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. New Features: • Sign in with Google on the login and sign-up screens. • hyperPad now asks for your permission before tracking (App Tracking Transparency). • Open iPhone photos (HEIC) and WebP images in hyperPad straight from Files and other apps. • Opening a file hyperPad can't import now tells you so instead of doing nothing. Bug Fixes: • Fixed crashes when opening projects on iPadOS 26 and loading levels on iPadOS 27. • Fixed a crash on iPadOS 15 when signing up, logging in, creating a project or sharing to the Hub. • Fixed Facebook login failing when tracking isn't allowed. • Fixed an issue that could sign you out when opening hyperPad without an internet connection. • Fixed reordering scenes and overlays changing Load Level targets or opening the wrong scene. • Fixed Branch doing nothing on Hub projects. Branched projects now open in the editor. • Fixed the Library getting stuck after sharing or exporting a project. • Fixed games ignoring touches after restarting from the pause menu. • Fixed jumping only working on the bottom of objects with sideways or custom gravity. • Fixed the Count Down behaviour showing the wrong time and running on after its object is destroyed. • Fixed Load Image on spawned objects so each copy keeps its own image. • Fixed Get Object returning zeros in layer mode. • Fixed collision and hit-by-bullet outputs mixing up spawned objects. • Fixed joystick-controlled objects playing the wrong direction animation. • Fixed hidden ad banners reappearing after rotating the device. • Fixed closed overlays that kept receiving messages and slowing games down. • Fixed objects that kept blocking touches after a touch or drag behaviour ended. • Fixed @-mentions and text formatting in Hub posts and comments that contain emoji. • Fixed editor crashes involving undo, layers, collision shapes, particles, copy and cut, and behaviour connections. • Fixed game crashes involving physics joints, Sort Array, HTTP requests, Spawn Object prefabs, audio effects and scene transitions. • Fixed Hub crashes when following users, opening posts, uploading screenshots, viewing your wallet and loading comments. • Fixed dozens more memory leaks across games, the editor and the Hub. • Security improvements for links, downloads and imported projects. hyperPad now requires iPadOS 15 or later. Plus 100+ more fixes and improvements. View the complete changelog on our forum.

hyperPad just got a serious power-up. This update brings a completely reworked behaviour logic system under the hood, making iPad game development faster and smoother than ever. Experience up to 96× more objects at 60 FPS, reduced memory usage, smoother projects, new creator controls, and deep fixes across all hyperPad apps. If you are building 2D games, designing a music game, or prototyping a no-code app on the go, everything runs better. Find new features like camera anchors, pixel-perfect font rendering, and enhanced text customization that'll give game developers and artists more flexibility than ever. Plus, dozens of bug fixes improve stability, animation workflows, physics reliability, editor usability, and cross-platform compatibility. It's a faster, cleaner, more reliable hyperPad ecosystem from top to bottom — the best way to make games on iPad. New Features: • The entire behavior logic system has been reworked behind the scenes, resulting in significant performance improvements and reduced memory usage. • New language selection in user settings. • Added camera anchors: adjust how the camera repositions itself when switching aspect ratios. • You can now disable antialiasing for TTF fonts and BM fonts, allowing for crisp pixelated labels. • Added ability to adjust text dimensions and alignment of TTFLabels on the fly in the Set Label behaviour. • Rotate By, Skew By, and Scale By behaviours have been tweaked to allow multiple animations to run in parallel to match Move By behaviours. • The Modify Array behaviour can now delete an element by value instead of index. Bug Fixes: • Fixed numerous memory leaks and improved overall stability. • Fixed multiple crashes involving the Hub, animations, sound imports, bullets, menus, shaders, Socket.io behaviors, and spawned objects. • Fixed Keyboard Shortcut behaviours, including arrow key shortcuts not triggering events. • Fixed Shoot behaviours not working on scenery objects. • Fixed bullets not firing when objects switched layers. • Fixed physics attachments not persisting when object collisions were changed. • Fixed spawned objects not being able to jump. • Fixed Screen Wrap behaviours not working on spawned objects. • Fixed Receive Message behaviours not working after switching scenes. • Fixed global behaviours persisting between play sessions in the Hub. • Fixed prefab issues, including blank prefabs and animated graphics displaying full spritesheets. • Fixed shader properties carrying over between multiple objects. • Fixed Alerts not appearing in exported projects. Plus 25+ more fixes and improvements. View the complete changelog on our forum.

Add shader effects to objects, layers, backgrounds, or the whole game scene. Create advanced visual game effects directly from your iPad. Expect smoother animations, more behaviors, and major stability improvements. Try Shader Effect & Automate Shader behaviour and make a game demo in minutes. New Features • Added shaders: apply shader effects to objects, layers, the background or the entire scene with the new Shader Effect behavior. • Animate shaders: Animate shader properties over time with the new Automate Shader behavior. • Added the option to spawn prefabs and templates in the Spawn Object behavior. • You can now change the transition of opening and closing animations for the Text Bubble behavior. • Added animation settings for the Set Health Bar behavior - you can animate the progress change over time by specifying a duration and transition type. • Added animation settings for the Add to Score behavior - you can animate the score change over time by specifying a duration and transition type. • Added the ability to change a label’s dimensions and alignment in the Set Label behavior. • Added "Random Value" option in the Get Array Value behavior. • Added a Network Status behavior that checks for internet connection. Bug Fixes • 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.

