Introducing VESPER: Four Voices in the Martial Age
Meet Sori, Rin, Mae and Sena: a rising performance group whose ambitions lead them toward the Assembly of Blades—and into Starfall’s wider martial world.
From the studio
The Starfall
journal.
Story, artwork and real release updates.
Earlier posts remain a record of the project’s development.
Current direction
The Martial Age is now a full-colour manga-inspired serial. Mali is being developed as an ivory-and-crimson swordswoman. 6 illustrated preview pages are available. The full episode is not yet released.
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Book II: A World of Sects and Secret Arts
The next Starfall story is a martial saga: rival sects, weapons, concealed darts, poisons and dangerous teachings, connected to what survived Book I.
The Story Comes First
Starfall Catastrophe is changing how it builds: the story will lead, and the cards, game, art, and site will follow.
Cut the Bell: Inside the Beat
Take the Beat interrupts the opponent entering. Cut the Bell asks what Mali does when the opponent has already entered—and finds the answer inside the recovery.
Take the Beat: Mali's First Martial Art
The first Book II card has stepped into view. Take the Beat turns Mali's philosophy of Thunder into a physical moment: see the commitment, interrupt the rhythm, and take the first beat.
Why Thunder Is Tempo
Thunder is not lightning. For Mali, it is the last moment when consequences still feel negotiable — the instant when acting first might still change what happens next.
The First of the Eight: Mali
The Eight are no longer only a promise. Thunder has stepped forward. Meet Mali, the first fighter revealed for Starfall Catastrophe Book II.
The Age of Command Is Ending
Book I taught you to command the battlefield. Book II will ask whether you can survive inside it. The first glimpse of The Martial Age begins here.
The Circle and the Breath
There are eight schools, and there have always been eight schools, and the number is not a coincidence — it is a debt.
Chapter One — The Long Silence
Three thousand years is long enough for anything to become a story. Book Two: The Quest for I-Ching begins.
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What Happened, and What Comes Next
The Nyra Elemental Flame Deck Kickstarter did not fund. The print samples came back too dark, and rather than ship something I was ashamed of, I let the campaign close. Here is the honest version of what went …
Why Nyra — Backing the Elemental Flame Deck
The Nyra Elemental Flame Deck is live on Kickstarter. Second faction of Book One to reach physical print — and the first deck that asks you to play in a completely different rhythm from Boon. Here's why it's w…
Legacy Cards — Why Your Book One Collection Will Only Get More Valuable
Book One cards gain exclusive Legacy bonuses when facing Book Two heroes. The earlier you collect, the more powerful your deck becomes.
Book One Is Complete — All Six Heroes Are Now Playable
Doctor Boon, Nyra, Virelia, Sel, Ember Glow, and Arkhelios Dragon. Six heroes. Six philosophies. One battlefield. Play them all now.
Book Two: The Quest for I-Ching — Prologue
Three thousand years after the First Catastrophe, the shard wakes. The I-Ching turns its pages. Eight souls are called.
We Did It — Starfall Catastrophe is LIVE on Kickstarter
The Kickstarter campaign for Starfall Catastrophe is officially live. Back the Nyra Elemental Flame Deck. The flame is lit.
Behind the Balance: How We Simulated 15,000 Games to Perfect Six Heroes
How we used Monte Carlo simulations to balance six heroes across 15,000 games — and why every shield value exists for a reason.
The Completion of the Six: Arkhelios and the Rise of Starfall Catastrophe
There are moments in a project where you don’t just finish something — you cross a threshold. Today is one of those moments. With the completion of Arkhelios, the final hero, all six core factions of Starfall …
Entropy Matrix — The Card That Erased the Board
The story behind Entropy Matrix — Doctor Boon's nuclear option that destroys every trap on the board, and why he built it.
The Corruption of the Void — A Lore & Mechanics Guide
The signal does not infect like a virus. It persuades. A deep dive into Corruption — what it means in the lore, how each hero resists it, and how it works as Arkhelios's core game mechanic.
Soul Recall and the Phoenix Halberd — Nyra's Answer to Death
The story of Nyra's Phoenix Halberd and Soul Recall — how a twelve-year-old priestess learned to pull allies back from destruction.
Heartwood Titan — The Oldest Living Weapon
The Heartwood Titan doesn't answer to Virelia. It listens to her case, processes it through roots older than civilisation, and decides.
