In between these segments, there are short puzzles in the form of an adventure game.
Each section of gameplay shares common controls, where the player uses the arrow keys. The player experiences each of their pasts through gameplay associated with that genre - for instance, a platformer or top-down shooter. They meet up in a bar, where they are informed that a murder will occur on the premises that night.
In The Hex, the player controls six characters based on archetypical video game genres. Mullins created the game as a follow-up to the success Pony Island, his previous game. Its narrative takes place in a bar with six different characters the player controls through the usage of flashbacks, the game encompasses different gameplay genres, each of which is associated with a player character. The Hex is a 2018 video game by Canadian independent developer Daniel Mullins.
