For those of you who yearn to dash and tear your way through demons at a record pace, we’ve added a Speedrun Mode. Unleash your inner run-and-gunslinger and take on each of the Guardians in their own gauntlet. Challenge your friends or even the entire Scathe Discord community to speedrun competitions. Do you have what it takes to set a new record time?


If you’re looking for a more zen experience as you battle your way through the legions of the damned, we’ve added an Arcade Mode, a stripped back version of Scathe where all you need to do is focus on killing as many enemies as possible to pump up your score. Keep your trigger finger itchy and your legs moving to snag that top score!






Weapon of Choice - You can now start your game with every weapon and every spell available thanks to our All Weapons modifier. Cut out the search time and blast IN to your enemies with a full arsenal.

Can’t Touch Me - Enjoy feeling untouchable with the Invincibility modifier. Now you can slice your way through demons without fear!

Demonize with Demon Eyes - Tear through your enemies like paper with the Constant Demon Mode modifier.

Live Fast, Die Never - You can forget about checkpoints and collecting extra lives with the Infinite Lives modifier. Toggle this on and you’ll just respawn wherever you were when you died.

The More, the Murderier - Select the Demon Overload modifier and get ready for the challenge of your (probably quite short) life. Think of it as Scathe: Now With MORE Demons!

PandAMMOnium - Forget about ammo pickups and shoot to your heart’s content with the Infinite Ammo modifier.

• Dash killing demons will now provide a small health gain.
  
• The Hell Hammer will now vent off a little bit of steam after every clip to provide a break in firing (and give it a much needed break).
  
• Brand new firing audio for the Hell Hammer - bringing more boom to the room!
  
• Head bob now defaults to zero for a more retro feel.
  
• Landing a headshot will now provide you with some extra ammo as a well-earned reward.
  
• AI spawn rates and timeouts have been improved in barrier sections.
  
• Fleshies and other ball-type enemies now drop ammo on death.
  
• Collision has been removed on multiple props in zones for a smoother movement experience.
  
• A bridge has been added to Oxide’s zone to help prevent players from falling into lava.

• Swarm AI no longer stops moving if only one section of it remains.
  
• Huge improvements to AI spawning so they don’t spawn too close. This excludes arenas and barrier sections.
  
• Toned down the joypad vibration when fighting the enemy Sledge.
  
• Fixed multiple areas where AI could become stuck.
  
• Misaligned walls in three zones have been correctly aligned.
  
• Fixed bridges that would fail to descend correctly when all Demons were eliminated.
  
• Fixed the issue where the joypad prompt would remain static on the screen after losing your last life and disconnecting.
  
• Jitters should no longer submerge into the ground in a specific zone after spawning.

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First of all, we’ve added some major new functionality to improve performance and help make your journey through the infernal labyrinth that much easier!


Whether you’re using an Intel GPU or not, this new technology will upscale performance without sacrificing image quality, so you can enjoy the underworld at high speed and in high resolution 😈


Take Control - Lots of added controller support, so you never have to put that controller down again!

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Hit point markers have been set in better locations above/around enemies for improved visibility.

Slide to the Left - Sliders in the gameplay settings are now smooth.

Look at Me! - Visual highlights have now been added for any unread items in the gameplay menu.

Cutting Back - Cutscene files sizes have been reduced to improve performance on less powerful PCs.

