{"id":69241,"date":"2026-07-06T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=69241"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:08:12","slug":"meccha-chameleon-cheaters-reach-a-new-level-of-desperate-with-auto-paint-tool-that-makes-you-instantly-blend-in-with-your-surroundings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/meccha-chameleon-cheaters-reach-a-new-level-of-desperate-with-auto-paint-tool-that-makes-you-instantly-blend-in-with-your-surroundings\/","title":{"rendered":"Meccha Chameleon cheaters reach \u201ca new level of desperate\u201d with auto-paint tool that makes you instantly blend in with your surroundings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese indie party game <strong>Meccha Chameleon<\/strong> launched for Steam on June 10, and has since exploded in popularity, selling over 15 million copies in less than a month and peaking at over 340k concurrent users. Multiplayer online games with this kind of scope usually end up suffering from hackers and spammers to some degree, however, it seems like Meccha Chameleon has been seeing a rise in cheating behavior in recent days. Specifically, a controversial \u201cpainting generator cheat\u201d has been making rounds on social media, with many players criticizing it as \u201cso desperate it\u2019s actually lame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To provide some background, players have been reporting sightings of \u201ccheaters\u201d who use what appears to be an external program which modifies the in-game painting tool. As seen in a viral X video, the cheating tool applies a complex pattern to the player, mimicking the colors of the object behind the character. If the cheat is applied a second time, it \u201crepaints\u201d the image, smoothing it out and making the camouflage even more accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\uc911\uad6d\uc778\uc774 \ub9cc\ub4e0 &#39;\uba54\ucc60\uce74\uba5c\ub808\uc628&#39; \ud575 \ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8<br><br>\uc790\ub3d9\uc73c\ub85c \uc0c9\uce60\ud574\uc90c<br><br>\uc800\ub7ec\uba74 \ubb34\uc2a8 \uc7ac\ubbf8\ub0d0 \u3149\u3149<br><br>\uadfc\ub370 \ud575\uc4f0\ub294\ub188\ub4e4\uc740 \ub3c4\ub300\uccb4 \uc5b4\ub5a4 \uc2ec\ub9ac\ub85c \uc0ac\uc6a9\ud558\ub294\uac70\uc9c0?<br><br>\ub098\ub3c4 \uac8c\uc784 \ub9ce\uc774\ud558\uc9c0\ub9cc \uadf8\ub534\uac70 \uc4f0\uba74 \uc874\ub098 \uc7ac\ubbf8\uc5c6\uc744\uac70 \uac19\uc740\ub370.. \uadf8\ub0e5 \uc774\uae30\ub294\uac70\uc5d0 \uc6b0\uc6d4\uac10 \ub290\ub07c\ub294\uac74\uac00? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qUyh0dauch\">pic.twitter.com\/qUyh0dauch<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \uba39\ubb3c\uc774 (@mugmulree) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mugmulree\/status\/2073350777230516234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Meccha_Chameleon\/comments\/1uny8si\/new_cheaters_in_the_game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Another recent clip<\/a> showcases the same cheating technique, with someone attempting to literally generate the full painting behind them, before they eventually (and rightfully so) get discovered and \u201csabotaged\u201d by their teammates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While cheating is generally frowned upon in all multiplayer gaming communities, many Meccha Chameleon fans have called this kind of system abuse a \u201cnew low.\u201d Considering that Meccha Chameleon doesn\u2019t have a ranked match system, and at its core, isn\u2019t a type of game where getting competitive is the main focus, many players are baffled to see that somebody would use cheat tools for a title which, in the first place, got super popular because it\u2019s something fun you can casually enjoy with your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from the new painting cheat tool, users<a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/4704690\/discussions\/0\/572666820169906299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> have also been reporting<\/a> a sharp rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/4704690\/discussions\/0\/571541539431627945\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESP, teleports, aimbots and other similar hacks<\/a> which unnecessarily make the game just less fun to play for everyone. Being<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/meccha-chameleon-developers-say-the-secret-behind-their-2-month-dev-cycle-is-asset-reuse-and-a-make-it-exist-first-perfect-it-later-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> a simple game made in only 2 months<\/a>, with servers being basically hosted for free using Epic Online Services (EOS), Meccha Chameleon does not, at the time of writing, feature any kind of dedicated anti-cheat, making it not too difficult to abuse its system. But why would anyone want to do that?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/meccha-chameleon-gets-new-osaka-map-alongside-reporting-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Meccha\u00a0Chameleon\u00a0gets\u00a0new Osaka map alongside reporting feature\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheaters are starting to become a problem within the Meccha Chameleon community, as more players report &#8220;auto-paint&#8221; and similar cheats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":69242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-06T10:08:08+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpxttrpcjr26","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpxttrpcjr26\",\"cid\":\"bafyreifhad7ygwuxonlwlioi5s6mtbv3r5cv4hoprsmhepnyva5li44gum\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreigwqmj2dn7662juvocbyojh5haci3duqjjuptc6nktnsnrfnseu4y\",\"rev\":\"3mpxttrpggr26\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-69241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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