Hell Pie news & patch notes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/99c30713ed37f3f94e2ad1334eec71e04cf2b057.jpg Ho ho ho, platformers! We have a question for you: Have you all been good this year? ... It better be "yes", because otherwise we'll send Santa Nate and his little helper Nugget by you homes, just in time for the holiday season! Have you guys seen Violent Night? I don't think I need to say more... Or you download the fresh-from-the-oven update of Hell Pie and get the new Christmas outfits for Nate and Nugget for FREE. Just drop by Asmodei's shop in the Hell Inc. office and you'll soon be the proud owner of the new Christmas outfits. Unbelievable, isn't it? 🎅👼🏻 Guys, the year 2022 was a really exciting one for us in many ways. We (finally) released Hell Pie after five (long) years of development. You all received our little game so positively, and we're super happy about that! When you work on a project for so damn long, you eventually lose sight of how good or bad it is halfway through.... It was a hell of a ride, thanks a bunch for joining us on it! After five years of Hell Pie, we are now working on something else. Let's see when the time is right and we can share some information with you. Fingers crossed for 2023! ✨ Have all restful, contemplative and happy holidays and a happy new year before all the hustle and bustle starts all over again in the coming year! Festive greetings and kisses! Sluggerfly out ❤️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/55f23f7d1178225ec1a8f9f57d08d3fb06da86c0.jpg Trick or treat, platformers! Sound familiar? Yeah, exactly. It's that time of year again, when hordes of poorly disguised kids stumble from front door to front door, ringing doorbells and yelling "trick or treat." And if the proclaimed sweets are not handed out, they embellish the house with raw eggs. So, at best, with eggs.... And you guessed it: Nate and Nugget are of course at the forefront of such annoying and childish shit! HELL YEAH! 🤘 Ah sorry, it's not Nate and Nugget anymore - it's Johnson and Frederick now: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/dc651837f8ad3bdd3f93d7a2acbff406d6c8ff67.jpg Both new costumes are available AS OF NOW in Asmodee's shop at Hell Inc. Uhm... and one piece of well-intentioned advice: If our hellish duo ring your doorbell, you'd better open. You've seen what happens to the cute little Unilambs in Hell Pie, right? ... And in case you missed it: It's spooky Steam Scream Fest time! That's why Frederick made a good use of his bladed gloves and sliced the Hell Pie price by 20%. Good job, Frederick! We are really proud of you! Happy Helloween with Johnson and Frederick! Sluggerfly out ❤️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/332959e048d2bacd26a617dc485cb49be863e6bb.jpg Grüß Gott, dear platformers! It's finally that time again: Tomorrow, the world's biggest booze-up finally starts in idyllic Munich (after two alcohol-free years of corona-induced break): Oktoberfest! So grab your dirndl, lederhosen and chamois beard and get the party started! 🍻 And where alcohol excesses take place, Nate and Nugget are not far behind! And that's why the new Hell Pie update 1.1.4 - in celebration of Oktoberfest starting tomorrow - brings new outfits into play: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/8e8e697354ada07c4cc84665c8627200d648c740.jpg In addition, a few small problems are fixed. Here is the complete (tiny) changelog:

• Lederhose + Dirndl outfit added
• Beermug outfit for Nugget added
• Various localization fixes
• Various minor fixes

