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The Royal Writ
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A roguelike lane-based deckbuilder created by Save Sloth Studios and published by @yogscast.games 👑 Wishlist here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333700?utm_source=RWBluesky&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=social_launch
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New Public Beta! 🐦‍⬛👑

Want to be among the first to try out new features for The Royal Writ?

We've added a new public beta branch! To access it, right click the game on Steam, go to Properties > Betas, and select "public_experimental" from the dropdown menu!

#gaming #indiegame #beta
Artwork for The Royal Writ. On the left is crow king mikolt II with a gun. Text in the centre reads "public beta open!"
August 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We've welcomed some... questionable visitors to our realm. Keep your eyes peeled two dogs in a trench coat who've wandered over from the tavern of @dndg.bsky.social!

These fellas have somehow convinced our border guards they're a single, respectable citizen...
In the classic picture book cartoon style of The Royal Writ are two dogs in a trench coat holding three cards.
August 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🎺 CUE FANFARE 🎺

Beloved subjects, this most awaited day has arrived!

The Royal Writ is OUT NOW for the kingdom to experience. Command your creature warriors, witness their noble sacrifices, and bring glory to our realm!

Play The Royal Writ now: store.steampowered.com/app/3333700?...
Crow King Mikolt II is wearing lavish red and gold robes and a golden crown. He is firing a gun just below The Royal Writ logo. Text at the bottom reads "out now!"
August 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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TOMORROW! THE ROYAL WRIT IS OUT TOMORROW!

Citizens of the realm may you sleep soundly tonight as we prepare for the ultimate conquest...
Crow king Mikolt II from The Royal Writ is squinting at a golden bullet and holding a gun. On his table is a map of the kingdom and a photo of his arch nemesis Robert Horka fastened to a target board.
August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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POV: it's 2 days til The Royal Writ comes out and you and your bestie planning your strategy to reclaim the kingdom 😍🐦‍⬛👑

2 DAYS TO GO!

#gaming #indiegame #game
The crow king is dripped out again in his red robes and crown. He is cheersing what I assume is a might shot of Palinka with his compadre—someone wearing purple robes, a purple pointy hat, and a plague dr mask. Below them is the text "2 days until the conquest begins".
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The crow King Mikolt II is very pleased with the artwork by his loyal subjects!

He would like to thank community member Rat Mclovin for these elegant portraits 🐦‍⬛👑 Make sure to show this talented artist some love! www.instagram.com/p/DM502mnPNN...
Fan art of crow King Mikolt II with 3 stars above his head. Fan art of 4 characters from The Royal Writ. At the top is a bird wearing a helmet, and a cat delivering mail. On the bottom is a fly with a feather in his hat and a creature with pointy ears holding a spear.
August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Hear ye, hear ye! The Royal Writ is out in just 3 days!

Crow King Mikolt II is ready to summon his best creatures into battle, all he needs now is YOU!

#gaming #indiegame #game
Artwork for The Royal Writ. In a cartoon picture book style, a crow is dripped out with a crown and royal red robes. He is holding 3 ant soldiers and is standing before a map of the realm.
August 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You will march your army to victory this time, no matter how many ants it takes!
Crow king Mikolt the 2nd from The Royal Writ looking at himself in the mirror with his hands on his hips.
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Choose a character from The Royal Writ and we'll drop some lore about them...

#gaming #indiegames #game
Image shows cards from The Royal Writ. On the left is a dog with a flower crown called Kalarka, in the middle is a sad koala called Ishtok, and on the right is a drunk frog in a barrel called Gereb.
July 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Welcome to the Shoppe! Which mighty mortal are you adding to your deck?

#gaming #game #indiegame
Screenshot from The Royal Writ. Image shows the shop with four cards on offer. The highlighted card is Dako, war profiteer. This card gains 3 gold by taking 1 power from each vertically adjacent cards. Screenshot from The Royal Writ. Image shows the shop with four cards on offer. The highlighted card is the lady of fortune. This card will remove the frail effect from a random card and add 2 to it's base power. Screenshot from The Royal Writ. Image shows the shop with four cards on offer. The highlighted card is Baht, head of the woodworker guild. While this card is in your hand there is an extra 2+ to the column modifiers.
July 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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We are at Megacon Manchester today! Why not come over and try out The Royal Writ, we even have some EXCLUSIVE stickers with out favourite characters on to give you!
Stickers for The Royal Writ Artwork for The Royal Writ we a "We are going to Megacon Live" banner.
July 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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How it started vs how it's going! The Royal Writ has come a long way since it began it's life as a game jam game for Ludum Dare 55 in 2014.

