Today we got a new trailer, an early access release date and have updated the demo on our Steam page!



We are proud to announce our early access release date, on the 18th of October. The game will be fully playable from start to the end, but we need more work on optimization and benchmarks to give you the best experience on our final release the 28th of October!

Our main focus until the final release will be hammering bugs, catching wild axolotls and building the best gaming experience.

Our final price will be 19,99€, and the OST for 4,99€. Also! Until the final release on october 28th, when you buy the game, you'll get the Soundtrack for FREE!

The game will be playable on:
-HTC Vive / Vive Cosmos
-Rift/Rift S
-Quest/Quest 2
-Pico 4
-Valve Index



Our brand new demo focus on more content, quality of life changes and mechanics. It a refreshing and updated experience from the original one, giving you more content and more quality to test the game, and make your mind about it!

Stay tuned for more content in the following weeks until release!

-Digital Pourpre Studio

The programmer's little fool urgently fixed a bug that made it impossible to switch scenes when switching to Miss Peach when entering the game for the first time.

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We've reached the next major milestone of the Early access. The big star of this update is the new hero, the Jujitsuka!
We're so excited for you to get your hands on this new hero and the new mechanic! (That I personally call the Yeeting, but you'll see more when trying it :D)
Along this new hero, Elites ennemies are coming, new skills, new tiles, and more! Please find the complete changelog below !

In addition, we'll be discounting the game, so you can GRAB SHOGUN SHOWDOWN AT -20%, LASTING 24 HOURS!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084000/Shogun_Showdown/

• New Hero: Introducing The Jujitsuka
  
• New Gameplay Mechanic: Elite Enemies make their debut from Day 3
  
• 4 New Tiles (Scar Strike, Signature Move, Meteor Hammer, Kaitenryuken)
  
• 4 New Skills (Combo Deal, Monomancer, Karma, Cursing Move)
  
• 4 New Quests (Steel Summit, Honorable Death, One-Way Hero and Frugal Fighter)
  
• New Enemy: Yumi Sniper
  
• New Location: Hibiku Wastelands
  
• New Boss: Baru the Barricader

• Tweaked Back Strike tile: from 2DMG, 1CD to 3DMG, 3CD
  
• Tweaked Perfect Strike: +2CD -> +1CD
  
• Tweaked Combo-Recharge:
  - Level 1: recharge 4CD on the tile dealing the combo kill.
  - Level 2: recharge 8CD
  
• Tweaked spawning probability distributions
  
• New attack pattern for Nobunaga

We do hope you'll like this additions to the game, if you do, take a bit of your time to review the game, that definitely helps us! (In addition to make us smile, which is great!)

1.103.1 Patch Notes
-some more improvements to the Guild panel

Wild Blood is nearby, and you’ll be able to hunt some down for yourself when the update launches. In this Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys looks at Tracking, a new feature where you pursue creatures across the open world.


The tracks of rare creatures can be found in the Outlands and in Red Zones of the Royal Continent. To interact with these, players need a Tracking Toolkit. These are craftable at the Toolmaker and can be used by:

• Clicking on a track
• Using from inventory
  • This reveals nearby tracks on the map
  • Higher tier Tracking Toolkits reveal tracks in a wider area

There are seven types of creature you can Track, each of which exists in two sizes:

• A smaller one, for up to three players
• A larger one, for four-to-eight players

If your party is too big or small the track, you won’t be able to follow it.

The first tracks that players can find are those of Panthers, Sylvians, and Spirit Bears. Rarer creatures require higher-level tracking skills and higher-tier Tracking Kits.


After a track is successfully read, the hunt begins:

• Players are guided to an area
• Once you reach that area, you will have to search for further tracks or the target itself
• Party members can collaborate to read tracks more quickly
• Each completed step rewards Tracking Fame to all party members, which boosts your Tracking skill
• The chances of encountering the target at each step increases with:
  • The number of steps already completed
  • Your Tracking skill

When you encounter your target, a fight ensues. But the creature may flee if:

• Its health falls too low
• The fight lasts too long
• Too many players attack

A target that flees will have to be tracked to its new location, but any damage it has taken remains.
A defeated creature can drop various new items which are used for the following:

• Rare Animal Remains: enchanting Potions
• Rare Ingredients: crafting new Potions and Shapeshifter Weapons
• Artifacts: crafting Artifact Shapeshifter Weapons

These are the new Potions:

• Calming Potion: from Shadowpanther Claws, provides a PvE disengage
• Cleansing Potion: from Sylvian Roots, cleanses damage over time, crowd control, and debuffs
• Acid Potion: from Spirit Bear Paws, decreases resistances
• Berserk Potion: from Werewolf Fangs, boosts damage but decreases your defense
• Hellfire Potion: from Imp Horns, deals damage-over-time
• Gathering Potion: from Runestone Golem Teeth, increases gathering speed
• Tornado Potion: from Dawnbird Feathers, knocks enemies back

Rare Animal Remains can be reduced to Arcane Extract, to enchant Potions:

• Potions now have three levels of enchantment
• The amount of Remains required for each enchantment level increases significantly

When Wild Blood launches, there will be an increased amount of tracks and creatures to allow players to hone their skills. But to keep the new items rare, the additional creatures will drop Silver and loot instead. After a time, these additional creatures will be removed, and those which remain will drop only the new items.



We can’t wait to see players take part in this new economic activity, and start using these new items. You’ll also be able to use them to craft Shapeshifter Weapons, of course, which will be the subject of our next Dev Talk. See you then!

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updated a tip on game controls to make them easier to find

Today's setup comes straight out of the first Harry Potter we all dearly love



In 1991, Minerva McGonagall enchanted an enormous Wizard's Chessboard in the Underground Chambers acting as security for the Philosopher's Stone.



When Harry, Ron, and Hermione encountered the Chessboard while trying to beat Prof. Quirrell to the Stone, Harry played as one of the black Bishops, Hermione as a Rook, and Ron as a Knight. Using his extensive knowledge of chess, Ron managed to get himself, Harry, and Hermione across, ultimately sacrificing himself to the White Queen so that Harry could checkmate the King.



Not only did Prof. McGonagall fail her enchantment (which was supposedly better than stockfish), she almost killed 3 children by doing so. Great job Minerva.

Today's setup comes straight out of this powerful scene in the first movie of the epic franchise.

Relive it in our demo today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1803410/Checkmate_Showdown/

IMPROVEMENTS
🎳 Bug fixes

KNOWN ISSUES
🎳 Need support?