StellaGale: The Trials Of Faith

**StellaGale: The Trials Of Faith** is a 2D platformer fantasy combat developed by Indonesia game developer Extra Life Entertainment & Vifth Floor. Set in fictional world of gladiators, Stella must slash and fight every obstacle in the Colosseum to unveil the mystery of her Father's darkest secret. The game has been featured multiple times as in Indonesia Game Prime 2020, IGDX 2022, IGDX 2023, Hari Game Indonesia 2023 Showcase and G2G 2023.

## Story

A decade has passed and a glimmer of hope revealed a clue about her father's whereabouts. Stella, a young mechanic and assisted by her spirit-brother Gale, must become the strongest Gladiator in the most brutal Colosseum tournament to uncover the mystery of their long-lost father. Together, they delve into a world they've never seen before, a world that their father kept hidden from them.

## Gameplay

As a 2D platformer fantasy combat, the gameplay mechanic is focused and straightforward to combat game. Each segment in Colosseum player can traverse and fight up until the final boss of the Colosseum.

### Conveyor System Combat

In StellaGale, player can use skills and Xtreme mechanic where they can be use to execute, charge, or store the skill for powerful attacks.

### Environmental Damage

Throughout the level, player can use environment surrounding to give the advantage to eliminate enemies with traps, explosives, and many more.

## Characters

The game follows Stella interacting with the people in the city or in the Colosseum trying to find the truth behind her father disappearance.

* **Stella,** the main protagonist of StellaGale and trying to find the secret of her own father.
* **Gale,** a supporting character that aids Stella through the journey.
* **Lucius,** a Bartender who supports Stella.
* **Knight,** one of the Colosseum challenger.
* **Wright,** a cameraman that loves to capture single moment of the battle.
* **Regina,** a mysterious woman who enters in the battle of Colosseum.
* **Warrior,** one of the Colosseum challenger.
* **Baladr**, the legendary hero that takes care Stella along with Lucius.

## Development

On early 2020, a team of talented Indonesia game developer formed under the name of Extra Life Entertainment. The team created combat arena game that released on browser, at the same time they released a trailer of the game announcement . On Augusts 3rd 2020 the game was selected in Indonesia Game Prime 2020. Majority of people gives positive feedback and reaction to the game with its interesting combat system. However On February 7th 2021, StellaGale game development was paused due to finding the right publisher along with the rise of Covid-19 Pandemic .

### Restarting Development

On January 31st 2023, a new itch.io devlog was posted and giving new information about the game as it has been overhauled from storyline, art, gameplay, and audio. According to the team, the premise of the story is still the same however they wanted to give the journey in darker atmosphere in order to provide engaging experience from storytelling perspective. One of crucial part that has been overhaul is conveyor system. Conveyor system is a gameplay mechanic where players can use specific skill and store them to use as an advantage to eliminate foes .

On October 25th 2023, ExtraLife Entertainment has also acquired Publisher alongside with co-developer Vifth Floor to develop the game. Vifth Floor is a game developer behind Just Deserts while the publisher is Outpost Games and able to aid in supporting the game development budget-side . Eventually they released another demo on 9th December 2023 that available both Steam and Itch.io.

## Trivia

* During the game's development, the story has been changed multiple times.
	+ At one instance Gale was alive and bound in wheelchair instead of no longer in Stella's side.
	+ In the original story, The Colosseum battle was created by the prince to fulfill gladiator's wish.

## Official Links

* StellaGale: Trials of Faith Steam Page
* Extralife Entertainment Official Instagram
* Extralife Entertainment Official YouTube
* Extralife Entertainment Official Twitter

## Gallery

Visual Art for StellaGaleStella fighting her way in the ColosseumA walk in the gladiator city
## References

1. ↑ [1] Itch.io article "The browser build has been updated!" written by Extra Life Entertainment
2. ↑ [2] Itch.io article "New Build, New First look Trailer but Sad News!" written by Extra Life Entertainment
3. ↑ [3] Itch.io devlog "StellaGale devlog after (almost) 2 years!" written by Extra Life Entertainment
4. ↑ [4] Itch.io devlog "NEW LOOK NEW FUTURE!" written by Extra Life Entertainment