Our work on Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings
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In March 2025, our partners Palindrome Interactive and Amplifier Studios released Shadowveil: Legends of the Five Rings—a visually novel, feudal-Japan-inspired auto-battler.
The challenge
Our mission was to deliver the first-ever video game based on a 30-year-old fantasy franchise, Legend of the Five Rings (L5R). We had to do justice to a beloved universe with a dedicated fanbase—something we’d done before, but not with L5R.
Shadowveil’s painterly style demanded a fine touch across both engineering and creative tasks. We were to be a key part of Palindrome’s core team, working closely with them to take Shadowveil from a work in progress to something polished, intuitive, and technically flawless.
See the full case study on the Room 8 Group website.
