Greetings, swashbucklers! Exciting news! Today, we introduce Ukrainian to the game! New Ukrainian Fan Translation This translation was made possible by the incredible dedication and talent of our passionate fans! We are deeply grateful for the time, energy, and love they've poure
Greetings, swashbucklers!
Exciting news! Today, we introduce Ukrainian to the game!
New Ukrainian Fan Translation
This translation was made possible by the incredible dedication and talent of our passionate fans! We are deeply grateful for the time, energy, and love they've poured into this project.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your incredible work and dedication.
This update also contains some minor bugfixes and of course credits have been updated.
Enjoy exploring the game in Ukrainian, and as always, happy gaming!
Quick update to let you know we improved both chinese and italian localization in the past few days :) We released a patch to fix Italian localization which didn't was not cooked properly and showed some texts as untranslated or with old translations We released a patch to improv
Quick update to let you know we improved both chinese and italian localization in the past few days :)
We released a patch to fix Italian localization which didn't was not cooked properly and showed some texts as untranslated or with old translations
We released a patch to improve our Chinese localization (simplified and traditional) and update our game credits
Greetings, swashbucklers! Today, we introduce Chinese and Italian to the game and release a new gameplay presentation video ! Chinese & Italian Translations (Simplified & Traditional) We’re glad to announce that the game has been updated with Chinese (Simplified & Tra
Greetings, swashbucklers!
Today, we introduce Chinese and Italian to the game and release a new gameplay presentation video!
Chinese & Italian Translations (Simplified & Traditional)
We’re glad to announce that the game has been updated with Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) as well as Italian localization. We hope these addition will allow new players to fully enjoy the game! If you have any feedback about the translation feel free to tell us in the forum. More languages might be coming in the future! We'll share more news about this whenever we can! I
New Gameplay Presentation Video
We’ve made a new 3mn video aimed at explaining what it feels like to play En Garde! Feel free to share it around, especially if you know someone for whom a trailer isn’t enough!
https://youtu.be/RwrhqY9Maps
En Garde! & Sifu: The Action Fighting Bundle
En Garde! will be 40% off during the Autumn Sales! Sifu is discounted too so now is the perfect time to get both in a bundle. As a reminder, here is our message from last week:
We’re deeply honored to announced that En Garde! & Sifu (made by Sloclap) can be purchased together with a 10% discount as part of the Action Fighting Bundle. If you don't know Sifu yet, it's a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge. Itching for some more good ol' Kung Fu action?
This bundle also allows you to complete your collection, so if you have bought either one of those games already, you can get the other one 10% off. Just go the one of the game’s store page to find the bundle or click the widget below.
Greetings, swashbucklers! Today, we introduce a new bundle with Sifu and annonce the upcoming Chinese and Italian translations . En Garde! & Sifu: The Action Fighting Bundle We’re deeply honoured to announced that En Garde! & Sifu (made by Sloclap) can be purchased togeth
Greetings, swashbucklers!
Today, we introduce a new bundle with Sifu and annonce the upcoming Chinese and Italian translations.
En Garde! & Sifu: The Action Fighting Bundle
We’re deeply honoured to announced that En Garde! & Sifu (made by Sloclap) can be purchased together with a 10% discount as part of the Action Fighting Bundle. If you don't know Sifu yet, it's a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge. Itching for some more good ol' Kung Fu action?
This bundle also allows you to complete your collection, so if you have bought either one of those games already, you can get the other one 10% off. Just go the one of the game’s store page to find the bundle or click the widget below.
We’re glad to announce that we're finishing the translation of all texts in both Simplified & Traditional Chinese as well as Italian (made by Julien, the writer of En Garde!, who happens to be from Italy!). We’re aiming to update the game with added Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) & Italian for the Steam Autumn Sale on November 21th. We hope these addition will allow new players to fully enjoy the game!
More languages might be coming in the future! We'll share more news about this whenever we can!
We would also like to thank everyone who took the time to write a review for En Garde!, this is helping immensely! ❤️
🎺En Garde!'s student project is available for download again! En Garde! the student game is a free game demo, created in 2018 as a student graduation project by the co-founders of Fireplace Games! Through it's ~20 minutes runtime, you will discover a part of Adalia's origin stor
🎺En Garde!'s student project is available for download again!
