Skate, Slay, Die, Repeat // A surreal journey into skateboarding afterlife // Just let me SKATE

Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!

Slash your sword with a chance to electrocute while you release a burst of fire that ignites enemies when you jump? Throw deadly shurikens with a chance to poison while you dash through enemies to plant explosive charges on them? The choice is yours!

Helskate is available through Steam Early Access.

Hey hey, it’s update time! Thanks once again to everyone who has been playing Helskate! 

In this update: a new deck. The Axestronaut spins into a skateshop near you. This weapon is all about Spin and features a new experimental mechanic: static charge. Spin repeatedly to build up the static meter and enter Overcharge mode. Let us know what you think!

Also in this update: new levels! New (and reworked) tapes! Polish and GUI improvements!

This is not the Big Spring Update, but there’s a lot of new stuff here. Enjoy this additional medium in-between update :).

CHANGELOG

New Stuff!

• The Axestronaut deck (Axe Weapon)
• Reworked tape system. Tapes are no longer randomized but instead hand crafted. Also, stacks should behave much more as expected.
• New Tape: Big Sword Flip
• New Tape: The Swarm. A manual that spawns insects to attack nearby enemies
• New Tape: Razor Grind spews razor blades as you grind
• New Heavy attack for Soul Samurai Deck: The Barrage
• New Tattoo: Chain Wallet
• New Sticker: Tengu’s Membership Card
• New Sticker: Tengu’s Coupon
• New Sticker: Treasure Eyes

Improvements

• Improved sticker select screen. Stickers now go onto the deck.
• Improved Choice Door sequence and GUI
• Updated Park Goals Gui
• Hammer damage retuned and feel improved
• When dashing, camera snaps to dash direction
• Tornado flip trick tapes now tied to specific directions
• Tapes now available in Tengu’s shop

New Levels!

• Pain River
• MallYard

Bug Fixes

• Fix for some tricks playing the wrong stance version of the animation
• Stop moving up when ceiling gets detected while wallriding
• Fix for wrong gold multiplier when starting a run
• Fix for tape being equipped twice when replacing from the shop

Key Features:

• Skate your way through Vertheim - Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way through this hellscape with classic arcade-style skating
• Fight, Die, Upgrade, Repeat - Combine different weapons, gear and tapes to create powerful and unique builds for each run. Get inked up with sick tattoos to permanently upgrade your abilities for a much needed edge over your foes.
• Skateboarding Combat - Chain huge combos, do ollies, kickflips, and other awesome tricks to power up your attacks and gain unique abilities and buffs to slay the monsters that await you in this fast-paced skateboarding action roguelite!
• Take on the Gods of Skating - Use everything in your arsenal to battle against the Gods of Skating. Take on the God of Vert Ramps’ score challenge and grind your way up the Ancient God of Skating to strike at his weak points.

Helskate is in development for PC (Steam).