Save the date! Were officially launching DECEMBER 4TH! Aaaahhh!! I cant believe it! After years of development/teaching animals to snowboard, its finally happening! While my veterinary bills may have skyrocketed and, well, Im not exactly sure what Im supposed to do now with my degree in Advanced Lemurology, I think it was all worth it. Slopecrashers, my baby, our beloved, is confirmed to launch December 4th. Snowabunga!! To mark the announcement, were so excited to exclusively reveal our new trailer at Cozy Quest, which shows off our vision for this chaotic, ultra-satisfying arcade snowboarding game. Take a look and be sure to let us know what you think! https://youtu.be/VnN2V7wmlt8?si=T5i17QNRN4K7Q44L Thank you so much to the team at Secret Mode for the opportunity. We cant wait to see you on the slopes (specifically, losing to us).

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#1 Gamescom - Indie Arena Booth

#2 Staying Home?

#3 Stay in the Loop

Hey shredders!

#1 Major Milestone

#2 Gamescom - Indie Arena Booth

#3 Wholesome Games Summer Celebration

#4 Steam Reviews

#5 Release?

ZLAN is happening right now! And Slopecrashers is a part of it! Check out the official tournament here: https://www.twitch.tv/zerator ----- Also the game will get free ZLAN designs for boards and more soon! Stay tuned! Until then: Have fun watching players compete in Slopecrashers! - peekstone

ZLAN is quickly approaching! And I tried to fix all the issues you've been having! So here is the (hopefully) last patch before the event! v0.6.4.5 - Item fixes: (It should not be possible anymore for the snowman to hit yourself) - also the items are not having these visual glitches anymore on clients (there is still a bit of sync starting jitter going on when shooting but afterwards it looks much better now) - the snowman (that is standing arround) cannot hit clients two times anymore - state of snowman and rock properly synced now - items have proper visual hit effects on clients now (explosions etc..) - bees properly synced between machines - Finishing at same time in a race should now correctly show both players having the same rank - plus no server bias anymore - best lap time now showing up correctly - spectator now has character sound - spectator stunt properly replicated - show end result on spectator - spectator ranking shows up when late joining - spectator waiting for lift to finish before attaching itself to character again Old Patch notes from this week: v0.6.4 - made the snowmanslope gliding shortcut towards the end visually more appealing (it feels like a shortcut now and not like a OOB area) - made the shortcut in snowy mountain around the fences less of a "try to remember where death barriers are" but instead make fences bigger so it is more clear where the barriers are. - neon city scenic route: construction shortcut made more visually stand out so it looks like an intended shortcut now - neon city construction: construction shortcut made visually better so it looks like an intended shortcut. - looking back in the lift doesn't restart the match anymore in offline mode when playing alone... - item alarm is reset once the player controller loses its character - fixed a lot of lods with fences - ready go sound now in effects category so you can mute music and still have that sound - removed possibility to start a stunt while getting ballooned - snowy mountain river sticking through the floor fixed - fix tunnel lod - fix landscape lod issues when boosting or splitscreen - made fence between gates a different color so it is more distinguishable from the gates - sync cars / lifts / helicopters to the "START" of the match to avoid a random unfair advantage in online or time attack etc... - fixed an execution order inconsistency when jumping and boosting - added the possibility to disable items in time attack (current mode will also be shown on end screen) - fixed camera for spectator when entering a teleporter - fixed an issue where a UI element could pop up on the spectator which wouldnt go away after - snowmen shouldnt hit you anymore if you shoot them backwards - train is now a snowboard-able surface - neon city sidewalk collision issue fixed - added red / blue explanation to guides - added super trick explanation to guides - changing helper tools in a race in online mode should now get carried over back to the lobby - added scenic route to progress view - fixed campaign progress - fixed a bug, that could cause the host to start the match, even though a player wasn't loaded yet, but a spectator took its place... Which resulted in the one player not being able to play. - fixed a bug in which reopening a lobby could result in the game not registering the amount of players in the lobby correctly - full lobbies now showing up in server browser - spectator UI refreshes now when you switch character - updated splash screens v0.6.3 - fixing respawn at goal after going through lift - fixed an issue where the game is getting confused when shortcutting too much on snowy mountain and neon city and shows "WRONG WAY" - entering a shortcut while crashing doesnt automatically make you enter the shortcut anymore - fixed speed lines and camera speed effects not working online sometimes - start camera wrong direction fixed - fixed blue / red item box inconsistency when all of the items are disabled - fixed an issue where the camera was closeup when standing online on some machines - look back when entering lift has weird camera behaviour fixed - spectator left right inconsistency fixed - players need to wait for bot to finish race when player leaves and gets turned into bot fixed - respawn skip in neon city removed - spectator gets wrongly assigned to a player in full lobbys fixed - player join crashes game on host fixed - players dont get kicked anymore if they spam (A) at the end of a race in online mode