En Garde! the student game is a free game demo, created in 2018 as a student graduation project by the co-founders of Fireplace Games!
Through it's ~20 minutes runtime, you will discover a part of Adalia's origin story. The Volador Villa was seized by a mysterious invader and his henchmen. You will have to fight for your family's honor!
Despite its clunky gameplay and uneven writing, this student prototype already has the charm of a light-hearted swashbuckling adventure! Back in 2018, it had great reception from industry professionals, players and youtubers (such as Jacksepticeye), and won several 'best student game' awards and nominations.
The success of this prototype is what allowed us to make the full game a reality! We hope you'll enjoy discovering the origins of En Garde! with this game prototype!
As a bonus, here is a concept art for the very first outfit that was designed for Adalia during the development of the student game. Her colors were based off of a magpie, Adalia's spirit bird! In later iterations, we went for more colorful outfits to make her stand out more.
Greetings, swashbucklers! Whether you're currently enjoying En Garde, planning to discover it or to return playing it, here's a new patch full of fixes that will improve your experience with the game! Now that the game is getting closer to a definitive state, we are looking into
Greetings, swashbucklers!
Whether you're currently enjoying En Garde, planning to discover it or to return playing it, here's a new patch full of fixes that will improve your experience with the game! Now that the game is getting closer to a definitive state, we are looking into bringing it to consoles. We'll share more news about this as soon as we can!
Full patch note:
Many fixes for character barks (lines said by characters during gameplay) to allow a variety of new barks to be heard from most characters.
Various fixes for barks to have less barks interruptions and more coherent barks.
Improved reliability of hearing taunt barks from Adalia when using the taunt button.
Added some missing story dialogues and tweaked some dialogues staging.
Added a different rapier model to elite soldiers.
Removed the gain of fatigue damage on health loss for Count-Duke and Captain.
Changed the effect of weapon racks on count-duke to make it the same as for Captain.
“Surprise kick” skill snaps better on the target, increased snapping range for all skills.
Boss hud now displays total health of all bosses if there are multiple (for arena mode legend difficulty).
Fixed an issue where Count-Duke and captain would not resist crates and barrels when they are enraged.
Fixed an issue where Count-Duke and Soldiers would try to reach their spawn point after you reloaded checkpoint in the final boss.
Fixed an issue on Count-Duke where it would appear he takes fatigue damage out of nowhere shortly after losing a HP.
Fixed an issue causing the Count-Duke sometimes having the wrong set of animations when enraged.
Fixed swinging cage going through a wall in episode 4.
Fixed swinging cages gaining velocity when swinging for too long.
Fixed tips display in the loading screens + added tips that were missing.
Fixed an issue with border covering credits in the end.
Fixed an issue causing panache wheel UI to display wrong input if player rebind them.
Fixed an issue causing count-duke guard bar UI to have the wrong color when losing an hp while being weakened.
Fixed an issue where multiple soldiers would spawn during the panache skill tutorial in episode 1 if you replayed the episode.
Fixed an issue where the next map wouldn’t load after opening the door under specific circumstances at the beginning of episode 4.
Fixed an issue causing Adalia to jog at sprint speed after a dialogue if she entered while sprinting and changed state during dialogue (when player releases sprint input).
Fixed issues in terrain collisions in LAA3 that could block enemies.
Fixed subtitles not being displayed during the game over screen.
Added an Easter Egg dialogue somewhere when you replay the game after completing it.
Time to celebrate! En Garde! has been out for (a little more than) a month now! We feel like this is the perfect time to debrief the game's launch. From the whole dev team, we'd like to sincerely thank all of our players who have enjoyed En Garde! since launch. Seeing you laugh a
Time to celebrate!
En Garde! has been out for (a little more than) a month now! We feel like this is the perfect time to debrief the game's launch.
From the whole dev team, we'd like to sincerely thank all of our players who have enjoyed En Garde! since launch. Seeing you laugh and fall in love with our game has been the best thing we could dream of. 💖
We hope many more of you will give our game a try! 🤺
Critical acclaim!
