ColePowered Games

Hi Detectives 🕵️
Just a quick note to let you know that we have a new hotfix patch available on experimental branch to fix some unforeseen issues with the workshop update 🔥⚙️
Details below 👇

Shadows of Doubt Workshop Update OUT NOW ⚒️💿🤖!

Our next update which enables Steam Workshop is going live this MONDAY!

Make sure to sign up to Discord below and assign yourself the Cruncher role to connect with other Modders in the community before launch 💻

discord.com/invite/shadows

It’s been a busy year, Detectives!

From patch updates, to the Off Duty and Modifiers releases 💽 2025 brought all-new ways to live out your detective dreams 🐀👞🧙‍♂️
A huge shoutout to all of you for being such an amazing community throughout ❤️

Here’s looking forward to 2026 🥂

Greetings Detective we have a quick update regarding our December update 📰

+1 @starkholborn.bsky.social and I talked about this so much when we were working on it (for years 😅 ). Burying narrative/meaning/theme into every corner. Making strong connections between disciplines, mise en scene etc. etc. A privilege to be on a project where that was rewarded, encouraged.

YouTube video by 2 Headed Hero We Helped Launch a New IMMERSIVE SIM BUNDLE!

Vid breakdown FT:
@digiphile-team.bsky.social
@nightdivestudios.bsky.social
@90sgraphics.bsky.social
@colepowered.bsky.social
@fireshinegames.bsky.social
@detectivesim.bsky.social
@newblood.games
@dave.newblood.games
@hyperstrangesa.bsky.social
@mindthunk.bsky.social

youtu.be/IlpXnx1L_-s

The spooky season is upon us 🎃 Gather round and share your most chilling stories and terrifying cases with you fellow detectives on Discord.
Join now, if you dare 💀 discord.com/invite/shadows

Did you know we have a mailing list? Now it's no V-Mail but it's the next best thing ✉️ Hear about our latest Dev Blog updates by subscribing today 📧
colepoweredgames.substack.com

Hi folks! It's Cole 👋 My wife has been busy crafting her first board game and it's just launched on Kickstarter 🚀 It's an escape room style, sci-fi adventure. I also had the pleasure of co-designing some of the puzzles, which was really fun. Check it out over at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Snail with a gun taped to it's shell, slowly creeping up on a shadowed figure walking in the distance

What did you draw today, Tom? Well I drew a Snail with a gun taped to its back, obviously.
(Part of the Shadows of Doubt Modifiers update! I got to make lots of weird things for this)

So, in the new @detectivesim.bsky.social update, you're... a rat. 🐀🕵️

We got to see @boba.yogscast.com do some arresting live last week. Who else has been keeping the streets clean...as a rat? 🧹

#indiegames #RATDETECTIVE #indiedev #gamedev

Happy Anniversary Concrete Jungle 🏙️!
10 whole years ago we released our a new take on the city building genre that swapped micro-management for a more strategic and puzzle-orientated style of city planning.
Concrete Jungle, you'll always hold a special place for us 🧡

Look alive detective! Our second game update of the year is LIVE 🚨
Change the way you play with 8 new game modifiers!
From scurrying around as a Rat Detective 🐀 to ambient greyscale gumshoeing 🩶 to facing your fate in the form of your Snail Nemesis 🐌...🏃‍♂️‍➡️ Play now 🕵️‍♂️

Thank you all for tuning in to Convergence Games Showcase 2025!

We got to see 42 amazing indie games with our amazing hosts!

Check out all the games we saw on our Steam Sale page: store.steampowered.com/sale/converg...

#IndieGames #IndieDev #GameShowcase #Convergence

Don't forget to tune into the @convergence-gs.bsky.social Showcase TOMORROW to see the launch of our Modifiers Update!

Watch on Steam, Twitch and Youtube 📺

The hour is drawing nigh... Our modifiers update is launching NEXT WEEK! To celebrate, we're excited to announce that we will be part of the @convergence-gs.bsky.social showcase on the 18th 🕵️‍♂️ Tune in to get the first look of these brand new ways to play Shadows of Doubt 👀

Greetings Detectives 🕵️‍♂️ This month we've got some big gameplay modifiers incoming so keep those ears to the ground sleuths for clues on the latest update 🔍

So happy to share that Shadows of Doubt is a at 2025 finalist in the TIGA awards 🏅🥂

We're very lucky to have a full fleet of brilliant detectives in the Shadows of Doubt community 🕵️‍♂️ From chats on Discord, to sharing tips on Reddit, to our streaming community on YouTube and Twitch.
See all the ways you can interact via the links in bio 🔗

Update News 🚨
Some you may have seen that our next update was due this August. After some careful thought we’ve decided to push this to September to make sure this exciting update is good to go (including extra bug fixes). Thanks for your patience, we can't wait to share soon 🕵

AdventureX | Speakers Discover the individuals and panels who will be speaking at the AdventureX convention this year.

What's this what's this, delighted to say that I'll be speaking at AdventureX this year! Covering similar ground to my Develop talk: proc-gen systems, authenticity and authored narrative. @adventurex.bsky.social

Tickets on sale this week!

www.adventurexpo.org/speakers

This week is @developconference.com‬ and our brilliant writer Stark Holborn is giving a talk! Tomorrow she will be discussing her process and tips for writing for procedurally-generated content.

If you’re there, make sure to go listen | Tuesday 3:00pm - 3:45pm in Room 1

@starkholborn.bsky.social‬

Get Shadows of Doubt for 40% off until the 10th July!
#steamsummersale2025
store.steampowered.com/app/986130/S...

It's time to clear away some of those pesky bugs again 🪲🦟🪲
In our 40.03 patch update we've been working to improve player experience. Making sure a mild starch addiction is the only problem you face while trying to solve cases 🔍
Remember you can report any more bugs below.

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May – Last month we sponsored IMPACT, in our hometown of Bristol with. Then, towards the end of the month, Cole headed to UKGE to promote Interstellar Adventures – a new cooperative puzzle game he's been developing with his wife Harriet /
@mintynoodles.bsky.social

linktr.ee/colepoweredg...

April – In April the Off Duty Update was released for
@detectivesim.bsky.social
enabling players to strike up a Lucky Smokes after a long day of sleuthing, play some Wizcards on their Cruncher and come up with inventive reasons as to why they're suddenly stealing so many shoes 👞👀 5/6

March – In March we attended our very first @officialgdc.bsky.social, learning from and meeting some of the biggest names in game dev right now 🎮 We also had a spot on the @futuregamesshow.bsky.social Spring Showcase, outlining our plans for the year. 4/6

February – At the beginning of February we released a dev blog mapping out the year ahead, hinting at new game modes, content updates and quality of life improvements 3/6