• The Warlock not saving into the Wiki after being discovered;
  
• The ‘Open the Map’ objective completing when you go into the pause menu instead;
  
• The Total Time not increasing when you exit a zone after you’ve passed the 10-hour mark;
  
• Various Windows Key combos that have now been disabled due to them causing issues;
  
• The controller sometimes being unable to reconnect after disconnecting;
  
• The game freezing sometimes after changing controller bindings;
  
• Issues caused by repeatedly pressing the F11 key;
  
• A soft lock caused when players press the [ESC] key on the Keybinding or Filters menu when it persists on screen after a zone transition;
  
• Inability to navigate through the main menu options after clicking the ‘OK’ button displayed in the ‘Lost Connection to Host’ pop-up;
  
• A soft lock caused by holding the [ESC] key and clicking on ‘Settings’ during gameplay;
  
• The host getting stuck on a black screen after initiating Fast Travel and then repeatedly pressing the [ESC] key to try and cancel it;
  
• Significant pauses between each piece of dialogue in the intro cutscene;
  
• A noninteractive black screen occasionally displaying for 10-15 seconds when starting a new game;
  
• The game crashing after repeatedly pressing the ‘Reset’ button in the ‘Revert Changes’ warning pop-up;
  
• The end sequence prompts failing to disappear after bringing up the map between the cutscene and start of gameplay;
  
• A soft lock caused by repeatedly pressing the [M] key when the ending prompts are displayed;
  
• The map option still being accessible during the intro and ending cutscenes;
  
• The incorrect zone map being displayed during the final cutscene;
  
• A map from a different save slot sometimes being displayed when accessing the map during the intro cutscene;
  
• The enemy Shock Sledge climbing onto and covering the Demon Mode pickup;
  
• The placeholder text ‘Notify Headline’ being displayed when encountering a Demon Mode pickup;
  
• Players being able to fast-travel during combat against the Guardians, Minibosses, and in Arena zones;
  
• The Hellstone icon appearing greyed out in the World Map;
  
• The misspelling of the word ‘Attacks’ in the ‘Dash’ Wiki;
  
• The ‘Summon’ Dark Magic spell being incorrectly listed as being named ‘Friendly’;
  
• The eyes UI during the Chaos bossfight not updating properly during gameplay;
  
• A soft lock caused by repeatedly pressing the [O] and

  keys;
  

• The World Map disappearing after navigating to it from Nature zones;
  
• The game occasionally crashing when clients in a multiplayer game brought up the Pause Menu;
  
• A black screen appearing after repeatedly pressing the [ESC] key while fast travelling from the entrance zone;
  
• Menu options greying out after double tapping the [ESC] key during the exit warning pop-up;
  
• A soft lock caused by double tapping the [ESC] key during the exit warning pop-up;
  
• Chains disappearing from the Mini-Boss zones of the World Map after the Mini-Boss has been defeated;
  
• The ‘Revert Changes’ pop-up remaining on the screen while navigating through the options using a keyboard;
  
• Players being unable to navigate the sub-menus of settings with a controller in the Pause Menu;
  
• Players being unable to access the ‘Back’ and ‘Revert’ options in the key binding menu using a controller;
  
• The game not taking any inputs after adjusting the Master Volume in the main menu using a joystick on a controller;
  
• A soft lock caused by attempting to return to gameplay and selecting any setting/sub-setting option at the same time on a controller;
  
• Loss of focus after using the Fast Travel pop-up and then cancelling it using a controller;
  
• The World Map briefly popping up before reverting to the Zone Map when the map is selected;
  
• A soft lock caused by repeatedly pressing the [M] key when the ending prompts are displayed;
  
• Players being unable to select the zone using the controller or the keyboard in the World Map when a controller is plugged in;
  
• Incorrect Zone IDs being displayed for the ‘Beat the Time’ objective in the Zone next to the Oxide boss fight;
  
• Unexplored zones being unlocked automatically in the World Map after using Fast Travel.
  
• Thank you once again to all of the community members who submitted bug reports and provided suggestions for this patch!

