hyperPad 2.5 is here!
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🚀 Visual Power Just Leveled Up in hyperPad!
Hey hyperPad creators, buckle up. This update isn’t just an upgrade, it’s a game-changer.
Advanced visual effects you’ve only dreamed of are now at your fingertips, directly inside your projects. But that’s just the beginning. We’ve also expanded behaviors, enhanced animation controls, and squashed a ton of bugs to make your creative journey smoother and more reliable than ever.
This is the moment to push your imagination to its limits. Think bigger, bolder, and more beautiful than ever.
New Features
- Shaders Everywhere – Apply shader effects to objects, layers, backgrounds, or entire scenes with the new Shader Effect behavior.
- Animate Your Shaders – Make your visuals come alive with the Automate Shader behavior.
- Spawn Like a Pro – Prefabs and templates can now be spawned in the Spawn Object behavior.
- Text Bubble Animations – Control how your text pops open or closes for extra style.
- Smooth Animations – Animate health bars and score changes over time with full control over duration and transition type.
- Flexible Labels – Adjust label dimensions and alignment directly with the Set Label behavior.
- Randomize Arrays – Add randomness with the new Random Value option in Get Array Value.
- Stay Connected – The Network Status behavior now checks your internet connection in real-time.
🐛 Bug Fixes
We’ve tackled dozens of crashes, quirks, and visual inconsistencies. From prefab imports and animated spritesheets to camera alignment and status bar issues. Your projects will now run smoother, safer, and more reliably across devices.
- Fixed prefab and template files being unable to be imported from outside the app.
- Fixed the If behavior failing to recognize numbers in some cases.
- Fixed the Spawn Object behavior causing crash when object contained arrays and dictionaries.
- Fixed some Broadcast Message and Receive Message behaviors not working after switching scenes.
- Fixed global UI behaviors persisting through play sessions in the Hub.
- Fixed animated prefabs/templates displaying entire spritesheet instead of graphic.
- Fixed saving template/prefab of a prefab resulting in a blank object.
- Fixed cropping graphic not visually updating sprite in the editor.
- Fixed a visual bug in toggles that made it hard to distinguish between the on and off state.
- Fixed visual inconsistencies with the camera between the editor and preview.
- Setting camera position in Screen View settings now match exactly what is set from the preview.
- The Screen View screenshot now updates in real-time and maintains correct dimensions.
- Fixed crashes in some projects when playing in the Hub
- Fixed units and clear buttons not appearing on text fields in behaviors (iPadOS 26+)
- Fixed the status bar being visible on exported projects
- Fixed the Alert behavior not working in exported projects
- Fixed the top navigation bar bleeding behind the status bar in the main pages.
- Fixed the Get Velocity behavior not accounting for velocity applied by the Joystick Controlled behavior.
- Fixed importing hyperPad files removing the original .tap file.
- Fixed a crash with life indicators having empty sprites.
- Fixed a crash when email is blank in the confirmation page when signing up.
- Fixed a crash when picking assets.
- Fixed a crash with the Set Input Field behavior.
- Fixed crashes caused when opening object properties.
- Fixed a crash with the Edit Text Field behavior.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when switching between the player and editor.
🔥 Create Amazing Games
If you’ve ever imagined games with jaw-dropping visuals, fluid animations, and responsive gameplay, now’s the time to make them real. There’s no limit here, just your creativity.
hyperPad 2.5 is ready for your boldest ideas. Make them come to life now!
🔗 Update to 2.5 Now
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Create Games with Shader Effects
Your game comes to life with Shader effects! Add depth, lighting, shadows, and atmosphere to your games, transforming flat visuals into immersive worlds.
Games like Minecraft use shaders to create realistic water reflections and dynamic lighting, while Fortnite uses advanced visual effects to enhance explosions, environments, and character details.
With the right shader effects, your game can feel more cinematic, vibrant, and emotionally engaging, dramatically elevating the player experience.
Show us what you create with the new Shader effects!
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Animate Your Games like Never Before
UI animations bring life and responsiveness to your interface, making every action feel satisfying and clear.
Games like Clash Royale and Among Us use animated score counters, pop-up text, and dynamic health bars to make feedback instant and engaging.
With built-in animation options for Add to Score, Text Bubble, and Set Health Bar behaviors, you can polish your UI to feel smoother, more professional, and more rewarding during gameplay.
Show us screenshots of your games with the new animation effects!
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Prefabs and Templates Upgraded Again!
Spawnable prefabs and templates let you dynamically create premade objects during gameplay, making your scenes more flexible and efficient.
Games like Terraria and Call of Duty: Warzone rely on spawning systems to generate enemies, loot, and interactive elements in real time.
With the updated Spawn Object behavior, you can instantly instantiate assets from your Asset Library, speeding up development and creating more dynamic, replayable game experiences.