En Garde! was very well-received from players and from the press!
Steam Reviews are currently 94% positive! ːsteamthumbsupː
OpenCritic lists En Garde! as "Strong" with an average score of 77%! 💪
Have a look at the best accolades from the press in the following video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iww63CzsHXo
Fan creations!
On top of content creators playing the game, we had the chance to witness several illustrations, cosplays and virtual photography from a variety of talented artists!
Credits from left to right: Fan art: @Mud_and_Blood, @casynuf, @centuriichan, @MinemikoMali. Virtual photography: @Olivier__Cesar, @KalowaiVp, @misthiosvp. Cosplays: @shinorisu, @jaharajayde.
Updates!
During this first month, we managed to patch the game with:
A full Steam Deck support! (En Garde! is officially Steam Deck Verified ✅)
Support for various display ratios, from 4:3 to ultrawide
Various gameplay improvements and difficulty tweaks
Quality of life improvements
New settings (accessibility, HUD...)
A ton of bugfixes
And more!
Celebration discount!
To celebrate even more, we've put together a special offer for you to come and celebrate with us.
If you haven't tried En Garde! yet, are you ready for a swashbuckling adventure like no other?
More news...
We have released En Garde!'s Original Soundtrack on various platforms! You can buy the game + soundtrack bundle on Steam to support us directly! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1654660/view/3673303605895820568
Learn more about the game by having a look at this other news! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1654660/view/6785288409987467619
🎵 IT'S MUSIC TIME! 🎵 🎺 Our flamboyant original soundtrack , by composer Jean-Claude Charlier is now available on several streaming services and YouTube ! Jean-Claude Charlier is an experienced music composer from film and television, who signs with En Garde! his first complete
Jean-Claude Charlier is an experienced music composer from film and television, who signs with En Garde! his first complete video game soundtrack. There will be many more coming from him, so make sure to follow his work!
You can also find and share all of these links on this hyperfollow link!
Rediscover the adventures of Adalia de Volador in a musical journey! From character themes to atmospheric tracks and epic combat music, the soundtrack contains more than 40 minutes of orchestral themes, inspired by Hispanic music and old-school adventure films! Featuring recordings from authentic flamenco guitar instrumentalists.
Greetings! Today’s patch is a smaller one. We mainly focused on improving compatibility with Steam Deck and support a wider array of display ratios, from 4:3 to ultrawide, as well as minor gameplay improvements. 4:3 to ultrawide support: Interface implementation has been revamped
Greetings!
Today’s patch is a smaller one. We mainly focused on improving compatibility with Steam Deck and support a wider array of display ratios, from 4:3 to ultrawide, as well as minor gameplay improvements.
4:3 to ultrawide support: Interface implementation has been revamped to account for display ratio ranging from 4:3 to ultrawide.
Steam Deck Support: Changed the media player and file type for tutorial videos to support more devices (especially Steam Deck). Videos should also load faster now!
We have requested a new verification to Steam support. Hopefully, this fix should allow the game to become officially Steam Deck Verified!
Gameplay improvement: Refactored some logic on enemy reactions and resistances. Enemies who resist to some environmental interactions will now be unable to resist if they are already in a reaction state. For example, a duelist can now be pushed back by a crate thrown at him and won’t be able to dodge it, if he is stunned or knocked down beforehand.
Arena mode: Fixed some visual inconsistencies on slippery area with modifiers Stain of Defeat and Contraband
Extended main menu art to support widescreen support
Fixed several issues with ultrawide screen support
Prevented an issue with saves that could lock the player during the dialogue with El Vigilante after his fight in Episode 4
Small changes & fixes on French localization
Various fixes in environments
Various fixes in dioramas cutscenes
More fixes and changes will be coming in the following weeks!
Greetings, swashbucklers! The first week since En Garde!'s release has passed and we're incredibly grateful for the reception! Thanks everyone! 💖 In between peeking at streams and reading all of the comments, we've been working on some things based on your feedback! Today, we re
Greetings, swashbucklers!
