Factsheet

Developer:
Imperium42 Game Studio
Based in United States

Release date:
September 28 2017

Platforms:
Windows
Mac
Linux

Website:
ThroneOfLies.com

Available From:
Free - Steam

Description

Throne of Lies, the 3D online multiplayer game of social deduction and mischief, inspired by medieval politics and the Werewolf/Mafia (1986) genre. Gather 'round the tabletop, uniting allies of the realm with strategy to distinguish friend from foe.

History

Throne of Lies looks to bring back the glory days of tabletop gaming, where friends can sit around and play party-games like Werewolf/Mafia for hours without having the same experience twice. As rounds go by, players learn, devise and implement different strategies to achieve their objective and deceive their opponents. Throne of Lies manages to grow the party-game genre with the inclusion of over 40 unique classes that are assigned to each player at the start of the round. So while the setup is always the same, players never know exactly which classes are sitting around them.

To further develop this genre, Throne of Lies incorporates a King/Royal system to establish an in-game hierarchy and a conversion system that can quickly turn allies into enemies and allow the mysterious Unseen faction and evil Cult members to seamlessly and silently infiltrate the noble Blue Dragon faction.

On top of revitalized game mechanics that require acute social deduction skills and the use of more than 100 abilities, Throne of Lies modernizes the genre with 3D graphics, online multiplayer, detailed animations, customizable characters, unlockable weapons and the promise that players will never be able to play-to-win or be asked to purchase future updates. Throne of Lies wants to build a sustainable community of players that can grow alongside the game and dig deep into the established lore that gives the game more depth than its predecessors.

Development of Throne of Lies began in January of 2016 and the game was featured prominently by Unity Technologies at both GDC San Francisco and Unite Amsterdam as a technical demo to showcase the new Collaborate feature. The game has steadily grown from this simple idea and gained prominence in early 2017 with a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Along with taking advantage of Unity and Gamespark’s innovative technology, Throne of Lies has created a custom-designed API to link the game, ThroneofLies.com, the Throne of Lies Discord server and the game’s online forum into one cohesive, player-friendly package.

Throne of Lies entered a closed Alpha stage in May of 2017 and moved to an early-access Beta soon after. In that time, thousands of players have embarked on the journey of shaping the game mechanics and expanding the lore for which the game is based around. The game launched on September 29th 2017. But the progress does not end there, as new classes, customization options and game mechanics are planned for the weeks and months after release.

Features

• Use social abilities to silence opponents, manipulate their words and actions, or even speak with the dead.
• Keep precise notes in a journal to expose your investigation in the event of an untimely death.
• Leave behind a custom, hand-drawn death note to mock your attackers.
• Equip armor & weapons to customize your character and executions with absolutely NO pay-to-win mechanics.
• Several Neutral players each game will have their own objectives and missions to complete. While this could be as simple as ensuring their own survival, it may be to quietly eradicate everyone at the
• Gather players with the ability to generate invite codes with one click, and never lose your friends with the auto reconnect feature.

Throne of Lies: The Online Game of Deceit Credits

Dylan Hunt
Founder/Developer

Elsa Hunt
Co-Founder

Adityaraj
2D Artist

Contact

Support
support@imperium42.com

Offical Website
ThroneOfLies.com

Indie DB
indiedb.com/games/throne-of-lies-the-online-game-of-lies-and-deceit