BLACK STIGMA Beta News

[h5][ Intro ] [/h5]

Hello, everyone. I am Kwon Dae Ho, the executive producer of Black Stigma.

'Today we'd like to share with you a recap of the development tasks we've been working on, and share our full service schedule for the year 2024.

First, let's take a look at some of the improvements we've implemented through the Global Testing Tour.

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[h5][ Game Change Status ] [/h5]

We have been sharing some of the more organized or high-priority issues in the Dev notes, but the overall list of improvements is as follows

• Improving the ratio of shooting and action
  
• Introducing Gun Customization
  
• Reorganizing Master Positions and Skills
  
• Game Mode Changes
  
• Introducing the New User Support System
  
• UI/UX Improvements
  

To maximize the impact of these valuable player feedback, we're undergoing various reinventions in all areas of the game.

And we're pushing development even harder than we did during last year's Global Testing Tour, to accomplish that goal.

[h5][ Schedule for the Second Half of 2024 ][/h5]

As we make progress on these game-wide improvements, we're excited to share our service Roadmap for the year 2024.

• July: Hold Second Global Test (CBT)
  
• October: Participate in Steam Next Fest
  
• November ~ December: Begin Early Access (OBT)
  

[h5][ Notice on the Second Global Test (CBT) in July ][/h5]

This is a version that incorporates most of the basic gameplay feedback we received from players during the first Global Testing Tour at the end of last year, and the goal is to "show people who enjoyed the original GTT that we've listened to their feedback and get validation on the direction we're taking."


This will be followed by Early Access before 2024 passes, which will be the de facto launch of the service. To that end, the game will be shown at Steam Next Fest in October with the version that includes all development items, followed by a few weeks of final debugging and polishing before going into Early Access.

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[h5][ Conclusion ] [/h5]

Our plan has always been to launch Early Access within 2024,
and we're working hard to make sure that plan doesn't change.

We hope that you'll follow and join us during this journey of Black Stigma during the first half of 2024.

Thank you.


Best Regards,
Producer Kwon Dae ho



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Hello everyone, this is BLACK STIGMA.

We have prepared a Fan Site kit with various materials that you can easily use to create your own fan cafe, blog, and more.

The Fan Site kit will be continuously updated with new content, so please stay tuned.

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[h5][color]▶ Fan Site Kit Items (Ver. 1.1)[/color][/h5]

1. Characters: 6 members of AB Organization

　Organization　

　Code Name　

　AB: Hardwokers　

　Hardwoker Zero　

　AB: Hardwokers　

　Hardwoker Grasper　

　AB: Hardwokers　

　Hardwoker Crush　

　AB: Gray Crows　

　Gray Hand　

　AB: Gray Crows　

　Gray Paper　

　AB: Gray Crows　

　Gray Heavy　

2. Weapons: 10 firearms

　Weapons (Firearms)　

　Bren Ten　

　CZ 2075 Rami　

　Glock 26　

　H&K P30L　

　Kimber 1911 Rapide　

　Mossberg MC1sc　

　Ruger Mark IV Lite　

　Snap Double　

　Walther PPK　

　Walther PPQ　

3. BGM: AS & AB Theme 8 Songs

　BGM　

　Theme of Mr. Ten　

　Theme of Mr. Parabellum　

　Theme of Mr. Hollowpoint　

　Theme of Ms. Nano　

　Theme of Hardworker Zero　

　Theme of Hardworker Grasper&Crush　

　Theme of Gray Hand　

　Theme of Gray Paper&Heavy　

Thank you.


BLACK STIGMA Team

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Hello, everyone. I am Kwon Dae Ho, the executive producer of Black Stigma.

As a follow-up to our last test, it's time to talk about Active Skills, which were the second most important factor after Shooting.

As we've shown in our testing, the Master Characters in Black Stigma have been developed with distinctive role positions. The four positions are as follows: 'Marksman', 'Striker', 'Infiltrator', and 'Disruptor'.

Over the past few months, our development direction has been 'It's a shooter game, let's make shooting more fun and less stressful,' and as a result, the shooting system has changed quite a bit, and the role position distinctions we have set up has become somewhat irrelevant.

This is why we're reorganizing the four position classifications to make them clearer and more representative of the actual combat in the game.


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[h5] [ Four Positions ] [/h5]

'The Masters of Black Stigma are categorized into four position classifications.

[h3]Person Information – Gray Heavy[/h3]


[ Character Introduction ]

• Code Name: Gray Heavy (Affiliation: A.B. Gray Crows)
  
• Role within the organization: Youngest in the A.B. organization, responsible for reconnaissance and assassination
  
• Real name: Ксения (Kseniya) [ Kindness, hospitality ]
  

She was recruited into the organization by Gray Hand. Following the Gray Crows' rule that members must be of age to be sent on dangerous missions, she joined as the youngest member when she turned 19. Hand keeps giving her big and small tasks to see what she's capable of, but she always starts things off with a bang, but ends up messing up and failing to finish the job.

