Hello Steamgifters! I am happy to announce that the biggest giveaway adventure has just begun! :)

All of us like playing games, and all of us like winning games. So, how about playing a game and winning games while playing?


  • Introduction

Game of sWords is a text RPG Adventure where you can explore dungeons (or other locations), complete quests, solve puzzles, find useful items, avoid deadly traps and fight dangerous monsters while searching for treasures (private SteamGifts giveaways links) on your way and trying to reach the end to get access to a huge amount of private giveaways! Each Game (of sWords) usually has a unique scenario and a limited number of winners, so the chances will always be great.

All giveaways have no restrictions, so anyone who finds them can join them!

A lot of giveaways have been contributed by the community members, and I would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who made a contribution! :)


  • Important notes about the Game

In the Game, you will have Energy Points and Health Points.
Most of the actions in the Game require Energy Points. Energy can be replenished using items, which you can find everywhere, thus it is important that you check everything around you!

Energy will also be replenished over time. Normally, you will receive 1 Energy Point every 15 minutes, and that time can be reduced with special artifacts that can be found in Game.
Note, that the Energy won't be replenishing during the battles (you can only restore it with potions)!

If you lose all your Health Points, you will also lose all the energy you had plus you will have to wait for up to 6 hours to be resurrected. (Resurrection happens every 6 hours from the time the Game started - 16:00 GMT). The energy can not be replenished while you are dead!

Note: If you have problems navigating through the map, you can switch to Simplified Navigation at the bottom left corner.

It would also be useful to read this article, I give important strategy tips there :)


The treasure Game will finish when 50 adventurers will win the Game!


  • Time to start the Adventure!

EVERYONE is invited to play the Game and search for treasures in the adventure! :)

The only requirement is that your Steam account should be more than 90 days old.

Will you be able to defeat the monsters, complete quests, solve the secrets of The Secret Castle and... save Santa Claus who was kidnapped by the evil Castle Master? :)

Join the official group

and

Start playing now!


The current stats can be viewed here.


The current Game is running overtime, which means that no more treasures can be found in the adventure.

8 years ago*

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yay

8 years ago
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Yay! :)

8 years ago
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Don't see the option to switch navigation anywhere? Was it removed? On Firefox 43.0.

8 years ago
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You don't see it if you are dead or have no energy,

8 years ago
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Thank you for the information. Might be useful to add that bit of information to the initial description if possible.

8 years ago
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You can't move while you are dead or have no energy, so there is no need to change the navigation style in those cases anyway :)

8 years ago
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True, but when I ran out of energy was when I started exploring the UI more and hence the original question. It's a surprising design choice to hide it when out of energy. Enjoying the game though. Great job.

8 years ago
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Changing the navigation style changes the navigation buttons, you wouldn't see any changes if you could click on it while being dead or out of energy and it would cause more confusion.
And thank you! :)

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8 years ago
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You are not late at all! The Game has just started :)
You can close the Game and the energy will still be replenishing, of course :)
Good luck in your adventure!

8 years ago
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Help! I can't find Red!

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Continue your search, maybe you will :)

8 years ago
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My mistake, haha :P

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;)

8 years ago
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133 coins so far. Killed some Giant Rats and a Lizardman recently. Teleported a bit. Let's hope I find a merchant or something soon. And yes, no treasure with more than half the map explored.

I also found a bug. Some items when you get them you don't get any text at all to indicate you found them. For example this happens almost always with explosive vials. Suddenly you see them in your inventory. It has also happened with potions a few times, but also with more rare items such as the phoenix vial. I'm always checking text so I'm sure there was no text indicating I got them. Playing with firefox if that helps and it's quite laggy with the firewall here. Disorientation was a pain in the neck.

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Hey! Thanks for reporting, I'll look into it. I must admit the Game was mostly tested on Chrome and Opera, guess I'll have to do more tests and optimizations for Firefox.