Patch Notes: (There will be another update tomorrow that fixes the items online! (So that you cannot hit yourself anymore and that they just appear better)) v0.6.4 - made the snowmanslope gliding shortcut towards the end visually more appealing (it feels like a shortcut now and not like a OOB area) - made the shortcut in snowy mountain around the fences less of a "try to remember where death barriers are" but instead make fences bigger so it is more clear where the barriers are. - neon city scenic route: construction shortcut made more visually stand out so it looks like an intended shortcut now - neon city construction: construction shortcut made visually better so it looks like an intended shortcut. - looking back in the lift doesn't restart the match anymore in offline mode when playing alone... - item alarm is reset once the player controller loses its character - fixed a lot of lods with fences - ready go sound now in effects category so you can mute music and still have that sound - removed possibility to start a stunt while getting ballooned - snowy mountain river sticking through the floor fixed - fix tunnel lod - fix landscape lod issues when boosting or splitscreen - made fence between gates a different color so it is more distinguishable from the gates - sync cars / lifts / helicopters to the "START" of the match to avoid a random unfair advantage in online or time attack etc... - fixed an execution order inconsistency when jumping and boosting - added the possibility to disable items in time attack (current mode will also be shown on end screen) - fixed camera for spectator when entering a teleporter - fixed an issue where a UI element could pop up on the spectator which wouldnt go away after - snowmen shouldnt hit you anymore if you shoot them backwards - train is now a snowboard-able surface - neon city sidewalk collision issue fixed - added red / blue explanation to guides - added super trick explanation to guides - changing helper tools in a race in online mode should now get carried over back to the lobby - added scenic route to progress view - fixed campaign progress - fixed a bug, that could cause the host to start the match, even though a player wasn't loaded yet, but a spectator took its place... Which resulted in the one player not being able to play. - fixed a bug in which reopening a lobby could result in the game not registering the amount of players in the lobby correctly - full lobbies now showing up in server browser - spectator UI refreshes now when you switch character - updated splash screens v0.6.3 - fixing respawn at goal after going through lift - fixed an issue where the game is getting confused when shortcutting too much on snowy mountain and neon city and shows "WRONG WAY" - entering a shortcut while crashing doesnt automatically make you enter the shortcut anymore - fixed speed lines and camera speed effects not working online sometimes - start camera wrong direction fixed - fixed blue / red item box inconsistency when all of the items are disabled - fixed an issue where the camera was closeup when standing online on some machines - look back when entering lift has weird camera behaviour fixed - spectator left right inconsistency fixed - players need to wait for bot to finish race when player leaves and gets turned into bot fixed - respawn skip in neon city removed - spectator gets wrongly assigned to a player in full lobbys fixed - player join crashes game on host fixed - players dont get kicked anymore if they spam (A) at the end of a race in online mode

