Stoneshard Kickstarter Campaign Funded, $30,725 and Counting

With slightly over $30k pledged, Ink Stains Games’ roguelike RPG Stoneshard has reached its initial Kickstarter goal in just 6 days and is now eyeing some of its ambitious stretch goals that range from new races and game mechanics to full-blown expansions. Here’s what the developers have to say about this:

Big thanks to everyone! Our game was 100% funded in just 6 days – and this is just unbelievable.

We’ve received tons of feedback, ideas, suggestions, bug reports and just general excitement in the last few days – and we’re very grateful for your sincere interest and trust in our game. We’re glad we’ve managed to gather such an awesome community around Stoneshard, and will do our best to live up to your expectations. Right now our campaign is still far from being finished: there’s a list of several ambitious stretch goals we’d like to achieve, so let’s make at least some of them happen!

Also, stay tuned for upcoming updates: very soon we’ll explain some of our stretch goals more thoroughly, and also announce an additional one. Best wishes everyone, you’re the best!

In the time it took for the game to reach its goal, a number of updates have gone up. This one is particularly interesting, as it tells us a bit about Stoneshard’s world and setting. Check it out:

Hello everyone!

Today we want to tell you more about the game’s setting, so it’ll be easier to understand the established balance of power in the world of Stoneshard.

Stoneshard’s events take place in Aldor, once powerful and prosperous kingdom, now ruled by the Grand Magistrate, the alliance of City-States. During the Discord Grand Magistrate stopped the civil war by defeating all the opposing noble houses. When peace came, the role of the Grand Magistrate diminished. The alliance members walked different paths and peace has left the kingdom. Only power nowadays can guarantee safety.

Half a century before the game’s start, Aldor was swept by the wave of bloodshed, the historians call War of the Fallen. Aldor initiated it against the elven Jade Kingdoms. Making the last stand the Last King revived many fallen warriors, who formed most of his army. This terrifying blasphemy was doomed to failure, the Last King was vanquished and left horrific legacy. The result was crucial for Aldor, a lot of cities fell along with the monarchy itself and the Last King disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

That didn’t fill the cup, the Discord, the notorious game of thrones period came. After the Jade Kingdoms armies left, all the pretenders appeared, and the civil war started. For a decade the feud prospered, and only the Grand Magistrate, formed by well-off merchant families, tired of hatred and violence, was capable of stopping that bloodshed.

The ruins remind us about these events of the past. The signs of war can’t be wiped from the face of Aldor – only time can heal these wounds. Nevertheless, fragile balance was violated again after the Last King suddenly returned. The great orc migration and another political race added fuel to the fire of war. In a blink of an eye the whole Aldor was split into zones, influenced by rivaling factions…