

It wouldn't be much of a Stealth-Based Game if they weren't.

If the attack button is used right before impact, it adds a little more horizontal leeway and an animation of Shadwen using her dagger, but it otherwise has the same effect as the goomba stomp alone. Goomba Stomp: Landing on top of guards from a decent height will kill them, including the heavily armored guards that are immune to backstabs.The mechanics on this are pretty loose, so Lily can sometimes make her way past partially-distracted guards if you keep ordering her to move forward. If she is seen, she will simply backtrack to her last hiding place. However, Lily is invincible and guards don't react to her in any way. Escort Mission: The entire game is technically an escort mission because there are many doors with levers that must be pulled by Shadwen and Lily simultaneously.Drunk with Power: There is no indication as to what the usurper king was like before he took the throne, but the guards' gossip paints him as a resource-hoarding maniac who is only tolerated because deposing him would start a Succession Crisis and civil war.Depending on the player's choices, the result could range from humiliation as his guards are played for fools and his crown is taken as payment, to the wholesale slaughter of the night watch and assassination of the usurper himself.


The backstory is never stated outright, but is rather alluded to during the "killer" path and by gossiping guards. The story and dialogue change slightly depending on whether Lily ever witnesses Shadwen murder any guards. Lily will automatically run between hiding places whenever she can do so unseen both characters must reach the end of each zone together in order to proceed. The player controls Shadwen directly, who can use her acrobatics, dagger, grappling hook, and other tools to misdirect and assassinate guards quietly. It follows the story of Shadwen and Lily, respectively a reclusive assassin and orphan child, as they travel through the city on a quest to kill the local king. Shadwen is a 3rd person Stealth-Based Game created by Frozenbyte and released in 2016.
