Hell Runner is a fast Paced first person platformer game where you try to beat each level as fast as possible. Current early access have 2 chapter and 18 level to play and more is on the way.
Go through eight chapters to deliver the necklace to its rightful owner. Go through each level and try to beat it fast as you can.
Chapters
Eight chapters: Hell, Underground, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Sky, Heaven. Each Chapter gonna have nine levels for you to beat. In Early Access currently it have Hell and Underground.
TRAIN YOURSELF
Try to achieve the faster time possible for each level and beat others.

Update 0.3.X

Chapter 3: Spring Chapter.
New Ability: Dash.

Update 0.4.X

Chapter 4: Summer Chapter.
New Ability Double Jump.

Update 0.5.X

Chapter 5: Fall Chapter.
New Ability: Telekinesis

Update 0.6.X

Chapter 6: Winter Chapter.
New Mechanic: Rails to Glide

Update 0.7.X

Chapter 7: Sky Chapter.
New Ability: Fly

Update 0.8.X

Final Chapter 8: Heaven Chapter.

Update 0.9.X

Hub Level
Removal of level select panel.
Global Score System

Release 1.0.0

Character customization.
Hub customization.
Global Chat System on Hub

Update 1.1.X

Multiplayer Game Mod
Multiplayer levels to race with people that have interactive traps.
Hub level also become a lobby to show off your customized home/room to others or chill with them.

Fall Chapter

Game Description Image

Changes

Fall Chapter
You can no longer start with 3 energy
You can no longer gain full energy on checkpoint. Checkpoints now recover up to one energy
Fall Chapter First Level WIP
General adjustment on chapters to adjust energy change

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[ 2025-02-12 23:32:14 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.11

Changes

Hell Chapter Visual Rework
Underground Visual Rework
Demo Updated to Have First Level of 4th Chapter
Fall Chapter First Level WIP

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[ 2024-03-10 15:29:04 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Hell Chapter Rework Overview

[ 2024-03-07 20:22:24 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.10

Character Customization panel get rework. Now it is more easy to pick set materials.
Here some Examples
Game Description Image

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[ 2024-01-21 16:49:11 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.9

Changes

Double Jump animation fixed
Level lighting changed
Movement animations changed

Character customisation was causing skins to be way too different on different chapters. With lighting change i try to make to roughly it gonna be similar.

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[ 2024-01-09 19:59:40 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.8

Changes:

Wall Jump rework. Now after you left a wall there is a grace time (0.15 second) where you can still commit wall jump. This is done to have better experience with wall jump to prevent missing wall jump
Summer Chapter I brightness lowered
Summer Chapter VII brightness lowered
Summer Chapter V laser is lowered and become thicker. Small adjustment done to level

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[ 2023-11-15 19:10:22 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Update 0.4.7

Change

Energy Recovery happening more than once on checkpoint fixed. Now only recovery full energy on reaching new checkpoint or returning to old one via either get hit or press R

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[ 2023-09-30 13:06:49 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.61

Fix the bug on third person mod where walking sound keep playing while standing still

[ 2023-09-29 09:47:00 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.6

Changes

Character Customization
Speedlines added to TPS Mod
Vanilla/Chaos Rush Modes now have recent skills (Dash&Double Jump)
Hookshot for TPS Mod is work better

Character Customization Examples

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[ 2023-09-28 19:42:06 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.5

[u]

Summer Levels Completed

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Changes

Energy Capsule size increased by 20%
Summer Chapter VI Moving Hookshot Point sligly changed
Summer Chapter VII
Summer Chapter VIII
Summer Chapter IX

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[ 2023-09-24 18:35:22 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.4

Changes

Summer Chapter Level IV Rework
Summer Chapter Level V
Summer Chapter Level VI

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[ 2023-09-20 22:46:24 CET ] [Original Post]

Bug Fix 0.4.31

Fixed Double Jump not unlocked on Summer chapter

[ 2023-09-17 14:34:13 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Summer Update 0.4.3

Changes

Hookshot Buffer Time System Added. Now if you try to hookshot earlier than it possible it will remember you try to hookshot and if hookshot become possible in a short time it trigger hookshot
Energy Capsules also refresh double Jump. So you can double jump on air again if you take it on air
Summer Chapter Level I is reworked according to new Energy Capsule Change
Summer Chapter Level II is reworked according to new Energy Capsule Change
Jump Icon display fixed
Sound effect added to energy capsules
Dash effect added to energy capsules
Hookshot effect added to energy capsules
Summer Chapter level III
Summer Chapter level IV
Demo updated

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[ 2023-09-16 13:25:55 CET ] [Original Post]

Update 0.4.2

Changes

Spring Chapter Sky Lighten Up
Ledge Jump Rework
More work on Summer Chapter
Hell Runner Demo Update

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[ 2023-09-13 09:48:32 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Summer Update 0.4.1

Changes

New Skill: Double Jump: Spend dash charge to commit boosted jump
Third Person Mod Added as experimental
Dash Skill adjusted
Hookshot visually adjusted
Hookshot Range increased by 30%
pring Chapter tutorial text changed. Dash Charge -> Energy Charge
Summer First Level on WIP
Spring chapter platforms fixed
Hookshot momentum stop once you land
Theme working on Summer

TPS MOD

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[ 2023-09-06 10:08:30 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Summer Update 0.4.1

Changes

New Skill: Double Jump: Spend dash charge to commit boosted jump
Third Person Mod Added as experimental
Dash Skill adjusted
Hookshot visually adjusted
Hookshot Range increased by 30%
pring Chapter tutorial text changed. Dash Charge -> Energy Charge
Summer First Level on WIP
Spring chapter platforms fixed
Hookshot momentum stop once you land
Theme working on Summer