Little Update to the demo - Thanks to all the #ZLAN players that have reported these issues to me! - fixed players getting stuck in or in front of the neon city elevator when a certain item was equipped (this was a weird one) - patched map barrier exploits that could result in skipping half the track (in all 4 current demo tracks) - fixed a section in neon city where people could get stuck and unable to move - added a new fix that triggers if the client loses sync to the server when searching for a respawn point - which could result in the player respawning in nowhere and falling endlessly... (If this still happens to anyone - please report it to me and describe what happened when it happened) - character select hover / order fixed - exit options menu ingame with ESC button - respawn button added to key bind (this should also make it possible for players with older savegames to use the respawn button now) - the majority of rails is now oneway -> cannot clip through the floor anymore - clients shouldnt loose connection to the track anymore if the server does and vice versa - respawn button disabled when the race is starting - shortcut detection should be more consistent online - fixed items being loaded from wrong level - items are refreshed when spectator changes view - mirror mode should be properly and fully synced to all players again - fixed neon city scenic construction shortcut respawn points - fixed an issue that could cause clients to respawn at an old respawn point - fixed an issue where the game didnt know what is forward on the starting line which could cause boost to be inconsistent and sometimes launch you backwards - ^this also fixes an issue where the character wobbles weirdly when you hold forward on the start - boost rockets are now mounted correctly in mirror races - fixed an issue that made items on clients online behave weirdly - fixed an OP spawn point on the scenic route shortcut - made the window of the scenic route construction shortcut more visible - fixed an invisible wall in scenic route shopping mall when exiting the arcade

Hey there, I am still working on finishing up the game, and again there is a few bugfixes and enhancements, that I want to carry over to the demo, so here is the patchnotes:

• fixed some artificial deadzone issues when holding the joystick forward (it is now easier to do some micro movements when pushing the stick forward and a little to the left/right)
• neon city scenic route is back again
• fixed an issue where super tricks can be triggered accidentally
• fixed an issue where skilifts put characters within the same spot (resulting in one not being able to jump out the seat correctly)
• fixed a material issue in character select where one character could get the skin of another character - sometimes resulting in penguin getting lemur fur for eyes... ngl this was some horrifying stuff
• super tricks landings do not result in wipeouts when stunt safety is enabled
• super tricks now showing in points UI as well instead of "flip or spin"
• PB should show up correctly again (both in results UI and as Ghost you can race against)
• pushing forward doesnt rotate you down waterfalls anymore and therefore made them more complicated to cross if you hold forward than if you would have pressed absolutely nothing
• fixed results name overlap UI in online mode
• fixed an issue with snowman slope tunnel where you crashed when driving on top
• made some tutorials more clear
• fixed an exploit where you could fill the boost bar on the rail by steering left right quickly
• fixed a visual issue where the character jumps into the lift and starts flying in there for absolutely no reason
• fixed an issue where the character jumps in the wrong direction on the starting line
• fixed an issue that let the glider be opened right when hitting the ground which looked kinda weird

Hey there, I have been quiet for a bit / have been working on finishing up the game (the release is only a few months away ). In the meantime I thought I push an update from the current devversion into the demo - nothing really big here but just a lot of polishing and bugfixes (A lot to the multiplayer). Thanks to all the players who have provided feedback via the google form or discord! I tried to fix everything that was mentioned there in this version. Please let me know if you have more issues / suggestions / etc.. I will soon tell you about some more upcoming things, stay tuned!

Until then, here is the patchnotes:

