Roguelikes + Dungeon Crawlers + CHESS = Below the Crown. @misfitsattic.bsky.social This is chess like you've never seen it before with game-changing spells and psychological tests inside a glitchy 80s aesthetic 👑

We done made Below the Crown it's own account! Now it can argue with other game accounts online!

Below the Crown - the early version of our Beta Update (our final update before launch!) is in the Future branch if folks want to help us test it out!

My 14-year-old daughter said I didn't need a haircut before GDC. This week - please direct any hair-related feedback her way.

The demeanor required to run an indie studio everyday.

I'll be at GDC next week, showing off our soon-to-launch IGF honorable mention, and hoping to fund one of our two potential game # 4's. Please reach out if you'd like to meet!

Check out the cool fan art of Duskers Drones from @xlaxxon.bsky.social ! Time to make it live action people...

Look how ADORABLE the Hopper is. I hope you enjoy how we bring Checkers into Chess for our next update... #BelowTheCrown

Below the Crown is coming in April! Our final Update in Early Access is in just a couple weeks. What a wild ride so far, and IGF honorable mention to boot. We added a discount to celebrate and made this trailer remix🥳 youtu.be/fdJ0zwm3q00

Just so you know that new content is coming, the Emperor is making an entrance... #BelowTheCrown

Wow, Below the Crown getting honored by IGF makes it that our last two games have been recognized by them for Excellence in Design <3

The following games have been chosen for Honorable Mentions for Excellence in Design: @flebpuzzles.bsky.social's Strange Jigsaws @misfitsattic.bsky.social and Shochiku's Below The Crown @potipoti.studio's Is This Seat Taken? @lululu.games's Henry Halfhead William Rous' Type Help

My favorite bug report for Below the Crown so far... "No action needed, just wanted to say that I LOVE this game. This game rules. It's definitely the best chess roguelike yet..." Little moments like these add up <3

Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. Available now! store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/... #indiedev @misfitsattic.bsky.social

Our first major update since our EA launch comes in time for the Holidays 🎄🎁 Rook Wizards, Escape Rooms, Explosions and Medics. This ain't like the holidays I remember as a child 😂 youtu.be/iY-_GaGbhgw

Be first to try the Below the Crown December update and help us get it stable! Hop into the FUTURE beta branch and report any issues via the in-game bug/feedback button, on the Steam forums, or our Discord. Thx!

gamedevmap.com is #nowplaying Below the Crown, the new game from @misfitsattic.bsky.social that entered #EarlyAccess last week: s.team/a/1883920 We're having a great time with this innovative title that brings new moves and stories to the chess game you thought you knew!♟️

Announcing my pagan trading game Prophet Margin Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/... Sharing appreciated!

When your investor beats you by 1 in your daily challenge. I guess I said I wanted to surround myself with people that could push me…

This is seriously one of the best uhhh, Chess takeoffs? that I've ever played Sooooo many try this and miss somehow, but damn, this is fantastic

My first update video in a decade - it's actually fun to be back at it :D youtu.be/acKftQNAsfI

Doing an AMA over at r/pcgaming if anyone wants to hear about game-making, film-making, or the talented folks I was lucky enough to work with... www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/c...

👑The Below the Crown is now in Early Access on Steam ♟️ Our first launch in almost 10 years! Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review! store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...

It's your last chance to play the Below the Crown Demo this weekend. Monday we go into Early Access and the free demo will be no more ⌛ store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

T-minus 2 weeks till Below the Crown goes into Early Access... and I still have nothing to wear.

Here's Adam walking through today's daily challenge for #BelowTheCrown He's currently in 5th place. Others managed more points by grabbing the other gold pile and forcing a checkmate - you can watch everyone's replay in-game :) www.tiktok.com/@misfitsatti...

For our first day of Steam Next Fest we started at 150 in the Turn Based Strategy genre and ended at 36. Just 35 to go 📈 store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

@rockpapershotgun.bsky.social declares checkmate revealing the early access launch date of Below the Crown by @misfitsattic.bsky.social , a love letter to chess, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers, with a demo out now for Steam Next Fest. #GamesPR ♟️⚔️👑 www.rockpapershotgun.com/chess-meets-...

I'm starting to hear more stories from folks like @rcmacleod.bsky.social that Below the Crown is sortof hitting this chess-adjacent space for those that Chess doesn't quite land for. Really exciting as this was one of our hopes :) Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah - aftermath.site/chess-dungeo...

At least folks are reporting their exploits on the new demo 😂 #belowTheCrown

Dear chess nerds: Check out our community manager walking through a rather tough Dailey Challenge for Below the Crown www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhY56Kv/

Well, the graph is going in the right direction :) #BelowTheCrown

Duskers 💾 By @misfitsattic.bsky.social I looooove this game. You control a small team of lil drones through safe and unsafe chambers of derelict ships. Every choice counts.

👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️ Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here: 🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons 🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing! 🔸Daily & Player Challenges store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

We go live tomorrow with a demo of our first indie game in almost a decade. Buckle up!

Did not expect to wake up to an article with A Virus Named TOM in it. I’m actually realizing Below the Crown (Demo out this Wednesday) is a bit of of a love child of it and Duskers… thenerdytype.com/2025/09/29/9...

Watch as we flip Chess on its head by simply adding magic and dungeons and stuff. youtu.be/GYOfCM_LkyE #BelowTheCrown #indiegame #videogames #chess #Roguelike #DungeonCrawler

Indie Fan Fest airs tomorrow! Prepare for dozens of wishlist-worthy games, including: Bladesong - @bladesonggame.bsky.social Appulse - @le-rado.fr Stars of Icarus - @musegames.bsky.social Below the Crown - @MisfitsAttic.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/MIXIFF25

Here's our latest newsletter with updates on Below the Crown and the Duskers Successor. If you wanna subscribe you can signup at our website. newsletter.misfits-attic.com/w/Yf9892892y...

YouTube says we done got 3K subscribers. Excited about creating videos again :) youtube.com/@misfitsattic

I live in a fascinating world where you publish a "coming soon" page for your demo that will eventually lead to an Early Access announcement that will someday lead to a launch 🙃 store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

I don't always skewer my opponents king. But when I do, I use magic. #wizardLife from the #BelowTheCrown announce trailer #chess

You know you’re still indie when the folks helping you show your new game are your fiancée and your old friend from Dreamworks :) @burlaprobot.bsky.social @themix.bsky.social

It’s been almost a decade, but Misfits Attic is back! We just announced Below the Crown: our love letter to roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and Chess - with our weird dark humor, of course :) Wishlist on Steam today! (link in reply) youtu.be/Q8gf18lJ_lc

It's been almost a decade, but Misfits Attic is back! Check out the announce trailer for Below the Crown at the MIX Fall Showcase tomorrow @ 9am PT It’s our love letter to roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, and Chess :) @themix.bsky.social

Brian is such a solid game designer - excited to see where he’s taken this since I first saw it 👾

It's nice when you develop features for the community and you can use them during development :) We made a room/board editor where players can upload them. @damiansommer.com just created some new rooms and I was able to download them and test them in-game to see how they feel :D

Siegecaster, an active skill-based siege defense game, is available now! This was a personal project created with a small team, and my friends say, "I was playing it to be polite, but then it was four hours later, and I actually liked it!" Getting the word out is still hard, so all RTs appreciated!

The things I do to play Slay the Spire with local co-op

Played my first ever solo Boardgame (card game really): Resist! I get burnt out from staring at a screen for work all week - so I thought I’d try a physical game single player 🎲