Development of Hypnospace Outlaw

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## Early Development

In 2014, Jay Tholen released Hypnospace Enforcer, which was a game that would later be the inspiration for the "Hypnospace Highway" concept, and on the official release, the minigame Outlaw. In the summer of 2015, Tholen would begin work on a sequel of Hypnospace Enforcer, and in August 2015, he would showcase the first prototype.

#### Prototype 1

This prototype shows a simple menu screen and a save system, in which the player can write their name, choose from 8 colors for their HSPD vehicle while a 3D render of the vehicle is shown at the right, also allowed to change difficulty, this being Rookie (Easy) and Veteran (Hard).

After the player creates their profile, they were greeted with the OS screen (or the dock of the Hypnospace Central), which at the time only included the Hypnospace Explorer and HYPII, and at that point, wasn't using the text to speech system and the Explorer had no functionality. The key "S" will bring the Zone/Highway selector, which contained nothing.

The driving portion of the game would have been the main focus, and at this point, the game featured a new system compared to HS Enforcer, for example, the player was able to change directions and change the speed of the vehicle, while the lasso mechanic was kept the same.

The design of the OS was likely meant to evoke the design of the Hypnospace Highway cars as Tholen mentions wanting to add a car dashboard and other designs to the OS where the player was "docked".

This version still uses the Clickteam Fusion engine that was used in Hypnospace Enforcer.

Prototype Enforcer RegistrationPrototype Enforcer Registration (Animated GIF)Prototype file selectPrototype OS screenPrototype "Zone select"Prototype Hypnospace ExplorerPrototype Driving section
#### Prototype 2

In July 7, 2016, Jay would release the second footage of Hypnospace Outlaw and the first time the game was revealed to the public, and during that time, Mike Lasch was brought onto the team to help with the programming of the highway portions of the game.

This prototype or build shows a more polished OS, with the bigger improvements being the Hypnospace Explorer, zones and pages added to those zones and a different driving portion compared to the first build. Some of the new additions includes a Zone Warp (Which allows the player to warp to different zones) and a Cruiser Shop (a shop meant to sell upgrades and customization items to the Enforcer vehicle) for the driving portions of the game.

It is also shown that LawBot's pages would be used in each zone to show the different rules the users has to comply in the zone, and that other types of bots would also exist, this being AdBot's, with the main purpose of showing advertisements.

During the video, Tholen discussed ideas that would appear later in the game, like viruses, the sequencer, laws (CHIME) and cases the player has to go through, and the inclusion of programs, pop-ups and toolbars.

Some differences include:

* The Stadium was available from the start unlike the final game.
* Coolpunk Paradise used a completely different icon.
* The Gamerz Only Zone (Later as Gamer Fortress) and the Hypnospace Citizen Detainment Zone existed at that point.
	+ The Hypnospace Citizen Detainment Zone was a "jail" zone for people that were flagged and is only accessible to Merchantsoft Employes and Enforcers.
* Originally, Starport Castle Dreamstation was called DragonRoost Cogland Spaceport.
* The HSPD Enforcer Dashboard is shown on the main screen.
* There was originally generative music in-game, though later this feature will become the SGC Soundscapes application.
* Most pages from his build are placeholders.
* Loop music for pages are very rudimentary at this point.
* Pages looked very different and showcased how the user's vehicle looked.

Prototype 2 Boot screenPrototype 2 Boot screen (Animated GIF)Prototype 2 OS screenPrototype 2 Hypnospace Explorer and Main HubPrototype 2 Full Main HubPrototype 2 Citizen Page BrowserPrototype 2 Citizen PagePrototype 2 LawBot's pagePrototype 2 poo2's pagePrototype 2 GothFaerie97's pagePrototype 2 Hypnospace Highway Zone WarpPrototype 2 SettingsPrototype 2 Driving sectionAfter releasing the footage, Jay Tholen would later continue posting updates on Twitter and Youtube leading up to the kickstarter campaign, each of them showcasing stuff in more detail.

## Pre-Kickstarter Content

**15 July 2016**: Footage of the Generative Music is published on Youtube, which also showcases stuff not shown before:

* An icon of an Hypnocoin (which is for the Hypnoshop, the replacement of the Cruise Shop) is shown on the main screen.
* HSPD Enforcer Dashboard is shown, having the Inbox, Garage, Enforcer Stats and the Outlaw Database.
* 2 new zones are shown, "The Capable" and "M1nx\_Chat".
* The search page is shown.
* The ability the reposition the icons on the main screen is shown.
* An eye can be seen on the Hypnospace Explorer, probably the earliest iteration of the flagging system.

7/15/2016 OS screen7/15/2016 Outlaw Database7/15/2016 Hypnospace Highway Zone Warp7/15/2016 Search page**11 August 2016**: Footage of Idle Mode was released, it shows how HYPII reacts at the player being idle, mostly being the same as the current version, this being HYPII moving and talking to the player.

