We are delighted to reveal the next massive update for Barony!



As we prepare for relaunch, we put together a new video which introduces the game with all the new features in place. Share it with your friends (and enemies too)!

Like what you see? We would like to officially invite you to play Barony with the Quality of Death update... IMMEDIATELY. The Quality of Death Beta is available to play for Windows and Linux users who own the game here on Steam. The game's new features also help it play perfectly on the Steam Deck!
Since Barony supports online cooperative play, it's important that everyone is playing on the same version! So load it up and play with friends, strangers, whoever. IT'S DUNGEONING TIME.

(Mac / Windows / Ubuntu / Steam OS):

• Go to your Steam Library and locate Barony
  
• Go to the game's Properties
  
• Select the Betas tab
  
• Select "quality-of-death-beta [...]" from the dropdown, as pictured

That's it! Now that you're all opted-in, Steam should immediately start downloading the latest version of the Beta. You're ready to play!

If you're anything like us, it'll be hard to go back to the old version of the game once you've played this new version. We intend to continue updating this Beta branch until the game is fully released. Feel free to play as much as you like. You're welcome to stream the game, but we'd love it if you could note that you're participating in a Beta if you do.


You are welcome to use Barony's new Lobby Browser to find pickup groups, but Barony does not feature drop-in-drop-out play. So open lobbies are not that common. It's usually more reliable to jump into a game with somebody from our Discord!

At the moment, you can't earn achievements in the Beta as a result of many of the content files being in an unreliable state. At some point soon into the Beta's lifespan, we will re-enable achievements, but if you're just playing for the Cheevos, it's not ready for you yet.
Custom Content and Workshop support is currently not in the Quality of Death beta build. To enjoy mods with the QoD build, you will have to manually replace game files, or revert to the old version of the game.
Fear Not. Barony's modding community is extremely important to us, and we have a plan to get those menus back in the game ASAP. Furthermore, huge, fundamental parts of the game's code and content have changed. Mods you once loved may now be obsolete in the QoD build. We apologize for the inconvenience but it simply can't be avoided. We will support our modders as best we can.
Known Issues:

• Steam Deck - Entering the inventory, mouse cursor may be active until using the D-Pad, preventing Bumper / Trigger inputs from functioning. Workaround: Tap a D-Pad button before attempting to use bumpers.
  
• Steam Deck - Resolution defaults to 720p instead of 800p. Just set it in to 1280x800 in the Video menu.
  
• Multiplayer Clients - Map Pings do not currently function properly.
  
• Split-Screen - 2p Horizontal Split, cannot view character sheet when set to full width. Use Vertical split-screen, or Horizontal with Clipped setting on.
  
• Level Generation - Sometimes doors generate incorrectly near to one another, creating an unsightly transition with an awkward gap.
  
• Shopkeepers - May rarely get stuck in between doorways, preventing them from trading with you.
  
• Multiplayer Continue - When in the lobby prior to continuing the game, the gamepad cannot toggle the room code privacy or view the chat.

There's always the potential for loss of progress. Your games may not save properly, or your saves and high scores may become obsolete or they may need to be wiped. Since Barony is a roguelike, these losses tend not to be tragic, but you should be aware.
You might run into bugs. You might even run into really bad bugs that you think are dumb and stupid. We promise we very badly want to fix them! Please help us out and report bugs using this quick Google Form.

The Quality of Death update is a MASSIVE "quality of life" overhaul that Turning Wheel has been working hard to complete over the course of the last two years. If you were a Barony player before 2020, you probably remember that we released updates much more regularly! But an overhaul of this size has required major systemic gutting, and submitting our changes to the public before it was all done would've made the game unplayable. As a result, we've had to withhold an absurd amount of new features, content, and major UX improvements until now.

Here's what you get out of the deal:

• Four player same-system split-screen
  For the first time ever, you can dungeon-run with adventuring buddies sitting with you on the couch. 2-player vertical and horizontal split-screen supported. 3p uses the 4p slot for the shared map.
  
• All UI redesigned from the ground-up
  We've worked to make the UI more intuitive and snappy, providing more verbose and explicit feedback to the player, in addition to making it attractive, and scale properly with varying screen resolutions.
  
