The gates of Kilcairn have opened, and its riches can finally be claimed by those daring enough to Enter the Shadows. It feels amazing to invite you all to enter this world:
Welcome to Kilcairn, novice thieves.
We started with a simple question: What would make multiplayer stealth gaming compelling? That has taken us through multiple approaches, competitive and co-operative, multiple configurations of the team, and ultimately to the game you have in front of you. There were a lot of dead ends we went down and had to backtrack out of - civilians, huge city maps, direct combat. Somewhere along the way, we figured out that the heart of the game which really made it sing were moments of creative improvisation, when you’re in the world and reacting to the situation with the toolset you have, without thinking about it as a game at all.
Empowering players to solve problems their own way is core to our philosophy as a studio. Whether you’re zipping around the Guildhall as the Spider or walking past the Haunstables in Elway Manor using Disguise as the Chameleon, every session develops differently, rewarding new approaches and problem solving with other tools. Fundamentally, we’re invested in players being caught up in the moment to moment of sneaking through the world and taking its valuables.
We cannot express how exciting it is to finally put the game in your hands after all the hard work the team has done. We hugely appreciate the community who have shown up for us on Steam, in Discord, and in our playtests. Now, we’re ready to take notes on how everyone experiences the game: how you play, what you like, what you don’t, and importantly - what else you want to see.
This game is a focused version of the landscape that we have been exploring. It’s also an appetizer for a much more robust world, where thieves can explore more of the city, its history and more ways of interacting with the world and with each other.
The vaults have been sealed, riches are available to the daring, and we look forward to hearing about your exploits in the Thieves Guild. May the shadows always conceal you and your partners in crime.
Game on.
~ Otherside Entertainment