Hello, dear players!

We - the DoubleTap team, in collaboration with publisher Valkyrie Initiative - are pleased to announce that our strategy game Blades For Hire is taking part in the Ancient Costume Game Festival on Steam.

In this game, you will take command of a guild of mercenaries in a world where honor has long lost its value, and survival depends on tough decisions - your decisions.

To celebrate the festival, we would like to invite you to sign up for the playtest.
To register, click the “Request Access” button on the game’s Steam page.



Today, as promised, we are sharing more details about the playtest - but first, we suggest watching a short trailer dedicated to the festival and the start of registration.



- An improved version of the game, based on feedback collected from the currently available demo version.
- Bonus content.
- Two available Steam achievements, one of which will unlock unique equipment.

For participating in the playtest and fulfilling certain conditions, each participant will have the opportunity to receive unique body armor and a two-handed sword when the game is released.




Conditions to receive the reward:
- Add the game to your wishlist.
- Follow the publisher page on Steam.
- During the playtest, earn the Steam achievement "Old Guard".

To earn the "Old Guard" achievement, you must complete the playtest without hiring new recruits.
This means you can only use the mercenaries available from the start. Since they can die, flee, or quit if not paid on time, this can be quite a challenge.

When the playtest begins, you will receive a notification.
For now, you can already complete the first requirement by adding the game to your wishlist so you don’t miss the start of the playtest.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180000/Blades_For_Hire/

Hello, dear players!

We - the DoubleTap team, in collaboration with publisher Valkyrie Initiative - are pleased to announce that our strategy game Blades For Hire is taking part in the Ancient Costume Game Festival on Steam.

In this game, you will take command of a guild of mercenaries in a world where honor has long lost its value, and survival depends on tough decisions - your decisions.

To celebrate the festival, we would like to invite you to sign up for the playtest.
To register, click the “Request Access” button on the game’s Steam page.



Today, as promised, we are sharing more details about the playtest - but first, we suggest watching a short trailer dedicated to the festival and the start of registration.



- An improved version of the game, based on feedback collected from the currently available demo version.
- Bonus content.
- Two available Steam achievements, one of which will unlock unique equipment.

For participating in the playtest and fulfilling certain conditions, each participant will have the opportunity to receive unique body armor and a two-handed sword when the game is released.




Conditions to receive the reward:
- Add the game to your wishlist.
- Follow the publisher page on Steam.
- During the playtest, earn the Steam achievement "Old Guard".

To earn the "Old Guard" achievement, you must complete the playtest without hiring new recruits.
This means you can only use the mercenaries available from the start. Since they can die, flee, or quit if not paid on time, this can be quite a challenge.

When the playtest begins, you will receive a notification.
For now, you can already complete the first requirement by adding the game to your wishlist so you don’t miss the start of the playtest.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180000/Blades_For_Hire/

A large port of a lot of the experimental content over to the main demo.

- Massive UI overhaul

- Knight overhaul

- Rogue overhaul

- New stage 1 map

- Reworked stage maps

- Fixed level boundaries

- Rebalancing of items

- New landscape textures that make texture transitions nicer

- Items now fall faster

And lots of other stuff that probably wasn't mentioned. This changelog looks really small but there's almost 100 changes, bug fixes and additions. If you want a more comprehensive changelog, take a look at some of the experimental changelogs.

• Ammo SFX Added — A new sound now plays when picking up ammunition.

• Damage Indicator Added — A visual indicator now shows the direction of incoming damage.

• Ability Feedback — Added visual and sound effects to improve the feel and responsiveness of powers.

• Kamikaze Sound & Material Added — Kamikazes now feature improved sound and visual effects.

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• Zombie Animation Updated — Zombies now have new sprint animations for a more dynamic look.

• Increased Zombie Attack Range — Zombies can now hit from slightly farther away, making encounters more intense.

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• Floating Ammo Fixed — Ammo should no longer appear floating in mid-air in certain areas.

