Shadows Behind The Throne 2

Devlog

• A New Beginning
  July 25, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  These few months have been the longest without an update since Shadows 2 came out on Itch a couple of years ago. There is a good reason for it, and the project is not dead. There has been a recurring... Continue reading

  
• Version 19: Events
  May 02, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  This version introduces the last planned major feature: Events. Narrative events are little bits of story with a picture and maybe a few decisions to make. As seen in Stellaris, FTL and Crusader Kings... Continue reading
• Version 18: Community Led Development
  March 21, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 18! A version really made up of community suggestions packaged together. -fishchisel recommended a few changes to the Dark Name "Winter's Scythe". All abilities have been buffed, and it has ga... Continue reading
• Version 17: A new End
  February 23, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 17 is now out, bringing with it Fog and Lights. The first part is a new Dark Name, revolving around Fog. This set of powers attempts to give a broadly useful buff to your agents as they try to... Continue reading
• V17 Beta, Discussion about End-Game
  February 15, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 17 is slowly being assembled, bringing a new Dark Name. The Fog returns from the previous game, and is now styled as a slowly-expanding region of control around your nobles. It's designed to g... Continue reading
• Version 16: Bugfix and Video
  February 03, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

  Hey, So it appears there's some nasty bug in Version 16, termed the "instant victory bug". Maybe it was in earlier versions, we can't reproduce it on any machines we own. We've released a bugfix for i... Continue reading
• Version 16: Masque of the Red Death
  January 25, 2021 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 16! Implying the existence of version 15, which was an internal-only bugfix build we used to get the Steam version working. The primary update change here is the Masque of the Red Death, lifte... Continue reading
• Version 14: Individuality
  December 31, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

  So, as discussed in the previous devlog, this version focuses on agents, with an attempt to make the game more emergent-narrative focused. This means that hostile agents are rarer, but a bit more powe... Continue reading
• Protagonists and Antagonists
  December 26, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  User feedback was to get a better narrative structure into the game. What does a good narrative need? Characters, both protagonists and antagonists. Which is which is a bit blurred in this context, bu... Continue reading

  
• Version 13: Faces of the Enemy
  December 07, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 13 is here, and it is a turning point for the game. We feel the game has reached a point where it can actually be considered a mature product. This is quite surprising, as the game started its... Continue reading

  
• Version 12: Halloween
  October 28, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Hot on the heels of the previous version, we got a new version ready for Halloween, because it seemed like fun. This version revolves around The Headless Horseman. They are a timed challenge, in agent... Continue reading

  
• Version 11: UI and AI
  October 23, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

  Version 11 is coming out a bit early, because honestly I thought the UI change was too critical to leave missing. UI Addition: Agent selection button This button, down the bottom of the screen, gives... Continue reading

  
• V10 Bugfix
  October 17, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Smaller bugfix, as apparently I left the game in simple-only mode, and nobles couldn't be enthralled as a result. I left the features and changes I was working on, so this update is kinda version 10.1... Continue reading
• Version 10: Streamlining
  October 13, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  A new version! Spent a while not working on the game, as I had a paper to write, and my collegue has an actual PhD thesis to work on. I got a friend to play the game, under close observation, with no... Continue reading
• Version 9: The Dead
  August 12, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  A new version. Bit smaller than others, due to being busy with real world work. Such is life. This one is focused on the undead. Introduces two new special agents for the player. Previously, agents on... Continue reading
• Version 8: Return to War
  July 18, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Took a while, due to being busy with real world stuff, but we now have Version 8 released, for both Windows and Linux. This version tries to expand on the agents in a way which will pave the way for f... Continue reading
• Version 7: Agents
  May 14, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  So, after a lot of work, Version 7 is now available. Two major core changes are introduced in this version. Voting Screen The first, and simpler, is the voting screen. This overview of the society's v... Continue reading

  
• Version 7: Agents: Work in Progress release
  May 10, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  I'm releasing a version for playtesting and commenting, if anyone wants to be involved in this part of the design process. Its major feature: Agents. Enemy, friendly or neutral, these are units which... Continue reading
• Agents: An ongoing process
  May 02, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Work continues on adding agents into the game. It's required a bit of an overhaul of a number of systems. Firstly a whole new voting screen has been added in, where both your enthralled noble and any... Continue reading

  
• Version 6: Awareness Grows
  April 23, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 6 is now out, in unstable form. Save/Load seems to work, but was unstable for unidentified reasons, so be warned. In this version, we introduce concepts from the old version, awareness and wor... Continue reading
• New Screenshots
  April 18, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Minor post, got bored so just updated the screenshots. In these new ones we see a professor risking their sanity to uncover the terrible truth about reality (highly realistic), as well as the society... Continue reading

  
• Version 5
  April 10, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

  Hey, So, having a load of free time right now, a new version is available. Not entirely sure about this one. The ideas I like, and are good, but it may be a bit unbalanced (possibly too easy, due to l... Continue reading
• Linux build for V4
  April 03, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  As the title suggests, the Linux version is now out. It seems to run fairly slowly on my laptop (low FPS), but my Linux machine is very old, at this point, so hopefully will run fine on a normal compu... Continue reading
• Version 4: Authority
  April 01, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 4 is now out, in beta form. Full release and Linux version to follow in a couple of days, assuming no major bug reports come in. By popular appeal, this version features the return to heirarch... Continue reading
• Bugfix to V3
  March 17, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

  Just to let you all know, bugfix for V3 is now out, after a couple of community feedback posts. Have also changed some stuff: -New nobles will inherit enshadowment from a random person in their societ... Continue reading
• Version 3: Names for the dark
  March 12, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

  Version 3 is now available, with new major changes, and some quality of life stuff. Major additions: -You may now select between "Names" for your darkness, which represent sets of themed powers. You s... Continue reading
• Version 2 and the road to V3
  February 09, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  Version 2 is now out. Introduced in this version are a range of gameplay additions, including major game-option functionalities. Gameplay-wise, a new way to interact with the world has been introduced... Continue reading
• Unstable build of Version 2
  January 26, 2020 by BobbyTwoHands

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  So. After a considerable amount of work, almost amounting to a full rebuild of the game (only C# scripts were transferable), the game is rebuild in an old enough version of Unity for the save game co... Continue reading
• The month of pain
  December 17, 2019 by BobbyTwoHands

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  So. Things have been quiet. The reason for this is that a massive technical issue has arisen, which we have been struggling with for weeks now. The save/load system relies on what is termed "serializa... Continue reading
• The road to Version 2
  December 02, 2019 by BobbyTwoHands

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  The first major announcement is that we have posted a Let's Play video, showing off how we play a first few turns, going from lowly baron to king of a dark empire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLD... Continue reading
• A new beginning
  November 20, 2019 by BobbyTwoHands

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  The past Years ago now, I started work on a small game called Shadows Behind the Throne. Initially I just intended it to be a couple of months project, to see how much I could do. I got surprisingly f... Continue reading