The first week since En Garde!'s release has passed and we're incredibly grateful for the reception! Thanks everyone! 💖
In between peeking at streams and reading all of the comments, we've been working on some things based on your feedback! Today, we release the first main patch for En Garde! 🛠
It contains some new quality of life features, some gameplay tweaks and improvements, and a variety of bug fixes. This will not fix all remaining issues with the game, but more patches will be coming in the upcoming weeks!
New features:
When replaying episodes, tutorials windows will not open and be minimized in a corner of the screen, with an optional button prompt to reopen them.
This is a quality of life improvement to fluidify the experience of consecutive playthroughs.
Added a setting to hide all interface.
This was made for players who want to capture gameplay videos or screenshots without interface.
Added an accessibility setting for disabling instant-regen (yellow) guard bars on enemies.
This new setting is useful for players who find yellow guard enemies too difficult or too restrictive.
Improved support of ultrawide display.
HUD and camera framing should now better adapt to ultrawide screens.
These improvements should be a first step towards a perfect support of ultrawide. We will perform extra tests on this in the upcoming days. We are eager to hear feedback from players using ultrawide screens!
Gameplay improvements:
Difficulty tweaks on final boss (episode 4). Added some extra interactions in the arena, simplified waves of enemies. Various tweak on the final boss Count-Duke enemy : especially, reduced his guard amount during yellow bar phases.
We have slightly reduced the difficulty of the final boss. We still want the final boss to be a difficult challenge where you must do great tactical use of every tool at your disposal, but we felt like we went a bit too far with its difficulty.
Various tweaks on the Captain enemy when she is enraged. Increased the number of attacks she can initially take before deflecting the player. Added the ability to surprise her by dodging her base combo even when she's enraged. Reduced her aggressiveness weight. Reduced the maximum time during which captain will chase the player when they want to attack.
We tweaked the Captain enemy to make her a bit more forgiving when she’s in “rage” mode. We might do even more tweaks on the Captain in future updates.
Various clarifications for challenges in UI. Added a highlight on current level’s active challenge in the level brief menu. Challenge titles are now always displayed even when not discovered yet. Fixed an issue with challenges sometimes not displaying in HUD in the areas you have to accomplish them.
Reduced enemy aggressiveness. Slight decrease of the frequency of base attacks for enemies in normal difficulty. Does not impact the frequency of enemies opportunity attacks (red attacks when they defend each other).
Increased time spent by enemies on the ground from 2.5 sec average to 3.5 sec average.
This makes the special skill #2 more powerful because you can now keep enemies on the ground for a longer time while you fight one of them.
Reworked the reaction of captains and count-duke against cannons.
Grenadier is now forbidden to dodge with her smoke bomb if she is currently surprised (!), for the entire surprise duration (even if she's not in an animation blocking her).
Tweaked El Vigilante episode 1 guard regen speed and removed his fatigue bar decay.
Removed Zaida opportunity attacks to make her easier to deal with in group fights in arena mode.
Changed color of enemy guard regen VFX because some player were confusing it with a red attack VFX.
Removed a grid in the wall in the sewers to make the secret entrance where you can roll under easier to see.
Added extra lanterns in episode 2, in a situation where you must use an explosive crate to make it clearer to understand.
Other fixes:
Refactored UI logic to avoid loss of focus and desync of focus between mouse and controller. Should fix the issue preventing to properly rebind buttons when using a controller.
Fixed an issue causing T key on a keyboard being unresponsive when assigned to an input.
Fixes on arena mode modifiers that trigger critical attacks.
Fixes on arena mode modifiers that would prevent to use a special skill properly.
Fixed an issue allowing selection of multiple arena mode modifiers at once instead of one.
'Henchperson Solidarity' modifier won't heal dead enemies anymore.
Controller rumble will stop during level loading.
Dialogues lines are now interrupted when the speaker dies.
Fixed an issue where a secondary gate would open in episode 2 leading to an invisible wall.
Fixed the location of a respawn checkpoint in episode 4.
Added a logic to prevent the same bark from occurring twice in a row.
Fixed an issue causing chickens to always default to the same skin color.
Fixed multiple camera fade issues.
Fixes on statistics on level recap screen.
Fixed timer saved data now correctly recording last level of the episode.
