STONEBOND: The Gargoyle's Domain
I3 · 2017 · Action, Indie, Pixel Graphics, Local Multiplayer, Co-op
PC
5 user reviews60% · 5
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About STONEBOND: The Gargoyle's Domain
WARNING: This is a local 4 PLAYER-ONLY COUCH GAME
STONEBOND : The Gargoyle's Domain is a multiplayer gothic combat game. Fueled by our love for pixelated classics and 90s TV series, it is a 4-player couch game in which you form a fragile bond with another player, and win by protecting it together. The core mechanics, simple and intuitive, allows for intense and fast brawls where every mistake makes your pixelated gargoyle explode. Every night, an old cursed church infuses life into its gargoyles and has them fight endlessly. Enter the Domain…
Stonebond is best played at night, after a long stroll and picnic at the local graveyard. Claw Slash, air dash, wall jump and crush your fellow gargoyles in a never-ending cycle of rebirth. Spread your wings and reach higher ground to descend on your opponents.
(No dark rituals involving goats required to play)
When only two gargoyles are still standing, they generate a bond that makes them invincible; the two remaining players now have to break it or lose. Only a complete bond will please the church and let you stand on the holy spire.
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Stonebond is born during a Game Jam in which many different game development studios, artists and individuals joined forces on one game.
It was held in Lausanne, Switzerland with around thirty people from the young swiss-french game development semi-professional scene. Every participant came from a different creative background.
The game jam theme was "42" and we decided to do a 4-player game with a 2 player winning condition. The game is meant to represent a bond between members of a regional game development scene. It constitutes a creative space where creators can share knowledge, ideas and experiences. As such, the challenges were not only in the core creation of the game but also in the sharing structure and atmosphere we had to build and sustain.
Thanks for your support! Hope you enjoy our new type of multiplayer couch madness!
STONEBOND : The Gargoyle's Domain is a multiplayer gothic combat game. Fueled by our love for pixelated classics and 90s TV series, it is a 4-player couch game in which you form a fragile bond with another player, and win by protecting it together. The core mechanics, simple and intuitive, allows for intense and fast brawls where every mistake makes your pixelated gargoyle explode. Every night, an old cursed church infuses life into its gargoyles and has them fight endlessly. Enter the Domain…
Stonebond is best played at night, after a long stroll and picnic at the local graveyard. Claw Slash, air dash, wall jump and crush your fellow gargoyles in a never-ending cycle of rebirth. Spread your wings and reach higher ground to descend on your opponents.
(No dark rituals involving goats required to play)
When only two gargoyles are still standing, they generate a bond that makes them invincible; the two remaining players now have to break it or lose. Only a complete bond will please the church and let you stand on the holy spire.
- - -
Stonebond is born during a Game Jam in which many different game development studios, artists and individuals joined forces on one game.
It was held in Lausanne, Switzerland with around thirty people from the young swiss-french game development semi-professional scene. Every participant came from a different creative background.
The game jam theme was "42" and we decided to do a 4-player game with a 2 player winning condition. The game is meant to represent a bond between members of a regional game development scene. It constitutes a creative space where creators can share knowledge, ideas and experiences. As such, the challenges were not only in the core creation of the game but also in the sharing structure and atmosphere we had to build and sustain.
Thanks for your support! Hope you enjoy our new type of multiplayer couch madness!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players are sharply divided on this game. Critics dismiss it as an unfinished game jam project with poor design choices—specifically highlighting the local multiplayer-only format with no online or single player modes, locked controls and resolution, and minimal effort in development. Conversely, some players appreciate it as an atmospheric RPG with exploration and magic mechanics set in a dark world, though they acknowledge the complex controls and technical issues can be frustrating. The fundamental disconnect suggests the game either fails to deliver on its premise or appeals only to a nich
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STONEBOND: The Gargoyle's Domain is not a complete/sincerely developed game, it's a 2D retro pixel "Game Jam" demo that was dumped out over the course of a few days then someone paid $100 to throw this up on Steam alongside seriously, genuinely developed video games, to take some of the visibility away from developers who did the right thing. It's a lazy 2D retro pixel platform brawler with a gimmick, you have to stay close to other players to keep up a bond. Because the game wasn't sincerely developed, no effort was made to do online multiplayer, and there's no single player mode, so this is a local multiplayer only game... a terrible idea from the beginning. These guys know the internet got invented, right? Apparently not. Resolution and controls are locked, and can't be changed or customised to improve the visuals or the control experience. A choice was made to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. These flaws push this game far below minimum acceptable standards for PC. While this is "free", i…2 found this helpful
---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☑ Gnome. ☐ Paint.exe ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Gnome. ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Gnome. ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ Earrape ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Gnome. ☐ Adults ☐ Human ☐ Lizards ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Gnome. ☐ Rich boiiiiii ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulity}--- ☑ Gnome. ☐ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☑ Gnome. ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isnt necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ Story? ☐ Text or Audio floating around ☑ Gnome. ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Gnome. ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Gnome. ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☑ Gnome. ☐ The game it…1 found this helpful
STONEBOND: The Gargoyle's Domain — атмосферное RPG с элементами исследования и магии. Игра погружает в мрачный, но красивый мир, где игрок управляет гигантским гargoyle’ом, защищающим свою территорию. Глубокий сюжет, разветвлённые квесты и уникальная механика управления гигантскими существами делают игру запоминающейся. Графика сдержана, но атмосферна, а звуковое сопровождение усиливает напряжение. Однако сложная система управления и частые технические сбои могут оттолкнуть. Для любителей медленных, но содержательных приключений — отличный выбор.
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