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We're a small independent game development studio founded by a veteran of mobile and porting game companies. Our mission is to craft the kind of games we love to play and trust that others will enjoy them as much as we do.
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As a small indie game development studio, each team member has multiple roles.
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PS5 Pro Support!
Ok, so maybe we're feeling a little smug right now...
Paladin's Passage is on the short list of games supporting the new, advanced features on Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro at launch!
This includes advanced shaders with PSSR support and up to 8k external display support.
Rob Targosz
2024-11-09
Console Updates
We've pushed updates 1.3, 1.4 and 1.4.2 in the last few days to address a couple of bugs and add some new features:
- Fixed PS5 trophy unlocking bug (1.3)- Added tutorial objects to some levels with option to disable in game settings (1.4)
- Added ability to change input mappings for gamepad/controller. NOT fully customizable, only a limited number of options are pickable for each input (1.4)
- Pause game now stops all animations and player doesn't fall when paused (1.4)
- Weather particles are deleted correctly on level change (1.4)
- Fixed best time any% leaderboard reporting which didn't always happen (bad code path) (1.4)
- Fixed left thumbstick having both analog and digital inputs on fresh install (1.4.2)
Rob Targosz
2024-10-18
Console Release Now Available
Paladin's Passage is officially available NOW for only $9.99 USD on Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X|S!
Embark on an epic journey where you create and destroy blocks to navigate through 140 levels of magic and danger.
Every block you add or remove changes the flow of the game.
Hand-crafted levels provide complex puzzles and challenge your reflex actions.
Now's the time to Block'n'Roll...
Press kit available here
Rob Targosz
2024-09-17
FINAL Console Release Dates
We now have an official release date for Paladin's Passage on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5: September 17th, 2024.
Rob Targosz
2024-09-04
Console Release Dates
After nearly a year of preparation, we have finally dropped our certification builds to the Microsoft Xbox and Sony Entertainment PS5 teams and hope to have the releases ready for you to play before the end of August.
On Xbox, we support the Series X and S consoles with up to 4k at 60Hz on Series X.
On PS5, we are shipping with full support for Trinity, so expect 4k at 60Hz and 8k at 30Hz on the new consoles from Sony.
Rob Targosz
2024-08-06
Major Update
- Updated to Unreal Engine 5.3.2
- Switched to UE 5.3.2 orthographic camera with Lumen lighting to give more 2.5D appearance
- Switched leaderboards to use PlayFab so all platforms are on the same system
- Updated both FSR 3 and DLSS 3.5 to latest
- Many other small tweaks and bug fixes
Rob Targosz
2024-03-21
Major Update
- 20 new levels in a bonus chapter- Added localization for French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Japanese.- Fixed some problems with total game statistics.
- Cleaned up achievements and related stats.
- Tweaked a few levels to address visibility, difficulty and completeness issues.- Many other minor patches
Rob Targosz
2023-10-19
Update
The 1.0.2 release of Paladin's Passage is now available for all platforms, fixing the following issues:
- Switched Steam Deck and Apple Silicon GPU builds to use Temporal AA Upsampling for better performance. Unfortunately, FSR 2 doesn't work on Steam Deck with UE 5.2.
- When closing the Steam Overlay with Escape/Back button, in-game menus no longer close.
- Spawned skull enemies no longer intermittently get stuck.
- Removed mouse settings from UI.
- Fixed issues with Community involvement and Popularity achievements not working.
- Cleaned up some extra items in level editor palette.
- Disabled erroneous achievement for unlocking chapter 1.
- Updated scoring for collecting fairies (or fairy).
Rob Targosz
2023-10-19
Launch Announcement
Change the map; change your fate.
Paladin's Passage is now available on the Steam Store.
A block a day keeps the dragons at bay!
Rob Targosz
2023-08-30
Playtest News
Starting this week, we'll be streaming most of our game playtesting as we finalize the level designs and tune up gameplay for release. Join us live or watch the streams on demand over on Twitch.
Rob Targosz
2023-07-21
Release Date
Mark your calendars, we have finalized our release date on Steam: August 30th, 2023. We'll be supporting all Steam platforms (Windows, MacOS, SteamDeck/Linux), Steam Input, Cloud Sync, Leaderboards, Achievements, Workshop for custom level sharing and much more.
Rob Targosz
2023-07-19
Playtest News
The 4th playtest of Paladin's Passage has started on Steam and is open to everybody! There are lots of upgrades and bug fixes, all new graphics and some major tweaks to gameplay. Head over using the link and download it now.
Rob Targosz
2023-07-18
Playtest News
The 3rd playtest of Paladin's Passage will kick off on Steam the week of June 12th. It will be open to a very limited number of users, and we're looking for a small group to participate in a remote streaming test of our new level designs, too. Stay tuned for details.
Rob Targosz
2023-06-09
HR News
We're excited to welcome Ray as the newest member of our team. A recent grad from the Conestoga College Game - Design programme, he comes to us from Dark Slope, where he spent 8 months designing levels for an upcoming title.
Rob Targosz
2023-04-24
Blog
We're kicking off our launch marketing campaigns on various social media platforms today. Keep an eye out for giveaways and contests by clicking our social media buttons below.
Rob Targosz
2023-04-02
Announcement
Sadly, we have taken Word Portal down from all stores (iOS, Google Play and Windows). After more than 5 years, our online service (GameSparks) has been moved to Amazon and, despite an average 4.6/5.0 star rating, we just don't have enough daily active users to justify porting to a new back-end service.
If you already own Word Portal on iOS or Android, you'll still be able to install and play the game, but online leaderboards will no longer update.
Thanks to the thousands of you who played and enjoyed Word Portal. Maybe someday we'll do another word game!
Rob Targosz
2023-03-30
Blog
We've launched a Game Development blog over on our Steam News page. Head over to get more updates.
Rob Targosz
2023-02-10
Video News
The Paladin's Passage intro video is now available on YouTube.
Rob Targosz
2022-07-13
Demo News
The first demo build of Paladin's Passage is now available as a free download on Steam. Head over and check it out, and don't forget to wishlist it while you're there.
Rob Targosz
2022-06-01
Announcement
We will be participating in Steam NextFest between June 13 and 21, 2022, including doing two live developer broadcasts on Friday June 17 and Saturday June 18. You can find full details - and wishlist the game on our game page on Steam.
Rob Targosz
2022-05-28
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Beta News
Paladin's Passage is now available as a beta test on Steam. Sign up now.
Rob Targosz
2022-05-01
Announcement
We have started work on a new game called Paladin's Passage, slated to ship on Steam in 2023.
This new game will replace the mobile game Lost Keys that we shut down a few months ago and is yet another homage to the classic game, Solomon's Key.
Rob Targosz
2021-04-18
Announcement
Sadly, we have taken Lost Keys down from all stores (iOS, Google Play and Windows). After more than 8 years, and despite an average 3.7/5.0 star rating, keeping the underlying game engine updated with all the new mobile OS features is no longer viable for our small team.
If you already own Lost Keys on iOS or Android, you'll still be able to install and play the game, but it may not function on iOS and Android OS versions released after this date.
Thanks to the tens of thousands of you who played and enjoyed Lost Keys. Keep an eye out, though, we're planning something BIG to replace it!
Rob Targosz
2021-02-22
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