#sso game blog

[horsegamergirl]

A new game blog just came out with many interesting things, here's a link if you want to read it whole, I'm gonna write down what I think is the most important/interesting:

They plan to release the showjumping with faults and penalties permanently sometime this fall or winter

They planned to release the wardrobe update in April, but they had to postpone to June. They ran into a problem with UI scaling, so it's again postponed, but they want to release it this year.

This delay also affected their plans to put more slots on the character and horse sheet. This mean that the ability to wear earrings and glasses at the same time, or the release of ear bonnets and horse blankets will be set to later. (Expected realease 2025 and later)

The customizable stables are coming (they said September on instagram under one post). Throughout the rest of this year, they'll release more options, so we can "mix and match". If people like it, they will continue to evolve and release new ones during 2025.

The new system for retrofitting older horses is nearly finished. They plan to finish it late 2024 and have all G3 horses retrofitted before summer 2025.

I'm gonna just copy this one: "We’re introducing a new way of interacting with your horse and fellow players in a revamped area set in a ye olde time. We hope you're as excited as we are for this addition — we think this journey in time will be magical!"

wait, wait, wait... a REVAMPED AREA?!?!

For now, breeding horses is off the table. Instead, they're focusing on more customization for horses and more interactions between the horse and the rider - this includes personality and reactions from your horses! (this will be G4 I think)

They started to work on the name changes, but changed the focus on functionality of the launcher and the handling of Star Coins Wallets. The name change is not forgotten, but it won't come in 2024 or 2025.

More body types, more face options and more skin colours are planned, but they have to optimize and improve graphical pipeline first, otherwise it could lead to game crashes and game instabilities. These optimizations and improvements will be done by January 2025. Additional body types will be worked on during 2025. They're also thinking of making it as a slider, so people can create themselves. Whatever they choose, it won't come earlier than late 2025 or even 2026, depending on what gets in the way.

Copying: "Narrative and Story!: This will be for another post. We will not stop, ever, to share stories from the universe of Jorvik—there are still many untold secrets, and much more to discover in the stories we've already begun." That sounds ominous lol, but does that mean they plan to finish the unfinished storylines?

There will be part 2 of this game blog, when it drops, I'll let y'all know.

[synamins-sso]

i quickly skimmed thru this month's game blog, and boy is there some exciting stuff at the very end of it! i really can't decide which thing i'd like most, but i'm interested to see what everyone else thinks

i have no clue as to exactly what SSE means by "enhanced backpack experience," but i'm assuming it's referring to different organization and perhaps no more JS limit??

[dorianwolfforest]

HOLY SHIT

[jorvikzelda]

MIX’N’MATCH FACIAL FEATURES,… MY DREAM MY BELOVED

[ihavenousernameideas]

I just made an (appropriate) rrp blog :)

ihavenoudernameideasformyaltblog

[gjordis]

Horses of Wildwoods

[syntiment]

Me standing at the gates blocking me from entering the area to go buy a discounted marwari- 

Let me innnn- LET ME IINNNNN

[vilda-ravenhill]

Hiiii hej hejsan halloj idk how to do this post but this is mainly Vilda's blog. You can read about them and their friends here. Hunter is just an accidental time traveller along for the ride who might turn up (sometimes.)

Player TJ (they/it) follows all sso blogs that aren't too whiney abt the game in general, esp artists 🫶 Aideen be with you + love is real <3

[jorwik]

hi there :3

introduction post? you already know it

first things first:

⤷ i started playing star stable online in november 2014, however i played a lot horse games before (mainly star stable the summer riders)

⤷ i am from Poland, which means that english is my second language

⤷ this blog is mainly dedicated to sso and all games related, but be aware that sometimes i might get nostalgic for some other games :P

⤷ this is a side blog - my main one is @emolipgloss

okay, now let's get into why i am here:

around the end of august I realised that i really miss being a star stable blogger. i have never had a sso tumblr blog, but i had a blogger dot com since that was quite popular in the early 2010s among the polish community. i miss the creativity i had back then, the feelings for the game and horses and blogging... that actually made me fall in love with writing a diary and i still do it to this day, everyday :) discovering the ssoblr community made me want to try this whole blogging thing again and made me really excited and happy that there are people who are still as interested in these games as i am. see you around!