Visual power just leveled up. Shaders and shader animation are now in hyperPad, giving you advanced visual effects directly inside your projects. We’ve also expanded behaviors, improved animation controls, and fixed a long list of bugs and crashes to make everything smoother and more reliable. This one’s big. New Features - Added shaders: apply shader effects to objects, layers, the background or the entire scene with the new Shader Effect behavior. - Animate shaders: Animate shader properties over time with the new Automate Shader behavior. - Added the option to spawn prefabs and templates in the Spawn Object behavior. - You can now change the transition of opening and closing animations for the Text Bubble behavior. - Added animation settings for the Set Health Bar behavior - you can animate the progress change over time by specifying a duration and transition type. - Added animation settings for the Add to Score behavior - you can animate the score change over time by specifying a duration and transition type. - Added the ability to change a label’s dimensions and alignment in the Set Label behavior. - Added "Random Value" option in the Get Array Value behavior. - Added a Network Status behavior that checks for internet connection. Bug Fixes - 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.

Introducing Prefabs. Reusable logic that changes how you build in hyperPad, plus major behavior upgrades and fixes! Your favorite game engine on iPad just leveled up! The all-new Prefabs and Templates system is here. Build games with reusable logic, share game behaviors across different scenes, and even export objects to other game projects. Combine that with reworked Joystick and Tilt controls, new Hover, Debounce, and Shake behaviors, and dozens of fixes and polish throughout, and this is one of hyperPad’s biggest updates yet. New Features: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Added Prefabs and Templates: you can now have behavior logic shared across objects in multiple scenes, and export object files to use in other projects. • Reworked If behaviors: the If behavior will now have an additional nub on the right that triggers if the condition is not met. • Revamped the Joystick Controlled and Tilt Controlled behaviors: these behaviors now offer more granular control over movement and rotation. • Added a Hover Event behavior that triggers other behaviors on hover events: On Hover, While Hovering and On Exit. • Added a Debounce behavior that limits how often behaviors can execute. • Added a new Ad Banner Event behavior that triggers on ad banner events: Ad Loaded, Ad Clicked, Received Error, and Impression Recorded. • Added a Shake Object behavior. • Added regular expression support in the split operation in the Text Operation behavior. • The Set Sound Settings behavior can now affect Sound objects. Bug Fixes & Improvements: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Fixed a crash from undoing a behavior connection. • Fixed an issue where the new If behavior fails to compare two floats in some cases. • Fixed a bug where disabling the Joystick Controlled or Tilt Controlled behavior does not stop the object's current movement or animation. • Fixed a bug where Joystick Controlled and Tilt Controlled behaviors with animation enabled does not allow other animations to play on the object. • Fixed incorrect animation frame rates for Joystick Controlled and Tilt Controlled behaviors. • Fixed normalized vector calculation in joysticks - they now consider joystick boundaries, and will output values within a normalized range. • Double tapping on the new If behavior now snaps its right child. • The camera boundaries will now be visible when selecting objects and areas from the behavior editor. • Fixed transparency loss in imported animations. • Fixed the "Auto" Aspect Ratio, miscalculating the nearest aspect ratio in portrait mode. • Fixed a crash in the editor with iPadOS 26. • Fixed freezing caused by advertisement banners. • Fixed advertisement banners requesting ads too frequently. • Fixed performance drops caused by drawing an uncached graphic into a Render Texture. • Fixed an issue that caused the Shoot behavior to be unable to play sound effects. • Fixed crash when pressing x in the activity feed. • Fixed the visual notification being hidden behind the top toolbar. • Fixed the behavior toolbar being visible in the particle and sound editors. • Fixed the asset library not returning to its original state when returning from the particle and sound editors. • Fixed the selection box having a visual offset when selecting objects from the behavior editor. • Fixed crashes when playing projects on iOS 13. • Fixed behaviors without output nubs being unable to be snapped into position. • Fixed visual bugs in the some menus in the editor that were introduced in the previous update. • Fixed the Alert title in the Open URL behavior when opening websites in Safari. • Fixed inconsistent style of search bars between iOS 16 and iOS 26. • Fixed more project permission errors.

