#ahit version analysis

[crescentblossom66]

A Hat in Time Version Analysis Part 1

So, this was an idea that basically haunted me since I recalled that I never updated the version of A Hat in Time on my PS4 that I acquired around December 2018. Considering that it got never updated, it is the console version that came before Gears for Breakfast updated the base game to match the version that made it to the switch in 2019 (That I also own as it was before I got Steam to run on my then potato PC) If you were to download the game now, you'd just get that version instead of the old one I have.

I thought that I would be fun to compare the two versions and find out the differences. I'm sure that I'll likely miss details and some chapters like Mafia Town for example. The layout of some maps and the size doesn't make it easy to spot differences, especially if you try to play the same game simultaneously by switching between the versions a lot. Nevertheless, I tried my best to spot a few key differences and am proud to show off the first installment of this series.

Miscellaneous things and Hat Kid's Spaceship

Of course we're going to kick it off with the title...which is the same in both versions, so nothing to report there. However the very next screen or lack there off in the PS4 version caught my eye

As you can see here, the early console version didn't have a proper file select screen yet, so all you'll see are the plain files with no Hat Kid just idling about.

The cut scene that happens where Hat Kid falls out of bed and you gain control is much the same, so nothing there, but something will catch your eye as soon as you open the pause menu

The menu UI is much more simple sporting black outlines instead of the more vibrant purple used in the current version. The hat menu is the same black.

With the menu out of the way, I went to explore the the spaceship a bit and found that most things are the same, expect for the multiplayer control panel thing.

Mafia Town Act 1

The scene with the Mafia Goon breaking the glass and Hat Kid's subsequent fall to the planet is the same an so is most of the intro to the game. I followed Mu and her route was the same as in the PC version, her dialogue too. The only change that I found was that when you obtain the the hourglass that completes this level, the icon doesn't spin, it was very hard to get a good picture of that. XD

I'm going to end it here due to the limit of pictures I can put in a tumblr post. The next installment has a couple of oddities I found for Chapter 2-4 of Mafia Town.

If there's something in particular, you'd like me to try out in the versions, please leave a comment. I'm slowly making my way throught the whole base game, so I'll appreciate it, if the questions for this would be about Mafia Town as I won't get to Subcon or Dead Bird all that quickly.

[lindendragonart]

Masterpost of my content

Putting and organizing all my content + aus here. May take time for me to find any relevant posts that were reblogged from others such as fanart of my aus though.

Side blogs

@lindendragon my main reblog dump @helipackjack My Xiaolin sideblog @xiaolin-reboot My attempted xiaolin fanfic blog

A Hat in time

My Snatcher comic part 1 and 2 and colored version of one of the comic panels

Back when I was still figuring out to draw the prince I did some facial expression requests, 1, 2, 3

Some prince outfit drawings

Ahit Hollow knight au and the fanart made for it

My Nyakuza oc Arata

Fan-content on Lemonadesoda's ahit OCs Tevane and Lemel- Tevane freaks out, Tevane gets a snail + art Lemon drew including my oc Arata

My Prince and Nyakuza au fanfiction- The Unlawfully rebuilt series, including Unwilling accomplices, currently in progress

Fanart by Kittykatcar of Unwilling accomplices- Chapter 2

The Owl house

Do I deserve those words?- One-shot fic (written post-Eclipse lake) of Hunter thinking about his life and being comforted by Flapjack

Fanart of above-mentioned fic by Nekojetto

Cardinal lounge masterpost- Future/epilogue au where Hunter works at Hexside and helps kids

Hunted Grimwalker masterpost- pre-canon-divergent au where Hunter is on the run and Belos uses the fact that he is a Grimwalker to spread propaganda about Hunter being a monster in order to easier capture him

Hunter Gatherer au masterpost- Written post-Eclipse lake. Hunter finds out about being a Grimwalker at age 8, runs away and is taken in by Bat Queen

Three covenheads and a grimwalker- Oneshot fanfic where the Emperor dies eight years before canon, and Darius and Eber find a newly emerged Hunter

A fic request I asked @sergeantsporks to write about Darius and Hunter giving the Grimwalkers a proper burial

Hermit crab Hunter art

Dumb toh meme

Art of Hooty and Hunter, (made before Dana drew her own concept)

Art of Hunter getting his sigil painted over

Grimwalker skull scavenger hunt idea with Darius angst as well as a fic on that concept by SergeantSporks

Idea for Human shenanigans involving Gus, Willow and Hunter

Gus and Hunter idea about the holdovers of Belos' abuse

Eclipse lake Hunter analysis (written a few days after the episode)

Autistic Hunter analysis, including a look into the overarching allegory with the Caleb and the grimwalkers (my part is in the reblog bellow the original post)

Undertale

My hand-made heart locket

Pokemon

Used to have plans for a self-insert comic series before getting roped into ahit and never picking it back up. Sorry

The banner

[crescentblossom66]

A Hat In Time Version Analysis Part 2

Back with part 2 of the version comparison from the early PS4 version and the current PC version of A Hat in Time.

Barrel Battle

The first thing I noticed after getting back to the spaceship and entering the level was that the map wasn't showing the boss battle icon for Barrel Battle.

As you can see it shows the normal book icon in the PS4 version.

Upon entering Mafia Town again, I recalled something that I knew was in the PS4 version that is now gone, and that is the Mafia Goon that sells you a relic near the place where you first fight the Mafia to get the umbrella.

The battle itself was mostly the same, I think that the texture of the Hat Kid and the Mafia were updated when Hat Kid blows a raspberry at the Mafia Goon, but I didn't get a good picture. I also noticed that his stance changed going to him just looking at Hat Kid whereas he was pointing at her before.

The ending was the same too, a weird detail is that the friendship meter shows up in both versions, but the PS4 version doesn't show the meter go to enemies after act 4. I'll get to that when we reach that act.

When we get back to the ship, Mu teaches us about yarn and I only found a tiny change here

She came from Outer Space

Hat Kid's eyes don't glow when falling into mud in the PS4 version.

The Goofy Mafia is turned away from Hat Kid in the PS4 version, he's facing her in the PC version.

This is all for this installment, next is Down with the Mafia!

[crescentblossom66]

Just got an idea for another weird analysis series. I just found out that I still have the old version of Ahit on my PS4! The unupdated version, I could compare it to the PC version.