With all of those pesky bugs out of the way, you’re now free to keep on slaying 🤘




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In honor of the spooky season and in celebration of our free Guiding Light update, we're offering an exclusive one-week limited discount on Scathe, so there's never been a better time to go straight to bullet Hell 🤘


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Challenge yourself with our brutal singleplayer campaign or treat your squad to a gorefest they'll never forget with our 4-player drop-in/drop-out co-op 🩸






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Before we discuss what changes we’ve made, we’d like to thank everyone who took the time to provide feedback on Scathe via Steam reviews, our Steam forum, and our Discord. All of the quality of life changes we’ve made in this update were based on this community feedback, so we couldn’t have done it without you 🤘

Below, you’ll find our guide to all of the changes we’ve made to the game, along with a list of bugs that we’ve squashed along the way 🐛





Want to know what gore-splattered secrets and explosive weapons await you in the infernal labyrinth?

We’ve updated our map system so that zones containing Dark Magic spells, new weapons, and bosses will be signposted on the World Map using new icons 🌎

Zones you’ve already visited will contain information about how many runes you’ve collected, what weapon you picked up there, what spell you picked up there, and your overall percentage completion for that zone.

We’ve also added a zone map, so you can see clearly where you are in each zone, how many possible exits there are, and how you’ll need to navigate through the zone if you want to reach one of them 🗺️






We want you to have the smoothest possible trip through Hell, so we’ve added fast travel to Scathe 🏃

This means you won’t have to backtrack through zones if you need to pick up runes, find spells, or simply enjoy a blood-splattered romp through a zone you particularly enjoy 🩸

All you need to do is click on a zone you’ve already visited and it will give you the option to fast travel there. If the zone has multiple entrances/exits, you’ll be placed at the entrance where you originally entered the zone, so you can replay your past glory.




Every zone now comes with a banner that contains a list of objectives, which will help guide you on your journey through the fiery depths of the underworld 🔥

These objectives will encourage you to find a certain number of runes in each zone, point you in the direction of exits that lead to weapons/spells/bosses, and much more. As you accomplish each objective, it will be marked off of the checklist, for that extra sense of demonic achievement!

If you want a real challenge, there is also a speedrun time set for each zone, so get those running shoes on 💨






We’ve fleshed out our tutorial system to include more in-depth information on how to use new weapons, Dark Magic spells, and Demon Mode 🔮

Much like the Demon Compendium, you can access this information at any time in the main menu, so all of that demon-slaying knowledge is at your fingertips!

Prompts for the face wipe and dash will now no longer be in the sidebar like the tutorials, but will instead be a stronger prompt in the middle of the screen.


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• Voiceovers and subtitles going missing during gameplay;
  
• The host and client both being able to drop out of the world in a certain special door within Zone 34;
  
• The host and client being able to escape the world yet again through the Guardian Doors for Scourge and Chaos;
  
• The achievements “Such Sin” and “Scathe Too” not triggering properly when completed;
  
• Game occasionally crashing for one or multiple clients during co-op games after all lives were lost;
  
• Too many Scuttlers spawning during the fight with Scourge, causing FPS drops;
  
• Walls in Zone 28 appearing to be misaligned with the floor;
  
• A pillar in Zone 47 appearing to be misaligned with the environment.

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We also noticed there were a few extra bugs in the infernal labyrinth than we had initially planned, so we’ve gone around with our handy fly swatter (and a flamethrower, for back-up) to squash all of those unwanted bugs 🐛

Thank you so much to all of the community members who submitted bug reports. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without you!

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The Big Boss - The health of all bosses has been reduced.

It’s Ball or Nothing - The health of all ball-type enemies (Fleshies, Swampies, Pinballs, Industriballs, and Invisiballs) has been reduced.

Fly, My Pretties! - Demon squishy bits travel further and look better when performing a dash kill.

Ammo Let You Finish - The number of ammo pick-ups in each zone has been increased and the amount of ammo each weapon can hold has been increased!

Weapon of Choice - You will no longer encounter ammo pick-ups for weapons you haven’t discovered.

Reap What You Sow - An updated model for the Reaper demon has been added.

The Divine Interrupter - The voiceover from the Divine Creator and Sacrilegious can now be enabled/disabled in the Audio Settings.

Stop, Hell Hammer Time - The total game time stat has now been added to the pause menu.

