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Special announcement - Come and check out my new game, Gorgon Shield!Sep 25, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings gladiators! As many of you know, I'm taking a (hopefully well earned) break from the long running Swords and Sandals series to recharge and restore my creative capital. I am definitely keen to return bigger and better than ever with more gladiatorial action in the next few years, but until them I've been working away at another game dev project since May this year. Behold, Gorgon Shield! This is an idea I've been sitting on for nearly a decade. Imagine if you will, four heroes climbing a tower on a shield. For much of the game, you don't control the heroes directly, instead you rotate the shield. If your barbarian faces the Melee platform, they will automatically attack. Face the healing platform and they will heal, and so on. YOU must manage these heroes in ever-more challenging situations as the tower rises. Waves of enemies throw themselves at you, you will encounter mysterious NPCs, shops and scenarios that could be the difference between a successful run and the shield collapsing into ruin. But that's not all. Expect top down dungeon crawling where you control up to FOUR heroes at once. Side scrolling auto-battling against the relentless creatures of Greek mythology. And much more. It's rogue-lite gameplay meets puzzle action, RPG lite, fast paced action. I'm confident you've never seen anything quite like this. The gorgon Medusa and her sisters await you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34820491/d3baf8ccdfabfa9f8ef2e970350c29bbb9f42c12.png So, please come and check out the Steam page and if it interests you, help me out with a wishlist! . Wishlists are of course the life and blood of a game's success on Steam, and I'd hugely appreciate the Swords and Sandals community's support with Gorgon Shield as I work hard to get this game out. Gorgon Shield is planned for launch in April 2024, with a demo hopefully coming next month. Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios https://store.steampowered.com/app/2446920/Gorgon_Shield/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34820491/7ece02e110b01cb1acf19dea0c0cfb140f4f9d72.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34820491/da0e343761c0093b26b40b06e2007f5fd8a20ecf.png V 1.4.4 - Fixes for Swords and Sandals 4's Steam Overlay and unequipped enemiesJul 23, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey gladiators, this is a small maintainence patch for Swords and Sandals IV. When Steam updated its UI recently, it broke compatibility with the S&S Classic Collection - I've been able to fix that, let's hope this fix doesn't open the floodgate to other issues! I think it should be alright, I tested all the games and the Steam Overlay shows up again. Also a small fix for enemy gladiators in S&S IV appearing to have no armour/weapons. Thanks as always for your continued support of this ancient and hallowed series, haha :) I've taken a break from the series for a little while ( as I've been working on the remakes, sequels, spinoffs pretty much non-stop since 2016 ) to work on my new game Tower Shield but I hope to return to Brandor in the days ahead! Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel StudiosV1.4.0 : Fix for S&S IV end game goldApr 2, 2023 - Community Announcements• Potential fix for Windows 10/11 Black Screen Bug • Swords and Sandals IV : Gladiators now gain correct amount of gold after each game playedSteam Achievements Come To The Classic CollectionAug 19, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsGladiators, it's time to return to the world of Tavern Quests! One of the most requested features I've been asked over the years is for the ability to save all four human players in S&S IV. This was a major challenge to add into the game, but I've finally wrangled it together! Check out Tavern Quests, play a game with up to 4 human players and at the end of the game, all human players will be able to visit the shops, and if you have enough XP, level up also - as well as all their progress will finally be tracked. You can now properly compete against family, friends and foes to see who the greatest Tavern Quests player of all is. In addition, I've added a ton of Steam Achievements to the games ! Lots to unpack - most of the patchwork was for S&S IV but here are the full patch notes: Global: Sped up Whiskeybarrel and eGames logo screen animations Removed universal quit button as it sometimes blocks the screen when not playing windowed mode. Each game now has it's own individual quit button, either found on the title screen or in the game's options panel Swords and Sandals IV: Added Steam achievements MUCH REQUESTED FEATURE: The save game system has been completely reworked. You can now save the progress of every human player in the game. Please note this new system may not be able to find old gladiators, **meaning there is a small chance previously saved gladiators may be lost**. All human players can now visit the shop and upgrade stuff at the end of each play session - also note that only characters who have the 'Save Char' tick at the start of play will be able to visit the shop and level up ( because otherwise they are disposable characters) Fixed a bug where gladiators that were edited in the Adventure room were being reset to a random gladiator Since human players can be saved now, players get XP based on where they finish instead of auto-levelling up each level. Reduced bonus gold earned for finishing each map Fixed a bug where landing on a 'Fake Sandal' tile would still grant the player a Golden Sandal Swords and Sandals I: Added Steam achievements Swords and Sandals II: Added Steam achievements Fixed bug where enemy gladiators only used swords at higher levels Fixed bug where trivia shown in tournaments was of the Arena Champion, not regular gladiators Swords and Sandals III: Added Steam achievements Fixed a bug where gladiators could slip after the 'spare/kill' panel appeared and cause fights to glitch Swords and