![]() Avoid being seen, heard or getting caught indirectly. STAY HIDDEN - Pick your assassinations carefully.MOVE FREELY - Sneak and explore around the dark and gritty medieval province and use the environment to your advantage - use your rope to grapple onto rooftops, silently drop from ceilings, or veil yourself in the shadows.The release announcement trailer showcases the game and its physics-based world and the emotional story: To kill or not to kill - that is the question. Will Shadwen risk the girl’s budding trust by resorting to violence, or try and find another way while keeping her real purpose concealed? She follows Shadwen on her dangerous journey, but when the ruthless guards get too close, Shadwen must take action right in front of Lily’s eyes. Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with an orphaned girl, Lily. ![]() Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight! On PC it will be $14.55 / 14.55 € or less, and the regular price once the launch discount is over will be $16.99 / 16.99 € across all platforms and stores.Ībout Shadwen Shadwen is a stealth- action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. The launch price of the game will vary slightly based on platforms and stores and their pricing policies. The initial launch platforms include Linux, Mac, PS4 and Windows PC. If you do find some aspects of the game that either don't work or annoy you to no end make sure to report that to Frozenbyte so that the issue can hopefully be ironed out by the time Shadwen officially releases.Finnish game developer Frozenbyte is happy to confirm May 17th as the release date for its upcoming stealth-action game Shadwen (official website at ). The two things that set Shadwen apart from most other stealth games are the use of actual physics (which includes dropping stuff on guards to knock them out or outright kill) as well as the fact that time completely stops while you're standing still thus allowing you to carefully plan your moves.īefore you jump in to the demo just bear in mind that Shadwen is still in an early state of development and as such it might be a bit rough around the edges. If you don't know anything about Shadwen but feel like joining the festivities anyway, its best described as a return to the stealth games of old with brutal enemies, tricky levels and plenty of tools at your disposal. With the entire event ending on Monday, February 29th at 18:00 GMT I have a feeling we might be able to push it in to sub $20 range, especially if some of the more dedicated gamers out there get on the case.įinally, if you consider yourself lucky you can share your most interesting screenshots, videos or other nifty creations with the #FromTheShadows hashtag for a chance to win some Frozenbyte & Shadwen themed swag.īeautiful skyboxes are always a nice addition You can follow the progress on Frozenbyte's website but if you're feeling a bit on the lazy side the current price is set at $32,22. How it works is simple: the higher the community score, the lower the launch price of Shadwen will be. ![]() A number that sounds insignificant until you remember how many people there are out there. Each of your playthroughs will contribute towards the community score so feel free to speedrun Shadwen to your hearts content if you feel like reducing the price by a couple of fractions of a cent. Here's the trailer and information on how this whole event works:įirst of all you will need to download the demo from Shadwen's Steam store page. The trick is that each playthrough of the demo helps reduce the final price of Shadwen, which in other words means the developers get some lovely exposure and we as the players get a discount, a win-win in my eyes. Which is why I'm incredibly happy that they are so confident in their upcoming stealth game Shadwen that they're not only willing to release a demo of it but are making it a community event. They might not always pan out, as is the case with Trine 3, but you can always be assured that they tried their very best. ![]() The folks over at Frozenbyte are some of my favorite indie developers, consistently delivering on visually beautiful and interesting games. ![]()
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