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Blade Symphony

Puny Human | Released 2014

Prove that you are the world's greatest swordsman in Blade Symphony: a slash-em-up featuring a highly detailed and in-depth sword fighting system. Face down other players in skill-based tactical swordplay, in 2vs2 team duels, or participate in sandbox FFA game modes.

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Indie of the Year 2014 - Players Choice

Dec 30 2014 Feature 51 comments

The time has come, announcing the best Indie Games of 2014 as selected by you.

Team-based game mode, character attachments and FREE WEEKEND!

Oct 16 2014 News 1 comment

We've introduced a new team-based game mode called Control Points, added more character customization and are having a FREE WEEKEND on Steam!

Monday Night Indie - 28th July

Jul 28 2014 Feature

Come get your weekly shot of indie gaming goodness with Monday Night Indie, featuring talks with the developers, giveaways & more!

Blade Symphony release teaser

Apr 11 2014 News 2 comments

Blade Symphony is releasing soon, here's a teaser showing off the game's intricacies

Blade Symphony on Humble Store + Tournament Announcement

Nov 12 2013 News 1 comment

Just for today, Blade Symphony is 50% off on Humble Store! 10% of proceeds go to charity.

Tutorial added, 50% off all week!

Oct 13 2013 News 13 comments

Blade Symphony is 50% off, and we've released a new patch. If you haven’t picked up a copy of Blade Symphony yet, or if you have any friends who are...

Wushu Sword Fighting Lady of Death

Sep 26 2013 News 3 comments

Blade Symphony has a new playable character. Her name is PURE, a wushu-trained Hokuten assassin. Check out the brand spanking new trailer.

Blade Symphony is now available for pre-order!

Feb 24 2013 News 22 comments

We’re proud to announce today that you can pre-order Blade Symphony from our website and start playing today. We’re really proud to show you what...

Scabbards, temples, and HUD dev

Sep 8 2012 News

Every week Blade Symphony devs meet on Google Hangout to show and tell what we've been working on. Check it out.

Blade Symphony Developers Show and Tell

Sep 1 2012 News 3 comments

This week we've got a video of our weekly meeting in which Blade Symphony developers show off what we've been working on and what we're working on next.

Video Update

Aug 27 2012 News 9 comments

Video update for Blade Symphony. Entirely new branch of Source engine, new attack moves for every character, brand new interface, new game mechanics...

We're legal!

Aug 25 2012 News 17 comments

It took us forever to get back to you but here we are and we now have the Portal 2 engine.

Lack of updates, and Ryoku costumes update!

May 6 2012 News 6 comments

We give a little bit of insight as to the lack of updates (there's a reason for it, and eventually it will lead to good news.)

Dev Journal #5 - Sword and Character Selection

Mar 24 2012 News 4 comments

This week's dev journal shows the sword selection and new character selection menu that the player can access. These menus allow the player to choose...

Dev Journal #4 - Parry Mechanic

Mar 17 2012 News 2 comments

Our third development journal shows off the Parry mechanic, which is a new alternative to blocking, which acts as a deflection of attacks. Parries are...

Evolving Blade Symphony aesthetics

Mar 12 2012 News 5 comments

Check out some recent changes to tracers, a popular Blade Symphony map and the arcade camera for spectators.

Judgement Costumes

Feb 26 2012 News 4 comments

This is the second development journal using a "micro vlog" style of video, in which we're keeping it short and sweet for 30-60s per video.

Dev Journal #1 - Charging Effects

Feb 20 2012 News 2 comments

We're starting a small video style of development journal videos. Our first entry focuses on changes to charging effects!

Blade Symphony on Kickstarter

Jul 30 2011 News 59 comments

Hello; we have a Kickstarter page! This post includes the answer to a few questions you might be asking yourself as a long-time supporter.

Help needed! (Plus! Blade Symphony in the press!)

Jun 25 2011 News 8 comments

Puny Human is looking for dedicated help to assist in development of it's upcoming sword fighter, Blade Symphony! We've also got a couple of articles...

Build 7: District and complete rebalance edition!

Apr 16 2011 News 12 comments

Contains major gameplay overhauls as well as our long-awaited third map.

Build 6: I love swords!

Apr 2 2011 News 61 comments

Build 6 is out, and it contains a whole host of change - chief among them the fact that we've given swords gameplay stats and added an in-game currency...

We're PHANs of Japan

Mar 18 2011 News 10 comments

All donations that normally go to help Puny Human create and sustain free games like Blade Symphony and Dystopia, are going to charity until the end of...

Build 5 Released

Mar 7 2011 News 35 comments

The new gameplay mode YOU requested! Also, fixes and HUD polishing and persistent XP/titles, but mostly the new gameplay mode, really.

Build 4 is live!

Feb 24 2011 News 15 comments

Build 4 of the Blade Symphony beta is live, bringing a host of bugfixes and changes suggest by our community as well as a new map, Monastery!

Limited amount of beta keys for Blade Symphony Build 3!

Feb 18 2011 News 49 comments

It's the end of the week and we've released our third major build in two days, things are speeding up for us. If you're interested in playing Blade Symphony...

Blade Symphony Build 2 release and changelog!

Feb 11 2011 News 18 comments

Today we've released an update to our PHAN Club exclusive build of Blade Symphony. This includes a brand new map, duel_winter. To download, just open...

Blade Symphony releases privately on February 4th!

Feb 1 2011 News 13 comments

This coming Friday, February 4th, we will be releasing Blade Symphony to our loyal P.H.A.N. Club, which include future members and past Dystopia Supporters...