We can't wait for you all to play the full release on August 7th! 👑

#indiegame #gamedev
Screenshot of The Royal Writ from Ludum Dare 55. There are two cards on a column in a table style layout. One is a monkey with a sword, the other is a bunny with a spear. Screenshot from The Royal Writ after more development since the game jam. There are lots more cards on the columns, relics on the left, effects such as freezing and armour on the cards, and a multiplication hit point system on the right.
July 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Greetings citizens of the online realm—it's 2 weeks till The Royal Writ is out! 👑

To celebrate, we are giving away 3 copies of the game on launch day! To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is follow us, like this post, and repost it!

Good luck!

#gaming #giveaway #indiegame
Cartoon picture book style art. There is a lavish pink curtain on the left, right, and top of the image. On the right peeking out behind the curtain is Mikolt the second, the crow king. He is holding a gun that is firing out the word "Giveaway!". At the top of the image is The Royal Writ logo.
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Hark! The Royal Writ will be marching to a Steam account near you on August 7th!

In this regal roguelike you are tasked to help the crow king defend his rightful reign by creating daring decks of creatures to fight the rebellion!

Play the demo and wishlist:

store.steampowered.com/app/3333700?...
Artwork for The Royal Writ. The crow king, drawn in a children's book cartoon style, is stood with his hands on his hips looking in the mirror. He wears red robes and a golden crown. On the left is the logo for The Royal Writ as well as text on a banner that reads "Releasing August 7th". Below are the logos for Save Sloth Studios, Steam, and Yogscast Games.
July 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Massive thank you to offbrand games for featuring us in their Secret Sauce showcase! We saw lots of lovely comments about The Royal Writ which was fantastic. We also had this comment, so thank you for that too 🐦‍⬛♥️

#indiegames #gamedev #gaming
Artwork for Secret Sauce showcase. The colours are black, white, and turquoise. Text reads July 18-20, 2025. Comment reads "furry balatro"
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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tfw your favourite critter in The Royal Writ just got obliterated 😭

Maybe they're might be a way to bring them back...👀

#gaming #roguelike #indiegame
Man reading book and crying meme. The book is called "how to stop permadeath in The Royal Writ" and the inside of the book reads "you can't lol".
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Hear ye, hear ye! A brand new letter from the court of the King is waiting for his loyal subjects!

Apparently the king is a fan of Lego? Read the full letter here to find out more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

#gamedev #indiegame #gaming
Photograph of Lego Fabuland figurines from the 1970s/80s with corresponding characters from The Royal Writ that look like them.
July 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Me and the boys (Antony, Antdy, Antdrew, Antgatha, Antnie and Antja) off to raid the sugar cupboard...

The ant build in The Royal Writ is a fan favourite for sure! #gaming #indiegame #game #discover
Screenshot from The Royal Writ. There are cards lied out in 3 rows of 5. Most of them are ants.
July 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The crow king has been graciously immortalised in a royal portrait by talented community member BubbleWizardOG! They share their artwork to TikTok as @wladternovik.

Thank you for this lovely drawing! 🐦‍⬛👑♥️
Drawing of the crow king from The Royal Writ. It is a close up on his face with one eye and royal outfit.
July 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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DEEP LORE DROP 😮

Why are there four-legged animals in between anthropomorphic ones?

For a bit of trivia, the art is based on a segment of "Arrival of the Hungarians" by Árpád Feszty, the original painting is around 400 ft long!

Our version is a little simpler, can you find it in the demo?
Screenshot from The Royal Writ. Image shows a cartoonified drawing of the painting stuffed between some logs and a wall.
July 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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At what point does "a big numbers game" get too much? Answer: NEVER!! 🐦‍⬛🔥

Thank you to community member Balthromaw for sharing these pics with us, no off we go to fix this exploit 😈

#indiegame #gaming
Screenshot from The Royal Writ demo. There are many cards on a grid each with a mix of power and multiplication power. On the right is the damage counter which has become such a high number it has burst from its box. Screenshot from The Royal Writ demo. Image shows a broken damage counter that has the biggest number like ever bursting out of it. Safe to say this enemy was beaten.
July 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The Royal Writ regally requests that you ignore that its not Saturday anymore and enjoy this screenshot!
Screenshot from The Royal Writ. Art style is cartoony and cute. There are cards with various critters on placed in a lane style battle. On the left are relics and on the right is the enemy and their health bar.
July 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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God send his toughest battles (a tummy ache) to his strongest soldiers (me)

#indiegame #indiedev #yogscast
June 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We love a short king 💪
Baht a woodworking termite from The Royal Writ. He is small but mighty wearing a red uniform, hat, and brown cloak. He holds a large wooden hammer.
June 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM