Gate Guard Simulator News

[h2]Ho ho hold it right there, citizen! 🎄🛡️[/h2][p][/p][p]Before you enter the festive season, documents, please.[/p][p]
As the year comes to an end, we wanted to step out from behind the castle gates and say a huge thank you to everyone who has been following Gate Guard Simulator, wishlisting it, talking about it, and generally supporting us from the shadows like true medieval conspirators.[/p][p][/p][p]Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. May your papers always be valid, your seals authentic, and your coffins never suspiciously heavy.[/p][p]We also wanted to share a small but very important milestone for us: 30,000 wishlists. Gate Guard Simulator was announced not that long ago, and seeing so much interest already is both exciting and a little surreal. Your support, curiosity, and trust mean more to us than we can properly put into words.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We are incredibly excited about what’s coming next. The game is still very much in development and not quite ready yet, but our goal for early 2026 is to open the gates for our very first playtest. Right now, we’re focused on polishing the core ideas and making sure the experience truly captures the spirit of Gate Guard Simulator. We’ll survive the holidays, come back from the break, keep refining things, and as soon as it’s ready, we’ll invite you in. We’ll keep you posted every step of the way. No pressure.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
If you want to stay in the loop and help us out, make sure to:[/p]

• [p]Add the game to your wishlist[/p]
• [p]Join our Discord[/p]
• [p]Ask questions, speculate wildly, share your thoughts, and help spread the word by telling your friends and favorite streamers about the game[/p]

[p]And now, even the guards need a break. We are taking a short 2 week pause to spend time with family and friends, rest up, and recharge our halberds. We will be back and ready for duty again from the week of January 5th.[/p][p]
Until then, behave yourselves.[/p][p]Or don’t :) [/p][p]
The Gate Guard Simulator team [/p][hr][/hr][p]Looking for more?[/p][p]Check out the Forklift Interactive publisher page and follow it to see new games and updates as they arrive.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

The Cursed Words Open Playtest is underway, and you’re welcome to join in whenever you like. If you enjoy games where language bends, tiles mutate and every run becomes its own unpredictable experiment, this is the perfect moment to try it out and help shape the game as it grows.

Whether you enjoy clever word builds, explosive synergies or discovering strange new ways to break the rules, the ongoing Playtest gives you a chance to explore all of that and share your thoughts with us.

👉 If you decide to join, we’d love to hear what you think. Your impressions, ideas and discoveries help us refine the experience and guide future updates.


Cursed Words begins as a simple word game with familiar tiles like BUY or GAME. Then it quickly slips into lunacy as your grid fills with numbers, chess pieces, shiny pink score bombs and other symbols that twist the rules of language.

You build powerful synergies using Stamps and Stickers, face tricky boss encounters and push your score higher with every stage. A normal run features five stages, each one with two encounters and a boss. Beat Stage 5 to win the run, then take on special Challenges and Crown difficulty tiers that redefine the rules and push your creativity.

Each run is shaped by four pillars: your Character, your Sticker upgrades, your Stamp loadout and the consumable Tiles you bring into each fight. Every attempt becomes its own cursed experiment.

https://youtu.be/Kpy5HKCg8E8



For the first time - Cursed Words is available for anyone to play! You can join instantly by pressing the green Playtest button on the store page. This build includes a sizable slice of the core game and plenty of opportunities to create broken, hilarious, and wildly powerful combinations.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/Cursed_Words/




Each one comes with a unique Pin that branches into different upgrade paths after every boss. They dramatically change how your runs evolve.

• This version includes:
  
• Red and Blue tiles
  
• Void tiles with negative starting values
  
• Shiny pink tiles with a strong base score
  
• Number tiles
  
• Chess piece tiles
  
• More tile types and more characters will arrive in future updates.
  

Each character features Crown difficulty levels that raise score targets, increase shop prices and introduce tougher decisions.


Each Quest comes with custom parameters and unlockable rewards that add new twists to the way you play.


Use Stamps to shape your grids and Stickers to distort the rules of language. Mix them to create wild synergies, reach impossible scores and discover cursed interactions that only this game can offer.


Play, experiment, break the rules and tell us what you discover. Your feedback will help us shape future characters, challenges, tile types and the path forward for Cursed Words.

Have fun and stay cursed!

[h3]🏰 Hi everyone and welcome to the newly launched Steam page for Gate Guard Simulator.[/h3][p][/p][p]Today we’re opening the gates for the very first time and we’re excited to start sharing more about the world we’re building. If you enjoy thoughtful job sims, sharp observation and encounters full of small surprises, this is a project we think you’ll enjoy following.[/p][p]In Gate Guard Simulator, you play as a castle warden deciding who may, or may not, enter a medieval stronghold. Visitors arrive with documents, belongings and stories that don’t always add up. Your task is to look closer, notice the details and choose who gets to pass.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]We’re looking forward to sharing more as development continues, including updates, announcements and even some small behind the scenes moments.[/p][p]If you’d like to follow along, hit Follow on the store page. And if the game already looks interesting to you, adding it to your Wishlist is one of the best ways to support us. It makes a huge difference for visibility on Steam and helps more people discover the project.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]🔍 Thank you for stopping by and welcome to the community. More news coming soon![/p][p][/p][p]No forgeries allowed,[/p][p]Your Gate Guard Crew
[/p][hr][/hr][p]Looking for more?[/p][p]Check out the Forklift Interactive publisher page and follow it to see new games and updates as they arrive.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
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