Fixed inconsistency with saved timer when starting a previously played chapter with the main menu's continue button after finishing the previous one and going back to the main menu
Fixed an issue causing arena mode to appear in the wrong place and in the story mode.
Fixed Vigilante constantly going back near the table in episode 4.
Fixed Zaida constantly going to the edge of the bridge in episode 4.
Prevent barks when player is running away from being said before the enemy was ever engaged in fight.
Removed the need to interact with the lever to trigger the boss fight in episode 4, to avoid players being confused by the lever’s utility.
Fix some animations of enemies falling to the ground to make sure characters get up if you attack them while they’re on the ground.
Fixed bark subtitle sometimes not disappearing when NPC despawn falling in water.
Prevent generic death bark playing when an enemy is drowning in water.
Investigate points will now be destroyed if they are in a map loaded in arena mode to make sure they can never ever appear in arena mode.
Fixed localization of arena mode bosses names.
Fixed localization of text for Elite soldiers group tutorial.
Fixed inconsistency with the kick when Zaida has a bucket or turkey on her head.
Fixed an issue causing main menu input bar to not stretch properly.
Enabled preservation of aspect ratio in windowed mode.
In episode 1 weaken tutorial, first lackey is now registered as objective with other lackeys.
Fixed arena music when reloading some arenas.
Fixed impact SFX layer when kicking a door to open it.
Reorder accessibility settings, moved camera assist settings to gameplay page + resized settings row to show more on one screen.
Cauldron is better outlined when aiming at it with a grenade.
Fixed foley sounds on various animations.
Fixed some AI navigation issues.
Various UI improvements.
Various graphical fixes.
Updated credits.
You're enjoying En Garde! but you're done playing the story? Don't hesitate to give the arena mode a try! With its crazy fight situations and its gameplay modifiers, it elevates En Garde!'s comedic combat experience to new heights! Plus, you'll have a secret boss to defeat if you make it all the way to the Legend difficulty... 👀
- Fixed an issue causing some players to skip an entire episode without noticing it when pressing multiple times on the « next episode » button. If you’re not sure wether or not you have been affected by this issue, just make sure you’ve played all (4) episodes from the episodes
- Fixed an issue causing some players to skip an entire episode without noticing it when pressing multiple times on the « next episode » button.
If you’re not sure wether or not you have been affected by this issue, just make sure you’ve played all (4) episodes from the episodes menu.
More fixes and QoL are coming soon, this one felt more urgent and had to be pushed first. Many thanks to those who reported the issue.
En Garde! is out now! In 2018, some of us released a small student game prototype, called En Garde! . In 2020, we formed a company, expanded the team, and we made a solemn oath to turn En Garde! into a full commercial game . And now, here we are. After more than 3 years of hard w
In 2018, some of us released a small student game prototype, called En Garde!. In 2020, we formed a company, expanded the team, and we made a solemn oath to turn En Garde! into a full commercial game. And now, here we are. After more than 3 years of hard work, En Garde! is finally available on Steam!
We are a small team of independent developers, we have put our hearts and souls into making this game, and we hope you'll support us in this adventure! 🤗 The game will be 10% off if you get it now and until next week!
About the game
This game is for everyone, but we're making it especially for those of us who don't have as much time to put into games as they could in the past, who desire a focused action game experience and who want to go back to childhood with fun, family-friendly and nostalgia-filled adventures.
We aimed for a maximum of quality playtime: intense action gameplay, beautiful environments, flamboyant characters and hilarious shenanigans. The game's story campaign is short but intense, with secrets to discover, challenges to accomplish and a crazy arena mode add replay value for never-ending swashbuckling action!
Find out more about the game's content below!
Story Episodes!
Discover Adalia's tales in a series of story episodes! Each of the 4 episodes tells a self-contained adventure, much like in an old-school TV series! Each episode has its own story, themes, set pieces, locations, characters, enemies, combat situations and challenges to complete! Meet Adalia's colorful entourage on your way to foil the Count-Duke's nefarious plans, and free the City from tyranny! In-between fights, you can discover more backstory and lore by finding points of interest and secrets scattered through the levels.
Arena Mode!
