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Do you enjoy hack-n-slash but longed for a bit more? Maybe you like tower defense games but find them a bit boring? Heldric is a unique mix of the same old styles of game with a few new twists. A hack-n-slash without endless level grinding. A tower defense game with more action. A game where you don't play as an epic hero, but as a humble shoemaker who must work together with his fellow villagers to defend their home. Build and upgrade the village quickly before the attack waves start. Each building you place adds unique abilities to not only the player's character, but your fellow villagers as well. You must choose your structures wisely, as there are only a limited amount of plots to build. Each villager contributes to your coin income and provides essential help in defending the town. You must help defend against waves of monsters intent on killing everyone. Do you have what it takes to survive?

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Heldric is now in beta testing, find out what's new.

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After months of Alpha

Heldric – The legend of the shoemaker has been in alpha testing for months now. We are very happy to announce the switch to Beta phase! During this phase we will try to stamp out any remaining bugs and work on game balance. Most of our core features and content are in place and everything is now getting that final level of polish.

So what's new from alpha builds?

new map in progress

  • Goblin rangers, they hang back and rain death from afar, each with their own supply of arrows
  • Villagers can learn archery, the fletcher now unlocks bows and arrow production for the entire village
  • New defensive structures, obelisks with deadly accurate smite and life stealing beams
  • Improved movement system and many new animations
  • Better ragdolls on death, really enjoy getting those bow kills
  • Performance improvements, pre-baked shadow maps, occlusion culling and object batching
  • Improved tutorial map and more player HUD feedback
  • And of course tons of bug fixes

new obelisks hard at work

What is next for Heldric?

Troll train incoming

Heldric will continue to get his final coat of polish and work out any bugs. The exact release date has not been set, however it is getting closer every day.

So grab the latest build and test out some of the new features.

Windows

Heldric demo

Linux

Heldric Linux demo

We would like to thank all of you for the great feedback. It has been very helpful for us and we've made several fixes and improvements because of it. However, Heldric's battle hasn't be won yet. He still needs your help with Steam Greenlight. Show your support by giving him a vote “yes” and telling your friends.

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Pixelcry
Pixelcry - - 4 comments

why not a mac build ?

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Dewopalis
Dewopalis - - 26 comments

because mac sucks

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gervog
gervog - - 1 comments

add multiplayer

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