With the release of the demo, we announce the 'Beat the Boss' competition taking place on August 4, 2024 for everyone to participate and win the full game for free!
Tampere, Finland - 21st July, 2024: Kalma Games, an independent Finnish game studio is thrilled to announce the demo release for their debut game, an isometric rhythm shooter roguelike, KILLBEAT. The demo is available now on PC via Steam! Our "Beat the Boss" competition is scheduled for August 4th, 2024. The challenge is: Beat the Boss, and you'll receive the full game for free!
KILLBEAT seamlessly blends the excitement of rhythm shooting, with the replayability of roguelikes, delivering an action-packed, skill-driven experience that keeps players in the flow.
KEY FEATURES:
- Shoot, dash, and kill to the beat.
- Collect freestyle charges to create any rhythms you want.
- Experience a branching story in a procedurally generated world.
- Create and share custom music packs with the community.
- Compete with your friends through the daily and weekly challenges.
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The demo includes the first biome and boss from the full release, with an unlockable hard mode. The players can also register for the ‘Beat the Boss’ event within the demo.
About KILLBEAT
KILLBEAT is a rhythm shooter roguelike where you make music with guns and guts. Descend into Cadence Drop, a rift opened by the cataclysmic awakening of a godlike being at the heart of the planet. Engage in fast, brutal, skill-based gameplay as you fight your way towards the source of the beat.
Beating Heart of the Planet
A godlike being has awoken. Its existence echoes from the depths of Cadence Drop, a seismic rift in the earth. Dive into the aftermath of this cataclysm: you play as one of the handful of survivors who can hear the call from the planet core… and the only one who dares to heed it.
Offence is Your Best Defense
Descend and fight your way through monsters and bosses, engaging with branching story encounters as you venture deeper, driven by the rhythm towards the source of the beat. The narrative decisions you make have consequences you face in the lower depths.
Explore procedurally generated levels with rhythm-driven, skill-based gameplay. Shoot, dash, reload, and finish off your enemies to the beat. Create varied builds with synergies for each run, and unlock new items and weapons at the hub—a derelict last bastion of humanity hanging on the edge of Cadence Drop.
Play to Your Rhythm
Immerse yourself in the dynamic soundtrack of KILLBEAT, where EDM and metal converge with catchy vocal chop melodies. Stay in the 'flow state' to enhance your gameplay with additional musical layers, earning bonuses as you maintain your combat rhythm, while collecting freestyle charges to create any rhythms you want. You can also utilize the custom music feature to sync your actions to your own tunes, ensuring a personalized gaming experience.
Beat the Boss competition
We are excited to invite all the players to participate in our upcoming event, where you challenge our boss, Kalma Games CEO Atte-Petteri Ronkanen. Beat his score and get the full game for free!
The event will be played in a fixed, identical seed, where all the participants will play the ‘same run’, and only skill will determine the outcome. Participants will have 24 hours to set their high-score, while Atte-Petteri will have only one chance to set his score. His run will be livestreamed at the very end of the event.
All the content creators who livestream their gameplay and beat his score will get additional keys to distribute to their audience for free! This amount will be based on the viewer count of the stream: 10% of peak viewers rounded up, up to a 1000 keys.
Additionally, all registered participants who do not beat Atte-Petteri's score will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a key for the full game. Further details and the registrastion will be available through the in-game menu of the demo.
The event is set on August 4th, 2024. Don’t miss out!
Media contact and key requests:
Pekka Nordlund - pekka.nordlund@kalmagames.com
About Kalma Games:
Kalma Games is a small, independent game studio based in Finland. Founded in 2024, the company focuses on high quality PC and console games. They are currently working on the studio's first title, KILLBEAT, a rhythm-action roguelike, aimed for Q4 2025 release.