• Gamepad controls and interactions overhaul
  Prioritizing superior usability and accessibility, we've worked hard to make sure Barony feels great on a gamepad, remembering also that most of our current core audience uses mouse & keyboard, and that experience also needs to be perfect.
  
• Ongoing aesthetic and technical polish
  Smoother gameplay that looks better at higher framerates, continued major rebalances to make mechanics, classes and skills more fun and valid, innumerable bugfixes including critical stability problems, Hall of Trials improvements, added level variety, and more.

Sleek character creation info (from our new 4p simultaneous character creation lobby)


New lobby browser filters


Arachnophobia Filter (replace spiders with crabs!)



Improved follower / leadership HUD and Menu features



Unique named NPC / miniboss models


Combat animations for enemies who previously had none!


Replaced bridge blocks with voxel meshes throughout the game (before/after)


Artful UI across the whole game, such as this gravestone death menu


Unique signs for each shop sign, shown on the shop's exterior


Overhauled inventory submenus, such as Tinkering


Story cutscene art


We can't possibly show it all in a single announcement. But this should give you a good idea of the Quality of Death mission, and the beta you'll be playing. We promised to do all this work thanks to the Barony for Nintendo Switch Kickstarter, which paved the way to a better experience for all players. Well, kinda. We are doing way more work than we promised because we can't help it.

While our work was ongoing, the Steam Deck was announced, increasing the relevance of all this work to our core Steam audience. Speaking for myself, the Steam Deck play experience is near perfect. (I play quite a bit with the Deck hooked up to my TV for awesome split-screen action!)
If you followed us through the Kickstarter, you'll know there's a lot more coming to Barony, including new features, content, and another DLC. The Quality of Death update is the first, and single largest step for it all. We're confident our next updates will be much more frequent, and we'll share our development roadmap with you soon.

Since the Kickstarter campaign, the Turning Wheel team has gone from all part-time / hobby work to full-time employment working on Barony. We're very excited about what that focus has allowed us to deliver to you today. We are grateful for the opportunity to further enhance and fulfill Barony's potential. Thanks for sticking with us. The future looks bright.

Oh yeah, the game is discounted right now until Monday the 7th. Great time to buy!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/371970/Barony/

While Turning Wheel is hard at work on our upcoming "Quality of Death" update, we don't have anything new for you to play quite yet! That said, we've welcomed a lot of new people to the Barony community since last year, and we wanted to invite you to celebrate Halloween with us!
Barony's Workshop is loaded with great content from our creative contributors!
That's also where we host our official Turning Wheel mods, particularly seasonal overhauls.
With Halloween coming this weekend, what better way to play Barony than with the Barony Scarony Halloween Celebration mod? Check out the video below to get a nice preview of Barony's Monster Mash!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2612424349
Never used the Steam Workshop before?
That's alright, I got some instructions for you.

• First go to the mod you like (such as Barony Scarony above) and click the Subscribe button.

The mod should download through Steam immediately.

• Then launch Barony and find the Workshop window.

All mods you Subscribe to in the Steam Workshop can be found here.

• The next menu will show all your subscribed/downloaded mods. Click the "Get Subscribed Item List" button on the top right if you don't see any mods.
  
• Click the "Load Item" button on the right side of the mod you want to play with.
  
• Then simply click "Start Modded Game" button on the top right.

Then you can proceed playing the game as normal!
All of Turning Wheel's holiday celebration mods are designed to purely cosmetic so that they do not change gameplay, or disable achievements. As long as nobody you're playing with us using gameplay-altering mods, you can proceed with achievements fully enabled in multiplayer, whether or not your friends are using the same mod!

While you're in the Steam Workshop, check out some of our other great content creators!

Hi folks, this announcement comes a little late, but I suppose it's better late than never.

In March we participated in the War Child charity event, offering all revenue from sales of the Barony as donations, alongside other game developers. We requested your generosity, and you showed up in force! We wanted to thank you for purchasing Barony during the War Child event, and let you know the impact!
As a result of your purchases, we've had the pleasure of giving $6500 to Charity total:

• $3250 to War Child
  
• $3250 to UNICEF

I wanted to take a moment to clarify also that all of that money went to helping children or families affected by war.

