HYPE is a game in which you must connect clues and solve puzzles in order to find out the release date for a music album. The interface of the game would be a web browser, in which the player would be able to check news sites for new information about the album, along with writing notes about potential answers of clues. The browser would begin with a new tab, in which the player would find a number of favourited websites which would include some of these news sites. The new tab would also include a small section for taking notes, in which the player could place a combination of images and text. The puzzles would be in a similar vein to those of the current Overwatch Alternate Reality Game (ARG) for the new hero Sombra. These would include codes hidden in images, images that have been modified in order to store data and sound files that could be decoded to find websites and other information. Websites would be available to help the player solve these clues, in order to ensure that the game is not overly daunting. Along with solving these clues, the various news websites that the player could visit would give false and contradicting information over time. Once the player has solved the final clue of the release date, they would be rewarded with the "album". This would be a link to a download of the game's soundtrack with extra songs added.

Throughout the game players would hear small snippets of music, wether it be in the background of a video embedded into their browser, or received after visiting a link revealed by solving one of the puzzles. Some of these snippets would be from various songs on the album, however some would not be in the final reward. The final album would not be stored in the game, and would only be retrievable from the link given once the game is complete. This is an attempt to stop dataminers from gain access to the album before anybody has completed the game.

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