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Sin Slayers: Reign of the 8th has officially launched on Steam bringing players back to a dark, sin-filled world, now reimagined, expanded, and more brutal than ever. This definitive roguelite RPG dares players to confront their deepest fears and sins in a relentless battle for survival.
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Halloween Madness is back! The residents of the Church will have a fun party with pumpkins, disguises and representatives of the afterlife.
During the event you can collect special items from defeated enemies pumpkins. Exchange them for new outfits for your heroes.
You can use them in any situation: in battle, in adventure, in the tower of trials, wherever you want. And the best part is unlocked costumes will stay with you forever. But hurry up, the time of the event is limited!
Tactical card strategy Against The Moon released on Steam!
Having lost control over the planet, the remnants of humanity took refuge in an ancient citadel. Lead a squad of superhumans in the fight against Furos, brutal creatures of the Moon.
Collect a unique deck, upgrade cards and strengthen characters. Defeat the mighty bosses, find the necessary resources and challenge the Moon itself!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1039480/Against_The_Moon/
Greetings, heroes!
We have updated Sin Slayers to version 1.3.2.9. For the most part this patch fixes bugs with activation of various in-game debuffs, but it also fixes small performance issues.
List of changes:
- Fixed a bug with the activation of random debuffs on player characters and buffs on enemy characters without an activated Chalice of Infernal Torments;
- small performance fixes
Welcome defenders, free Against The Moon prologue is releasing today. Lead the resistance of the last stronghold of survivors against the creatures of the Moon right now!
Key features:
Today we have prepared a truly "hot" update! New difficulty mode, improved gamepad controls and Japanese localization are waiting for you. Lets discuss it all in details:
Sin Slayers world was never friendly to players. Heroes were in for a fight against hordes of monsters, dozens of traps and ruthless Sin Lords, which only the most prepared travelers can hope to defeat. But even in these conditions there were the chosen ones who could easily deal with any threat.
For the bravest adventurers, the Cup of Hell's Torment materialized in the Church. As soon as its flame lit up, every demon in the Valley learns about your goal, every monster will be out for your head, and their powers will increase tenfold!
Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition opens the gates to the new world of XBOX One! Arm yourself with gamepads to prepare for the most desperate battle in the new Hell Mode.
We have done a lot of work on the XBOX One version. The gamepad-adapted controls, all previously released updates, and most importantly, timed exclusive "Hell" difficulty mode await players. It will be a serious test of your tactical skills, preparation and planning, as well as good luck. Remember: difficult battles warrant special rewards.
Additional "Hell" difficulty mode will later become available on other platforms too.
Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition pre-orders on XBOX ONE are live! Right up until the release you can buy the game at a 20% discount.
Weve done a lot of work on the XBOX ONE version. Players will get to experience the timed exclusive Hell mode. Itll become a real challenge for your heroes, tactical skills and ... luck.
XBOX ONE edition also includes all PC updates: Snow Peak, new heroes, weapons, monsters, quests and locations. Additional difficulty mode "Hell" will be released later on other platforms as well.
Sin Slayers Enhanced Edition is available on Nintendo Switch! Ready to challenge the demonic hordes on the handheld version again? We think you are.
From the very beginning, we wanted to release the game for our favorite portable console, and that moment has come. Now players can play Sin Slayers anywhere and in any situation. We gently ported all the game mechanics so that the gameplay remained exciting, the graphics atmospheric, and all the Nintendo Switch unique features worked as intended! That means you'll enjoy the adventure both at home on TV and on the portable screen, while travelling.
There are no restrictions in Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition! It includes all the previous updates: Snow Peak, new monsters, enemies, heroes and weapons.
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In only two days youll once again journey to the Valley of Fallen Sinners. On March 26, go on an epic adventure on Nintendo Switch. Buy the Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition with a 20% discount while it lasts until the release!
Now nothing can stand between you and Sin Slayers! In a dark forest, on a long journey, in an abandoned church or in a tent on the edge of the world, you can always battle the Sin Lords.
Sin Slayers Enhanced Edition pre-orders on Nintendo Switch are now available! Up until the release date, you can buy the game at a 20% discount.
We did a lot of work on the Nintendo Switch version, so it supports all game modes on the console. The game's gameplay and interface have been completely adapted and redesigned, so you could enjoy all the benefits of a handheld device.
Sin Slayers: Enhanced Edition for Nintendo Switch includes all expansions released for the PC, including Snow Peak, new heroes, weapons, monsters, quests and locations.
Sin Slayers will be released on Nintendo Switch on March 26! Get your joy cons and pro controllers ready! The Valley of Fallen Sinners will soon be right in your pocket.
Nintendo Switch version of the game will be available as an Enhanced Edition, thatll include all previous content, including Snow Peak, new heroes, weapons, monsters, quests and locations.