If you have questions about the charities we selected, we strongly encourage you to, once again, view information on the charities' websites:
War Child UK
UNICEF Ukraine Appeal

Thanks again for your generosity!

We remain hard at work on a massive Quality of Life update for Barony. Day-to-day conversation about our update work can be found on Discord and Kickstarter. If you feel out of the loop as a Steam user, those resources should help you keep up-to-date with what we're doing.
Once the update is closer to a shippable state, you'll see us update more here on Steam, but we don't want to confuse potential buyers about what they get with a purchase. So sorry if you feel out of the loop, but that's the reason why!

Thanks as always for your patience. Happy lich hunting!

As part of the RE-PLAY charity event, Turning Wheel LLC is donating 100% of all base Barony game revenue this week (23-30th March 2022) to humanitarian efforts for children affected by war, including the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking for the team at Turning Wheel, we are moved to express compassion for the regular people whose lives are torn apart by war.


50% of the game's revenue is going to War Child UK, the sponsoring charity behind the RE-PLAY event. War Child is focused on supporting children affected by conflict.
From their website:

"War Child is the only specialist charity for children affected by conflict. For more than two decades, we've been driven by a single goal – ensuring a safe future for every child living through war.

We aim to reach children as early as possible when conflict breaks out and support them long after the cameras have gone. We deliver life-changing services and support in communities affected by conflicts to keep children safe and help them to heal and learn for the chance of a better future."

The remaining 50% of revenue is going to UNICEF's "Ukraine Emergency Appeal", aiding children and families to receive life-saving supplies and services amidst the ongoing conflict.
From their website:

"The past eight years of conflict in Ukraine have already inflicted profound and lasting harm to children. Now, the immediate and very real threat to Ukraine's children has grown. Homes, schools, orphanages, and hospitals have all come under attack. By 15 March, more than 1.5 million children had fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country as families desperately seek safety and protection. Children fleeing war in Ukraine are at heightened risk of human trafficking and exploitation. Meanwhile, civilian infrastructure like water and sanitation facilities have been hit, leaving millions without access to safe water.

UNICEF is working with partners to reach vulnerable children and families with essential services – including health, education, protection, water and sanitation – as well as life-saving supplies."

We encourage you to donate directly to these charities here on their respective sites:
https://donate.warchild.org.uk/
https://www.unicef.org/appeals/ukraine

We get almost all our revenue from Barony, and while our team is confident this is the right thing to do, we do hope to continue paying our development salaries. If you want to support us directly, please consider buying Barony DLC.

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate this festive occasion, we have lovingly decided to put the game on discount for the next few days.

Okay, sorry for the bad pun. I guess I was just lusting for your attention.

If you or a loved one still have not bought our amazing game for some reason, there's no better time than to do so right now. We still have that massive UI update waiting just around the corner, after all...

Even if you already own this game, why not get a little festive and share your love with a seasonal screenshot? The official Valentine's Day mod for Barony is now in vogue, after all.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2391038883

Happy holidays!

Maybe you got a copy of Barony over the holidays and you're ready to share it with a friend or loved one. Now's a great time to hop in with a 30% Discount!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/371970/Barony/

We've updated our official Lunar New Year celebration mod for 2022 with the Year of the Tiger!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2370938004
Demon enemies in the game have been made to look like vicious tigers!
We've also added door hangings and replaced the game's lantern with a red paper Chinese-style lantern, to add a little festivity through the rest of the dungeon.

The Lunar New Year mod, for the time being, changes very little about the game cosmetically, but as time goes on, we should see more and more of the dungeon join in on the celebrations. Like all our official holiday mods, the game is compatible in multiplayer and none of your achievements will be disabled.

In 2021 we ushered in the Year of the Ox and the Year of the Tiger update is a straight addition to that!
If you're interested in playing as an Ox in recognition of the Chinese zodiac, grab the Myths & Outcasts DLC! The Goatman race has been replaced by oxen all throughout the game.

Grab the Myths & Outcasts DLC here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1010820/Barony_Myths__Outcasts/

Cheers, and Happy New Year!

Hi all,

Small update to the OST in today's patch - The Hall Of Trials music has been added to the soundtrack DLC.

Enjoy the tune!

