Founder log

Daniel Samer

Founder and solo builder of Stellarch

Stellarch has never taken outside money. Every card, every mechanic, every line of the combat engine was designed, built, and funded by one person. The goal was simple: ship a TCG that is completely deterministic, replayable, and backed by Hive, so players truly own their collections. That game now exists, in open alpha, at the point where it is ready to open to the world.

What I write about

I write the announcements, changelog patch notes, giveaways, community spotlights, and technical deep dives that come out of building Stellarch solo. Expect real numbers, not hype, and a running record of what changed and why.

Latest posts

Changelog

Patch 0.41.3: A Clearer Path

This patch clears a few obstacles between a good run and its rewards. Achievement notifications take you straight to what you earned, WARPATH is easier to navigate, and season-end titles show which league you conquered.

2026-09-08 2 min

Changelog

Patch 0.41.2: The Doors Open

The airlock is open: anyone can sign up and play Stellarch right now, no invite needed. This patch also crowns your guild's best tournament runs, tidies the tournament screens, and sharpens how replays and the WARPATH rewards read.

2026-09-06 2 min

Changelog

Patch 0.41.1: Clean Lines

A quick follow-up to the command deck rebuild. Your Void Chest log now packs its controls into a tighter layout with new recovery-bay art behind the totals, and the Flight Recorder sheds its heavy background so your match history reads cleaner.

2026-09-04 1 min

Changelog

Patch 0.41.0: The Command Deck

This patch rebuilds the screens you use to read your season. Your league standings, your battle pass, the leaderboard, your match history and your Void Chest log were all redrawn to show more at a glance and to stop jumping around while they load. Around the redesigns, brawl drafting now follows...

2026-09-04 5 min

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Patch 0.40.18: At a Glance

This patch is about seeing more at a glance. Your Void Chest opening history is redesigned into a Batch Manifest, with a stat strip, tier filters, and every drop laid out batch by batch. And the guild roster gets cleaner member controls that show you exactly who you can manage, and why.

2026-09-03 2 min

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Patch 0.40.17: The Apex Opens

Back the Charter just grew a summit. The new $2,500 Apex tier lets our biggest backers claim an Apex reward of their own, on top of everything the lower tiers already give. Alongside it, any guild member can now jump into a brawl fray without waiting on an officer, and Shapeshift stops sitting...

2026-09-02 2 min

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Patch 0.40.16: Clean Hits

This patch sharpens the edges. Overrun no longer rewards a Fighter that just died to recoil, replays now show both sides of a Gravity Flux, and a few screens finally tell you what is going on. On top of that, tournament prize Fighters become yours to trade and combine, and Void Chests keep a...

2026-09-01 3 min

Changelog

Patch 0.40.15: The Picker Tidies Itself

Last patch let you hide the Fighters you could never field this match. Now that cleanup is the default and the toggle is gone. The picker always shows only the Fighters you can legally field, and it greys out only the ones you cannot afford with the mana you have left right now.

2026-08-31 2 min

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Patch 0.40.14: Only What You Can Field

This patch cleans up the draft. A new remembered toggle hides the Fighters you can never field this match, so your picker shows only real options. Point-Blank Protocol also stops turning up in fights that have no ranged Fighters for it to help.

2026-08-31 2 min

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Patch 0.40.13: Hold the Line

This patch is about the front line. Six Draw-Fire walls that folded too early get the health to actually hold, and Reckless finally splashes even in low-power fights. Around that, your command deck picks up a Void Chest history log, a ranked modal that opens to your league, and a picker that...

2026-08-31 3 min

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Patch 0.40.12: Seasons on Record

This patch is about your record. Past seasons' final leaderboards are back within reach, ranked and season-end tournament results now settle onto the season they belong to, and a shapeshift matchup that used to stall out finally plays to a real finish.

2026-08-29 3 min

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Patch 0.40.11: Ledger Lines

This patch tidies up your wallet and rewards screens. The STEL staking tab now shows your total staked at a glance, the mobile wallet gets its History tab back, and the grouped Claim button stops warning you about rewards you already hold.

2026-08-28 2 min