Introduction
Hexcode is built upon Three Basic Shapes. That is…
1- □ Square
It means Divinity, the idea of Self or Creation.
2- ◯ Circle
It means Energy. The presence of force or heat.
3- △ Triangle
It means Time. The passage of, or the duration through.
Beyond these basic three types, there exists three Anti-Shapes. These provide the Inverse Effect of the base three shapes
4- ◇ Diamond (Anti-Square)
Means Death, Chaos, and Destruction. The absence of order.
5- 𝟢 Oval (Anti-Circle)
It means the absence of Energy. To be Void or Cold.
6- ▽ Upside-Down Triangle (Anti-Triangle)
It means Immediate, Instant, or sometimes even Negative passage of time.
The combination of these six shapes are what form the backbone of every single glyph in Hexcode. The combination of ◯△ means Energy over Time. This manifests as what appears to be a Projectile - the physical creation of energy passing through time and space. All of hexcode follows this logic.
Refer to the Creating Glyphs section of the main document for how to create your glyphs. The following is every glyph in Hexcode in order of Tier and Type
Tier 1
These are the foundational glyphs. Single-shape draws.
[◯] Force
Applies directional force to the target. Does not deal damage directly. Direction, magnitude, and target can all be specified via the slots.
[△] Delay
Delays execution of child glyphs. Everything after this glyph in the chain waits the specified time before continuing.
[▽] Halt
Instantly zeros all velocity on targets. Things stop moving. Useful for freezing mid-air after a Force launch, or stopping a Propel projectile. It can either be Immediate or over time - duration scales harshly against volatility cost.
[□] Self
Returns a reference to the caster entity. The starting point for any self-targeting hex. As a value, it provides the caster reference directly. As an effect, stores the caster in a variable slot.
[◇] Chaos
Randomly generates a number between the Min (default 0) and Max (default 1) values.
[𝟢] Drain
Used to modify Entity Stats like mana / stamina / health
Can be used to either gain knowledge of the target’s current stats OR to transfer from one stat to another (stamina -> mana or mana -> hp - etc)
Tier 2
Two-shape draws. These are the core toolbox for building useful hexes. Most of these cost very low mana or volatility, serving as a way to prop up the Tier 3 glyphs naturally.
[◯△] Projectile
Your cheapest selector. Launches a projectile that triggers child glyphs on collision. Children do not execute until the projectile hits something. You can add Gravity, Bounces, or Speed as configuration options.
[□◯] Beam
Raycasts from an entity in a direction and stores the first thing it hits. Your primary single-target selector. Has a limited range and costs more the longer the range.
[◯□] Area
Collects all targets within a radius around a center point. Your area-of-effect selector. For every entity in the area, it triggers downstream glyphs. This can get pricey very quickly and typically eats up all your volatility immediately. If you hit a block, it selects all blocks. If you hit an entity, it selects all entities.
[△△] Debug
The best way to get a peek into what hexcode is doing during execution. Connect to several variables to inspect their values. Sends debug info into the chat to you.
[□△] Conjure
Spawns a temporary area zone at a position. The zone can trigger child glyphs on an interval for entities inside it. You can also connect “immediate” to do things like add velocity to the zone and push it along, or warp it, or change its color.
[◇𝟢] Interfere
Hijacks active hex constructs or strips hex effects from targets. On persistent hex entities (Propel projectiles, Conjure zones, Arc chains): replaces their glyph chain with yours. On buffed entities: strips the buff. Children of Interfere become the injected payload, not continuations. The primary way to Counterspell.
[◇◯] Resonate
Appends a parallel glyph chain to an ally's active hex construct. You pay for your injected glyphs. Multiple casters can Resonate on the same construct. The cooperative counterpart to Interfere.
[□▽] Output
Specifies an output location. Notably useful in Interfere to determine the "continuation" point of the existing glyph. Future Version: Will enable specifying as an "anchor point" for flycasting, making it easier to nest a flycasted glyhp deep inside another glyph. Also enables COLORING that output, making it easier to quickly identify the glyph itself.
