Nothing to see here, just a quick fix for online multiplayer! If you were having trouble starting/joining matches, this should now be fixed.

We're still working to get our Deck Verified status, stay tuned!

Hello everyone!

This is a minor housekeeping update for Linux - the Windows and macOS versions were untouched in this update.

The short version: Valve failed this game for Steam Deck cert because of the Skulls Anywhere login dialog; the service was shut down some time ago so this was no longer supported anyway. I went in and removed the login button and the Skulls Anywhere option in the multiplayer menu, no other changes were made. The game actually works great on Steam Deck as-is!

(For preservation folks: If you want a build with the login button intact, the linux32 branch still has it just in case!)

One known issue that remains from the last version is that Xwayland combined with a high-DPI mode will result in a black screen - for whatever reason multisampling is forced on in Xwayland, which breaks our presentation system (and many others, I would imagine). Thankfully with the SDL2 update you can set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland and get around this with a fully native Wayland window. This will eventually be made the default in a future SDL release, so at some point this will just passively go away. (Also: You can enable specialized high-DPI support by passing /enablehighdpi:1 as a launch argument.)

Thank you for your continued support!

We've got a new web cartoon series on the Nerdist, and the first episode is here! http://nerdist.com/skulls-of-the-shogun-premiere-recruits/

It stars the vocal stylings of John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time), and tune in every Tuesday at 10am PT and keep your eyes ears peeled (?) for special guest stars Jessica Chobot (Nerdist News), Dan Casey (The Dan Cave), and Gary Anthony Williams (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) in upcoming episodes!

We've got a new web cartoon series on the Nerdist, and the first episode is here! http://nerdist.com/skulls-of-the-shogun-premiere-recruits/

It stars the vocal stylings of John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time), and tune in every Tuesday at 10am PT and keep your eyes ears peeled (?) for special guest stars Jessica Chobot (Nerdist News), Dan Casey (The Dan Cave), and Gary Anthony Williams (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) in upcoming episodes!

We're very happy to announce that Skulls is now on Mac & Linux!

If you're a long time fan looking for new multiplayer action, jump back in to the game with all the new players!

We're very happy to announce that Skulls is now on Mac & Linux!

If you're a long time fan looking for new multiplayer action, jump back in to the game with all the new players!

Skulls is 75% off for 48 hours only! Check the front page or go straight to our page http://store.steampowered.com/app/228960/.

Tell your friends! Thank you for your continued support, every bit helps!

Skulls is 75% off for 48 hours only! Check the front page or go straight to our page http://store.steampowered.com/app/228960/.

Tell your friends! Thank you for your continued support, every bit helps!

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Skulls of the Shogun!*



Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Skulls of the Shogun is a candidate in the Community Choice Vote!
http://store.steampowered.com/#wintersale_communitychoice

Vote and spread the word! Voting ends in just a few hours (1:30 AM PST).

Thanks everyone!

Skulls of the Shogun is a candidate in the Community Choice Vote!
http://store.steampowered.com/#wintersale_communitychoice

Vote and spread the word! Voting ends in just a few hours (1:30 AM PST).

Thanks everyone!

For anybody interested, it's out on the Appstore for iPhone & iPad right now! Its $4.99 as a universal app. https://itunes.apple.com/app/id710354958

Skulls on iOS features all the single-player content from Bone-A-Fide all five episodes, plus the bonus volcano island with persistent units! Youll also get all 36 multiplayer maps, playable over the Internet via turn-based Skulls Anywhere mode or you can pass-and-play with up to four people on the same device!

We are also excited to announce cross-platform support with the Steam version (sold separately). Login with your existing Skulls Anywhere from teh Steam version and cloud-based campaign saves and Skulls Anywhere games and can move from platform to platform (and back) without a hitch. With this addition, the collective multiplayer arenas gotten bigger than ever before, as iOS and Steam clients clash online! You will also find no in-app purchases Skulls of the Shogun for iOS is a complete experience.

For anybody interested, it's out on the Appstore for iPhone & iPad right now! It’s $4.99 as a universal app. https://itunes.apple.com/app/id710354958

Skulls on iOS features all the single-player content from Bone-A-Fide – all five episodes, plus the bonus volcano island with persistent units! You’ll also get all 36 multiplayer maps, playable over the Internet via turn-based Skulls Anywhere mode — or you can pass-and-play with up to four people on the same device!

We are also excited to announce cross-platform support with the Steam version (sold separately). Login with your existing Skulls Anywhere from teh Steam version and cloud-based campaign saves and Skulls Anywhere games and can move from platform to platform (and back) without a hitch. With this addition, the collective multiplayer arena’s gotten bigger than ever before, as iOS and Steam clients clash online! You will also find no in-app purchases – Skulls of the Shogun for iOS is a complete experience.

Today's Deal: Save 50% on Skulls of the Shogun!*

It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare! Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals.

