Stone Story RPG News

Today officially marks the six month of Stone Story RPG in Early Access! Thank you all so much for following the game’s development journey.

[h2]What’s happened in Early Access so far?[/h2]
We’ve made significant strides towards bringing Stone Story to its final vision, and have even picked up a few awards along the way! Over the past six months we’ve:

• Pushed out a major content update
  
• Expanded upon Stonescript
  
• Won awards at Tokyo Game Show and TIGA
  
• Been nominated for awards at IGF and SXSW
  
• Held the very first Stonejam
  
• Squashed over 60 bugs
  

Development continues to push on full steam ahead. Our current plans are to finish off the remainder of the Stonescript updates. Afterwards, focus will shift onto the Quest system, which will push Stone Story into 3.0 and bring a whole new layer of modular content to the game.

Of course, Stone Story RPG would not be where it is right now without all of your support. A huge thank you to every single one of our players and fans! Whether you are part of our Discord, hype the game up to your friends, or simply bought Stone Story and enjoyed it, you make all of our efforts worth it.

[h2]IGF, SXSW, and Voting for the Audience Award[/h2]
If you’re in town for either IGF or SXSW, keep an eye out for Stone Story RPG. Our teams will be presenting at both expos and hopefully bring home an award or two!

A reminder that IGF has voting open for their Audience Award, so if you haven’t already done so make sure to vote for Stone Story (and tell all your friends!).

Link here: https://forms.gle/QJdkyxuzByCG6nZJ6

[h2]Community Fanart[/h2]
It’s been incredibly inspiring to see people not only make fanart of Stone Story RPG, but to do so with ASCII art! Check out some of the awesome fan creations we’ve received over the past few months.



The Skull Gate by Polyducks



ASCII Flamethrower by Freitasth



Winter Dys by Fyda

We have some exciting news: Stone Story RPG has been nominated by the Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Visual Art! We're extremely honored and humbled to be in consideration for this award alongside other great games.

But that's not all; in addition to Excellence in Visual Art, Stone Story RPG also has a chance to be selected for IGF's Audience Award! Every vote helps, so once you vote be sure to tell others about it!

To vote for Stone Story RPG in IGF's Audience Award, visit: https://forms.gle/QJdkyxuzByCG6nZJ6

[h2]Lunar New Year Sale[/h2]


Get that rat!

In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Stone Story RPG will be on sale for 20% off until January 27th.

(no rats were harmed in the making of this promotional material)

[h2]The Road to 3.0[/h2]
Thanks to some additional help that we took on, we've been making steady progress towards the next content patch. Several new features have been added to Stonescript with more on the way.

Some of these features include:

• Importing of external scripts
  
• ?ai states
  
• else/elseif operators
  
• ... and more!
  

New content is constantly being tested on our beta branch. If you want to discuss the beta updates with other players, be sure to join our Discord! - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG

[h2]Fan Creation Spotlight
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Did you know that Stone Story RPG has gotten fanart? It's true! We've got awesome players on our Discord server who've cooked up some cool creations. Check 'em out!



Bundled-up Stone Guy by Tequeru



ASCII Bow and Arrow by 김귀끠

Seasons Greetings from The Dark World!

We hope you're all enjoying The Yellow Update. Work has already begun on 3.0, and we're excited to share more with you soon. Until then, we've cooked up a small holiday event for any intrepid adventurers willing to brave the cold.

[h2]Stone Story RPG Holiday Event[/h2]


Winter moonstice sweeps across the dark world. Until January 2nd, get Stone Story RPG for 20% off.

But that's not all, as Hrímnir comes bearing gifts. For the duration of the Winter Sale, Icy Ridge will drop 2x loot!

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As always, join our Discord server if you want to stay up to date with development and talk shop with the team or other Stone Story fans - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG

Happy Holidays,
SSRPG Team

[h3]Welcome to The Yellow Update![/h3]
The Yellow Update is the first of several planned content updates to Stone Story RPG and brings a host of features and balance changes. Seasoned adventurers will face an all new tier of difficulty, encounter brand new minibosses, and wield a powerful new weapon.

It also appears that a missive from Acropolis has found its way down to us. Be sure to read through it to see just what’s happening in the city above the clouds and what it means for the dark world below!

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[h2]Yellow Difficulties[/h2]

Face down harder challenges in the Yellow difficulty; each of the eight locations now have an additional five levels of difficulty past Cyan. Steel your nerves, ready your weapons, and fire up your Stonescripts!

[h2]Minibosses[/h2]

Prepare to face a new type of enemy: Minibosses. Each location will feature a unique miniboss, like the menacing Acronian Scout or the fluffy Mr. Puff.

[h2]The Bardiche[/h2]

Hordes of enemies slowing you down? Not anymore. Wield the Bardiche and cut a wide path forward. The Bardiche is perfect for clearing out waves of opponents and also comes with a deadly activated ability.

Until Thursday, December 19th, play Stone Story RPG to receive a +3 Bardiche by defeating any yellow location!

[h3]The Acropolis Herald[/h3]
An ominous black scroll appears before you. You unfurl it, revealing a long parchment covered in stark white print. It appears to be some sort of document from Acropolis. Upon further reading, you see that it’s some kind of editorial. Within, you find an in-depth account of various news, changes, and goings-on within the city in the sky.



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1935511545

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We hope you have fun with The Yellow Update! For a full list of changes and balances, follow the link here to the Steam Forums post: https://steamcommunity.com/app/603390/discussions/0/3124866822551410805/

-SSRPG Team