[△◯] Concentrate
Sustains downstream glyphs while the caster holds the primary interaction. Releasing early cancels the hex. Increases volatility by 50% for longer hexes.
Tier 3
Three-shape draws. These are the Effects, the glyphs that do stuff. Generally, these are a lot more expensive than Tier 2 glyphs.
[□◇△] Scale
Scales an entity momentarily for a duration, reverting their shape once expired.
[◯◇◯] Gust
Radial force explosion pushing all targets away from a center point. Small fixed concussive damage as a side effect
[□△□] Growth*
Restores the natural state of targets. Heals entities, grows crops, repairs damaged blocks
[□◯□] Fortify
Increases resilience of targets for a duration. On entities: flat damage reduction per hit. On blocks: increased hardness.
[◇𝟢◇] Erode
Weakens targets for a duration, increasing damage taken from all sources including melee. Does zero damage on its own. Pure setup for follow-up attacks.
[◇▽𝟢] Levitate*
Reverses or nullifies gravity on targets for a duration. Zero intensity means weightless. Positive intensity means active upward pull.
[◇◯◇] Ignite
Sets targets on fire. Fire does damage over time and can spread to adjacent flammable blocks. Entities can extinguish by entering water.
[□◯◇] Burning Hands*
Shoots fire from your hands in a cone in front of you, selecting all entities as well in the area. Does some fire damage
[◯◯◯] Bolt
Instant single-target energy discharge. On entities: burst lightning damage. On blocks*: triggers block interactions remotely (opens doors, flips levers). The only glyph that can activate block interactions from a distance.
[◯□◯] Arc
Chain lightning. Hops from entity to entity, executing one child glyph per hop in order. More children means more hops. Volatility is rechecked each hop, so long chains naturally fizzle out.
[𝟢𝟢𝟢] Freeze
Slows down and freezes the target and makes the ground below them ice.
[𝟢◯𝟢] Shatter
Launches ice shard projectiles in a cone from a position. Each shard is a mini-projectile dealing ice damage on impact and allowing further execution of the hex.
[𝟢□𝟢] Glaciate
Spawns ice blocks above targets that fall with gravity. Deals impact damage based on fall speed.
[□◇□] Terraform*
Moves existing natural blocks (dirt, stone, sand, gravel) from one position to another. Block telekinesis. Only works on natural block types.
[□▽□] Ensnare
Disrupts terrain in a radius. Raises spike formations from the earth that damage entities walking over them. Area denial through terrain change. Can execute a glyph for every spike that is triggered.
[□𝟢□] Phase
Temporarily removes blocks from reality. Blocks become air for a duration, then snap back. Entities caught inside restoring blocks take crush damage. Children execute after blocks are restored.
[◯▽◯] Warp
Teleports targets to a destination position. High flat mana cost. Costs more volatility the further the warp distance.
[▽◯▽] Swap
Exchanges positions between two variable arrays element-by-element. Item at index i in A swaps position with item at index i in B. If arrays are different lengths, extra elements are skipped.
[□□□] Domain
Domain Expansion. Decreases volatility cost while within your own domain. Enables triggering a glyph for every entity inside of, or who enters your domain.
Clashing
Clashing occurs when two domains interset. The domain with the higher Energy wins the clash. Energy has no use outside of this.
Utility
Utility glyphs are generally used to setup and prop up effect glyphs. They take no mana and use minimal vitality.
[>] Greater
Branches execution based on comparison. If A is greater than B, the first child executes. Otherwise, the second child executes. Costs no mana.
[<] Less
Branches execution based on comparison. If A is less than B, the first child executes. Otherwise, the second child executes. Costs no mana.