Filter Friendly - All filters will now be unlocked for new users.

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Weapon Wheel of Misfortune - The bug with the client’s weapon wheel during co-op games has been fixed, so your friends (and fellow enforcers) can rest easy knowing they can now switch between their weapons with impunity.

Hokus Bogus - Clients were sometimes unable to use spells during co-op games.

Music to Our Ears - The bug where the music would stop after various pick-ups or when the Demon Mode spell was used has been resolved, so you can rock out without fear of losing your demon-slaying groove.

Divine Resolution - Scathe now supports ultrawide resolution! We’ve added the new resolution to the menu settings.

Limitless - The Health and Magic Bar would reset after transitioning to new or previous zones during co-op games.

Get the Boot - Client’s ID would sometimes fail to update instantly after kicking a player out from a co-op game.

Where’s that Warlock - The Warlock mini-boss would sometimes get stuck too high up in the zone.

My Eyes! - The excessive brightness of the lava has been toned down on low graphical settings.

Quoth the Raven - The Raven (Magic Gun) would sometimes disappear after the player lost a life.

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• The incorrect number of lives being displayed for clients during co-op games;
  
• The incorrect amount of ammo being displayed for clients during co-op games;
  
• The Magic Bar failing to deplete for the client when using the Raven;
  
• The hanging corpses in the environment showing metal impacts when shot instead of fleshy impacts;
  
• The Magic Ring sometimes failing to appear for the client after they rejoined an ongoing co-op session;
  
• The game reverting back to the Raven instead of the Magic Ring after transitioning between zones;
  
• The Magic Bar continuing to deplete after casting the Freeze spell and while the spell was still active;
  
• Sledge and Shock Sledge enemies disappearing completely after a player loses a life;
  
• Razorback enemies becoming stuck after an arena had been cleared;
  
• Overlapping text in the name and demon information box for the Grenadier Reaper enemy;
  
• The inconsistency in the Ripper weapon pick-up animation if the player is holding the Raven;
  
• Players sometimes taking damage after walking over the corpses of Winnowers during the mini-boss fight;
  
• Demons being able to walk through a barrier in Zone 11;
  
• The “Checking Privileges” pop-up lacking functionality with keyboard and controller;
  
• The secret door in Zone 42 not closing properly after being triggered;
  
• Shadow Demons have now been moved so they spawn in more appropriate locations/zones;
  
• The Prism enemies now only spawn one at a time, since we discovered they lack collision with one another;
  
• Extra spawns from Zone 7 have been removed;
  
• The difficulty of Zone 24 has been scaled down to match other zones.

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Now that we’ve dispatched all of those pesky bugs, we’ll be focusing all of our attention on our upcoming update!

We’ve been taking on all of your awesome community feedback and have compiled a list of more quality of life changes we will implement into Scathe based on your feedback. We’ll be releasing an announcement shortly with more details on what will be included in that first update.

For now, keep on slaying 🤘


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Then join us for our epic streaming event, known as the Seven Days of Streamers 🤘





Every day, from September 1st until September 6th, Kwalee Gaming will be hosting a variety of awesome streamers on their Twitch channel, who are all hoping to battle their way out of the infernal labyrinth in Scathe 🔥

We'll be giving away a free copy of Scathe during EVERY livestream, so be sure to join live for a chance to win 😱


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Before you grab that Hell Hammer and get to work crushing legions of demons, we’ve prepared this handy guide on how to make the most of your trip to the underworld.



Scathe is set within an infernal labyrinth so, as you travel through each zone, you’ll be faced with multiple possible exits and different branching paths to follow. You’ll encounter different weapons, enemies, biomes, spells, and bosses at different times depending on the route you take, so every playthrough is a hellishly fresh experience!



Keep in mind that this isn’t just Hell; it’s Bullet Hell!

