Dear Royals,
This month Shotgun King turns 4 years old. 4 years in which more than half a million of you got the game and made it the success it is.
We're eternally grateful. And what better way to express our gratitude than by giving you some more Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate? What better way, in fact, to celebrate Shotgun King’s 4th anniversary, than by inviting his few scattered remaining friends for a party?
It’s lonely at the top. Usually. Especially when you’re a despicable, selfish, and maniacal ruler who is intent on massacring his own realm. But no longer! There are always those who can see their own profit in working along with such rulers. Greedy little people with twisted principles, for whom the murder of others is frankly no big deal, if it means they get a share of the spoils. And so the Black King may now have some more pieces on his side thanks to some of the 30 new cards newly introduced to the game!
And did I mention a party? I was speaking of a raiding party of course! After the Black King overthrew the White King, the whole kingdom is now his to terrorize, so why would he resist the temptation? In the brand new Charnier mode, the Black King goes on a literal rampage and destroys village after village, spends their cinders on bonuses, and faces ever-growing resistance…
We also heard of a lost shotgun buried somewhere, and another one which may or may not be cursed.
And maybe some other things were reworked as well!
But why not invite your friends to celebrate too? The game is currently 50% off for Steam’s Daily Deal, along with all our other games! A very rare occurrence which we may not replicate before a long long while.
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972440/Shotgun_King_The_Final_Checkmate/"][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30741/Developer_MegaBundle/"]We also have some other exciting bundles, one with the amazing Sol Cesto which just had it's full release yesterday, and another with Below The Crown, another chess game which is also having its full release sometime soon. And we've heard rumors of a bundle with yet another upcoming game, Gambonanza, releasing on May 1st, certainly a game to look out for!
Thank you all for your support these past 4 years. We hope you enjoy the new update!
-PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞
Full Changelog for Shotgun King v1.6:
\[NEW] +30 new cards
\[NEW] New Mode: Charnier
\[NEW] Throne Mode: +2 new shotguns.
\[NEW] Throne Mode: +5 new ranks to smooth out the difficulty curve
\[NEW] +10 Achievements (+7 from new ranks & new shotguns)
\[UI] grenade damage is now displayed when you have grenades
\[REWORK] Unfaithful Steed become Faithfull Steed
\[REWORK] pieces in jail no longer block other pieces
\[REWORK] The boss can now call for pawns if there's no pawn on board
\[VISUAL] August Presence and Selective Listening now show how they affect piece's moves
\[BALANCE] Holy Gunpowder now has -1 ammo max
\[BALANCE] High Focus firespread bonus is now -10° (previously -18°)
\[BALANCE] Ritual Dagger now gives the white King -3 hp (previously -2 hp)
\[BALANCE] Removed Extra Barrel firespread drawback (previously +7°)
\[BALANCE] The piece that kills the Holoking is now stunned for 2 turns
\[BALANCE] Throne rank 6 now adds a special attack to the boss instead of +10° spread
\[BALANCE] Sokoban now stuns pushed pieces
\[BALANCE] Karma now flips when a pawn promotes
\[BALANCE] Knightmare doesn't add a knight anymore
\[BALANCE] Chase Mode: +1 extra turn when you take a munition crate
\[BALANCE] Chase Mode: Deep Water removed from pool
\[BALANCE] Egotic Maelstrom now takes 12 turns to take effect (previously 10)
\[BALANCE] Grenades now fall in holes and deal +2 damage on that square
\[BALANCE] The Mole no longer gives +1 ammo. Spies now turn into black pieces when promoting.
\[BALANCE] Royal Loafers: +15% spread malus when used.
\[BALANCE] Caltrops slow effect now stack if you have more than one caltrop card.
\[BALANCE] Bloodless Coups: Now gives -15° firearc
\[BALANCE] Knightmare: Knight become visible if they're threatening you
\[BALANCE] Mangonel: Shooting doesn't replace the rook's move anymore. rook speed: -2 (was -1)
\[BALANCE] Engraved Scope: Replaced the +1 firepower with +1 firerange (+2 total)
\[BALANCE] Fear doesn't apply anymore on pieces killed by non-king black pieces
\[BALANCE] Shovel gets +1 blade
\[BALANCE] Makeda now has butcher effect: "Blade is no longer restricted to one-shot kills".
\[BALANCE] Being in a hole now protects black pieces from all projectiles.
\[BALANCE] Bleeding and Death Mark now survive piece promotion.
\[BALANCE] Richard III pierce is now 40%. (was 25%)
\[BALANCE] Wand of gust now delays pieces' next move by two turns.
\[ERGO] The danger visualization on middle-click has been removed
\[ERGO] You can now press "enter" to fire shotgun
\[ERGO] Improved SteamDeck controls.
\[FIX] backups that can't spawn now wait for the next turn to spawn.
\[FIX] Boss explosion now clears HD text.
\[CHEAT] Added cheatcode VISION.
\[ENGINE] Upgraded to SUGAR v0.0.8.