Sandals Crusader: Added Steam achievements Gross Out: Fixed a bug where you could not fight Big Jim Longhorn at the end of Chapter 7 Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios Swords and Sandals Immortals announced!Aug 6, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsGladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena! After six months in development, I'm proud to announce that Swords and Sandals Immortals now has a coming soon page and trailer here on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707650/Swords_and_Sandals_Immortals The game isn't due until around April of 2022 but I have huge plans for it, including a full single player campaign that continues the story from Swords and Sandals III as well as proper PVP multiplayer against people from all over the world! Stay tuned for more information on the new game, this will be the greatest S&S ever! Visit the Coming Soon page and wishlist the game here! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34820491/3a5edb7955194757876c5128743cc1b2758dd806.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34820491/53548bc72986450ca33abac2373b372c33941be7.png The Yeti Project .... NerfedNov 30, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings gladiators! This is a patch I've been planning for the Classic Collection for quite a while. Firstly, the most controversial arena champion in all of S&S by far is the Yeti Project! So many people have asked me to nerf him ( ie to make him easier to kill ). However, many purists argued against that, preferring the challenge. Now the option is yours - before the fight, you will be approached by someone who offers to sell you a potion for 1000 gold. This potion will then be used to 'nerf' the Yeti Project, essentially making him a lot easier to kill. Secondly, and probably most important of all is this : many users have brought up the issue of the games not running as fast as they could - and the reason was basically the games were designed in 640x480 (or lower) resolutions and the 'game hub' scaled them up to fit modern monitors. Because they are vector based Flash games, your computer had to work extra hard to run them (simple as they are) because they're scaling them up x4. Now, however, I've come up with a solution to play the game in other various resolutions. By default now, the game will try to run them at 1280 x 960 (double scaled) - which on most modern computers will run the games very fast. Swords and Sandals 3, 4 and Crusader benefit from this the most. You can change this in the Settings Menu. Thirdly, and this is really for fans of the series' lore and my own backstory - I've added three art galleries of Swords and Sandals related art, my own drawings and images from the early RPGs I made as a kid. I hope you enjoy them. Not every game received a big update, there are still some bugs in there I still haven't been able to iron out ( some of these games date back to 2006!) but I'll keep patching them as I find solutions in the months and years to come - just write up what you find in the discussion forum and I'll take a look as I can. Cheers everyone, thank you so much for being fans of Swords and Sandals. Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios Global changes Added a SETTINGS screen that is accessible from the main game hub. Settings changed here are now properly saved, eg if you turn the sound off it will stay off next session. (Hub only, in-game sounds are toggled individually) There's now a setting to change the screen resolution of the games themselves. This will improve performance greatly on many systems! It's an option players can select if they find the games run slowly. Added a Tome of Lore button that links to a huge amount of information about Brandor, the world of Swords and Sandals Added new game box art to the game selector screen New Art Gallery where you can check out drawings and images from Swords and Sandals' past In all games where he appears, Bargle has been renamed as Bhaargle Swords and Sandals 1 Fixed a bug where you could not name your character properly Swords and Sandals 2 When your gladiator is far away from the enemy, your option buttons panel will now appear in the middle of the screen (with your port...Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley joins the Classic Collection!May 18, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsContinue your journey through the Swords and Sandals archives with the bizarre, hillarious curiosity, Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley! As another special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley in the collection! This oddity of a game was a joint project with Kryptix Entertaimnent to promote their line of Gross Out trading cards. It was built using the Swords and Sandals 2 combat engine way back in 2007. While the game itself has nothing at all S&S universe, it is a much-requested game that has been included in the Classic Collection for posterity. It's aimed at younger kids and the humour isn't for everyone, but if you've never seen it before it may be worth checking out! You will find many similarities with S&S 2 in terms of gameplay, but instead of swords and axes, you are fighting with dead fish on sticks, fart cannons and toilet plungers. Join a cast of young misfits as they try to save their beloved Sludge Valley from the evil Big Jim Longhorn. I've also done a few quick fixes to S&S Crusader and S&S IV. It's not a massive patch but there is another, larger patch coming sometime in June/July that will also include some performance boosts for the games and a number of fixes for S&S 2 and S&S 3 ... this is a bigger patch, taking time to put together as well as juggle finishing off Swords and Sandals Crusader Redux, which should be dropping late July. General Changes Added a new game to the collection, 2007's Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley. Swords and Sandals IV Fixed a major bug where gladiators names appeared as undefined before or after duel tiles The lions cleaning cages message should no longer appear on duel tiles as you should always now have a rival gladiator to fight. Swords and Sandals Crusader Fixed a major bug where enemy lords casting Leadership would bug out the game Added a level cap of 50 to the game to prevent Crusaders running out of skills to use and being stuck on the level-up screen. Fixed incorrect enemy taunts on the end of Survival mode Until the next time, I salute you! Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios Mini Fighters joins the Classic Collection!Jan 5, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsBegin the new year with a new addition to the Classic Collection, Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters! As a special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters in the collection. This previously mobile-only game was originally designed as an ultra fast, slimmed down version of Swords and Sandals 2. It was released as simply 'Swords and Sandals' on iPhones and Android phones way back in 2011, and then re-released in 2018 as Mini Fighters. We hope you enjoy this simpler, slightly different take on the classic! (Please note, this game is 480 x 320 resolution because it was made for ancient phones, so you will see it plays in a smaller window than the other games.) The other major change in this patch is this: After reading many bug reports from users who have mentioned oddities after exiting one S&S game and loading another, I have decided to make it so the 'QUIT' button exits to desktop. I realise this is a bit inconvenient and I apologize, but the reasoning is below. Basically, old AS2 Flash games tend to keep all their variables floating around in memory. When I made the games back in 2006 , 2007, I didn't really know how to clear the variables and so on, and many of the games used the same variable names - so switching between games in the Classic Collection meant that some variables from the other games were still hanging around, leading to strange and unpredictable results! Anyway, once again I thank you for supporting the series over the years and for your patience. I'll try to patch the Classic Collection a few times a year in between projects - it can be a real challenge just because the code is so old for some of the games and there are just some bugs I have never really been able to solve. I'll keep going though! For those who wonder what's next? I'm starting work on a REDUX version of Swords and Sandals Crusader this month , look for it around April / May! Then after that, work begins on the big one ... Swords and Sandals VI! Here are the full notes for this patch. It's not a massive patch but we hope you enjoy the new addition! General Changes Added a new game to the collection, 2011's Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters (re-released in 2018). When you press 'QUIT GAME' now, the game will exit to the desktop instead of the main menu for the reasons mentioned above. Swords and Sandals III Trivia text can now be edited when creating gladiators Exclaimation points and fullstops can be used in names and trivia Removed erroneous 'demo' notification on S&S 3 and other typos Swords and Sandals IV Gladiators now are properly leveled against your gladiator! This took a long time to fix, many apologies for the long overdue patch. When you load a gladiator into slot one, enemy gladiators should scale accordingly now. Swords and Sandals Crusader Fixed an exploit where characters could get unlimited skillpoints ( thanks to Swords and Sandals Discord fan 09ymmit071 ...Latest patch : S&S 3 can now save up to 10 gladiators!Jul 2, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsGood morning gladiators! One of the big complaints about the Classic Collection was that in S&S 3, you could only save one gladiator. In the old Fizzy versions, you could save up to ten, so understandably a lot of people were confused and annoyed about the restrictions on the new one. Long story short, technical issues with S&S 3 had kept me from being able to save more than one gladiator in the game, but I've completely re-written the save game system using the same ancient code as the old game. After installing this patch, you'll be able to save up to 10 gladiators. For those who already have a saved gladiator in S&S 3, I am *fairly* confident this will automatically convert to the new save game system, but I can't guarantee it. My huge apologies if your character in S&S 3 is lost after this update, but the trade-off for the multiple saves should hopefully help. Other small fixes: In S&S IV, I hopefully have a fix for the 'undefined' gladiators / closed arena tiles in the game. Let me know if this still keeps happening for you! In S&S 3, the Juggernaut skill now properly shows your height and weight increasing on your character sheet. Many thanks to everyone who has played the game! As always, I'll keep patching things as I find solutions ( though sometimes it can be really tricky as some of these bugs are a decade old or more!) Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel StudiosNew patch : You can now quit games back to the main menu!Jun 23, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! Apologies for the delay in patching the Classic Collection! I've been super busy lately, between this game, looking after my little son, maintaining the mobile versions of the games and working on the new game Spartacus, my time has just felt non-existent! Good news is there's a new patch up for the game! Here are some of the latest additions / fixes - this is for Windows only right now but a Mac patch is coming soon too. Global Changes] Players can now return to the main menu by clicking Quit Game. This was a lot trickier to implement than I thought, but it's working now. You can go back and forward between games without having to reload the main game every time. New background image added to random backgrounds Fixed a bunch of broken tweens and typos in the games Swords and Sandals II Fixed a bug where enemy trivia didn't show up properly Resized orange parchment on battle UI to fit screens better Fixed a bug where ammo was not showing for characters in battle Swords and