Folks, This is our final planned update for Soul King. I'm finally closing down the source files and putting them in storage. This is absolutely my favorite game we've made, I still regularly play it for fun, even after hundreds of hours. I really hope you all enjoyed playing Soul King half as much as we enjoyed making it. We're moving on to another project, this time centered around oral histories of our state (Alaska) but we fully intend on returning to the Barclay Reserve one day with a continuation of Lynn's story in "Soul Kingdom". Thanks, Wyatt White CakeNeq Games Changes

• Fixed some level layout issues
• Fixed some typos
• Fixed some phrasing
• Fixed title drop being the wrong size with new assets
• Updated some assets
• Fixed new soundtracking

[ 2024-06-25 05:50:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed some script errors

[ 2024-05-17 20:54:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minor update, just patching in some of the new soundtrack for Out of the Box DLC and some minor geometry fixes.

[ 2024-05-13 18:37:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lynn must call on her abilities and blasters once again to brave the dangers of The Forgotten Place, face new nightmares, defeat new enemies, and find the pieces needed to get Grimzo Out of the Box Even after freeing the Barclay Reserve and striking down the Soul King, Lynn is still trapped. A strange force still keeps Lynn from dropping into The Well to leave the Dreaming World. One person might be able to help her. Grimzo, a legendary inventor and dream weaver might have the knowledge and power to help her make her way back to the waking world. The only problem is that no one has seen or heard directly from Grimzo as long as anyone can remember. However, after freeing the Barclay Reserve, one of Grimzo's old labs has opened up and revealed the strange place Grimzo has been trapped in for so long. Ok but what's actually in Soul King: Out of the Box? An all new level hub 5 all new levels Continues Soul King's storyline New weapons New enemies New Music from Brandon Calhoun Soul King: Out of the Box is available May 8 for FREE

[ 2024-05-07 01:32:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Boring little update to fix some minor collision bugs and other little issues introduced in the recent runtime updates.

[ 2024-02-28 18:42:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Quick lil' update to fix some issues we didn't catch in testing.

• Fixed issue with players sometimes getting stuck when finishing/quitting a Gauntlet run
• Fixed issue with Heelers getting players stuck in walls

[ 2024-01-30 19:08:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Gauntlet is here!

An unassuming wall crumbles away in the Barclay Reserve Rapid Transit station to reveal a strange prototype machine named Boxler. It has a strange story to tell, of an inventor named Grimzo locked away in a forgotten dream and that it was sent to ready Lynn for a dangerous quest to free Grimzo. The Gauntlet provides a remix experience of the Soul King maps you've grown to love (and sometimes hate) providing both on-demand remixed levels as well as a weekly competitive remix that allows you to compete with other players for leaderboard placement. Each of these generated levels includes all-new finales with challenge-focused final maps that are sure to push your skills and our tools to the max, as well as small story connections that hint at what may be in store for Lynn in her next quest. The Gauntlet is a whole new way to play Soul King, and is available for all Soul King players today!!

[ 2024-01-26 17:36:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

A wild patch has appeared! There's nothing too huge in this one, but we've been hard at work on new stuff and we wanted to get all these changes pushed out to everyone before we really lock-in on our new expansion content. Changes in this update:

• Fixed some inconsistent Tea interactions
• Reduced base wall-speed slightly (2.5 pps -> 2.2 pps)
• Offhand Reloads now only pause when you switch back to a weapon
• Smoothed out bumping into walls (still will slow you down, but less bump/reduction)
• Added Helper Coffee (included in Dynamic Difficulty, spawns a powerfull Coffee pickup to help out players who are struggling)
• Ammo Pickups now accellerate reloading and offhand reloading by more
• Added Quick-Turn (For controller and Keyb-only players, turns the player 180 degrees in 1/3 a second)
• Fake Lighting (Players viewmodel and enemies are now recolored to mimic lighting changes, real basic stuff)
• Fixed Several spelling issues
• Keyboard/Gamepad control checks are now done consistently through play, not just when the game boots
• Fullscreen is now default for new players (sorry, that was a rookie mistake)

[ 2023-12-30 19:25:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

First things first, we've putting Soul King on sale for 35% off during Steam's Winter Sale (Dec 21 - Jan 4)! If you've been dragging your feet on getting Soul King there's no time like the present! We don't anticipate dropping the price this low for quite a while! In other exciting news, we've been hard at work on a new mode that we'll be launching at the end of January! The Gauntlet will launch on January 28 and will provide a remix experience of the Soul King maps you've grown to love (and sometimes hate) providing both on-demand remixed levels as well as a weekly competitive remix that allows you to compete with other players for leaderboard placement. Each of these remixed levels includes all-new finales with challenge focused final maps that are sure to push your skills and our tools to the max. The Gauntlet is squarely focused on providing greater environmental replayability to Soul King, but we're not leaving the story nerds high and dry. The Gauntlet also serves as a soft-setup for our NEXT batch of new story content, which we expect to be available in Early April 2024.

[ 2023-12-22 18:35:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small update that fixed some spelling errors and removed some un-needed files

• fixed some spelling errors
• tweaked some wall collisions in early levels
• Removed some level backups that were cluttering files

[ 2023-11-16 01:13:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

The time has finally come. After two years of work, we've finally made it across the first finish line. We're incredibly proud of the game we've made, and we hope players will enjoy playing Soul King as much as we enjoyed making it. Drop into the shoes of Lynn, a new arrival in The Barclay Reserve an astral hub connecting dreamers together, which has been taken over by the Soul King. He holds each dreamer in his grip, submerging them deep into layers of dream or nightmare in order to harvet their power for himself. Lynn must break each dreamer free of their chains by delving into their personal dreamscape, fighting the ferocious minions of the Soul King to reach the mind at the core of the dream, all while outrunning the mysterious Whispering Wall that pursues her. Each dreamer you free loosens the Soul King's iron grip, so maybe with enough effort you'll be able to shake the Reserve free of his grasp and defeat him once and for all. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1930310/Soul_King/ [previewyoutube=tvjs6A5ft9Y;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2023-11-15 23:00:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Reach out and connect.

Drop into the shoes of Lynn, a normal girl thrust into a conflict over the hearts of a generation. The Soul King holds each dreamer in his grip, submerging them deep into dreams or nightmares hoping to keep their power for itself. Lynn must break them free of their chains by delving into each dreamer's personal dreamscape, fighting their inner fears, anxieties, or just the ferocious minions of the Soul King to reach the mind at the core of the dream. Each dreamer you free contributes to the army of free dreamers which maybe- just maybe- will be enough to strike down the Soul King once and for all.

• Fast Paced FPS action
  
• Buncha Weapons
  
• Bangin' Soundtrack
  
• Crunchy Pixels and Polygons
  
• 20+ levels to shoot and slice through