# SHADOWFRAG

> A ninja Movement FPS in development for Windows and Linux, focused on fun movement, performance, raw mouse input and responsive netcode.

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## Game and community

- [SHADOWFRAG — A Fast & Fun Movement FPS](https://shadowfrag.com/index.md): A ninja Movement FPS for Windows and Linux. Play Shogun conquest across Highlands, classic multiplayer and offline Precision Dojo aim training. Access by invitation.
- [Movement, Shogun conquest and aim training](https://shadowfrag.com/game/index.md): Explore SHADOWFRAG’s movement, Shogun’s multi-point conquest, Precision Dojo aim training, the story tutorial and configurable multiplayer matches.
- [All 21 multiplayer maps](https://shadowfrag.com/maps/index.md): Explore SHADOWFRAG’s 21 multiplayer maps, including Moonspire, Shogun Highlands, Cloudbreak, Jade Deck and Dojo. See actual engine scenes and overhead views.
- [Weapons, cosmetics and ninja avatars](https://shadowfrag.com/arsenal/index.md): Explore SHADOWFRAG weapons, weapon skins and cosmetics. Download 42 transparent ninja avatars rendered with the current game models.
- [Movement, hit registration & current network tests](https://shadowfrag.com/netcode/index.md): Explore SHADOWFRAG’s current PicoQUIC netcode, server-validated combat, 64-player baseline, conditional 128-player Highlands research and dated traffic archives.
- [Game, movement and netcode glossary](https://shadowfrag.com/glossary/index.md): Plain-language definitions of SHADOWFRAG movement, Shogun, weapons, netcode, performance measurements and development tools.
- [Shadow Council — Shape SHADOWFRAG before launch](https://shadowfrag.com/shadow-council/index.md): Shape SHADOWFRAG through the Balance Council, Map Makers, server moderation, content or regional events. Council contributors receive invitation priority and credits.
- [Media kit](https://shadowfrag.com/media-kit/index.md): Download original SHADOWFRAG wallpapers, battle artwork, logo files and the key art poster. Full-resolution PNGs and ZIP collections.
- [Forum](https://shadowfrag.com/discussions/): Live community discussions, questions, bug reports and maps.

