Fixed linux intro cutscene not launching properly due to misnamed file in previous patch

Hello all, It has taken way too long for us to fix, but this update should fix the steam achievements for the linux branch. Please let us know if the problem persists.

Players from Turkey and Czech Republic we have good news for you! Turkish and Czech Languages are now available as options for Subtitles and User interfaces. They are both available on PC and Linux versions of Tandem.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

Hi everyone ! We are happy to announce Tandem: A Tale of Shadow is now available on Linux ! You can now enjoy the adventures of Emma and Fenton on every plateform. There's more exciting news to come soon, so stay tuned for future updates !

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is now available on Steam ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/ Emma and Fenton are just waiting for you to discover the truth of Thomas Kane's disappearance ! Winner of Bit Summits Online Media Highlight Award and BIC Fests Excellence in Game Design Award, Tandem: A Tale of Shadows follows a headstrong girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton as they attempt to solve the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Players have to carefully alternate between Emmas top-down view and Fentons horizontal side-scroller view if they hope to escape these chiaroscuro dimensions alive, using the formers lantern to cast shadows the teddy bear can cross while the latter activates switches that may be out of view. Key Features --------------- Stunning Art Direction Discover playful and frightening worlds inspired by Jules Vernes, Conan Doyle, Tim Burton and Victorian era architecture. Clever Puzzles Solve over forty puzzles and obstacles in order to unravel the mystery surrounding Thomas Kanes disappearance. Dual Gameplay Swap perspectives between Emma and Fenton. Light up the scene and cast shadows as Emma from a top-down view. Walk on shadows projected by Emmas lantern from Fentons side-scroller view. Fight With Strategy Players will face mechanical toy-like enemies and bosses throughout each dimension. Since Emmas strategy is not to attack, players must rely on their wit to move forward. Narrative-Driven Adventure Players are invited to discover creative and elaborate cutscenes. Clever fans will find hidden rooms that reveal clues about the disappearance of Thomas Kane. The game is developed by Monochrome and published by Hatinh Interactive.

UI/UX

• Adapted the main menu UI to correctly scale for 4:3 screens
• Added windowed mode in the settings
• Added VSYNC in the settings

Localization

• Added correct polish font override
• Fixed the text for "Simplified Chinese" in language options

Game

• Redesigned the end level system to avoid Emma being stuck or killed during the animation
• Redesigned wall openings to be much more visible
• Minor visual fixes and improvements
• Level 1-8 : Increased the first spiders speed to avoid getting soft blocked
• Level 1-9 : adjustments to puzzle 2 to make the passage more visible
• Rebalanced the difficulty in the last part of the Kitchen boss

Bug Fixes

• Fixed minor key bindings issues for some menus
• Fixed a game map glitch when hitting "previous world", "next world", "down"
• Fixed a graphical glitch when going back and forth between the game menu and game map
• Fixed video cinematics skipping with only a short button press on gamepad
• Fixed Fenton being able to open red button doors
• Fixed minor collision issues
• Level 2-2 B, fixed a rare occurrence of Emma getting stuck on respawn
• Level 2-1 Fixed the collision near secret entrance

We are honoured to participate to Games Made In France 2021!

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Pens up & Paintbrushes, Artists! Have you ever dreamed of winning a physical vinyl copy of the Tandem: A Tale of Shadows OST? How about a full game copy as well? If so, we invite you to come take part in our fan art contest! We will pick 3 winners from all of the participants that submits fan art to our #fan-art-submission channel on Discord. But first a few rules:

• Anything goes! Your submission can be a drawing, painting, 3D printed, cosplay, or even a sculpture. If you can create it, you can submit it! However, please keep your submissions to an image format as videos will not be accepted.
• All submissions must be original and created by the individual submitting the work.
• Submissions will only be accepted on discord, in the #fan-art-submission channel.
• Ableism, racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, or discrimination of any kind will NOT be tolerated nor accepted within this community and contest.
• All submissions must follow the server's rules, Steam User Agreement, and Discord Terms of Service.
• One submission per user.
• No discussions in the event channel please, but feel free to react to the artists posts and show some love! Your reactions will help with the final judging.

