StellaGale devlog after (almost) 2 years!




Hello everyone, how are you? I hope everyone is healthy. 

How long has it been since our last update? Our last update was on 21 April 2021, which means... We haven't seen each other in 1 year 9 months and 29 days! Hahaha.

You guys must be wondering what we've been up to? Are we still working on the game? Or have we even stopped? Well, hopefully this post will answer all of your questions!

  • Is the game still being worked on?

Yeah, the game is still being worked on. In fact, we want to give players on itch.io a chance to try the latest build of the game!

  • Wow, it's still being worked on. What are the updates?

The main change that happened is in the direction of the game. This change covers the storyline, art, gameplay, and audio as well.

The first thing you can see is the logo. Yeah, the logo has changed! The reason for changing the logo is to make it more suitable with the new story theme.


Old logo


New logo

Storyline. The premise of the story will still be the same as before. But the tone won't be as light as before. In this story, the player will take Stella through crying and laughing, sadness and happiness, and even death. The purpose of changing the storyline is to provide a more engaging experience from a storytelling perspective.

Art. Art is the most outstanding aspect of StellaGale, and we are proud of it. Therefore, we are committed to further developing its art side, from sprites, animation, backgrounds, VFX, and UI. The development of this art is one of the reasons why we need a long time to develop the game. Here are some comparisons from the old build to now. 



Old Character Design

New Character Design (plus new characters!!)

Old Story Illustration


New Story Illustration

Gameplay. This is the most changed part, especially in the Conveyor System. The Conveyor can no longer provide Stella with another weapon, but instead, Stella is given skills that can help her in battle. These skills aim to give Stella an advantageous position that she can use to defeat the enemy., and can be used at ground and in air. We are still on the process to balance this system, so please give us feedback!


Conveyor weapon change!

Now the Conveyor will gave all these skills!

Besides Conveyor, the level design is also different. Players will not fight in an empty arena anymore, but now the arena is full of traps, obstacles, and it's bigger! The enemies are also more varied, and (hopefully) their behavior is smarter!


Old Battle Arena


New Battle Arena!

There's items that can be used in battles to defeat enemies. Like there's a switch that can be used to drop objects from above to crush the enemy.

Now cutscenes are available in battles!

Cutscene in battle featuring Gale

There's a hub area that the player can use to progress the story. As for other things that should be able to be done in the hub, like talking to NPCs, shops, etc, they're not available yet. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The game's hub area, the city of Agareth.

Controller support. Still having some issues, but we're working on fixing it! It can be tested now though. We tested using a DS4 at the time.

Some points in the game already have SFX and BGM, but there might still be some missing or not yet added, please forgive us!

  • Are there any things that you guys want but haven't been included in this build yet?

Yeah, for sure there will be a shop & inventory, equipment, quests, buffs, which will aid Stella in her journey in Valor! All can be accessed from the hub that's already mentioned above. Also, there will be 5 chapters in this game, hopefully all will be completed on time.

That's probably all the updates for now. We realized that some of the parts are still feel incomplete, maybe you find bugs, or inconvenience when playing our game. Please understand that we are working our best to improve the game. 
Our hope is to be able to complete this game, with the support from all of you, whether directly or indirectly, gives us the strength to move forward.

Thank you for your attention!

Files

StellaGale ver2.0.rar 521 MB
Jan 30, 2023

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So excited for this!! Absolutely love the new logo and character designs <3 Also props to the person who did the UI – it has so much style!

Thank you for your support! We’ll make sure the UI person gets the message XD

Wow everything looks much better than the version I played! I can't wait to try it out soon

Thank you! Please stay tuned for more updates!