iPadOS. You can also now sign in with Google.
hyperPad now requires iPadOS 15 or later.
Plus 100+ more fixes and improvements.
🎃 Haunted Game Jam — Deadline Extended to October 31!
Good news, creators! We're giving everyone more time to finish their Haunted Game Jam projects.
The new submission deadline is:
👻 October 31
Use the extra time to polish your gameplay, finish your levels, improve your atmosphere, squash bugs, or jump into the challenge with a brand-new idea.
We’re looking forward to seeing what you build.
Submit your Haunted Game Jam game by October 31.
Heres a quick video showing the latest addition. Pairing your iPhone to use as a controller in hyperPad
Dates: October 1–10, 2026
Theme: Haunted
You have 10 days to create a playable hyperPad project inspired by Haunted.
How you interpret the theme is up to you. Your project can be spooky, funny, strange, atmospheric, or something we didn't expect.
Use this thread to share your ideas, screenshots, work in progress, and questions while you build.
We'd love to see what haunted games you make.
Good luck! 👻
hyperPad Team
A sneak peek at whats coming: physical game controllers! You will now be able to pair a bluetooth controller to your device, and use it in hyperPad!
You can create custom controls using the Controller Event behaviour. This works similar to how existing keyboard inputs work.
But we've also added a "Map Controller Inputs" behaviour which allow you to take your existing game, and map the touch controls to a controller.
Heres a tutorial as a sneak peek to see how it works:
https://www.hyperpad.com/documentation/add-controller-support-to-your-game
Another sneak peek at what we're building. This is smart shapes!
It started off as a modern take to Tile maps, and tile based games. So you can have a repeatable graphic that tiles.
But that sort of blew up and now you can create terrain, free form shapes, paths.
We've also created behaviours to go along with this to dynamically generate shapes at run time. What this means is you can create an endless runner like Tiny Wings, where the terrain generates as you fly through the level.
Heres the documentation on the Smart Shape Object:
https://www.hyperpad.com/documentation/smart-shape-object
And heres a tutorial on how smart shapes work to create a game like Tiny Wings
https://www.hyperpad.com/documentation/build-orbitrun-with-smart-shape-part-1-your-first-launch
Keep in mind, these tutorials are just for a sneak peek. And these features are coming in a future hyperPad update.
We are testing them now, so you can get early access by joining our testflight beta.
This feature is complete and ready for testing. Let me know if you'd like to join our testflight and get early access to this.
Heres the completed documentation for the entire art studio so you can get a sneak peek: https://www.hyperpad.com/documentation/art-studio-start-here
You can go through all the related articles, and see how to rig your characters and the different behaviours we added too.
Show us ONE mechanic you’re working on in hyperPad.
Movement, combat, dialogue, particles, physics, inventory, menus, enemies. Anything counts!
Post a screenshot or short clip and tell us what you’re trying to make. If it isn’t working yet, share that too. Someone in the community may have an idea. 👇
Game development is about small wins. What’s one thing you got working in hyperPad this week?
Maybe you fixed a movement problem, made a menu, added an animation, figured out some behaviors, or finally solved that bug that was driving you crazy.
Big or small, share your win below in a screenshot!👇