To survive in Scathe, you’ll have to master the art of dodging deadly projectiles and explosive enemies at every turn. If you find yourself dying far more often than you’d like, why not recruit a few of your friends to help? Scathe features up to 4-player drop-in/drop-out online co-op, so you can get assistance whenever and wherever you need it. As the old saying goes, friends who slay together stay together!



Now on to the important question: How do you maximise your killing potential?

Alongside a hefty arsenal of guns, flamethrowers, and crossbows that shoot circular saws, you’ll want to scour the maze in search of the ancient relics left behind by the Fallen Mages. These relics contain potent spells known as Dark Magic, which will allow you to summon friendly aid, freeze your enemies in their tracks, and much more.

If you’re playing in co-op mode, spells such as Heal and Demon Mode will affect your whole party whenever you cast them. After all, sharing is caring!




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Alongside your arsenal of explosive weapons, you’ll wield powerful spells in Scathe to protect yourself or brutally dispatch your enemies 💀

But how do you use them?

In this announcement, we’ll be taking a closer look at how the Dark Magic mechanic works and how you can use it to maximise your demon-slaying potential 😈


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In order to channel the dark arts, you first need to gather energy to power them, but a couple of batteries isn’t going to cut it. To really make the magic happen, you’ll need to gather the souls of demons by, you guessed it, killing them!

As you collect these souls, you’ll notice that the purple bar located in the bottom left hand corner of the screen will start filling up. How many souls you need will depend on which spell you want to use, with more powerful spells understandably requiring more souls.

So where do I find these spells in the first place?

We’re not going to give away their secret locations, but we’d recommend keeping an eye out for the corpses of Fallen Mages 👀





We don’t want to spoil too much of the fun, so we’ll only mention a couple of examples here to give you an idea of how potent Dark Magic can be 🔮

If you’re struggling to dodge a storm of bullets and you find yourself full of more holes than usual, the Heal spell can be the ideal way to even up the balance. Take out a few demons, endure a few minor gunshot wounds, use their souls to cast Heal on yourself, and rejoin the fray. If you’re playing online co-op and you’re feeling particularly generous, you can even cast Heal on your allies!



Looking for something a bit more offensive?

Freeze will allow you to stop your enemies in their tracks, giving you a chance to line up your headshots and pick them off one by one. As the old saying goes, revenge is a dish best served cold ❄️





The Fallen Mages represent one of the most formidable demons in the underworld. They wield untold magical power and are able to teleport between sections of the infernal labyrinth at will. Many are the enforcers who have encountered them and met a painful end.

Before their death, some of these Fallen Mages trapped fragments of their knowledge within ancient relics. Find these relics and feel their arcane wisdom flow through you in the form of Dark Magic.







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That’s why we’re excited to announce that Scathe will be taking part in Yogscast’s Tiny Teams 🔥

Tiny Teams is an event designed to spotlight indie games that have a solo or micro developer team and prove that size doesn’t matter when it comes to creating incredible games 🎮

Scathe will be featured as part of the action-packed livestream on the Yogscast Twitch channel, so tune in live and you’ll get the chance to see some exclusive gameplay 👀






That’s because Scathe is being developed by a micro team of just 3 people!

Damage State is made up of programmer Chris, and artists Tim and Manuel. We all previously worked in the triple A industry and together we have over 40 years of combined experience in game development. What started out as a passion project between the three of us has now evolved into a glorious beast that we’ll be unleashing into the world on August 31st 2022 😈


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Then look no further!

The Bow Blade is a devilishly deadly combination of a crossbow and a disc launcher.

Its primary fire sends out a single powerful shot that can kill most demons in one hit while its secondary fire has been “cooked up” so that it bounces and explodes 3 times, meaning you can deal a scalding blow to up to three targets 🔥









According to legend, each disc of the Bow Blade was handcrafted by the Divine Creator themself, as only they had the sacred power and knowledge required to forge a blade with an edge sharp enough to slice through the skin of demons. This is said to be the reason why ammo for the Bow Blade is so scarce and highly prized among enforcers.


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