Below the Stone - A Pixelart Caving Roguelike about Dwarves

A project in Jersey City, NJ by Strollart Studios
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A hand-drawn pixel art roguelike about dwarves, mining, and resource gathering.
Backers: 578
Average Pledge Per Backer: $71

Funded: $40,945 of $20,000
Dates: Sep 1st -> Oct 4th (33 days)
Project By: Strollart Studios
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Latest News

120 Minutes left to support the Kickstarter!

October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Last minutes of our Kickstarter are here! Final chance to support us in our final hours. We only a few Big Boxes and designer tiers left for anyone on the fence about it! Thank you to everyone whose been boosting their pledges and supporting us in... (Read More)

6 hours left! - Next stretch goal!

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
6 hours left, We're almost at our next stretch goal! Only Six hours remain, and the final push is here, and right around the corner is our next stretch goal! Thank you to everyone bumping their pledges up to make this happen! I will be giving a very... (Read More)

Only 12 hours left!

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The Finale is here! With just 12 hours left, the stage has been set for what will be remembered as a massive success, all thanks to the fans who made it real! With our final hours on Kickstarter, and with our amazing followers and fans beginning to... (Read More)

Only 36 hours left on Kickstarter!

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
The finale is just around the corner, and the way this series ends will blow your socks off. The season finale is just around the corner for Below the Stone's Kickstarter, and we're certain that it will be an legendary ending to a campaign -- because... (Read More)

Almost 48 hours left! - Unlocked keychains & Kingdom Construction

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
LAST CHANCE TO SUPPORT OUR KICKSTARTER: Our recent stretch goal was a HUMUNOUS milestone in our journey here on Kickstarter, and with only 60 hours left. I want to thank everyone for backing us, and also boosting our pledges to get us here! The next... (Read More)

Last 96 hours on Kickstarter! -- & Special shoutouts!

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The last push is here! 96 hours left to support us! Thank you all so much for getting us to where we are, because we're almost to our first bonus reward! Each of you reading this has helped us in some way, whether it was backing, sharing, or... (Read More)

A shout out to our Gelatinous friends!

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Huge 'thank you' to our friends who have supported us so far! We are getting close to the final 96 hours of our campaign here, and what a wild ride it has been! From getting 20k in just just 4 days, to now getting close to breaching our $35,000 goal,... (Read More)

LAST WEEK LEFT on Kickstarter! & BONUS REWARDS

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
ONE WEEK left to make the most of our campaign -- and with it, a HUGE thank you to our fans. With just one week left, we have made huge progress on the Kickstarter, breaching $31,000, and approaching 500 unique backers! It has been an amazing journey... (Read More)

We hit out $30,000 stretch goal!

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank YOU, and everyone for getting us so far!  In the last 22 days, we managed to gather what is now almost SIX times what we raised with our original Kickstarter back in 2019, and this time blasting past our goal in what anyone might describe as a... (Read More)

It's Fanart Contest Time!

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Below the Stone's Fanart Competition has launched as of...now. Right now.  During our previous Kickstarter, we held an art competition and the response from the community was amazing...so we’re hosting another one! We wanted to keep things simple,... (Read More)

400 Backers! More than two weeks left.

September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone whose gotten us to 400 backers! To everyone whose backed us, been sharing our campaign, and whose joined our community; THANK YOU for making this happen! We still have a little over two weeks left in our Kickstarter campaign,... (Read More)

Only 3 weeks to go - & Important Shout Outs!

September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We officially passed the TWO week mark! As we make our way to our next Stretch goal, we have a few people to thank along the way including all the fans who have already supported us and backed us on Kickstarter! I am writing out personal messages to... (Read More)

First Stretch goal reached! Bestiary goal next.

September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
First Stretch Goal reached! My trip at PAX West this year has been amazing overall, but now I'm back, and get to write for our first Stretch Goal post. I was given the opportunity to thank many of you in person for joining us on this adventure, as... (Read More)

Our Buffet of Weapons (also some cross promo)

September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the things that not many people know about Below the Stone is how much art content already exists, but hasn't been implemented yet in the game. I personally (Andrew) am quite impressed, and wish more people knew about these weapons. And what... (Read More)

Designing a System for Saving Arbitrary Data

September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This title sounds like it belongs on a research paper! BUT NO!!! Today I felt like doing some "code prototyping" for the game. I am writing this code outside of the project because It doesn't really depend on much from my existing code. I want to... (Read More)

Implementing Ore Sparkle Effects

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
One thing we talked about adding for certain ores is an effect where they will sparkle a little bit. To maybe draw attention to the player. Doing so requires a bit of logic which simply checks if a particular block has an ore on it, and of course,... (Read More)

100% FUNDED IN 81 HOURS!

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
To all the amazing people who have supported our camapaign so far: THANK YOU.    Ever since our first Kickstarter in 2019, where we were only able to make 50% of our goal, we always wanted to come back and give it another try - because our fans... (Read More)

PAX WEST Day 1 update

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Day 1 of PAX West has been a wild ride After getting up 6:00 in the morning, we left as a group of developers from Apogee to the booth space. We spent the previous two days preparing the booth and ourselves for the wild journey that would come this... (Read More)

We just got boosted to 86% !!!!

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
I don't know who that was right now, or if it was multiple people. But all of a sudden we just got a healthy boost to 86% Thank you very much to whomever that was, or if it was multiple people. I feel like I had to mention that ASAP because that... (Read More)

Game Progress - Block Break Particles

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Today, I decided to make some visual improvements to the game. Right now, when you break blocks, they just disappear (as they should of course). But I think we can all agree that spicing things up the particle effects can always go a long way. We did... (Read More)

A Sneak Peak at the Game!

September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Below the Stone has been in development since 2018. This is the first biggest project we have ever worked on, and the first one that we have "taken professionally"; in the sense that,  we have promised ourselves to finish and sell on Steam. Below... (Read More)

10k in 10 Hours! What a rush!!!! ヽ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)ノ

September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
You guys are epic. No, seriously. You never know what's gonna happen when you click that launch button, so many uncertainties, and you want to make sure you've done everything right. And I think we have.😊 Thank you so much to those of you who... (Read More)

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