**13 August 2016**: Early versions of Hypnospace is Great and Goodtime Rock are released on Youtube, also shows footage of more pages (Coolpunk Paradise and Goodtime Valley), and an updated version of the Citizen Data, plus, a magnifying glass is shown when the player enters a page (This being an early version of the Hammer/Flagging mechanic of the CHIME system, in which the flagging of content would be based around the Zone respective rules). A new icon in the shape of a chat bubble with an eye on it is shown on the main screen (This would be the HypnoChat Observer, in which the enforcer would be able to see and report conversations from the zone's chat group) while the Hypnoshop is gone.

August 13 Music tracks

13/8/2016 OS screen13/8/2016 The Capable Zone in the Main Hub13/8/2016 Citizen Data and Magnifying Glass13/8/2016 GoodTimeValleyBot page13/8/2016 CoolPunkBot page**1 September 2016**: Footage of a prototype version of the Hypnospace Tune Sequencer is shown playing an early version of Always Delicious and another Twitter post showing the page RELAXWAND and a song named "RELAXWAND ORCHESTRA - Deeper".

September 1 Music tracks

RELAXWAND page
## Kickstarter

In September 7, 2016, Jay Tholen would create the Kickstarter page for Hypnospace Outlaw. Initial team members being Jay and Mike Lasch alongside Chris Pravia who provided .GIF animations for the game. At the same time, the first trailer of the game was released, though at this point, this build and later builds of Hypnospace are mostly mockups.

The trailer and the Kickstarter page showcased new stuff:

* The Hypnos Movie Player
* Pets, one of them being April, the Angelic Hamster
* New pages (with the brand Boppo's being the most prominent in HS)
* Flagging content (Using the magnifying glass)
* Moving the cursor to make stuff load faster
* The Hypnospace Observer
* The Assigned Laws (Which later would become CHIME)
* A mention of HypnoCure to treat Viruses
* How the driving section works and upgrades
* The Garage (Being the place to upgrade the enforcer vehicle), with some of the upgrades being:
	+ Front Shield (Protects the vehicle from most types of front end damage)
	+ Side Shield (Protects the vehicle from side impact damage)
	+ Rear Shield (Protects the vehicle from rear end damage)
	+ Shield Recharge Accelerator (Reduces the amount of time the shield takes to regenerate)
* A prototype of the Page Builder and a mock-up of the final Page Builder
* The M1nx\_Chat Zone is shown on the Main Hub
* Stretch Goals:
	+ Hot Dad (Chowder Man): in the Kickstarter, is shown that he would have only done 15-20 second jingles, though later, he would be Chowder Man as a legit musician.
	+ Jesse Bull & Acacia Lawson (Pets): It showcased some pets, one being a Slimecat (Later renamed to Mushi for SquisherZ)

Kickstarter Animated logos for DragonRoost Cogland Spaceport, Coolpunk Paradise, Open Eyed and Goodtime Valley (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Flagging system (Animated GIF)Kickstarter pages (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Hypnochat Observer (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Assigned LawsKickstarter HSPD Enforcer Dashboard and Dispatch (Animated GIF)Kickstarter pet (April the Angelic Hamster) (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Hypnospace Highway Zone Warp (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Hypnospace Highway (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Hypnospace Highway smashing citizens mechanic (Animated GIF)Kickstarter virtual pets and hacked road lanes mockup (This image would still appear in the final release)Kickstarter Garage (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Prototype Page BuilderKickstarter mockup final Page BuilderKickstarter mockup of Acacia's Slimecat (Later known as Mushi) (Animated GIF)Kickstarter mockups of Jesse's pets (first two), Jay's pet (third) and SlimecatKickstarter HypnOS Movie PlayerKickstarter M1nx\_Chat Zone in the Main HubKickstarter AD CyberworldzKickstarter AD Free SunglassesKickstarter StadiumBot pageKickstarter virus and HypnoCureKickstarter Hypnospace Highway outlawKickstarter HYPII and April**8 September 2016**: The project was 25% funded and on the update, Jay explains how the backer updates is gonna work and that at times, he will stream himself working with the Page Builder/Tune Sequencer. And on the same update, it showcased a page for Rodney\_77 with what appears to be an early version of Leather Jacket Man.

September 8 Music Track

Kickstarter Rodney\_77 page**9 September 2016**: Kickstarter Update 1. In this update, Jay talks about on how the game's lore and alternate story works, saying that, as a role of thumb, significant stuff post-1950's doesnt exist in Hypnospace Outlaw, as a way to limit references to pop-culture, though general cultural movements remains, like rock band, spaghetti westerns, trashy romance novels and more.

.GIF attached to the update**10 September 2016**: Jay streamed himself working on the Page Builder, with the page being a Tennis themed, though, at one point on the stream, he changes the name to Trennis and one of the people in the Skype call gives the idea of Trennis having a circular courtyard, this page would later become the Truth About Trennis page.

Game Dev Call-In Show Trennis page**13 September 2016**: This update brought to attention new stuff like The Scumbag Tracker, in which people that did violations of laws and rules, they would appear cataloged on this sub-app of the HSPD Enforcer Dashboard. Each user will have an offense level (Minor, Major, Outlaw), the reward the player gets for apprehending them, the laws they've broken, on which Zone they are from and personal information, and clicking their names it will bring you to their personal HS page. Another idea that Jay brings is multiple modes of play of which those are:

* Default: How the game was originally envisioned and has a balace of the OS and Highway modes.
* Sleuth Mode: More focus on the OS and the Highway parts being greatly reduced in difficulty.
* Arcade Mode: More focus to the Highway modes and the violator will be assigned to the enforcer via inbox messages.

