Behind the Sword Steam metadata

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• Review score100% positive
• Total reviews2
• Release dateApr 7, 2025
• DeveloperAgustin Vuelta
• PublisherAgustin Vuelta

Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Agustin VueltaPublisher: Agustin Vuelta

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• Behind the Sword v1.2.0 - Shattered Crowns & Major Modding Update - 6 October 2026

  Behind the Sword v1.2.0 is here! This is one of the largest updates I've made to Behind the Sword so far. Version 1.2.0 introduces an entirely new way to play with Shattered Crowns, significantly expands the game's modding capabilities, adds more control over world generation, improves performance through a complete overhaul of the planet rendering systems, and brings a large collection of fixes and quality-of-life improvements. I've also added new ways to follow and support my work outside the game, including my newly Patreon. New Game Mode - Shattered CrownsShattered Crowns is a new territory-driven game mode built around direct conquest. Instead of managing an economy, constructing buildings, or moving individual units, kingdoms expand by attacking neighboring territories with armies of different strengths. There is: • No gold • No buildings • No traditional unit movement • No econom…

• Behind the Sword v1.1.1 - Modding Tool Fixes - 19 September 2026

  Update v1.1.1Modding ToolFixed projects folder, browse, verify, build locally, and create & upload / update buttons in the modding tool not working/opening.Added a Steam Workshop Terms link.Improved Steam Workshop agreement handling.Workshop pages now open after successfully publishing or updating a mod.Privacy & TermsAdded Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions links.

• Behind the Sword v1.1.0 - Workshop, Hotkeys & More! - 18 September 2026

  Update v1.1.0 Steam Workshop & ModdingAdded Steam Workshop support.Added a separate Modding Tool for creating, editing, and publishing mods. Launch the modding tool by clicking Play to the game in your steam library and selecting to open the tool.Added an in-game Mods window.Added support for modding unit sprites, building sprites, sub-biomes sprites, economy values, and gameplay values.Kingdom CustomizationAdded custom player kingdom name.Added custom player kingdom color.Improved automatic kingdom colors so kingdoms are easier to distinguish.HotkeysAdded configurable gameplay hotkeys.New GamePreview the world you are about to play, and generate new ones if you want.MinimapAdded a current camera view indicator.Added click-and-drag minimap navigation.Fixes & ImprovementsFixed cases where the Next Turn button could stop responding.Various UI improvements and fixes.

• v1.0.1 - 6 September 2026

  \- Kingdom colors are now chosen to be much easier to tell apart.- Smaller matches use highly distinct colors, while larger matches automatically expand the palette.\- Fixed enemy lands sometimes appearing as valid player moves.- Fixed units being able to move repeatedly after capturing certain enemy lands.- Fixed unit merging sometimes restoring movement incorrectly.- Improved movement and attack highlighting.\- Fixed provinces sometimes remaining split after reconnecting.- Reconnected provinces now correctly merge back together.- Fixed duplicate province headquarters after merges.- Improved province ownership, gold and income handling after splits and reconnections.\- Fixed the main-menu background match sometimes starting twice.- Fixed delayed AI actions continuing after leaving a match.- Improved stability when returning to the main menu or starting another match.- Fixed several pos…

• Behind the Sword Leaves Early Access - 31 August 2026

  Behind the Sword Leaves Early AccessAfter a long time in development, Behind the Sword is officially leaving Early Access.This is the biggest and most important update the game has received. A large part of the game has been revisited, many long-standing problems have been fixed, performance has been improved, and the AI has received a major redesign.With this update, I consider Behind the Sword to have reached the state I wanted it to reach as a complete game.A Major UpdateA significant amount of work went into reviewing and improving systems that had been part of the game for years.Many bugs have been fixed, including some rare but serious problems that could cause matches to freeze, crash, behave incorrectly, or break after playing for a long time.World generation, kingdoms, provinces, combat, scoring, music, controls, localization, tooltips and many other parts of the game have rece…

• [v0.2.0] - 16 June 2025

  \Fixed many game soft locks errorsFixed enemy unit attacking defended landFixed dividing provinces errors Please report any bugs and features ideas on the following channels: - Discord - Community Hub Check out the Roadmap, where I show what I’m working on right now, future tasks, and a record of all the development of the game.

• [v0.1.2] - 24 May 2025

  Win even if there were still enemy kingdoms Random enemy units spawn within my territory Not registering win Not merging provinces correctly Enemy kingdom can attack land defended by unit The economy values ​​change depending on whether you click in your territory or not. Sometimes it seems random Bugs merging units You can select enemy units and make them yours. After that, they're yours forever, but they're bugged Not dividing kingdoms into provinces Attacking an enemy land that has a unit, also merge the units on both lands Fix scoreboard - take into account all kingdom's provinces Please report any bugs and features ideas on the following channels: - Discord - Community Hub Check out the Roadmap, where I show what I’m working on right now, future tasks, and a record of all the development of the game.

• [v0.1.1] - 9 April 2025

  Sound effects Sfx & music volumes on settings Tooltip always inside screen Settings window, door back button instead of small X Fix tooltip text font size Please report any bugs and features ideas on the following channels: - Discord - Community Hub Check out the Roadmap, where I show what I’m working on right now, future tasks, and a record of all the development of the game.

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