#Superhot hotswitch into the core full

The manoeuvre allows the player to escape projectiles that are unavoidable, but has a cooldown timer that prevents repeated use, and the new body also drops its weapons upon switching. In the last portion of the campaign, the player also becomes able to 'hotswitch' into an enemy's body, wherein they take control over the target, with the previous body dying.

#Superhot hotswitch into the core full

The full game also enables the player to jump and as long as the jump button or key is held, the player can slow down time to plan and perform actions, enabling aerial gunplay. One significant change from the earlier prototype is that the player does not automatically pick up a weapon when they pass over it but must enact a specific control to do so, enabling the player to selectively choose and use weapons, or grab weapons as they fall out of an opponent's hands. The full game includes additional weapons, including explosives, melee weapons, and improvised weapons like billiard balls that can be thrown at enemies, and introduces computer opponents that have similar awareness as the player and can dodge the player's bullets. In expanding to the full game, Superhot Team created a campaign mode across approximately thirty-one levels, estimated to be as long as Portal. The game originally was a three-level prototype browser game. This gives the player the opportunity to alter their actions as to avoid the path of bullets or to better assess their current situation. Though the game mechanics are typical of most shooters, time only progresses normally when the player moves or fires a gun, otherwise time is slowed this is described in the game's tagline 'Time Moves Only When You Move'. Taking a single hit from an enemy bullet kills the player, requiring them to restart the level. Weapons picked up by the player have limited ammunition, requiring the player to rely on defeating enemies to get more ammo, or making melee kills. Superhot sets the player in a minimalistic environment, taking out hostile attackers that are trying to kill them.

The game was met with positive reception, with reviewers considering the title to be an innovative take on the first-person shooter genre. A standalone expansion, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, which utilizes roguelike elements such as procedural generation and permadeath, became available through early access in December 2017. A rebuilt version of the game to better support virtual reality, Superhot VR, was later released for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR headset devices. Versions for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch were released in May 2016, July 2017, and August 2019, respectively. Superhot was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in February 2016. Widespread attention from the demonstration prompted the team to develop out the full game, using Kickstarter to secure funding to complete the title. The game originated as an entry in the 2013 7 Day FPS Challenge, which Superhot Team expanded into a browser-based demonstration that September.

The game is presented in a minimalist art style, with enemies in red and weapons in black, in contrast to the otherwise white and grey environment. Though the game follows traditional first-person shooter gameplay mechanics, with the player attempting to take out enemy targets using guns and other weapons, time within the game progresses at normal speed only when the player moves this creates the opportunity for the player to assess their situation in slow-motion and respond appropriately, making the gameplay similar to strategy video games. Superhot is an independent first-person shooter video game developed and published by Superhot Team.