Heroes, the Valley needs you!
Game page: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/sin-slayers-switch/
Greetings, demon slayers!
Have you ever noticed in your adventures the musical notes of a fairytale world, both bright and really lonely? Yes, we are talking about the soundtrack of Sin Slayers. Thanks to new update, you can now listen to music from your favourite games right in the Steam client!
To celebrate this we offer you to plunge into the unique atmosphere of the Valley of Fallen Sinners at a discount of 40%!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165050/Sin_Slayers__Soundtrack/
Chinese New Year is coming soon. The festivities last several days and include festivals, long walks and most importantly, visits to relatives and friends.
We, together with Steam, congratulate you and offer Sin Slayers at a discount! During the sale the price of Sin Slayers as well as all additional materials will be reduced by 40%.
Happy New Lunar Year, sin slayers!
The new year is about to begin according to the Chinese calendar, which is undoubtedly anticipated by many players. We decided to take part in this holiday too and prepared a wonderful gift for all players from China!
Sin Slayers, and all add-ons are fully localized into Chinese and waiting for their players. Welcome to the Valley of Fallen Sinners!
This update brings:
- Simplified Chinese localization
- Little bugfixes
Today, when the heroes are dressed up in festive costumes and the whole world is preparing to move into a new decade, we put aside swords and bows with arrows to sum up the most important year for us.
2019 was the most important year for our project. We fought for the attention of the audience on Kickstarter, got a lot of community support, released a demo version, released a full game and even published a few updates and DLCs. Lets talk about everything in order.
After two years of painstaking development, we decided start crowdfunding. A small step for the team was a huge step for the game. Not everything went smoothly during Kickstarter, but we immediately felt that people needed our project: we got good feedback and ideas from future players, which inspired us to make the game even more interesting. That's when we released the first demo version Sin Slayers: The First Sin, that was downloaded more than 100 000 times.
At the end of the summer we released alpha and beta versions of the game, closely followed players feedback, were fixing bugs constantly, read bug reports and tested a lot so players could go on an exciting adventure in the Valley of Fallen Sinners in September.
Now it's time to thank you, our players! Thanks to your feedback, support and enthusiasm, we never got tired of supporting and developing the game. You already could participate in our Halloween event or complete a free Snow Peak add-on, now it's time to try on Christmas costumes and search the Valley of Fallen Sinners for gifts and candy.
Thank you for being with us this year and stay tuned for more updates, we still have surprises in store for you.
Today the Valley of Fallen Sinners is in a festive mood! Your old friends decorated the church with sparkling garlands, lots of gifts and crafted christmas costumes.
Dont be a stranger, go on an adventure and get "Holiday Candies" for every victorious fight. The inhabitants of the Valley will gladly share them. Lollipops is the new currency of the Goblin Merchant, which will give you access to his special holiday stock, namely Christmas costumes. You can wear them everywhere: in battle, in adventure, in the Tower of Trials, etc. Most importantly, the skins you've earned for your characters will stay with you forever!
Greeting, heroes!
Winter holidays are coming and we feel it stronger each day. Cities and streets are decorated for Christmas and New Year. Video games celebrate holidays too. Steam Winter Sale has started and Sin Slayers takes part in it. If you haven't started your adventure in the Valley of Fallen Sinners yet, or don't know what to gift your friends, then 40% discount can help you with this decision.
Were also preparing a winter holidays event for you! The Valley will be filled with illuminations, gifts, sweets and a great mood.
Very soon we will tell you in details about the winter event.
Today were releasing a couple of small fixes, that should remove small bugs. The game will also display all the characters of different languages, including hieroglyphs, correctly.
In previous updates we announced support for Sin Slayers mods. Right now this toolkit allows you to create custom localizations for the game, it means you can change pretty much any text in the game. These modifications allow you to almost create your own story in Sin Slayers world. Write games story in a completely different light, translate the game into any language or create a comedy story just like in Hollywood film parodies.
Steam users once again vote for the best game in eight categories.
Sin Slayers is a brutal and bloody world of turn-based battles where every mistake will cost you time and resources. We look at overall stats every day and they show that not many players were able to defeat all Sin Lords.
The Best Game You Suck At Award is probably perfect for our game, when you think that many players have died dozens of times on the first location.
A new threat is very close... But this time it doesnt come from the Sinlords or evil lords of the Sin Slayers world. This threat is even bigger!
Today starts the autumn Steam sale, and it means a lot of discounts on cool and interesting projects. Sin Slayers won't miss an event of this scale, starting today and until December 3rd the game and all additional materials will be available at a 30% discount!