Hey gamers I have been working a lot on Slopecrashers since all the summer fun stuff - mostly on things that isnt in the demo and lots of exciting stuff that I cant show yet (cry).. But well.. the release is approaching.. soon-ish so it wont take too much longer to see what Ive been cooking! Anyway, some of the things that I worked on also affect the demo, so I made a new patch for it that should make it all smoother! (Sorry for the big patch size there is actually a lot of under the hood changes). As per usual, let me know if you have issues / feedback / etc Stay tuned for exciting updates in the next couple of months! So here is a wild potpourri of patchnotes: - Items have better homing capabilities - Snowman behaviour is changed - it is now more of a throwable that spawns a snowman on impact (if you hit a character it still acts as a catapult as before) - Campaign structure changed - more race events and smaller challenge events. Not everything needs to be played to progress further (The demo campaign is only a glimpse of this). - More sound effects (items) - Bugfixes with camera in main menu and lobby - Main menu fixes when coming back from multiplayer or tutorial which could result in opening menues twice? It was a mess but not anymore - More character animation in character select - Select board and glider color in character select - Intro Text shows which game mode is being played - First time playing a game mode gives an explainer on what you should actually do - Fixed boss battle issues - Better ocean interaction when jumping into a wave (there was this weird snappy movement that i cant really explain but just believe ok) - Better OOB respawn volume placement in neon city construction - Fixed particle effects on water - Particle effects scale with scalability settings (low disables some) - Capybara can now be unlocked through campaign - Better Lift visibility with this like air ark thingy that says lift on top. - The game suggests using the glider when it detects that you are falling off the course or will likely crash soon. - Boost flames will show that the boost is still active if contact with floor has been lost for a bit - The AI cannot glide endlessly anymore which could result in them never coming back down to earth anymore. - Fixed ingame UI issue with side goals overlapping with progress meter. - Neon city bridges now have a better start that allows for simpler boardslides on them - it looked like you can boardslide them before but instead you crashed - now you can do the slide. - Gliders have a minimum opening / closing time - so spamming the glider doesnt look as weird anymore - its still weird but not as weird. - Reworked movement to be more stable - Fixed some animation priority settings -> stunt animations should not be interrupted anymore by other animations and then look like no stunt is active even though there is - Fixed some camera lag when driving slow which looked like the game is lagging although it was only the camera - Fixed a calculation issue which resulted in the character lagging even though the game isnt - it was weird - Fixed visual issues with trees - Fixed a shaderbug with snowtracks that could result in a pixel becoming a value of minus infinity which caused some graphic cards to render everything black as long as that pixel was visible. This was a wild one. - Mole dirt is getting removed from the floor as soon as any character drives into it - this also means you are not becoming as slow anymore as you did before (but I still suggest not driving into the dirt but jumping over instead) - There is a helper tool now that automatically accellerates the player if they forget to jump to accellerate when slow. You can disable that like the stunt safety but it doesnt really hurt having it on. - Made lots of optimizations on snowy mountain / snowman slope and neon city to run better on lower end hardware! - Fixed some respawn issues where shortcutting too much could break the calculationn on where the character actually is which could have resulted in resetting the player very far - Mole item cannot exist more than once at a time - this should remove that sometimes multiple moles make the whole map into a full on dirt track - Fixed an issue where helper tools are disabled on new savegames which is against the whole purpose - Fixed an issue with entering the next lap on pirate bay - Fixed an issue with loosing grip on the halfpipe wall - Boss battle is now added to demo campaign - Demo campaign has been restructured - Updated guide videos - Fixed videos to now be also shown on steamdeck and linux systems (through proton) - Fixed some tutorials to be phrased more understandable / understandably - i dont want to google whats the correct english form here - Changed visuals on the campaign menue to be easier understood - Fixed an issue where the game could get stuck when changing character selection to the almighty Capybara - Were rail tricks in the last patch? I think they were - but they are cool so here they are again woop - Thats all the changes that I tracked for the demo - there might be more that I dont recall sorry for not telling them - Reading this far? Thats cool! Hope you have a good day!

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Join the developer in their livestream, showing off the latest Demo of Slopecrashers with it's newly announced Online Multiplayer right here and on the steam page! Also if you haven't seen it, check out the latest trailer: [previewyoutube=80ZDGWYVErw;full][/previewyoutube]

Join the developer in their livestream, showing off the latest Demo of Slopecrashers with it's newly announced Online Multiplayer right here and on the steam page! Also if you haven't seen it, check out the latest trailer: [previewyoutube=80ZDGWYVErw;full][/previewyoutube]

Slopecrashers in STEAM NEXT FEST

Online Multiplayer!

Single Player Content:

Multiplayer Showcase Livestreams:

• on Monday 22:00 CET
• on Tuesday 20:00 CET

After Next Fest:

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Full Patch Notes:

• Added online multiplayer
• Create or Join Open Lobbies
• Invite or Join Friend Lobby
• Join via Steam Friend Overlay or via ingame Invites
• Login automatically via steam (no extra login needed)
• Use characters and equipment unlocked in offline mode
• Native Linux version (also for steam deck)* coming right in time for next fest
• New campaign with new events exclusive to this demo

• Arcade Menu got an overhaul and event settings are now easier to read and to edit
• Message box inform you about connection errors
• Video playback fixes that could crash the game

• Goofy grinding weird snapping behaviour fixed
• Respawn Button (Spam to respawn quicker)
• Breakout Button (Spam to breakout of balloon or ice)
• Steer in air (When not in a stunt; you can aim your board a bit to redirect where you are going after landing)
• Camera bugs after respawn fixed