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Hey all! We're happy to say we've fixed a couple bugs with background searches and also that we've added a new time option: Limited. Use this option to find time-limited matches only (and avoid unlimited length turns)

Experienced players, if you haven't tried time-limited turns yet, especially at 20, 30, or 45 seconds, it's a lot of fun. Kind of like speed chess... but with more skulls!

--ben

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Release 1.12 - 8/26/13 - changelist 7662
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Add "Limited" turn speed option for joining/searching for Skulls Online matches (matches any time limit)
Fix for player with bkgd search using any # of players would not correctly update open lobby slots if somebody else found that match using > 2 armies in their search.
Fix for improper matchmaking when background search is created with specific map & no gametype, and next player tries to join. search w/gametype specifically set.
Fix hidden rice paddy in MP 2P Lion's Gauntlet
Fix alt-tabbing on load/delete game dialogs not resining background properly
Rescan xact wavs in cases it fixes audio engine load fail issue on one machine.
Localization fix for text over run on Forgotten Isles info box on campaign map in some languages
Fix rare crash displaying emblem icon text

Hey all! We're happy to say we've fixed a couple bugs with background searches and also that we've added a new time option: Limited. Use this option to find time-limited matches only (and avoid unlimited length turns)

Experienced players, if you haven't tried time-limited turns yet, especially at 20, 30, or 45 seconds, it's a lot of fun. Kind of like speed chess... but with more skulls!

--ben

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Release 1.12 - 8/26/13 - changelist 7662
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Add "Limited" turn speed option for joining/searching for Skulls Online matches (matches any time limit)
Fix for player with bkgd search using any # of players would not correctly update open lobby slots if somebody else found that match using > 2 armies in their search.
Fix for improper matchmaking when background search is created with specific map & no gametype, and next player tries to join. search w/gametype specifically set.
Fix hidden rice paddy in MP 2P Lion's Gauntlet
Fix alt-tabbing on load/delete game dialogs not resining background properly
Rescan xact wavs in cases it fixes audio engine load fail issue on one machine.
Localization fix for text over run on Forgotten Isles info box on campaign map in some languages
Fix rare crash displaying emblem icon text

Skulls of the Shogun is Now Available on Steam!

Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals in a fast-paced, arcade-inspired blend of arcade action and turn-based strategy!

Rampage through 24 levels in an epic single-player campaign or battle up to 4 players at once on spectacular multiplayer maps, both locally and online!

Look for us online: Borut (Borut), Ben (DrBinocular), Jake (Jkooza), and Colin (McWild).

We'll be creating ranked matches for 3 & 4 players to get more people in the game (maybe 2P matches as people taper off). Just search for a Skulls Online (Ranked) Quick Match, or Join Custom Match with "any" fields selected.

(We may create a Player match or two if folks don't want to play Ranked).

Hey all, thanks to everyone's help tracking down issues, we're launching this upcoming Monday! Still a couple minor things to fix, but overall it's looking pretty good. If you want the early access 20% discount and have been waiting to buy it, be sure to pick it up soon!

Don't forget tonight is our play the developers event in Skulls Online, starting at 5pm Pacific time. If you want a chance to earn the special emblem come see if you can beat us!

Thanks,
Borut

I'm pleased to announced that the Forgotten Isles have been unlocked! The entire single player campaign is now open. Huzzah!

These 4 new levels feature a new story line, as well as the Tanuki monk and gameplay progression - meaning you'll build up your forces as you go and take them with you to the next level. The forgotten Isles are a weird, dangerous place!

Also, we've added a notification tray to help you multitask but still keep on top of your Skulls games. Notifications appear in two cases:
- when it's your turn in a Skulls Anywhere match
- when you've searched for an online match and found a game in the background (to use background searches, anytime you fail to find a game, click "keep searching" to search in the background)

Tray notifications only appear if Skulls is minimized or not the active application. So if you're waiting for your turn or other online players, just minimize Skulls and click on the notification when it pops up.

Full details on the update below. Enjoy!

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beta 1.009 - 7/23/13 - changelist 7604
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Unlock the Forgotten Isles (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Add Notification Tray which will popup if the game is minimized and the player receives a turn notification, or when an online background search is successful
Fix join sometimes failing when joining an online match via background search while in the campaign (or a local multiplayer match)
Add back option to steam leaderboard choice dlg
Fix random crash in ricepaddyoutliner b/c of paddy w/no layer yet
Fix mp2fall_4 potion setup
Tune all multiplayer Forgotten Isles maps
Clarify some dialog messages that were displaying “sign in” when actually offline or disconnected
Make sure achievements won outside of end-of level are awarded immediately (like emblem crafting related achievements).
award progress achievements for completing each world on normal after any level, in case the player goes back to an earlier level on normal difficulty

Cool off with our winter season, which has just been unlocked!

(and happy knockbacking!)