Have a great time swinging with lerderhosen Nate and dirndl Nugget! Sluggerfly out ❤️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/26a576e21127eeb1bcbcefeddb92d02dbca9ee05.jpg Happy Saturday, friends of filthy platforming! You might have discovered Hell Pie on the Steam front page, right? Correct peeps, we are running a Daily Deal at the moment! Woohoo! This is really a great thing and an even bigger honor for us as a small indie studio. We are really happy about every extra pair of eyes that sees our beloved platformer! ːsteamhappyː Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the "Demon of Bad Taste". He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie. To do so, Nate must venture out into the overworld and do whatever it takes to ensure those ingredients are secured in time, or there’ll be hell to pay! We released the new update 1.1.3 to Hell Pie yesterday, which implements two brand-new outfits as well as some changes and improvements that were brought to us by you, our awesome community! And we are not done yet - if you have some feedback to share, please do. It's really valuable to us, and we read and analyze everything we get. Promise! ❤️ We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we did developing it! Have a great time swinging with Nate and Nugget! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/017f7c07ddde6307f3f9d61195eb84ad4aa93161.jpg Dearest platformers, We may only be a small, insignificant indie developer from the Ruhrpott (industrial rural Germany at its best), but we also snuggle with the big ones. Ey, we do (nearly) everything for fame! And that's how we ended up adding Chroma to Hell Pie one fine day. You know, Chroma is this fancy technology that accesses the RGB lighting of your Razer peripherals and thus enhances what's happening on the screen to "real live". We added quite a lot of Chroma effects lately, for example base colors for the different worlds, effects for collectables, the hellish horns, etc. And the best is yet to come: We are giving away a complete set of Razer Chroma equipment: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/61c6ef6c5b1315b64b481f7d0cfc1ef06e15043d.jpg You want to participate in the sweepstakes? Awesome! Just follow this link to our raffle page on Gleam and follow the instructions: https://gleam.io/CAbJ4/win-razer-chroma-equipment-hell-pie Good luck everyone! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/14d74e66ef331f3857a335dedff1d6c3ae2985ef.jpg Happy Friday, pie lovers! Unfortunately, we have been too busy in the last few weeks to continue working on updates for Hell Pie... You know, with things like surviving gamescom in an alcoholic stupor, counting the massive amounts of money we earned with Hell Pie, ... The usual (indie game dev) stuff. But (surprisingly) somehow we made it! And so I proudly present the Hell Pie update version 1.1.3:

• Added a Squirrel outfit for Nate and a Bee outfit for Nugget
• Added Superhero outfits for Nate and Nugget
• Club Luxoria collision fix (it was possible to get stuck behind a toilet)
• Various dialogue fixes
• Improved sharpness for various textures
• Various minor level design fixes

Compared to the last update, the changes here are quite manageable, that's true.... But hey, with this update you get two damn cool new outfits: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/630da16be667583f168a50343f7f323b35738130.jpg And finally - for all those of you that can't exist without the catchy and calm tunes of the Hell Pie soundtrack anymore - there is a good news: As of now, the Hell Pie soundtrack is available here on Steam. So, treat yourself: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2104580/Hell_Pie_Soundtrack/ Have a great time swinging with Nate and Nugget! Sluggerfly out ❤️

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/fa1145f5cb2393e927e7ecb4b4f3ca5266d202e4.jpg Oi lovers of the pie, You, who have spent hour after hour swinging through Hell Pie and collecting the finest ingredients for Satan's hellish birthday pie, you will now receive an additional reward: The greatest and most incredible Steam Community Items since Steam Community even exist! The hellish hot Hell Pie Steam Community Items include:

• 6 Emoticons
• 3 Profile Backgrounds
• 7 Trading Cards
• Badge (5 Levels + Foil Badge)

And a little spoiler for all you lovers of great music out there: We might have some good news for you very soon! So stay tuned (LOL), spend an adventurous trip to the jungle, relax on the beach of Sashimi Bay or get feasted with nothing but the best meals in the restaurant "Mange Allierus"! See you all in Hell (Pie)! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/70b776343a9d12cbbb8b5e75fd3b1bd8b894dc1b.jpg Happy Tuesday, platformers! As announced last week Nate and Nugget have been f*cking busy working on the first update for Hell Pie. Therefore, we're gonna save you all the blah-blah and proudly present you the changelog for Hell Pie version 1.1.2:

• Added options to disable auto cam rotation
• Added option to disable cupid speech bubble
• Various dialogue/loca errors fixed
• Passive Dialogue Speed increased
• Pus bladders in whale level don't respawn anymore
• Fixed some bugs that occured when trying to use first person cam while aiming with weapons and vice versa
• Fixed a bug where the ingredient in the Da Gina's boss level was lost when leaving the level before collecting it. It can now be found in the start room
• Destructible wall in Da Gina's should now reset correctly
• Nugget dialogue events are now triggered only once
• Nugget dialogue box position tweaked
• Patched some holes in various maps
• Fixed a bug where the ingriedent list pages were visible in the map
• Fixed GameMode/GameState compatibility issue
• Fixed a bug where the devil wouldn't appear after respawn at the beginning
• Fixed a bug where door tickets in Dr.Jell wouldn't spawn, breaking the game
• Cannons now use inverse controls correctly
• Fixed a bug where stage 3 of the gluttony boss fight could not be finished
• Fixed a bug where the second valve would spawn twice in Restaurant Mange Allieurs
• Quest dependent exclamation marks are now intitialized correctly
• Dr.Jell Operation UI tweaked (maggot and timer position)
• Fixed a missing death zone in Connection Lost, that would let you fall out of the level
• Paperstack Collision improved in Connection Lost
• Closed a hole in Sin Inc. that let you get the Pus Eye ingredient without the needed horns
• Decorated the Yogurt location in Sin Inc. to make it more obvious that something can be found there
• Added missing Muncher Dialogue in Sewer
• More interactable Objects are now highlighted with a shader (bongo, pipe, ass and bell mini-games, nuclear barrels)
• HUB Jungle Demon in Cage that drops a Lucky Cat has now an exclamation mark
• Fixed a bug where portable NPCs would reset their positions after pickup
• Fixed a bug where useable icon was visible on item after fast respawn and pickup
• Fixed speakers not pulsating with the beat in Club Luxoria
• Fixed a bug where NPCs would remain stunned after respawn
• Fixed a soft lock in Greed door dialogue for russian language
• Added ceiling collision in Club Lucoria starting room
• Set correct soundclass for Greed door openin/closing sound
• Disabled collisions in GLuttony's room, after Gluttony is not there anymore after the fight with him
• Moved Dr.Jell level exit (in Jungle), so that the camera isn't behind the black plane after leaving the level
• Moved Gluttony level exit (in Flavour Peaks), so that the cam isn't behind the black plane after leaving the level
• Moved Restaurant Mange Ailleurs level exit (in Flavour Peaks), so that the cam isn't behind the black plane after leaving the level
• Closed gap in the Sewer death zone, so that playes can't fall through the ground
• Nugget dialogue in Connection Lost fixed (No more mentioning of Light Horns)
• Made God level exit trigger bigger

We received a lot of feedback by all of you players out there. Thanks so much for supporting us with your love, reported bugs and issues, your money and praise. That's really appreciated! ❤️ See you all in Hell (Pie)! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/6d23582d3b5b03afc857136ac6ba17d0531415e2.jpg Greetings platformers! We hope you had a lovely week so far. We definitely have! Honestly, we are so F*CKING BLOWN AWAY by the awesome feedback we received (and receive) for Hell Pie! Holy moly! When working on a game like Hell Pie, you constantly get comments like "Grow up!", "I can't see how this is funny!" or "What kind of late-pubescent garbage is this?". And even worse. Not that we're not used to it.... But: We are damn proud of this "late-pubescent garbage" that we've done! In your face, you bores and buzzkills! And that's exactly why it's so good to see that we get such awesome feedback. Hey, we've been working on Hell Pie for 5 long years. Sure, it's nothing compared to Duke Nukem Forever, but it's still a long time. But no one is flawless. And so, even after all the years of hard work and endless optimization, there are still a few bugs hidden in Hell Pie. (And not just the one in the server room!) But because we love you all soooooo much (and because we got some reports, ideas and feedback from you) we are working on the first update which should be released soon. But there is no exact date yet. At the latest when the residual alcohol from the release party has finally disappeared from our bloodstream... (Man, it was a hell of a night... But, what happens in Essen stays in Essen!) Among other things, we will address the following issues with the first update:

• The dialogs of Nugget will be deactivatable
• The Auto Cam will be deactivatable
• The dialogs of Nugget will - if activated - be triggered less often
• The bug of the no longer spawning tickets at Dr. Jell will be fixed