When she was 12 years old , she killed her mother with her own hands. In her home at the time, one of the many poverty-stricken homes in Area 13. Her father, who had died in an accident several years earlier after heading to a construction site to earn money, was a distant memory for her. Due to the death of all her guardians, she was placed in an orphanage. As for her murder of kin, she was given probation due to mitigating circumstances, including her young age and disadvantaged home environment.

When she reached the age where she was no longer under the care of the orphanage, she turned to theft to feed her hunger. Which eventually led to her committing other acts of violence and murder and was taken to a juvenile prison. While in prison, she heard rumors of a secret organization that works on the side of workers and the poor, and she miraculously escapes from prison to find it. Her journey took her to the turf of the Gray Crows, where she was taken in by the Gray Hand, who had just become their leader.


[ Position ]

- Long-Ranger

• There's no 'covert' or 'subtlety,' she just thoughtlessly shoots from the hip and expose herself to the fullest. It's not uncommon for members acting together with her to be troubled and frustrated because she did not follow the plan.
  
• But Gray Paper and Gray Hand, having gotten a sense of her personality, use her as a distraction so they can accomplish their 'real mission' on the other side.
  

[ Specs ]

• Age : 20
  
• Height : 169 cm
  
• Weight : 52 kg
  
• Physique : Skinny, pale, and blind in the right eye from a childhood injury
  
• Trained Sport : None
  
• Rival : Mr. Hollowpoint, Gray Hand
  
• Buddy : Gray Paper
  
• Likes : Daydreaming about being the protagonist of a graphic, violent scene.
  
• Dislikes : Depression pills (especially the drowsiness that comes with it), admonishment from others
  

[ Character Attributes ]

"Who am I? Kikiki... Please call me the ‘Kind Witch’♡"

• A mad witch who killed her own mother'. Is the nickname she got in the world.
  
• Her real name, Kseniya, was given to her by her mother to remind her to be kind, but ironically, her desperate circumstances have led her to live the opposite of her name.
  
• She enjoys exaggerated makeup and outfit fashion to cover up her appearance that hints at a difficult childhood.
  
• When being assigned to killing or show of force missions, she becomes overly excited and tends to act out.
  
• Due to lack of proper care and education during her childhood, she is not familiar with basic common sense or social norms/morals. However, she is a naturally quick thinker and sometimes surprises others by instinctively analyzing the possible scenarios that could happen around her.
  

[ Personality ]

• She has a complex about her difficult childhood and tries to hide her low self-esteem that resulted from it. These feelings led to her exaggerated fashion and behavior.
  • As she got to know Crush, a bright and cheerful HARDWORKER, she usually changed her voice and manners to sound like a cooler and kinder girl than she ever was.
  
• At the end of the day, she is very depressed, and is consumed by all sorts of pessimistic delusions. The thoughts that dominate her mind then erupt into outbursts of violence and even homicidal urges when she is exposed to violent situations.
  
• In order to soothe her negative thoughts she chose to 'read a storybook or write a storybook of her own'. Paper thought that was a nice thing to do, but it was probably because he hadn't yet read the gory fairy tale she'd written, filled with -blood and guts-.
  

[ Relationships ]

• She is terribly fond of Paper, whom she met while wandering the streets when she was about 15 years old . She seems to admire his personality, which is the exact opposite of her: thoughtful, knowledgeable, and calm.
  
• She tends to argue a lot with Hand, who brought her to the Gray Crows. "She's rude, ignorant, and often eccentric," Hand starts by telling her off, and Heavy would usually meekly agree, but sometimes she would explode and try to have a fistfight.
  
• She is waiting for the day to have a go at Hollowpoint, who tried to sneak into Paper and Heavy's scouting area, but he managed to slip away from Paper despite being discovered. Dressed in a primary-colored suit and gold jewelry, it seemed that he'd be spotted in no time, but her frustration grew when she wasn't able to find him.
  

[ Physical Attributes ]

• Born to Ukrainian parents, she has typical Slavic physical features.
  • White skin, silver hair, and light blue eyes.
  
• Her right eye, which was injured as a child, has been replaced with a prosthetic eye that is a different color than her original eye, and she has an elongated scar around it.
  
• Her hairstyle, which is multi-colored and finished in a dread-lock style is noticeable.
  
• She has a unique style of short, tight-fitting leather top and bottoms, with an over-sized jumper.
  
• About 10 handguns are attached to the inside of her suspiciously puffy jumpers.
  

[ Character Object ]

• Bloody Children's Storybook
  
• Shows her inner spirit, brutally twisted, yet innocent.
  
• Blind Fake-eye
  
• A wounded psyche that can't look straight at the scars of the past.
  

[ Habits ]

• She has a habit of writing in her diary every night before bed.
  • She tries to control her uncontrollable emotions as much as possible by writing about them in the diary.
  

[ Hobbies ]

• Stealing Stuff
  
• Drinking liqour at a bar and putting them on her tab
  
• Writing in her old diary every day
  

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▶ [Season.2] Investigation Report – A.B. : GRAY CROWS
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