Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami is a game that lives by the creed "no risk no reward". It's also what would've happened if the first Grand Theft Auto games were directed by David Lynch.

Pig Butcher
As seen in this YouTube video, the game's protagonist (referred to as "Jacket") was instead meant to be a fat man in the Pig mask (Aubrey), and is still present in the game files under the name "Pig Butcher". For reasons unknown, these sprites are totally unused.

Sprites are also present for the Biker character shoving him against a wall and then pushing him off something. The game refers to the Biker as "MC" in its sprites, presumably standing for "main character". A possible suggestion that "Jacket", the protagonist throughout most of the game, wasn't intended to be the main character.

Musician Cameos
The file names of the sprites reveal that some of the passers-by in-game are actually based on the musicians who contributed to the game, with Perturbator himself being the DJ in the nightclub level. It's also worth noting that the files also refer to the bearded man at the end of each level as Nicklas, and the janitors at the end of the game as Dennis and Jonatan - the real names of the programmers.



Unused Maps
A bunch of test maps are still present in the code, as well as the map used in the trailer with the Pig Butcher.

(Note that the blue question mark arrows are merely markers in the Game Maker GUI, and don't appear in normal gameplay. Same goes for the giant Richard mask in the Pig Butcher trailer level.)

Other Unused Graphics
Graphics of bad parody logos and other weird crap.

Alternate Icon
When viewed in the Steam library, the game uses an icon of Jacket in the Pig mask, whereas the executable file uses the bloodied face of a dead henchman.