Songs Of Silence News

We are live on Kickstarter! Today, we launched our crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter - offering fans a unique opportunity to be part of the development for a stunning indie classic in the making, providing exclusive rewards and a chance to be immortalized in the game itself!

Go pledge today and be a part of the history of Songs of Silence - as well as getting an early bird discount on the game itself. You’ll also find an exclusive art book, a vinyl pressing of the game’s OST and more! This campaign will help us to polish Songs of Silence to the lustrous sheen we’ve always dreamed of - every pledge makes a difference.
To go along with the launch, we’ve also updated the free demo here on Steam. See the patch notes below.



Campaign Map 01:

• Update Campaign Map 01 with new balancing, dialogs and gameplay improvements.
  
• New intro sequences - incl. option to skip.
  
• New tutorial giving guidance in Campaign Map 01.
  
• New starting combat skill for Lorelei.
  

Skirmish:

• Skirmish available from the start.
  
• Faction "1000 kingdoms" available including many new heroes, units and locations.
  
• Reworked unit, hero and card balancing of "1000 kingdoms".
  
• New skirmish map available.
  
• Full iteration on skirmish map balancing.
  
• Strong AI improvements for the skirmish maps specifically.
  

General Improvements:

• New main menu with additional settings.
  
• Improvements to performance and stability.
  
• Improved movement system: you can now move through your own units and cities.
  
• Improved UI to highlight information more easily and make tooltips more accessible.
  
• Changed morale system: enemy armies to not flee the battle anymore. You can now defeat them in one go.
  
• Lots of polishing, bug fixing and smaller details.
  

You can find our campaign here:



Cheers,
Your Chimera Entertainment Team

Hello, everyone!

We’re thrilled to announce that Songs of Silence will be launching into Early Access on May 23rd! This is your chance to get a first look at a lot of new content, and help us shape the future of the game with your feedback.

This will be almost a whole month after the end of our Kickstarter campaign, which starts on March 26th. Of course all backers of a tier which includes a copy of the game on Steam will have access to Songs of Silence in Early Access.

If you haven’t yet followed our Kickstarter campaign be sure to hit the “Notify Me” button to stay up to date with all of our news, and secure some exclusive goodies only available during the campaign.



Early Access - What to Expect:

• Exclusive Early Access to new content, well ahead of the full release
  
• Be part of the development by providing valuable insights and suggestions
  
• Frequent updates based on your feedback
  
• Release Date: May 23rd
  
• for more info see Early Access FAQ on our Steam page
  

Join us on this exciting journey to bring our vision for Songs of Silence to life. Your support and input are crucial to us, and we can’t wait to see you in-game!

Cheers,
your Chimera Entertainment Team

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Hi all - we have an important update regarding our Steam demo! 🧑‍🏫
Tomorrow morning (at 10AM CET) we’re going to be deactivating the current public demo on Steam in order to update it with a new and improved version, which will go live on March 26th. This demo will also be 100% free, available until launch, and will feature several improvements over the previous build, mostly focused on Skirmish mode and enemy AI, but also with several bug fixes and QoL updates. 🎉
What does this mean for me?
If you’ve already downloaded and installed the demo, you’ll still be able to play it outside Steam even while we upload the new one. Once the new version is uploaded, you can update your version via Steam and enjoy the new content! If you don’t have it downloaded, you can grab it and install it still today before it’s delisted and keep that version to play until the new demo goes live on March 26th.
Will we update the Demo on other platforms?
Yes! The Demo will be uploaded on other platforms as well!
What’s in the new version?

Campaign Map 01:

• Updated Campaign Map 01 with new balancing, dialogs and gameplay improvements
  
• New intro sequences - incl. option to skip
  
• New tutorial giving guidance in Campaign Map 01
  
• New starting combat skill for Lorelei
  

Skirmish:

• Skirmish available from the start
  
• Faction "1000 kingdoms" available including many new heroes, units and locations.
  
• Reworked unit, hero and card balancing of "1000 kingdoms"
  
• New skirmish map available
  
• Full iteration on skirmish map balancing
  
• Strong AI improvements for the skirmish maps specifically
  

General Improvements:

• New main menu with additional settings
  
• Improvements to performance and stability
  
• Improved movement system: you can now move through your own units and cities
  
• Improved UI to highlight information more easily and make tooltips more accessible
  
• Changed morale system: enemy armies to not flee the battle anymore. You can now defeat them in one go.
  
• Lots of polishing, bugfixing and smaller details
  
• The formatting/emoji shortcuts should work
  

Cheers!
Ilcin & the Chimera team

That's 1000 of you folks waiting, playing, sharing - excitedly! Many of you while playing our Demo or chatting on our Discord!



With this milestone hit, we want to say thank you! So, THANK YOU!
In celebration of having 1000 Kickstarter followers, we're hosting another giveaway on our Discord Server! So join here for a chance to grab more beta-keys 👉https://discord.gg/NgPYuz8U


Who knows what we will have for you when we hit 2000? 👀 Let's find out! Pre-register now to get notified when the Kickstarter launches!