Another thing Jay brings is the first stretch goal of $34,000 AD for bringing Hot Dad, in which he shows the video Hypnospace is Cool by Hot Dad that was published that same day.

Kickstarter Trennis page (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Scumbag Tracker (Animated GIF)Kickstarter New Game interface (Animated GIF)**15 September 2016**: Jay showcases the page he did in the night of that day, this being an early version of the page of SendMeMoney16.

**17 September 2016**: Kickstarter Update 2. The Kickstarter was 53% funded. Jay talks about the Page Builder and how the final building tools will look and the addition of the Event manager, in which the page changes based around the enforcer actions. Another thing Jay brings is Online features, in which he brings a system that generates an in-game URL for the player to upload pages and songs they created to be downloaded by other people, though later this will not happen. Also Jay talks about a mechanic of the Hypnospace Highway, in which, if an user's vehicle is destroyed, that user will have a chance of dropping files for the enforcer to grab, and those files would contain personal information (This later would become the eulogies from the final Outlaw version) and this will be the first time the HypnOS Download Manager is shown. Another thing Jay brings is the development behind the music, like motifs behind the music and the sound effects, and also showcases the page he did 2 days ago.

September 17 Music Track

Kickstarter Hypnospace Highway grabbing files from user (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Hypnopad and HypnOS Download Manager (mockups) (Animated GIF)Kickstarter SendMeMoney16 pageKickstarter SendMeMoney16 full page**19 September 2016**: Jay announces the release of the prototype of the Page builder for backers for September 22 and it also announces a Hypnospace Page Awards, a contest for people to send their pages created on the page builder, in which the prizes are compliments and a custom pixel art badge.

**21 September 2016**: Jay announces on Twitter that the Kickstarter has less than two weeks to make its goal.

**22 September 2016**: The prototype Page Builder is released to backers.

**24 September 2016**: Jay announces on Twitter that the Kickstarter has been 68% funded. Also shown on the video is the pet mechanic and the first appearance of Screensavers (At that time, the file extension for those at the time were .HSP).

**25 September 2016**: Kickstarter Update 3. Jay says that the game was 73% funded while the project had 9 days left, also gives information on the core loop of the game, plus the other game modes that were mentioned on September 13. The game was divided by 4 categories:

* A - Checking Inbox and new or changed laws: in which the player has to check the Inbox to be notified on new laws, changes in laws, additional zones to cover and potential violators of the law.
* B - Investigate : The player has to check through pages and/or chat logs to see suspicious activity and if the player sees something, it can send it for investigation with the Investigation Tool. If the investigation returns with a violation, the citizen will be added to the Scumbag Tracker, and a monetary for capturing the violator, but if the investigation fails, the player will be charged a fine, and if there is too many failed investigations, there will be a performance review of the HSPD and will receive a strike on the permanent record.
* C - Hit the Highway: The player has to go through the Hypnospace Highway to find the violator and apprehend them with the lasso mechanic. Each citizen will have variables on their driving, and the lanes from highways will vary with 2 lanes to 11 lanes, also cars breaking down and traffic jams are also possible on the Highway. Violators would also try to fight back or even bring viruses, adware or hacking the enforcer, and in the late game, Outlaws and Rogue AI will take hostage entire zones and transform the highways into glitched versions, in which it will only be traversable with an upgraded vehicle.
* D - Spend the reward money! Play! Tinker!: After the player gets the HypnoCoin credits from the outlaws, the player will be able to buy cursors, desktop themes, wallpapers, screensavers, weapons/abilities/cosmetic items for the enforcer vehicle, pets, protection from viruses and adware (HypnoCure), games and applications.

Another thing it brings is how the other modes of play will be, with Normal mode having a balance of the categories A-B-C-D, Arcade Mode having only the categories A-C-D with the highway portions taking the most of the core loop, while the Operating System mode removes the highway portions and instead, a metagame where the player has to delegate violators to other enforcers. Also it brings up a Hypnospace Pop-Up AD generator website for people to play with (though, this is gone from the Hypnospace website).

Kickstarter Modes of Play**26 September 2016**: Jay tweets a video of a page for Jim Sterling, while also a new song is heard.

September 26

**28 September 2016**: The project is 88% funded and footage of a new page is shown.

Kickstarter September 18 pages (Animated GIF)**1 October 2016**: The project if fully funded and now is the final stretch goals that has to be hit, those being Hot Dad's AD jingles, additional pets from Jesse Bull and Acacia Lawson,and additional page writing from Brandon Sheffield and original gifs from other people.

* At the same time, Hot Dad produced the songs at the time, the SquisherZ song and the Granny Cream Hot Butter Ice Cream jingle.
* New pets being a Flying Mooning Butt Rabbit?, Jar-Thing, Snakey and Slimecat.

