Gameplay

Hide Online is a third person, 5v5 prop-hunt game in which you play with your chosen items from the Collection Tab on a random Map, and there are two roles that switch every time a match ends: Props and Hunters.

## Controls

### Basic movement

To move your character/prop, drag your finger from the big circle at the left side to move in the direction that you are pulling the joystick to. To jump, tap the button that has an arrow looking upwards (↑).

### Main buttons

The upper-left side of the screen features two buttons shown to both teams: a menu button (☰) and a Sticker button (☺️). Tapping the menu button will lead you to the Scoreboard, showing the players in the current room along with their score. The bottom part includes a button to leave the game and a Settings button to quickly adjust certain things such as sensitivity or volume in-game. The Sticker button will expand to show the three latest Stickers you have used and a + button to show other Stickers you have, including locked ones.

### Prop-exclusive buttons

If you are a prop, a button will appear to the right with two arrows following each other representing a circle (🔄). Hold then drag your finger to rotate the direction your prop is facing. The prop's special ability can be used by tapping the pig button, which will turn nearby hunters into animals (stunning them) and give you a speed boost for five seconds to escape. Props also have a fourth button that looks like a cup with an arrow. When tapped, the prop will turn into the object they are facing. The objects that they can transform to can be hinted if the location they are looking at has multiple arrows moving back and forth from the center.

### Hunter-exclusive buttons

If you are a hunter you will see instead a circle with one line on each lateral (similar: ⊕). You can tap it or hold it to shoot on a still prop, however shooting on moving props is easier as it automatically focuses on the prop when looking close to it (if auto aim and auto shoot is enabled in the Settings). The hunter's special ability can be used by tapping the grenade button, which will throw a grenade that explodes on contact with the ground or another prop. It has a twelve second cooldown.

### Indicators

The middle-bottom part of the screen shows the health bar, which will kill the prop or character if it reaches zero, and a stats bar, which will show differently on both teams:

* When a prop is not taunting, the stats bar will show how many seconds are left until the prop begins to taunt. If the prop is currently taunting, the bar will show the remaining time for the taunt to end.
* For hunters, the stats bar shows the amount of ammo they currently have. If their ammo reaches zero, they will automatically reload their ammo.

## Joining a game

### Random game

Joining a random game is simple; tapping the 'PLAY' button on the Main Menu will take you to a random game.

### Custom game

If you want to look for a specific game room, tap the 'GAME LIST' button. There will be a list of rooms that have a name, the number of players, and the 'JOIN' button. If the 'JOIN' button has a lock icon next to it, the room is password-protected, attempting to join it will ask for the room's password that its owner set. A search bar is also available to look for game rooms by name. You can create a custom game by tapping the yellow 'CREATE CUSTOM GAME' button, and there will be two boxes to fill in: the room name, and its password (optional). After this, there will be checkboxes where you can choose which maps will be in rotation. After creating the room, you can then share the room name with your friends or wait for other players to join your game.

## Containers

*Main page: Containers*

Containers are the way to obtain most unlockables in-game, such as Portraits, Stickers, Recharges, etc., and you can get them by earning  Tokens from matches, or by using  Coins. There are two versions of them, the Gold Container (paid -  50) and the Normal Container (free -  100 Tokens each).