• Mouse cursor bugs on starting the game fixed
• Art Tweaks:
• Menu Art enhanced
• Ingame UI enhanced
• Character Icons reworked
• New meshes and animations for capybara, ferrets, toucan, raccoon
• Glider facing wrong way fixed
• Reworked camera rotation to fix certain snapping bugs and camera lags
• New Voice Lines for the characters

Hey there, Slopecrashers was selected to participate in the Day of the Devs 10 year anniversary edition! This means two things: - If you happen to be in San Francisco this weekend, check out the event in person and play Slopecrashers at the Day of The Devs In Person Event! - If you aren't, I just pushed a new update to the demo here on steam with even more feedback points that I got recently. For more info on the event, check out www.dayofthedevs.com -------------- Patch Notes This demo contains improvements to the AI balancing, lots of fixes on AI misbehavior and improved items for battle race! - AI is now balanced according to the speed classes -> meaning if you select "slow", they won't target you that heavily, but if you select "too fast", you will be in for a challenge! - Item effects were improved, the bees actually put honey on your board that you can see now, the ice cube freezes the screen and breaks apart when you get out of it, the balloons fly away when you get away from them and the rockets now look even more dangerous with their new fire trail effects! ------------- Whats next I am currently working a lot in secret on features that will be revealed closer to release, but I can already say: Some cool things are coming to the world of Slopecrashers so stay tuned for the upcoming steam next fest in February, which is the next fest I am aiming for to deliver the final big demo before release! As per usual, let me know if you have issues with the demo either in discord or in the steam forums! Have fun! - peek

I fixed a lot of bugs in the recent demo - here is the full patch notes! - different players can now choose different control layouts without weird double bindings - entering the options menu caused a lagspike (reduced that up to 90%) - the AI got stuck in front of the lift in certain occasions - the AI didnt want to progress into the next lap - the lift did let you in but didnt bring you to the top in certain occasions which caused the race to soft lock if it happened to a player - AI scaling based on speed classes actually works now lol - AI is now using the boost bar - fixed bugs with control schemes getting overriden by default controls - fixed bug where key binding was ignored - fixed bug where deletion of key binding caused new key bindings to be ignored - it is now possible to invert specific axes in the keybinding - rotating camera does now consider the gravity and not the character rotation - fixed bug that caused the mouse cursor to appear even if you used the gamepad which could cause wrong inputs - fixed mouse navigation in key rebinding - fixed bug that prevented player 2,3,4 to access their options - fixed bug that caused showing player 1 controller in player 2,3,4 options - fixed character voice audio getting cut off constantly in splitscreen If you find more bugs / have feedback - let me know! Have fun, -peek

Heyo! I have been hard at work on integrating all of your feedback into a new demo version, that will release Friday the 14th of October. My main focus for this update was making the game more accessible and easier to understand / get started. For this I have been collecting a ton of data on things that were frustrating in the game, and have been working on fixing those!

• AI overhaul: AIs have different difficulties and scale with the speed classes - they are also way more chill now and don't bombard you with items when they have some (also everyone acts a little different during the race)
• Collision/Crash Detection: There was a lot of inconsistency when colliding with walls - sometime you crashed, sometimes you were sliding along -> so I have reworked that completely and the game now is way more forgiving and you crash based on speed and angle to the wall. Also you do not crash with a wall when you are slamming the brakes.
• Lift The above fix also helps a lot with getting into the lift because you don't always crash against the lift door. But I also made some tweaks to the lift triggers & lift duration to make the experience less frustrating whenever you miss the lift.
• Ingame UI and new incoming items alert I finally implemented some more UI for the ingame view which is more in line with the menues, but also a new "radar" that tells you where items are coming from and how far they are away. This helps a ton in avoiding by charging a jump and jump over them, or get behind a tree, destroy them by shooting back, etc...

