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Announcing Joltstone, the next game from solo developer Soulnata!

Joltstone is a novel take on the large mechanized machine genre in which you drill for minerals as you pilot your walking rig.

  • Travel the galaxy.
  • Explore to find rare crystals.
  • Build your rigs.
  • Join a clan.
  • And battle other rig clans to raise your clan rank for access to new parts, paints, rig blueprints, and more!

Just Launched on Kickstarter! Pre-purchase now for a discount!

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Dragon Banner, the combination of real-time strategy and base-building, is now available for Windows PC! Discover the fate of dragons and start the resistance against the Skull Queen and her army of skeleton warriors!

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Joltstone

Joltstone, the next game from solo developer Soulnata!

Build large, armored rigs and battle over minerals that you can drill for across an array of planets, working for a clan of your choice.

Joltstone is © 2025 David G. Fuller, Soulnata. All rights reserved.

Innovative Gameplay

Not just a robot battling game - rigs are for drilling! Collect rare minerals to increase your clan rank faster - and unlock new rewards!

Joltstone screenshot
Joltstone screenshot

Hoard Crystals

It doesn't stop there. Another innovation is that the minerals you collect appear on your rig. You can see them!

Crystal Shield

Wait - there's more! Carried minerals act as extra armor, essentially giving your rig a shield bonus.

Joltstone screenshot
Joltstone screenshot

Crystal Overboard

But watch out! Getting attacked can cause you to drop those precious minerals.

Rig Wars

You can use your mineral shield to attack enemy bases.

Joltstone screenshot
Joltstone screenshot

Extraction

When you want to escape with those minerals intact, call for extraction!

Who do you fight for?

Back on your ship, you can join a clan.

Joltstone screenshot
Joltstone screenshot

Clan Ladders

Unlock new parts, paints, and more for your clan as you drill and complete missions for them.

Build Your Rig

Use your new parts and paints to build a highly customizable rig of your imagination with countless configuration possibilities!

Joltstone screenshot
Joltstone screenshot

Explore The Universe

You will also earn licenses to drill on new planetoids!

Just Launched on Kickstarter! Pre-purchase now for a discount!

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Dragon Banner

Dragon Banner is a video game of strategy and building. It is built from the love of building blocks and real-time strategy games. Dragon Banner is created by one person over the course of eight years, working on it part time. Representing an original game engine, artificial intelligence, 3D graphics, an original sound-track and sound effects, and interesting dynamic game-play, Dragon Banner is a rare achievement created by one person.

In Dragon Banner you take on the role of a commander. You hire villagers to gather or generate resources, build defenses to protect them, and hire an army to fight alongside you. You will customize a town as your headquarters, where you take on quests and purchase equipment to alter your command style.

The Skull Queen controls all the land, but her skeleton army is full of bullies. Play as Arc and recruit villagers and warriors, uniting under the dragon banner. Arc shares an unusual bond with a dragon spirit. Discover what became of dragons! If you show strength, the people will rise up with you. Build a town as your base of operations. Embark on a campaign to overthrow the Skull Queen, gaining new allies and tools along the way.

Released May 8, 2020 for Windows PC!

Dragon Banner is © 2020, 2025 David G. Fuller, Soulnata. All rights reserved.

Experience a story

Discover the fate of dragons as you wage a campaign against the Skull Queen and her army of skeleton warriors.

Dragon Banner game clip of the dragon spirit questioning Arc about telling the townsfolk
                 that he can speak with a dragon spirit.
Dragon Banner game clip of battle.

Take command

Form the dragon banner and start the resistance! Take direct control of Arc, the commander. Collect resources, build, and fight! But you don't have to do it on your own. Hire workers and warriors to carry out your strategy for you!

Collect material

Mine for material or hire miners to collect it for you!

Dragon Banner game clip of mining for materials.
Dragon Banner game clip of villagers generating coins.

Grow an economy

Villagers bring in coins. You need these to build fortifications, new tech, and to hire warriors.

Start a town

Create a town as your headquarters. As you progress through the story, you unlock new town blueprints to build. Your town will grow and bring in recruits and merchants.

Dragon Banner game clip of the town.
Dragon Banner game clip of the player's hirlings fighting skeleton enemies.

Choose your strategy

Hire Knights to patrol the land, or take a defensive approach and build walls and hire archers to defend your villagers. Unit types with their own behaviors provide strategic variety. Choose the warriors that fit your battle strategy.

Build

Unlock blueprints to build room frames, walls, doors, and more! Combine them to make unique creations. Build Tech to upgrade and assist your army.

Dragon Banner game clip of player on a castle tower.
Dragon Banner clips of different players wearing different equipment.

Equip your commander

In the course of the story, recruit merchants. Place their shop in your town and buy new equipment for your commander. Not only does it change your appearance, equipment affects your command style by offering bonuses to you or your entire army.

Keyboard Only Mode

Ever want to play a game in a cafe and not want to drag your mouse around with you? Toggle to Keyboard Only mode in the game options and then you can use p/l/;/' keys to control the camera and menus, replacing the mouse.

Dragon Banner game clip of input game options.

The crowd-funding campaign was a success!

Kickstarter

Videos and Screenshots

Joltstone logo with a stary colorful galaxy in the background.
Dragon Banner logo with a cloth banner in the background.  The banner has markings that make up a stylized dragon shape.

Press Kits

Joltstone logo with a stary colorful galaxy in the background.

Note: This page is for journalists. If you are looking for general information on Joltstone, see About the Game.

Welcome to the press kit for Joltstone! If you need any additional information or need it provided in a different format, please send your request to the press contact below.