Kickstarter Granny Cream Hot Butter Ice Cream page
## Post-Kickstarter

**4 October 2016**: The project hits the first stretch goal of Hot Dad and the project is successfully funded, in which 1,664 backers pledged $35,994.

**29 November 2016**: It shows progress of the Page Builder and that development would change from the ClickTeam Engine to the Construct 2 Engine (Which will also mean that most progress will not be mockups, unlike the older footage), and Mike Lasch would also talk about technical information about the new Page Buidler, in which how pages will work and how GIFs and 3D array elements on the page would be exported and saved. Also it gives a tentative development schedule for the game:

* November 2016: Preliminary design meetings, Construct 2 stress tests, feel out engine limitation and work on development tools.
* January 2017: Work on the HypnOS, Inbox, Hypnospace Explorer. Lay hooks for Hypnospace Highway sections and preliminary writing for story beats, factions and more.
* February 2017: Work on the Tune Sequencer, Law Tracker and begin creating pages and content and finishing design ideas for HypnoChat.
* March 2017: Release the final Page Builder to backers and finishing the Tune Sequencer and begin work on HypnoChat. (Also it mentions a Demo at "A MAZE 2017")
* April 2017: Finishing HypnoChat and implementing the HS Highway, and begin work on music and adding Hot Dad content.
* May-August 2017: HS Highway shenanigans, virtual pets, writing and content.
* September-October 2017: Send alpha preview build to press.
* November-December 2017: Beta testing.
* Early January 2018: Fix bugs and review copies.
* Late January-Early February 2018: Release of game.

Kickstarter In-Development New Page Builder**27 December 2016**: New information is given about the Page Builder, including a Word Art feature and the Event Manger.

Kickstarter New Page Builder finished (Animated GIF)**19 February 2017**: Kickstarter Development Update. It shows the almost finished Page Builder, the HypnOS and the Tune Sequencer. Some new features for the OS includes themes, a program launcher, the file manager and sticky notes.

Kickstarter Themes and HypnOS File Manager and Program Launcher (Animated GIF)Kickstarter Wallpapers and Sticky Notes (Animated GIF)Kickstarter New Tune Sequencer (Animated GIF)Kickstarter New Page Builder (Animated GIF)**7 March 2017**: A delay occurred for the Page Builder release for backers.

**17 March 2017**: The Page Builder preview is released to backers.

**3 May 2017**: The 1.2 version of the Page Builder and the Tune Sequencer are released to backers.

**8 May 2017**: Jay tweeted the Page Builder with the first look of the SquisherZ page.

Page Builder with an early version of the SquisherZ page
## New/Bigger Screen Builds

**21 June 2017**: TetroniMike tweets about fixing a bug with loading theme images, and a big change is shown, that is the game now features a bigger screen and also showcases the Themes and the Citizen Data (Which at the time used the Highway system).

June 21 Settings, Citizen Data and bigger screen**28 June 2017**: Jay tweets about a DevLog he did that showcases the development of the game, in which mentions that him started downplaying the prominence of the HS Highway thanks to plot and lore issues and also thanks to the internet starting to like more the OS and Internet aspects of it, and also it serves as a tool to explore the people that inhabit Hypnospace, also showcases new footage in which includes:

* A new Hypnospace Explorer
* Themes
* A new Hypnospace Zone Hub, including the zones:
	+ Coolpunk Paradise
	+ Gamer Fortress
	+ Goodtime Valley
	+ Hypnospace Central

* The new Zone hub includes a new structure and it includes a section of "Top Stamps" on the left of the Page title and description.

June 28 Settings and ThemesJune 28 Hypnospace Zone HubJune 28 Coolpunk Paradise Zone Hub**7 July 2017**: Jay tweets new footage of the upgraded version of the game, now showing:

* More Hypnospace Zones Hub zones:
	+ Hypnospace Central
	+ Coolpunk Paradise (Now using a new icon)
	+ Goodtime Valley
		- Its zone theme is "Goodtime Rock"
		- Some visible pages are BurninRubber82's Page and one simply titled "Title"
		- It has a new page animated graphic
	+ Teentopia (At this point, it is using The Stadium icon)
	+ Starport Castle Dreamstation
		- Its zone theme is "Age of Creation"
		- Some visible pages are "Linda's Horror Page" and "The Woodland Cove"
	+ Open Eyed
* The pages showcased are:
	+ BurningRubber82's page (Its page song is "Leather Jacket Man" (Named this time as "Guy Master Cool - Gamer Fortress"))
	+ Linda's Horror page (its page song is "Impending Spook")
* New page mechanics include the stamping pages and a revamped version of the flagging system (now being the hammer)

July 7 HypnOS screenJuly 7 OptionsJuly 7 HSPD Zone HubJuly 7 HSPD Zone Hub FullJuly 7 Goodtime Valley ZoneJuly 7 Goodtime Valley Zone pagesJuly 7 Starport Castle Dreamstation ZoneJuly 7 Starport Castle Dreamstation Zone pagesJuly 7 BurninRubber82 pageJuly 7 Linda's Horror Page and Stamp PageJuly 7 Linda's Horror Page fullJuly 7 BurninRubber82 page full**4 August 2017**: Jay tweets the new HypnoCoin Wallet system and it also shows the Console debug mode.