TPS MOD

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[ 2023-09-06 09:44:27 CET ] [Original Post]

Hell Runner Spring Update

[h1]Welcome To Spring Chapter
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Game Description Image

Changes

New Chapter: Spring
New Skill: Dash: Launch you in the direction you moving horizontally and reset jump count
Adjusted Hookshot maximum distance: The maximum distance you can aim to start a Hookshot has been reduced by half.
Levels that use the Hookshot have been adjusted accordingly to the new Hookshot range
Stomp changed. Now it works as toggle. Click to activate and click to deactivate earlier.
Wall Run modified. Now you have more horizontal movement and less vertical movement.
Wall Jump have kick in it. Push you toward opposite direction slighly
Jumpers have directional push now. Stomp also increase directional power of jumpers
Level selection lock image fixed
Ledge detection improved

Demo Changes:

Demo has been updated and now it have 2 level from spring as well alongside getting other updates.

Gameplay Summery of Spring Chapter:

https://youtu.be/Zvtbx7s6RqQ

Or Shorter Version

https://youtu.be/sB5UZcUjjds

[h1]Warning:
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[ 2023-06-01 17:30:46 CET ] [Original Post]

Spring Full level and Terrain Update on bete_spring Branch

Third chapter fully developed and first steps toward it's visual aspect done. If you wanna check it out go to beta_spring branch. It also come with new skill dash. Check it out if you wanna test it!

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[ 2023-05-19 22:15:01 CET ] [Original Post]

Spring Beta

7 level of the Spring on beta If you wanna test them you can joi beta branch. Would love to get feedbacks and opinions or suggestions. Have fun.

You can opt into beta [beta_spring] from Properties->Betas->Select beta_spring

[ 2023-04-17 15:08:00 CET ] [Original Post]

New Chapter on Beta: Spring First 3 Level

Currently first 3 level of Spring Chapter is on beta brach. It also come with new skill called Dash.
If you wanna join to beta you need to right click to Hell Runner than go properties than go Betas and select Spring_beta

[ 2023-03-07 19:55:04 CET ] [Original Post]

Bug Fix

Hell Terrain Fixed

[ 2023-01-18 22:52:07 CET ] [Original Post]

Update Notes For Version 0.2.286

News & Changes

New Skill: Stomp: In air if you press ctrl it trigger stomp that cause sudden descend
Jumpers now launch you further depend on your fall speed
If you collide with ceiling now you bounce off. Faster you crash with it faster you bounce to down
Hell Wall size increased
Hell III Rework
Hell V Rework
Hell VIII Rework
Hell IX Rework
Underground II Rework
Bug Fix: Character movement and rotation bug after returning to checkpoint fixed
Bug Fix: Ledge Climb sometimes ignore jumper fixed

Stomp Preview:

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[ 2023-01-13 21:43:39 CET ] [Original Post]

Update Notes For Version 0.2.285

News & Changes

Return to checkpoint now not work on purgatory
Able to restart level when respawning
Hell V chanced. Removed 2 jumper on beginning to make sure player know they can jump after interact with Jumper
Hookshot speed increased
Bug Fix: Timer having more than 0 second after restart on rush mode fixed
Hell terrain texture changed

Hell Terrain Texture Chance

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[ 2023-01-06 12:44:15 CET ] [Original Post]

Update Notes For Version 0.2.284

News & Changes

Ledge Climb added. You can now ledge climb on platforms rather than fall to your demise
Wall Detection now also check diagonally.

Ledge Climb Demonstration:

Wall Dection Chance

Old wall detection was only detect direct left and right. It was problem when player not keep wall on their almost exact right or left. Now it also have diagonal detection so it become much more forgiving on detecting wall run and wall jump.

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[ 2023-01-03 18:05:15 CET ] [Original Post]

New Game Mode - Chaotic Rush Mode

News & Changes

New Game Mode: Chaotic Rush added
First Chaotic Rush Season started
Wall Jump power increased
Vanilla Rush leaderboard adjusted

What is Chaotic Rush Mode?

Chaotic Rush Mode is a seasonal game mode with fresh start leaderboard
Season have custom mutators list to spice things up. Example below:

First Season Mutator List

Triple Jump Count
Increase Air Speed Multiplier
Increase Hookshot Rnage
Increase Hookshot Speed
Hookshot has no cooldown

Chaotic Rush Mode Review:

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[ 2022-12-29 20:57:13 CET ] [Original Post]

Update Notes For Version 0.2.282

News & Changes

Leaderboard now display user avatars
Settings Changed
Key Bindings Added
Sudden Stop setting added. When it on stop player immediately when you release movement key and when it off gradually stop instead.
Music & Sfx sliders seperated
Player Continue move upon moving to next level on rush mod if movemement button keep pressed
Hookshot Target effect Changed
Hookshot cooldown reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.7
Hell VIII Rework
Underground IX Rework
Underground VII Rework
Underground IV Rework
Bug Fix:Not able to displayer user score on leaderboard when rank is too low is fixed
Bug Fix:Bug that let you able to jump multiple time fixed
Bug Fix:Saw direction indicator lines not being visible fixed

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New leaderboard with player avatar

Keybindings:

Vanilla Rush:

[ 2022-12-27 12:14:15 CET ] [Original Post]

New Game Mode: Rush Mode

News & Changes

[u]New Game Mode:[/u] Rush added. This mod allow you to play all levels in a row and have dedicated leaderboard. Until new chapter arrives it's leaderboard gonna be permament and get reset when new chapter released. Unlike chaotic rush mod...
Performance optimization
Jumper sometimes not refresh jump bug fixed
Hell Skull cleared
Level Selection Panel Rework
All leaderboards stats can be seen in Community -> View Stats -> Global Leaderboards
Underground maze at level 7 have better guidance
Canceling Hookshot early tutorial added