Yo everyone! Tomorrow’s my birthday! 🥳 To celebrate, I’m dropping a discount for the next two weeks here on Steam. I also wanted to say a massive thank you. For almost three years now, seeing you guys crush the leaderboards has put a smile on my face every single day. Seeing the
Yo everyone!
Tomorrow’s my birthday! 🥳 To celebrate, I’m dropping a discount for the next two weeks here on Steam.
I also wanted to say a massive thank you. For almost three years now, seeing you guys crush the leaderboards has put a smile on my face every single day. Seeing the activity and those insane highscores is the best gift I could ask for. It means the world to me.
I also want to apologize for things getting a bit quiet lately. Life’s been hectic and balancing a full-time job with gamedev isn't always easy. My priorities had to shift for a bit and I know development got a little stale. Thanks for sticking with me through that.
That said, I’m finally feeling ready for something new, so I wanted to give you a quick heads-up on what I’m up to:
I’ve officially started working on a brand-new game! 🚀 I’m taking every single lesson I’ve learned over the last few years and pouring all of it into this new project. I’m still in the very early stages right now, but I’ll make sure to keep you guys posted with updates as I go.
I really hope I can keep bringing you guys some joy with what’s coming next. Thanks for everything, you guys are the best!
🎄Christmas Season🎄 The snow is falling, the bells are ringing and HIGhSCORE is brimming with holiday cheer! With the end of the Halloween season, it’s time to celebrate the Christmas season in style. The Hub is blanketed in snow, there’s a sweet new companion to join your runs
🎄Christmas Season🎄
The snow is falling, the bells are ringing and HIGhSCORE is brimming with holiday cheer! With the end of the Halloween season, it’s time to celebrate the Christmas season in style. The Hub is blanketed in snow, there’s a sweet new companion to join your runs and festive surprises await. Check out what’s new below!
Winter Wonderland Hub - The Hub has been transformed into a cozy winter wonderland! Enjoy sparkling Christmas decorations, falling snow and the warm glow of holiday lights!
Gingerbread Companion - Say goodbye to the bat and hello to the Gingerbread Companion! This cheerful cookie helper will join you in your runs, automatically collecting Coins, Orbs, Combo Items and Keys. It’s the perfect teammate for the holiday season!
Seasonal Collectibles - Scattered throughout the Hub, festive presents can now be found, offering rewards of 250–500 coins each. Keep your eyes peeled for these holiday gifts!
🦉Shared Wisdom🦉
"The sweetest victories are shared with friends... and cookies." - Sir Elo the Wise
📝Developer Message📝
As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who has given HIGhSCORE a chance. Whether you’ve spent hours chasing high scores, shared your feedback or simply enjoyed a quick run, your support means the world to me.
Every player, every name on the leaderboard and every review brings me immense joy and motivation to keep improving the game. This Christmas update is my way of saying thank you and spreading a little holiday cheer.
I hope you enjoy this festive season in HIGhSCORE and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🎄
🎃Halloween Season🎃 Welcome to Halloween Season in HIGhSCORE! I may have started with just a sprinkle of spookiness, but things got a little out of hand (in the best way). Now the Hub’s haunted, there’s a bat buddy flying around, and pumpkins are practically paying you to play.
🎃Halloween Season🎃
Welcome to Halloween Season in HIGhSCORE! I may have started with just a sprinkle of spookiness, but things got a little out of hand (in the best way). Now the Hub’s haunted, there’s a bat buddy flying around, and pumpkins are practically paying you to play. Check out what’s new below!
Hub Makeover - The Hub area has been transformed with eerie Halloween decor! Step in and experience the spooky vibes!
Pumpkin Collectables - Scattered around the Hub, you’ll find collectible pumpkins granting between 250-500 coins each. Don’t miss out on these spooky rewards!
Bat Companion - During the Halloween season, a helpful Bat Companion will join you in your runs. This winged ally will automatically collect Coins, Orbs, Combo Items and Keys so you can focus entirely on survival. After the season, the bat will fly away, but watch out for future companions with unique abilities in the next major update!
New Halloween Stage - A chilling new Halloween-themed stage awaits! With a nightmarish setting, this stage will become a permanent addition to HIGhSCORE!
