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{{short description|2017 fantasy role-playing video game}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Kingsway
| image = Kingsway (artwork).jpg
| alt = Image of an old operating system window, depicted inside it is an image of a crown with a stylised logo spelling "Kingsway" in front of it.
| alt =
| caption = [[Steam (service)|Steam]] storefront header
| designer = Andrew Morrish
| publisher = {{ubl|[[Adult Swim Games]] (2017-2024)|
Andrew Morrish (2024-present)}}
| platforms = [[Windows]]
| released = {{Video game release|WW|18 July 2017}}
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single player video game|Single player]]
| modes =
| composer = Landon Podbielski
}}
 
'''''Kingsway''''' is a [[fantasy]] [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by Andrew Morrish and.{{Efn|Originally published by [[Adult Swim Games]], Warner Bros. transferred publishing rights to Morrish in 2024.}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=Kingsway - Long live the Kingsway - Steam News |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/588950/view/4232902400542915117?l=english |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Gameplay ==
''Kingsway'' is a [[fantasy]] [[role-playing video game]] presented through the interface of a 1990s [[operating system]], similar to [[Windows 95]].<ref name="polygon_review" /polygon><ref{{cite nameweb|url="verge_review" https://www.polygon.com/2017/> The role7/24/16010982/kingsway-playing game elements are represented through different facets of the operating system interface. For example, the inventory, world map, and character stats appear in separatereview|title=Kingsway review|website=[[WindowPolygon (computingwebsite)|window elementsPolygon]].|first=Noah|last=Caldwell-Gervais, EnemiesNoah|date=24 areJuly displayed2017|accessdate=13 inJuly popup2019|archive-date=13 windowsJuly that move about the screen2019|archive-url=https://web. [[Progress bar]]s are used to display the player and enemy turn speedsarchive. Quests are received via [[email]] and when the player is low on [[Health (gaming)org/web/20190713222938/https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/24/16010982/kingsway-review|health]] or [[Magic (gaming)|mana]] an [[error message]] will show.url-status=live}}</ref name="verge_review" />
<ref name="verge_preview">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/kingsway-triggers-a-lizard-brain-panic-that-only-screen-addicts-can-appreciate/|title=Kingsway triggers a lizard brain panic that only screen addicts can appreciate|work=[[VentureBeat]]|author=Chan, Stephanie|date=22 June 2017|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713220655/https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/kingsway-triggers-a-lizard-brain-panic-that-only-screen-addicts-can-appreciate/|url-status=live}}</ref> The role-playing game elements are represented through different facets of the operating system interface. For example, the inventory, world map, and character stats appear in separate [[Window (computing)|window elements]]. Enemies are displayed in popup windows that move about the screen. [[Progress bar]]s are used to display the player and enemy turn speeds. Quests are received via [[email]] and when the player is low on [[Health (gaming)|health]] or [[Magic (gaming)|mana]] an [[error message]] will show.<ref name="verge_review">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/20/kingsway-review-an-addictive-rpg-with-deadly-pop-up-windows/|title=Kingsway review — an addictive RPG with deadly pop-up windows|work=VentureBeat|author=Chan, Stephanie|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713220659/https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/20/kingsway-review-an-addictive-rpg-with-deadly-pop-up-windows/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Curses take away a random stat point for every 5 curses than land on your character if you do not get rid of them before the 5th one
 
== Development and release ==
''Kingsway'' was developed by Andrew Morrish and published by [[Adult Swim Games]].<ref name="polygon_review" polygon/> Morrish and Adult Swim had collaborated previously on his [[shooter game]] ''Super Puzzle Platformer'' (2013). Morrish was influenced by old computer role-playing games and operating systems. He also noted Lucas Pope's [[dystopian]] [[puzzle video game]] ''[[Papers, Please]]'' (2013) as a particular inspiration for his first prototype of ''Kingsway''. In ''PaperPapers, Please'', players would receive more documents and instructions as the game progressed. This created clutter that the player would have to organise efficiently to succeed. Morrish applied this philosophy of creating clutter by making the player have to manage multiple window elements, popups, files and folders. Finding the most intuitive correspondences between the role-playing game mechanics and operating system mechanics was the most challenging aspect of designing ''Kingsway'' for Morrish. Due to the familiarity player had with using an operating system interface, Morrish found that players did not require much guidance to play the game.<ref name="verge_preview" />
 
''Kingsway'' was playable at the [[Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017]].<ref name="verge_preview" /> The game was released for [[Windows]]-based [[personal computer]]s on 18 July 2017.<ref name="polygon_review" polygon/>
 
== Reception ==
''Kingsway'' was well received by professional critics.<ref name="rps_review">{{cite web | url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/21/kingsway-review/ | title=Wot I Think: Kingsway | workwebsite=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]] | first=John | lastauthor=Walker, John| date=21 July 2017 | accessdate=2413 July 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713220650/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/21/kingsway-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
''Kingsway'' was well received by professional critics.<ref name="polygon_review" /><ref name="rps_review" /><ref name="verge_review" />
Both [[Review aggregator|aggregator]]s [[Metacritic]] and [[GameRankings]] gave it 79 and 80 out of 100 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/kingsway/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Kingsway|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430110903/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/kingsway|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/206881-kingsway/index.html|title=Kingsway|website=[[GameRankings]]|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713222927/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/206881-kingsway/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for "Game, Original Role Playing" at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navgtr.org/archives/3351/|title=Nominee List for 2017|work=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers|date=9 February 2018|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180215172210/http://navgtr.org/archives/3351/|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://navgtr.org/archives/3365/|title=Horizon wins 7; Mario GOTY|work=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers|date=13 March 2018|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180314070824/http://navgtr.org/archives/3365/|archive-date=14 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Ray Porreca of ''[[Destructoid]]'' praised the game's gameplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/kingsway-is-a-deceptively-deep-rpg-that-looks-like-a-dated-operating-system-450625.phtml|title=Kingsway is a deceptively deep RPG that looks like a dated operating system|author=Ray Porreca|website=[[Destructoid]]|date=22 July 2017|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030943/https://www.destructoid.com/kingsway-is-a-deceptively-deep-rpg-that-looks-like-a-dated-operating-system-450625.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References==▼
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Alice O'Connor of ''[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' compared ''Kingsway'' to the '90s desktop versions of ''[[Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures|Indiana Jones]]'' and ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/19/kingsway-desktop-dungeon-crawler-released/|author=O'Connor, Alice|title=It's a desktop, it's an RPG, it's Kingsway|website=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]|date=19 July 2017|accessdate=13 July 2019|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713220639/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/19/kingsway-desktop-dungeon-crawler-released/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="polygon_review">{{cite web | url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/24/16010982/kingsway-review | title=Kingsway review | work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | first=Noah | last=Caldwell-Gervais | date=24 July 2017 | accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref>
 
== Notes ==
▲<ref name="rps_review">{{cite web | url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/21/kingsway-review/ | title=Wot I Think: Kingsway | work=[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]] | first=John | last=Walker | date=21 July 2017 | accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref>
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▲== References ==
<ref name="verge_preview">{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/kingsway-triggers-a-lizard-brain-panic-that-only-screen-addicts-can-appreciate/ | title=Kingsway triggers a lizard brain panic that only screen addicts can appreciate | work=[[The Verge]] | first=Stephanie | last=Chan | date=22 June 2017 | accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref>
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== Further reading and listening ==
<ref name="verge_review">{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/20/kingsway-review-an-addictive-rpg-with-deadly-pop-up-windows/ | title=Kingsway review — an addictive RPG with deadly pop-up windows | work=[[The Verge]] | first=Stephanie | last=Chan | date=20 July 2017 | accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref>
* {{cite magazine|author=Humphries, Matthew|title=Kingsway is an RPG Set Inside an Operating System|magazine=[[PC Magazine]]|date=8 March 2017}}
* {{cite news|url=https://gamasutra.com/view/news/302235/Chat_with_the_developer_of_RPG_operating_system_Kingsway_at_3PM_EDT.php|title=Chat with the developer of RPG 'operating system' Kingsway at 3PM EDT|author=Francis, Bryant|website=[[Gamasutra]]|date=21 July 2017}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/302249/Kingsways_developer_explains_how_to_make_the_most_out_of_your_user_interface.php|title=Kingsway's developer explains how to make the most out of your user interface|author=Francis, Bryant|website=[[Gamasutra]]|date=21 July 2017}}
 
== External links ==▼
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/kingsway-is-a-neat-looking-rpg-in-an-operating-system-423483.phtml|author=Devore, Jordan|title=Kingsway is a neat-looking RPG in an operating system|website=Destructoid|date=7 March 2017}}
 
* {{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/this-rpg-is-based-on-an-operating-system-1793059177|author=Fahey, Mike|title=This Isn't An Operating System, It's An RPG|website=[[Kotaku]]|date=7 March 2017}}
▲==External links==
* {{cite web|url=https://killscreen.com/articles/kingsway-will-turn-fantasy-rpg-desk-job/|author=Carpenter, Nicole|title=Fantasy RPGs always felt like a desk job anyway|website=killscreen.com|date=20 October 2016}}
* [http://www.adultswim.com/games/pc-console/kingsway/ Kingsway] at [[Adult Swim Games]]
* {{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/theres-joy-and-frustration-in-kingsway-the-operating-s-1797072047|author=Fahey, Mike|title=There's Joy And Frustration In Kingsway, The Operating System RPG|website=Kotaku|date=19 July 2017}}
* [http://www.adultswim.com/games/pc-console/kingsway/ Kingsway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620053344/http://www.adultswim.com/games/pc-console/kingsway/ |date=20 June 2018 }} at [[Adult Swim Games]]
 
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