Welcome to the Hyper Light Drifter Wiki!
Considered by its lead developer, Alex Preston, as a combination of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Diablo, Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D Action RPG developed by Heart Machine.
The game is an homage to 8-bit and 16-bit games of the late 20th century, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
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Be sure to check out the wikis for Solar Ash and Hyper Light Breaker, which are set in the same universe as Drifter.
Other Heart Machine games set in the same universe include Solar Ash and upcoming 2023 game Hyper Light Breaker. The latter takes place on the same planet, the World of Light, on a new land called the Overgrowth. Hyper Light Breaker releases in Early Access on Steam Spring 2023
- 28/06/2017 - NEW
- 'Controller Test' branch
- 28/06/2017 - NEW
- Controller Issues
- 26/06/2017
- 'Default' - Controller Support Tweak
- 26/06/2017
- 'Next Update' - Controller Support Tweak
- 08/05/2017
- 'Next Update' - Controller Support
- 23/11/2016
- Miscellaneous Fixes
- 02/11/2016
- Fast Collision
- 28/10/2016
- 'Next Update' - Mac and Linux 60FPS
- 27/10/2016
- 'Next Update' - Phantom Slash fix
- 25/10/2016
- 'Next Update' - Fast Collision
- 18/10/2016
- 'Next Update' - Framerates and Gearbits
- 12/10/2016
- 60FPS Release
- 10/10/2016
- More Sleuthing
- 08/10/2016
- Framerate Sleuthing
- 07/10/2016
- Fast Collision Beta
- 06/10/2016
- Hotfix Update
- 05/10/2016
- 'Next Update': More 60FPS beta fixes
- 29/09/2016
- 'Next Update': 60FPS beta fixes
- 27/09/2016
- The 60 fps Update - Smooth as Butter, Rushing Bosses
- 04/08/2016
- 'Next Update' live
- 15/07/2016
- 'Next Update' is live, some input and minor fixes
- 09/06/2016
- Multiple language support and some fixes in "next_update"!
- 20/05/2016
- Save File Beta
- 06/05/2016
- Co-op Update!
- 28/04/2016
- Local CO-OP Beta Available NOW
- 22/04/2016
- BETAS patch for 4.22.16
- 18/04/2016
- A new (small) patch is up now plus some thoughts on difficulty and balance
- 16/04/2016
- The Invincibility Patch
- 13/04/2016
- Patch: Once More With Feeling
- 09/04/2016
- Reverting back to 4/6 due to bug!
- 09/04/2016
- Patch: The Texturing Part 2 + Zaliska boost
- 07/04/2016
- The Texture Surprise Patch is now default/live!
- 06/04/2016
- The Texture Surprise Patch [BETA]
- 05/04/2016
- The Bullseye Patch [BETA]
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