Today officially marks the six month of Stone Story RPG in Early Access! Thank you all so much for following the game’s development journey.
What’s happened in Early Access so far?
We’ve made significant strides towards bringing Stone Story to its final vision, and have even picked up a few awards along the way! Over the past six months we’ve:
Pushed out a major content update
Expanded upon Stonescript
Won awards at Tokyo Game Show and TIGA
Been nominated for awards at IGF and SXSW
Held the very first Stonejam
Squashed over 60 bugs
Development continues to push on full steam ahead. Our current plans are to finish off the remainder of the Stonescript updates. Afterwards, focus will shift onto the Quest system, which will push Stone Story into 3.0 and bring a whole new layer of modular content to the game.
Of course, Stone Story RPG would not be where it is right now without all of your support. A huge thank you to every single one of our players and fans! Whether you are part of our Discord, hype the game up to your friends, or simply bought Stone Story and enjoyed it, you make all of our efforts worth it.
IGF, SXSW, and Voting for the Audience Award
If you’re in town for either IGF or SXSW, keep an eye out for Stone Story RPG. Our teams will be presenting at both expos and hopefully bring home an award or two!
A reminder that IGF has voting open for their Audience Award, so if you haven’t already done so make sure to vote for Stone Story (and tell all your friends!).
It’s been incredibly inspiring to see people not only make fanart of Stone Story RPG, but to do so with ASCII art! Check out some of the awesome fan creations we’ve received over the past few months.
We have some exciting news: Stone Story RPG has been nominated by the Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Visual Art! We're extremely honored and humbled to be in consideration for this award alongside other great games.
But that's not all; in addition to Excellence in Visual Art, Stone Story RPG also has a chance to be selected for IGF's Audience Award! Every vote helps, so once you vote be sure to tell others about it!
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Stone Story RPG will be on sale for 20% off until January 27th.
(no rats were harmed in the making of this promotional material)
The Road to 3.0
Thanks to some additional help that we took on, we've been making steady progress towards the next content patch. Several new features have been added to Stonescript with more on the way.
Some of these features include:
Importing of external scripts
?ai states
else/elseif operators
... and more!
New content is constantly being tested on our beta branch. If you want to discuss the beta updates with other players, be sure to join our Discord! - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG
Fan Creation Spotlight
Did you know that Stone Story RPG has gotten fanart? It's true! We've got awesome players on our Discord server who've cooked up some cool creations. Check 'em out!
Bundled-up Stone Guy by Tequeru
ASCII Bow and Arrow by 김귀끠
Stone Story RPG's Holiday Event and Sale*
Seasons Greetings from The Dark World!
We hope you're all enjoying The Yellow Update. Work has already begun on 3.0, and we're excited to share more with you soon. Until then, we've cooked up a small holiday event for any intrepid adventurers willing to brave the cold.
Stone Story RPG Holiday Event
Winter moonstice sweeps across the dark world. Until January 2nd, get Stone Story RPG for 20% off.
But that's not all, as Hrímnir comes bearing gifts. For the duration of the Winter Sale, Icy Ridge will drop 2x loot!
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As always, join our Discord server if you want to stay up to date with development and talk shop with the team or other Stone Story fans - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG
Happy Holidays, SSRPG Team
The Yellow Update: Now Available
Welcome to The Yellow Update!
The Yellow Update is the first of several planned content updates to Stone Story RPG and brings a host of features and balance changes. Seasoned adventurers will face an all new tier of difficulty, encounter brand new minibosses, and wield a powerful new weapon.
It also appears that a missive from Acropolis has found its way down to us. Be sure to read through it to see just what’s happening in the city above the clouds and what it means for the dark world below!
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Yellow Difficulties
Face down harder challenges in the Yellow difficulty; each of the eight locations now have an additional five levels of difficulty past Cyan. Steel your nerves, ready your weapons, and fire up your Stonescripts!
Minibosses
Prepare to face a new type of enemy: Minibosses. Each location will feature a unique miniboss, like the menacing Acronian Scout or the fluffy Mr. Puff.
The Bardiche
Hordes of enemies slowing you down? Not anymore. Wield the Bardiche and cut a wide path forward. The Bardiche is perfect for clearing out waves of opponents and also comes with a deadly activated ability. Until Thursday, December 19th, play Stone Story RPG to receive a +3 Bardiche by defeating any yellow location!
The Acropolis Herald
An ominous black scroll appears before you. You unfurl it, revealing a long parchment covered in stark white print. It appears to be some sort of document from Acropolis. Upon further reading, you see that it’s some kind of editorial. Within, you find an in-depth account of various news, changes, and goings-on within the city in the sky.
We hope you have fun with The Yellow Update! For a full list of changes and balances, follow the link here to the Steam Forums post: https://steamcommunity.com/app/603390/discussions/0/3124866822551410805/
-SSRPG Team
Singles' Day Sale and TIGA Awards 2019
Hey ASCII Fans,
The Yellow Update is now in the polishing stages; current plans are to first balance the difficulty and duration. We want to thank all the beta players who have provided invaluable feedback, insight, and bug-finding for the update! Reminder that you can access Stone Story RPG's beta branch by going through the game's Properties in Steam.
As always, join the Discord for active discussion on the beta: discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG
Singles' Day Sale
Sometimes you just need to venture out alone and forge your own path; pick up Stone Story RPG at a 20% discount for Singles' Day! The deal ends tomorrow (November 12th) at 8 AM PST, so be sure to grab the game and get your solo journey started.