This is a great opportunity to go on a hunt for the most dangerous demons, especially considering the fact that recently Sin Slayers has added a huge content patch. It includes a new winter location, monsters, traps, items and, of course, an evil boss.
Greetings, slayers!
Today is an important day in the world of Sin Slayers. The rift in the Church has finally opened! Now you can travel to a distant frozen land called "Snow Peak" and meet new playable heroes. North lands are captured by the Ice Queen. A former sorceress is now a dangerous woman, enslaved by magic. Battle and victory over her is the main goal of this adventure.
In addition, you will also find new items to craft and special artifacts. New traps and events will make you worry about your next step. New monsters will be formidable opponents even for the most experienced heroes.
Please note that the DLC is free for all owners of the main game!
If you havent visited Sin Slayers world yet, you can start today at a discounted price!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/783190/Sin_Slayers/
Once upon a time, a mighty sorceress found a place called "Snow Peak" and decided to live in the ruins of an ancient city. She surrounded herself with warriors made of ice to guard her peace, and gathered a magical power from the ice, snow and frost. Those few who came back from this place called her the Ice Queen.
Great news, Sin Slayers!
On November 18th a massive Sin Slayers DLC will be released for free. Snow Peak is a continuation of the Sin Slayers story. In the Old Church, the refuge of heroes, a mysterious rift has been activated. A new face, Northerner, came out of it. He told the story of a faraway snow-covered world he's been trying to survive in for years. Players will go to the new region of the map and fight with snow monsters and bosses, meet new allies and lift the curse of the Peak.
Today we have prepared a pleasant update for you! Our artists have changed the appearance of some locations, now you can feel the atmosphere of each of them even better. Completionists will be happy to know that we have added an ability to change the speed of animations. We also fixed some bugs.
Only a few hours left before the end of Halloween Madness. Party in the Valley of Fallen Sinners will end tonight. That means no pumpkins and halloween costumes for the time being.
If you haven't unlocked all 4 exclusive outfits yet, hurry up! They can only be obtained by playing the game.
In the future we will hold other similar events with various bonuses. By the way, don't forget that we'll tell you soon about a massive free DLC content for Sin Slayers.
Stay tuned for more news!
We have great news for all Sin Slayers!
We got a warm feedback from the players who already had time to participate in the Halloween party. So we decided to extend the Halloween Madness event until November 4th.
This is a great opportunity for those who haven't yet gathered enough pumpkins to continue on their way to the closet full of cool new outfits.
Keep gathering pumpkins from your enemies and exchange them for exclusive outfits this weekend!
Remember, costumes can only be obtained by playing the game, and they will stay with you forever.
A lot of heroes have already joined the crazy party, be among them as well!
In celebration of the Halloween party in the Valley of Fallen Sinners, we decided to sell all tickets. From today until November 1st you can buy Sin Slayers at a discount on the Steam Halloween Sale!
This is a great chance not only to discover the history of a lost sinful world, but also to have fun Halloween costume party.
All skins you unlock during the event will stay with you forever.
Please note that you can only purchase these skins by playing the game.
Hurry up, event is time-limited!
Along with the start of the event, we decided to add some small changes to the game. Some interface elements will look different now.
The great bizarre party in the Valley of Fallen Sinners has begun!
Prepare your heroes for the celebration, steal pumpkins from enemies, buy exclusive skins and have fun.
Halloween Madness is a free, time-limited event. All items can only be obtained by playing the game.
Tomorrow, October 24, the Valley of Fallen Sinners will embrace the real Halloween madness! Church inhabitants will throw a fun party with pumpkins, festive clothes and representatives of the afterlife world.
Tomorrow youll go on a hunt for pumpkins and they arent here to just look pretty! This is a new Goblin merchant currency, that can be exchanged for new halloween costumes. You will be able to use them in any situation: in battle, adventure, the tower of trials, pretty much everywhere. The most important thing is that these new costumes will stay with you even after the event!
Soon the darkness will cover the Valley of Fallen Sinners. Windows will be decorated with carved pumpkins and hordes of monsters, bandits and demons will lose their minds completely. Brave heroes have to battle the forces of darkness once again. This time in absolutely new clothes.
We have two news today. Good and not so good. Rules tell us to start with not so good. The big October update will be postponed a little bit. At the moment the content is not up to our quality standard and some elements need more time in an oven. Thats why we decided to move the "Snow Peak" and the rest of the update content to November.
Now for the good news. In October you will have a grand Halloween party in the Valley of Fallen Sinners! It will be a temporary in-game event, with unique content, pumpkins and sweets!
We will tell you more about the event very soon.
Its been a while, Sinners!
Today we present you the digital Artbook of the Sin Slayers world. This is a 16-page album with various visual materials and game artwork that were lovingly created by our artists. Youll also be able to learn more about the Valley of Fallen Sinners, its history and inhabitants.
