Play A Short Hike in multiplayer with 99 others in this April Fool's gag Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Play A Short Hike in multiplayer with 99 others in this April Fool's gag It's developer-created but "unofficial" News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on April 2, 2022 2 comments A Short Hike is one of my favourite games and I've completed it twice, once on PC and once on Switch. Now I'm thinking of having another go thanks to A Short Hike 99, an "unofficial" multiplayer mode created by original developer Adam Robinson-Yu as an April Fool's gag. Is it still a gag if you actually make the thing? A Short Hike 99 - a multiplayer mod this was supposed to be some sort of april fools joke but i don't wanna confuse anyone so I'm just gonna drop some factsFACTS it's a rough mod this won't be an official game mode (sorry!) test it here https://t.co/6t34s45RTP pic.twitter.com/ExUHFDsbRS- adamgryu (@adamgryu) April 1, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings While the mod exists and is playable, it's not and won't be an official mode. That means Robinson-Yu is planning on keeping his server live for only two weeks. As other tweets explain, this isn't a battle royale mode. There are very few ways for players to interact with one another in A Short Hike, bar standing one each other's heads, and some of the physics objects don't like dealing with multiple people. Still, the reason I love A Short Hike is that it's a lovely place to hang out. It's nice to hang out in it with other people. Any person I've met in the mod - there are 18 people online right now - has jumped in front of me a few times, as if to say hello, and then we've simply jogged around together for a few minutes. Eventually one of us flies off a ledge and we go our separate ways. The perfect relationship. If you own A Short Hike on Steam, you can access the mod by right-clicking on the game, going to Properties > Betas, and then opting in to "ashorthike99_mod". If you then load up and start a game, you'll connect automatically to the multiplayer server. If you own the game elsewhere, you can grab the mod/patch from Itch, where you'll also find instructions on how to install it and how to run your own server. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here