KickStarter Stoneshard - open world roguelike RPG - now available on Early Access

[Fedora Master]

Less tweeting, more working.

Those hashtags are pretty awful, too.

 

[cyborgboy95]

 

[jungl]

yawn games where you can control one unit are boring. Be nice to enter maps where its too dangerous for one person and you can hire mercenaries to clear it. Or maybe maps where you hold a fort similiar to this against overwhelming odds. https://youtu.be/D4_GNUgGaPk Throw in optional stuff the player can do like save a certain npc for a bonus reward. Force them to make sacrifices like have your hireling die, equipment break or lose loot. Roguelike used to mean somewhat hardcore but now they all skyrim games.

 

[Jenkem]

have there been updates or is this thread just a repository of shilltweets?

 

[Tygrende]

have there been updates or is this thread just a repository of shilltweets?

The big update is supposed to come out November 18. Keep in mind it has been delayed like 3 or 4 times by now, I lost track.

 

[cyborgboy95]

 

[pickmeister]

Even if they fuck this game up, I'll still play it just as an eye candy.

 

[Salvo]

Even if they fuck this game up, I'll still play it just as an eye candy.

The devs are pretty competent, they just don't follow their own deadlines
Low-chance this will be a fuckup, the only thing that might be shit is the caravan system

 

[Fedora Master]

Right now they strike me as artists and ideas guys with nobody to do the actual footwork. Like Chucklefish and Starbound.

 

[Sacibengala]

Right now they strike me as artists and ideas guys with nobody to do the actual footwork. Like Chucklefish and Starbound.

Starbound was fucking depressing.

 

[cyborgboy95]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/625960/view/3119301148800909732

Devlog: Final Preparations

Hello everyone!

The City of Gold update is soon to be released: the approximate time is 21:00 MSK, November 18th. Right now is a good moment to give a summary of the progress we’ve made, talk about the update’s new features and what will be added to the game until the end of the year, and also discuss our plans for the future development of Stoneshard.

Spoiler

Global Map and Rumor System

The City of Gold update will feature the long-awaited expansion of the game’s world: the old 17x11 map will be replaced with a 40x40 one - there’ll also be a new menu for navigating it. This map will be filled with numerous Points of Interest, including monster dens and some new unique locations.

As for finding these locations, you’ll need to make use of the new Rumor System - chatting with NPCs will occasionally provide you with valuable (and sometimes not so valuable) hints about places that are worth checking out.

Paper maps will be reintroduced into the game at a later date as an alternative way of finding Points of Interest and all kinds of treasures and hidden stashes.

Brynn

The first major city will open its gates before you. It’s composed of four separate districts, each having its own vibe and special merchants.

Saving on Exit

After the update is released, you’ll no longer need to rush to a nearby tavern or camp when you need to urgently exit the game - your progress will be automatically saved on exit. It’s worth mentioning that saving on exit isn’t the same as quick saves - exit saves are deleted upon loading, so in case of your character’s death, the game will continue from the closest “hard” save made by sleeping.

On top of that, the new system will preserve information on lots of variables, including the state of tiles and the fog of war, dungeons’ layout, and more. This means that you won’t have to re-explore locations upon loading the game.

New Fauna

Expect to encounter three new dangerous enemy types that come with their own nests: deathstinger swarms, crawlers, and harpies. Each of these enemies will require a special approach, so make sure to exercise caution while hunting them!

You’ll also be able to hunt birds!

New Items

Expand your arsenal with throwable bombs: fire, acid, and the one that unleashes a swarm of enraged deathstingers.

And after you survive a difficult fight, treat yourself to some new dishes.

New Loot Type: Artefacts

Artefacts are incredibly valuable relics of the past that possess various unique properties. Some of them grant passive bonuses while occupying your inventory, and others require activation.

You’ll have a certain chance to discover them in distant dungeons - hidden locations inhabited by the most dangerous enemies. These dungeons don’t have contracts associated with them, so you’ll need to find them first...

Changes to Combat

The Combat System received many important changes: let’s start with the most prominent ones - changes to armor. In City of Gold the Protection value from every equipped item will no longer stack. Instead, armor will only affect the body part it’s equipped on - this will make combat even deadlier, and there’ll be much more strategy involved in gearing up.

We also reworked two key defensive stats: Dodge and Block Chances. Dodge Chance now transforms successful attacks into fumbles, and fumbles - into misses. Block Chance received an additional mechanic: successful blocking now spends some Block Power, which takes time to recover, so if you want to use shields to their full potential, make sure to check out the corresponding Ability Tree!

Improved Leveling and Trainers

The Attribute System was reworked as well: Attributes now grant different, more powerful bonuses, but you’ll be getting less Stat Points upon leveling up. In addition, every 5 points invested into an Attribute will grant you a major bonus to certain stats.

