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See also ''VideoGame/RFLEX'' for simplistic yet difficult and reflex-oriented gameplay.
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** Hexagon uses warm background colors (red, orange, yellow), while Hyper Hexagon uses cool background colors (teal, blue, purple).

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** Hexagon uses warm background colors (red, orange, yellow), while Hyper Hexagon uses inverts their hues into cool background colors (teal, blue, purple).(cyan, azure, blue), then into magenta, salmon, and vermilion after sixty seconds.



* HighTechHexagons: As the above screenshot makes obvious, although [[spoiler:Hexagon and Hyper Hexagon occasionally switch to pentagons and squares]].

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* HighTechHexagons: As the above screenshot makes obvious, although [[spoiler:Hexagon Hexagon and Hyper Hexagon occasionally switch to pentagons and squares]].squares.
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* FollowTheLeader: A person made a copy of this game BEFORE it was released to PC; Terry acknowledged this on his Twitter account.
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: The sub-seconds place in the game timer does not actually display hundreths of a second, but rather 1/60ths of a second, based on the refresh rate of televisions and monitors in NTSC-based countries. Naturally, this may not make as much sense if you're not using a screen with a multiple of 60 as the refresh rate.

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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: The sub-seconds place in the game timer does not actually display hundreths of a second, but rather 1/60ths of a second, based on the refresh rate of televisions and monitors in NTSC-based countries. Naturally, this This may not make as much sense if you're not using a screen with a multiple of 60 as the refresh rate.
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: The sub-seconds place in the game timer does not actually display hundreths of a second, but rather 1/60ths of a second, based on the refresh rate of televisions and monitors in NTSC-based countries. Naturally, this may not make as much sense if you're from a PAL country (where screens traditionally have a 50 Hz refresh rate).

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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: The sub-seconds place in the game timer does not actually display hundreths of a second, but rather 1/60ths of a second, based on the refresh rate of televisions and monitors in NTSC-based countries. Naturally, this may not make as much sense if you're from not using a PAL country (where screens traditionally have screen with a 50 Hz multiple of 60 as the refresh rate).rate.
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: The sub-seconds place in the game timer does not actually display hundreths of a second, but rather 1/60ths of a second, based on the refresh rate of televisions and monitors in NTSC-based countries. Naturally, this may not make as much sense if you're from a PAL country (where screens traditionally have a 50 Hz refresh rate).
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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the UsefulNotes/{{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]

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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the UsefulNotes/{{Humble|Bundle}} Creator/{{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]
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->''[[CameraScrew Stop spinning the view!]] I can't focus! Who designed this? Whoever it is is a bastard and I love them!''

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->''[[CameraScrew Stop ->''Stop spinning the view!]] view! I can't focus! Who designed this? Whoever it is is a bastard and I love them!''
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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]

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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the {{Humble|Bundle}} UsefulNotes/{{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]
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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via {{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]

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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via {{Steam}}, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]
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* EndlessRunningGame: You aren't actually ''running'' anywhere far, you're just moving around a central hexagon, but it's still one in spirit since the goal is to avoid DeadlyWalls as long as possible. Just imagine a traditional [=ERG=], but with wrap-around.

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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[GameOver GAME. OVER.]]

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** [[TitleScream SUPER. Hexagon.]]
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[[GameOver GAME. OVER.]]
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Played with. The game can still be pretty frustrating, but you can go against the sides of the incoming walls without killing yourself, and [[HitboxDissonance your hitbox is the tip of the triangle you're playing as]], which are features that were not implemented in the prototype, ''Hexagon''.
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* EndlessGame: Modes are completed for unlocking purposes after 60 seconds, but the game continues until you die. [[spoiler:The changing backgrounds goes like this: The level you picked -> That level's hyper mode -> The next level's hyper mode until you reach Hyper Hexagonest]]

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* EndlessGame: Modes are completed for unlocking purposes after 60 seconds, but the game continues until you die. [[spoiler:The changing backgrounds goes like this: The level you picked -> That level's hyper mode -> The next level's hyper mode until you reach Hyper Hexagonest]]Hexagonest.]]
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Let\'s rewrite this for what it \'\'actually\'\' is, since I had some time to observe...


