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White Hat

White Hat is a bullet hell roguelite where you upgrade the game, not yourself, to progressively increase the difficulty. Earn points on runs that you can use to add more waves or research gameplay modifiers. Upgrades make the game harder, but increase your score multiplier.

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October 1, 2023
2 years and 305 days ago
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About the Game

White Hat is a bullet hell roguelite where you play as a white hat hacker, hacking into a system in order to find vulnerabilities and make it stronger and more resilient.

Move with the mouse to dodge bullets and position yourself to allow your auto-attacking weapons to hit enemies. Open item chests to gain new weapons, passive effects, active items and more.

Use points earned from successful runs to add more waves and modifiers to make the game much more difficult. However, the harder the game is, the more points you earn. As you play, the game unfolds unlocking new options, items, enemies, bosses, challenges, and new gameplay features to your runs.

Gameplay

  • Move with the mouse to dodge bullets
  • Collect weapons that auto-attack enemies
  • Build synergies between different passive effects
  • Use abilities and find active items to create your playstyle

Features

  • 6 Unique characters
  • 8 Weapons with different attack patterns and upgrades on each character
  • 60+ Items
  • 28+ mini-quests to unlock new gameplay features and items
  • 15 unique gameplay modifiers
  • Multiple post game completionist challenges to test your skills
  • Puzzling secrets to uncover