Below the Crown News

Welcome to the Future

[p]For the brave souls that want to be where the magic happens - hop into the FUTURE beta branch to see the latest! Keep in mind this may be unstable, but you can always revert to the default branch if you want stability 🙂 [/p][p][/p][p]Future Branch: v1.77[/p]

[p]2 more runes opened up[/p]
[p]Rook Wizard unblocked (we need to adjust the new "Escape" rooms)[/p]
[p]Mad Queen piece unblocked (we need to fix replay issues)[/p]
[p]Daily Challenges were inconsistent if statues were present[/p]
[p]Replay file was duplicating turns[/p]
[p]Warning for users on Steam Deck/Linux (letting them know not "officially" supported yet)[/p]
[p]New error dialog if we detect certain AI issues[/p]
[p]Linux/Steam Deck memory leak fixed and the apparently not :( - Note that we still don't "support" Linux, but this takes a step toward it [/p]
[p]AI updates: hopefully fixes some odd checkmate issues - please report any funny business!,[/p]
[p]Make choosing a Champion less confusing[/p]
[p]Training ground notification Icon when a new category is unlocked[/p]
[p]Demoting a piece could get you locked pieces (pieces which then have bugs we haven't fixed...)[/p]
[p]A hidden animation in plain site[/p]
[p]Lot's of AI & Replay bug fixes[/p]
[p]Misc Bug Fixes (snoooooze)[/p]

Below the Crown is an curious brew of chess and dungeon crawling out now

Out now in Early Access, from the minds that gave us the excellent Duskers, Below the Crown is a mixture of chess-like pieces and moves in a dungeon crawler.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/below-the-crown-is-an-curious-brew-of-chess-and-dungeon-crawling-out-now/

Below the Crown now in Early Access!

[p]After almost a decade since our last launch (Duskers) - Misfits Attic is super proud to launch Below the Crown into Early Access![/p][p][/p][p]We also made a new Update Video (below) showing all the new features that have been added since the demo. Speaking of which, we're now taking down the demo as we focus on updating the main game - so please join us over at the base game from now on :) And if you've played the playtest/demo and buy the game - please give us a review![/p][p][/p][p]We're launching with a large discount to say thank you to all of those in the community that have helped us get to this point. So proud of how far this game has come. Still so much to build and explore together![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

Final weekend before the demo goes away!

[p]This is the final weekend where the Below the Crown Demo will be available! [/p][p][/p][p]Below the Crown will launch into Early Access on Monday :) [/p]

Final (!) update before Steam Next Fest (v1.59 - Demo: default & future)

[p]Main Fixes: [/p]

[p]Resolution update AGAIN that should fix any issues when resetting your data,[/p]
[p]Sadly we've removed the Protect Upgrade and the Mimic Boss due to various bugs making them unstable for the demo - but they shall return in Early Access![/p]
[p]Cleaned up logs a bit to help slower machines[/p]