Artbook is available to everyone on Steam starting today. If you have pre-ordered it on our website, we will send you an email with the activation key.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170890/Sin_Slayers__Artbook/
Greetings, sinners!
Today we present you an update small in content, but huge in importance. From now on, Sin Slayers is available in German! Now even more players can plunge headlong into the world between the worlds, without spoiling their impression due to the language barrier.
We also made a few changes to the gameplay and fixed some problems that the players encountered.
Our dark fantasy adventure can now be experienced in French. We want to thank our French community for warm reception of the project and many hours that they spent translating dialogs, object descriptions and interfaces. Thank you and good luck in the Valley of Fallen Sinners!
Greetings, Sinners!
Today we have brought you a new batch of changes in the update 1.0.98. The first thing you will notice in the new patch is the changes to the Location Map window, which we have completely redesigned. Now all the most powerful inhabitants of the valley will have a visual buff "Demonic protection", which was not displayed in any way before. Youll also find minor changes, fixes of the remaining bugs, as well as the addition of French localization in today's update.
Greetings, Sinners!
Please welcome the new inhabitants of the Church in the Valley, they are available to those who pre-ordered the game through our site. We have also added an opportunity for everyone else to purchase additional NPCs, which will keep you company in your adventures.
Hello everybody!
We have great news, today we are releasing a major update, which will add a good amount of content to the game. Tower of trials with different modes, valuable rewards and hardcore fights is waiting for you. We've also made some minor changes to the interface elements, and added a few new sound effects.
Will you be able to conquer the Tower of trials?
Today we have a couple of small fixes for you. Theyll fix some bugs and improve overall fell of the game.
Today we present you a small patch with long-awaited changes and fixes. The complexity of battles will increase significantly by the end of the game, problems with passive abilities will disappear, and a new enemy type will be waiting for you at every corner.
Greetings, Sinners!
We've added Cloud Save Support to Steam. From now on, you don't have to manually transfer your save files anymore and you can easily play on any of your devices. (Among the available platforms, of course)
Today we have prepared a small patch with bugfixes, three new inhabitants of the Valley and changes to some balance elements.
Greetings, Sinners!
Today Sin Slayers will have a major update that will help you to get rid of unnecessary equipment or resources. The Goblin merchant is a new Church NPC that will sell you dozens of items and will be happy to buy used swords and bows for a reasonable price. In addition, the update fixes the game's global loot system and makes it much harder to get rare and epic items.
Greetings, Sinners!
We know what Steam users like the most, thats why we want to please you with yet another wonderful news. Sin Slayers has trading cards now! Now every sinner will be able to get wonderful profile backgrounds, emoticons and badges directly from the Valley of Fallen Sinners.
Greetings, sinners! Today we present you a Sin Slayers roadmap for this year.
We will release new update every month. From additional supported languages to completely new locations and characters, Sin Slayers will have a lot of new content by the end of the year. You can also look forward to the Steam Workshop. Well be eagerly waiting for the first user mods.
Over the weekend, thousands of demons and hundreds of Sinlords were slain in the Valley of Fallen Sinners! All this time we've been collecting feedback from you, working on fixes and eliminating bugs. Today we are releasing a patch with changes in quests and descriptions, as well as new settings.
Sin Slayers release is in full swing and we thank everyone who has already left feedback, comments or come to discuss the game on our Discord server. While you're leveling a select group of heroes to beat the demons, we're releasing our first patch.
Today is the most important day for our team, Sin Slayers is finally out! We want to thank all our followers and all steam users who have added the game to their wishlist. Your efforts have helped us find a new audience and attract interest to the project.
Behind us are 2 years of development, our dream has never been so close. We hope you enjoy our game as soon as possible.
Expect an exciting story, almost endless randomly generated locations, hordes of monsters and undead, embodiments of seven deadly sins, adventure, deep crafting system, dangers and so much more.
Do not postpone the adventure, go on a journey right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/783190/Sin_Slayers/
A new batch of changes awaits you today, right before the release of the game. We've changed the enemy spawn system in different locations. For example, it will be harder for players to meet the Pigmans in the Citadel of Pride. In addition, we've updated the list of supported gamepads and added new sound and visual effects.
Today we present you a major update of the Sin Slayers beta. The look of the Valley of Fallen Sinners has changed a lot thanks to the new global map, and with the updated loot system players will start to receive a wide variety of rewards.
The Sin Slayers release is close and we work harder than ever. Today we are making a new batch of changes to the game and fixing bugs found by players.
In the near future we plan to make even more pleasant changes, keep an eye on the news and visit our Discord server!
