Meccha Chameleon jugadores fight back as auto paint cheats plague juego

Cheaters are already causing chaos in Meccha Chameleon, with players using auto paint tools to turn the game’s core mechanic into an instant camouflage button.

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Meccha Chameleon has quickly become one of Steam’s biggest breakout hits, selling millions of copies since launch and blowing up thanks to its simple but brilliant hide-and-seek premise. During the game, players are split between hiders and seekers, with hiders painting their blank character models to blend into the map before the seekers try to spot them.

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The fun mostly comes from the manual painting where a good disguise takes timing, patience, and a decent eye for detail - and a hint of artistic talent.

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However, the game's now being hit by cheaters, as some players are reportedly using tools that scan images and automatically paint their character to perfectly match the background.

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Meccha Chameleon players are exposing auto paint cheaters

Fans have been sharing clips of the cheating on social media, with one video showing a player scanning part of the map before instantly auto-painting themselves to blend almost perfectly into the background.

Others have shared images showing just how easy the auto paint cheat is to use, making it clear why players are getting frustrated. Instead of carefully recreating textures and colors by hand, cheaters can let software do the work for them and vanish into the scenery with barely any effort.

Despite the increase in cheating, players have started fighting back. When they spot someone using auto paint, many fans are actively sacrificing themselves by drawing arrows on their own bodies, pointing directly at the cheater so everyone else knows where to look.

It is a funny response to a frustrating problem, but it also shows how quickly the cheat has started affecting matches. Meccha Chameleon is meant to be a silly, chaotic hide-and-seek game with friends, not something ruined by players letting auto paint tools do all the hiding for them.45:T