Half Sword

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Released: Jan 30, 2026
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 05:49 GMT

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16 Sep 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday: The Enforcers
Enjoy this time lapse of the Enforcers by our senior 2D artist Miłek. This WIP Also features two new tracks by our composer Goodmalware. Dust to Dust Always a King Giovanni Ricci’s Men: The Enforcers Giovanni Ricci tolerates many things. Theft from his pocket is not one of them.
09 Sep 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday: Crypt
A brief preview of the coming Crypt mode that team has been cooking up. Also featured is a new track Peste by Goodmalware.
02 Sep 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
Gamescom went amazing, thank you all who were able to attend and drop by! This week for our WIP post we have another alla tedesca cuirass, built based on reconstructions of similar cuirasses. This one is more of a south German style made in Italian workshops. We are working hard
26 Aug 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
A simple yet elegant design this is a cuirass found in central German paintings, from Italian workshops.
26 Aug 2026Developer post
Gamescom 2026!
Join us at Gamescom for a special sneak peek! Halle 10.2 | Stand E020g - D021g Here's a sample of what the teams cooking up.
19 Aug 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday: VFX/SFX showcase
A treat from our VFX/SFX masterminds, GalaxyHighMarshal & Melqo. To start, we have a warm fire with ember crackles. We can use these for a few things, like a campfire, a destructive fire spreading, or burning Willie... Water sprays for leaks, putting out fires, or to cool off
12 Aug 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
Cuirass criers, rejoice! A Germanic cuirass seen in Polish art. Its design is inspired by several East European and some North German depictions of similar large breastplates on cuirasses. No exact surviving examples exist, so it is an interpretation of an interpretation, re-crea
05 Aug 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
Do not fret friends, we have many more Cuirasses to spoil you with. This week, however, we thought we would share some coming mace designs. Bauer: a small one-handed war pick/mace hybrid found in German speaking lands as well as in Bohemia. Pasieka: a cube-headed mace, found all
29 Jul 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
A sleek design, this German cuirass features both the back and front plates formed from a single piece of steel. It is based on manuscripts depicting similar cuirasses. This could potentially have been a munitions cuirass used in the northern parts of Germany and Pomerania. No su
22 Jul 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
This week we have some unique swords to showcase, which is your favorite? Ratkovic: A Slavic type of sword, featuring the "Schiavonesca" cross guard and typical pommel. popular amongst mercenaries from Slavic lands, Balkan lands and around the Kingdome of Hungary. Hagenbach: A Ge
15 Jul 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
Another Italian export; this cuirass is based on the oil painting Saint George the dragon slayer by Friedrich Herlin, ca. 1460. The cuirass is of an alla tedesca design, probably originating in south Germany around 1460-1470. It features longer foulds than what we see in later cu
13 Jul 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.1.5 - Quality of life and balancing for Abyss, Combat, Settings
Hi everyone! No new content as we're focusing on 0.6.2, but a Quality of Life & Balancing patch thanks to your feedbacks. We know we say no more patch but... feels like it should help you having fun while waiting for the big one! Patch notes 0.6.1.5 Abyss Reworked Zombies. Th
Hi everyone!
No new content as we're focusing on 0.6.2, but a Quality of Life & Balancing patch thanks to your feedbacks. We know we say no more patch but... feels like it should help you having fun while waiting for the big one!
Patch notes 0.6.1.5
Abyss
Reworked Zombies. They are weaker in some things but stronger in others. Biting is weaker, but they swing their arms better when unarmed. Also they try to crawl towards you more effectively when their legs are broken and overall more balanced. Also more of them spawn at the same time
Coffin in Abyss nerfed, shouldnt be annoying anymore
Bone breaking and dismemberment turned off for player in Abyss
Physics & Combat
Reworked how death works for player. Now you can control your character to his last breath. That also means you have more chances to give up before dying. Even if you are cut in half, you still dont die instantly. Also its harder to die in Abyss again
Enemies grab less often,
Game generated greatswords are more sane in size and more historically accurate,
Greatswords for Blossfechten are optional, set in game settings,
Crossbow is now the best it ever was. Very reliable, easy to aim (relatively), well balanced against armor,
Fallen bodies are made heavier, dead weight should feel more like dead weight. Let us know if grappling feels worse like this
Reworked weapon sfx,
Draw cutting should be much better and effective,
Weapons now get stuck in wooden surfaces,
Nerfed base blunt damage,
Nerfed naked fists damage,
Nerfed Pollaxe shaft damage,
Bone dislocation in armor is a little harder, bone dislocation while standing is a little harder
Some more stuff, Ai tweaks, Physics tweaks
Settings
Added Camera Settings. They are vast, try yourself,
FPV Camera offset for every helmet, now you will see form the slits (better),
Added slider for fallen body weight scale. In Game Settings,
Added slider for FPV FOV,
Minimum damage value on the slider changed to 1% (from 10%),
Split Screen -- disabled hair for split screen mode, because they caused crashes. Disabled Volumetric clouds for split screen, because they caused visual glitch for player 2 cam. Split screen should work properly now,
Added option to disable hair in general -- if your game still constantly crashes this might help. In Game Settings,
Gameplay settings such as Bone Fragility and Dead Weight kick in instantly and doesn't need restarting the round anymore,
Thanks again for all the feedback, we hope that solve some of your issues and we will continue to fix the others in the future.
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08 Jul 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
It's is Wednesday my Ragamuffins! No matter the century, Milan was setting the standards for fashion! This Milanese cuirass dates to approximately c. 1475 - 1480 and is modeled after a museum piece from the Musée de l'Hôtel de Ville.
01 Jul 2026Developer post
WIP Wednesday
This week, we have an Italian-style cuirass influenced by elements of English styles and some Central European harnesses. Based on a recreation of historical references throughout Central Europe, it dates to approximately 1475–1480.
30 Jun 2026Developer post
Hotfix 1 for 0.6.1.4 - New combat scenario & bugfixing
Hey hey hey! Just like the last time we have uploaded a bit outdated version of patch (new one was sent to testing when this one was uploading) So lets call THIS patch 0.6.1.4.(1) I will write all the changes for 0.6.1.4 and 0.6.1.4.(1) here together: Tweaked bone snapping, shoul
Hey hey hey!
Just like the last time we have uploaded a bit outdated version of patch (new one was sent to testing when this one was uploading) So lets call THIS patch 0.6.1.4.(1)

