- Followup Patch to 1.3 - 4 January 2024
Hey all, we're here with a followup patch to 1.3 to fix a few issues. Another tweak has been made to the credits. The animated Serenity Forge logo has been replaced with a static one, as it was causing issues for SteamDeck users. An issue where the wrong replay was submitted to the leaderboard has been fixed. This unfortunately won't be retroactive if you submitted replays pre-patch. The end display at the end of replays has been restored. Thanks and take care!
- Patch 1.3 Release! - 21 December 2023
Hey all, it's been a while! We've taken the time to polish up a large collection of fixes throughout the game and build some long-awaited features. Those interested in creativity and community may find and enjoy a new door hidden in the kingdoms. You can now see ghosts of players with a similar best time after first completion or watching a replay, on almost all levels. This can be turned off in gameplay options. A hub select menu is now available after completing the game. This can be accessed with the leaderboard button while standing around in a hub. Additional patch notes: Background quality has been added in video options. Desktop icon has been updated. Audio obeys settings when launching the game. A small tweak has been made to the credits. Simulation quality setting saves properly. Language setting saves properly. A bug where the camera would suddenly move to a wrong location has…
- Grab The King's Bird During the Steam Autumn Sale! - 22 November 2022
Hi all, If you or a friend have been on the fence about giving The King's Bird a try, it's now available with an 80% discount during the Steam Autumn Sale! Start your platforming adventure today. The Steam Autumn Sale goes until November 29, so don't miss out! In addition to The King's Bird, Graffiti Games has a number of titles discounted during the event, as well as looks at upcoming games. Check them out by clicking on the following banner. Until next time, remember to follow Graffiti on Twitter and subscribe to our Steam Publisher page to keep up with the latest news on all of our upcoming titles. Cheers, Graffiti Games
- Patch 1.2 has arrived! - 12 February 2019
Hey everyone, we've just released the second major patch to The King's Bird, and it includes a free content update! Each of the three Kingdoms have a new set of levels for you to enjoy. The two major features added in this patch are Replays and Localization. Here's the full patch notes. 13 brand new levels have been added to the game. Replays are now available in the leaderboards of all levels. These are retroactive, so every top run since the game's release is now available for you to watch! Language options are now available. Available languages are: English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Chinese (Simplified). Many performance improvements have been made, including improving rendering and removing all known memory leaks. Leaderboards are now much quicker to load. Restarting a level is much quicker and dying before the first checkpoint will fully restart a level. New gameplay optio…
- Unknown Pleasures: By Land, Air, and Sea - 14 September 2018
You’re in for an “I can’t think of an intro” intro, viewers, because the last fortnight has kept me busy with the second most important thing I’ve ever done in my life. I don’t know about you, but while the world seems to be on a downward slide, things have been looking pretty great for me lately. When the bombs fall I shall surely rule the Wasteland, and have my minions rebuild, that we may finally get through our game backlogs. The most important thing, of course, was to play another pile of new Steam releases, and tell you which ones are the best. It is time for more Unknown Pleasures Transforming lives this week: birdless flights, branching fan narratives, and three wrongs making a right. (more…)
- Patch 1 is here! - 7 September 2018
Hey all, we've just released the first major patch to The King's Bird. The two big features you're looking for are fully rebindable keys and multiple saves (up to 5), and we also have a slew of quality of life changes and bugfixes. Here's the full changelist. Controls are now fully rebindable, found in Options -> Controls. Multiple saves are now supported, found in Options -> Saves, this also replaces the "Restart Game" option. A "Quick Reset" option is now available as an optional keybinding. This does the same thing as restarting from latest checkpoint. Options configurations now persist between sessions. You are now allowed to return to hubs during story levels. Tutorial progress is now saved if you don't reach the Forest Kingdom. A door has been added to Eagle's Shrine after reaching the Battle for the Last Kingdom that takes you directly to it. The menu has overall been made slight…
- Patch 0 is out! - 29 August 2018
Hey everyone! We've just released the first patch to The King's Bird. We're still busy working on the big ticket features that everyone's hungry for (replays, rebindable controls, and more) but there were several bugs and small features that we felt like we could get out quick without making you guys wait for the big features to be done. Here's the changelist: Fallen Kingdom cutscene (and other cutscenes) no longer stutters Ledge cancels are now possible on gamepads Flying animation will now properly override the dash animation Windowed mode is now resizable Heron cutscene no longer plays multiple times D-Pad on controller is now supported Fixed a few visuals breaking in bossfight Button prompt in bossfight hints more towards what you're supposed to do Tutorial for ledge climb is now properly horizontal Checkpoint added to remove the softlock right before the bossfight Ending of Outskir…
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 26, 2018) - 26 August 2018
On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done.  Lucah: Born of a Dream Steam page Release: August 21 Developer: melessthanthree Price: $20 An action-RPG with the focus on stamina, dodging, and respawning to try again familiar from Dark Souls, but a combat system based on shifting stances a little like Absolver, and visuals that are unique. It's sketchy, like colored chalk scratched out from under charcoal, and nothing seems to stand still for very long. Which is apt, because that's exactly how you have to play to survive the punishing combat. Fortunately there are di…
- Launch Day Dev Stream Live Now! - 23 August 2018
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- The game is out! Here's some new stuff we're already working on: - 23 August 2018
After years of hard work, our team at Serenity Forge is proud to finally release The King's Bird! We hope you enjoy the game over the weekend, and please tell your friends about it! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32537723%2Fd409dcd9f45828c3878b46be8981f4f2a90b4101.jpg Some quick things we want you to know: Updates and patches! We'll be patching the game throughout the launch week and beyond, and adding some additional features. Some of them include: Rebindable controls for keyboard and controllers Performance improvements of leaderboards More options for video and audio General performance improvements Some minor color and visual improvement Additional languages in-game More misc patches and features that we'll list out as we get closer to updating! Please let us know what else you'd like to see improved in the game! Developer behind-the-scenes videos!…
- The King's Bird is a lovely platformer that combines jumping and gliding in a secret world - 13 August 2018
I'm a sucker for pretty platformers. Give me a piano-led soundtrack and a heavy-handed shot of "behold my art ," and I'm there—even though I'm not actually very good at platformers in the first place. Thus my interest in The King's Bird , "an artistic, momentum-based game that seamlessly combines precision-platforming with physics-based gliding."  The game is set in five unique, beautifully-rendered worlds inspired by Mayan, Southeast Asian, and Roman cultures. What it's actually about isn't clear: "Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom" is all the Steam page has to say about it, and the Serenity Forge website isn't any more informative. But that's okay. Story is nice but spectacle is the real attraction here, and The King's Bird looks to have plenty of that. Which isn't to dow…