🎩New Hats🎩
Add these creepy hats to your collection!
🎨New Colors🎨
Unlock a unique color scheme to bring the Halloween vibe into your runs!
🛠 Bugfixes & Improvements 🛠
Button Animations - All buttons now have a subtle animation to enhance responsiveness and menu flow, making navigation feel smoother.
Tooltip Revamp - The tooltip system has been revamped for a cleaner and more consistent look across all inspectable buttons.
Skill Tree Icons - Certain icons in the Skill Tree have been redesigned to provide clearer visuals and improve the overall UI consistency.
Jump in Style - A new jump animation has been added to bring a bit more variety to your aerial moves! Now every leap has a little extra flair—perfect for showing off while dodging danger.
Player Stats Resized - To improve readability, player stats in the Hub's and Game's Pause Menu have been resized, with reorganized buttons to create a more streamlined layout.
Portal Shader Update - The portal visuals have been upgraded with a more realistic shader while maintaining the game’s art style.
Buttons - All frame buttons have been replaced with blank buttons to create a cleaner, more interactive UI across menus.
Splash Text - A randomly generated splash text now appears in the Main Menu and Run Summary, providing funny, motivating messages each time you load up or finish a run.
Hall of Fame Placeholders - Entries in the Hall of Fame now feature placeholders, giving a more structured and organized look to the leaderboard.
Local Leaderboard Bug Fix - A bug that caused only the first entry to display in the Local Leaderboards has been squashed. Now, all scores are visible!
🦉Shared Wisdom🦉
"You can’t win HIGhSCORE in a minute. But you can lose it." - Sir Elo the Wise
📝Developer Message📝
I hope you’re all excited about the update! Originally, I just wanted to release a small Halloween patch, but it turned into something a bit bigger in the end.
Huge thanks to every HIGhSCORE player out there, relentlessly chasing those high scores - seeing new names on the leaderboards always brings me endless joy!
If you’re enjoying the new features, I’d love to hear your feedback through a review or a post on the community page. Your ideas keep me inspired to keep adding more fun. Wishing you all an amazing Halloween season and tons of fun in HIGhSCORE!🎃
Exciting news for all HIGhSCORE players! I'm heading to Gamescom 2024 and you might just spot me wearing a HIGhSCORE shirt. If you see me, don’t hesitate to say hello - I’d love to chat about the game and hear your thoughts! Plus, if you spot me, you might snag a free Steam key f
Exciting news for all HIGhSCORE players!
I'm heading to Gamescom 2024 and you might just spot me wearing a HIGhSCORE shirt. If you see me, don’t hesitate to say hello - I’d love to chat about the game and hear your thoughts!
Plus, if you spot me, you might snag a free Steam key for HIGhSCORE!
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Gamescom!
Christmas Season Embrace the holiday spirit with festive changes! The Hub area is adorned with blinking lights and snowfall adds to the ambiance Explore the Hub area to discover Christmas presents granting 250-500 coins, accelerating early game progression Player Stats Accessible
Christmas Season
Embrace the holiday spirit with festive changes!
The Hub area is adorned with blinking lights and snowfall adds to the ambiance
Explore the Hub area to discover Christmas presents granting 250-500 coins, accelerating early game progression
Player Stats
Accessible by pressing ESC in the Hub area or during gameplay
The menu showcases parameters subject to modification via items, auras, passive points, etc.
All stats are colored white by default and turn green when modified for better visibility
Hats
Bug Fixes/Improvements
Exp Aura now grants double experience, effectively doubling any experience bonus applied (e.g., 1000% becomes 2000%)
Optimized camera speed increase calculation, capping at -95%. This ensures a more accurate camera speed increase rate accounting for various bonuses and traits.
Refined experience increase and combobar decrease calculations to eliminate rounding errors
Enhanced level display visuals in the hub and during level up animations for a more appealing design
Resolved an issue where a positive bonus stage was less frequent than a negative one. Now, players have a 60% chance of encountering a positive bonus stage and a 40% chance of facing a negative one
Implemented visibility for used items/runes when a runic conflux is created. The utilized items/runes are now displayed in the top-left corner in the hub
Fixed a bug causing the tooltip to momentarily appear at the wrong location. The tooltip now immediately displays at the correct position
Developer Message
I hope you enjoy this update! Originally planned as a hotfix, it evolved into an event patch with the addition of player stats.