NEW DEMO AND #indieracersfest

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New Slopecrashers Demo

• Snowman Slope is now a playable track.
• Arcade mode with 7 different events (no demo tour for now since I am revamping the campaign structure of the game (I will talk about that more soon and also will need your feedback on my ideas)

• Opponents have different difficulties (still needs more enhancements)
• Grabs can now be chosen via Left Stick + R1 (or use the right stick directly)
• Manual steering considers driving fakie now (no more steering left and going to the right)
• Opponents in pole positions are trying to defend their position better
• Opponents don't have a trigger finger anymore and are a little more chill now
• Slow speedclass is slower
• You cannot snowboard on light cones and fog anymore (yeah that was a thing under specific circumstances)
• Manuals on right stick change direction directly instead of needing to also use the left stick
• Slight steering while charging a stunt is now possible
• Steering while doing a manual and charging a stunt is now possible
• Stunt safety and (Jump button tap) now will also let you do a stunt if it prevents it but then recognizes it is actually possible
• Special tricks implemented
• Added more visibility to the lift on snowman slope
• Reduced wait time on Neon City Lift
• Breaking is faster so if you want you can actually stop in front of the lift
• You can stop the character with the brake buttons (Left stick back or (B) <- or whatever you bind to it)

• New ingame UI
• New endscreen (I already noticed the layout problems with the points animation)

• Returning to the menu brings you directly to the current mode instead of the title screen
• Items don't "randomly" explode (when there are slight bumps in the road)

• First character voiceclips integrated

• Manuals without any directional input does not make you able to fly up walls
• Stunt safety is not showing up anymore when it actually didn't really help at all
• Removed target practice sound effects from other modes
• Removed infinite rotation inside lift (It was a fun bug... But it had to go)
• Removed a bug where under specific circumstances the player respawned in a shortcut, even though the shortcut has been passed for quite some time already)
• Fixed AI bugs that sometimes disabled them from steering until they crashed into a wall

• First startup initiates an auto benchmark and should choose settings according to your setup
• Added Keybindings per Player (This was a massive change actually and I am still working on it and ironing out some bugs, it is also now possible to separate prewind from steering for the old school players)
• Scalability Goups

Hey thanks so much for everyone who played the demo and gave me feedback. Every comment helps a lot in knowing where the game is at for newcomers and what I need to focus on! I thought I'd quickly put together a list of issues that were pointed out and what I am actively working on and what can be expected in the next demo or later! AI

• Opponents will have different difficulties
• Opponent balancing based on speedclass selection
• Opponents will be able to shoot backwards & deflect items

• more time / space for finishing certain training segments
• every training will get its own "test - that combines the previously learned short segments
• item avoiding tutorials (jumping over / shooting backwards)
• Tutorials that teach the more advanced mechanics of the game

• an "auto" preset - that will be enabled by default to not blow up a low-specs PC when you first start the game
• initially cap the frame rate to 60fps
• frame rate slider
• adding more stuff to the graphics options (disabling certain particle effects (waterfall or disabling AI trails etc..))
• rebindable keys
• dualshock & other controllers support
• setting explanations
• vibration toggle

• ingame UI will be overhauled to be more in line with the menu UI (better points & combo view; separating boost & points for easier readability; trick names; ...)
• endscreen will be overhauled
• not always land on the title screen when you are done with an event but land where you left off
• less button presses needed to go through arcade mode + setting explainations
• better "main quest" view

• advanced manual (the right stick can be used for specifying grabs and going into a manual -> the manual will use the sticks direction then)
• stopping the character faster and stopping completely will be possible (should help with the lift)
• less lift time & a bigger area of lift "acceptance"
• auto accelerate helper tool
• stunt safety will be enhanced
• campaign will focus more on races & battle races than on other modes
• special tricks
• trick repeating will grant less points

• character sound effects
• more sound effects in general

• Discord
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Guerrilla Collective Showcase TODAY!

New Demo + The Demo Campaign:

Demo v0.2.4.2 - Demo Feedback Update

Slopecrashers will be at Dreamhack Beyond, which is an online steam event! During this time you can play the Slopcrashers Demo! Furthermore I will stream on two times and show off what can be done in the demo and tell you some tricks to make those gold medals easy wins! The streaming times will be: - Tue: 11am EST (17:00 CEST) - Fri: 2pm EST (20:00 CEST) See you then! peekstone

Hey there shredders!

Can you get all the gold medals?