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Chapter 5 Progress & Outlook
[ 2024-12-02 19:25:31 CET ] [ Original post ]
Happy holiday season, magical ones!
It's nearly the end of 2024, and you might be wondering: when is the next chapter of Stardander ever going to release? Will the game ever be finished? What are the developers up to? We're here to explain all that and also show off some fun progress and new art!
The quick answers are:
Chapter 5 is currently being added to the game but it will not be ready before the end of 2024. We are hoping to release it by February.
The game WILL be finished! We don't have a confirmed full release date but we are aiming for fall 2025.
Why so slow?
This year, we had to come to terms with the fact that, financially at least, Stardander will never be successful. From a purely business perspective, the smart thing to do would be to drop Stardander altogether, and that was a pretty disheartening realization for us as game developers. Aground Zero - the other game we are working on - seems to have much more financial potential to keep us afloat as a small indie studio. However, we decided that we will definitely finish Stardander as well as Aground Zero. We are making Stardander for reasons beyond just money and we want to see the game to completion - for the few hundred players who are already playing the Early Access version - and ourselves as well. We can't pour all the time we'd like to into Stardander, but we will finish the race eventually.
With this decision, we've been taking it a little easier with Stardander development and we've also been more free with our design decisions, which may ultimately lead to a more fresh and unique game. It might never get wildly popular, but at least it will be really special to us and the few people who are aware of its existence.
Meanwhile, all the art pieces for the older versions of the characters have been completed, and we're really pleased with how they came out! This includes new base sprites for the main characters, revised expressions, many new outfit variations, and new poses. Here is a sneak peek at some of the older looks:
We also recorded some footage of the art process of creating Freya's older cloak, which you can see in the video below.
[previewyoutube=7TQwJp5PvZA;full][/previewyoutube]
If you know anyone who would enjoy Stardander, please share - the game is currently 20% off!
Thank you for your patience as we work hard to finish this very special game - and thank you for sharing this journey with us! Wishing you all the best as we near the end of 2024!
[ 2024-12-02 19:25:31 CET ] [ Original post ]
Stardander School for Witches
Fancy Fish Games
Developer
Fancy Fish Games
Publisher
Q2 2023
Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
Positive
(13 reviews)
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Delve into the lives of four young witches as they learn magic, protect their families, try to stay on their brooms, and work hard to unravel the mysteries surrounding Stardander, the best school of magic in the world.
Your time at Stardander will be full of surprising discoveries, strategic battles against many fae creatures, late-night study sessions, and not a few delightful pranks at your least-favorite teacher’s expense. Breaking a few school rules is to be expected, but try not to get yourself into detention in the pitch-black (and probably haunted) dungeons!
For centuries, the human world has been under siege by a Fae army whose leader’s favorite weapon is insidious psychological warfare. In this perilous setting, humanity must rely on magic-users for protection. Can you and your friends become powerful enough to take on this most-feared enemy?
Long ago, humans summoned Fae creatures to this world and bound them to their will. But when pacts were broken, the power of the Fae turned upon humanity and brought chaos.
Only the aid and protection of a group of sympathetic Fae kept humans from being annihilated. These Fae became known as the Protectors, and founded the human-Fae Alliance. But one notoriously powerful and malicious Fae - Apexsens - has a deep grudge against humans and has not given up his quest to exterminate them, using any means necessary.
The safety of the Protectors cannot last forever - only through mastering their own magic do humans stand a chance. For nearly 300 years it has been Professor Dare's task - and atonement - to teach humans the very magic that once dominated and enslaved her.
After mysteriously vanishing for seven years, Professor Dare is now back to re-open Stardander, the best school for witches and the hope of all humanity.
Protagonists
- Callie is frilly, pampered, and thinks magic is for common folk. Why in the nine realms does she end up at Stardander?!
- Freya is the deathly prankster who might see ghosts, but is the sweetest of cinnamon buns.
- Rory is the overachiever who tries to do what is right but is overshadowed by a notorious family.
- Mira is the feisty Fae-touched fighter who doesn't quite understand how to be human (yet).
Your time at Stardander will be full of surprising discoveries, strategic battles against many fae creatures, late-night study sessions, and not a few delightful pranks at your least-favorite teacher’s expense. Breaking a few school rules is to be expected, but try not to get yourself into detention in the pitch-black (and probably haunted) dungeons!
Features
- Play as four complex main characters, each with their own reasons for learning magic.
- Make friends (or enemies) with your fellow witches-in-training.
- Recruit your friends to help you battle dangerous Fae in a unique turn based battle system.
- Talk to and form pacts with enemy Fae to gain familiars.
- Take classes, learn spells, pass your exams, cultivate magical plants and brew potions.
- Solve mysteries in a seven-year story arc with a high-stakes conclusion.
For centuries, the human world has been under siege by a Fae army whose leader’s favorite weapon is insidious psychological warfare. In this perilous setting, humanity must rely on magic-users for protection. Can you and your friends become powerful enough to take on this most-feared enemy?
The World
Long ago, humans summoned Fae creatures to this world and bound them to their will. But when pacts were broken, the power of the Fae turned upon humanity and brought chaos.
Only the aid and protection of a group of sympathetic Fae kept humans from being annihilated. These Fae became known as the Protectors, and founded the human-Fae Alliance. But one notoriously powerful and malicious Fae - Apexsens - has a deep grudge against humans and has not given up his quest to exterminate them, using any means necessary.
The safety of the Protectors cannot last forever - only through mastering their own magic do humans stand a chance. For nearly 300 years it has been Professor Dare's task - and atonement - to teach humans the very magic that once dominated and enslaved her.
After mysteriously vanishing for seven years, Professor Dare is now back to re-open Stardander, the best school for witches and the hope of all humanity.
Classes
- Projection - teaches combat magic that banishes enemy Fae.
- Protection - teaches defensive magic that keeps your witches alive.
- Transmutation - teaches constructive magic that creates potions and enchants equipment.
- Channeling - teaches support magic that heals and restores witches.
- Telepathy - teaches mental magic that allows you to sense and communicate with Fae.
- Spirit - teaches binding magic that lets you form pacts with Fae.
- Illusion - teaches sensory magic that tricks and misleads.
- Summoning - teaches transportation magic that brings objects and even Fae to you.
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Any 64-bit
- Processor: 2.0 GhzMemory: 2 GB RAM
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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