Double Kick Heroes News

Hey Parasites, old and new, welcome to this killer Early Access update. We’ve got a ton to get through, including of course the fact that HyperParasite is 25% off right now as part of the Steam Summer Sale. It’s never been a better time than now to take the plunge and seek out world destruction, or if you’re feeling generous, gift HyperParasite to a friend!

On top of that, we may have only just gone and added 1x new main level, 5x brand new characters, 2x new mini-bosses and 1x new main boss. I mean, holy s**t! That's a lot of content to get stuck into.

So, shall we begin?

• Added Act 4 main level: The Desert
  
• Added Act 4 character: the Adventurer
  
• Added Act 4 character: the Diesel Punk
  
• Added Act 4 character: the Android Hunter
  
• Added Act 4 character: the Mercenary
  
• Added Act 4 character: the Nam Veteran
  
• Added Act 4 mini boss: the Alien Hunter
  
• Added Act 4 mini boss: the Space Huntress
  
• Added Act 4 boss: Sandsneaks

• Fixed a crash involving the Helicopter’s bombs
  
• Stopped train’s sound when interacting with the train’s lever
  
• Faded to exploration soundtrack when the Helicopter is defeated
  
• Fixed a crash involving gamepads’ support
  
• Fixed a crash involving Karateka’ primary attack
  
• Fixed a crash involving Kickboxer’s primary attack
  
• Fixed Pause Menu showing using ESC key

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lrKbul1ks

• Complete The Desert level incl. New themed rooms, traps and secrets

Join us LIVE on the Steam store page as we showcase all of this week’s updates, discuss what's coming next in Early Access and, as always, attempt to destroy the world one host body at a time. We’re going live at 9PM CEST - Don’t miss it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/838110/HyperParasite/?curator_clanid=33190580

Seriously, don’t miss it.

Our friends at Hound Picked Games will also soon be streaming HyperParasite action on a weekly basis. Hound Picked Games are our Co-Publisher and you’ll be able to keep up with their streams over on Mixer.

If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Pickeds new channel whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know [email protected].





Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• YouTube

We’re also providing a quick recap of the acts over on IMGUR, so make sure you check that out. There’s also new and exciting developments to follow in the Discord community, as we’ll be featuring more parasite themed fun, with a chance to show off your eighties knowledge and possibly win something in return.

Not only is HyperParasite on sale, but so are these other awesome indie games from Hound Picked Games.

DYSTORIA - 50% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/516580/DYSTORIA/?curator_clanid=33190580

NAIRI: Tower of Shirin - 55% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/?curator_clanid=33190580

Double Kick Heroes - 20% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/589670/Double_Kick_Heroes/?curator_clanid=33190580

Battle Princess Madelyn - 40% OFF!

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The summer 🌞 is finally here and with it some incredible discounts up to 55% OFF across all the Hound Picked Games co-published titles. Check them out below! ⬇️

HyperParasite - 25% OFF!

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DYSTORIA - 50% OFF!

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NAIRI: Tower of Shirin - 55% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/?curator_clanid=33190580

Double Kick Heroes - 20% OFF!

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Battle Princess Madelyn - 40% OFF!

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Hey hey hey,

We are super thrilled to announce the VIDEOGAME OST!

We continue to update the early access with a carefully picked VIDEOGAME OST PACK.

The pack features three songs :

Enjoy The Silence by Zander Noriega from the famous roguelike shooter STEREDENN. A very powerful progcore tune. This level has specific bullet hell mechanics for our dear players.


Point Of Entry by Louis Godard, a masterful progmetal song from DRIFTING LANDS, a long and epic piece with a beautiful 16-bit mood


To The Sky by Jukio Kallio from the super punchy BLEED 2. A really bright bit of Japanese Pop Metal by the legendary composer from MINIT, NUCLEAR THRONE, LUFTRAUSERS.



