DT: Personal Space
Hey everyone, happy Tuesday! This week, the team (now recovered from American Thanksgiving) is working hard on Alpha 20, in which we make a first stab at redefining some of our existing systems so they...
View ArticleDT: Emotional Animations
Hey everyone! It’s almost the holidays! That means that even as the team continues work on Alpha 20 (happiness, rescue mechanics, and other gameplay features) certain talented members of our community...
View ArticleFrostfeast 2016! Moar Frost, Moar Feast
The Winter Solstice approaches, and on our happy little world of Hearth that signals the advent of the grandest celebration of the year: Frostfeast. So go light your firepit, get yourself a nice bowl...
View ArticleDT: Backstage w/ Frostfeast ’16
Hey everyone! This week, our team continues to work on hearthling morale! We discovered some interesting new use cases after our playtests that have changed how we think about the feature; more to come...
View ArticleWith Best Wishes for the Season, from Team Stonehearth
Before Team Stonehearth sets off for the holidays, we’re delighted to put a little present under your virtual tree: a Frostfeast background to help you get in the spirit of the season! Allie has...
View ArticleDT: State of SH, 2017!
Hey everyone! Welcome back from the holidays. Team Stonehearth took some time to rest, reconnect with our families, and play the games that inspired us, and now we’re back in the saddle and ready to...
View ArticleAlpha 20 Arrives on Steam Latest!
Alpha 20: In Which We Put the Heart in Hearthlings ”Happiness is a Warm Poyo” Welcome to Stonehearth Alpha 20! This release brings a new Happiness system to Stonehearth and takes a first step into...
View ArticleA20 Update – Bugfixes!
Hey Everyone, we’ve just updated Alpha 20 on Steam. This new update gets you: Combat units express emotion while patrolling Fixed UI flickering issues Added interactions b/w farm animals and...
View ArticleDesktop Tuesday: Rescue!
Hey everyone! This week, our team is working hard on tuning Alpha 20 with your feedback, and on a bunch of Alpha 20 bugs! One of the things we’re tuning in particular is the brand new hearthling rescue...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to release 695
Moar Alpha 20 (unstable) fixes! Keep those bug reports coming! Most Recent Update Fix starvation not impacting health Fix a building regression that occurred when placing roofs. Fix incorrect target...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to release 696
Alpha 20 creeps closer to its debut! The Stuff in This Update Fix UI issue in thought summary stacks Fix meal thoughts removing too many stacks Ignore building-related entities when using the clear...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to release 698
We’re almost there! Today’s release is our likely Alpha 20 stable release candidate, but we’re going to put it out there as an unstable release first… just in case. If all goes well, you’ll see Alpha...
View ArticleDesktop Tuesday: Mood!
Hey everyone, to celebrate the fact that we’re closing in on the last of Alpha 20’s outstanding bugs, let’s use this week’s Desktop Tuesday to take a behind-the-scenes look at A20’s tentpole feature:...
View ArticleAlpha 20: In Which We Put the Heart in Hearthlings
“Happiness is a Warm Poyo” Welcome to Stonehearth Alpha 20! This release brings a new Happiness system to Stonehearth and takes a first step into deepening the impact of hearthlings’ interaction with...
View ArticleAlpha 20 updated to release 701
As always seems to be the case — even with stable releases! — a few bugs have reared their ugly little heads and mandibles since Alpha 20’s foray to stable. We have dutifully squashed said bugs, and...
View ArticleDT: Cubemitter Optimizations
Hey everyone, Team Stonehearth is just now fixing the very last of the bugs on Alpha 20, gearing up for Alpha 21, which will focus even more on hearthlings, their personalities, quirks and foibles....
View ArticleDT: A20 Easter Eggs
Hey everyone, we’re a week into developing hearthling traits for Alpha 21, but if I tried to show that to you now it would be a Desktop Tuesday full of screens and screens of code. So instead, let’s...
View ArticleDT: Pathfinder Optimizations
Hey everyone! This week, the team continues to power through A21 features. As usual, this includes work on both gameplay items like new traits for your hearthlings, as well as ongoing features aimed at...
View ArticleAlpha 21 Arrives on Steam Latest!
Alpha 21: A Window Into The Soul Hearthlings are people too! Welcome to the Steam latest (unstable) branch debut of Stonehearth Alpha 21! With this release we are continuing our work towards making...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to develop-3362
The Alpha 21 release train is starting to pick up steam. Well, it’s on Steam, anyway. This unstable build tackles some pesky bugs as well as building more into the new Traits feature. As always, please...
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