* EndlessGame: Modes are completed for unlocking purposes after 60 seconds, but the game continues until you die. [[spoiler:The changing backgrounds goes like this: Level -> Hyper Mode -> Unique level -> Next Hyper Level]]

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* EndlessGame: Modes are completed for unlocking purposes after 60 seconds, but the game continues until you die. [[spoiler:The changing backgrounds goes like this: Level The level you picked -> That level's hyper mode -> The next level's hyper mode until you reach Hyper Mode -> Unique level -> Next Hyper Level]]Hexagonest]]


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I\'m not sure it\'s actually a spoiler, but the reactions of people to those patterns on first encountering them suggest it might be.


* HighTechHexagons: The above screenshot makes it obvious. Though, Hexagon and Hyper Hexagon occasionally switch to pentagons and squares.

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* HighTechHexagons: The As the above screenshot makes it obvious. Though, Hexagon obvious, although [[spoiler:Hexagon and Hyper Hexagon occasionally switch to pentagons and squares.squares]].
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* HighTechHexagons: The above screenshot makes it obvious.

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* HighTechHexagons: The above screenshot makes it obvious. Though, Hexagon and Hyper Hexagon occasionally switch to pentagons and squares.
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* HighTechHexagons: The above screenshot makes it obvious.
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Finally figured out the excuse I can use to link to the PC Gamer review!


* NintendoHard: Most people survive for around 5 seconds on their first few runs. To reach the maximum rank for a difficulty level, you need to last a ''minute.''

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* NintendoHard: Most people survive for around 5 seconds on their first few runs. (One of the screenshots on [[http://www.pcgamer.com/review/super-hexagon-review/ the PC Gamer review]] shows a score of 3.18 seconds, captioned "For a while, this was my best time.") To reach the maximum rank for a difficulty level, you need to last a ''minute.''

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** IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The three Hyper levels: [[spoiler:Hardester, Hardestest, and Hardestestest]]!



* FollowTheLeader: A person made a copy of this game BEFORE it was released to PC; Terry acknowledged this on his Twitter account.



* FollowTheLeader: A person made a copy of this game BEFORE it was released to PC; Terry acknowledged this on his Twitter account.

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* FollowTheLeader: A person made a copy of this game BEFORE it was released to PC; Terry acknowledged this on his Twitter account.IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The three Hyper levels: [[spoiler:Hardester, Hardestest, and Hardestestest]]!
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Aha!


-->--'''Nerd[[superscript:3]] Plays... [[http://youtu.be/iaeK9ZTh_OY Super Hexagon]]'''

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-->--'''Nerd[[superscript:3]] -->--'''LetsPlay/NerdCubed Plays... [[http://youtu.be/iaeK9ZTh_OY Super Hexagon]]'''
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* RandomlyGeneratedLevels

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* RandomlyGeneratedLevelsRandomlyGeneratedLevels: Each level consists of a family of patterns which are strung together in a random order.
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Dash!


-->'''Nerd[[superscript:3]] Plays... [[http://youtu.be/iaeK9ZTh_OY Super Hexagon]]'''

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-->'''Nerd[[superscript:3]] -->--'''Nerd[[superscript:3]] Plays... [[http://youtu.be/iaeK9ZTh_OY Super Hexagon]]'''
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[GameOver GAME. OVER.]]
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Updating the facts for the Humble Store.


The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via {{Steam}} and the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store widget on the main site, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]

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The game is currently available [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8 on iPhone and iPad via iTunes]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640 on Windows, Mac, and Linux]] via {{Steam}} and the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store widget on the main site, {{Steam}}, [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon on Android via Google Play]] or [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVDNKSY/ the Amazon App Store]], [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/superhexagon_storefront on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Steam]] via the {{Humble|Bundle}} Store, and [[http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/22507872/ on Blackberry 10 devices via Blackberry World.]]
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* HarderThanHard: Every level beyond the first one -- and the Hyper modes take it UpToEleven.

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* HarderThanHard: Every level beyond the first one one[[note]]Harder, Hardest[[/note]] -- and the Hyper modes take it UpToEleven.UpToEleven[[note]]Hardester, Hardestest, Hardestestest[[/note]].
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* TitleScream: "SUPER Hexagon!"

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