8 years ago
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And yeah 3 steps away was the place to use coins (I won't spoil more than this) . :O I really don't know what to do with my 133 coins. xD The possibilities (!!).

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Hope you spent them well ;)

8 years ago
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I noticed the same thing, I think it is with checking and finding 1 or 2 coins, it only says you found the coins.
Do you always get something when killing enemies? I haven't seen any text yet, could be that.
Not entirely sure, will try to narrow it down with my current 22 energy. :)

8 years ago
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Just found an invisible potion after finding 2 coins, no mention of the potion.

8 years ago
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Energy Vampire's Staff doesn't work? Clicking on it but nothing's happening, and it's status is ready.

Edit: Found out how to use it

8 years ago
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Yeah, I'm almost tempted to get it too. But will probably refrain. Too many possibilities.

8 years ago
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There has to be someone else at your location, but I see that you found it out already :)
You are gonna make someone really angry with that staff, hehe :)

8 years ago
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I've also looted a body, guess that makes 2.

*Takes a HP pot to ensure max HP

8 years ago
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Regardin the staff, I also bought it, used it and now I wonder - how long is the cooldown? Is the cooldown related to time or steps or moves (like checking)? Thanks for the answer! :)

Edit - nwm, found the answer in another spot.

8 years ago
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I need to rest and have to wait for 14 minutes? Pass.

8 years ago
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You can return in a few hours and continue playing ;)

8 years ago
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omg not another disorientation with this laggy internet. It seriously is the worst accident in the game :P Does energy replenish while disoriented? I can't really play it out with this lag so I will have to leave it for hours.

8 years ago
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Yes, energy does replenish if you are disoriented.

8 years ago
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Thank God. xD

8 years ago
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Awesome stuff.

8 years ago
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Glad you like it! Good luck in the adventure! :)

8 years ago
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The Game has been completed by 1 other adventurers already.
416 other adventurers are still looking for treasures.

You had to make 356 steps and 254 checks to win this Game.

You defeated 14 enemies.

You died 0 times.

Thanks for playing!

Thanks for creating the game.

8 years ago
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Congratulations and thanks for playing the Game! Glad you enjoyed it! :)

8 years ago
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I found a (possible) bug: when I used energy potion at 0 energy, the game automatically refreshes itself, but it does't seem to do so with the Energy Vampire's Staff :-/

8 years ago
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Nice find, thank you! I will fix it :)

8 years ago
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wow that was quick O.o

8 years ago
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Not really if taking into account that I started yesterday, but I was busy the whole day today so I continued this early evening. It took me around 5 hours or more.

8 years ago
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I played it from yesterday too, but just "You have made 56 steps and 48 checks so far." How the hell that you had 356 steps and 254 checks O_o

8 years ago
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I found a bunch of energy potions. And after a certain point of discovery, you have almost unlimited energy anyways.

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Didn't know there are so many potions like that, seem like you're the one who went first from the begining or so damn lucky. or cheated :'(

8 years ago
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Nah, I believe what you found from "Check" are randomly assigned, except those which are meant to be at certain location.

8 years ago
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The part "You are disoriented!" is so annoying, can you make it easier? Got stuck and can't pass it, seem like there are 2 rooms in a row like that, I can't escape, :'(

8 years ago
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You can certainly cheat ;)

8 years ago
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Shhh can you tell me how?

8 years ago
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OP will kill me for that!

8 years ago
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Aims a gun at faragona
That's right!

8 years ago
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I'll probably think of a solution to make it a little less annoying :)

8 years ago
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Just make it a little bit slower :(

8 years ago
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Wait for the end, you will know despair.

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You make me feel insecure

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Thank you for the great game
i run out of energy fast,
what can i do with coins?

8 years ago
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Glad you enjoy it! You'll have to find out yourself what to do with coins :)

8 years ago
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Thank you again,, i need more energy :(
i cant wait 15m to do 1 step or check xD.

8 years ago
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Later in game, you will find a place to use them.