Links for Steredenn & Zander
game : https://store.steampowered.com/app/347160/Steredenn
ost: https://zandernoriega.bandcamp.com/album/steredenn-original-soundtrack

Links for Drifting Lands & Louis
game : https://store.steampowered.com/app/322750/Drifting_Lands/
OST : https://lgodart.bandcamp.com/releases

Links for Bleed 2 & Jukio
game : https://store.steampowered.com/app/396350/Bleed_2/
OST : https://jukiokallio.bandcamp.com/album/bleed-2-ost

Patch log:

update #57.6716
- update song credits and titles

update #57.6715
- normalize big of 4-3 spawn y, thanks @Void
- nerf extreme first levels in story

update #57.6714
- fixes for bosses
- fixes for dino death anims

update #57.6713
- fix score sometime going mad
- fix for bosses early death when going beyond screen ( thanks @kanevan )
- fix some zombies's deathes
- fix rat skin ( thanks @bagel )

update #57
- prepare hell
- prepare new bonuses
- add surprises
- add genital
- invoking lightning
- fixes double note on rust
- accelerated some animations
- improved some visuals here and there
- optimise memory crunch for zombie reuse
- optimise addons and additional layers for zombies (esp bullets )
- remix many track
- add vocals on fusion1
- fixed a bug on hellgate where levels would become too hard
- fixed the bug whence entering a level, it's beaten flag could be reset. sorry bout that.
- add death frames on many ztypes
- added a tremendous solo on 4-4
- fixed 4-4 bullets being fired from too high
- optimized score counter so that it don't generate gc spikes
- added 5b1

It’s been a long time since our latest love letter… if you followed our social media, you may know why but let’s sum up the latest news!


We are so so so thrilled about that!

Double Kick Heroes is coming to the Nintendo Switch! We partnered with Nintendo to announce the game will come to this incredible console. We also revealed one of our future Hellgate’s host, the amazing GOJIRA. Controls are not finalized, we’ll make sure to test it a lot and display it in conventions so you can make your own minds.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1D5tJU3CUo






We worked a lot on chapter 6, the bosses are done, the levels are ready, we are tinkering everything and polishing. The story is now complete and we are very eager to show it to you.

Spoiler : PAIN, THERE WILL BE PAIN ( stay safe and take breaks though, we love y’all! )





We will soon announce all the guest in the next pack, stay tuned on the social media. Let’s just say it will feature some very cool METAL from other indie video games !







We added many surprises in the next update but a bit of spoiler never hurts :

• Double grenades are now possible
• Many monsters now have better behaviours
• Some songs received new solos and vocals
• Some fixes & framerate optimizations everywhere

The next version is still TBA but expect an update in a few weeks, we are waiting for the final vocal masters to release it.




As you may know, our ingame editor and roguelike mode are still lagging behind, feature-wise... because we had to finish the core game. It took us MUCH MUCH more time than expected...well let’s say Elmobo was super generous and the new songs are long and dense. No regret.🤘

In March when core content is finalised, we will distribute quality of life patches for these modes, no worries.

This means :

• UI will be tinkered
• More monsters in the editor
• Better discoverability of third party songs

As you may have understood, the game will be fully released on PC after the Switch version for reasons you may guess ( otherwise don’t hesitate to come to discord, we’ll explain ).

It doesn’t mean you don’t get to try the latest chapters... In a few weeks we will open a very special Beta for you to try the full game. So no worry if you cannot wait, we got you covered with a cool solution :)

In the meantime the PC game will receive quality of life improvements and new hellgate packs.




Our guest list is now complete ! Here is a spoiler :



So… we have got additional content planned for months, we won’t let you down🤘





We’ll be at PAX East with some mysterious friends ! We’ll present you our latest versions and hopefully we can meet you there and have fun there!





Thank you so much for your support, this adventure is completely crazy and we owe it to you!

ROCK ON!

ps: join us on twitter and discord.gg/double.kick.heroes for fresher news! bye!

CHAPTER 5 IS LIVE

The Malevolent Mobula and its cohort of evil minions are on the path of the Double Kick Heroes. In this chapter 5, they’re entering Transylvania and trying to bring an end to the evil in this world! They’ll meet Jake and Cage.



As they progress through Transylvania, they will meet new types of evil minions. More evil means more METAL in their faces!



These 4 new levels include a boss level with the malevolent Dracula, also called “cute cat baby” by Man Hellsing.

“NO MORE HEROES” FEATURING

We met Suda51 and the team of Grasshopper Manufacture during Pax East. Fun story: we didn’t know it was him until he offered to get Double Kick Heroes as a t-shirt in No More Heroes! All the team was super excited and we were honored to be added into the game. Here’s the picture they recently showcased:



See you in Hell! (or ingame... as you wish!)