[|―] Add
Adds two values together. Works on numbers, positions, rotations. First number type is authoritative. If the first number is a Vector (rotation or position), the result will also be a Vector
[―] Subtract
Subtracts one value from another. For entity and block lists, removes matching elements. If only A/B is filled with a rot/pos, the value is inverted. Rot(1, 2, 3) becomes Rot(-1, -2, -3). If the first number is a Vector (rotation or position), the result will also be a Vector
[ \ / ] Multiply
Multiplies two values together. First number type is authoritative. If the first number is a Vector (rotation or position), the result will also be a Vector
[/] Divide
Divides one value by another. Division by zero returns the original value.
[― ―] Equal
Two modes. With both inputs wired: branches execution (first child if equal, second child if not). With only A/B wired: assigns A/B's value to the output slot.
[<>] Position
Constructs a position from X, Y, Z components. Wire number glyphs into each component. Wiring a Variable or an Entity (i.e. Self) will extract the coordinate from that entity. If an Entity is connected to Slot X, the X coordinate of the entity will be inputted there.
[ΛV] Rotation
Constructs a rotation from pitch, yaw, roll components. Wire number glyphs into each component. Wiring a Variable or an Entity (i.e. Self) will extract the coordinate from that entity. If an Entity is connected to Slot Pitch, the pitch of the entity will be inputted there
[<□>] Style
Sets the color of the execution at this point. Returns a 4 param vector (R, G, B, A) if value extracted
[Λ] Power
Calculates A to the power of B
[―Λ] Root
Calculates A to the root of B
[△<] Sin
Calculates the sin of A
[△>] Cos
Calculates the cos of A
[△Λ] Tan
Calculates the tan of A
[△V] PI
Returns the value of PI
[||] Abs
Returns the absolute value of an input. Converts vector -> magnitude as well.
[|V|] Floor
Rounds A down to the nearest whole number. Preserves type: Positions and Rotations are floored component-wise. Entities, Blocks and Colors pass through unchanged.
[|Λ|] Ceiling
Rounds A up to the nearest whole number. Preserves type: Positions and Rotations are ceiled component-wise. Entities, Blocks and Colors pass through unchanged.
[|◯|] Round
Rounds A to the nearest whole number. Preserves type: Positions and Rotations are rounded component-wise. Entities, Blocks and Colors pass through unchanged.
[<>◯] Dot Product
Derives the dot product of two vectors. Will convert a number to a vector (i.e. 1 = (1, 1, 1)) or a rotation to a vector with a magnitude of 1.
[<>\ / ] Cross Product
Derives the cross product of two vectors. Will convert a number to a vector (i.e. 1 = (1, 1, 1)) or a rotation to a vector with a magnitude of 1.
[V] Variable
Reads an input slot and saves it to it’s own reference, allowing for creation of a “snapshot” in time. Also enables outputting to another variable to overwrite it. Sets the read value as the "default variable" too.
If it has not been run inside the glyph execution (i.e. linked to a Slot of another glyph) it will take the "Value Of" whatever the input is.
[Λ◯] Number 1
[Λ|] Number 2
[Λ△] Number 3
[Λ□] Number 4
[>◯] Number 5
[>|] Number 6
[>△] Number 7
[>□] Number 8
[V◯] Number 9
[V|] Number 10
[V△] Number 11
[V□] Number 12
[<◯] Number 13
[<|] Number 14
[<△] Number 15
[<□] Number 16
Boolean Values -1 (false) 0 (equal) +1 (true)
[―◯] IsEntity*
-1 not, 0, is entity, 1 is player
[―□] IsBlock*
-1 not a block, 0 air block, 1 solid block
[―V] IsNumber*
-1 not a number, 0 is zero, 1 is a number
[―><] IsVector*
-1 not a vector, 0 rotation, 1 position
Conditions
[|△] OnEating*
[|◯] OnAttack*
[|𝟢] OnAttacked*
[|><] OnMove*
[|>] OnRightClick*
[|<] OnLeftClick*
[|ΛV] OnRotate*
[|◇] OnDeath*
[|□] OnCast*
[|▽] OnSleep*
*Glyphs are not fully implemented or are a bit buggy in the current version of Hexcode.
