Next Up Hero

So you think you can slay all monsters and achieve eternal glory, do you? Bad news, hero. In the Spiral Rifts, we can only send one hero at a time to fight the Infinite Dirge. At some point, a flaming blue fireball, a mech mortar missile, or a giant spike of doom will hit you in the face, and you will die. Then the fun begins. When you die, you leave an echo of your hero on the battlefield. The next hero in line can resurrect your echo as an AI battle companion. Take turns continuing each other's games, fighting and dying with friends until you have a whole army of Echos at your side. Everyone dies. The heroes move on. Next Up Hero is a 2D action adventure game powered by Community Continue. Inspired by friends taking turns in the arcade to defeat unfairly difficult games, Next Up Hero is designed to make defeating a session a shared victory and more fun than playing alone. Choose from nine heroes with a selection of weapons and abilities to suit your play style, from swords and rocket launchers to laser turrets, bongo drums and boomerangs. This fall, heroes who do great deeds can participate in Champions Trials, a monthly competition where Digital Continue unleashes the toughest monsters they have on you. Community feedback was taken into account during the game's development. Starting with an exclusive closed beta on RTX this summer and moving to Steam Early Access in the fall, Digital Continue will incorporate community ideas to improve characters, gameplay, weapons, attacks and enemy types for the final game. Next Up Hero is the first game from Digital Continue, founded by Joe Tringali, co-founder of 5TH Cell, creators of Scribblenauts, Lock's Quest and Drawn to Life. Features Champions Trial (Early Access only) - Collect and spend Grand Tokens to gain access to the Champions Trial. These interconnected adventures are unique each month. Each Grand Token gets you a single game. So choose your character wisely and work with the community to solve puzzles, defeat challenging enemies, and unlock new rewards! Journal System - Create and track your own Mad Libs style achievements to earn Grand Tokens! Spotlight Sessions and Leaderboards - Compete with the community in daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards! Join a session with your favorite streamer or celebrity in VIP Sessions! Asynchronous Co-op Mode - Participate in an innovative co-operative play style, Community Continue, where defeating community sessions is a shared achievement and more fun than playing alone. Character Customization - Defeat enemies to gain their abilities, which you can then combine with the character of your choice to gain thousands of deadly pieces of equipment! Skill-based progression - Hunt down and defeat dozens of monsters to master their skills on your way to eternal glory!