Developer: Soulnata
Release Date: Targeting Late 2025
Platform: Windows PC, Targeting Linux later
Website: soulnata.com
Price: $24.99
Language: English
File Size: 750 MB
Press Contact: media@soulnata.com
Kickstarter: Kickstarter
Steam: Steam
Social: Facebook, YouTube, X
Company Website: soulnata.com

Description

Joltstone is the next full-featured and innovative game from solo developer Soulnata!

In Joltstone, you will build large, armored rigs and battle over minerals that you can drill for across an array of planets, working for a clan of your choice.

Features

  • Innovative Gameplay: Not just a robot battling game - rigs are for drilling! Collect rare minerals to increase your clan rank faster - and unlock new rewards!
  • Hoard Crystals: It doesn't stop there. Another innovation is that the minerals you collect appear on your rig. You can see them!
  • Crystal Shield: Wait - there's more! Carried minerals act as extra armor, essentially giving your rig a shield bonus.
  • Crystal Overboard: But watch out! Getting attacked can cause you to drop those precious minerals.
  • Rig Wars: You can use your mineral shield to attack enemy bases.
  • Extraction: When you want to escape with those minerals intact, call for extraction!
  • Who do you fight for? Back on your ship, you can join a clan.
  • Clan Ladders: Unlock new parts, paints, and more for your clan as you drill and complete missions for them.
  • Build Your Rig: Use your new parts and paints to build a highly customizable rig of your imagination with countless configuration possibilities!
  • Explore The Universe: You will also earn licenses to drill on new planetoids!

Screenshots and Videos

Online: http://soulnata.com/#bmedia
Zip of Video: Joltstone Trailer Zip
Zip of Screenshots: Screenshots Zip

Logos and Art

Zip file: Logos and Art

Company Bio

Soulnata is the developer of Dragon Banner which also had a successful Kickstarter campaign and release on Steam. Joltstone presents new technical advances in Soulnata's proprietary game engine, with higher quality graphics and immersive gameplay.

Soulnata is a one-man studio started in 2016 by David G. Fuller. By day, he works as a software engineer and, in his free time, as a game designer. He enjoys a variety of games. His work is especially influenced by Japanese role-playing games and strategy games, or any game that requires thinking and tactics to persevere.

He started by developing a few games through the Xbox Indie platform, including FatSheep (Xbox 360), PelletStack (Xbox 360), and Pellets Quadrastack (Windows Phone).

Credits

Created by David G. Fuller II

Joltstone is © 2025, David G. Fuller, Soulnata. All rights reserved.

Dragon Banner logo with a cloth banner in the background.  The banner has markings that make up a stylized dragon shape.

Note: This page is for journalists. If you are looking for general information on Dragon Banner, see About the Game.

Welcome to the press kit for Dragon Banner! If you need any additional information or need it provided in a different format, please send your request to the press contact below.

Developer: Soulnata
Release Date: May 8, 2020
Platform: Windows PC
Website: dragonbanner.net
Price: $19.99
Language: English
File Size: 500 MB
Press Contact: media@soulnata.com
Kickstarter: Kickstarter

The crowd-funding campaign was a success!

Kickstarter
Steam: Steam
Social: Facebook, YouTube, X Discord
Company Website: soulnata.com

Description

Dragon Banner is born out of the love of building blocks and the strategic depth of strategy games. It is a new mix of strategy and base-building.

You take on the role of a commander and embark on a campaign with specific objectives. You hire warriors with various behaviors, like defensive or offensive, to battle for you, or workers to get resources for you. You will customize a town as your headquarters, where you take on quests and purchase equipment to alter your command style.

The Skull Queen controls all the land, but her skeleton army is full of bullies. Play as Arc and recruit villagers and warriors, uniting under the dragon banner. Arc shares an unusual bond with a dragon spirit. Discover what became of dragons! If you show strength, the people will rise up with you. Build a town as your base of operations. Embark on a campaign to overthrow the Skull Queen, gaining new allies and tools along the way.

Features

  • Experience a story. Discover the fate of dragons as you wage a campaign against the Skull Queen and her army of skeleton warriors.
  • Take direct control of your commander. Choose to collect resources, hire workers, hire soldiers, build defenses, or to take part in battle directly.
  • Grow an Economy. Hire miners and villagers to grow your resources.
  • Start a town. Create a town as your headquarters. As you progress through the story, you unlock new town blueprints to build. Your town will grow and bring in recruits and merchants.
  • Choose your strategy. Hire Knights to patrol the land, or take a defensive approach and build walls and hire archers to defend your villagers. Unit types with their own behaviors provide strategic variety.
  • Build. Unlock blueprints to build room frames, walls, doors, and more. Combine them to make unique creations. Build Tech to upgrade and assist your army.
  • Equip your commander. Buy and mix and match equipment to customize your command style. It can have effects on your entire army.
  • Keyboard Only Mode. Ever want to play a game in a cafe and not want to drag your mouse around with you? Toggle to Keyboard Only mode in the game options and then you can use p/l/;/' keys to control the camera and menus, replacing the mouse.
  • 10+ hours of quests. Quests can be redone to earn more Command Points, required to unlock all equipment options in Town.
  • Skirmish Mode. Use the map creator to battle on randomly created maps.

In the Press

Screenshots and Videos

Online: http://soulnata.com/#bmedia
Zip of Video: Dragon Banner Trailer Zip
Zip of Screenshots: Screenshots Zip

Logos and icons

Zip file: Logos and icons

Artwork

Zip file: Artwork

Credits

Created by David G. Fuller II

Dragon Banner is © 2020, 2025 David G. Fuller, Soulnata. All rights reserved.

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