August 4 Console debugAugust 4 HypnoCoin Wallet promptAugust 4 HypnoCoin falling from cursor**6 August 2017**: Kickstarter Development Update. The update shows that the inbox system and the HypnoCoin Wallet system is done, and also shows that the release window was changed to August-September 2018, and also mentions the new change of resolution from 320x180 to 480x270 and the pages are now 300 pixels wide instead of 224 pixels.

**11 August 2017**: Jay tweets the Open Eyed Zone, the Hypnospace Central (Though, on the page name, it says Coolpunk Paradise Hub), the Secrets Uncovered page and the Mechantsoft page.

* Open Eyed Zone uses the song "Dimensional Voyager"
	+ Some pages seen in Open Eyed is Magic Orb and "Hypnospace Page" (The secrets uncovered page)
	+ Secrets Uncovered uses the song "Tension"
* Hypnospace Central Zone uses the song "Teentopia Hypnospace Anthem"
	+ Some pages seen are "Hypnospace Guides", "Merchantsoft", "HS Guides: Old Jeff" and "User Guide: Installation"
	+ Merchantsoft's page uses the song "Merchants of the Next Wave"
	+ The Employees of Merchantsoft uses a completely different set of pictures.
* In the HypnOS screen, the HS Highway icon (which means that the driving portions are being pushed away) and the HypnoChat Observer (which also means this feature is not going to be used) are gone. Instead, the Download Manager and Sticky Notes programs are shown.

August 11 Open Eyed Zone in the Zone HubAugust 11 Open Eyed ZoneAugust 11 Open Eyed Zone pagesAugust 11 Secrets Uncovered pageAugust 11 Secrets Uncovered page fullAugust 11 HypnOS screenAugust 11 Hypnospace Central ZoneAugust 11 Hypnospace Central Zone pagesAugust 11 Merchantsoft pageAugust 11 Merchantsoft page full**29 October 2017**: TetroniMike would post the BIOS boot screen and the intro of the HypnOS version 1.04.

* The boot screen shows that the game at this point still was set in the 20XX's and certain parts are placeholders.
* At the very last frame, a file select screen can be seen.

October 29 Boot ScreenOctober 29 HypnOS introOctober 29 File Select (Seen at the last frame of the video, brightened)**Prototype Janitor**: This footage shows a Pre-Alpha version of Janitor. While this footage is from an early build, it was posted in 2021, so there is no way to know when it was made.

Pre-Alpha Janitor mode**AbbyWrites58 Flag and Detainment**: This footage shows the first Gumshoe Gooper case. while this is from an early build, it was posted in 2021, so there is no way to know when it was made, but some differences can be spotted:

* A Power-off button on the HypnOS screen (and by clicking it, the player could restart, power off or jump to the next day)
* Janitor on the HypnOS screen
* The first Gumshoe Gooper case.
* User pages on the Zone hub would now show the Stamp the user selected and the views they have (Both for how many people viewed the page and the amount of times the player viewed the page).
* Pages now show up Tags, Status and how many violations they have, plus their Citizen Data.
* The Hypnospace Zone Hub contains 2 zones (though this is mostly for testing):
	+ Goodtime Valley:
		- Abby's World
			* Gumshoe Gooper Short Story - Unlisted page
		- Boppo's
		- BurninRubber82's page
		- Terry's Sticker Pack
		- Granny Cream
		- Hypnospace Heaven
		- Scottys Page
		- Noble Warlock Design Studio
		- Pete's Love Poems
		- RR Ranch
		- Sandy 4 Leader!
		- Sandy's Empty Nest Page
		- Hypnospace Page
	+ HSPD Outlaw Detainment

* A new HSPD Enforcer Dashboard
* The new CHIME system
* A HypnoCoin counter
* Page changes after jumping to the next day

Flag and Detainment HypnOS screenFlag and Detainment Power Off optionFlag and Detainment Skip to Next DayFlag and Detainment Hypnospace Zone Access HubFlag and Detainment Goodtime Valley Zone HubFlag and Detainment CHIME and Gumshoe Gooper Short Story pageFlag and Detainment HypnoCoin CounterFlag and Detainment Sandy 4 Leader!Flag and Detainment BurninRubber82's page after day skipFlag and Detainment RR Ranch after day skipFlag and Detainment Hypnospace Enforcer Dashboard
## Fantastic Arcade 2017 Build

**22 November 2017**: Jay would attend Fantastic Arcade and also showcases some new stuff that now starts to look more like the final version:

