🤪 Hikers Hunger - A cannibal game mode!

Hikers Hunger is a 'Cannibalistc Psychosis' that plagues the island. A hysteria passed from 1 individual to the next! The only safe place is the campfire! 🏕️ Gamemode made best played with a full group!

🔧 Features

• At the start of a run, 2 minutes will pass and a random cannibal is chosen
• The random cannibal will be able to eat anyone at anytime (as long as they look like roasted chickens)
• At each campfire, light them as fast as you can when the cannibal comes running up as this will remove the hysteria and make everyone temporarily safe, BUT the hysteria will move onto another random person after 2 minutes

🔮 Future Plans

• Earning Badges
• Configurable times
• Curse Patch

🛠️ Requirements

• BepInEx

📦 Installation

1. Download via Thunderstore or manual install
2. Place the .dll file in: /PEAK/BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch game to generate config 🔥 or use the thunderstore mod manager app 🔥

👨‍🍳 Credits

Author tony4twenty] Assistance from Snosz

Changelog

[2.0.0] - 2025-09-01

🚀 Major Features

• Complete Plugin Rebuild: Entire plugin rebuilt from scratch for optimal performance
• Manual Cannibal Selection: Host can now use a GUI to manually select who becomes the cannibal
• Constant Cannibal Mode: Option to keep the first selected cannibal for the entire run
• Custom Eat Time: Configurable eating duration (default: 0.01s for instant eating)
• Enhanced Safe Zone System: Improved campfire safe zones with configurable delay
• Host Configuration Sync: All host settings automatically synchronized to clients

🎮 Gameplay Improvements

• Smart Cannibal Reselection: Prevents safe zone delay bypass when same cannibal is reselected
• Curse Prevention: Cannibals no longer get cursed when eating players

⚡ Technical Optimizations

• No Reflection: Eliminated all reflection usage for better performance
• No Per-Frame Overhead: Optimized to avoid heavy operations every frame
• Efficient Safe Zone Monitoring: Smart detection system for all campfires
• Robust State Management: Improved handling of complex game state scenarios
• Enhanced Logging: Comprehensive debug logging for troubleshooting

🔧 Configuration Options

• ManualCannibalSelection: Enable/disable manual selection GUI
• InitialSelectionDelay: Delay before initial cannibal selection (default: 20s)
• PostSelectionDelay: Delay before granting initial cannibal powers (default: 120s)
• EnableCustomEatTime: Toggle custom eating duration
• CustomEatTime: Configurable eating time in seconds
• ConstantCannibal: Keep first cannibal for entire run
• SafeZoneDelay: Delay after leaving safe zone (default: 30s)

📱 User Interface

• Cannibal Selection GUI: Clean, user-friendly interface for host selection
• Cursor Management: Proper cursor handling during GUI interaction
• Player List Display: Shows all valid players as clickable buttons
• Cancel Option: Random selection fallback if manual selection is cancelled

🔒 Safety & Stability

• Disconnection Handling: Robust handling of player disconnections
• State Persistence: Proper preservation of game state across events
• Error Handling: Comprehensive error handling and logging
• Memory Management: Proper cleanup of coroutines and resources

[1.0.0] - 2025-08-02

• Initial release.