Desktop Halfpipe

Desktop Halfpipe is an interactive desktop companion that transforms the bottom of your screen into a living action sports playground.

Ride while you work, browse, or take a break. Launch tricks, build combos, chase high scores, and customize your environment as your desktop changes through the seasons.

Choose your style and hit the ramp as a:

- Skateboarder

- Inline skater

- BMX rider

- Scooter rider

- Snowboarder

- Skier

This is not a traditional skateboarding game — there are no careers, levels, or story modes. It’s a lightweight desktop toy designed for quick sessions, background vibes, and satisfying moments throughout your day.

Ride & score

- Steer across the halfpipe with ← → or A / D

- Launch into the air and type letters and numbers to land tricks

- Build combos, maintain streaks, and chase your highest score

- Perform ground tricks like ollies (O) and kickflips (K)

- Master different riders and find your favorite way to ride

Four seasons, two worlds of riding

Change the weather to set the vibe for your desktop skate spot:

- Experience all four seasons — spring, summer, autumn, and winter

- Ride traditional ramps and snowy terrain

- Switch between warm-weather sessions and winter action sports

- Customize the atmosphere with rain, snow, fireflies, and more

Make it yours

Customize your personal desktop riding spot from the system tray:

- Change riders, weather, trees, speed, pipe size, and more

- Choose between different ramp environments and seasonal settings

- Enable Idle Mode for a rider that skates automatically

- Adjust opacity to blend with your wallpaper

- Mute visual effects when you want a calmer setup

- Pick your UI language at install or anytime from the tray (English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

Built for your desktop

- Silent by design — no music or sound effects, so it fits anywhere

- Private — your settings and high scores stay on your PC with no online tracking

- Easy to hide — press Ctrl+Shift+0 or use the tray menu when you need your screen back

- Quick to learn — a short first-launch tutorial gets you rolling, and full controls are always available from the tray

- Windows desktop companion (system tray)

Twitch chat tricks (beta)

Let your stream chat queue tricks while you ride:

• Connect your Twitch account from the system tray (Tray → Twitch)
• Viewers use chat commands like !kickflip, !combo, and !word
• Optional on-screen command legend for your audience (Ctrl+Shift+L) — drag it wherever it reads best on stream
• Rate limits and who-can-play filters (everyone / subs / mods)
• Idle Mode recommended so the rider keeps moving while chat plays along

This is an early beta. Expect rough edges — feedback welcome in the comments.

Support

Found a bug or something not working correctly?

Leave a comment on this itch page. If something breaks, open:

Tray Menu → Open Logs Folder

and attach the log files when reporting an issue.

Grab your board. Hit the ramp. Enjoy the grind.