* Boot Screen, Menu screen and the HypnOS Login.
* A new day counter (in which the day passes when the player clicks the "Skip to next day" button) and the side bar.
* The tutorial.
* The Soundscape Generator.
* HypnoFile Observer
* A Relaxation Mode for the Fantastic Arcade build. (Allows the player to see every zone and page
* A new Search function and page.
* Easy Spot AD video.
* Most pages are now similar or exactly the same to their final versions.
* Visible zone pages (\* Means that the page is shown on the footage):
	+ Hypnospace Central:
		- TV Spot Survey\*
		- Hypnospace Guides
		- Merchantsoft
		- HS Guides: Old Jeff
		- User Guide: Installation
		- Fantastic Arcade Relaxation Mode - Unlisted page\*
	+ Coolpunk Paradise:
		- Coolpunk is dead\*
			* Cool - Unlisted Page\*
		- Gumshoe Goopers\*
		- Fungus Scene Manifesto\*
		- Gray's Peak Cola Co.\*
		- Hypnospace Page (Later this would be the Coolpunk Art Page from the historical pages)\*
		- Coolpunk: Alive and Well\*
		- Hypnospace Page (Just Cool) - Unlisted page\*
	+ Goodtime Valley:
		- Abby's World\*
			* Gumshoe Gooper Short story (This page also shows up in the historical pages) - Unlisted page\*
			* Also on the main page, after moving to day 1, a new Gumshoe Gooper Story link is shown.
		- Boppo's\*
			* The items they sell don't use buttons, instead it uses just text.
		- BurninRubber82's Page
		- Granny Cream\*
		- Hypnospace Heaven\*
		- Scottys Page
		- Noble Warlock Design Studio\*
		- Pete's Love Poems
		- RR Ranch
		- Sandy 4 Leader!\*
		- Sandy's Empty Nest Page
		- My Hypnospace Page (Bobby's Hypnospace Page)\*
		- Terry's General Store
	+ Teentopia:
		- Graysons Page
		- SquisherZ\*
			* Uses the old designs of the protagonists and SquisherZ monsters
	+ Starport Castle Dreamstation
		- Linda's Horror Stories
		- The Woodland Cove\*
	+ Open Eyed:
		- Magic Orb
		- Secrets UNCOVERED\*

* New Tune Sequencer and Page Builder.
	+ .HSM Tunes available in this build:
		- Merchants of the New Wave
		- Our Heavenly Home
		- Awesome Rap Beat
		- Impending Spook
		- The Suspense
		- Age of Creation
		- Dimensional Voyager
		- Slap it Up
		- GuyMasterCool - Coolpunk
		- GuyMasterCool - Gamer Fortress
		- GuyMasterCool - Relaxation
		- GuyMasterCool - Teentopia
		- SquisherZ (.HSM version)
		- Jay - OpiTest
		- The Banjo Boy
		- A Child's Melody
		- Moonlit Sewer Garden
		- Always Delicious
		- Goodtime Rock
		- Tension
		- Forest Feast
		- Tuba Buffet's Brass Shade
		- Test - Medieval

Fantastic Arcade 2017 BIOSFantastic Arcade 2017 Main MenuFantastic Arcade 2017 HypnOS LogInFantastic Arcade HypnOS screenFantastic Arcade 2017 HSPD Enforcer DashboardFantastic Arcade 2017 HypnOS File ObserverFantastic Arcade 2017 HypnOS File Manager and stickerFantastic Arcade 2017 HSPD Zone Access Hub day 0Fantastic Arcade 2017 Page viewsFantastic Arcade 2017 Abby's World pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Citizen DataFantastic Arcade 2017 Gumshoe Gooper Short Story page and CHIMEFantastic Arcade 2017 Flagging contentFantastic Arcade 2017 Flagged contentFantastic Arcade 2017 Boppo's pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Boppo's downloads sectionFantastic Arcade 2017 Stamped PagesFantastic Arcade 2017 Sandy 4 Leader! pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Granny Cream's pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Bobby's Hypnospace PageFantastic Arcade 2017 Welcome to Heaven pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Relaxation Mode pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Coolpunk Paradise Zone HubFantastic Arcade 2017 Coolpunk is Dead pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Cool pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Coolpunk is Alive and Well pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Gumshoe Goopers pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Fungus Scene pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Grays Peak Soda pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Hypnospace Page (Coolpunk)Fantastic Arcade 2017 Search ResultsFantastic Arcade 2017 Just Cool pageFantastic Arcade 2017 SquisherZ pageFantastic Arcade 2017 JanitorFantastic Arcade 2017 Hypnospace Central Zone HubFantastic Arcade 2017 TV Spot Survey pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Easy Spot AdFantastic Arcade 2017 Tune SequencerFantastic Arcade 2017 Page Builder and The Woodland Cove pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Noble Warlock Design Studio pageFantastic Arcade 2017 Fantastic Arcade page
## Post-Fantastic Arcade 2017

**7 December 2017**: Mike Lasch would show new stuff, for example, a new profile system which allows 3 people to play, a closer look at the tutorial, the simplification of laws to just 5 (CHIME), the verified community leader for high profile users, Merchantsoft as the fictional company responsible for Hypnospace, and also Mike talks about the Fantastic Arcade 2017 Jay experienced.

