They attempted to utilize it to test the game's balance, but found that testers took too long with strategies to use it accurately with testing factions' strengths. They used extensive play testing to ensure that the game, especially the single player mode, had a proper difficulty curve and that the gameplay is not complicated. While they intended to only put a small amount of single player content, they ended up adding 30 campaign levels, additional challenge modes, achievements, and other features. The single player mode was added after the developers implemented a single player tutorial, which they found fun. The developers validated this decision using arguments such as them not being sure how well WiiWare games sell, that the project was mostly to show that they could develop a game from point A to point Z, that the multiplayer component was one of the strongest features of the game, and that beginning with multiplayer allows the developers to balance the game right away. Swords & Soldiers began as simply a split-screen multiplayer game featuring only the Aztecs and the Vikings. The development team was initially made up by seven developers and a 'varying amount of interns', and the team used the offices of Dutch Game Garden to develop the game. While it was originally intended to be a flash game, the developers saw potential in the title and moved it to the WiiWare service. Swords & Soldiers began development after THQ acquired the rights to its first game de Blob.
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