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Steam News28 August 20205y ago

Stone Rage is now available on Steam Early Access!

Welcome to Stone Rage! We are now out on Early-Access! Get your clubs ready and come with us on a journey into the Pleistocene, the era of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and encroaching glaciers.

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  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • Maps
  • Balance
  • Server
  • UI and audio
addedWelcome to Stone Rage!We are now out on Early-Access! Get your clubs ready and come with us on a journey into the Pleistocene, the era of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and encroaching glaciers. Step into the rawhide sandals of our early ancestors, the Cro-Magnon, as you struggle to survive in a landscape with few resources, dangerous predators, and fleet-footed prey. Arm yourself against the deadliest of all hunters: your fellow man. Stone Rage is a fully playable, online game with robust features that we will be polishing and adding to as the game develops.
changedThe following features are currently implemented and functional:Character customization (hair, beards, warpaint, skin tones, etc.)
changedThe following features are currently implemented and functional:Region spawning (different biomes)
changedThe following features are currently implemented and functional:Hut building (Pre-designed huts with upgrade stages)
changedThe following features are currently implemented and functional:Survival stats (stamina, hunger, thirst, oxygen)
changedWipes and Updates:Total server and character wipes will be a normal occurrence while in early access. These wipes will accompany all major content updates, which we anticipate every two weeks. Wipes will not occur with normal hotfixes that we will roll out as frequently as needed.

Stone Rage changes

addedWe are now out on Early-Access! Get your clubs ready and come with us on a journey into the Pleistocene, the era of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and encroaching glaciers. Step into the rawhide sandals of our early ancestors, the Cro-Magnon, as you struggle to survive in a landscape with few resources, dangerous predators, and fleet-footed prey. Arm yourself against the deadliest of all hunters: your fellow man. Stone Rage is a fully playable, online game with robust features that we will be polishing and adding to as the game develops.
changedCharacter customization (hair, beards, warpaint, skin tones, etc.)
changedRegion spawning (different biomes)
changedHut building (Pre-designed huts with upgrade stages)
changedSurvival stats (stamina, hunger, thirst, oxygen)

Welcome to Stone Rage!

We are now out on Early-Access! Get your clubs ready and come with us on a journey into the Pleistocene, the era of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and encroaching glaciers. Step into the rawhide sandals of our early ancestors, the Cro-Magnon, as you struggle to survive in a landscape with few resources, dangerous predators, and fleet-footed prey. Arm yourself against the deadliest of all hunters: your fellow man. Stone Rage is a fully playable, online game with robust features that we will be polishing and adding to as the game develops.

The following features are currently implemented and functional:

  • Full Inventory System

  • Weight system

  • Equipment system (clothing, item bar, etc.)

  • Character customization (hair, beards, warpaint, skin tones, etc.)

  • Region spawning (different biomes)

  • Prehistoric AI such as the mammoth and saber-toothed Cat (more to follow soon!)

  • Playable male and female Cro-Magnon (Early human species)

  • Basic combat system including bows and spears

  • Material gathering

  • Full construction system with upgrading

  • Hut building (Pre-designed huts with upgrade stages)

  • Swimming

  • Global chat

  • Survival stats (stamina, hunger, thirst, oxygen)

  • and a lot more...

Our Roadmap:

Want to see what we're working on in the coming weeks and months? Our roadmap is live on Trello! Check it out here: https://trello.com/b/0nQwap7Y/stone-rage-goals-milestones

Wipes and Updates:

Total server and character wipes will be a normal occurrence while in early access. These wipes will accompany all major content updates, which we anticipate every two weeks. Wipes will not occur with normal hotfixes that we will roll out as frequently as needed.

Support:

While we are excited for this launch, we still need your help! Stone Rage is in early development and your feedback is what our game thrives on. As a small, independent development team, we do our best work when we have community support and feedback.

Stone Rage is funded entirely by the development team and our amazing community. If you would like to support us even more and pick up some perks check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mountainwheelgames

Release servers will be in these locations:

  • Frankfurt (Europe) - France (Europe) - Los Angeles (North America) - Canada Ottawa (North America)

Release Patch Notes 0.3

Additions

  • New playable human male character with own animation set (placeholder)

  • Hair, clothing, warpaint for human male character

  • New regions: savannah, birch forests, tropical jungle

  • New sound effects (harvesting, ambient, etc.)

  • Added server filter option

  • Water reservoir is now interactable and collects water over time

  • Added credits. Yes, the game was done by such a small team ;)

Bug Fixes & Changes

  • Refactored effect system to work with multiple skeletons

  • Sundays linux build fixes, utf8 fixes

  • Game now runs video settings benchmark at first start

  • System messages (don't have enough space) now appear as notification instead of chat spam

  • Door Access is now tied to unique IDs rather than Steam names which could be exploited

  • Door Access is now saved. Upon server restart, the door's access state will stay as it was.

  • Removed the temp solution note from the How To Play and Door Access UI

  • War paint system now supports textures / character data

  • Interactable construction blueprints now able to have custom icons

  • Fixed preferred inventory pickup issue

  • F10 now completely hides all UI elements(including alpha overlay)

  • PvE fix, equipment item dupe fix, debug UI toggle to controls

  • Tons of item, crafting, and construction database balance improvements

Tutorials: If you are completely lost, check out our tutorial by our Community Manager, Copperic. Craft recipe numbers might be outdated, but the rest is pretty accurate. Link: https://youtu.be/wkrdbuAiIHw

Discord: https://discord.gg/4HBXU7k

Social Media Links: SR Website: https://stoneragegame.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mountainwheel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stone.rage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoneRage/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MountainwheelGames Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/stone_rage/

All the best, Thank you for all your support and love! Marco Muellner, Project Lead Stone Rage

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Steam News / 28 August 2020

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