Results of the first batch of players feedback are here. We want to thank everyone for a warm welcome, nice comments, questions and suggestions! Today we are releasing the first beta patch that will make your life in the Valley of Fallen Sinners a little bit easier.
Greetings, sinful souls!
It is time for a journey through the Valley of the Fallen Sinners. Sin Slayers beta test starts today. Everyone who pre-ordered Sin Slayers with access to the beta will receive the key today.
Sin Slayers Beta is an almost complete version of the game. Play through the main campaign, do a lot of extra quests, see all heroes in action and try out different artifacts, armor and team compositions.
Were glad to announce that Sin Slayers is going to release on Steam on September 5th!
Demonstrate your tactical genius and defeat hellish creatures in turn-based combat.
If youre a journalist, youtuber or streamer, be sure to visit our website and request Sin Slayers beta key for an article or a stream: https://sinslayers.com/demorequest
Greetings, fellow Sin Slayers! We saw that many of you lost faith when we failed to reach our goal. Some suggested we launch the Kickstarter campaign again, others asked how they could further support development of the project. We at Goon Swarm decided on a different way: as of today, Sin Slayers is available for pre-order on our website!
Want to support the game? Nows the time! There are three different versions to choose from:
We have other news as well. The Valley of Fallen Sinners is now home to the Warlock, a lazy demon summoner and disciple of dark magic. Youll have to work hard if you want his assistance, but if you do get him on your side the reward will be worth it.
The Sin Slayers Kickstarter campaign has finally ended. Sadly, we didnt reach our goal, but we did come close.
We are grateful to everyone who supported the project. Thanks to you, we are now certain that Sin Slayers has an audience ready for adventure in the Valley of Fallen Sinners, an audience ready to do battle against the Seven Deadly Sins upon final release.
Speaking of the release, development on Sin Slayers continues. Work on the project never ceased for a minute, and is right now in full swing. Were planning to release the game in Q3, 2019. Your wait is almost at an end!
Stay tuned for more news from our FB page and Twitter account. You can also visit our Discord server to ask us questions directly. Well always be in touch. Be prepared to fight your sins, because theyre almost here.
Twenty-four hours left till the end of the Sin Slayers Kickstarter campaign. Twenty-four hours to reach our goal. Twenty-four hours to find heroes ready to embark on a dangerous adventure to destroy seven cursed seals.
Sin Slayers has to this point reached 53% of its goal thanks to 346 backers. Weve still got a whole day ahead and were not giving up. We continue to reach out to gaming news sites, bloggers and streamers. And every day we continue to fill the game with new content, no matter what.
Right now is the best time to support our game if you havent already! Help us tell the whole world about Sin Slayers. Every pledge is important for us, as well as every stream, youtube video and Kickstarter comment!
The Valley of Fallen Sinners is riddled with sin. Every passing moment sees more lost and restless souls entering this bleak world. Rare indeed is the ray of hope shining through the dark clouds cloaking these lands of the damned.
Could it be that no true heroes dwell among these imprisoned souls, ready to risk not only their life but their very existence? Risk everything in order to free these hopeless and damned souls, cursed to wander endlessly in the world between worlds.
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Hello everyone!
The Kickstarter campaign is soon coming to a close. We have only three days left to meet our goal, and gather the funds needed to add all planned content and mechanics to Sin Slayers.
At this point, Sin Slayers united 329 backers to pledge 42% of the initial goal.
More than 20,000 people have played Sin Slayers: The First Sin. Together theyve slain thousands of monsters in the first location of the Valley of Fallen Sinners.
Lets push it to the limit in these last few days and recruit as many new Sin Slayers as we can!
In todays update well talk about an important in-game mechanic called Sinfulness.
While traveling through the Valley of Fallen Sinners, youll stumble upon many random encounters. Every single encounter presents you with a choice that will impact your Sin attribute. Should you dig up a grave in hopes of finding treasure or pass it by? Desecrate an altar or pray to an unknown god? Loot a corpse or bury it? Every action will have consequences.
A high Sin level means more valuable treasures, rare items and necessary resources for your adventures. But at what cost? Inexperienced players can easily fall into this trap and end up in the proverbial fire.
There are 5 levels of Sin. With the growth of the Sinfulness meter, enemies become stronger and more aggressive. Ordinary monsters and even bosses gain a level bonus, and therefore an increase to all characteristics.
Were working right now on perfectly balancing this mechanic, but rest assured that by release of the full version of the game, only the hardest of hardcore players will be able to complete Sin Slayers at maximum Sinfulness. But the rewards for this feat will be legendary.
Support Sin Slayers on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacktower/sin-slayers-heroic-saga-in-dark-fantasy
Hello everyone! Players have been asking frequently about how and where you can recruit new Sin Slayers in the game. We decided its time to address this question.