Other than that, we're cleaning up some small stuff in Hell Pie: spelling mistakes, missing translations, holes in the maps (wherever they come from...). We will of course let you know asap once the update is available! And I can almost smell the question growing in your heads: Will there be more content for Hell Pie in the future? A good question, but so far there is no answer. There will definitely be updates with more costumes. But whether there will be new levels, DLCs, etc. will ultimately be decided by how successful Hell Pie will be overall. We have a lot of ideas, that's for sure. We will keep you up to date. Have a great time swinging with Nate and Nugget! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/2da6cbc903245620f624032483a2bd67b3cea673.jpg Oi lovers of the pie, The time has finally come. Yeah, I know, unbelievable but true: Hell Pie is finally released! Nate and Nugget took five years off our lives, brought us a lot of gray hair and wrinkles as deep as the Mariana Trench. But ey, it was damn well worth it! We're really super happy and proud that you all finally get to swing through Hell Pie yourselves with Nate and Nugget to make sure Satan's birthday pie comes out of the oven on time. Hell Pie is Sluggerfly's third game, but again it was a hell of a ride - I can tell you that. Covid in particular has once again presented a whole new set of challenges for development. But we did it! Yeah! And hope you all will have a lot of fun with Nate and Nugget. And of course we'd love to hear your feedback on Hell Pie! So check out our Discord channel or post your feedback into the Steam community! And thank you so much for the ongoing interest and feedback for Hell Pie over the last years. You guys are just awesome, each and everyone of you! ❤️ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/fe97e87d873bc6e9540c7cc6b6b86f3096e7ff28.jpg Have a great time swinging with Nate and Nugget! Sluggerfly out https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/a53dcb8ca429b003b7ceff893f6ed55361e55909.jpg Happy pie day platformers, Some awesome news for all you beloved cake bakers out there (in case you are one of the lucky fellas that own a Steam Deck): Right in time for the release in a few hours, Hell Pie was reviewed and got verified for the Steam Deck, woohoo! What does that mean? It's simple, you can swing with Nate and Nugget in all their glory on the Steam Deck wherever you want: at home on the couch, on top of the highest mountain, on the toilet (if it takes a little longer again...) - just about anywhere! Not long now until you can swing with us. So awesome! Your Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/c1b630a6bc48eabd99c553b01e2ab4eeacc6b890.jpg Hey swingers and platformers! Tomorrow is the official unofficial pie day! Tomorrow afternoon from 5pm CEST/8am PDT Hell Pie will be available after five long, exhausting (and awesome) years, woohoo! Until now, we have been very busy polishing the game even more, but slowly we realize how little time is left until the release. And now, slowly but surely, the nervousness is building up... And that's why we can't get a straight sentence out today anyway. But we would like to take this opportunity to give you all the important facts and figures about Hell Pie and its release tomorrow. So... Hell Pie:

• 3D platformer, focussed on a swing/grapling hook mechanic
• Developed by 4-6 peeps here at Sluggerfly in around 5 years
• 5 large hub worlds
• 13 additional sub worlds
• 6 different horns for Nate, offering varying skills
• 64 outfits overall (30 Nugget, 34 Nate)
• 4 official banging Electric Callboy outfits (Hypa Hypa, We Got The Moves, Pump It, Spaceman)
• A skilltree with overall 18 unlockable (unbelievable) skills
• 23 disgusting ingredients to make Satan's birthday cake unforgettable
• A rough playtime of about 6-8 hours (depending on your own playstyle of course!)