Arena mode is a re-playable arcade experience, for you to enjoy En Garde!'s combat to your heart's content! Here are the rules: survive a series of randomized combat arenas filled with surprising environmental setups and deadly waves of enemies. Between each arena, a new gameplay modifier will buff your enemies and make your next fight trickier... But you'll also be allowed to pick one of 3 positive modifiers to find new paths to victory! Choose wisely! The game features more than 60 modifiers that can all be combined, leading to a huge variety of fight situations! The fight banter dialogue system will keep playing during the arena mode to keep you in the mood of a true swashbuckling adventure!
Steam achievements!
The game features 30 achievements, tasking you with completing combat challenges, finding all secrets, completing the arena mode, and more!
Soundtrack, accessibility, and more!
Find out more about the game with our other announcements below!
Discover our Original soundtrack!
From character themes to atmospheric tracks and epic combat music, the soundtrack contains more than 40 minutes of orchestral themes, inspired by Hispanic music and old-school adventure films! Featuring recordings from authentic flamenco guitar instrumentalists. Learn more here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1654660/view/6785288409968519878
Difficulty and accessibility settings:
En Garde! has tricky action gameplay, but we want it to be a welcoming game for everyone. If you need it, you can use a variety of accessibility settings to help you in the game's combat, like auto-parries if you struggle with reflexes, or even an invincible mode if you don't want to play with the challenge of survival. The game also features 3 levels of difficulty, and a collection of gameplay tips for you to improve your fighting skills and to better understand the game! Learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1654660/view/6785288409983349934
Meet the characters!
When you start playing En Garde!, it will feel like you’re jumping in the middle of an old TV series with pre-established characters. Thankfully, these archetypal characters barely need an introduction! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1654660/view/6785288409968638833
Thank you!
We hope you will enjoy your time playing En Garde!. You are the heroes who inspire us to dream, and for that, we are forever grateful. Fore more news about En Garde!, you can follow Fireplace Games on Twitter!
En Garde! Releases TOMORROW! Are you as excited as we are? 🤩 You can watch our launch trailer now exclusively on IGN's YouTube channel! This trailer will be available on the game's Steam page when it launches tomorrow! As a reminder, the game will launch tomorrow at 4PM BST and
En Garde! launches in only 2 days and we’d like to tell you more about our accessibility and difficulty settings! ⚔ We know that some of you who are interested in En Garde! are hooked by the game’s setting and tone, but are not very familiar playing this kind of action games . 😵
En Garde! launches in only 2 days and we’d like to tell you more about our accessibility and difficulty settings! ⚔
We know that some of you who are interested in En Garde! are hooked by the game’s setting and tone, but are not very familiar playing this kind of action games. 😵
Part of En Garde!’s experience is to overcome difficult combat challenges, not through hardcore perseverance, but rather by understanding how to deal with groups of enemies using your environment to your advantage. 🤺
We want En Garde! to be a welcoming game that anyone can play and have fun with, no matter your level of skill with this kind of games. ✨ However, fights can be very intense and the game is a mechanical challenge because you need to perform parries, dodges, attacks and kicks while paying attention to the enemies around, position to use environmental interactions, etc. 😱
So, we have worked hard to provide a variety of accessibility options for players who need them, but also to make the default experience approachable with an in-depth tutorial level as well as a list of gameplay tips to improve your skills. 😎
Tips & Tricks menu
Accessible at any point from the pause menu, the Tips & Tricks menu is like the “move list” you would find in any traditional beat ‘em up game. But instead of listing endless strings of complicated combos, this menu will give you precious tips on how to improve your fighting with explanations of fencing subtleties, contextual moves, details on environmental interactions, enemies strengths and weaknesses… News tips are added to this menu throughout the whole story campaign, as you encounter new environments or enemies, and as you unlock new special skills.
Difficulty settings
En Garde! has 3 difficulty settings: easy, medium and hard modes. These difficulty modes have an influence on:
Parry and dodge timing windows
Damage caused by player parries and critical strikes (increased in easy mode only)
Number of HP for Adalia
Duration of invulnerability after Adalia got hit
Enemies aggressiveness
Enemy stun time
Assist options
Invincibility: you cannot lose health and die anymore. Use this if you don’t want to play with the challenge of survival.