👉https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chimeraent/songs-of-silence






Lots of love 🫶
Ilcin & the Chimera Team!

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Songs of Silence won the award for the Best Playable Upcoming Game at the Digital Vikings awards show at DevGamm in Gdansk last night!

We knew it, you knew it, but now it’s official – we’re the best! And we got an amazing trophy to show it off. Massive thanks to the organizers and the jury.



The award ceremony was held last night (February 28th) at an evening event after the DevGamm show in Gdansk. Chimera team members Krzystof Jasiulewicz and Olek Trępała were there in person to collect the award. You can watch the recording of the award ceremony here

Thank you so much for your support, passion and all the feedback you have given us, which made this award possible!🥳



Songs of Silence is upcoming indeed, with our Kickstarter Campaign launching in March this year. While we know you’re hyped already, the team also wanted to share their insights into why we’re running a crowdfundnig campaign:

"This award, coming just before we launch the full Kickstarter campaign, couldn’t come at a better time. Our Kickstarter for 'Song of Silence' marks a significant milestone for Chimera Entertainment. It allows us to unite with a community that shares our passion for innovative gameplay, fresh ideas, and beautiful visuals. As independent game developers, it's this ambition and love for creating remarkable games that drives us." – Bernhard Falk, Studio & Production Director

As you are aware, our art is AMAZING, so our artists have been super excited to see the reaction that the game is getting.

“I have been working on the game since our internal prototype and saw it growing until we reached our biggest and probably most important milestone – Kickstarter,” said Max Emmert, Junior Art Director.
“I am a big fan of tactical strategy games and thus I am very honored to work on Songs of Silence with a team that shares my ambition and goal to create something truly unique. It's my hope that the players will help us forge a new world and experience some nostalgia and joy in these challenging times.”



You might not believe it, but this game is not only pretty, but also offers a unique blend of mechanics. Implemented by our dear developers, who work tightly together with our Technical Artists, these mechanics are a big part of what makes the game unique!

Here's what one of our coders thinks about our upcoming Kickstarter:

"As a veteran at Chimera, I transitioned to working on Songs of Silence after we wrapped up another project. It's been pure joy to develop our own game, exactly as we envisioned. This passion is something we're eager to share with you, the players, and invite you to be a part of." – Maximilian Dienersberger, Senior Frontend Developer

Finally, we have the team which adds all the sparkly magic and beautiful effects to the game, bringing it to life: the Technical Artists!

“Songs of Silence is a product of passion perfectly mixed with professionalism. To me, it's always amazing to see the reaction to the artistic side of the game as it's quite the fantastic journey. I consider myself lucky to be able to work on such a unique project and am really excited to bring every delicate taste it has to offer to gamers. A gorgeous, intriguing, spectral and wondrous adventure awaits us, and we’re happy that the community thinks so as well and supported us in receiving this award” – Chao, Senior Technical Artist


P.S.: We’re hosting more events like the watch-party we hosted for the Awards on our Discord Server! If you want to be part of the Community, join here: https://discord.gg/Jnyw9bXrVu


Cheers!
Ilcin & the Chimera Team



Please feel free to share your feedback, if you enjoy our latest dev diaries all about the interesting characters in Songs of Silence, and the outstanding voices, bringing them to life.  

[h2]Previous Dev Diaries you should not miss:  [/h2]

• Dev Diary #1 — Cards of Faith
• Dev Diary #2 — Art and symbolism in Songs of Silence
• Dev Diary #3 - Hymn and Silence
• Dev Diary #4 - Real-time battles
• Dev Diary #5 - Songs of Silence demo during Steam Next Fest
• Dev Diary #6 - The music of Songs of Silence by Hitoshi Sakimoto
• Dev Diary #7 – Ashleigh Haddad – The voice of Lorelai
• Dev Diary #8 – Harry Myers– The voice of Murnau
• Dev Diary #9 – David Menkin– The voice of Akard
• Dev Diary #10 – First Look on Garin

Don’t forget to follow Songs of Silence on Reddit, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Discord and share your thoughts and demo feedback with us and the community!

[h3]Sign-up for the Closed Beta here on Steam![/h3]

The Closed Beta is already available with fresh content for you to explore before anybody else!  

• The first three full campaign maps  
  
• For the first time ever: Multiplayer 
  
• Lots of improvements, bugfixes, fine-tuning, tweaking, and more, majorly based on your feedback from the previous Closed Beta and the Demo.  
  
• More updates to come, including your valuable feedback, so keep it coming.

Sign-up now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1wO4s21i_Ib0XzRGGJobQ6RNE5jRVAtlF1t6T2aoGGGuKBA/viewform Or update your Songs of Silence: Beta Testing app on Steam if you already have participated. Enjoy! 

[h3]Enjoy the Songs of Silence demo! [/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195410/Songs_Of_Silence/?utm_source=steam_devdiary10