Desktop Tuesday: Traits!
Hey everyone, Desktop Tuesday makes it’s triumphant return! Despite a wide variety of work-and-personal travel, Team Stonehearth has been hard at work on Alpha 21, and it’s tentpole feature, Hearthling...
View ArticleDesktop Tuesday: Customization
Hey everyone, Team Stonehearth continues to work hard on A21, wrapping up traits and moving hard into bugfixing mode. Last week, we briefly showed you the new embarkation UI that we created to go with...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to develop-3378
So… very… close… to the stable release of Alpha 21. A few more enhancements and a few more bug fixes await you in this Steam unstable edition. As always, let us know if you encounter any difficulties....
View ArticleSteam Unstable Updated to develop-3388
Could this be… the last build before Alpha 21 goes to Stable? We think so! Let us know if you encounter any issues. Improvements Added ability to lock-in name and appearance customizations when...
View ArticleDesktop Tuesday: Loadouts
Hey everyone, we are almost ready to close out on Alpha 21! While we are fixing bugs and getting everything read to go to Steam Stable, let’s take a behind the scenes look at the brand new loadouts...
View ArticleAlpha 21: The Inner Life of Hearthlings REVEALED
Hearthlings are people too! Welcome to Stonehearth Alpha 21! With this release we continue our work towards making hearthlings feel more alive, both as individuals and in how they relate to their world...
View ArticleSteam Unstable Updated to release_706
Hey everyone, quick, hopefully final update to Steam Unstable for Alpha 21. This update includes: One new trait: hothead. This hearthling is braver in combat than most, and perhaps more than they ought...
View ArticleDT: Trait Iconography
Hey everyone! Alpha 21 and the basis for the Hearthling Trait infrastructure is now on the Steam Stable branch, and should be coming soon to Humble Bundle. In the meantime, the team is starting work on...
View ArticleSteam Stable Updated to Release_707
Hey everyone, quick update to let you know that all Steam branches, including the Stable branch, have been updated to release_707, which gets you: One new trait: hothead. This hearthling is braver in...
View ArticleDT: Keys and Cam
Hey everyone! Surprise! This week, Desktop Tuesday is happening on Monday, since tomorrow I am out on work-related travel. As for the rest of the team, Alpha 22 is well underway, but we don’t have...
View ArticleDT: Personal Space II
Hey everyone! Progress on Alpha 22 continues! Over the last few weeks, Engineer Albert has been working hard to make water’s infrastructure thoroughly robust, in anticipation of using it for gameplay...
View ArticleDT: Roadmap++, Part 1
Hey everyone! Though the team is working hard on A22, let’s take a break from our usual conversations about what’s coming soon, and step back to take a look at the big picture. Let’s talk about the...
View ArticleDT: Roadmap Part 2!
Hey everyone, welcome to another Stonehearth Desktop Tuesday! Last week we talked a bit about our new roadmap: how it’s now based around gameplay missions, rather than features, and how it visually...
View ArticleDT: Dark & Light, Pt1
Hey everyone! As I’ve mentioned many times, our team works on both short term projects–what’s about to go into the next alpha, which, in this case, is conversations–and long term projects. This week...
View ArticleDT: Dark and Light Pt2
Hey everyone, welcome to another Stonehearth Desktop Tuesday! This week, we continue where we left off last week, with a glimpse into Artist Allie and Engineer Angelo’s long-term explorations into...
View ArticleDT: Conversations – Design
Hey everyone, welcome to another Stonehearth Desktop Tuesday! Sometimes, I see you guys asking: what goes into making a feature in the game? Why do features take so long? How do you know if a feature...
View ArticleDT: Conversation Animations
Hey everyone, welcome back to Desktop Tuesday! This week we continue with our deep-dive into the conversation system, as part two of a series that illustrates how a Stonehearth feature gets from...
View ArticleAlpha 22 Arrives on Steam Latest!
Important Note: Stonehearth uses a common .dll (sfml-system-2.dll) to help manage audio. It seems that this file is sometimes triggering a false positive with Symantec antivirus programs. Stonehearth...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to release 720
The bug fixing commences! Keep that feedback coming. Current Release Bug Fixes Fix horizontal area selection tools producing wrong results when off the ground. Fix some icons in conversations being...
View ArticleSteam Latest Updated to release 721
Moar stuff! Fixed stuff! Keep that feedback coming. What’s in this release: Features Added ‘darkness’ conversation subject. Added ‘town status’ conversation subject. Bug Fixes Fixed ‘death’ subject not...
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