Automatic parries: for anyone who has trouble with parry timing or reflexes, this will simplify the challenge of fencing. All parries will be automatic, but you can still use the parry button to try a perfect timing. You will still have to dodge red attacks, so stay on your guard!
Camera Auto Focus: the camera turns towards your target automatically while in fight.
Camera Auto Turn: the camera will turn automatically in the direction of your movement while running or sprinting.
Accessible interface
You can modify the scale of HUD, enemy UI and subtitles, or activate the Hyperlegible font for texts.
Input binding
You can rebind keys for any action for both keyboard and gamepad!
That's all for today!
For more information about the game itself and its release (pricing, release time, ...), you can check our release information news:
Today, we’d like to introduce the main cast of En Garde! . These 4 main characters are the recurring protagonists of En Garde! ’s story episodes! When you start playing En Garde! , it will feel like you’re jumping in the middle of an old TV series with pre-established characters
Today, we’d like to introduce the main cast of En Garde!. These 4 main characters are the recurring protagonists of En Garde!’s story episodes!
When you start playing En Garde!, it will feel like you’re jumping in the middle of an old TV series with pre-established characters. Thankfully, these archetypal characters barely need an introduction! They live countless adventures together, and their pasts and destinies don’t matter as much as their interactions with each other.
VO: Clara Cantos
🌟 Adalia, our swashbuckling hero! Renowned throughout the City as a master of the blade, she embodies the essence of daring, playfulness, and unwavering confidence. With her flamboyant style, she is the epitome of a charming scoundrel. ⚔️💫
Adalia has a temper of an archetypal musketeer and she's obviously based on swashbuckling folk heroes like Zorro. But she's also inspired by real-life historical swordswomen, such as Julie d’Aubigny!
VO: Julien Masdoua
🎭 Alejandro is Adalia's younger brother! Enthusiastic, ditzy, noble. He's a playwright and never runs out of ideas to make his sister shine. 🌟 What he lacks in skill and foresight, he makes up for in unwavering idealism. 💫✨ Some people pretend he leads a double life as a masked hero, known as El Vigilante... But they are obviously not the same person.
Alejandro’s main inspirations are old-school bombastic characters played by actor Errol Flynn!
VO: Angela Leblanc
🧭 Here is the enigmatic Zaida... Her captivating allure comes with a razor-sharp wit and a mysterious past. What is her link to Adalia and where do her allegiances truly lie? 🏴☠️🗺️
Zaida is inspired by pirates and burglar characters such as Carmen Sandiego.
VO: Mathieu Lagarrigue
👺 Beware the nefarious Count Duke, Adalia's ultimate nemesis! Neither his arrogance nor his lust for power know any bounds. He rules with an iron fist and nothing but contempt for those beneath him. He may have military power, but his pettiness might be used against him... 🏰
The Count-Duke is loosely based on his real-life counterpart, but we turned him into a cartoon villain!
Can't wait to meet these flamboyant characters? Don't forget to wishlist En Garde! now and get ready for its release on August 16th!
En Garde! Original Soundtrack When En Garde! launches August 16th , get your hands on our flamboyant original soundtrack, by composer Jean-Claude Charlier ! The OST can be bought alongside the game but will also be sold separately. Rediscover the adventures of Adalia de Volador i
When En Garde! launches August 16th, get your hands on our flamboyant original soundtrack, by composer Jean-Claude Charlier! The OST can be bought alongside the game but will also be sold separately.
Rediscover the adventures of Adalia de Volador in a musical journey! From character themes to atmospheric tracks and epic combat music, the soundtrack contains more than 40 minutes of orchestral themes, inspired by Hispanic music and old-school adventure films! Featuring recordings from authentic flamenco guitar instrumentalists.
If you want to support En Garde! financially, buying the game + soundtrack bundle is the best way to do so! Plus, you’ll get incredible music to listen to! Soon after release, the soundtrack will also become available on your favorite music platforms!