There is more in the game of course, but we don't want to spoil too much. Tomorrow you can check out for yourselves what there is to do and to discover in Hell Pie. Till tomorrow and cake care everyone! Dominik & the Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/9aad7201ba7459864b51dd8c631ecf7f872c22b8.jpg Greetings techy platformers! I'm not quite sure if we subconsciously foreshadowed the following five years when we came up with the name Hell Pie for our latest project. Because any developer will agree that the word "hell" is probably the most apt description of the time in which a game is made. Actually, according to the planning, a development should always take two years less, and offer at least 50% more content, which fell into the gutter somewhere in all the mess. Washed away by all the blood, sweat and tears of disillusioned developers. Or in short: developing games is awesome, but you need a thick skin. Hell Pie is our third game, so we knew (more or less) what we were getting into. But what would the developer's life be boring if there weren't new challenges waiting somewhere to be heroically worked on?!? And so one fine day a year ago Tim (the PC tech & gaming enthusiast from Headup) came around the corner with an idea: "The look and style of Hell Pie would look even more awesome with Ray Tracing than it already does! What do you guys think of the that?" {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/50daa511c9b38a11f52f43edd8627dd208056e60.jpg To be honest: Not much at this moment. And perhaps that is why we agreed. Later I thought a bit about whether it makes sense for Hell Pie to include Ray Tracing in a cartoony game at all. Doesn't that only look good in games that are as realistic as possible? I adressed that question with Tim, and he related me to Pumpkin Jack so that I should take a look on the Ray Tracing implementation of it. And what can I say, Pumpkin Jack clearly benefits from Ray Tracing, and so we (meaning mainly me) got started together with Nvidia. Since the beginning of 2021, I started actively working on adding Ray Tracing to Hell Pie. And as always in the life of a developer, the theory sounds quite simple at first. The implementation then went more like this: "So, let's get started. Well, seems to be easy going... But, nope. Not at all. F*ck... Maybe? Hm... No. Noooooo!!! F*ck. F*ck. F*CK F*CK F*CK!!! WHY?!? ... Well, at least it looks good. But where are my FPS? Dammit! Let's add DLSS... It works! Yes! I LOVE IT!!! That was worth it." Ray Tracing does not turn Hell Pie inside out. We use Ray Tracing partially so as not to break the style of the game, but to highlight some aspects. Ray Traced Reflections reflect in real time the environments, character, etc. in surfaces such as windows, water, mirrors, etc. And Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion causes a more realistic overall look in the levels when it comes to ... ambient occlusion. But (moving) pictures say more than a thousand words: Personally, I like such gimmicks very much. RT Reflections, RT Ambient Occlusion, DLSS, etc. And that's why I put it in. Internally at Sluggerfly, however, not all are fans, because additional techniques like Ray Tracing also bring technical hurdles: suddenly some effects in the game don't work anymore, a workaround must be found, etc. It's been some back and forth, but we've added some cool gimmicks to Hell Pie. I'm proud of it in any case! And hey, exactly two weeks from tomorrow Hell Pie will be released! Then you can see for yourself - with the appropriate hardware, of course - that a brightly colored, stylized 3D platformer like Hell Pie works wonderfully with ray tracing. It doesn't always have to be realism. Life is already realistic enough. See you soon, dear friends! Christian & The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/9c20484788b28fcbe48fdcf766b9fe09980643e2.jpg Hey there lovers of hellish pies! We put Hell Pie in the oven a couple of weeks ago and are waiting for it to be well done. All strictly according to grandmother's very best recipe, of course. Well, hopefully something will have come of it by July 21st... And so that you can all enjoy our delicious Hell Pie in the best possible way, we have the official system requirements for you here: MINIMUM

• OS: Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
• Processor: Intel Core i3-3225
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 5 GB available space

RECOMMENDED

• OS: Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 / Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (incl. RayTracing)
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 5 GB available space