December 7 Hypnospace Guide Old Jeff's pageDecember 7 ThemesDecember 7 Linda's Horror PageDecember 7 ScreensaverDecember 7 HSPD Enforcer DashboardDecember 7 SquisherZ pageDecember 7 Search ResultsDecember 7 Merchantsoft pageDecember 7 Hypnospace Central Zone HubDecember 7 HypnOS File ManagerDecember 7 Stickers and Sticky notesDecember 7 Terry's General Store pageDecember 7 HypnoCoin WalletDecember 7 Granny Cream pageDecember 7 HypnOS version 1.04 intro (Animated GIF)December 7 Tutorial (Animated GIF)December 7 HypnOS screen (Animated GIF)December 7 Profile System (Animated GIF)**19 December 2017**: Jay showcases the Open Eyed Zone and the page Royal Blood Money and the Secrets UNCOVERED page.

December 19 Open Eyed Zone HubDecember 19 Royal Blood Money page**12 January 2018**: Jay tweets about requesting 3D graphics to be added into the game.

## Date Counter Builds

**13 February 2018**: Jay showcases the Hypnospace Global Newsroom, plus it shows the new Hypnospace Central Zone Hub, also it shows that the game in-universe time is gonna be before the 2000's thanks to the mention of the Y2K bug, also it shows a new date counter, showing day, month and year, though, the date shows the day the images were created.

February 13 Hypnospace Central Zone HubFebruary 13 Global Newsroom page**15 February 2018**: Jay showcases the Merchantsoft page, plus information of Adrian and Dylan Merchant.

February 15 Merchantsoft pageFebruary 15 Merchansoft About page**22 February 2018**: Jay showcases the Royal Blood Money page and the new CapaCash payment system.

February 22 Royal Blood Money pageFebruary 22 CapaCash button**8 March 2018**: Jay showcases a new revamp of the Goodtime Valley Zone Hub.

March 8 Revamped Goodtime Valley Zone Hub**19 March 2018**: Jay tweets about that Hypnospace Outlaw is on GDC18, and on the video he posted, new stuff are shown:

* The HSPD Enforcer Training
	+ Intro
	+ Tutorial sections and videos
* A new zone called "The Cafe"
* Visible Zone pages (\* means that it has footage):
	+ Hypnospace Central:
		- TV Spot Survey
		- Hypnospace Global Newsroom\*
		- Hypnospace Guides
		- Merchantsoft
	+ The Cafe:
		- Don't Bother...
			* The Dumpster (Blurred)
		- HypnOS Tech Tips\*
		- Jas's Software Reviews\*
		- Klyfta Fan Headquarters\*
		- Linda's Horror Page\*
		- My Hypnospace page (Citizen0556332)
		- Reggie Paul's Home
		- SCG Audio Software\*
		- Secrets UNCOVERED\*
		- The Woodland Cove
		- Blood Money: From The Top Down\*
	+ Goodtime Valley:
		- Abby's World
		- Boppo's\*
		- BurninRubber82's Page\*
		- Granny Cream\*
		- Hypnospace Heaven\*
		- Scottys Page
		- Noble Warlock Design Studio\*
		- Pete's Love Poems\*
		- RR Ranch
		- Sandy 4 Leader
		- Sandy's Empty Nest Page
		- My Hypnospace Page (BobbySimonClarksPage)
		- Terry's General Store\*
	+ Teentopia:
		- April the Angelic Hamster\*
		- Counselor Ronnie's Place\*
		- Graysons Page
		- Jessica White's Page
		- Monarch
		- Jennifer the Nerdy Chik
		- Randy's Dino World
		- SQUISHERZ WORLD
	+ HSPD Headquarters:
		- HSPD Handbook - Violations
* The Soundscape Generator
* Pets
* The Boppo's Screensavers

GDC Tutorial IntroGDC Hypnospace Patrol Dept. Enforcer TrainingGDC HSPD Tutorial sectionsGDC The Cafe on the Zone Access HubGDC The Cafe Zone HubGDC HSPD Headquarters Zone HubGDC Teentopia Zone HubGDC Counselor Ronnie pageGDC Global Newsroom pageGDC Boppo's ScreensaverGDC Soundscape Generator iconGDC Soundscape GeneratorGDC Pete's Love Poems pageGDC SCG Download pageGDC Royal Blood Money pageGDC April The Angelic Hamster pageGDC Pet application**22 March 2018**: Jay would bring once again about Hypnospace Outlaw being available on GDC18

**25 April 2018**: The trailer, the Steam page, the Discord server and the Publisher (No More Robots) are shown on the update. Also it shows that on June 7, they will start Beta testing and that they are still commited to release the game before 2018 holidays. Some new content includes:

* Professor Helper and Ads
* Now it shows that the game starts on November 5, 1999
	+ Also showcases that the year 2000 would be a big story theme on the game
* The first Gumshoe Gooper case would be the same as the final one (flagging kid's drawings)
* New pages and revamped ones

Trailer Professor HelperTrailer The DumpsterTrailer The Cafe Zone HubTrailer The Realm of PlainsTrailer Soundscape GeneratorTrailer Year 2000 Survival Kit AdTrailer Year 2000 pageTrailer Global Newsroom pageTrailer Zane Rocks pageTrailer Grays Peak Cola pageTrailer New Gumshoe Gooper Short Story pageTrailer Jas's Software Reviews pageTrailer Magic Orb pageTrailer Katie's Kuddly Kat Korner
**11 June 2018**: Jay showcases the Soundscape Generator: Secret Forest.

