2025-03-25 13:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey folks! Thanks for your patience. We had a bit of an issue switching Git servers but are now back up and running. Bug Fixes: Fix for World 1 final boss sometimes not appearing Fix for Shawn walking off the edge of the world Shawn now always jumps back into the center of the map if he would have jumped out of bounds Fix for Speed Demon, Lucky Locust, Slappy the Clown, and Bruised Banana stickers not displaying % in the pause menu Fix for Softlock if you buy lots and lots of stickers Fixed Competition crowd sfx NPC friends now correctly appear at the Mall Entrance for big story events Shop /
2025-01-20 13:16 UTC · Community Announcements · StarcasterMafia
Hey all! Today marks a huge milestone for us. After nearly a year of feature updates and improvements in Early Access, Helskate is now available on Steam! Check out the launch trailer here: What is Helskate? (For those new to the game) In Helskate, grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks and slay the monsters of Vertheim. 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! Skate your way through Vertheim - Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way th
2025-01-17 16:14 UTC · Community Announcements · StarcasterMafia
We are very excited to let you know that Helskate will be leaving Early Access and fully launching on Monday (in 3 days!) Thank you to the amazing community, the loyal beta testers and everyone involved in helping us reach this point. To celebrate we've put together this Art of Helskate book for you to check out featuring music from the mighty Yungtown {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/3524508270ee20e16bab92473a4bed137daeb968.png Click here to check out the Art of Helskate
2025-01-14 16:54 UTC · Community Announcements · StarcasterMafia
What a ride Early Access has been. The whole team here wants to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has tried the game, given feedback, and inspired us to make Helskate the best it can be! We’re happy to announce that we’re VERY close to leaving the Early Access period, so watch this space! Be sure to join us in our Discord, or follow us on X, Bluesky, Instagram and YouTube! We can’t wait to show you everything we’ve been working on to make this update feel HUMUNGOUS. Whilst existing save files should work in the new game, we are encouraging people who want to experience the full range
2024-09-20 16:42 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey all! We’ve reworked the core loop of the game completely. The focus is now on points. Skating/combos, killing enemies, doing goals: everything now feeds into score. And score is now the way to progress. We like it a lot. To us, it feels much closer to what the game wants to be. Don't forget, the game is in Early Access and could benefit from your feedback! Don’t hesitate to join our Discord and let us know what you think. We’re particularly interested in thoughts on / ideas for getting the tuning of the score requirements right for both new and experienced players. Also: special thanks to
2024-09-05 10:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/148c870c32d923791b7546d284b90cbf268fc561.gif Hey all! There is a HUGE patch up on the beta branch. We’ve reworked the core loop of the game completely. The focus is now on points. Skating/combos, killing enemies, doing goals: everything now feeds into score. And score is now the way to progress. We like it a lot. To us, it feels much closer to what the game wants to be. You have ~2 weeks to get your feedback in before we push this update live to the main branch. We’re particularly interested in thoughts on / ideas for getting the tuning of the score requirements rig
2024-05-13 17:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey hey, it’s update time! Thanks once again to everyone who has been playing Helskate! Super extra thanks to everyone who took the time to write massive feedback posts on Steam and Discord, and those who have been submitting videos and bug reports
2024-03-23 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey all! A deep and heartfelt thank you once again to everyone playing Helskate! The amount and detail of feedback has been fantastic. This update is all about Feel & Flow and the connection between skating and combat. First, the major combat rework is now live. We’ve retuned the weapons and increased knockback and impact forces to the enemies. The result should allow you to fight enemies without breaking the flow of skating. Put another way, enemies are now a tool for scoring a big combo. Second, we’ve added a feature that helps bridge skating and combat: the Combo Shield. When you hit enemie
2024-03-19 18:37 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey all! We’ve been working to improve the feel of combat. The goal is to keep the flow of skating as you fight enemies. Or, put another way, to make enemies another useful tool for getting big combos. Let us know what you think of the changes on Discord or in the comments. Thanks so much! CHANGELOG Improvements Added option for character relative controls Added “Classic” camera mode “Triangular” level is arted-up “Donut” level is arted-up “Garbage” level arted-up Improved hit detection Improved usability of the “Combo Shield” Combat changes Carry force (ground) - enemies inherit player veloci
2024-03-04 12:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hello everyone, A relatively small update today as we continue working towards some of the bigger features planned in our roadmap. Please feel free to join our Discord to share your feedback and experiences; your input is very important to us! Below is a list of the changes made in this build: CHANGELOG Improvements Added Free Skate mode Changed menu exit button assignment to Circle (Playstation) / B (XBox) Combo break clarity (Player flashes red and plays an animation) Added new vault Miniboss Grindwyrm VFX pass Hub visual update Changed competition score calculations so that it does not get
2024-02-29 13:11 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Hey all! Thank you for playing Helskate and sharing your feedback with us! Your insights are invaluable in helping us improve the game. As mentioned in our Beta Branch Update, we are dedicated to updating the Beta version after detailed testing. This ensures that only the best improvements are transferred to the main game. You are now seeing these enhancements, previously vetted in the Beta version, in the latest update. CHANGE LIST Improvements Added missing cutscenes and removed temporary text Replaced Temp title screen with improved temp title screen Crafting materials drop tuning Added but
2024-02-22 17:56 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/938ed272ba7754f75a5218efae61dc02178f55d4.png Thank you for supporting Helskate in Early Access!
2024-02-16 17:32 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
The frantic action of Hades, dashing from room to room and clearing out hordes of demons and monsters with all manner of deadly weapons and combos. The effortless style of nailing that perfect Tony Hawk's Pro Skater line - the nosegrind down the stairs, the heelflip into wallride as you rack up that high score. Unquestionably two of the most satisfying feelings in gaming. But what if you could take one of those ideas and pop shove-it into the other? Thanks to Helskate, now you can, and the new skateboarding action roguelike just hit early access with a Steam sale to celebrate. Read the rest of
2024-02-16 17:11 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
Day 1 Patch is here! It includes: Bug fixes and tweaks Improved UI scaling for different aspect ratios (Tested 16:9, 16:10 and 32:9) Multiple small collision Improvements Pause the game when the steam overlay is opened Fix for lag spike whenever a new sticker is acquired Tattooshop show correct tattoo on Anton now Tattooshop tweaks Status effects apply correctly to all enemies Removed ScoreVault/ Re-Baked HolyWoodHighTile Fixed VO in footage dialog Thanks for playing! Phantom Coast
2024-02-15 13:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Phantom Coast
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/6de70e23a19ac6d3518e2c1e0db346041b975994.png After nearly four years of passionate development, countless lines of code, and many late nights, we're thrilled to announce that Helskate has officially launched in Early Access TODAY! This journey began as a dream — a “you know what’d be cool?” kind of dream — and through hard work, perseverance, and the invaluable feedback from our early supporters, we've brought this vision to life. Today marks not just the culmination of our efforts but the beginning of a new chapter where you, our community, play a most pivotal role
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