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beta 1.008 - 7/20/13 - changelist 7577
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Unlock Land of Frozen Fortunes (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Fix casual level leaderboard to properly sort
Fix erroneous Loading Online Save games wait message when not connected to Skulls Anywhere (bug in last update).
Fix bug not being able to unequip emblem if you had earned the very first emblem
Fix for unit getting freezing during attack while dialog pops up in beach 2.3
Tweak 1 line of island 4 dialog to make boss power clearer.
Safety check to prevent crash in army select screen

Hey everybody! Next Wednesday night, July 24th we'll be playing Skulls Online if anyone wants to join us.

We'll be starting at 5pm Pacific Standard Time (8pm for you east-coasters, that's GMT-7 for any international players who want to stay up), and go for at least a couple hours.

You'll get a chance to earn that special emblem... if you can beat us! :)

Big change to your summer: fall is here! In Skulls of the Shogun, anyway. :) Please enjoy the Land of Golden Harvest, but harden your skills... for soon, winter is coming.

Lots of little fixes also included in the update, including a big fix to make the leaderboards more worthwhile - per-difficulty leaderboards! Previously you could play on casual difficulty and your score would get included right alongside the regular normal difficulty, which meant you could get some suspiciously good scores. :) These are tracked independently now. Full fix details below.

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beta 1.007 - 7/17/13 - changelist 7550
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Unlock Land of Golden Harvest (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Track level clear times separately for casual & normal difficulties, and upload to level specific leaderboards accordingly. Overall campaign clear time reflects proper time based on selected difficulty.
Fix for cloud load of campaign options when auto-signing in
Fix for loading save game in post-collection mode area (like beach 2.3) resetting unit move left.
Remove line of code from attack action from unused code that could *maybe* (albeit not v likely) cause projectile to attack to not complete...
Better detection of whether Steam is running and logging of steam errors
Fix crash that could occur with host existing online match, and when restarting a new match
Prevent crash while showing emblems. Make sure unequip emblem does not show as "locked" and is full color
Transfer cleansing shrine damage targets in Skulls Anywhere to ensure 100% sync and prevent related issues
Fix input handling bug when dialog transitions screen re-triggering dialog (like when using load Game from campaign menu).
Award XP for finishing a season, getting gold skulls, killing Yuki and the Shogun of the Dead

Hey all! Hope you're digging the summer, all the sales going on in Steam, and now... the summer season of Skulls!

We've unlocked 4 more levels, and there's a new attract movie featuring Mega Ran!

Thanks for playing! As always, let us know of any problems you run into.
Ben

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beta 1.006 - 7/12/13 - changelist 7522
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Unlock Land of Monsoon Meadows levels (4 in total), with developer commentary.
Mega Ran raps over the intro / attract loop!
Better handling of graphics resolution saving
Fix issue with autosave re-doing general heal
Skulls Anywhere - possible fixes for a oni damage desync issue that would prevent using the Fox Monk's Revive spell
Skulls Online - stop background search when joining an invited session
Experience/Emblems - Make it so if a player dies in Skulls Online and exits the match early they still earn their XP/Emblems. Award XP in local multiplayer when playing against AI only. Fix minor exploit with earning experience in campaign mode.
Possible fix for randomly exiting game on start/back button, escape key, right mouse button.
Fix level-specific leaderboards posting bad data

Hi all! We've unlocked Spring aka The Land of Eternal Blossoms!

Also, we're excited to announce we've added background matchmaking so it should be much easier to find online matches! Full list of changes below.

Looking forward to seeing you online! Keep the feedback coming. :)

Ben

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beta 1.005 - 7/9/13 - changelist 7489
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Unlock Land of the Eternal Blossoms levels (4 in total), with developer commentary.
Skulls Online - Background Matchmaking! When you search for a game via Quick Match or Join Custom Match, if it fails the button will change to "Keep Searching". Select that and you'll be able to continue searching for an online match while playing Campaign, Skulls Local, or Skulls Anywhere modes.
Fix missing image in fox spell button tutorial tip
Make Fox resurrect radius match eat/purify to avoid user confusion.
Minor reduction in tanuki action radius down 1 unit for tuning purposes.
Chat window - break up text better so more displays per line, while making sure max width characacters don't run over, tweak sound so it's more noticeable during gameplay.
Possible fix for exiting match unintentially.
Replace russian font because of broken glyph.
Fix bad color tag in Russian Profile Screen Die Again help text
Fix script issue in Bedlam Beach section 2 when loading autosave, could leave dialog on screen.
Team Deathmatch - Display team name under player name in turn start if team mode, Display ??? for team names in Player info dialog on 1st round of Skulls Anywhere game (before teams are set).
Fix teams getting reset in Skulls Anywhere when restarting turn.
Change singleplayer locked warning text - change “multiplayer beta" to "beta” to reduce confusion