Happy Holidays dungeoneers!
It's that time of the year again. Steam's massive Winter sale is ongoing now. Not to be left in the snowdrifts, Barony is participating with a nice chunky discount:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/371970/Barony/
At this price, Barony's a great last-minute gift for that friend you've been meaning to drag into the dungeon with you. Pick up a few copies today and blast your buddies with a blizzard of Barony gift items through Steam!

If you've been following Barony over the years, you're probably aware of the "Merry Barony Christmas" official Turning Wheel holiday mod. Just in time for this season, we've put a little bit more love into it, so that you can bring the holiday cheer into your games with you.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1939517515
With the mod's v1.4 update, you'll see that most of the game's shields now are decorated Christmas shields. Succubus NPCs are now wearing a festive little number, and the game's text has been updated to include new hidden references, and to accurately reflect the items whose visuals have been completely changed by the mod.

Note that this mod is cosmetic-only and will not invalidate your achievements as you play!

And last, but not least, Barony has one of the best, most overtly Christmas-themed animated avatar frames anywhere on Steam! Go to the Avatar customization section of your Points Shop and click "Filter By Game" at the top to find Barony's Christmas frame!



We hope you have a relaxing holiday with your loved ones and that you're doing well!

Brief announcement for you!

Last month we held the Halloween Forever event where players of the official Barony Scarony Halloween celebration mod got the chance to influence a new piece of game content. The players have spoken! The most desired idea from the Halloween mod was the Mimic!

The original screenshot that the community voted for!

I should have guessed that when given the option to add delicious candy and silly costumes to the game, or a terrifying monster that can eat you, the Barony community picks the latter.
Thanks to everyone who participated! Congratulations to the winning player who submitted the idea!

We're still hard at work overhauling the game's UI and making it an excellent experience for gamepad users. I'm particularly excited about split-screen! We'll have more news to share on that soon.
Once that's done we'll be laser-focused on delivering our next big content update which will include Mimics!

If you're new to Barony, welcome!
The game is 50% off now in celebration of Thanksgiving. So gather around a cozy fire and gift your loved ones copies of your favorite co-op dungeon crawler. Nothing says "family" like a boulder smashing everyone flat. Of course everyone who owns a copy of Barony is entitled to the latest version of the game, so if you're excited for that update, it's never a bad time to buy Barony.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/371970/Barony/

Thanks!

Happy Halloween, dungeon dwellers! Barony is the perfect game to enjoy this Halloween. Whether being terrified in isolation, or banding together in a monster squad, Barony has lots of ways for you to enjoy some thrilling scares! Thanks for being part of it.

With Monster Race DLCs "Myths & Outcasts" and "Legends & Pariahs", plus being a dark dungeon crawler already, Barony features tons content to chill your bones. But with the new FREE official Barony Scarony Halloween Celebration mod, there is more spooky content in Barony than ever before. We want to invite YOU to decide which spooky content should have a permanent, unmodded place in the game, complete with new gameplay.

To participate, simply:

• Take a screenshot or record a video using Barony Scarony,
  
• Upload the media to Barony's Steam Community with the title "Halloween Forever 2021"
  
• In the description, specify the subject in your media which you think should have a permanent place in the game, and a few words about how it could add to the experience

Whether or not you add any media of your own, browse the Screenshot and Video entries and like media that represents Halloween content that you want to be a permanent part of the game
That's it!
At the end of Halloween season, we'll review the community's contributions and announce the winning idea. In a future content update, that spooky content will inspire a permanent addition to Barony complete with new gameplay. No mods or DLC needed!

So grab the Halloween mod, the monster race DLC if you like, and start taking some phantastic photos and videos! To play with Barony Scarony, just Subscribe, and activate the mod in the game's Workshop menu.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2612424349&searchtext=

Even more chilling content has been added to the Barony Scarony Halloween Celebration. Check out the trailer below:


Is there a better time to play as a monster than Halloween?
Buy the Myths & Outcasts DLC and you can play as a Succubus, Skeleton or Vampire.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1010820/Barony_Myths__Outcasts/
With Legends & Pariahs, you can be the star of your very own monster story as a Goblin or Incubus!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1010821/Barony_Legends__Pariahs/
These are the features that we think will put you particularly in the mood for Halloween, but of course each DLC offers a lot more! Grab them today!

Thanks for your attention. We'll see you in the dungeons!