I will write all the changes for 0.6.1.4 and 0.6.1.4.(1) here together:
Tweaked bone snapping, should be much more stable. Not completely stable, naturally, its Half Sword after all. But much better
Added Bone Fragility slider to Gore Setting. It affects both bone dislocation and breaking bones by impact. Turning it down completely will turn off bone snapping, while "bone breaking" will be just twice harder. Turning it up to the max will give you glass bones. Enjoy
Added Greatswords! You can craft them in Swords tab. Available size of the sword depends on your rank. Greatswords will also spawn starting from Veteran Tier (rarely on Soldier Tier)
Added Longswords and Arming Swords to spawn list on Commoner tier
Added Blossfechten Combat Scenario to the Progression Mode. Only swords and clothes! You need to have at least one sword equipped (in hands or belt) to enter. The UI banner depicting armored combatants is a placeholder, it will be changed
Added Blossfechten modifier to the Free Mode. Now you can have unarmored combat independent from the skill of the fighters. In Free Mode you can use any weapons in Blossfechten
Brawling and Carnage modifiers can work together in Free Mode. Blossfechten modifier negates Brawling though
Added ability to choose random gear in the inventory in Free Mode
Added option to switch to Classic Alt Thrust controls in the Controls Settings. It will make Classic Alt Thrust to work on alt key hold and Thumb Grip on toggle
Added option for Classic Halfswording controls in options (when u just press RMB). In case anyone doesnt understand how it works with new controls, you need to hold down both RMB and LMB
Made Crossbows more reliable. Tweaked animations for better aiming and reloading, collision detection of bolts is much better, they will not fail so often. Simplified reloading for now, you dont need to drag bolts to crossbow in UI, just click the bolt in the quiver. Will rework that later
Reworked AI again, should be even more responsive and fun
Made fighting from the ground better
When choking enemies they will fight back
Fixed Collisions on new axe heads
Smoother dismemberments, fixed collisions
Fixed explosive damage when you grab someones arm while they are holding shields
Less random explosive damage in general
Less damage on body slamming (for less random headbutting)
Fixed bugs
Some more stuff
Now, this is (((definitely))) the final patch before next big update, 6.2. Hope it will give you enough to play with while we work on some big features < 3
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29 Jun 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.1.4 - Bones adjustement, Gear Randomization, Crossbow tweaks
Patch notes 0.6.1.4 Hello! Thank you for breaking so many bones already. This patch is aiming to tune this new feature based on your feedbacks, on top of various asks from the community: Bone snapping tuned, added Bone Fragility slider to Gore settings IMPORTANT: Bone Fragility s
Patch notes 0.6.1.4
Hello! Thank you for breaking so many bones already. This patch is aiming to tune this new feature based on your feedbacks, on top of various asks from the community:
Bone snapping tuned, added Bone Fragility slider to Gore settings
IMPORTANT: Bone Fragility settings don't kick in instantly. Character spawned after you changed the settings will have them applied.
Gear randomization in Free Mode Inventory. UI will be changed at some point
Made fighting from ground more effective
AI will try to fight back when u choke them
Pain makes AI give up, so breaking limbs will end the fight for them
Made crossbows more reliable, tweaked animations for better aiming and reloading. Simplified reload for now, you dont need to drag the bolt, just click it to load. More works on this coming later
Added ability to forge really big swords
Added Longswords and Arming swords to - Commoner tier equipment
Fixed various bugs
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26 Jun 2026Developer post
Expectations for Update 0.6.2
Patch 0.6.1.3 is out, and with it we will probably finish working on 0.6.1 and switch our attention to 0.6.2. We have several huge features planned for the next big update, so it might take some time again. That doesn't mean that we will not throw in some small weapon and armor u
26 Jun 2026Developer post
0.6.1.3 Hotfix 1
Hey hey hey! Sorry, latest patch was a bit outdated and didn't contain changes made in last couple days, so we upload a patch to that patch, let's call it 0.6.1.3.(1) differences are: Breaking limbs on picking up objects fixed. Still be careful when picking up heavy objects, Head
Hey hey hey! Sorry, latest patch was a bit outdated and didn't contain changes made in last couple days, so we upload a patch to that patch, let's call it 0.6.1.3.(1)
differences are:

Breaking limbs on picking up objects fixed. Still be careful when picking up heavy objects,
Heads meshes clipping fixed,
Match setup on Begin Play was flawed, respawnable objects spawned too late, you could fall through bridge if the bridge was broken in previous round, stuff like that. Also Level loading is a bit faster.,
Fixed some issues with sheathing/unsheathing weapons. Including breaking limbs in process.,
Unknown force pulling a body on torso dismemberment partially fixed, should happen less.,
Barrels being unbreakable with weapons fixed,
All armor materials and color available at Armorer despite the rank fixed,
Breaking limbs by just grabbing should happen less,
Also things not included in previous post:

Armor attachments material customization (WIP),
2 new visored sallets, 1 old sallet from demo (didn't add it to spawn list in last patch),
Opponents' weapons selection in Free Mode,
Better grabbing/grappling,
Painted shields (not new shields, old ones but now they are painted). Each one is a masterpiece drawn by one of our artists, Filippo. Now you can take some art with you in the battle,
Excessive hips rotation on low framerate fixed,
Crashes on knocking off helmets fixed,
Further graphics and physics optimization,
Some other stuff
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26 Jun 2026Developer post
Patch 0.6.1.3 - OG Willie, Bone snapping & more
Patch notes 0.6.1.3 Alley map optimization and making barrels physics logic more elegant Added rocks u can pick up. Randomly thrown on all exterior maps New Shields and Pavises Joint dislocation, snapping bones by pulling and twisting, snapping neck, back, arms, legs. Planning to
Patch notes 0.6.1.3
Alley map optimization and making barrels physics logic more elegant
Added rocks u can pick up. Randomly thrown on all exterior maps
New Shields and Pavises
Joint dislocation, snapping bones by pulling and twisting, snapping neck, back, arms, legs. Planning to add ability to tear them off as well
Neck grab doesn’t snap from so far. Now you can grab heads again if you aim well
Made body slamming make more damage. Using other Willie’s as weapons, using their severed arms and legs to bonk their friends, and ramming them: all of this is much better at cost of their bodies doing damage to you as well
AI self preservation should be better. They will still aggressively push you but the will parry, riposte, sidestep and back step more often
OG Willie is back! You can select his lovely face during Character Creation and he will also spawn randomly in Free Mode
Thank you for all your feedback on this update. We will gladly continue reading them as we're now going full speed on... 6.2! See you soon...
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24 Jun 2026Developer post
Work In Progress(WIP) Wednesday
WIP Wednesday has returned begun on Steam! We are returning to our weekly WIP posts. This content was previously not posted on Steam prior to Early Access Release. Starting off we have a German cuirass. With no surviving examples, we modeled this piece based on wood sculptures an