Ukraine War Stories
War in Ukraine - despatch 7 | Dev Q&A coming up
I will start by reminding you about the upcoming Dev Q&A where I will be answering all your questions about our team or any of our project. If you want your questions answered in video format - please fill in this form:
https://forms.gle/mhoQ5wZdZFZSo2SX7
We expect to upload the Q&A video next week.
There were almost no missile attacks on Kyiv for the last couple of months, after the events described in Despatch 4, yet other Ukrainian cities still suffer missile attacks every day. In Kyiv, we still have air alerts, but fortunately the vast majority of these are precaution. Still, that means some other area was attacked.
Our team closely follows how the events unfold in war against Russia. Right now, Ukrainian Armed Forces conduct a major counteroffensive in several directions. It is too early to judge the results, but seems to be going well so far. Our team hopes that all Ukrainian territories could be libetrated soon, allowing everyone to return to peaceful life. Yet, we understand that the war could continue well into 2023, and we are ready for that course of action. We will be keeping you updated on UAF progress in liberating Ukraine and ending this war for good.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty release moved to 2023
The project is alive, but we had to move its release to 2023 due to a number of factors, the main one being the war and things connected to it. More news about the development cooking soon. Learn more in our dedicated announcement:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1474770/view/3325366882920797950
Looking forward to answering your questions during Q&A session.
Stay tuned for future despatches.
With best regards from Kyiv
Starni Games team
Questions for Dev Q&A
We are preparing a dev Q&A about Ukraine War Stories. We would like to know what questions you have about the war in Ukraine. Have you already played the Ukraine War Stories demo, and if yes, what questions did you have? We are interested in your opinion and your questions.
Here is the link to the google form where you can ask us your questions: https://bit.ly/3wFgWSK
We will post full Q&A in a week, and leave a link to it here as well.
We are waiting for your questions!
Starni Games team
War in Ukraine - despatch 6 | Ukrainian Games Festival
I will start with a bit of company news. Last week we have moved to a new office, just across the street from the old one, where we had been located last 4 years. We are now hiring more people and having 15 people in a 49 sq m room was already not very comfortable. The new office is significantly larger and is overall a better facility. With our team growing to 20+ people that is just what we need.
It also does not have a significant impact on our budget, since after the war started rental and real estate prices in Kyiv dropped dramatically, sometimes as much as 50%. So we found a much better place for a similar cost. It probably would become more expensive in time, but it allows us to hire more people now and reinforce our efforts on all our projects.
Our team is growing now, and we hope that it will speed up our production time and allow us to ensure better quality. It would also enable us to work on larger and more complex projects in the future.
Now to other news.
Ukrainian Games Festival is now live!
24th July is an Independence Day of Ukrainer, and this year it got a dedicated Steam event. Check out over 200 games made by the devs from Ukraine - I bet you would be surprised. More details in our dedicated post here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/3255560404150317279
Ukraine War Stories gets new languages (now 11 languages in the Demo)
We are really happy that several volunteer teams assembled and decided to help us add extra languages
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985510/Ukraine_War_Stories/
Discounts on all our games end in 2 days
During the Ukrainian Games Festival, we have all our games with nice discounts - so it could be a good time to add something new to your collection.
Stay tuned for future despatches.
With best regards from Kyiv
Starni Games team
Ukrainian Games Festival is now live!
We are extremely excited to announce that all our games participate in Ukrainian Games Festival (August 22-28) - an event featuring over 200 games made by Ukrainian devs, that is timed to happen during the Independence Day of Ukraine (August 24).
All our released games are having nice discounts, while all future projects showcase their page and will hopefully gather some extra audience.
Please check out the event - there are loads of cool games:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38747278-Indie-Cup/sale/ukrainiangames2022
We have also gathered a quick overview of our participation in the event:
UPCOMING GAMES
Ukrainian War Stories
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985510/Ukraine_War_Stories/
Headquarters: World War II
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1840800/Headquarters_World_War_II/
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1474770/Strategic_Mind_Spirit_of_Liberty/
RELEASED GAMES
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1381850/Strategic_Mind_Fight_for_Freedom/
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1341170/Strategic_Mind_Spectre_of_Communism/
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200330/Strategic_Mind_Blitzkrieg/
Strategic Mind: The Pacific
https://store.steampowered.com/app/991810/Strategic_Mind_The_Pacific/
Panzer Strategy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/769950/Panzer_Strategy/
FREE DEMOS
Ukraine War Stories Demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985510/Ukraine_War_Stories/
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg Demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200330/Strategic_Mind_Blitzkrieg/
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism Demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1341170/Strategic_Mind_Spectre_of_Communism/
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom Demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1381850/Strategic_Mind_Fight_for_Freedom/
Make sure you check out other Ukrainian games - we bet you would be pleasantly surprised!
Please, let us know in the comments which Ukranian game or games you like the best!
With best regards from Kyiv,
Starni Games team
Developer’s Gameplay
We invite you a watch broadcast with one of the devs playing or rather reading through the Demo with commentary about his personal experience during this war and how it could be related to what is told in the novel.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
If you have missed the beginning you can find the full recording on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkguopRJv9Y&feature=emb_imp_woyt
With best regards from Kyiv
Starni Games team
Demo Update 0.1 | French and Polish languages added
This is our very first community hub post and it is made on a good occasion - our first Demo update.
In the 0.1 Update we:
- Added French localization
- Added Polish localization
- Fixed some typos in other languages
- Added Subscribe to newsletter button (We will soon start sending letters with exclusive information about the project development)
- Fixed various minor issues
Known issues to be fixed:
- At some screen resolutions text might not fit the UI correctly. We plan to deliver a fix in the next update.
We plan to bring more languages in the next Demo updates so stay tuned.
More news about the project will soon follow.
With best regards from Kyiv
Starni Games team