Swingers, warm up your chains, because it won't be a month before Nate and Nugget swing onto your home hard drives! Till then and cake care everyone! Your Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/f55de9807f1554543bde160f65ea8f3781dd833d.jpg Hypa Hypa, platformers! At 6 o'clock on a beautiful sunny Monday winter morning we sat in our bathrobes on the spacious terrace of the Sluggerfly mansion and had a few beers. Could have been a few more - I can't really remember. A typical meeting between developer and publisher. Nothing special. The theme of the meeting was, "How the hell do we market Hell Pie without busting our asses?". Someone came up with the idea "Yo, let's just shamelessly exploit some known artist's notoriety!". And what can I say... Everyone liked the idea. But who would be the best choice to support Hell Pie with his fame? After all, you can't just let Hans and Franz do it! It takes a certain level to keep up with our duo from hell. Not everyone can stand this very special humor. You need really tough peeps for that. With joggers. And bowl cuts. Ey, they need to have the moves! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/6ae0419f2b2605148f7328966d1da04b635be643.jpg Well, okay. Maybe the whole thing might have happened a little different. There actually was a meeting with the Sluggerfly devs about some marketing possibilities, but we got off topic. As usual. Because that’s how typical meetings between developer and publisher really look like. That was back at the time when a music video was making its rounds on YouTube that nearly everyone had seen: Bowl cuts, weird glasses, nodding folks, and total escalation: Electric Callboy’s “We Got The Moves”. And that's exactly what became the topic of conversation. That was when I thought: "Ey, a collaboration between those guys and Hell Pie would be fire!". All their songs are so pumped with energy, they are catchy as fuck and - which I personally find very sympatico - they take their music seriously, but themselves not that much, because they just want to have a good time. And that’s exactly our approach for Hell Pie: A colorful platformer with totally over the top humor, but a serious approach on catchy gameplay mechanics. I threw the idea around - and it was well received: "If that worked out, that would be damn awesome!". Idea accepted! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/b65b158040fc2ee4a78525c75d2abd1d0471ba37.jpg I then tried to get in touch with Electric Callboy, which finally worked after a few detours. And luckily they were totally up for a collaboration for Hell Pie. The following weeks we juggled ideas of what would be feasible, because Hell Pie was no longer infinitely far away from the release, and the Callboys had video shoots and finally a packed schedule of concerts and festivals on the agenda. Since the music videos for "Hypa Hypa", "We Got The Moves", "Pump It", and "Spaceman" have a very unique style (and very unique costumes), we came up with the idea: why don't we do a costume combo for Nate and Nugget per song? No sooner said than done. Aren’t those real pumped-up beauties? To round off the total package, Nico and Kevin did an awesome performance in front of the camera so that we could prepare this banger of an announcement video: Oh, and in case that you might have asked yourself this question: NO! No, the four Electric Callboy costumes are not an additional DLC. And no, the costumes are not associated with any additional costs. We want you ALL to swing with style. The costumes are part of the game from the beginning - no updates, no paid DLCs, no bullshit! Two suitcases are parked in each of the four hub worlds, which contain the Electric Callboy dresses for Nate and Nugget. And that's the whole story. Mission complete, friends! Tim & The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/8cb94991f69531a81e3d053fef3d2fe04261a82b.jpg Hey there pretty platformers, sorry that it took a bit longer to bring you the fourth installment of our fabulous "Sluggerfly Directly"! As you can see in the following video there were some ... uhm ... misunderstandings which we had to make unrecognizable in the video: Dominik has since calmed down somewhat and can now be sedated with only one Valium per hour. But that won't detract from the phenomenal quality of Hell Pie, because - just between us - Dominik never worked anyway... So, no time for more sensless bla bla! We have a game to fini... polish! Till then and take care everyone! Your Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/5dff09f1b6312c5216442fa6f1db0b9520a1aa4b.jpg Beloved swingers, The time has finally come! We have been working on Hell Pie for about five years, which is a insane long time... (but not because the game is so big or polished, but because we are untalented and don't want to do any "real" work... Sorry!) ... Let's start over new... The time has finally come! Folks, after about five years of insanely hard work we have a release date for Hell Pie! Yes, we know - unbelievable, but true. And it won't be that long anymore. Not another five years. Not even one more year. But just a little more than a month! *drum rolls*

HELL PIE WILL RELEASE JULY 21st 2022!!!

