Playing the Game

Character creation, controls, and gameplay basics

System Requirements

WebGPU Required: Hyperscape requires WebGPU for rendering. WebGL is NOT supported.

Supported Browsers:

• Chrome 113+ (recommended)
• Edge 113+
• Safari 18+ (macOS 15+ only)

Check Compatibility: Visit webgpureport.org to verify your browser/GPU supports WebGPU.

Why WebGPU?: All shaders use TSL (Three Shading Language), which only works with WebGPU. There is no WebGL fallback.

Getting Started

When you first join Hyperscape, you’ll create a character and spawn in a random starter town with basic equipment.

Starting Equipment

• Bronze sword (equipped)
• Base level 1 in all skills

Starter Towns

Each starter town includes:

• Bank: Store items safely
• General Store: Buy tools and supplies
• Safe Zone: No hostile mobs

Controls

Movement

• Click-to-Move: Click anywhere on the terrain to walk there
• Running: Hold shift while clicking to run (consumes stamina)
• Camera: Orthographic overhead view

Combat

• Attack: Click on an enemy to engage
• Auto-attack: Combat continues automatically while in range
• Attack Styles: Select focus for XP distribution (Attack, Strength, Defense)
• Eating: Left-click food to eat, or right-click and select “Eat” (3-tick/1.8s cooldown)
  • Food consumed even at full health (OSRS-accurate)
  • Eating during combat adds 3 ticks to attack cooldown (only if weapon already on cooldown)
  • Message format: “You eat the shrimp.”

Interaction

• Left-click: Execute primary action (attack, take, chop, eat, etc.)
• Right-click: Show context menu with all available actions
• Shift-click: Quick drop items from inventory
• Objects: Click trees, fishing spots, or resources to gather
• NPCs: Click to interact with shops or banks
• Items: Click dropped items to pick up
• Right-Click Menus: Right-click items/entities for context menus with colored names
• F5 Key: Toggle FPS debug panel on/off

Inventory Actions

• Left-Click: Perform primary action (Eat, Wield, Use, etc.)
• Right-Click: Open context menu with all available actions
• Drag-and-Drop: Move items between inventory slots or equip items

Debug & UI

• F5 or \: Toggle FPS debug panel (shows frame rate, tick rate, entity count)
• Backslash (\): Alternative keybind for debug panel

Combat Basics

Combat uses RuneScape-style mechanics:

Stat	Purpose
Attack	Accuracy and weapon requirements
Strength	Damage dealt
Defense	Damage reduction and armor requirements
Constitution	Health points
Range	Ranged combat effectiveness

Combat Flow

1. Click enemy to initiate combat
2. Auto-attack continues while in range
3. XP distributed based on selected attack style
4. Constitution XP always gained
5. Loot drops on enemy death

Death

When you die:

• Items drop at death location (headstone)
• Respawn at nearest starter town
• Return to retrieve items from headstone

Skills

Gathering Skills

Skill	How to Train
Woodcutting	Click trees with hatchet in inventory or equipped
Fishing	Click fishing spots with fishing rod in inventory
Mining	Click ore rocks with pickaxe in inventory or equipped

Mining rocks always deplete after yielding one ore (OSRS-accurate). Success rate depends on your Mining level, while pickaxe tier affects how often you roll for success.

Processing Skills

Skill	How to Train
Firemaking	Use tinderbox on logs (right-click → Use)
Cooking	Use raw fish on fire (right-click → Use)
Smithing	Click furnaces to smelt ores into bars, click anvils to smith bars into equipment

Smithing Details

Smelting (at furnaces):

• Click a furnace to open the smelting interface
• Select bar type and quantity (1, 5, 10, X, All)
• System auto-smelts until out of materials
• Bronze: 1 copper ore + 1 tin ore (100% success)
• Iron: 1 iron ore (50% success rate - OSRS accurate)
• Steel: 1 iron ore + 2 coal (100% success)
• Higher tiers require more coal (Mithril: 4, Adamant: 6, Rune: 8)
• Each smelt takes 4 ticks (2.4 seconds)

Smithing (at anvils):

• Requires a hammer in inventory (not consumed)
• Click an anvil to open the smithing interface
• Select item and quantity (1, 5, 10, X, All)
• System auto-smiths until out of bars or target reached
• Create weapons, armor, and tools
• Items greyed out if you lack level or materials
• Each smith takes 4 ticks (2.4 seconds)

Economy

Currency

Coins are the universal currency, dropped by mobs and used at shops.

Banking

• Click a bank to open storage
• 480 storage slots organized in tabs
• Each bank location is separate

Combat Interruption: Being attacked automatically closes the bank interface (OSRS-accurate). Even splash attacks (0 damage) will interrupt banking.

Shops

General stores sell basic supplies:

• Hatchet (woodcutting)
• Fishing rod
• Tinderbox
• Arrows (for bows)