v.3 - The Speedway Update



We are excited to release our first ever major update to Hillbilly Highway! We listened and added/adjusted/removed content based on feedback from you guys.


Added: Nitrous Boost. This button becomes available for a couple seconds for every time you kill an enemy hillbilly. Grants a x2 speed boost for 3 seconds.
Added: Weather effect: Heavy Wind. Picks a random direction and applies wind to your car at that direction for the duration.
Added: Brake-Check. A reckless vehicle that doesn't look behind before fully braking. Balance Intent: Staying on the left lane was considerably easier than the right. The brake check serves the purpose of solving the imbalance.

Added: Achievement list. Viewing achievement details and displaying whether you have or have not unlocked them.
Added: Achievement popups. When you earn an achievement, a pop up will appear on your screen mid-game.
Added: The following achievements below...
Added: Rear mirror charms. Each achievement unlocks a cosmetic for the player to equip. These will save as you exit the game. Each achievement, description and what they unlock are listed below:

- Baby's First Steps - Pass 500 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 500km medal
- 1K Learner - Pass 1,000 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 1000km medal
- 2K Restricted - Pass 2,000 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 2000km medal
- 5K Goat - Pass 5,000 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 5000km medal
- 10K Legend - Pass 10,000 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 10000km medal
- 100K Master - Pass 100,000 kilometers in one run. Unlocks 100,000km medal
- ON THE FAST LANE - Use nitro-boost for the first time after killing a hillbilly. Unlocks lightning bolt charm.
- BOOOOOOST!!! - Use nitro-boost 10 times in one run. Unlocks Shiny lightning bolt charm.
- BOGZ - Kill BogZ a total of 100 times. Unlocks BogZ's beret charm.
- SCHOOL BUS - Ram 20 School Buses. Unlocks school bus charm.
- ON THE GRIND - Pass Chuck Guily 30 times. Unlocks Mini-Chuck Guily charm
- STAIN MASTER - Apply every window stain on your screen in one run. - Unlocks Spray and Wipe bottle charm.
- LEARNER BUSTER - Force learner vehicles to merge 20 times in one run. Unlocks L-Plate charm
- HILLBILLY DEFENSE - Kill the enemy hillbilly a total of 300 times. Unlocks Moonshine charm.
- ROAD RAGE - Honk the horn 500 times in one run. Unlocks Bloody Wheel charm.
- WIPER CHASTITY - Go 500km without using your window wiper in one run. Unlocks Golden Spray and Wipe bottle charm.
- THE NICEST DRIVER - Play Free Drive for a total of 30 minutes. Unlocks Lofi Cheeks charm.
- GOOD SAMARITAN - Pat Cheeks (your bobblehead) a total of 300 times. Unlocks Golden Cheeks charm.
- "Brake-ing Bad" - Force a brake-check vehicle to activate their brakes. Unlocks Fried Chicken charm.
- HILLBILLY MASTER - Unlock every achievement in Hillbilly Highway. Unlocks Holden Hillbilly Vehicle charm.
- Jiarong - Achieve 200 total accidents. Unlocks Golden Van charm.
- SOWWWRY! - Make a learner vehicle crash into another learner vehicle. Unlocks Golden L-Plate charm.
- Hillbilly Massacre - Destroy 500 vehicles in total using the enemy hillbilly. Unlocks Pitchfork charm.

Reduced the spawn rate of BoggZ
Lane Swapper Buff. The lane swapper's hitbox is now fully extended to the two lanes occupying it. The intention is you MUST remain in their lane when encountering them.
Lane Swapper Nerf. Increased forward and back hitbox so it's more reactable for the player.
Changed confetti to not appear unless you have at least 500 kilometers of distance applied.
Increase spawn rate of vehicles.
Buffed: Wipers. One wipe instead of two is required to clear stains now.


Added: Pseudo tutorial. A tick box above play, if enabled it will show controls to the player (auto appears on first play-through)
Adjusted: Rear Mirrors to not clip through their frames.
Adjusted: Rear Mirrors improperly scaled (reversed to match the real reflection)
Adjusted: Added sound queue when a bullet is successfully blocked by the enemy hillbilly.
Added: Time driven in a session of free drive mode.
Added: Button to exit free drive mode rather than having to force yourself to crash.
Fixed: Bug where right window was able to be opened/closed while in menu.
Removed: Steering sound during Free Drive mode
Added: Skip button to the game over screen.
Added: Quit button to the menu.
Added: Death Messages. Depending on what you died to, you will receive a hint on how to combat it.
Added: Difficulty customizer. Gives the player the ability to enable/disable certain vehicles.

Fixed: Carnage mode music not looping properly and instead, looping the menu music.
Fixed: Music doesnt loop for free drive mode.
Fixed: Sometimes in runs, 0 cars spawn.
Fixed: Cars dont spawn in free drive mode.

Files

Hillbilly Highway - Speedway Update (WebGL) Play in browser
Dec 16, 2022
Hillbilly Highway - Speedway Update (Windows) 158 MB
Dec 16, 2022
Hillbilly Highway - Speedway Update (macOS) 167 MB
Dec 16, 2022
Hillbilly Highway - Speedway Update (Linux) 167 MB
Dec 16, 2022

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