And that's it. Dammit... That means that now we have to think about what we're going to do after the Hell Pie release... We said we'd never ever clean deposit bottles again! Please people, help us! Please wishlisted Hell Pie so that the game will be successful and we don't have to actually start working. Please! 😘 We'll work on the game a little bit after all. So that it becomes really really good! Promise! 🤞 Till then and take care everyone! Your Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/f9baab3b73dfb8c093a40b51cb73f67f9d9c051f.jpg Happy Friday to all of you! We just can't do anything else but thank you all out there! ❤️ We did it. We all did it together! One of the goals that was particularly close to our hearts was achieved a few days ago. ːsteamhappyː I don't want to say much more - take a look at the video. It says so much more than 1000 words: Till then and take care everyone! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/aeda998ae76cb83b9346c74bb9a8c96581f71f0e.jpg Hey there lovers of hellish pies! Another week, another "Sluggerfly Directly"! And with it we are going to show you a unbelievably great feature in Hell Pie that we are massivly proud off: Rotation! You might know rotation from other games. Or you might even know rotation from the real world. Bla bla bla... Might be! BUT: No rotation is as impressive as the rotation in Hell Pie! You do not believe us? No problem! Here is the irrefutable and obvious proof: But of course, that wasn't the last groundbreaking feature of Hell Pie, so stay tuned! We'll keep you posted on the next "Sluggerfly Directly". It won't take too long. Till then and take care everyone! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/1d2bbcd4e2f961d2406b47db17cc4f4dc5341c24.jpg Yo fellow platformers, It's us again. Your favourite platformer developers. (Just in case you've forgotten....) And we have good news for you (again and again and again): Assuming you live in (also) beautiful Boston, why not stroll down to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and buy yourself a ticket for PAX East? There are a bunch of nice games there, of course, but most of all you can play Hell Pie! And for all those who a) don't live in Boston and the surrounding areas or b) are currently on holiday there, the demo is also available here on Steam! Just click on the download button somewhere on the product page, download the demo, play it and you will have the fun of your life! Promise! Btw. at the Thunderful Publishing booth, you can also get your hands on five other playable games: LEGO Bricktales, Cursed to Golf, Tinkertown, Togges and Paper Cut Mansion. So, enough blah blah. Download the demo and have fun! Let's go! Your kind and friendly Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/9f4a2612a858f974750d934a668f12ba7b9382e8.jpg Hey hey fellow platformers, Yes, that's right, it's us again. Sluggerfly. Your favourite platformer developers. And we have good news for you (once again): Assuming you live in beautiful London, why not stroll down to the Tobacco Dock and buy yourself a ticket to WASD? There are a bunch of nice games there, of course, but most of all you can play Hell Pie! Awesome, isn't it? And for all those who a) don't live in London and the surrounding areas or b) are currently on holiday there, the demo is also available here on Steam. Just click on the download button somewhere on the product page, download the demo, play it and you will have the fun of your life! Promise! And if that's not the case, we don't care! 😝 Nah, just kidding! As the release of Hell Pie is slowly but surely approaching , any feedback we can get from you out there is worth its weight in gold! Please leave your feedback in the Steam Community or join our Discord - looking forward to hear you thoughts and feedback on Hell Pie! At the Thunderful Publishing booth, you can also take a look at four other games that can also be played: LEGO Bricktales, Cursed to Golf, Tinkertown and Swordship. So, enough blah blah. Download the demo and have fun! Let's go! Your kind and friendly Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/9aa4848af13a960acc26aead90f11b438b52666e.jpg Hey hey fellow platformers, let's keep it short and simple: The Steam Next Fest last week was really a BLAST! It was so awesome to see so many of you beautiful people out there playing our filthy little demo. We received tons of cool feedback that will make it into Hell Pie till the release on ... Ha ha, gotcha! That's something we will keep up for later. 🤪 But kidding aside: We got so much great feedback on the Hell Pie demo that we decided to keep it live for another week. If you haven't tried the demo yet, don't worry, you still have the whole week to do so. But of course you can't get that for free! Do you think we are dumb or so?!? If you play the demo you have to put Hell Pie on your wishlist and follow it here on Steam!!! Deal? (Spoiler: If you don't do it, the demon of bad taste will come to visit you...) So think twice! Till then and take care everyone! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/d1d6f8474a1c19ebb299885ff0857e46ea512e6f.jpg Hey hey hellish platformers, we've just added a small update with fixes and improvements to our (close to perfect!) Hell Pie demo to make yours and Nate's live more comfortable:

