Pawnbarian

Hello, long time no hear in this news section! In particular to the new players from the Spring Sale, as well as from the current Checkmate! Humble Bundle.This is a maintenance fix that addresses issues with Steam Deck compatibility and achievements not triggering. Any missed achievements should be awarded retroactively when you launch the game.On surface, that should be it. Under the hood, the engine version and various dependencies have been updated by like a trillion versions forward, so weird issues that I didn't catch can potentially crop up. Please let me know and I'll get on it ASAP.Have a nice spring! Or a pleasant autumn, for those of you in the southern hemisphere.Cheers,Jan

Hey everyone, It appears a recent Steam Deck update broke the native build of Pawnbarian - the game launches, but isn't playable. I can't check right now, but I assume the same is true for Linux on regular PCs. I'm figuring out a maintenance fix, but until then, you can get the game to work by forcing the use of Proton: ⚙ icon / right click → Properties → Compatibility → Force → choose Proton instead of Steam Linux Runtime, e.g. Proton 9.0-4 Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks for dropping by to play Pawnbarian! Cheers, Jan

new: Latin-American Spanish localization (thanks Diego Hernández!) new: Ukrainian localization (thanks Lacki23!) change: small update to the French localization (thanks Wok!) change: small update to the Finnish localization (thanks Minilammas!) On another note, Pawnbarian is now available at a discount in the Chess-like Rogue-like Bundle alongside The Ouroboros King, which released today. It's a very interesting take on the genre, and I'd say it has a bigger focus on the "chess" part than Pawnbarian - you get to feel more like a strategist guiding an army, and planning multiple moves ahead plays a bigger role. Check it out here. Visit j4nw.com for my twitter, discord, newsletter, and so on Cheers, Jan

Yo! The demo version is available again. It didn't sit right with me that the game's mobile version has a free demo available and the Steam one doesn't, so I spent some time tweaking the game to create an updated demo without any of the mobile-specific stuff. Other than that, there are two minor gameplay changes in this version. One is a small tweak that removes pointless randomness, and the other is there for those of you who enjoy digging deep into the Gauntlet, especially as the Capyzerker. change: The Golem Fortress boss now alternates between the two different spawns, instead of picking at random change; there's now a full heal after each Gauntlet floor, instead of single heart heal Visit j4nw.com for my twitter, discord, newsletter, and so on Cheers, Jan