
“ Shadwen will bring the genre back to its roots, with sneaking and hiding the main course of action. We will also explore the moral consequences of killing through our characters.” Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with a little orphaned girl, Lily. Will she resort to violence and let Lily witness her crimes, or can she find another way and protect the child’s innocence? She follows Shadwen on her dangerous journey, but when the ruthless guards get too close, Shadwen must take action right in front of Lily’s eyes. Carefully rewind time to manipulate your past and present actions to gain an upper hand on the guards.Time is an accomplice – time stands still when you are not controlling Shadwen, allowing you to stop at any point: mid-motion, during jumps, right before a guard sees you.Stay hidden – avoid detection and guards, who will ruthlessly kill you upon capture.To kill or not to kill – that is the question. Make precision movements to nail each move and try different strategies for the ultimate solution. Avoid being seen, heard or getting caught indirectly. Suspicious sights and noises will alert the guards – use it to your benefit. Sneak and explore around the dark and gritty medieval province and use the environment to your advantage – use your rope to grapple onto rooftops, silently drop from ceilings, or veil yourself in the shadows.Use physics and a freely attachable rope to drag and topple objects.Make deaths look accidental let gravity do the grave work. Set up traps and hazards to lure guards towards their untimely demise discover new ways to eliminate or distract your foes by crafting items into deadly surprises, including poison traps, spike devices, smoke bombs and more.Lethal and non-lethal solutions – choose your play style but remember: actions have consequences.Become a true god of stealth and protect Lily’s innocence – complete the game with no bodies left behind.įor more details, check out the official website for the game.Two characters - Embrace the darkness with Shadwen and her abilities to protect Lily and create a safe passage for her.Also, an exclusive pre-alpha demo sneak peek (Windows PC) of Shadwen is available right now to subscribers of Humble Monthly, Humble Bundle’s monthly game subscription service.Create traps and hazards - set up traps and hazards to lure guards towards their untimely demise discover new ways to eliminate or distract your foes by crafting items into deadly surprises, including poison traps, spike devices, decoy toys and more.

Use physics - Use physics and a freely attachable rope to drag and topple objects.Rewind time to manipulate your past and present actions! Time is an accomplice - Time stands still when you are not moving Shadwen, allowing you to stop at any point mid-motion.Suspicious sights and noises will alert the guards - use it to your benefit. Stay hidden - Pick your assassinations carefully.Move freely - Sneak and explore around the dark and gritty medieval province and use the environment to your advantage - use your rope to grapple onto rooftops, silently drop from ceilings, or veil yourself in the shadows.She follows Shadwen on her dangerous journey, but when the ruthless guards get too close, Shadwen must take action right in front of Lily's eyes. Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with an orphaned girl, Lily. It was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows, the Macintosh, the Steam operating system, and Linux on May 17, 2016.

Shadwen is a third person action stealth game developed and published by Frozenbyte.