Wishing everyone a joyful and merry gaming experience. Have a blast pursuing the HIGhSCORE!
I'm thrilled to introduce the biggest update for HIGhSCORE since its release. Get ready for exciting new features and improvements! Introducing Sozzy the Sorcerer Meet Sozzy the Sorcerer, a new NPC in the game, located in his own dedicated area within the hub. Sozzy's Crafting Ta
I'm thrilled to introduce the biggest update for HIGhSCORE since its release. Get ready for exciting new features and improvements!
Introducing Sozzy the Sorcerer
Meet Sozzy the Sorcerer, a new NPC in the game, located in his own dedicated area within the hub. Sozzy's Crafting Table allows players to modify runes in three different ways:
Combine
Combine three green or blue runes to create a new rune
Combining green runes may yield a blue or even a rare purple rune
Combining blue runes may result in a purple rune
The cost of combining is based on the rune's base price
The resulting rune is added to your collection for future use
Split
Split blue or purple runes to obtain two to four new runes of a lower rarity
Splitting blue runes can yield up to four green runes
The cost of splitting is determined by the rune's base price
The obtained runes are added to your collection for future use
Fuse
The game-changing feature! Fuse three runes to create a legendary item called Runic Conflux with combined effects
The Runic Conflux is immediately available in your inventory for the next run
The cost of fusing is based on the rune's base price
You can still select three runes before each run even with a Runic Conflux, but only one Runic Conflux can be active at a time
The Runic Conflux allows for incredible combinations that can skyrocket your score like never before
Other Enhancements
A complete overhaul of the user interface, making it easier to navigate between options like Skills, Passives, Items, Achievements, and Medals
Right-click to reset points in the Skill and Passive trees
Visual improvements for Sir Elo the Wise's Rune Selection, inventory items, achievements, and medals
New indicators for unlocked game elements and red points to guide players
New Bonus Stage
Added a new red Bonus Stage, which shrinks the player to half the size for 10 seconds.
New Hats
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where drops from destroyed wooden crates were not immediately collected
Fixed an issue where luck would not affect the rarity of item drops in runs
Fixed an issue where the passive skill "Stage Distance" would affect the transition between stages negatively
Developer Message
I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all players who have been a part of the HIGhSCORE journey. It fills me with immense happiness to see my creation bring joy to others. I greatly value your feedback and am committed to enhancing the player experience for both new and existing players.
Thank you for keeping the game alive and thriving.
Events Easter Weekend : The game now has an Easter theme till 04/10/2023. "Look closely for some Easter eggs and maybe you will be rewarded with some extra coins" - Sir Elo the Wise New Features In the Hall of Fame , the player can now toggle between 'All' and 'Best' runs per pla
Events
Easter Weekend: The game now has an Easter theme till 04/10/2023.
