Overview / Usage

Stone Story is an RPG set in a dark and ominous world. Monsters and mysteries plague the realm. Embark on a quest to unite 9 magic Soul Stones and restore the light.

The game takes elements from various genres and repackages them into a wholly unique experience. One of Stone Story's defining mechanics is that you have no direct control of the player character, as an A.I. does all the exploring, combat and looting. Though this is an auto-RPG, that doesn't mean it's an idle game. Potions and special abilities are maximized by good timing. Boss fights are intense, requiring quick item swaps if the boss changes patterns.

Your natural curiosity will be your greatest tool as you delve into the game and discover there's more beneath its deceptively simple surface.

Methodology / Approach

While the game is fully playable and delivers an awesome experience, it's short of the ambitious vision we have. Our beta testers in Early Access have been invaluable in not only providing feature testing and feedback, but in reassuring us that Stone Story RPG is a great game on the right track to being even greater! The roadmap moving forward is well defined and we look forward to collaborating with our players as we introduce more features, like extra boss phases, unique weapons, difficulty levels, and more.

One particular aspect of Stone Story that we want to polish and refine is user-generated content. There are several systems and mechanics in place that aim to foster a healthy environment of player discourse and content sharing. Early Access gives us the opportunity (and the audience!) to effectively tweak those pipelines and ensure that our players will have access to the right tools in the right place.

The main area for development relates to players who love the game and would like to keep playing for a long time. This is sometimes referred to as the 'elder' game. Currently, your goals run out at about 1 month of play. In addition to small improvements on several fronts, the final version of Stone Story will stay fun and interesting for much longer. There is also a layer of user-generated content that needs expanding.

We currently engage with the community through our Discord server and regularly discuss design decisions, with the occasional live stream when there is something visually engaging under development. Often there is an A/B decision and it's great to have players democratically vote on those. We plan to continue this process through the Early Access as we add new flagship features, refine current systems and make balance decisions. Our goal is to make the game perfect, and to do that we need players.

Technologies Used

Unity2D

Other links

• Steam
• Stone Story RPG Presskit