The Ability Trees’ structure was affected too. In order to make leveling more engaging and fluid, each Ability Tree now has multiple starting paths, and reading treatises will no longer be the only way to unlock higher tier Abilities - it can also be done by meeting Attribute requirements. In addition to that, it will be possible to unlock initially unavailable Ability Trees with the help of trainers, which will give you access to the first tier of them.

New Achievements

This update will feature the first batch of 40 Steam achievements. A large portion of them will be awarded for maxing out Ability Trees, but some will require you performing unorthodox feats. For instance:

Leechfeast – have leeches applied on six Injured body parts at the same time.
Shovel Knight – kill the Ancient Troll with a shovel.
What A Time to be Alive – experience 4 Deadly effects at the same time.
Totally Bear-able – kill a bear with a level one character.
Dr. Phlogiston, I Presume – have 7 enemies on fire at the same time.
I Have No Arms And I Must Kill – kill an enemy with a melee attack while both your arms are Severely Injured.

What’s next?

We plan to release a series of patches and small updates over the course of December and January to polish the existing content and add some new stuff. This will mostly affect Brynn: we want to introduce interiors to every house and add at least half a dozen extra buildings. In February you can also expect a small surprise on the second anniversary of the game’s Early Access release - but more about it later...

After we finish all that, we’ll start working on the Rags to Riches update, which will flesh out the global map and introduce two new Ability Trees to the game - Armor and one of the magic schools (we'll share the details later).

Wizard’s Fate, the update coming after Rags to Riches, will almost be entirely dedicated to magic - other than new magic schools, Wands, and Magic Mastery, we’ll also implement new systems that will make playing as a sorcerer not as easy and serve as a foundation for the full-fledged character generator.

An important mention: we will no longer be giving approximate release dates. The updates will be released only after we are sure that everything is ready. Exact release dates will be announced during the final stages of development and testing - one month before a patch’s release or so.
That’s all for now. See you in the lands of Aldor on November 18th!

 

[Salvo]

Hold on, they did a whole mumbo-jumbo about how a save system is impossible in this game and then they implement saving on exit? What's stopping you from copy-pasting the file / quitting whenever you want to save and stashing the file somewhere?

So like...the engine limitation thing was bullshit?

 

[Peachcurl]

The save file is stored as a quantum state. You can't copy it without corrupting it.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Hold on, they did a whole mumbo-jumbo about how a save system is impossible in this game and then they implement saving on exit? What's stopping you from copy-pasting the file / quitting whenever you want to save and stashing the file somewhere?

So like...the engine limitation thing was bullshit?

Nothing stops you from doing this, except your own sense of decency.

(In all seriousness, as I wrote in length in some other thread, I hate games that don't allow me to save anywhere - it's disrespectful of my time and real life commitments. I get that devs want players not to savescum, but if there's a will, there's a way, and as long as any saving is possible, it will happen. Save on quit looks like reasonable compromise form dev standpoint but it's just an artificial limitation on save system. Also, I don't understand how can you not have a save system, how do you debug your game then?)

 

[Salvo]

Hold on, they did a whole mumbo-jumbo about how a save system is impossible in this game and then they implement saving on exit? What's stopping you from copy-pasting the file / quitting whenever you want to save and stashing the file somewhere?

So like...the engine limitation thing was bullshit?

Nothing stops you from doing this, except your own sense of decency.

(In all seriousness, as I have wrote in length in some other thread, I hate games that don't allow me to save anywhere - it's disrespectful of my time and real life commitments. I get that devs want players not to savescum, but if there's a will, there's a way, and as long as any saving is possible, it will happen. Save on quit looks like reasonable compromise form dev standpoint but it's just an artificial limitation on save system. Also, I don't understand how can you not have a save system, how do you debug your game then?)

The devs themselves don't know what they want lol

 

[Fedora Master]

I will say the lack of manual saves does add some spice to the game. You are forced to prepare carefully when venturing into the wild, that's for sure.

 

[Atlantico]

Right now they strike me as artists and ideas guys with nobody to do the actual footwork. Like Chucklefish and Starbound.

So the only think you can do is whine like a stuck pig on the internet.

You are a waste of space, even Scruffy looks down on you. Hilarious.

 

[vazha]

So shouldnt the new updatan be releasing today?

 

[jackofshadows]

Yup, in 5 hours.

 

[Salvo]

To whomever plays the update: let us know how it is and if my biggest fear comes true (big open world areas added but it's mostly empty stuff)

 

[jackofshadows]

What the fuck

 

[pickmeister]

I couldn't kill the troll even with normal weapons.

 

[Fedora Master]

Can't skip the tutorial now. That's nice.

 

[Sacibengala]

Can't skip the tutorial now. That's nice.

It was the best part of the game, if I remember correctly.

 

[Fedora Master]

Can't skip the tutorial now. That's nice.

It was the best part of the game, if I remember correctly.

Because it was actually finished.