We are delighted to announce the award of excellence in game design during the BIC Festival

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Discover Tandem at BitSummit: Japans Industry-Leading Independent Game Development Festival in Kyoto, Japan on September 2nd and 3rd Click here to find out more https://bitsummit.org/en/game/9821/#
Don't forget to wishlist Tandem ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_A_Tale_of_Shadows/

Join the next livestream hosted by the games development team of Tandem on Tuesday June 22nd , at 10.00AM PST | 1.00PM EST | 7.00PM CEST. Follow the link below to watch the Live Stream : https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1436920/view/2999941807441618517 Don't forget to wishlist Tandem as well ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_A_Tale_of_Shadows/

Steam Next Fest is here and so is the FIRST LiveStream of Tandem: a Tale of Shadows! We really hope you won't miss it: the livestream hosted by the games development team will take place on Friday June 18, at 7.00AM PST | 10.00AM EST | 4.00PM CEST. Follow the link below to watch the Live Stream : https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1436920/view/2999941807435198397 Don't forget to wishlist Tandem as well ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_A_Tale_of_Shadows/

GameSpot has partnered with The MIX to create a showcase for games that are charting the path for a brighter, more inclusive video game future. We are thrilled that Tandem is a part of this selection made by the GameSpot team in collaboration with the MIX. Join here https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-presents-the-play-for-all-showcase/1100-6492375/ The show will be broadcasted on June 15th at 3:35 PM PT / 6:35 PM ET / 12:35 AM CEST (June 16th). Don't miss Tandem @ The Play For All Showcase as a new exclusive trailer of the game will be revealed ! Don't forget to add Tandem on your Wishlist: https://bit.ly/32zIzwS

Tandem: a Tale of Shadows joining the MGN online game exhibition! MGN is an online conference focus on indie games, hosted by @Steamparty and collaborated between STEAM and ACFUN, we are aiming to bring more exiting games to Chinese players. Event process: May 31, 4.30AM PST / 12:30PM CEST / 7.30PM GMT +8 - Warm-up phase May 31, 5:00AM PST / 1:00PM CEST / 8:00PM GMT +8 - Online conference May 31. 7:00AM PST/ 3:00PM CEST / 10:00PM GMT +8 Demo showcase Despite being streamed, all videos will be pre-recorded and edited to ensure best performance. Dont worry if you missed the show! We will upload all content on ACFUN and Youtube Channel (nmb.ad/ytb) after event ends. Join Emma and Fenton at the MGN Indie Game Carnival on May 31, 2021 (5:00AM PST/1:00PM CET/8:00PM GMT +8) ! See you guys there! Steam event link: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mgn Event Stream: https://live.acfun.cn/live/934542 And don't forget to add Tandem: a Tale of Shadows to your Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_A_Tale_of_Shadows/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hatinh_Games Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hatinhinteractive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hatinhinteractive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpxSyLlk-GwfWHRcRIwdLeA

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows will be featured at Indie Celebration by Digital Dragons on May 13-14 Indie Celebration showcases the best indie games on Steam. Click on the link below to find out more aboutTandem: A Tale of Shadows and don't forget to wishlist the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1436920/Tandem_a_tale_of_shadows/

Were excited to finally reveal Tandem: A Tale of Shadows will be featured in The MIX Game Dev Direct showcase on Saturday, March 13 between 9-11 am PT/ 6-8 pm CET! The event, hosted by The Media Indie Exchange, is a two-day live stream focused on new announcements, game footage, special guests, and more, happening this weekend. During the event, well debut an exclusive video displaying an exclusive gameplay video of Tandem: A Tale of Shadows for the first time ever! We will guide you throughout different universes of the game and unveil a unique gameplay So stay tuned and save the date !