Stonehearth goes 1.0!

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@SachielMF

I’m wondering about the landmarks Allie sketched on one of the streams: shrines, skeletons in the desert etc. Are those still coming? Any other content we can expect like windows, doors and decorations? Just curious.

Yup! Look for them veeeryyy soooooon…

@MelOzone

Also, killing support half a year after release… really sucks. Some may want to move on, but seeing as teams like Chucklefish or Re-Logic can continue support well into the after-release future, I was hoping you could do the same.

I’m afraid that further support is just not aligned with Riot’s priorities at this time. I know this is so hard to understand from a Stonehearth POV, but I do understand when I look at it from the perspective of the people who care so deeply about the company’s other priorities; they have a few things they really want to be focusing on and every person who is not working on one of those is not helping the overall goal of the company. I think for the future, it’s a lesson about how if you’re not the thing that’s at the heart of the solar system, you’re always going to come in second place… so maybe try to be the heart of the solar system as good insurance.

And… this is not just a Riot thing. It’s a “what you have to do to run the best business you can thing.” I worked at VMware for almost a decade, and the story about what happened to their Workstation project, which started out as the heart of the company and then became sort of forgotten because the business moved aggressively into server software, is probably an even greater example of this.

@MelOzone

Or opensource the code (if it is even possible).

@megashub

If, after all of the payrolls supporting SH are gone and those folks have moved on to other projects/places, would Riot be willing to Open Source the game engine? (e.g. what ultimately happened with Glitch)

The tldr on opensource is that it’s a possibility, but with 90% of the code already out there, we’re not sure how much improvement it would be to offer the last bits of C++. On the flip side, it would take a lot of effort for us devs to make sure it’s clean enough to really offer.

If there’s something you need C++ exposure to, in order to work on a project, maybe make a list so we can keep track of it? Or make it avaialble through an API?

@8BitCrab

what you need to understand is that when i say “happily”, i don’t necessarily mean the team got everything they wanted, or that they got to their dream game, or anything like that. but that they were able to get the game to point where they could say “this is the best we can do with what we have available” rather than just letting it fizzle out or get cut off without a 1.0 update.

Beautifully said.

@coasterspaul

Please, please, please let there be an official soundtrack release.

We’ll be adding the soundtrack files that exist in the game right now to the KS backer pages of the people who backed.

@Stoneheartfan

I’ve not really been active much, but I still play the game from time to time and still find it very enjoyable, but I do agree it still feels like there’s something missing. Although the thing is missing.

Yeah, I’ve been thinking about this for a while too. It’s hard to put a finger on! Maybe… like… a tighter core loop?

@Stoneheartfan

I also noticed that the edge of the world was never listed, is that still happening or has it been cut?

It has, alas

@Kythandra

I still have a little less than a month, Is there a last thing you would like to see built before the release? Something you like?

I would… really love to see a save where little hearthling versions of all of us–devs and discourse regulars–can all hang out together. In your amazing style.

As for staying in touch, I’ve checked discourse nearly every day for the last five years, and probably won’t stop any time soon.