Shady Knight News

Hi everyone,
Here are the most important changes in the latest build:

[h3]Reworked Levels: Warding Flame & Burning Air
[/h3]Due to the abnormal difficulty spike. The introduction of fire shields was ridiculously brutal and even misleading as not only Fire can break them!

• Added more hints on how to play with fire.
  
• Tweaked layouts to give more space to fight with enemies.
  
• Adjusted platforming bits to keep the flow.
  
• More options for fire strikes (Fire Pots, Braziers).
  

I hope the new versions are more in line with the previous towers and finally fun to master!

[h3]The Grappling Range for Grappling Points has been increased significantly.
[/h3]Moments where you can barely reach the point even in a jump aren't very shady.
I want you to have more opportunities for epic comebacks from a fall or in the midst of action.

[h3]Other Improvements
[/h3]

• Improved placement of the hint glyphs for new players.
  
• Reduced the slow-mo effect when taking damage. The old value felt too disruptive, the slow motion is just there to give you a moment to decide what you're going to do when you're vulnerable.
  
• Added a hint to the bonus levels to make the rules clearer.
  
• Added more fall checkpoints in the second half of the game.
  
• Added grappling points to arenas to give a chance of instant redemption.
  
• Hubris' final arena exit platform improved.
  

+ some other tiny things I probably forget to mention.

Thank you so much for playing, leaving feedback and for your amazing reviews!
I’ll keep improving the experience.

Yours,
cptnsigh

Quick fixes

• Invisible mouse sensitivity options on high resolutions.
  
• Bug with rebinded 'a', spotted while using azerty keyboard layout.
  
• New hint for the second ring on Blessed Ones
  
• New hint before in Nexus before Wrath
  
• Missing checkpoints on Carcass.
  

Almost six years since my very first shady prototype, made for the 7DFPS 2018 challenge!

Thanks to all of you who played my demos or even remember the original prototype.
It's been a long journey, but this is just the beginning!

[h2]Please leave a review![/h2]
It is very important right now. Especially if you like the game! : )
The number of reviews shows Steam that the game deserves attention.

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[h2]What's next[/h2]
I'm always here for your feedback
I will continue to work on the game, improving it, fixing bugs and preparing new updates.

Localisation
Shady will be translated into the most popular languages according to my wishlist statistics.

Updates
(After recharging my battery!) More content, maybe new mechanics ;)
A lot of ideas didn't make it into the release version, but I intend to revisit them and implement the best ones.




I'm both excited and scared! I really want to see your reactions, read your feedback, watch your playthroughs and speedruns. So let's have some fun in this new shady chapter!

Yours,
cptnsigh

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This is finally happening!


[h3]Steam Deck
[/h3]Shady Knight has been officially verified for Steam Deck! This means it has full controller support, readable UI's and hopefully runs well!

[h3]The demo is dead, long live the demo[/h3]
Just a small heads up that the current demo no longer represents the final quality and it will be taken down before release. If you haven't played it, you still have a few days to try it, just keep in mind that it's 1.5 years old! And no worries, There's a new demo and it will be available shortly after the release. Read more in this post.

[h3]The Release
[/h3]I tried my best to deliver the game by the end of September to keep my Q3 promise (I almost made it!), but testing and polishing took more time than I expected. There are always so many things to improve, but I really want to start a new chapter in this long ...long development.

I have plans for some exciting and free updates, and I will continue to work on the game after the release, but this time I hope to shape the future of Shady Knight with you.

I will meet you on the other side, Knight
cptnsigh