[piosplayhouse]

♥️♥️♥️ This is so wonderful to hear and makes me so happy to have supported SSO! Thank you for sharing your experiences and work, it really means a lot to know that there's a beacon of hope in the bleakness of the industry ♥️

Another thing I do think we should consider when comparing SSO to other games is the working environment for employees, especially due to the game industry being NOTORIOUSLY horrific for female/afab employees. I understand that the girl power narrative isn't ideal for a lot of people (I'm not super into it either), but it should be taken into account just how abysmal working conditions are for most women trying to break into the industry- SSE trying to change that really is something I'm not mad about putting my money towards

[horsegamergirl]

I promised to post about the second part of the game blog the day it comes out, and the day is today!

There is info only about the Friesians, but there are a few points I want to highlight:

The 3D artist and the Equestrian Advisor for the new Friesians was Lisa Wackenhuth Svanström (Senior 3D Artist). Lisa also worked on the Jorvik Friesian and, after the production end in 2020, she got her own Friesian mare Maaike. Maaike then became the main source of inspiration for the new Friesian.

Both the tail and the mane have updated rigs, where the tail has now three chains for the tail strands instead of one, and the mane now has five joints with four to a max. of eight bones in each (the JF has 3 chains with a max. of 4 bones).

Did you notice the white hair on one of the Friesians that looks like the horse is starting to gray with age? That's the intention! They decided to experiment a little and add one coat as an "older Friesian". Lisa noticed it on her mare as well and considers it a charming trait.

"Furthermore by adding the shaved bridle path in the neck of all manestyles on the Friesian we were also able to split the forelocks in order to prepare for features such as combining different manes with forelocks and tail styles in the future - a feature we in the horse team long to bring to you players but currently have no technical solution for yet. But small steps and improvements with every horse production will eventually get us there."

That's all from me, if you want to read more, visit the link and give the Game Blog a read!

[cheval-grand]

wow. so I guess they're officially doing absolutely nothing for the rainbow festival. that sucks.

Especially because I swear I remember them saying in the beginning of the year that they cut back on the western festival to deliver a better rainbow festival this year?

I looked up the game blog, and I guess they phrased it misleadingly:

I wish I knew that their phrasing hear meant they were going to actually shirk the entire festival instead of trying to do anything with it back then. Because what's the point now?

We have new outfits. and some decorations and a parade at moorland and fort pinta. What will happen if the western festival becomes less engaged? will they just drop that too, keep killing and reinventing an event?

It's my personal opinion that if an event becomes less engaged, you should figure out why and do more so that it does get proper engagement. Not hold...it's funeral essentially?

And it's especially sad considering the rainbow festival is basically SSO's thinly veiled pride festival. Remembering that they removed Alex and Maya's relationship before, it feels like they'd like to abandon their LGBTQIA+ positive side rather than stir up anything with parents.

[purefavvn]

hello, i'm fawn! i've been playing star stable for nearly a decade, and now i'm just getting into photography! i started this blog to show my progress and eventually start a rrp series. any tips or suggestions are welcome! *. * · 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞

i'm 22 years old and at the moment i'm a part time barista and i go to medical school, keeping it in the family since i come from a long line of nurses. i hope to be working in labor and delivery! besides sso, i play tons of other games too! such as stardew valley, minecraft, terraria, the sims 4, phasmophobia, call of duty, and much more! if you ever want to play something with me, just send me a message! i'm on the night star server. *. * · 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 instagram - sso.ravenflight tiktok - coming soon youtube - coming soon steam - ask me!

[saleemb]

im gonna be slightly salty on this post, but i feel like showing a little violence is never bad... you can get out of my blog if; ->You're gonna start whining about Sabine's "simps" (simp is subjective, i couldn't even give a meaning to the word) ->Don't let people have their OWN headcanons ->Say that people should stop whining and accept the game as it is. (Please people never shut up, that's how we protest !! SSO has lost its identity, but we didn't, let's fight for that) ->If you don't realize that SSE has a problem, a real one on multiple points. ->That the game is so vague and with an ENORMOUS lack of depth, that it's open to any interpretation. I caught myself reblogging something I don't align with. I'm deeply sorry. Please don't get yourself fooled, read EVERYTHING before reblogging.

[starbornsoulrider]

Intro Post (finally)

hiya! I'm Wren. he/they, nonbinary, pansexual star stable player who got sucked into this silly horse game by accident. I am the self proclaimed no. 1 Darko hater (/silly) and also huge lover of the Soul Riders they're one of the big reasons I stuck w/ the game (and as of late I've been hyperfixating on the Dark Riders just as much tbh)

my main server (as of rn) is Watermelon Beach but I'll hop from time to time. I'm a pretty socially anxious person so if u meet me in game don't expect me to talk very much pls, i'll say hi to you tho

in game my name rn is Blake Crazyfrog but when and if the name change update drops i'll probably be changing that to Haley Starborn. speaking of which, lemme introduce you to my main SSO OC: Halo! quick summary of their backstory: one day, they washed up on the shores of Moorland with little to no memory of who they were, just an inner longing to return to the stars and a mysterious connection to one of the horses at the nearby stables. thus begins their journey to adapting to life on earth, navigating their way around Jorvik's mysteries, and growing into the role as the fifth Soul Rider.

