Below the Stone News

Next Update Release Date + Beta Test Sign Up

The Below the Stone team has been spending the month of January unearthing the Fashion + Quality of Life update, and expect to have it out February 16th for you to dig into. We also have a special announcement for those who are interested in seeing what we're working on ahead of time...

BETA TESTING:

We've done beta testing throughout the entire development for Early Access, and we'd like to open the mines again for all the new followers who yearn to tunnel their way to new adventures. If you'd like to take part this week, it only takes a minute or two to sign up for an early test of the game. ːcraftsdwarfː

Sign up here: [h2]https://forms.gle/Cp54ASVNSGVyYhu87[/h2]

Promising dwarven roguelike indie game readies four big updates

A lot of fantastic roguelikes hit Steam throughout the past twelve months, but Below the Stone charmed me perhaps the most among them all. Mixing the top-down cave exploration of Crypt of the Necrodancer with the spirit of Spelunky and the rambunctious dwarven spirit that makes Deep Rock Galactic such a joy, this Steam Early Access indie game has my full attention, and I can't wait to see what gems developer Strollart digs up over the coming months.

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Below the Stone Roadmap + 250 reviews!

REVIEW MILESTONE!

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.

Wew, big year ahead of us, we're diggin' it.

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.

Alpha 0.3.2 - Important News Coming Soon!

[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]

MAGFEST! NATIONAL HARBOR, MD

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