## Development journal

- [Development journal](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/index.md): Read SHADOWFRAG development history: movement, Vulkan, netcode optimizations, weapon cost research, 64-player testing, cosmetics and demos.
- [64 players, and what happened at 128](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/capacity-beyond-64/index.md): What the 64- and 128-client SHADOWFRAG LAN tests established, where higher-count tests failed, and why the configured game limit remains 64 including bots.
- [Removing work between input and the server](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/less-work-between-input-and-server/index.md): SHADOWFRAG’s move to PicoQUIC by default, stable paged storage and readiness-based networking, with the workload limits behind CPU and retry reductions.
- [Getting Shogun bots across the Highlands](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/shogun-bots-across-the-highlands/index.md): How squad assignments and a one-unit cover adjustment brought Shogun bots onto southern Highlands routes, with measured results and remaining balance limits.
- [Giving SHADOWFRAG its sound](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/giving-shadowfrag-its-sound/index.md): The October 26 SHADOWFRAG sound pass adds weapon readiness, ninja effort sounds, tutorial narration and live Sound Studio editing with prepared local audio.
- [Keeping multiplayer updates fresh](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/keeping-multiplayer-updates-fresh/index.md): The October 25 investigation into stale multiplayer scenes, bounded delivery work and retry lookup, with rejected variants and short-LAN-test limits preserved.
- [SHADOWFRAG is a Movement FPS](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/movement-fps/index.md): Why Movement FPS describes SHADOWFRAG’s arena fights, Shogun conquest and training, with 21 multiplayer maps and a 64-player limit including bots.
- [Building Shogun Highlands](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/building-shogun-highlands/index.md): The routes behind Shogun Highlands: six settlement districts, bridge crossings, linked outposts and steerable skyways, with bot and human testing kept distinct.
- [A HUD for duels and distant objectives](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/hud-and-tactical-map/index.md): SHADOWFRAG’s configurable HUD and tactical map show combat status, objectives and friendly supply, with local layouts and no enemy-player radar.
- [Precision Dojo: aim training with ninja movement](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/precision-dojo/index.md): Practise SHADOWFRAG’s real movement and weapons in Precision Dojo, with fourteen offline forms, repeatable setups and results tied to the chosen conditions.
- [Shogun: conquest across the Highlands](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/shogun-conquest/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG’s Shogun mode links outposts, settlement captures, gold, equipment and tickets across the Highlands, within the 64-player limit.
- [The Crimson Path: learning the game by playing it](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/the-crimson-path/index.md): SHADOWFRAG’s Crimson Path tutorial teaches movement, the armory and linked capture objectives through a story mission separate from the multiplayer roster.
- [A texture change I can undo](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/a-texture-change-i-can-undo/index.md): How Texture Workshop previews materials across SHADOWFRAG maps, stages complete packages and supports guarded undo without changing geometry or collision.
- [Recording a match I can inspect](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/demos-for-players-and-referees/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG demos separate playback from live matches and let players and referees inspect recorded decisions, timing and missing evidence.
- [Making the menu fit the game](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/making-the-menu-fit-the-game/index.md): The October 22 SHADOWFRAG menu pass organized cosmetics and crosshair controls, clarified when choices apply, and checked input, layout and saving.
- [Small geometry. Big personality.](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/small-geometry-big-personality/index.md): The shape and motion choices behind SHADOWFRAG’s hats, weapons, spree auras and kill effects, with combat geometry kept separate from appearance.
- [An atlas made from the game](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/twenty-one-live-maps/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG’s map atlas uses scene and overhead captures from the game, preserving the original twenty-map work and later twenty-one-map update.
- [Why I stopped the server limit at 64](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/why-the-limit-is-64/index.md): The private-LAN tests behind SHADOWFRAG’s 64-player limit, including the slower feedback at 80 clients and the limits of the evidence.
- [A ninja that moves like a ninja](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/a-ninja-that-moves-like-a-ninja/index.md): SHADOWFRAG’s directional flips, leaning poses and local movement effects make actions visible while preserving movement physics and combat hit volumes.
- [Teaching the network to say less](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/a-smaller-language-for-combat/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG reduced repeated network data, and what the historical 32-client comparison’s 33.1% payload reduction actually measured.
- [A weapon does not have one network price](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/measuring-the-price-of-a-bow/index.md): An archived bow-and-shadow bandwidth study: why the first model failed, how fresh runs tested its revision, and where the resulting estimates apply.
- [A fast frame is only half the story](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/vulkan-and-the-input-loop/index.md): Why SHADOWFRAG separates input and network work from rendering, and what an 8.7% frame-time reduction did—and did not—measure.
- [Showing the movement, then the match](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/guided-tour/index.md): How the SHADOWFRAG tour introduces movement, weapons and cosmetics before a bot match, with clear limits on what its October 20 capture shows.
- [Testing the map while I build it](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/inside-map-studio/index.md): How Map Studio shares SHADOWFRAG’s renderer, movement and collision, keeps asset revisions stable, and turns an edited map into a local playtest.
- [Seeing an object before I place it](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/placing-an-idea-in-the-world/index.md): Map Studio’s object-placement pass, from a green preview and rotation controls to tested cancellation, repeated placement, undo and camera restoration.
- [More than a single shot](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/from-instagib-to-shadowfrag/index.md): The move from ninja instagib to SHADOWFRAG, including the shared movement, player-profile migration and Linux checks behind the rename.
- [Making room for the bow—and the target](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/making-room-for-the-bow/index.md): A measured look at SHADOWFRAG’s bow framing: less screen coverage in standard and ultrawide views, with gameplay and other weapon images preserved.
- [The game I am building](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/welcome/index.md): Why I am building SHADOWFRAG around connected movement, configurable matches and the same rules for practice and multiplayer.
- [Building a movement vocabulary](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/movement-is-your-first-weapon/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG connects leaps, air steps, chi-jumps and shadow warps, and why testing a whole route matters more than testing each move alone.
- [Shorter leaps, better room to fight](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/shorter-leaps-better-duels/index.md): The October 18 movement balance passes shortened SHADOWFRAG’s horizontal travel while preserving leap height, airtime and connected movement abilities.
- [Letting the rules change the fight](https://shadowfrag.com/blog/your-arena-your-rules/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG combines match objectives, equipment and protection, from flag scoring and Scroll survival to shields, armor and weapon choices.

## Optional

- [Request an invite code](https://shadowfrag.com/newsletter/index.md): Request a SHADOWFRAG invite code and receive development updates. Anyone can request access; Shadow Council contributors receive priority when invitations begin.
- [Privacy](https://shadowfrag.com/privacy/index.md): How SHADOWFRAG handles invitation requests, email consent, Discord introductions and forum accounts.
- [Community guidelines](https://shadowfrag.com/community-guidelines/index.md): Guidelines for discussions, bug reports and shared work on the SHADOWFRAG forum.
- [Complete public text](https://shadowfrag.com/llms-full.txt): All exported pages in one Markdown document.
- [RSS feed](https://shadowfrag.com/rss.xml): Development updates.
- [Sitemap](https://shadowfrag.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical HTML pages.