BeatSlayer News

With this patch, we want to say goodbye to the Beat Slayer year 2024 with a bang. In addition to a new upgrade type, we also have something new for the Beat Slayer veterans among you.

[h2]New Upgrade Type: "Tanzschock Upgrade"[/h2]

Unleash rhythmic destruction with the all-new Tanzschock Upgrade! Trigger its powerful effects every time you reach 10 Beats on your Beat Meter and at every 20 Beat interval thereafter (10, 30, 50, 70...). Choose from the following versions:

• Tanzschock Taser
  Effect: Stuns all enemies for one tact.
  
  
• Tanzschock Laser
  Effect: Activates four laser beams for one tact.
  
  
• Tanzschock Barrage
  Effect: Fires a barrage of projectiles around you.
  
  
• Tanzschock Repulsor
  Effect: Knocks back all enemies around you.
  
  
• Tanzschock Explosion
  Effect: Deals damage in a large area around you.
  

[h2]New Game Mode: Anarchy[/h2]

In the previous difficulty levels, you may have noticed that some enemies only appear in later acts. In Anarchy mode, we are throwing this rule overboard. The enemies are much stronger and Elite versions can now appear anywhere and at any time. In addition, some rhythm aids are deactivated, which makes every beat combo a real challenge.

Now it's the best time to check out Beat Slayer. Let us know what you think and write us here on Steam, Discord or Twitter/X!

Until then, stay tuned!

The Steam Rythm Festival is coming round the corner and what better way to celebrate than with a big patch for Beat Slayer :D In this patch we have prepared a few things for you to make Mia's journey through Berlin even more varied and to provide more "destruction".

[h2]New Hazard: Laser Walls[/h2]
Some Levels in Act 3 now have Laser Barriers that turn on and off to the beat.
Getting caught in the beam will hurt you, but enemies take even more damage from it!



[h2]Destructibles[/h2]
You can find destructible objects (like Crates and Vases) in most levels.
Destroying them has a chance of granting you some Currywurst and other Powerups!
Be Careful - many levels also have explosive barrels that, when destroyed, do massive damage to anything nearby!



[h2]Enemy Spawner Improvements[/h2]
We tweaked the enemy spawning system, allowing enemies to use the whole level to determine where to spawn.
Enemy spawns are now less "clustered" and will often lead to situations where the player is in danger of being surrounded.
This also increases the enemy density in some levels in Acts 2 and 3.


[h2]Hammer Improvements[/h2]
The Hammer's Basic Attack area of effect has been increased.
It's now easier to hit enemies, especially when they're close to you.



[h2]Donna Balancing[/h2]
Donna had already adjusted her training a little in the last patch. In the interests of fairness, however, we would like to inform you about this as well.

To provide a more well-rounded power progression, we added additional levels for some of Donna's Upgrades:
Combat Style: +3 additional Levels
Tanzrausch Effect: +3 additional Levels
Energy Gain upgrades: +3 additional Levels


Now it's the best time to check out Beat Slayer. Let us know what you think and write us here on Steam, Discord or Twitter/X!

Until then, stay tuned!

Hey everyone!

As announced last week, the first Patch for Beat Slayer drops today!
Here’s an overview of the new changes:

Beat Streak Upgrades:
Try out new Beat Streak Upgrades from Donna:
Beat Streak Upgrades are combat stat increases that get stronger the longer you stay on beat.

Key Bindings
Change your preferred key bindings for your keyboard or controller!

New Community Goodies:

Added new Steam Trading Cards. Collect Mia, Dietrich and the others to unlock cool profile backgrounds and emoticons and decorate your profile with a cool badge.



Steam Deck Verification:
The verification of the Steam deck is on its way to you. Unfortunately, it still takes a little while on the part of Steam. As soon as they give us the green light, we will publish the verification. A little hint: Beat Slayer is already playable on the Steam Deck, so give it a try!

Why not check them out in the game yourselves? Let us know what you think and write us here on Steam, Discord or Twitter/X!

Until then, stay tuned!

Hey everyone!

We hope you’ve all been enjoying your Time with Beat Slayer so far! We have some exciting news for future updates for you today.

Take a look at our Roadmap for 2024 below:



We’ve got 3 main patches coming over the remainder of the year, with the first going live one week from now! This is what you can expect:

[h3]Community Patch - 27.06.[/h3]

• new Steam Community Goodies
  
• unlock new Beat Streak Upgrades from Donna
  
• Change some of your Key Bindings
  
• Steam Verification
  

[h3]Hazard Patch - August[/h3]

• Destructibles Objects around the levels
  
• new environmental Hazards in Act 3
  
• Improved Enemy Spawning Behaviour
  
• Hammer Gameplay (QoL for Hammer)
  
• Donna Balancing (Balancing)
  

[h3]Anarchy Patch - November[/h3]

• New hard Gamemode: Anarchy
  

This will be an all-new, extreme gamemode that will challenge even the most seasoned Botslayers! Look forward to much stronger enemies that will make your journey as difficult as rhythmically possible.

• New Mechanic: Tanzschocks
  

Trigger powerful Tanzschocks Effects when you reach a certain number of Beats on your Beat Meter, and repeat the longer you stay on Beat.



Hopefully you’re as pumped for these updates as we are! Until then, we look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback here on Steam, our Discord, or Twitter!

Stay tuned for more!

Hey guys,

Thank you for playing Beat Slayer. We appreciate every message from you here or on Discord and try to consider your wishes and suggestions. But first and foremost we want to fix the bugs that happened to you :D That's why patch 1.2 is all about bugfixing and polishing.

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where Mia did not get an upgrade after a canceled utility upgrade.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash after defeating the second boss.
  
• Fixed missing ground in some levels.
  
• Fixed a bug that did not increase the probability of upgrade families after Donna upgrade.
  
• Fixed Narrative bugs
  
• Fixed a bug where some Steam achievements were not unlocked.
  
• Fixed a bug where the shield bot was not distributing shields.
  
• Quality settings on the Steam Deck are now available.
  

[h2]Balancing[/h2]

• Robot spawn rate has been revised
  
• Total life of the second boss has been slightly reduced
  

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Various small audio, dialogue and visual improvements
  

Otherwise, we look forward to hearing from you here on Steam. Or follow us on Instagram or Twitter.

Until then, stay tuned!