Shadows of Doubt

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• Shadows of Doubt Dev blog 45
  May 05, 2026 by ColePowered#shadows of doubt, #colepoweredgames, #game dev, #devblog

  Greetings Detectives 🕵️ ♂️! In his first Dev blog of 2026, Cole discusses his plans for the year ahead. From what to expect for the coming year, to some hints of hopes for the future. Watch t... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt Dev Blog 44: The Modifiers Update is Live!
  September 23, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #Shadows of Doubt, #ColePowered Games, #Voxel, #Detective Sim, #Detective, #Noir, #Game Dev

  Hello detectives, it’s been a while since my last dev blog so I thought I’d write one to coincide with our latest content update! As noted at the beginning of this year, we are continuing to bring... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 43: What to Expect in 2025
  February 17, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #colepoweredgames, #shadows of doubt

  Hello detectives! This is a follow-up blog from the last one where I discussed new content for Shadows in 2025 . We have fleshed out some plans now and I wanted to share a little on what we’re worki... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 42: Looking Forwards
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  Hello detectives! It’s been a couple of months since the launch of 1.0 and I wanted to share a general update to talk about what you can expect next year. First off, I’m extremely pleased to annou... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 41: 1.0!
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  It’s launch day detectives! Today marks our official transition out of early access and into, 1.0. I’m immensely pleased with what the team has put together over the last 8 years (!) Or so. You ca... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 40: Writing Claw of the Fathoms
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  For this blog post we have a few words from our talented writer, Stark Holborn , in which they explore the process behind one of the more unique parts of the project: The fan-favourite in-game tv crim... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 39: Content & Consoles
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  Hello detectives! It’s time for a new dev blog as it’s an exciting point in the year. As you may have seen from the Triple-i Initiative showcase; Shadow of Doubt will be coming to both PS5 and Xbo... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 38: 2023 Wrap-up
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  What a year huh detectives? This year we launched into early access, back in April, which simultaneously feels like aeons ago but also about a fortnight ago; I think that’s because it’s been amazi... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 37: The Road to New Content
  January 27, 2025 by ColePowered

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  I’ve got some exciting news to share in this one, it’s probably about time we talked about the changes to our roadmap. Due to a couple of factors (including the success of the game) we’ve decide... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 36: A Roadmap Update
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  Hello detectives! Welcome to the latest instalment of the dev blog. I’m writing an update today to talk about progress and what you can expect from the project in the near future. It’s continued t... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 35: Post-Launch Progress
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  Hello detectives! Wow, what a crazy few weeks! The early access release has gone a lot better than I think any one of us was expecting, which is of course fantastic news. I’ve loved seeing the react... Continue reading
• A 48 Hour Thankyou!
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #shadows of doubt, #colepowered games, #game dev, #indie dev

  An incredible 48 hours – thank you, detectives! Hi detectives, Cole here from ColePowered Games. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has already jumped into the game and made Shado... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 34: Shadows of Doubt Launches on Early Access!
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #shadows of doubt, #colepowered games, #game dev, #indie dev, #dev blog, #launch

  Happy launch day detectives!! It’s really fantastic to see all the enthusiasm around the project (and it’s been there since I’ve started sharing stuff about it) so I really can’t thank everyon... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 33: Launch Hype and What to Expect
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #shadows of doubt, #colepowered games, #dev blog, #game dev, #indie dev

  Hello detectives! There’s just under a week left to go until we launch on Steam Early Access on April 24th! Things on the dev side have been what you would probably expect; hunting down as many bugs... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 32: Release Date Announce and Early Access Thinking
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #shadows of doubt, #colepowered games, #indie dev, #games dev, #dev blog

  Hello everyone! Thank you to all of you who played the demo over the course of Steam NextFest. It was a massive success, with more people playing, wishlisting, and joining the community than we could... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 31: An October Update
  January 20, 2025 by ColePowered

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  #shadows of doubt, #game dev, #dev blog, #detective

