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Press kit

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Fact sheet

At a glance

Game fact sheet
TitleSword & Seal: Realm of Mist
DeveloperSword and Seal (independent)
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux (launcher and Electron client)
GenreOnline action RPG, ink-wash xianxia setting
PlayersUp to 100 on one shared server; parties of five
PriceFree prototype preview
StatusPlayable vertical slice, version 0.6.0
TechnologyAuthoritative Node.js server, WebGL client, procedural art and audio (no external art or audio assets)
LanguagesEnglish
Websitehttps://swordandseal.com
Press contactsupport@xianwuligroup.com

Description

Short and long

One sentence: Sword & Seal: Realm of Mist is a shared online world painted in ink, where four kinds of cultivator carve a valley out of the mist together.

One paragraph: Cloudmist Valley is drawn in ink wash and paper, but its fights are real: telegraphed slams you can roll out of, a Qi pool that makes every skill a decision, and four telegraphed bosses that ask a group to move together. Four cultivation paths — Sword, Talisman, Physician and Blade Dancer — share one authoritative server, so parties, trades and boss kills happen in one persistent valley rather than one player's save file. The game is a playable prototype: one valley, a level cap of twenty, and a community of testers helping shape what comes next.

Please describe it as a prototype preview in current coverage rather than a finished release.

Screenshots

In-game captures

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A swordsman stands before a vermilion paifang gate in the lantern-lit plaza of Cloudmist Valley.
The spawn plaza
The Stone Guardian boss filling a ring of ground telegraphs while a player dodges.
The Stone Guardian
Bamboo grove in mist with bamboo spirits moving between the stalks.
Bamboo grove
A still pond with a pagoda reflected in the water under heavy mist.
The pond
A northern shrine with lanterns and the stone guardian's arena beyond.
Northern shrine
The game's in-game login scroll with three class cards.
The login scroll

Usage

What is allowed

  • Screenshots, the seal and the wordmark may be used in articles, videos and streams about the game.
  • Please do not present assets as your own work, or use them to advertise unrelated products.
  • Quotes from this page may be used verbatim; longer interviews are available on request.

The game is built from procedural art and audio, so there are no separate art or music assets to license.