At the beginning of your journey, youll have only four heroes: Priestess, Warrior, Defender and Huntress. The others you must locate yourself and persuade to join your cause.
Not all heroes arrived simultaneously in the world between worlds; some have wandered these lands for years in search of salvation. You may find such unfortunate souls taking their rest at the base of a tree, in abandoned taverns, in the warehouses of deserted castles... or maybe even as captives of a Sin Lord.
However, its not enough to simply find them, youll need to convince these heroes that youre worthy. Some will ask for money or want a duel, others will require a far more difficult task.
Were not going to tell you everything of course, but we promise it wont be a simple feat to bring every available hero together under your banner.
Do you have more questions about this or any other mechanic? Dont be shy, ask away! We promise to answer every one of them.
And please dont forget to like, retweet, and tell your friends about our project. We have six days left, lets go all out!
Hello everyone!
Todays update is going to be brief, but informative.
First of all, lets talk about approaching (like the Night King advancing on Winterfell) the end of the Kickstarter campaign. We have noticed, of course, that our goal is still far away, but we wont give up. Were continuing to create content for the game and for you, our players, just as we planned.
Weve already reached 41% of our goal, thanks to 310 future Sin Slayers. We still have 7 days ahead of us, so were certain well find even more like-minded people to support our cause.
By the way, so far over 20,000 players have tried out Sin Slayers: The First Sin! Thanks to your feedback on the demo, we were able to fix many problems and improve some in-game mechanics. Sin Slayers was also wishlisted more than 5,000 times after the demo launch.
If you havent tried Sin Slayers already, now is the perfect time. Dont forget to show the game to your friends as well! :)
Greetings! Today well discuss the weapons and armor your squad will wield and wear. We remind you that a free Sin Slayers demo is already available on Steam. Trying the prologue yourself is the best way to learn more about the game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057690/Sin_Slayers_The_First_Sin/
Each hero has two equipment slots: one for weapon and one for armor or an accessory. Dont forget: each character has access to different equipment types. For example, the Priestess cant use swords, axes, or other heavy equipment, while the Huntress doesnt use spell books or staffs.
Right now, the demo version is using a prototype of our team management and equipment system. By final release, you will be able to drastically change the composition of the team and equip yourself for any opponent, boss or location. For example, youll be able to add weapon attributes like fire, water, electricity and other elements. Is the enemy resistant to physical attacks, but afraid of electricity? Equip the Huntress with an electric bow to slay him. Is the next location overrun with undead? Use the Paladin to smite them. If the enemy is vulnerable to cold, the Defender with an ice spear will be a deadly surprise.
Want to know more about the game mechanics, monsters and heroes of Sin Slayers? Ask your questions in the comments below, and well be sure to address them in future updates.
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In the Valley of Fallen Sinners there is a place that beckons greedy souls. Rumors say it is littered with gems, gold and rare artifacts. Those who dared to investigate told tales of surreal monsters or havent returned at all.
Travelers describe a fathomless cave in a huge mountain, where every path is identical to the one before. The cave lures travelers deeper and deeper into a labyrinth where the bravest souls must face their deepest fears. The boundless darkness and frightening calls of the cave dwellers will tempt the unprepared adventurer to turn tail and flee.
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As youve probably realized, today we will talk about one of seven sinful locations, the Caves of Greed.
The Caves will welcome players with intricate mazes and punishing traps in the best roguelike tradition. Youll have to travel many corridors before you find the right way.
Your heroic squad will meet many unique enemies, each of them a tough opponent who lives to kill curious travelers. From mad miners to marauding minotaurs, everyone here is your enemy and theyre thirsty for your blood.
Bring powerful weapons, because every enemy in the Caves has a large HP pool and high attack skills. The fight wont be easy, but even these horrors have weak points. You just need to find them...
To lift the Caves curse youll have to face its overlord, Greed, and his best fighter, the mighty Cyclops. What treasures have they gathered over thousand of years of rule?
By the way, we recently updated the Sin Slayers demo and made several changes. Return to the world between worlds to check out the new update and please leave your feedback and comments about the game!
In update #17 we told you about our crafting system and how you can spend your hard earned coin to create and upgrade useful items.
Today were going to talk about the Squad Skill System.
At the start of the game, your new characters will only have two combat skills and one global skill, to be used outside of combat. For example, the Huntress has a main attack, Rapid Shot, and the Aim Shot or Arrows from Heaven ability, depending on your choice.
Your heroes need to learn other abilities before using them in battle. Every new ability can be either passive or active, but whats most important is that abilities open up new tactical possibilities for you. Devise new team compositions, builds and tactics to take advantage of powerful new abilities.
To unlock new ability sets, players will have to work hard to obtain special knowledge stones - small, medium and large for the respective skill categories.
