Press Kit
Crown & Applause
Last updated 2026-06-05
Fact Sheet
Descriptions
One-liner
A royal jester. A kingdom on edge. A rhythm game where every performance is a tightrope act.
Short description
Perform as a royal mouse-jester in a kingdom ruled by silence. Crown & Applause is a narrative rhythm game with a medieval bardcore soundtrack. Read the crowd, work the court, and decide who your act really serves. One bad show and they reach for the tomatoes.
About this game
Crown & Applause is a rhythm game about performance, power, and what happens when a kingdom starts listening too closely to its fool.
You play a wandering mouse jester, dispatched by a king who needs his subjects laughing instead of thinking. The job is simple: travel the kingdom, read the crowd, and put on a show. But as the jester rises from muddy village squares to the marble halls of the royal court, simple entertainment becomes something far more complicated.
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Features
- ◆ Two-sided rhythm — notes converge from both sides of the stage, lanes multiplying as the pressure mounts
- ◆ A medieval bardcore soundtrack — lutes, hurdy-gurdies, and folk instruments scoring every performance
- ◆ Branching allegiance — serve the King, the Crowd, or yourself, across multiple endings
- ◆ A theatrical story told through VN-style scenes between performances
- ◆ A charming anthropomorphic cast led by a mouse jester
- ◆ Built to replay — leaderboards, Steam Achievements, and an endless mode
Developer Quote
"I had no idea what bardcore was before we started this project. When someone pitched it as a semi-joke, I was hesitant. Our composer had never done that style either. Glad I took the joke as an actual pitch, because it worked out great, and my playlist now has a ton of bardcore in it."
Nathan White, Producer, Threeclipse Inc.
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Steam Page
store.steampowered.com/app/4685060/Crown__Applause
Demo coming Summer 2026 · Full release Winter 2026
Steam keys available on request. Curator submissions via Steam Curator Connect.
About Threeclipse
Threeclipse Inc. is an independent game studio based in Canada, founded by Nathan White. The studio builds games across genres. Crown & Applause is a narrative bardcore rhythm game coming to Steam in 2026.
Contact
Nathan White, Producer, Threeclipse Inc.
Time zone: ET (Eastern)
Available for email interviews. Steam key on request.