"Look closely for some Easter eggs and maybe you will be rewarded with some extra coins" - Sir Elo the Wise
New Features
In the Hall of Fame, the player can now toggle between 'All' and 'Best' runs per player for each online leaderboard type (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, All Time)
The leaderboard rows in the Defeat Screen now display the player's current top ranking for each online leaderboard with the best score. If the own score is beaten or a new score set, the player will be rewarded with an appropriate medal
Added the MAX Combo count to the statistics. Note that every run prior to this update will have a MAX Combo value of 'x0'
Hats
Easter
pRac Cap
Antlers
Items
Chrono Belt: -1s Hourglass Time
Eternity Cape: -3s Hourglass Time
Time-Turner Necklace: -5s Hourglass Time
Improvements
Added a pop up to indicate when the Camera Speed is increased
The Hourglass now works independently from the Camera Speed. The Hourglass Multiplier increases every 30 - (item bonus) seconds, while the Camera Speed increases every 30 seconds
The maximum required Orb count has been decreased from 10 to 7
Enchanted Ring now increases the Orb value by 2 instead of 3
Crystal Ball now increases the Orb value by 3 instead of 5
In the Aura Selection after pressing 'Retry' after a run, there is now a small note that the player can proceed without buying anything
When the Combo Bonus Stage is active, Combo Shards are now spawned
When a combo ends, the resulting points are now styled in the same way as the score to make it easier for the player to understand how many points they got
A bug has been fixed where the score popup text would not be displayed correctly when the score is too high
Hats Monitor Rainbow Cheeseburger Achievements To Infinity and Beyond - Reach Space Freestyler V - Reach a 500x Combo Multiplier Give and Take I - Spend 1.000 Coins at the Runeshop Give and Take II - Spend 10.000 Coins at the Runeshop Give and Take III - Spend 100.000 Coins at th
Hats
Monitor
Rainbow
Cheeseburger
Achievements
To Infinity and Beyond - Reach Space
Freestyler V - Reach a 500x Combo Multiplier
Give and Take I - Spend 1.000 Coins at the Runeshop
Give and Take II - Spend 10.000 Coins at the Runeshop
Give and Take III - Spend 100.000 Coins at the Runeshop
Give and Take IV - Spend 500.000 Coins at the Runeshop
Give and Take V - Spend 1.000.000 Coins at the Runeshop
Runic Mastermind I - Use a Total of 3 Runes at the Altar
Runic Mastermind II - Use a Total of 30 Runes at the Altar
Runic Mastermind III - Use a Total of 300 Runes at the Altar
Items
Magic Wand - +1 Orb Value
Enchanted Ring - +3 Orb Value
Crystal Ball - +5 Orb Value
Improvements
The required amount of Orbs to increase the Orb Multiplier has been increased from 5 to 10
Combo Shards now increase the Combo Multiplier by +1
The function to delete save games has been added to the game
The Rune Selection in the Hub has been reworked slightly so that it doesn't look empty and confusing when the player has only a small amount of runes
The sprites for the menu buttons in the Hub have been changed
A bug related to the advanced skill "Stage Distance" has been fixed, where stages would not transition correctly
Another bug related to the advanced skill "Stage Distance" has also been fixed, which prevented every second ground platform with an item chest from being instantiated
The Rune Chest has been added to the game. If the player has selected runes for the run, the Rune Chest will now spawn instead of the white chest. The white chest now only spawns if the player has bought new items but has not yet found them
New Features A new area with a magic theme has been added to the game Hats Bubble Gum Machine Magician Reggae Achievements "Fully Loaded" - "Finish a Run with 10 Epic Items" Improvements Reworked the golden chests for consistency between all collectables The description of Winged
New Features
A new area with a magic theme has been added to the game
Hats
Bubble Gum Machine
Magician
Reggae
Achievements
"Fully Loaded" - "Finish a Run with 10 Epic Items"
Improvements
Reworked the golden chests for consistency between all collectables
The description of Winged Boots has been changed from "+2 Wall Jumps" to "+1 Wall Jump"
Some small UI changes have been made to improve the overall user experience
The sound when applying a skill point has been changed to make it more satisfying
The description for the advanced skill "Stage Distance" has been updated for better clarity
In the Hall of Fame, the "Daily" tab is now selected as the default
New music has been added to the game
The closet and dice area in the hub have been reworked to make them more visually appealing
The jump bar now flashes when a super wall jump is ready
Particles from collectible items like coins and orbs are now in a different layer so they don't appear over the UI
A bug where the sound of the hammer in the hub was not synchronized with the animation has been fixed
New Features Added Cloud Save to store your progress across multiple devices Added a reminder for unspent skill points Hats Mummy Monastic Face Warmer Achievements "What a Bummer" - "Die After Selecting 3 Runes for a Run, Not Collecting Any" Improvements Improved the Pop Up when
New Features
Added Cloud Save to store your progress across multiple devices
Added a reminder for unspent skill points
Hats
Mummy
Monastic
Face Warmer
Achievements
"What a Bummer" - "Die After Selecting 3 Runes for a Run, Not Collecting Any"
Improvements
Improved the Pop Up when collecting runes to make it more informative and engaging
Improved Rune Selection to make it easier to choose and apply runes
Improved Medal Overview to give you a better understanding of your achievements and progress
Changed Mouse Scroll Sensitivity in Hall of Fame to provide a smoother experience