During your travels youll find not only various resources, but Ancient coins as well.
An NPC at the Old Church will sell you stones to power up your squad if you have enough coins.
This is just the beginning! We plan to go even deeper, adding experience points and character leveling into the game to grant additional bonuses. Stay tuned for more interesting news.
The demo version of our game is already 2 weeks old. Weve been very pleased with the great interest the community has taken in Sin Slayers: there are so many reviews, comments and suggestions. Some of them weve decided to discuss in depth. Today well talk about the Vanguard mechanic.
In classic JRPG battles, every character can freely attack any enemy. Players often follow their intuition and place the highest defense heroes, the tanks, out in front. But is this the right strategy for Sin Slayers? Who needs the Vanguard buff the most? Lets find out.
Vanguard protects the center character in a squad, granting bonus armor and offering the player additional tactical options. You should place the most valuable characters in the vanguard, or characters with a low health pool.
An interesting combination was uncovered by a player in his Steam review. If you put the Defender in the center and learn his Provocation ability, even strong enemies will find it difficult to pierce your defences. With this strategy, youll waste little to none of your resources.
Weve heard many other hero combinations and tips as well. Were waiting for your ideas and comments below. The best ones will be featured in one of our future updates.
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The Sin Slayers soundtrack is inspired by your favorite 2000s video game music, 1980s film scores, funk and heavy metal. Our sound is a mix of different genres that depicts the specific concepts behind game places and characters. The complete soundtrack will include 14 tracks and were more than halfway through, so lets talk about the process behind Sin Slayers music.
Guitars and Riffs
In a gothic horror fairytale like Sin Slayers, you cannot experience what it really feels like to be attacked by a tribe of man-eating pig people. But anyone whos spent decades playing RPGs can easily imagine this as a real-life situation. So for us the path to follow was simple we decided to visualize several game scenes in order to pick up the right tone for the music.
With a Gibson Les Paul Classic in the hands of our guitarist Ruslan Eldorado, we believe weve crafted tunes suitable both for a merciless rampage, and a mysterious discovery that has accompanied every roguelike since the genres inception.
Crazy Village
In many ways, this work is a tribute. As gamers with our own experience performing and composing, were actually retranslating what we loved about video game soundtracks and music more generally back in the 90s, as well as what we love about them now. In some battle tracks youll hear the influence of Quake 2, while in others youll recognize the roots of Mastodons cult Crack the Skye album. Some exploration themes will inevitably call to mind Matt Uelmens Diablo and Kirill Pokrovskys Divinity, while others will be familiar to every King Crimson fan.
Live Vocals
In a sense, everybody loves singing! We still remember an era when the use of live vocals in a game soundtrack was impossible because of technical limitations, and were happy to have this opportunity to enrich Sin Slayers music with the voices of the best guys and gals available.
At the frontline of the Siren track stands the gorgeous Ekaterina Evdokimova, an extremely talented singer and very deep musician. While working on the female vocals, we frequently looked back at Eric Serras work on The Fifth Element. You may be cool, but youll never be as cool as Plavalaguna.
Siren
Male voice tracks Anvil, Siren, Woods and Cemetery Gates were recorded by Peter Salnikov, whos also responsible for the rest of the work on this soundtrack. Composing, arranging, recording, mixing and singing well, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.
Anvil
Some vocal parts (except Ekaterinas solo etudes) are accompanied by the Logic Pro Xs mellotron choir. ICYMI mellotrons were proto-synthesizers, with sounds of violins, flutes, choirs, or even whole ensemble loops recorded on tape. This technology had a lot of limitations, e.g. an 8 second maximum playback time for a single note and zero sustain, but the sound artefacts generated by aging tape are priceless.
Graveyard
Unusual, funky soundtrack
I swear it was a Steam comment! Speaking of the overall vibe of the Sin Slayers soundtrack, our conversations on the topic of sins and sinners made us think about gospel singers, which is best depicted on the Refuge theme. This one plays in the Church, the safehouse of your adventures in the Valley.
Refuge
Electric organ and handclaps in the distance, the bass line built of 70s synth, slap bass and electric piano samples have got you covered. Live cello was recorded by Alexey Mazin of the Arcanum Vivum cover band to remind us all of the original blue Max Payne theme. Aside from that, the distant electric guitar that came here straight outta the Jagged Alliance 2 Laptop theme will put you in the right mood as you weave your vicious way through this cursed land. Lonely and grim but full of hope, and strong men ready to fight the darkness thats what the Refuge theme is all about.
The same principles stand behind every other musical theme in the game. Yes, were in the grim graveyard with undead knights and ghosts lurking nearby. But were happy to be here, and a fine battle, glory, treasure and fame are exactly what we came for!
