Stone Story RPG wins "Best Art" and "Grand Audience Award" at SOWN 2019!
Hello Spider Smashers!
We have some exciting news for all of you: Stone Story RPG has won "Best Art" and "Grand Audience Award" at Sense of Wonder Night 2019!
SOWN is an event at TGS that highlights the most innovative indie submissions. Among dozens of indie games, only eight were selected to participate, so this recognition comes as a huge honor! We're extremely thankful for the wonderful reception it's gotten so far at TGS. If you're around at the expo, stop by our booth in the indie game area (9-A-47) and grab a button while they last!
To celebrate TGS, Stone Story RPG will be on sale with a 20% discount until Monday, the 15th. Now's your chance to embark on an ASCII-animated adventure in a dark and mysterious world.
We have more exciting announcements to share tomorrow, so keep an eye out. Kyle, our resident PR and Marketing guru, will be livestreaming Stone Story on Saturday at 12 PM PST. Stop by the broadcast here on Steam and say hello!
All of the kind words for Stone Story have been so humbling. We promise to continue working hard on the game over the next few months to make it even better!
- SSRPG Team
Stability Update v1.4.0
Version 1.4.0 is now live! This update focuses on stability and core improvements to the experience, with a few balance changes for good measure.
Here are the highlights:
Opening all treasures is now 48% faster!
Reworked how abilities are selected on the Anvil, so the player is able to control what they get during crafting.
Fixed problems that were causing some players to lose all their progress :(
21 other bug fixes and improvements!
See the full list of changes at:
http://StoneStoryRPG.com/releasenotes/default.txt
- standardcombo
Stone Story RPG is now available!
The wait is over - Stone Story RPG is NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM/DISCORD!!!
After over 5 years in development, you can now embark on your ASCII-animated journey. Delve into the mysteries of this dark and ominous world!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCaZXM54vlc
As has been mentioned before, we will continue developing the game for at least a year, adding lots of free content. Our goals are to increase strategic depth of combat along with higher difficulty locations, as well as expand UGC and collaboration between players.
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way. Join our Discord server to help us bring the game into full release!
https://discord.gg/stonestoryrpg
Enough talk - you have an adventure to go on!
- SSRPG Team
Stone Story RPG is heading to Tokyo Game Show 2019!
We've got some exciting news: Stone Story RPG is heading to Japan this September to exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2019! If you're going to be at TGS this year, be sure to stop by the Indie Game Area and check us out.
There's also a chance we might be selected to present as part of "Sense of Wonder Night", a dedicated spotlight for the most innovative indie titles. Wish us luck!
Stone Story RPG launches into Early Access on August 8th!
Hey Stone Story fans, we’ve got some exciting news: Stone Story RPG will be coming to Early Access on August 8th!
To mark the announcement, we have a brand new trailer we’d love to show you: https://youtu.be/7dUyz29cizI
After nearly five years in development, the game is ready to get into more players’ hands. As with all Early Access games, this won’t be the final version of Stone Story, but an ongoing development process.
The Early Access release delivers a stable and awesome gaming experience with plenty of replay, but still has plenty of room to grow towards a more ambitious vision that standardcombo has in mind.
Players who purchase Stone Story RPG in Early Access will have the opportunity to take an active part in development by providing valuable feedback as more features get added and the game is refined.
Mark your calendars and tell your friends; we can’t wait to have you embark on this ASCII-animated journey!
-SSRPG Team
Stone Story RPG Sound Design Q&A and Upcoming Animation Stream
Hello Mosquito Swatters!
We've got a couple cool things to share with you as we continue to get the game ready for release.
Sound Design Q&A Available
In our second developer Q&A, we spoke with Rafael, Stone Story's sound designer about a number of topics, from using shared cultural video game knowledge to crafting an emotional experience for your players.
You can listen to the full talk on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/iQiqPNWP--o
Animation Livestream 6/23
Tomorrow (6/23) at 2:30 PM PST, Stone Story's lead developer / animator, standardcombo, will be hosting an animation stream where he'll dig into the process behind creating ASCII animations.
Link to the stream: https://www.twitch.tv/standardcomb0
Make sure you join our Discord to stay in the loop! - https://discord.gg/vdW9PZP
-SSRPG Team
Stone Story RPG Dev Q&A
Hello Tree Choppers!
Last Sunday we hosted a Q&A session with members of our Discord server where we dove into the development process behind Stone Story RPG. We came away from the talk with several interesting design perspectives, ranging from how to teach players to incorporating idle game mechanics.
We've uploaded the Q&A in its entirety if you're interested in taking a peek behind the curtain:
https://youtu.be/y9tdsrBENfM
Thank you to everybody who was able to make it and participate! We may host another one again where we delve into specifics, like ASCII animation or boss fight design.
Have suggestions for what our next Q&A should cover? Join our Discord server to make sure you don't miss the next talk! - https://discord.gg/vdW9PZP
-SSRPG Team
SSRPG Development Update: We are officially content complete!
Hello Stone Throwers!
It’s been a long road to get here, but Stone Story RPG is finally content complete! What does that mean? Well, everything that needs to be in the game is there.
From here on out, our primary focus will be post-production tasks like bug-fixing, balancing, and audio polish. With localization and porting getting added on our to-do list, we’ve got a busy few months ahead of us. We’re excited to show you all the goodies that have been brewing behind the scenes!
The realm is covered in darkness. Monsters and mystery plague the land. Gather your supplies, forge your weapons and restore the light. Your journey begins with a single stone.
Here are some milestones from development thus far:
83 items
40 enemies
11 levels of difficulty per Location
1,610 sprites
655 animations
9,952 animation frames
2,227,798 ASCII glyphs
We are working to pick an exact launch date and will have that info soon. Be sure to join our Discord server if you want to chat with the devs, follow day-to-day development with other players, and see awesome ASCII art!
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/VCV9MF7
Follow our Twitter accounts for updates and sneak peeks:
@standardcombo: https://twitter.com/standardcombo
@StoneStoryRPG: https://twitter.com/stonestoryrpg
Thank you all for staying with us through SSRPG’s development!
