Below the Stone News

Below the Stone has been invited to take part at MAGfest next month! We're excited to meet up with fans and fellow developers in the indie section. Let us know if you're in the area and want to stop by to see us!

MAGFest is a 4 day event taking place in National Harbor, MD, dedicated to the appreciation of video game music, gaming of all types, and the gaming community. The event runs 24 hours a day, and offers consoles, arcades, tabletop, LAN, live video game cover bands, chiptunes, vendors, guest speakers, and much much more.

You can learn more here: https://super.magfest.org/

Join our discord for more news: https://discord.com/invite/MW72QReXKh

This is the last game update for 2023. I hope you all enjoy the rest of the year. Relax, find time for yourselves, and be with family.
Peace out everyone!

Patch notes:



[Fixes]
* Updated Shopkeep's tooltips to work as expected
* Fixed exploit where item drops would influence creature pathfinding, allowing the player to encircle themselves with items for absolute protection. Though, this concept may come back in the future, in some other form.
* Added low chance of spawning hostile mole in bioluminescent biome
* Fixed bug where the player could still craft after cursor grabbing an item from their inventory
* Fixed a bug where you would not be able to craft items after cursor grabbing an item from your inventory, clicking buttons in crafting ui, and then putting the item back in your inventory.
* Minor improvements to crafting UI logic

[Tweaks]
* Reduced drop chances of gingerbread kobold's from kobolds
* Reduced candy cane pickaxe power to same as iron pickaxe
* Increased contrast on health bar hearts
* Updated snowballs to do 5 damage
* Updated silver pickaxe to mining tier 5
* Added a welcome message for when a player enters the kingdom for the first time, to try to help introduce the player to the kingdom, and what to expect.

[h2]For a short time, Below the Stone is going to be 20% off during the Steam Winter sale taking place right now![/h2]

If you're looking for a time to get in on some Holiday loot, or just want to give a friend a chance to dig into some Below the Stone during this winter, here is your chance to join us by the fire, and enjoy some Kobold cookies.

We plan on having another update this weekend for folks waiting for more content and fixes to come your way. The team has been incredibly active at getting many of your requests done before the holidays, and we plan on having much more done as we head into the new year!

[h2]Thank you for giving us such an amazing end of the year.[/h2]

I say it again and again because it needs to be said. We wouldn't be here without you guys. It makes our day reading your reviews, and just having you be a part of our community. Whether it is here, on Discord, or just patiently following what we're doing. Hope to see you diggin' below the stone soon, fellow miners!

- Mike @ Strollart; Below the Stone

Below the Stone is teaming up with Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot this Steam winter sale!

Dwarves, pixel art, death, loot, I don't think there's a collab that makes more sense than this.

- 20% discount on Below the Stone during Winter Sale ☃️

- Additional 10% Bundle discount for buying both games 🍺

Discount store page here! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37513/Death_Defying_Dwarves/

Here is the change log.
Enjoy everyone!


[h2]Holiday 2023 Update[/h2]

[Holiday Content]
* Dwarven Kingdom is looking more festive
* Gift tree added to the Dwarven Kingdom, spawns holiday loot with each return
* Added Kobold Cookies
* Added Candy Cane Axe
* Added Candy Cane Pickaxe
* Added Egg Nog
* Added Holiday Hat
* Added gift trees which now spawn in the caves
* Kobolds will be seen wearing festive hats
* Main Menu looking more festive
* New Kingdom music
* New easter egg

[Tweaks]
* Lodestones now spawn on Layer 2
* Tweaked spawn chances of some creatures in Arid Sands biome on Layer 2
* Nerfed torch burn effect

[Fixes]
* Addressed some other UI issues