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Steam News13 March 20263mo ago

Regular Update 1.2y (More Music, Sounds, and Game Balance)

The 66th update for 'Shell of a King' is here! As always, if you find any bugs, especially game-breaking ones, please let me know via the official Discord!

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What changed

10 fixes27 additions8 changes3 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
addedAdd new Auri phase 1 song
addedAdd new Auri phase 2 song
addedAdd new Auri phase 3 song
addedAdd new afk'ing after death song
addedAdd new Sthena phase 3 song
addedAdd new pale munition song
Buff the King's Champion HP15k18kBuff the King's Champion HP increased, buffBuff the King's Champion HP from 15k->18k, increase defence48Buff the King's Champion HP from 15k->18k, increase defence increased, buffBuff Reqiuem survival phase shot damage2040Buff Reqiuem survival phase shot damage increased, buff

Shell of a King changes

addedAdd new Auri phase 1 song
addedAdd new Auri phase 2 song
addedAdd new Auri phase 3 song
addedAdd new afk'ing after death song
addedAdd new Sthena phase 3 song

The 66th update for 'Shell of a King' is here! As always, if you find any bugs, especially game-breaking ones, please let me know via the official Discord! This update is fairly large so any bug reporting is much appreciated! This will be the last update before full release on April 2nd! It's less than 3 weeks away now, but I still got some neat stuff lined up. Any sharing would also be much appreciated, thanks for your support! 1.2y Change List:

  • Add new Auri phase 1 song

  • Add new Auri phase 2 song

  • Add new Auri phase 3 song

  • Add new afk'ing after death song

  • Add new Sthena phase 3 song

  • Add new pale munition song

  • Add new Mobius song

  • Add new Sthena true ending song

  • Add new Sthena secret room song

  • Add new true ending credits song

  • Add new pre Reanimated Pot song

  • Add new Greg saved song

  • Add new Queen's Garden song with mini boss fight music

  • Add various ambient songs

  • Add the player's arms in the intro without the pale munition

  • Add new cloak directional sprites for all available cloaks

  • Add more music changes around the map, post bosses, etc

  • Add environmental sounds to all lighting objects

  • Add particle splashes when walking near a cliff edge

  • Add and balance the sounds of all bosses

  • Add various particle effects around the game

  • Add many more sounds across the game

  • Add animations for Split and the player getting pulled in by the Queen's Pet

  • Add keybinds for scrolling key items up and down for mouse/keyboard

  • Add cracked tiling to all stairs

  • Attempt to make all sounds sound better lol

  • Rework the intro to have a bit better pacing, and allow backtracking to the cell for a hidden coin purse

  • Pricilla no longer moves to the wishing pool if Gregory is already at the well

  • The Kraken mini-boss can no longer be damaged from the shore

  • Snake Tooth Necklace now takes twice as many shots to stack

  • Change the stats menu to show stat total instead of stat bases

  • Change Slider and Zeke boss name to 'Slider and Zeke, Royal Guard'

  • Buff the HP of all bosses by 5%

  • Buff the King's Champion HP from 15k->18k, increase defence from 4->8, and significantly reduce attack end lag

  • Buff Sthena knife cross phases

  • Buff Sthena pet

  • Buff Reqiuem survival phase shot damage from 20 -> 40

  • Armor break no longer works against any boss

  • Rat duo's final phase heals the boss much more

  • Lower the hit frames of laser attacks

  • Redraw the player's rest animation to include hair, cloak, and face colors

  • Clean up some of Sthena's phases

  • Clean up the file stats menu a bit

  • Split only buffs nearby poison catch rate during fishing duel, this was bugged before and not working most of the time

  • All kraken tentacles around the map are killed after defeating the Queen's Pet

  • Improve the visibility of void pot projectiles again

  • Improve Spire enemy pathing

  • Improve many boss visuals

  • Improve wording of the Fire Essence charm

  • Spinnel's eggs now die on phase change

  • Inventory now correctly displays character without pale munition

  • Make the water electrify effect more subtle

  • Increase Magus hitbox size from 0.85->1.2

  • Clean up Soul Trials and Chess Boss transitions

  • Clean up some Queen's Pet visuals

  • Joue now leaves the King's Ward after obtaining the crown

  • Scale Auri phase 1 HP to match new music

  • Non-default keyboard keybinds can now be unbound

  • Rework credits to better align with music

  • Fix buggy behavior when dying during mini-boss death animations

  • Fix the consistency of the bent spoon, particularly in the Dear Sister boss fight

  • Fix some broken disabled item visual interactions

  • Fix (or break?) song fading between areas

  • Fix some messy tiles

  • Fix broken visuals in the Chess Boss fight

  • Fix accidentally messing up font sampling again

  • Fix accidental change to Golden Yolk drop rate

  • Fix buggy magus and rat warrior projectiles

  • Fix the shadow quality in the desert

  • Many visual bug fixes

  • Many other bug fixes and internal changes

Source

Steam News / 13 March 2026

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