TIGA Awards 2019
Last week Gabriel (creator/lead developer) and Rafael (audio design) flew out to London for the TIGA Awards, which celebrates achievements across the entire spectrum of the video game industry. Up against titles like My Time at Portia and Sunless Skies, Stone Story RPG won the award for Best Role Playing Game!
We're truly humbled and thankful that the game has received such recognition. This wouldn't have been possible without all of our players' support.
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That's all for now. Stay tuned for future updates!
-SSRPG Team
Stone Story RPG's Halloween Event and Sale are Live!
Hey Ghost Grapplers,
Work continues on The Yellow Update, but the end is nearly in sight! Until the update drops, we've got a few things we want to share with you.
Stone Story RPG Halloween Event
The dark world is looking rather... orange these days.
From now until November 1 at 10 AM PST, Stone Story RPG will be on sale for 20% off! During that time, the game will also feature a small in-game Halloween event; until November 1st, Haunted Halls will be dropping 2x loot.
Along with the copious amounts of treats, you may even find a trick or two...
StoneJam
Last week we hosted the very first StoneJam. We had some awesome community submissions that show off what Stonescript can do right now. In future updates the language will become more sophisticated, with variables and key bindings; expect StoneJam to make a return!
Check out the entries and use their scripts in your own game: https://itch.io/jam/stonejam/entries
Beta Participation
Can't wait for the new update to roll out? Want to help the team with development? Opt in to Stone Story RPG's beta branch to test new changes being made to the game.
To get access to the beta branch, right click on Stone Story RPG in your Steam library, click Properties, go to the beta tab, and select "ssrpg-beta" in the drop down menu.
If you want to chat with the beta community, join our Discord server - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG
SSRPG Team
TGS Celebration Stream and TIGA Awards 2019
Hey Snail Swindlers,
Can you believe it's already been a week since TGS? Wild!
In the craziness of the event and getting settled back into the development routine, we haven't had much time to catch up with our community. That's why, tomorrow (Sunday, 9/22) at 1:30 PM PST, we'll be doing a post-TGS Q&A/celebration stream! Woo!
Curious about standardcombo's trip to the Land of the Rising Sun? Stop by the stream tomorrow (https://www.twitch.tv/standardcomb0) and come hang out!
Speaking of awards, we've got more exciting news: Stone Story RPG has been nominated for three awards at TIGA 2019! We've been put on the shortlist for "Creativity Award", "Best Casual Game", and "Best Role Playing Game", and will be in the running for a "Game of the Year" award as well.
TIGA's GOTY is an audience-choice award, so if you want to support Stone Story you can vote for us here: https://tiga.org/awards/game-of-the-year
We hope you've all been enjoying the changes in the most recent patch. Development continues on The Yellow Update, so we appreciate your patience and support!
As always, you can join our Discord server to stay up-to-date with the game's development and chat with other Stone Story fans.
-SSRPG Team
Update 1.8.6
Hey Stone Story fans,
It's been quite a week! After all the craziness of TGS (and winning four awards!), we're finally settled and ready to dive back into development.
In the leadup to The Yellow Update, we're rolling out patch 1.8.6. This update adds a hefty number of improvements, balance changes, and bugfixes to Stone Story. Of particular note are additional Stonescript commands, which our players have been using in the beta branch to mod some really cool cosmetics into the game! Pilot a mecha or drive a tank with the power of Stonescript.
Should you encounter any bugs or issues, please post them here on Steam discussions or in our Discord server (discord.gg/stonestoryrpg).
Patch note highlights:
The Triskelion can now be equipped for +1 Movement Speed
Added the Mutate workstation, which allows you to change rune effects, among other operations
Added the Knee Chopper to Caves of Fear
Added several Stonescript commands, such as ?debuffs.count and ?face
Added a toggle for Screen Flash in Settings
The Hatchet now has an activated ability
Updated several tracks in the OST
... and many more fixes and updates!
See the full list of changes here: http://stonestoryrpg.com/releasenotes/default.txt
- SSRPG Team
The Yellow Update - Coming Soon
It’s big. It’s yellow. It’s coming for you.
We're excited to announce that Stone Story RPG will be receiving its first major content pack: The Yellow Update!
The focus of this update is to further expand on existing content, introduce quality of life and convenience features, and increase the scope of User-Generated Content. Version 2.0 of the game will bring with it a host of new changes!
Here's what you can expect in the near future:
Yellow difficulty levels
Increased XP level cap
Minibosses
New Stonescript commands
More achievements
Updates to existing items
New crafting recipes
New enemies
We're happy with where the game is at right now, but it's short of the ambitious vision that we know Stone Story can ultimately achieve. The Yellow Update is the first of many steps towards that!
To that end, we have an upcoming patch (1.8.4) that will address several issues currently in-game, as well as add new improvements and features like the Triskelion as an equippable item and the Mutator Station!
Development will kick up as soon as we get back from TGS, which has been nothing short of amazing. In addition to the two awards that Stone Story won at Sense of Wonder Night, it also received a nomination for Famitsu's Indie Prize and won a Square-Enix sponsored award! If you're still around at TGS, you can catch us at booth 9-A-47.
It's been a long road to get here, but we're far from done. We hope you all look forward to what Stone Story RPG has to offer in the future.
