Helltaker

Helltaker is a freeware indie puzzle-adventure game with dating sim elements designed by Polish[1] developer vanripper (Łukasz Piskorz), released in 2020 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is described as "a short game about sharply dressed demon girls."[2][3][4][5]

Helltaker
Steam cover art for Helltaker featuring the demon Lucifer, the CEO of Hell
Developer(s)vanripper
Publisher(s)vanripper
Designer(s)vanripper
Artist(s)vanripper
Composer(s)Mittsies
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: May 11, 2020
Genre(s)adventure, puzzle, dating sim
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

One day, The Helltaker has a dream about making a harem of demon girls. When he wakes up, despite knowing Hell is a dangerous place, he decides to go to Hell, wanting to make a harem of demon girls in the real world.

Gameplay

The player proceeds through a series of puzzle stages with the end goal of reaching a demon girl, answering her question appropriately, and incorporating her into the player's demon harem. Each puzzle stage involves pushing stones and skeleton soldiers around a two-dimensional top-down grid akin to Sokoban while keeping within a set turn limit, while also avoiding spike traps and collecting key items.[6] After reaching the goal, the demon girl for that particular stage will ask a question in which the player must infer the correct answer based on her personality, and an incorrect answer may result in a bad ending such as death, taking the player back to the beginning of the stage.[6][7]

The final boss level (featuring the demon Judgement, the High Prosecutor) includes phased bullet hell-like mechanics with chains across the screen.[2]

Development

Łukasz Piskorz, known on Twitter as "vanripper", developed the entirety of the game by himself over an estimated one-year period and was the game's artistic director.[8] According to Piskorz, Helltaker is somewhat reminiscent of the Leisure Suit Larry video game series, as the main characters of both games have characteristics reminiscent of each other.[9]

The game can be played for free,[10] and an art book and the recipe for the pancakes that appear in the game are sold separately.[11]

Although the video game is only officially available in English, Piskorz has supported the translations made by the community, explaining how to make them and making one in Polish himself.[8]

gollark: But people said "HOW DARE YOU GIVE ME BAD GRADES AAAAAAA THE MAGIC ALGORITHM IS BIASED AGAINST ME AAAAAA"
gollark: There WAS some kind of standardization process.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Which seems kind of æææææ.
gollark: They are apparently switching to ENTIRELY teacher-predicted grades.

References
  1. "Łukasz Piskorz". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  2. "Helltaker Is a Demonically Delightful (and Free) Puzzler". Escapist Magazine. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. "Helltaker Is a Devilish Harem Puzzler Worth Solving". CBR. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. "Travel through hell to find demon girls in Helltaker, now on Linux". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. "Free to Play Puzzle-Dating Sim Helltaker Now Available on Linux and SteamOS". Niche Gamer. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. "Steam免費解謎新作《HELLTAKER》獲壓倒性好評，為了超香惡魔妹子下地獄玩倉庫番". 4gamers Taiwan (in Chinese). May 19, 2020.
  7. "The Helltaker Characters Make the Game". Siliconera. May 27, 2020.
  8. @vanripperart (5 June 2020). "Been getting lots of Helltaker questions so here's a little FAQ: pastebin.com/x8WgAqja" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "Helltaker: Schmort Larry Laffer in der Hölle?" (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  10. Davidson, Amy (2020-05-22). "Helltaker Is a Demonically Delightful (and Free) Puzzler". The Escapist. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  11. "Steam『Helltaker（ヘルテイカー）』レビュー。倉庫番ライクな地獄のパズルで悪魔っ娘とイチャコラ！". ファミ通. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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