We can imagine just about anyone has had at least one experience of riding a bike down a steep slope and either reveling in the sense of achievement stemming from the thrill, or flying over the handlebars and feeling like they've just cheated death. Harness that adrenaline, however, and one might eventually reach the Descenders level of speed.
In development by No More Robots and RageSquid, Descenders is billed as a procedurally generated free-riding experience that looks to pair the thrill of SSX with the slapstick comedy of the Trials series.
Essentially meaning that no two runs down any one stage are ever the same, the way Descenders builds a stage on the fly means there's little room for a 'practice makes perfect' mentality here. You can exercise your understand of how your bike handled, but you'll never be able to run a track blindfolded on sheer muscle memory alone.
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Running across a persistent online experience, each player picks a community team to ride for, with each death-defying stunt earning points for the team that can - and will - be scratched off with each faceplant. Team up to practice together through the Overworld, or head off to watch other players risk life and limb.
While specific platforms aren't mentioned in full, the Steam release is confirmed with a beta opportunity arising later in the year for those who join the discussion on the game's new Discord channel.
