Below the Stone News

THANK YOU for getting us to above 250 reviews! We're getting SO CLOSE to 300 now, a huge milestone for the team working on this game. It amazes us every day seeing you all pour your love into this game, and letting us know what you want to see us work on next. That is what gamedev is all about, and it's a gem to be able to wake up every day and see you enjoying what we created. It only takes a couple minutes, but helps us a ton.

These are our plans we put together for the first half of 2024, based on what you the fans have told us you're excited most for. Feel free to dig on in.





Below the Stone has always been incredibly community driven, so please feel free to join the discussion here on what you'd want to see in the next update, or join our discord to be a part of our big dwarven community theorizing what we are crafting for the game next.

[h2]Tiny Update[/h2]

This update is mostly for disabling all of the holiday content, nothing fancy.
BUT, we did include one small change with the hopes of getting some feedback from our community.

In this latest update we reduced the size of the player's hitbox and collision box. We did this as a response to some of the feedback we've been getting from people.
So we'd like to have you all try this change out, and let us know if it feels better.

We will also be reducing the size of collision boxes for various other static objects in the caves, because it sounded like people were getting annoyed by occasionally getting caught on them in strange situations.

So let us know what you think! Thanks again!

[h2]Alpha 0.3.2[/h2]
* Removed all of the holiday stuff until another year.
* Slightly reduced the size of the player's hitbox and collider to see if that improves things.


[h2]Oh, and one last thing![/h2]
[h3]Keep an eye out for some more upcoming news on Below The Stone in 2024.[/h3]

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