Throne of Bone now supports play on the Steam Deck! Input You can now control your undead legions with D-pad/Joysticks + buttons.
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Gameplay
UI and audio
Performance
Compatibility
addedInputYou can now control your undead legions with D-pad/Joysticks + buttons. There's also some quality of life features like the selector frame snapping to the spell inventory when you pick up a newly learned spell! Additionally Xbox glyphs appear on screen to communicate how to do perform actions, including some conveniences like Y to Recycle when you pick up a minion.
changedDisplayThrone of Bone now comfortably displays in 1280x800 (16:10), without any awkward cropping. The margins between zones line the battlefield and bench have been adjusted from the standard 16:9 target. As for text legibility, from my own testing I can read all the cards, comfortably, but let me know in the comments if you'd like to see some text size controls in the options menu when playing on the steamdeck!
changedSeamlessnessThanks to Steam cloud, your saves and run progress can carry over onto your steamdeck, if you're a dual device user. Additionally, I've been monitoring performance of the game, and have made some improvements to the game's load times for steamdeck. I still have another round of perf work to do before ToB's exit from Early Access, but in the mean time I think the game's doing well on the deck's hardware.
changedUpcomingNow that controller support, localization, and steam deck work has been completed, I can emerge from my solo dev dungeon, and return to providing gameplay updates and improvements! 2025 will be a good year for necromancy!
Throne of Bone changes
addedYou can now control your undead legions with D-pad/Joysticks + buttons. There's also some quality of life features like the selector frame snapping to the spell inventory when you pick up a newly learned spell! Additionally Xbox glyphs appear on screen to communicate how to do perform actions, including some conveniences like Y to Recycle when you pick up a minion.
changedThrone of Bone now comfortably displays in 1280x800 (16:10), without any awkward cropping. The margins between zones line the battlefield and bench have been adjusted from the standard 16:9 target. As for text legibility, from my own testing I can read all the cards, comfortably, but let me know in the comments if you'd like to see some text size controls in the options menu when playing on the steamdeck!
changedThanks to Steam cloud, your saves and run progress can carry over onto your steamdeck, if you're a dual device user. Additionally, I've been monitoring performance of the game, and have made some improvements to the game's load times for steamdeck. I still have another round of perf work to do before ToB's exit from Early Access, but in the mean time I think the game's doing well on the deck's hardware.
changedNow that controller support, localization, and steam deck work has been completed, I can emerge from my solo dev dungeon, and return to providing gameplay updates and improvements! 2025 will be a good year for necromancy!
Throne of Bone now supports play on the Steam Deck!
Input
You can now control your undead legions with D-pad/Joysticks + buttons. There's also some quality of life features like the selector frame snapping to the spell inventory when you pick up a newly learned spell! Additionally Xbox glyphs appear on screen to communicate how to do perform actions, including some conveniences like Y to Recycle when you pick up a minion.
Display
Throne of Bone now comfortably displays in 1280x800 (16:10), without any awkward cropping. The margins between zones line the battlefield and bench have been adjusted from the standard 16:9 target. As for text legibility, from my own testing I can read all the cards, comfortably, but let me know in the comments if you'd like to see some text size controls in the options menu when playing on the steamdeck!
Seamlessness
Thanks to Steam cloud, your saves and run progress can carry over onto your steamdeck, if you're a dual device user. Additionally, I've been monitoring performance of the game, and have made some improvements to the game's load times for steamdeck. I still have another round of perf work to do before ToB's exit from Early Access, but in the mean time I think the game's doing well on the deck's hardware.
Upcoming
Now that controller support, localization, and steam deck work has been completed, I can emerge from my solo dev dungeon, and return to providing gameplay updates and improvements! 2025 will be a good year for necromancy!