Hey everyone, we wanted to say thank you for playing and enjoying our game. It's amazing to see everyone sharing their theaters and overall giving such good feedback and suggestions. We are getting really close to a content update where we can focus on adding more. Until then, checkout the change log

[c]v1.2.9[/c] Change log:

Changes/Additions

• Added game settings to disable events for cozy players.,

• Allow placing pizza in the pizza machine from a box.,

• Simplified movie projector interactions when taking bulb or movie tape out.,

• Boombox can now be set to local space to hear it everywhere, or world space to hear it in 3d.,

• Customers now react to being hit with the Water gun, Nerf gun, and cigarette smoke.,

Fixes

• Fixed a good amount of issues with workers getting stuck.,

• Fixed interacting with workers when holding tools.,

• Fixed settings menu in game not updating audio.,

• Fixed cotton candy machine being able to be placed on ground.,

• Fixed a duplication bug with boxes.,

• Fixed an issue with blackjack and controllers.,

• Fixed reviews saying "r".,

• Fixed heat trays.,

• Fixed customer lines being messed up.,

• Fixed employees not saving there last workstation.,

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

As the title implies, after dozens of minutes of hard work, the new Super Gorilla Quest novel following from the second game is available for purchase on the Kindle store:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZ8363NH?crid=I1U73WSH8JIP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NOUrPevadehRH5VFqyFhYQ.quXA-LEjriAJ2rfBhyZ2U2ly42_sxv3j1_7V3znyEIQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=super+gorilla+quest+3&qid=1762214858&s=digital-text&sprefix=super+gorilla+quest+3%2Caps%2C424&sr=1-1

Don't fret though if you haven't played both games like some sort of heathen, the text is supplied with loads of footnotes to explain all the context for everything. If you enjoy the games, the book should be a large amount of fun for you as well. If you decide to check it out, thank you and enjoy!

• Wither Games

As the title implies, after dozens of minutes of hard work, the new Super Gorilla Quest novel following from the second game is available for purchase on the Kindle store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZ8363NH?crid=I1U73WSH8JIP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NOUrPevadehRH5VFqyFhYQ.quXA-LEjriAJ2rfBhyZ2U2ly42_sxv3j1_7V3znyEIQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=super+gorilla+quest+3&qid=1762214858&s=digital-text&sprefix=super+gorilla+quest+3%2Caps%2C424&sr=1-1 Don't fret though if you haven't played both games like some sort of heathen, the text is supplied with loads of footnotes to explain all the context for everything. If you enjoy the games, the book should be a large amount of fun for you as well. If you decide to check it out, thank you and enjoy!

• Wither Games

Want to play Shatterland before anyone else?

We’re currently looking for active content creators who would like to test Shatterland early, share their honest opinions, and help spread the word before the official release!

• A free game key for early access

• The opportunity to explore, record, and review the game before everyone else

• Your feedback may directly help shape the final release!

To apply, you must:

• Have at least 500 subscribers or followers

• Be active on your platforms (YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, etc.)

• Be interested in survival, co-op, or low-poly exploration games

• Create a video review of Shatterland on your channel (positive or negative — just honest)

⚠️ Important:
The review video is mandatory.
If no video is posted, your key will be revoked.

Join our Discord server and send your channel link for verification.
Once approved, you’ll receive your key and can start playing early!

🕓 Deadline to apply: December 1st, 2025

📋 Apply here: 👉 Shatterland Creator Application Form
💬 Join the Discord:https://discord.gg/3GY7qqXrM2

Let’s make Shatterland an unforgettable adventure together! 🌍✨

- fixed a lot of major and minor bugs, some of them causing crashes
- added option to hide capital cities and settlement
- improved AI - since now it should manage finances way better
- fixed balance issues - since now playing as minor nations should be easier, and playing as major nations should be a bit harder. Also some law modifiers were changed
- added two new administrative unit types: colonies and governorates. They may be useful in some conditions
- difficulty modifiers were changed - since now they should impact the game much more
- a foundations for the next update were made

I am sorry for such a long period without updates, I hope the next update will be way faster. It is going to be focused on adding rivers and some basic decisions to the game. I hope you enjoy.

Hi all! Based on some more helpful demo feedback, I've released a new demo version. This version should drastically improve the initial load time when first starting the game, and have a nice new boot splash animation, so that you're not staring at the static logo for upwards of 10 seconds before starting the game.

Also, I realized that the in-game version was actually 0.21.x, not 0.20.x, so sorry for any confusion about that! This update isn't a huge minor version, haha.

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• Performance: Improved initial load times for the game by switching to VRAM-compressed textures for most textures, instead of lossless PNGs. (This has the tradeoff of making the install size on your disk a bit larger, but the improvement in load times and vram usage is pretty worth it!)