**15 June 2018**: Jay tweets the page of Send\_Me\_Money1.

June 15 Stop Sending Money page
## Beta Testing

**24 June 2018**: Jay would announce about the sign up for testing the beta build of Hypnospace Outlaw and that on the night of June 25, he will send temporary keys to the people that signed up for the beta testing.

**Beta Build**: This build given to the Beta testers starts to look even more similar to the final build, and many pages would stay the same till the final release. Some differences between this build and older ones are:

* A new Profile select with shortcuts to the Page Builder and Tune Sequencer
* A fully working HSPD tutorial, including the intro and the different sections of it.
* HYPII will always have a "Pre-Release Beta Version!" sign on them.
* The time in-game is locked to November 5, 1999, and almost all the pages that appear on the final version are already here, either being similar or the exact same.
* The only zones available are:
	+ Hypnospace Central
	+ The Cafe
	+ Goodtime Valley
	+ Teentopia
	+ Open Eyed
	+ HSPD Headquarters

* HypnoCure also appears, though this time, its HypnOS icon is a plus icon.
* The price of HypnoCure Plus is 9999 HypnoCoin (This is mostly for making the beta tester not to try it)
* The DM\_TuneBox
* A new version of Janitor
* New cases are shown, those being:
	+ Harrasment (Zane\_Rocks\_14)
	+ Extralegal Commerce (CapaCash)
		- This is the last case available for the game, in which after beating it, the End of Demo email is sent to the player.

For more footage, check the videos:

* KillerEmcee
* Cow Town
* Real Soviet Bear Streams
* Jupiter Hadley
* DS386Live

Beta Profile SelectBeta TutorialBeta HypnoCureBeta JanitorBeta HypnoCure page (Notice the price for the Pro version)Beta End of Demo emailBeta End of Demo pageBeta DM\_TuneBox
## Post-Beta

**27 June 2018**: Jay showcases how to pin windows on Hypnospace Outlaw.

**6 July 2018**: Jay shows the page of Casper Air Grafix.

**16 July 2018**: Jay shows a new page for Artie Dispenza.

July 16 2018 Artie Dispenza's page**17 September 2018**: Jay shows a new revamped version of Counselor Ronnie's page, now looking the same as the final page.

**13 October 2018**: Jay tweets about Councelor Ronnie's Learn with Ronnie page.

**21 October 2018**: Kickstarter Development Progress. Jay brings that the team created a list of bugs/issues/suggestions after the beta ended, and adding new keyboard shortcuts to the game. Also Jay talks about Mike finishing the music library feature of the TuneBox, and that Jay expects the main story content to be finished early/mid November for a release in January 2019. For last, it brings the Hypnospace Creative Challenge for people to create their pages and participate.

October 21 2018 TuneBox Library work-in-progress**26 October 2018**: Jay tweets about the RR Leather Cowboy Satchels page, also mentions of Hypnospace Outlaw coming in early 2019.
**28 January 2019**: Jay tweets about him working on the HypnoMall page.

January 28 2019 HypnoMall**10 February 2019**: This announcement brings information of the final testings of Hypnospace Outlaw and also the IGF nominations.

**14 February 2019**: This announcement shows the release date of Hypnospace Outlaw, March 12. Also it links to a tweet Jay did that show more footage, with new stuff being:

* The Freelands
* Pizza Dance
* M1nx Chat page
* Second Sight
* Outlaw
* The Hypnospace Archival Project

**5 March 2019**: TetroniMike shows footage of April the Angelic Pet.

**10 March 2019**: This announcement brings that the launch of Hypnospace Outlaw is two days away and that the backers should complete the backer survey so their names can appear on the credits.

***12 March 2019***: Hypnospace Outlaw is released to the public as the version 1.04.

## Miscellaneous stuff

### October 2018 - February 2019 Outlaw development

TetroniMike worked on bringing the Hypnospace Highway mechanic to Hypnospace Outlaw with the new engine (this time, the mode would be called Outlaw), being developed from October of 2018 to February of 2019, and in 2022, Mike would create a Giphy gallery in which it showcases the development of Outlaw with GIFs.

Some of those GIF's are:

Progress Outlaw 1Progress Outlaw 2Progress Outlaw 3Progress Outlaw 4Progress Outlaw 5
### SquisherZ Concepts

On April 20, 2019, the artist that did the SquisherZ art created an Imgur gallery that shows concepts of the monsters, commentary and high-quality art of the monsters.

Concept 0023Concept ArchuslopConcept BarflyConcept BleelConcept DreadmeltConcept GarblughConcept GlopolyConcept GloyoConcept GoostConcept HissslimeConcept IckygooConcept LeakaConcept MermurkConcept MoldiConcept OozurfConcept PitroolConcept PlasmemonConcept TurtholeConcept ShellslopConcept ShamblothConcept SliraffeConcept YolkyConcept YuckeyUnused Concepts