Sandals Crusader Fixed a bug in the Leadership spell that would sometimes freeze the game Fixed some blurring issues on sprites in battle Fixed a bug where the game would sometimes pause between arrow fire exchanges Swords and Sandals IV Potential fix for the Arena tiles showing 'Closed for repairs'. (You may find this causes some glitches or undefined character names, if so, let me know!) I will keep patching this game over the months and years, it just might take me a while as many of the bugs are from code written in 2006 that *used* to work but just has totally broken in newer versions of Windows etc, things like Tween engines that once worked now sometimes fail, collision detection is done differently etc! It's a creaky machine :) Once again, thankyou all so much for supporting the S&S series and I look forward to bringing you more adventures in Spartacus and Swords and Sandals VI in 2019 / 2020 and beyond! Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel StudiosLatest patch : minigames unlocked, savegame fixes for S&S 4 and moreApr 22, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey gladiators, I hope you're enjoying the series! I'm as always working hard to iron out as many bugs from the past as I can. Here are the latest updates: SWORDS AND SANDALS 3 Fixed a bug where gladiators with special characters (,!,$ etc) would corrupt the save game ( You may have to clear save data from the title screen or delete your character if strange things are still happening ) Misc fixes on some tweens SWORDS AND SANDALS 4 Unlocked all minigames for people to play straight away (more fun that way!) Fixed a bug where gladiators with special characters (,!,$ etc) would corrupt the save game ( You may have to clear save data from the title screen or delete your character if strange things are still happening ) Added a 'Refresh Gladiator' button to the Character Sheet page in case your gladiator's weapons / armour looks bloodied and grey Fixed a bug where some gladiators names were undefined on load Increased the amount of XP won for finishing a board Fixed a naming bug in Knight Runner minigame Fixed lantern light and score in Caverneer minigame S&S Crusader : Sieges patched !Apr 21, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings gladiators! The latest patch has just gone live, with some love shown to S&S Crusader - sieges should be working properly now. S&S 3 was also patched. See the notes below - more patches to come this week! * SWORDS AND SANDALS CRUSADER Fixed a bug where sieges faded to black but wouldn't progress Fixed a bug where catapults weren't hitting towers properly Fixed a bug on combat where troops paused before returning to formation Fixed a bug on Survival mode with Shi-Tzurantula appearing too early Potential fix for allied computers causing some turns to freeze * SWORDS AND SANDALS 3 Fixed a bug where gladiators could fall off the left/right edges of the Bone Pit, Hall of Champions and Ultratus Arenas Fixed bug where the right side of spell bar could not equip spells Fixed bug where gladiator names were shown as undefined or incorrect EXPERIMENTAL - Added a 'Clear Saved Data' to the title screen of S&S 3. Use this button as a last resort if you click on Enter World and cannot load the game, it will delete old and possibly corrupted gladiators. This may or may not work, I'm going to monitor user feedback on this. Cheers all, may your swords be sharp and sandals sturdy! Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios Patch - fixed invisible weapons in S&S 4 and equipment bug in S&S 3Apr 20, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, I've just patched S&S 3 and 4 with the following fixes: Swords and Sandals III: * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon before equipping another * Fixed invisible weapons Swords and Sandals IV: * Fixed invisible equipment bug * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon before equipping another * Fixed invisible weapons * Removed lag on S&S IV character load screens I'm aware of more bugs in the games (specifically around Crusader, some of the minigames and the spell bar in S&S 3) ... I'll be patching these over the coming days! Thank you for your patience - needless to say it's been a battle to get these classic games up and running on modern machines and unfortunately I fix one thing, break another - but we will get there! Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios.New patches for S&S 3 and 4 and CrusaderApr 20, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! I've just patched the following games in the Classic Collection: Swords and Sandals III Fixed a bug where gladiators with dual wield skill couldn't equip weapons in their off hand Added a short musical interlude on the Arena Champion Pillars Screen Swords and Sandals IV Sped up transitions (fade to white) between menus Main Menu buttons appear faster Fixed a bug where music kept playing when mini games ended Fixed a bug where buttons sometimes appeared blurry Swords and Sandals Crusader Fixed a bug where buttons sometimes appeared blurry I'll try and keep patching these games as often as I can - just also know that the code for some of the Classic Collection is from over a decade ago (S&S 1 came out in 2006!) so there are just some things I was never able to solve, some bugs beyond my skill to fix. Hopefully nothing game breaking! Thanks again to everyone who has bought the collection - the response has been awesome! Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios** HOTFIX for empty folder / missing EXE file , issue is solved! **Apr 19, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey all, some early buyers of the game have reported there was a missing executable file in the game and nothing could be played. Apologies for the stuff up - there was an error (my fault) in the Steam build upload process. Try downloading the game again and it should work. Thank you so much for buying S&S Classic, we truly hope you enjoy the games. Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios

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