^ one of my bingles of all time ft. their starter and soul horse, Babyboy, who is also typically my main horse in game. don't ask me how many horses I have I lost count a long time ago but its at least over 100 by now. not all of them are canonically owned by Halo but I haven't fully decided which ones are yet.

typical dni rules, just don't a bigot or asshole and we're cool. also if you're like. an avid hater of the soul riders or something please like. avoid this blog that's partly for my own comfort and also you probably wouldn't enjoy it here anyway.

i mostly post screenshots but i also post art! sometimes. when I feel like struggling through the pain of drawing horses. art posts will b tagged with #my art

you can find more info about Halo here!

home stable: Valedale

lvl: 24

[bugslaststraw]

So because someone (@theblabarmy hope it's ok to tag) wanted to know. Um. I should make a self indulgent post about my brainchild on this blog. I guess. I have a side blog for her/sso related stuff (@vilda-ravenhill) but still. Hey.

So to preface Star Stable Online is an open world mmorpg about being the Chosen One horse girl who has to fight the bad guys. It's badly written but unfortunately really well concept'd. Got some good art direction. About half the character designs are ass and the other half are genius. Sometimes for the wrong reasons. The gameplay is fine. The fandom does nothing but complain and the creators are so sensitive that they keep listening to bad complaints just because they sound angry. It's got one hundred thousand lore retcons. There are books. The book lore doesn't match the game lore. It's a weird game. I've loved it since I was in like fourth grade and trying to survive being bullied so it's definitely special to me anyway ok more under cut this is long

It gets weird when it comes to the plot though. Cus, well basically it's like this: the whole plot takes place on a fictional island called Jorvik. Somewhere between Norway and England. Its its own country. Its rural and there's like one mall on the whole island. And on this island there are druids that know like actual nature magic and shit? And there's a nature goddess called Aideen, and she has a prophecy that four girls and four horses, called the Soul Riders, are gonna save the world or whatever. These Riders change with time when they get old and die and have to find new ones, but the Soul Horses reincarnate for some reason? Like they can remember their past lives and shit.

So there's this hippy nature cult around Aideen where some of the druids are devoted specifically to her and to training/protecting the Soul Riders, and they're called the Keepers of Aideen, okay. And each Soul Rider has a unique power with it's own symbol so there's like the Star rider the Sun rider etc and they do different things.

But as it turns out there's a secret second prophecy that says there's a FIFTH rider who's like super duper important and knows all FOUR magic circles and that's the player character. Who. Turns out. Is also reincarnating? Like you meet your own previous reincarnation in game and it's the dead mother of a character you already know. Star Stable is bad until it suddenly makes a U turn and does something really clever and there's so much potential and that's what drives me insane.

And there's also this other dimension called Pandoria? And it's got people in it too but Pandorians can't survive on earth because they're dearly allergic to time, yes, literally to time, and humans who stay in Pandoria for too long get very sick and their magical ability goes haywire. There's a pandorian on Jorvik who has created a bubble where time doesn't exist, and he just hangs out and occasionally tries to kill you.

There's also an in between void dimension full of literally nothing that you have to go through to get to Pandoria. Like it's The Void it's The Nothing it's The Fog. There are these magical trees that grow on Jorvik but that reach all the way into Pandoria through The Void and they've got a whole root system there. You can apparently get lost in The Void and never return. It's actual Limbo and it just hangs out there.

Oh and lets not forget the evil counter-cult masquerading as an equally evil oil company (sso has an environmentalist message) that have four DARK RIDERS and DARK HORSES and DARK EVIL VERSIONS OF THE GOOD MAGIC like Dark Sun and Dark Star I shit you not, and they worship an evil chaos god called Garnok who is Literally Just Cthulhu, and their leader is a little too into it for some reason, and also witches exist and they're sometimes evil sometimes not but also they're always evil but that got retconned because star stable is not a good game and keeps contradicting itself and never does anything with its potential or characters or story because it's bad okay holy shit Tumblr doesn't like it when I write this much text hold on I'm gonna continue in a reblog