Hi All!

October 19th! Our twin-stick shmup A Quiver of Crows is launching October 19th! Here’s what we’ve been up to as we prepare for the game’s launch:

October 19th

Have we mentioned the game launches October 19th? Go wishlist it now!

Featuring a Song by Laura Shigihara

Laura Shigihara is best known as the lead composer and sound designer for Plants vs Zombies, as the composer/lyricist/singer for To The Moon’s “Everything’s Alright”, and as the voice for the Singing Sunflower pet in World of Warcraft. We love Laura’s music and we’re super happy she contributed a song to our game! It’s called “Better Days” – check out the music video below!

Behind the Scenes – Programming

For you programmers (or aspiring ones) out there, here’s a run down of the development environment we’ve used and modified to create A Quiver of Crows: Developing a 2D Game for Windows, Mac, & Linux with Cocos2d-x. In the post, lead developer Chad highlights the languages and frameworks we use as well as the modifications we have made to overcome certain implementation challenges.

Prepping and Testing

The past month has mostly comprised of testing and prepping for launch. With all this testing, we’re getting really good at the game! Which is good because we’ve also had to test the leaderboards a bunch too!

Steam Leaderboards! #screenshotsaturdayhttps://t.co/cX7R4dvr6e#indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/8NqyHGOdgz

— A Quiver of Crows (@AQuiverOfCrows) September 10, 2016

Press Previews

If you’re part of the press and would like to preview the game, please email us at crows@sheado.net.
We’re starting to get more and more preview and review videos. Here’s one of the latest YouTuber gameplay videos:

Launching October 19th!

That’s it for this progress update. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at crows@sheado.net or start a discussion in our Steam community hub. And don’t forget to wishlist the game on Steam and follow us on Twitter @AQuiverOfCrows for more frequent updates!