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How strange! Could you tell me what browser and version you are using?

I've been working on a new game for a few months now, and the time has come for it to be officially announced.  It's called Arise Dark Lord, and it's the 8th game I've made with Introversion Software. If you've played any of my previous indie games - Prison Architect, DEFCON, Darwinia, or The Last Starship, then I hope you'll love this new one.

You are The Dark Lord. Your evil aim:  To raise an undead army and crush the feckless, godless, heathen humans.  As your sorcery and army grow, all the world will rise up to destroy your Dark Tower and end your reign of terror.  Fortify your dark realm, enhance your sorcery, and build enough strength to march out and crush the humans once and for all.

An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar.  

Please play and review the prototype on itch, and I'd love to get your thoughts on the game here.  Thanks for playing!

https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise

Arise Dark Lord  https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise?password=Sauron

Hello!  We are experiencing problems with this on our Godot game Arise Dark Lord:
https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise?password=Sauron

We have SharedArrayBuffer enabled, because we are using Thread Support.  It reduces the game load time from 30s to 5s, and has a lot less audio stuttering.  Our exported build above works perfectly on Chrome, but shows a 404-not-found error on Safari and Firefox. I've confirmed it's something to do with the password setting.  Itch seems to open the game in a new window on Safari and Firefox, but perhaps doesn't set the password with the new window?

Safari and Firefox ARE both entirely capable of running that build.  I've verified this by disabling the password.  So this is not an issue with Threads/SharedArrayBuffer not being compatible with those browsers.  With a password set, the page shows as not found.

Right now we are keen to keep the password in place, so is there any suggestions on how to fix this issue, apart from disabling Threaded support?  

Hmm, 404 error?  We have a special compatibility version that you can try here:
https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise-compatibility?password=Sauron

For the past year we have been making a Strategy game with direct control over your avatar, with some tower defence and spell crafting elements mixed in. You are The Dark Lord, and your goal is to raise an undead army and crush the feckless, godless heathens known as humans.  As your sorcery and your evil army grow, the humans band together and attack your Dark Tower in massive waves.

We are well established indie game developers and we are running a small, focussed playtest away from the harsh glare of the Steam ecosystem. We’d love to hear your thoughts on our game so far!

You can play the game in a browser now at this url:

https://subversion-studios.itch.io/arise?password=Sauron

We’d love to know what you think about our upcoming RTS / Tower Defense game with hybrid controls. You directly control the Dark Lord in a fantasy realm, raising an evil army and defending your Dark Tower from waves of human warriors. As your sorcery and your evil army grow, the humans band together and attack in increasingly massive waves.

Play Arise Dark Lord on Itch!