Tim Keenan

T-minus 2 weeks till Below the Crown goes into Early Access... and I still have nothing to wear.

Back in the dungeon with today’s Below the Crown Daily Challenge! 👑♟️ It looks difficult… but we always like a good puzzle. #BelowTheCrown #IndieGame #Roguelike #DungeonCrawler #Chess TikTok video by Misfits Attic

Here's Adam walking through today's daily challenge for #BelowTheCrown He's currently in 5th place. Others managed more points by grabbing the other gold pile and forcing a checkmate - you can watch everyone's replay in-game :)
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Below the Crown Demo on Steam Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow p...

For our first day of Steam Next Fest we started at 150 in the Turn Based Strategy genre and ended at 36. Just 35 to go 📈

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Chess meets roguelike dungeon crawler Below the Crown gets an early access launch date and a demo that's smarter than me Below the Crown takes chess and turns it into a roguelike dungeon crawler, and alongside a new demo it's got an early access release date now too.

@rockpapershotgun.bsky.social declares checkmate revealing the early access launch date of Below the Crown by @misfitsattic.bsky.social , a love letter to chess, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers, with a demo out now for Steam Next Fest. #GamesPR ♟️⚔️👑

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Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah - Aftermath Below the Crown combines roguelike hallmarks with chess

I'm starting to hear more stories from folks like @rcmacleod.bsky.social that Below the Crown is sortof hitting this chess-adjacent space for those that Chess doesn't quite land for. Really exciting as this was one of our hopes :)

Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah - aftermath.site/chess-dungeo...

This exploit was a way of getting infinite undo tokens, ironically using the undo token that let you take back just your move...

At least folks are reporting their exploits on the new demo 😂
#belowTheCrown

Let's dive into today's Daily Challenge in Below the Crown. 👑♟️ This one looks brutal… but I think I can snag the high score no problem. #BelowTheCrown #Indiegame #Roguelike #Dungeoncrawler #Chess TikTok video by Misfits Attic

Dear chess nerds: Check out our community manager walking through a rather tough Dailey Challenge for Below the Crown www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhY56Kv/

I hope so 🙏 Folks don’t always find it easy to follow us as we jump across genres - but I’m trying to at least keep everything in the ballpark of atmospheric strategy games. How are you?

Well, the graph is going in the right direction :)
#BelowTheCrown

Duskers on Steam Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Duskers 💾
By @misfitsattic.bsky.social
I looooove this game. You control a small team of lil drones through safe and unsafe chambers of derelict ships. Every choice counts.

Our tests have shown that 50% of the time, it heals you every time!

👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️

Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
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We go live tomorrow with a demo of our first indie game in almost a decade. Buckle up!

9 indie gems from the 2010s that you should play today The 2010s were a great time for indie games, and these may be over a decade old, but all of them are still worth playing!

Did not expect to wake up to an article with A Virus Named TOM in it. I’m actually realizing Below the Crown (Demo out this Wednesday) is a bit of of a love child of it and Duskers…
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YouTube video by MisfitsAttic Below The Crown: Gameplay Trailer 1

Watch as we flip Chess on its head by simply adding magic and dungeons and stuff. youtu.be/GYOfCM_LkyE
#BelowTheCrown #indiegame #videogames #chess #Roguelike #DungeonCrawler

Indie Fan Fest airs tomorrow! Prepare for dozens of wishlist-worthy games, including:

Bladesong - @bladesonggame.bsky.social
Appulse - @le-rado.fr
Stars of Icarus - @musegames.bsky.social
Below the Crown - @MisfitsAttic.bsky.social

➡️ bit.ly/MIXIFF25

Oh wait, I guess I can also link to the signup page as a reply to this. I'm still remembering how to use social media after a bit of a hiatus :)
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Here's our latest newsletter with updates on Below the Crown and the Duskers Successor. If you wanna subscribe you can signup at our website.
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YouTube says we done got 3K subscribers. Excited about creating videos again :)

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Would love to hear your thoughts after you take it for a spin!

Below the Crown Demo on Steam Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow p...

I live in a fascinating world where you publish a "coming soon" page for your demo that will eventually lead to an Early Access announcement that will someday lead to a launch 🙃
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I don't always skewer my opponents king. But when I do, I use magic. #wizardLife from the #BelowTheCrown announce trailer #chess

You know you’re still indie when the folks helping you show your new game are your fiancée and your old friend from Dreamworks :) @burlaprobot.bsky.social @themix.bsky.social

I see what you did there, given the early 80’s aesthetic 👾🤙

Below the Crown on Steam Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow p...

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...

YouTube video by MisfitsAttic Below the Crown Announce Trailer

It’s been almost a decade, but Misfits Attic is back!

We just announced Below the Crown: our love letter to roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and Chess - with our weird dark humor, of course :)

Wishlist on Steam today! (link in reply)
youtu.be/Q8gf18lJ_lc

It's been almost a decade, but Misfits Attic is back! Check out the announce trailer for Below the Crown at the MIX Fall Showcase tomorrow @ 9am PT
It’s our love letter to roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and Chess :) @themix.bsky.social

Brian is such a solid game designer - excited to see where he’s taken this since I first saw it 👾

It's nice when you develop features for the community and you can use them during development :) We made a room/board editor where players can upload them. @damiansommer.com just created some new rooms and I was able to download them and test them in-game to see how they feel :D