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 0.40.14: 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

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Patch 0.40.10: Flight Recorder

This patch rebuilds how you look back at your battles. The Recent Battles list on /play is now a proper flight log, with a result filter, opponent profile links, and ruleset icons. There is also a new Open Alliance ruleset, a tidier season-end tournament panel, and a handful of combat and replay...

2026-08-27 4 min

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Patch 0.40.9: Locked In

A tiny, focused patch. We have chased the draft dock reorder a few times now, and this one nails the real cause. Dragging your picked Fighters around the lineup, and onto the remove target, works cleanly every time.

2026-08-25 1 min

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Patch 0.40.8: The Follow-Through

Another small cleanup patch, and this one finishes the jobs the last one started. Custom games now get the same empty-draft guard ranked already had, dragging your picked Fighters around the dock finally works every time, and your profile Brawls win rate reads the same way the guild page does.

2026-08-25 2 min

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Patch 0.40.7: Everything Lands True

This one is all cleanup. Ranked will never hand you a match you cannot draft, you can drag your picked cards around again, the tournament brackets connect cleanly, and your guild Brawls win rate finally reads right.

2026-08-25 2 min

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Patch 0.40.6: Same Rules, Clearer Picks

This patch is about seeing more before you commit. Ranked now shows every league the same pool of rules, so what you practice is what you play. Match history and the draft both gained quick hover previews, and the tournament bracket got a readability fix.

2026-08-24 2 min

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Patch 0.40.5: Bracket Order

This one is tournament polish. A bracket round that could get stuck after a forfeit now recovers on its own, so your tournament keeps moving. The live bracket also got a small readability fix on the round-close countdown.

2026-08-23 1 min

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Patch 0.40.4: Loose Ends

This one is cleanup. Redemption bursts now fire even when they chain off another death, you can stake every last decimal of STEL you earn, and the tournament bracket pages lost a handful of rough edges. Neutral also joins Divine as an affinity nobody can pre-ban.

2026-08-23 2 min

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Patch 0.40.3: Sharper Edges

This one is about polish. WARPATH passes now show their full two weeks from day one and hand over their cosmetics the moment you claim them, you can jump straight into another game from the results screen, and a couple of picker and tournament annoyances are gone.

2026-08-23 2 min