8 years ago
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For the disorientation thing, i would rather it be like a spinning wheel, and you just pick a time to stop. Gets really annoying to even pick 1 of the options.

I mean i get what you're trying to do, but it's just user-unfriendly.

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Thanks for you suggestion! I've already got an idea on how to improve it :)

8 years ago
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But I like the current system, where I can cheat ;___;

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Sorry, you'll have to deal with it :D

8 years ago
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Wow this was REALLY creative! It was really fun to play until I ran out of energy lol. Does anyone know if this game will last long or if there are others like this they made?

8 years ago
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It took me around 5 hours to finish with 100%.

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Wow so its pretty short then lol but I do find it definitely fun to play.

8 years ago
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It really depends on your luck (and strategy). If you keep depleting your energy then it will be quite looooooong.

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Glad you like it! Good luck in your adventure! :)

8 years ago
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after checking a place game crashed and i had to refresh the page and i dont know what was there
X3 Y1 western wall

8 years ago
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Might have been some connection problem at that moment. Check your inventory to see what's new there, or look at your coins and see if you have more now.

8 years ago
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did that, but i dont want to mis any secrets

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For the record I'm playing with Chrome now (just got home from work at last) after your suggestion and I keep finding explosive potions all the time (6-7 now) and none of them created text indicating I found them. :P

PS: Time to drink some potions and make the extra mile.

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Same thing happened now with teleportation scrolls.

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That sound like a serious issue. So there is just a blank space when when you check things?
Please report it here so that I won't forget to look into it.

8 years ago
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I think he meant that it appeared in the inventory, but there was no thext when he found the item. I also had this with a teleportation scroll, I suddenly had it in my inventory.

(If I'm wrong, sorry then)

8 years ago
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I have one question. HUD tells me that i found 2 treasures, but i managed to see only one, Is there any menu to inspect all gathered treasures?

8 years ago
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I expected this to happen. You are probably not the first.

8 years ago
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Unfortunately, the found giveaways are currently not saved anywhere. You have to pay attention when you check things not to miss a giveaway.

8 years ago
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Not even in a file you possess or can find SErVER51 ? :( Such a shame for those that do find something and lose it this way... Certainly something to look after in the future.

8 years ago
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Nope, they are just displayed, but not saved anywhere. I'll fix it :)

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Thank you so much for the feedback! And congratulations on winning the Game! :)
The Scenario Editor is currently the main priority for me since the Game engine is more or less complete now. It will allow to have Games constantly running without delays ;)

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I actually can finish the game now (95% of map explored) but will refrain to finish some side stuff and see what they are all about. xD I do suspect that also means going to get my revenge from the bookworm. xD

Edit: Damn I got all my artifacts near the endgame. 4 almost in a row. (now 6 including a hammer) Character has become invincible now. :O

You have made 211 steps and
228 checks so far.
You have found 0 treasures.
You've defeated 12 enemies.
You've died 0 times. Ok I'll finish it now I guess...

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I'm glad to see that you are making a great progress and are about to win the Game :)

8 years ago
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I'm actually going by foot now from one side of the map to the other, just to kill the worm for lolz. I do have enough energy.

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Pushover died in 3 hits without touching me. I can't believe I was afraid of this creature. :O

PS: The last fight is uber annoying.

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Hehe, have fun :D

8 years ago
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And the games begin :)

8 years ago
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Good luck! :)

8 years ago
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I had 8 HP and 0 energy while fighting and it said I was dead. I think I found a bug :(

8 years ago
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And adds are covering all the stats on the left

8 years ago
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Please say hello to me in Steam, I would like to know more details in order to fix the problems :)

8 years ago
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I believe you have 1440x900 screen resolution. Fixed the adds now! :) They shouldn't cover any information.

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87 treasures by 450 people? :O Just shows that the chance was uber low indeed then. Never found one, but I guess I can't complain since I finished it. xD Was fun anywayz.

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92 treasures by 451 people now :)

8 years ago
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Haha you can't save it. xD Still does not cut it. :P

8 years ago
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Ok.

