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)

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! - http://discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG

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.



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

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!

Yellow Difficulties

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!

Minibosses

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.

The Bardiche

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!

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

Hey ASCII Fans,

The Yellow Update is now in the polishing stages; current plans are to first balance the difficulty and duration. We want to thank all the beta players who have provided invaluable feedback, insight, and bug-finding for the update! Reminder that you can access Stone Story RPG's beta branch by going through the game's Properties in Steam.

As always, join the Discord for active discussion on the beta: discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG



Sometimes you just need to venture out alone and forge your own path; pick up Stone Story RPG at a 20% discount for Singles' Day! The deal ends tomorrow (November 12th) at 8 AM PST, so be sure to grab the game and get your solo journey started.



Last week Gabriel (creator/lead developer) and Rafael (audio design) flew out to London for the TIGA Awards, which celebrates achievements across the entire spectrum of the video game industry. Up against titles like My Time at Portia and Sunless Skies, Stone Story RPG won the award for Best Role Playing Game!





We're truly humbled and thankful that the game has received such recognition. This wouldn't have been possible without all of our players' support.

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That's all for now. Stay tuned for future updates!

-SSRPG Team

Hey Ghost Grapplers,

Work continues on The Yellow Update, but the end is nearly in sight! Until the update drops, we've got a few things we want to share with you.

The dark world is looking rather... orange these days.

From now until November 1 at 10 AM PST, Stone Story RPG will be on sale for 20% off! During that time, the game will also feature a small in-game Halloween event; until November 1st, Haunted Halls will be dropping 2x loot.

Along with the copious amounts of treats, you may even find a trick or two...



Last week we hosted the very first StoneJam. We had some awesome community submissions that show off what Stonescript can do right now. In future updates the language will become more sophisticated, with variables and key bindings; expect StoneJam to make a return!

Check out the entries and use their scripts in your own game: https://itch.io/jam/stonejam/entries



Can't wait for the new update to roll out? Want to help the team with development? Opt in to Stone Story RPG's beta branch to test new changes being made to the game.

To get access to the beta branch, right click on Stone Story RPG in your Steam library, click Properties, go to the beta tab, and select "ssrpg-beta" in the drop down menu.



If you want to chat with the beta community, join our Discord server - discord.gg/StoneStoryRPG

SSRPG Team

Hey Snail Swindlers,

Can you believe it's already been a week since TGS? Wild!

In the craziness of the event and getting settled back into the development routine, we haven't had much time to catch up with our community. That's why, tomorrow (Sunday, 9/22) at 1:30 PM PST, we'll be doing a post-TGS Q&A/celebration stream! Woo!

Curious about standardcombo's trip to the Land of the Rising Sun? Stop by the stream tomorrow (https://www.twitch.tv/standardcomb0) and come hang out!



Speaking of awards, we've got more exciting news: Stone Story RPG has been nominated for three awards at TIGA 2019! We've been put on the shortlist for "Creativity Award", "Best Casual Game", and "Best Role Playing Game", and will be in the running for a "Game of the Year" award as well.

TIGA's GOTY is an audience-choice award, so if you want to support Stone Story you can vote for us here: https://tiga.org/awards/game-of-the-year



We hope you've all been enjoying the changes in the most recent patch. Development continues on The Yellow Update, so we appreciate your patience and support!

As always, you can join our Discord server to stay up-to-date with the game's development and chat with other Stone Story fans.

-SSRPG Team

Hey Stone Story fans,

It's been quite a week! After all the craziness of TGS (and winning four awards!), we're finally settled and ready to dive back into development.

In the leadup to The Yellow Update, we're rolling out patch 1.8.6. This update adds a hefty number of improvements, balance changes, and bugfixes to Stone Story. Of particular note are additional Stonescript commands, which our players have been using in the beta branch to mod some really cool cosmetics into the game! Pilot a mecha or drive a tank with the power of Stonescript.



Should you encounter any bugs or issues, please post them here on Steam discussions or in our Discord server (discord.gg/stonestoryrpg).

• The Triskelion can now be equipped for +1 Movement Speed
  
  
  
• Added the Mutate workstation, which allows you to change rune effects, among other operations
  
  
  
• Added the Knee Chopper to Caves of Fear
  
  
  
• Added several Stonescript commands, such as ?debuffs.count and ?face
  
• Added a toggle for Screen Flash in Settings
  
• The Hatchet now has an activated ability
  
• Updated several tracks in the OST
  
• ... and many more fixes and updates!

See the full list of changes here:
http://stonestoryrpg.com/releasenotes/default.txt

- SSRPG Team

It’s big. It’s yellow. It’s coming for you.



We're excited to announce that Stone Story RPG will be receiving its first major content pack: The Yellow Update!

The focus of this update is to further expand on existing content, introduce quality of life and convenience features, and increase the scope of User-Generated Content. Version 2.0 of the game will bring with it a host of new changes!

Here's what you can expect in the near future:

• Yellow difficulty levels
  
• Increased XP level cap
  
• Minibosses
  
• New Stonescript commands
  
• More achievements
  
• Updates to existing items
  
• New crafting recipes
  
• New enemies

We're happy with where the game is at right now, but it's short of the ambitious vision that we know Stone Story can ultimately achieve. The Yellow Update is the first of many steps towards that!

To that end, we have an upcoming patch (1.8.4) that will address several issues currently in-game, as well as add new improvements and features like the Triskelion as an equippable item and the Mutator Station!

Development will kick up as soon as we get back from TGS, which has been nothing short of amazing. In addition to the two awards that Stone Story won at Sense of Wonder Night, it also received a nomination for Famitsu's Indie Prize and won a Square-Enix sponsored award! If you're still around at TGS, you can catch us at booth 9-A-47.





It's been a long road to get here, but we're far from done. We hope you all look forward to what Stone Story RPG has to offer in the future.

- SSRPG Team

Hello Spider Smashers!

We have some exciting news for all of you: Stone Story RPG has won "Best Art" and "Grand Audience Award" at Sense of Wonder Night 2019!





SOWN is an event at TGS that highlights the most innovative indie submissions. Among dozens of indie games, only eight were selected to participate, so this recognition comes as a huge honor! We're extremely thankful for the wonderful reception it's gotten so far at TGS. If you're around at the expo, stop by our booth in the indie game area (9-A-47) and grab a button while they last!



To celebrate TGS, Stone Story RPG will be on sale with a 20% discount until Monday, the 15th. Now's your chance to embark on an ASCII-animated adventure in a dark and mysterious world.



We have more exciting announcements to share tomorrow, so keep an eye out. Kyle, our resident PR and Marketing guru, will be livestreaming Stone Story on Saturday at 12 PM PST. Stop by the broadcast here on Steam and say hello!

All of the kind words for Stone Story have been so humbling. We promise to continue working hard on the game over the next few months to make it even better!

- SSRPG Team

Version 1.4.0 is now live! This update focuses on stability and core improvements to the experience, with a few balance changes for good measure.

Here are the highlights:

• Opening all treasures is now 48% faster!
  
• Reworked how abilities are selected on the Anvil, so the player is able to control what they get during crafting.
  
• Fixed problems that were causing some players to lose all their progress :(
  
• 21 other bug fixes and improvements!

See the full list of changes at:
http://StoneStoryRPG.com/releasenotes/default.txt

- standardcombo