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| Community | Publisher changes, RTX and DLSS additions and more! Good afternoon community! Due to the ongoing volatility of the game industry sadly, W.R.K.S Games has shuttered its development and publishing operations as a company as of October 1st. We are not in dire straits, but we do think that the mid-market of the game industry is no longer viable for self-funded self-published indies in the current and near-term future of the industry. All the full-ti… | — | |
| Community | Major Update In the Works Good morning community! Apologies to start with, for the long radio silence. I am having a turbulent time these days between work and a home move that is hitting more hurdles than expected. I have been listening to the feedback I have been getting on Steam, as well as our Korea and Japan launch that has now concluded. I see that the actual experience of the game fell short of what I intended fo… | — | |
| Sale | Steam Summer Sale is on - 50% discount on Shinobi Rising The Steam Summer Sale is afoot and we are participating! Get Shinobi Rising for a one-time only 50% discount on Steam now. Check out our new Summer Sale trailer below. Enjoy! | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix Patch 1.12 - The Visibility Fix Good afternoon all Updated · Buildings now correctly fade out when the camera is blocked by them. Trees are still pending the same treatment, but buildings were the main issue. This mainly applies to people playing with controllers. | — | |
| In-game event | Patch Notes for Update 1.1: The Community Feedback Patch Good morning all! Happy Sunday to the community and welcome to Update 1.1: The Community Feedback Patch Our goal with this patch is to polish the launch build and improve the core gaming experience. No new features were added in this patch, but the overall game experience should now feel more polished, less random weirdness occurring, and better paced. Nearly all the changes today are from comm… | 11390296 | |
| Community | Shinobi Rising : the 2023 roadmap Good afternoon all! Here is the roadmap for the year for continued development: June 2023 - Patch 1.1: The community feedback patch We have had some excellent feedback from curators, reviewers, and gamers. Much of the feedback contained common themes about better difficulty management for the game and feedback on the level design. I felt the quality of the feedback loops in May were things that… | — | |
| Game update | Patch 1.1 - The Quality of LIfe Patch Good afternoon all! Thank you for the quick feedback looks following the launch last week. We have managed to sort out a patch relatively fast to address the major quality of life issues that people wanted, here is the full patch notes: Features Full Controller Support - more improvements are still needed on this. Everything works with a controller, however, due to the fact that the character a… | 11145448 | |
| Steam news | Launch, Hype and the Your First Run of the Game Good morning all! We are there at last. Shinobi Rising launches at 5pm UK time today and whew. The game has received quite a bit of hype and coverage on PR and YouTube. Before you take your first crack at the game keep this in mind: Getting Started The game is hard. It is designed to be. Death is punishing but a necessary learning experience. Do NOT try to rush through the game at speed, you wi… | — | |
| Announcement | Shinobi Rising Release and Post Launch Plans Good afternoon all! Shinobi Rising will release tomorrow at the following times: UK: 5 pm CET: 4 pm Mountain Time: 10 am Central Time: 11am Pacific Time: 12 noon Beijing: Midnight Japan : 1 am Following the launch, I will give it a week to see the first feedback round from players on how everyone is taking it and the reveal of any bugs or issues we may have missed in QA and Testing. In the firs… | — | |
| Community | The Great Gameplay Reveal is Here! Good morning all! Enjoy a 9min gameplay trailer of the game. | — | |
| Steam news | Exclusive Early Access to Previews on Discord Greetings community! We are now 20 days away from launching and counting. During the next 3 weeks leading to the launch, exclusive early access previews/screenshots will be provided on our Discord. You can join us here WRKS Games Discord There is a nice following and wishlist building for the game on Steam and I am pleased to see the interest since I was building this as a solo side project las… | — | |
| Community | New Video and Screenshots Added Happy Weekend All! I have added a few new screenshots and a video of basic combat in the game to the store page. Hope you enjoy this first beta preview of the game in action. More coming regularly now till the April 20th launch date! Enjoy! | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.