The Game has been completed by 3 other adventurers already.
444 other adventurers are still looking for treasures.
You had to make 234 steps and
240 checks to win this Game.
You defeated 14 enemies.
You died 0 times.
(coins left, 143 lolz they were seriously infinite)

This was really great. I just dragged it out to kill all monsters and also make sure I missed none of the treasures.

PS: The only annoying thing was probably the concussion part, those who found it know what I mean. Must have drunk more than 10 hp potions and spent half an hour on it lol. And I just needed 3 hits to connect. Good thing I had saved those 10++ potions but that was overkill at best.

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Congratulations! I had no doubt you would be among the winners :)

8 years ago
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:)

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Ok small suggestions for next time (maybe) : (minor spoilers ahead read at your own risk)

  1. Add one or two more floors to make the game last longer. I loved the side quests but I wouldn't say no to more content to last for more days. :P

  2. To make it compensate for those without enough time to finish it in that case, you can increase the chances of treasures to at least triple or quadraple the chance. That way, all benefit, and won't get bored while exploring etc. (well it's not boring but just saying) I mean it's not that logical to do the whole game and get 0 treasures like some of us did. Right? :P

  3. Add a button for basic instructions explaining the very basics of the game and navigation. Many people had questions about that. One page with a few bullets may be enough, your call.

  4. Add ability to keep notes on map on desired grid

  5. Class specializations if you have the time with different perks/weaknesses

  6. Maybe introduce a minor XP system for all those creatures and quests, instead of relying purely on items?

  7. Add ambient music if possible. Personally, I enjoyed the last hours of exploring by listening to winamp: Anvil of Dawn's OST (Classic oldschool dungeon crawler with great atmosphere). You can also get ideas from Stonekeep/Grimrock or other similar grid crawl games.

  8. Increase the difficulty a bit by making potions certainly more expensive (also limited number per visit/respawn after a X number of time), adding maybe more creatures, and lessen the chances of finding energy potions. I mean you do realize what we abused and what endless loop we did and finished the game on 2nd day. xD The coins on this floor were just too many.

  9. Disorientation/Concussion: maybe make it a bit slower, and consider making some boss fights more strategic (that specific one was only annoying). How about creatures that are too powerful to be killed with physical dmg but have weakness to fire or poison for instance (triple dmg vs spiders or something?) (introduce extra throwing potions for that matter)

  10. Realistic idea that is a staple for all good rogue-like games: Before drinking a specific potion for the first time, you "don't know" what it does so you take the risk. You have to drink one of each kind, before they are identified, so that you "learn" what you are drinking. Imagine drinking poison or an explosive potion or a giant's strength potion (!) Unpredictable fun !

Those are just thoughts, keep what you like, discard the rest. I know it's not easy, and this was amazing for just one developer, so cheers ! A great mini-game indeed !

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Wow, thanks for such a huge amount of ideas! :)
There is a huge space for improvements for sure and the Game will be constantly developed :) I've already had classes and multi-level maps in my plans, so I'll probably be working on it first. But I don't want a delay between the Games to be too long (adding many new features would require much time), so I might add new features little by little in each Game :)

8 years ago
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That's perfectly fine of course. xD Don't mind my many suggestions and get a headache ! You already deserve a cake for the fun you provided us with. :)

8 years ago
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Wow, I'm so overpowered now. Managed to beat a bandit with 0 energy with 3 hits without using any potions whatsoever.

It really is a lot of fun to explore the castle, it's a shame that I didn't have enough coins to get more energy and now I have to wait a bit. I actually liked the disoriented part and it makes sense that you would waste a bit more energy checking the same walls over and over again after getting hit by a falling part of the ceiling. xD Really awesome game, I probably won't be able to be among the first 30 to beat it as I didn't manage my energy very well.

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You are doing very well so far :) I do believe you have great chances to be among the winners!

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Closed 8 years ago by SErVER51.