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 0.18.1: The Bracket Opens

Tournaments arrive: staged brackets you register for, a daily window to submit your team, and a prize pool at the end. WARPATH gets a pass over its economy and its chrome, with points that actually move, a road that keeps paying past level 50, and a daily wheel worth spinning. The rest of the...

2026-07-20 10 min

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Patch 0.18.0: The Gold Road Opens

The WARPATH GOLD ROAD arrives with the new ranked season on August 1: a fifty-level season pass with a reward on every step. Around it, support tickets move into your chat dock, the cosmetics picker returns rebuilt as the Signal Deck, the Genesis Cache starts dropping, and Stellarch gets its...

2026-07-18 4 min

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Patch 0.17.5: Titles, Your Way

Your worn title is no longer just text. Pick a color, layer on an effect like a soft glow, a gradient, a neon edge, or a foil shimmer, and it follows your name everywhere. The landing showcase got its own glow-up too, with eight distinct champions and a cleaner matchup frame.

2026-07-15 2 min

Changelog

Patch 0.17.3: Pledge, Confirmed

This patch finishes the Charter checkout. Back with a card or a HIVE transfer, and your pledge now confirms on the spot and lands you a redesigned receipt in your inbox. The Back the Charter button moved into the banner too, so it is one tap away from anywhere on the site.

2026-07-13 3 min

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Patch 0.17.2: The Charter Opens

The Stellarch Charter is open. Pick a tier, back the final sprint to launch, and lock in exclusive cosmetics, packs, locked STEL, and a promo Fighter that never returns after the campaign closes. Alongside it, the claim page is live for your loyalty rewards, and the Genesis Giveaway starts paying...

2026-07-12 3 min

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Patch 0.17.1: Clean Hits

A small, sharp patch. A melee Fighter that hunts the weakest enemy now reaches it from anywhere on the board, the replay stops flashing a phantom shield hit that never happened, and the shop header sits on a clean edge again.

2026-07-11 2 min

Changelog

Patch 0.17.0: Reading the Battle Right

This one is about clarity. The replay picked up a batch of fixes so what you see matches what the engine actually did: a redesigned taunt marker you can read at a glance, a cleaner commander rail, and damage numbers that land once and on the right target. Two combat rules now resolve the way the...

2026-07-11 4 min

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Patch 0.16.0: The Affinity Forge

This patch rebuilds the card itself. Every Fighter and commander now wears the Affinity Forge face: a floating mana gem, an affinity crest, edge stat pills, and an ability dock under the tile. All 24 league crests were reforged in the same pass, the wallet grew channels for every token you hold,...

2026-07-10 6 min

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Patch 0.15.1: The Showdown Screen

This one is about presentation. The /play command deck now leads with your ranked standing and a live count of who is on each ladder, every match opens on a full showdown screen while the fight resolves, and the shop is wearing new pack and potion art. A round of fixes and a couple of renamed...

2026-07-09 3 min

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Patch 0.15.0: The Reward Podium

Every purchase in the shop now ends on a proper stage: the Reward Podium ceremony, with Gladiator packs joining the Vault and opening through the same star chart as everything else. Ranked speaks one language across the ladder, a uniform 12 to 60 mana band with rulesets that scale by tier, and...

2026-07-08 5 min

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Patch 0.14.0: Command Deck

The new /play command deck pulls Ranked and Custom Games onto a single bridge, with a live versus slate the moment you queue. Packs get the full Vault treatment with a star-chart opening, the replay view now reads like a broadcast frame, and a big pass on speed and stability keeps the game steady...

2026-07-06 4 min

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Patch 0.13.1: Orbital

A polish patch that follows Center Stage. Picking a Divine commander's secondary element is now a cinematic orbital star chart, the referral page is rebuilt into a proper dossier, and the draft picker and wallet each get one more refinement pass. Under it all, every replay across the site now...

2026-07-04 3 min