• Fixed a bug that stuck the player when diying at the same moment the sewers boss died
• Fixed some minor level design issues
• Added some minor text corrections

And that's it. Quite the list, hm? Yeah, we are also very proud of ourselves! We are now chilling out again. After all, we've earned it. Game developement is a ******* tough business! You wouldn't believe... If you find any further bugs or problems in the Hell Pie demo, a) we are really proud of you and b) please tell us about it: Steam Community or our Discord channel - we don't care. Till then and take care everyone! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/4d9a98b23daef9347f80d460ac486359c672467a.jpg Good morning beloved friends of hellish platforming! Let's keep it short and simple: After the mind-blowing success of our Hell Pie stream yesterday, we thought, "Hey, let's do that again right away!". And that is exactly what we will do! So join us and enjoy our very second Steam Next Fest Stream of Hell Pie. And just so you all know when our second streaming binge starts: February 22nd, 11.00-11.45am CET/2.00-2.45am PT Oh, and if you want to chat with us a little bit - about whatever - then just drop by here in the Steam Community or on our Discord channel. We have cookies. And we're going to use them! See you there, friends. And again: Don't forget the umbrellas! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/7562855c37c6355b9171f4825cb036d62757e856.jpg Beloved friends of hellish platforming, With Hell Pie beeing part of the Steam Next Fest it's the deal to stream the game for all you players out there. So, if Steam wants us to put our ugly ... uh ... angelic faces in front of a camera, then of course we'll do it! And that's why you'll be able to enjoy the first Hell Pie stream on Steam. Please feel honored! And just so you all know when the ultimate streaming binge starts here on Steam: February 21st, 10.00-10.45pm CET/1.00-1.45pm PT That's right, that's today! And right again, it's not a long time away. We'd better start building a demo right now, otherwise we'll run out of time until tonight... (Just kidding, we are all set! I hope...) Well, let's find out together later! Of course we would be happy if you would watch us, Nate and Nugget swinging. But better prepare yourself, this will get filthy! See you later, friends. Don't forget the umbrellas! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/f19639b72fee7dd920937c571a3c9b08a9f3573d.jpg Busy greetings from the hellish backery! Did you know? Even Satan is celebrating his birthday. He really is! With a wild party, tons of presents and - of course - a HELLish birthday PIE! But this time everything gets a little hectic, because hell's chef has forgotten Satan's birthday. And that's where Nate and Nugget come in! Nate is the demon of bad taste and ey, the eighth deadly sin. Nugget is his "pet" angel, chained to Nate - and that is to be taken literally. So he can be used like a grappling hook or swung around as a weapon. Fun as hell, believe me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5yVFiLyxA But hey, why don't you try it out for yourself today? Because for the very first time, Hell Pie will be playable with a demo FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE today as part of Steam Next Fest! Get into Nates horns, grab Nugget's chain and learn what it means to be the Demon of Bad Taste! The demo is available from today 7pm CET/10am PT. First come, first serve! And hey, we are going to stream the demo today at the same time as well. See you in the stream. Or in the demo. Or at the kebab shop around the corner. Your decision! Till then and take care everyone! The Sluggerfly Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35809888/5dafd83d2b5f0b0d09e4d0c8c5ec1939d6534ba0.jpg Hey there friends! Unholy greetings from your favourite game dev Sluggerfly! Announcement of the day: We’ve collaborated with Thunderful Games to bring Hell Pie to the next level! In case that you don't know what we are talking about: Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the ‘Demon of Bad Taste’. He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie. To do so, Nate must venture out into the overworld and do whatever it takes to ensure those ingredients are secured in time, or there’ll be hell to pay! Hell Pie is coming to your favourite platform in 2022. So stay tuned for more hellish news to come! Unholy greetings out of the developer's basement! The Sluggerfly-Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/889910/Hell_Pie/