Introducing Prefabs. Reusable logic that changes how you build in hyperPad, plus major behavior upgrades and fixes! Your favorite game engine on iPad just leveled up! The all-new Prefabs and Templates system is here. Build games with reusable logic, share game behaviors across different scenes, and even export objects to other game projects. Combine that with reworked Joystick and Tilt controls, new Hover, Debounce, and Shake behaviors, and dozens of fixes and polish throughout, and this is one of hyperPad’s biggest updates yet. New Features: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • Added Prefabs and Templates: you can now have behavior logic shared across objects in multiple scenes, and export object files to use in other projects. • Reworked If behaviors: the If behavior will now have an additional nub on the right that triggers if the condition is not met. • Revamped the Joystick Controlled and Tilt Controlled behaviors: these behaviors now offer more granular control over movement and rotation. • Added a Hover Event behavior that triggers other behaviors on hover events: On Hover, While Hovering and On Exit. • Added a Debounce behavior that limits how often behaviors can execute. • Added a new Ad Banner Event behavior that triggers on ad banner events: Ad Loaded, Ad Clicked, Received Error, and Impression Recorded. • Added a Shake Object behavior. • Added regular expression support in the split operation in the Text Operation behavior. • The Set Sound Settings behavior can now affect Sound objects. Bug Fixes & Improvements: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • The camera boundaries will now be visible when selecting objects and areas from the behavior editor. • Fixed transparency loss in imported animations. • Fixed the "Auto" Aspect Ratio, miscalculating the nearest aspect ratio in portrait mode. • Fixed a crash in the editor with iPadOS 26. • Fixed freezing caused by advertisement banners. • Fixed advertisement banners requesting ads too frequently. • Fixed performance drops caused by drawing an uncached graphic into a Render Texture. • Fixed an issue that caused the Shoot behavior to be unable to play sound effects. • Fixed crash when pressing x in the activity feed. • Fixed the visual notification being hidden behind the top toolbar. • Fixed the behavior toolbar being visible in the particle and sound editors. • Fixed the asset library not returning to its original state when returning from the particle and sound editors. • Fixed the selection box having a visual offset when selecting objects from the behavior editor. • Fixed crashes when playing projects on iOS 13. • Fixed behaviors without output nubs being unable to be snapped into position. • Fixed visual bugs in the some menus in the editor that were introduced in the previous update. • Fixed the Alert title in the Open URL behavior when opening websites in Safari. • Fixed inconsistent style of search bars between iOS 16 and iOS 26. • Fixed more project permission errors.

We’ve been hard at work making hyperPad more powerful and reliable than ever. This update includes numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features designed to make your game development experience smoother. New Features: • Added Pitch Shifter and Amplify audio effect behaviors - Sound behaviors can now send their output signals to audio effect behaviors. • Added an Automate Audio Effect behavior that can change properties of audio effects over time. • Updated the splash screen and added splash screen options in global properties. • Added support for multi-tasking and resizable window. • Added "Automatic" aspect ratio in preview mode. • Added support for portrait mode in the editor. • Added support for Game mode. Bug Fixes and Improvements: • Fixed Frame Event and Timer behaviors malfunctioning when opening overlays. • Fixed wall-to-wall collisions no longer working. • Fixed accidental behavior disconnections via the keyboard. • Fixed a crash caused by loading long texts in TFFLabels. • Fixed sound effects playing at incorrect volumes. • Fixed high audio latency and excessive dropouts. • Fixed the audio engine stuttering when CPU resources are low. • Fixed sound effects not playing in overlays. • Fixed setting polyphony to 0 or a behavior input field causing a crash. • Fixed closing overlays stopping all sound effects and music. • Fixed submitting or updating a project on the Hub not working. • Fixed 4:3 aspect ratio inconsistencies between the scene and the editor on MacOS. • Fixed Asset Shop Log in issue • Fixed backups being unable to be accessed. • Fixed music streaming being interrupted/halted while using hyperPad. • Fixed Play Sound behaviors skipping completion calls when audio finishes playing frequently. • Fixed the Load Image behavior outputting low resolution results for Photos and Camera modes. • Fixed behaviors not being treated as root behaviors when using undo/redo. • Fixed duplicated behaviors not being treated as root behaviors. • Fixed undo action for deleting behavior trees not being restoring connections from parent behaviors. • Fixed physics behaviors not working when executed as root behaviors. • Fixed spawned objects not having their collisions properly created. • Fixed music being resumed from the Debug menu when it was paused via the Pause Music behavior. • Tweaked volume mapping to match the legacy version. • Fixed the Play Music behavior not triggering child behaviors on completion. • Fixed lag caused by repeatedly triggering Joystick behaviors. • Fixed the Set Input Field behavior not properly storing Array and Dictionary values. • Fixed some transitions running twice as fast while an overlay is opened. • Fixed some sound effects being removed when loading new scenes. • Fixed bluetooth connection issues with the audio engine. • Double tapping on a behavior will now also snap all child behaviors into position. • Fixed Shoot and Shoot with Button behaviors not playing their selected sound effects. • Fixed sound objects unable to be previewed in the editor. • Fixed sound objects not being able to be looped. • Fixed duplicating a behavior tree to another object causing the behaviors to become root behaviors. • Fixed the Draw behavior drawing lines at incorrect positions when using percentage units. • Fixed project exports and backups not working. • Fixed visual bugs with the camera, background and pause button in the editor. • Fixed unsupported aspect ratios appearing in the debug menu. • Fixed preloaded overlays and scenes not adapting to the current aspect ratio. • Fixed physics related crashes, including a crash that was caused by changing a circular object’s physics mode. • Fixed physics behaviors not taking effect on objects that were spawned in the same frame. • Fixed physics behaviors not working when activated on scene start. And numerous other bug fixes and improvements! Check our forum for the complete list of changes!