(I swear as the dev writing this news I’m a huge fan of this Soundtrack I mean it’s reeaaaally good 😭)
Since you’re reading this, here’s a little bonus: 2 full tracks that we shared on YouTube a few months ago!
Scoundrels and swashbucklers of all kinds, behold today’s thrilling announcements! As you may know already, En Garde! will release exclusively on Steam on August 16th, 2023! Only a couple of weeks left! You’re aware of our release date, but the hour? At the stroke of 17:00 CET th
Scoundrels and swashbucklers of all kinds, behold today’s thrilling announcements!
As you may know already, En Garde! will release exclusively on Steam on August 16th, 2023! Only a couple of weeks left!
You’re aware of our release date, but the hour? At the stroke of 17:00 CET the world shall bear witness to En Garde!’s release.
Pricing
En Garde! will be yours to claim for the price of 19.99$. You will be able to buy it with a launch discount for a few days after release!
Original soundtrack!
Our sensational Original Soundtrack (OST), featuring more than 40 minutes of orchestral music by composer Jean-Claude Charlier! Enjoy the adventure’s melodies beyond the game with these mastered tracks, available in a bundle on release as well as on your favorite music streaming services!
Discover Adalia's tales in a series of story episodes! Each of the 4 episodes tells a self-contained adventure, much like in an old-school TV series! Each episode features a unique story, themes, set pieces, locations, characters, enemies, combat situations and challenges to complete! Meet Adalia's formidable rivals and precious allies on your way to stop the shenanigans of the nefarious Count-Duke, and free the City from tyranny! In-between fights, you can learn more about the game's backstory and lore by finding points of interest and secrets scattered through the levels.
Arena Mode!
Arena mode is a re-playable arcade experience, for you to enjoy En Garde!'s combat to your heart's content! Here are the rules: survive a series of randomized combat arenas filled with surprising environmental setups and deadly waves of enemies. Between each arena, a new gameplay modifier will buff your enemies and make your next fight a bit more tricky... But you'll be able to pick between 3 positive modifiers to counter it and maximise your chances of triumph. Choose wisely! The game features more than 60 modifiers that can all be combined, leading to a huge variety of fight situations! The fight banter dialogue system will keep playing during the arena mode to keep you in the mood of a true swashbuckling adventure!
Steam achievements!
The game features 30 achievements, tasking you with completing combat challenges, finding all secrets, completing the arena mode, and more!
Thank you!
Gather your excitement, my friends, for the magic is about to unfold!
Add En Garde! to your Wishlist now and be ready to draw your blade and break some furniture, in the name of justice and panache!
Thank you once more for your support, we can’t wait for you to experience the full game,
Thank you all for the wait, we finally have a release date! En Garde! will be available on Steam August 16th 2023! ⚔ Strap on your boots and wear your fanciest feathered hat! 🤠 Help us spread the news, and remember to Wishlist! 🎺
Thank you all for the wait, we finally have a release date! En Garde! will be available on Steam August 16th 2023! ⚔
Strap on your boots and wear your fanciest feathered hat! 🤠 Help us spread the news, and remember to Wishlist! 🎺
The time has come for En Garde!'s demo to gracefully exit the stage on Steam... 🎭 But fear not, for its departure heralds the grand return of the FULL game NEXT MONTH! 🎮 We understand the frustration some of you might feel, but as we're approaching release, the demo is no longe
The time has come for En Garde!'s demo to gracefully exit the stage on Steam... 🎭
But fear not, for its departure heralds the grand return of the FULL game NEXT MONTH! 🎮
We understand the frustration some of you might feel, but as we're approaching release, the demo is no longer representative of the final game actual quality.
Stay tuned for the upcoming ✨release date announcement!✨
🎺 Fellow swashbucklers 🎺 🗓️ Last weekend to play En Garde!'s demo! The demo will be leaving Steam on Monday as we ready the game for its full release in August! ✨ Remember to wishlist the game and follow us for the upcoming release date announcement! 👀 See you soon!
🎺 Fellow swashbucklers 🎺
🗓️ Last weekend to play En Garde!'s demo!
The demo will be leaving Steam on Monday as we ready the game for its full release in August! ✨
Remember to wishlist the game and follow us for the upcoming release date announcement! 👀
