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King Arthur roguelike Sworn is essentially co-op Hades, and I'm hooked

Following the huge success of Hades in 2020, we've seen lots of games attempt to follow in its mighty footsteps; even Supergiant has broken from its tradition of new ideas for a sequel. Sworn, meanwhile, takes the basic concepts and structure of one of the best roguelike games in recent years and lovingly adopts it to the fantasy realm of King Arthur's Camelot, creating something that feels at once reassuringly familiar and distinct enough to justify its existence. At Gamescom 2024, I sat down to check it out with game director Sam Leonard and art director Sean Evans of Windwalk Games, and came away ready to play a lot more.


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SWORN Next Fest Demo Livestream with Ebontis

We're streaming the SWORN Next Fest demo live! Come and check it out.

HOTFIX PATCH - SWORN DEMO v0.34.10

HOTFIX PATCH - SWORN DEMO v0.34.10

Bug fixes:
Fixed an issue where sometimes collecting all the rewards didn't open the door
Fixed some dash attacks not having a proper cooldown, and some attacks using your dodge charges
Fixed a bug with invisibility
Fixed some audio issues with certain sounds playing too loud (some still exist, we're working through them)
Fixed an bug where Coiled serpent's damage was lower than intended
Updated the movement control on some abilities
Fixed an issue where spamming interact allowed you to break different interactables
Fixed grail water heal and pillage blessing healing far more than intended
Added additional logs to help squash bugs we haven't pinned down yet
Updated the localization files

Note: We've noted a bug where if a player leaves the session during the reward collection phase, the game will not allow you to advance. Please be cautious when leaving other player's sessions.

Next Fest Speedrun Challenge

Welcome Squires! We are thrilled you have been enjoying the Steam Next Fest demo so far. We are very appreciative of all the love and support for SWORN in our community. Right now we are one of the top games in Steam Next Fest across all measures (wishlists, daily actives, and average playtime)! There is still lots to fix, but we are so glad you are enjoying SWORN and seeing the progress we have made since our announcement 2 months ago.

To celebrate this Demo, we are going to run a rewarding speedrun event for some of the most dedicated players in the community. Test your meddle and show us what you got. All event details are below!

[h3]PLAY THE DEMO[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763250/SWORN/

[h3]Solo Difficulty Rewards[/h3]
  • Difficulty I, Squire --- $500
  • Difficulty II, Knight --- $750
  • Difficulty III, Baron --- $1000
  • Difficulty IV, Duke --- $1250
  • Difficulty V, Sovereign --- $1500
The reward goes to the fastest time, but each difficulty reward must go to a different player.
Example: If you hold the fastest time for both D4 and D2, you will only receive the reward for D4. D2's reward will go to the second fastest time.

[h3]How To Enter[/h3]
Record a video of your Victory run and submit it to https://www.speedrun.com/Sworn

[h3]Requirements[/h3]
  • Make sure to submit for "1 Char," "Any%," and the correct difficulty on speedrun.com
  • Speedrun must be GLITCHLESS
  • Must contain the victory results screen at the end of the run
  • Please do your best to include game audio


[h3]PLAY THE DEMO[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763250/SWORN?snr=1_614_615_nextfest_100715

Play the SWORN Next Fest Demo!



Hello everyone!

[h3]Camelot’s gates have reopened for everyone! You and your friends can play SWORN - as part of Steam Next Fest![/h3]

Check out the Next Fest Demo Trailer
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Tons of new content is available and we can’t wait to hear your feedback.

[h3]Open Playtest content[/h3]

  • Biome 2 - Cornwall Township
  • Weapon Blessings
  • Weapon Meta Progression
  • 5 Difficulty Modes
  • End of run scoreboard
  • Upgraded SFX
  • Upgraded VFX






Please join us on Discord to stay updated, and engage with our community and our developers! We have dedicated feedback channels so we can learn from your in-game experience and gather insight to improve SWORN.

Any and all feedback, including bug reports and stability reports are very much appreciated during this play test!

[h3]Help us WIN Next Fest! ✊[/h3]



Thanks for reading. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

[h3]PLAY THE DEMO[/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1763250/SWORN/