  Hello folks, it’s been a while so for this update I thought I’d keep it simple this time and just write a general update for how things are progressing with the game, and also use this as an oppor... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #30: The Top Shadows of Doubt Development Challenges Part I
  March 04, 2022 by ColePowered

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  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There’s been a murder and it’s up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you ke... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #29: 2021 Wrap-Up
  December 17, 2021 by ColePowered

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  #development blog, #detective, #noir, #mystery, #sci-fi, #cyberpunk, #open world, #rpg, #first person

  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There’s been a murder and it’s up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you ke... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #28: Building the World Through Writing
  October 01, 2021 by ColePowered

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  Hi everybody, time for another dev update from us! Continuing the theme of hearing from the rest of the team, we're learning about the process behind some of the writing in the game from our talented... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #27: Populating the Population: Clothes
  August 27, 2021 by ColePowered

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  #Dev Blog

  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There's been a murder and it's up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you keep a... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #26: Populating the Population: Sculpting Faces
  July 30, 2021 by ColePowered

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  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There’s been a murder and it’s up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you ke... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #25: Closed Alpha Conclusions
  June 25, 2021 by ColePowered

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  #Development Blog

  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There's been a murder and it's up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you keep a... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #24: Roadmap 2021
  January 21, 2021 by ColePowered

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  2021 is here! It's that time where I look back on the previous year to see how badly I missed my targets! I'm going to avoid being too harsh though, the game is going well and we've achieved a lot thi... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #23: Generating Citizens Part 1
  October 24, 2020 by ColePowered

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  #dev blog, #video update, #detective

  Hi everybody, there’s a fresh video update for you today! This is part one of two, and it’s about how I’m going about creating the simulated citizens in Shadows of Doubt. This is the first part... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #22: Doors Galore
  July 24, 2020 by ColePowered#development blog, #devblog, #doors

  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There's been a murder and it's up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you keep a... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #21: How Voxels Saved the Project
  March 27, 2020 by ColePowered

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  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There’s been a murder and it’s up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you ke... Continue reading

  
• Update Regarding EGX Rezzed
  March 23, 2020 by ColePowered

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  #news, #development update

  What an awful time we're going through. I hope everybody reading this is safe, practising social distancing and washing their hands regularly. Up until a couple of weeks ago, we were planning for this... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #20: Roadmap 2020
  January 02, 2020 by ColePowered

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  #Development blog, #dev, #blog, #devblog

  Happy new year! For this update, I figured I'd look back at last year's roadmap and evaluate where the game is, and where it's going this year. This time last year was a weird time for the project. Af... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #19: Designing a Detective Toolkit
  December 07, 2019 by ColePowered

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  #shadows, #doubt, #detective, #stealth, #dev, #devblog, #blog, #development

  Hi all, I’ve recorded a new video update! This one talks about the interface changes I’ve been working on recently, and how they are effectively a detective’s toolkit that allows the player to m... Continue reading

  
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #18: Scripted Missions in a Procedural World
  November 23, 2019 by ColePowered

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  Hi all, it's been another while since the last update. The game's at a good point now where it makes more sense to show you cool stuff rather than simply write it, so here's the first Shadows of Doubt... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #17: Ventilation Shafts
  September 06, 2019 by ColePowered

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  #development blog, #air duct, #air vents, #ventilation, #shafts, #procedural, #generation, #shadows, #stealth, #detective, #immerserve sim

  I’ve been working on quite an exciting new feature for Shadows this month: Procedurally generated ventilation shafts! If you don’t play many games then that might sound incredibly boring, but to a... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #16: The Game is Afoot!
  August 05, 2019 by ColePowered

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  #development, #gameplay, #video, #playthrough

  Wow, it's been a while since my last entry- over 3 months to be exact. The reason for this is because shortly after the last one, I started searching for publishers to partner with for Shadows. I've h... Continue reading
• Shadows of Doubt DevBlog #15: Moving in the Citizens
  April 24, 2019 by ColePowered

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  #development blog

  Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There's been a murder and it's up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you keep a... Continue reading