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Item crafting has become one of the most engaging gameplay mechanics of any RPG. Its always interesting to gather resources and turn them into gear to boost your strength, agility or vitality.
Sin Slayers has a classic crafting system for the genre. Slay enemies, find hidden loot, and complete quests to earn rewards. Sometimes youll get a rare item, but more often youll discover valuable resources. The more you travel, fight and explore the world, the more equipment youll be able to craft. Every flower, piece of cloth or broken tool can be used to create elixirs, armor, weapons or enchanted trinkets.
In Sin Slayers, youll be able to not only craft items, but also improve existing gear. For example, at the beginning of your journey youll craft a Broken Sword. This weapon will help you defeat several small enemies, but a Sin Lord would clearly be out of your league. Using the Broken Sword as a foundation, youll create a more powerful sword to slay stronger opponents. Every item in the game (except consumables) can be upgraded this way.
If youve already played the Sin Slayers demo, you know that youll need to create other items besides armor and weapons. Traps and monster ambushes will force you to spend money on potions, food and disarming kits. You dont want to lose half your squad on the way to defeat a Sin Lord because you were unprepared, do you?
Wed like to remind our backers and potential supporters that the Blacksmith tier includes a collaboration with our designer to create your own in-game item! You will come up with its story, describe its appearance, and name this artifact that will be available to any future player.
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Rumors trail after this hooded man wherever he goes. Even his real name is a mystery. If you happen to meet him, know this something valuable must be hidden nearby.
The Rogue is an elusive mercenary, a brutal and clever assassin. In his previous life, he abducted and killed people for money. In the Valley of Fallen Sinners almost nothing is known about him, but remember this: your life is more important than your wallet. Youd best stay on his good side if you can.
Those lucky enough to survive a fight with the Rogue describe him as an incredibly quick and agile acrobat, who is able to extricate himself unscathed from the most dire circumstances. The corpses he leaves behind lay like punctured like a pin cushion with dagger wounds, and bloated with some unknown poison. The Rogues greed knows no bounds. If there is something he desires, he will find an opportunity to steal it.
It is said that you can meet him anywhere, but only once.
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The Rogue is a new hero for Sin Slayers. His role in the party is as a damage dealer.
The Rogue deals an average amount of damage, but a high critical chance makes him a great choice for players who like fast and memorable fights.
This heros main weapons are daggers and throwing knives (normal and poisoned). He can also steal from enemies during the fight, and duck out of the enemy's sight in order to deliver a sudden and very powerful blow.
To find out more about the Rogue, play the full version of Sin Slayers.
There is nothing worse, than a man without joy.
Today well talk about our second location, the Graveyard of Despondency. Sin Lord of Sloth governs this place along with his minion Ghost Reaper.
Location features
Youll feel apathy, fear and sadness of the cemetery right away. Crypts, graves, bones and thick fog are everywhere, only the most courageous heroes will have what it takes to pass. Everything here is filled with evil and hopelessness, even the fountain will increase your sinfulness by 12 points every time you visit it. Youll have a difficult choice to make: attack the enemy with your current health or to restore it, strengthening the enemy.
Graveyard of Despondency bestiary
Aside from the enemies you already know, like pigmans, slimes and other dwellers of the Forest of Gluttony, youll also meet new ones. Each of them will have its own unique abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Lets examine each and every one:
Ghost is a common graveyard visitor. Itll attack anyone wholl get too close to it. It can not only slash with his dagger, but also curse its enemy, draining his life energy. Its weak to holy and electric attacks.
Graves, crypts, bones and monsters behind every corner will drive anyone insane. Gravedigger was no different, now hes under a full control of Sloth. Hell attack anyone who dares to visit his lands. Watch out for his shovel!
Alive he was a noble protector of his kingdom and achieved many great feats, but then he betrayed his king. Because of that he now must wander endlessly in the World between worlds. Hes afraid of fire, use it against him.
Not all ghosts are the same, some materialized almost fully thanks to their achievements in life. They are called Fantoms, not dead, but not alive as well. In a battle with these skilled warriors any turn can become your last.
Probably the most interesting evil minion of the Graveyard. It doesnt like to fight, but more than happy to summon other to its aid. Holy attack have no effect on him. Frost and poison damage wont be of a great help as well.
Bosses
The first serious obstacle on your way to the second seal. He protects the resting places of souls and able to summon ghosts on the battlefield. Beware of the scythe, the power of death itself is imbued in it.
The second Sin Lord does not leave his throne, but dont expect an easy battle. Indifferent to everything, he gets mad if someone dares to interrupt his solitude. Sloth is strong and will easily dodge a critical attack, but due to Sin it is very slow. Cocky travellers will surely die in a fight with him. Relax by the fountain before the fight and recuperate or not its for you to decide.
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