The Codex Pages — What Sel Found in the Quarantined Section
What Sel found in the Cosmic Codex's quarantined section — and why they won't tell anyone.
Phoenix Ascendant — The Orc Who Refused to Stay Dead
The Phoenix Ascendant embodies everything Ember Glow lost — and why destroying it only makes things worse.
Cosmic Collapse — Arkhelios's Final Argument
Cosmic Collapse is Arkhelios's final argument — the trap that punishes you for winning and proves the Void's philosophy right.
🌿 Virelia Awakens — The First Nature Deck Enters Starfall Catastrophe
There are moments in every project where an idea stops being conceptual…and becomes real. This is one of those moments. Virelia has arrived. The full Virelia deck has now been: ✅ Finalized and sent to p…
Starfall Catastrophe has officially been approved on Kickstarter
This has been months of work — building the world, designing the cards, refining the gameplay… and now it’s real. What makes this special to us is simple:It’s not just something you look at — it’s something yo…
Meet Sel of the Luminous — The Smallest Hero with the Biggest Damage
When we designed the six heroes of Starfall Catastrophe, each one needed to answer a fundamental question: how do you fight a cosmic signal that rewrites reality? Doctor Boon builds jammers. Nyra lights purify…
High Priestess Nyra — The Flame That Judges
There are flames that destroy. And there are flames that reveal. Nyra was never meant to be a weapon. She was chosen. Not by power. Not by ambition. But by something far older — a force that does not speak, ye…
Nyra Roll Up Day 1
She does not burn. She purifies. From the ashes of corruption… a flame awakens. 🔥 High Priestess Nyra has entered Starfall Catastrophe This is not destruction. This is cleansing. Enter the flame: Starf…
🔥 High Priestess Nyra — The Trailer Is Complete
After weeks of iteration, debugging, and rebuilding from the ground up, the High Priestess Nyra Kickstarter trailer is finally complete. What started as a simple idea — “just make a short video” — quickly evol…
From Pixels to Playable: How Python Fueled My 48-Hour Card Game Sprint
Forty cards. Forty-eight hours. The challenge was on to finish the High Priestess Nyra Starter Deck, and the clock was ticking. As a solo game developer/artist, the traditional workflow for card game creation …
Nyra and Her 13 Allies
Actually it took me a while to decide on adding them. But I decided to add them. It is my game my TCG, I would love to add them as part of childhood. 🧡 THE FOUR FRIENDS (HEART ENGINE) NY-AL-001 — Candl…
When Work Feels Like Play — And Why That Can Be a Problem
There’s a common narrative people like to repeat: “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” For me, that statement is not just a cliché — it’s reality. My day job, my passion for Pokémon…
High Priestess Nyra
Nyra, Child of the First Light — Understanding T/S/R/M 3 / 4 / 2 / 5 In the world of Starfall Catastrophe, every hero is defined not just by their story, but by the balance of four core attributes: Tactics, Sk…
Revamp of Starfall Catastrophe Web Site
Something stirs beneath the surface of the world. While the site quietly reshapes itself, unseen threads are being drawn together — fragments of a greater design long hidden from view. The Shards have begun to…
12 Shards of Starfall Catsstrophe
🔹 PURE SHARDS Closest to origin. They do not persuade. They simply remain. 1. The First Silence At the moment of impact, there was no sound — only understanding. Those who studied this shard reported a…
The Orcs of Starfall Catastrophe – Children of the Broken Star
Among all the peoples reshaped by the Shardfall, none bear their scars as proudly—or as visibly—as the Orcs. They are the Stone-Marked, the Ironblooded, the tribe that stood closest to the impact when the heav…
Pixies of Starfall Catastrophe Part II
Verdant Pixies — Children of Virelia “Where roots remember, Pixies return.” The forests of Virelia were among the first to feel the Starfall’s touch. Trees cracked open, blooming with luminous veins. Flowers p…
The Pixies of Starfall Catastrophe
Whispers of Light in a Shattered World Among all the beings reshaped by the Starfall, none are as misunderstood — or as quietly powerful — as the Pixies. They are not warriors, nor scholars, nor agents of any …
Chapter 5 - Into the Maw
(Ember Glow & the Rise of the Ember Ashes) When Ember Glow’s homeland fell, it did so without warning. One moment her village flickered with lantern light and laughter; the next, it moved as a single entit…
Chapter 4 - The Echo that should not Exist
Long before the shard fell, the sky had been whispering to those who knew how to listen. Sel of the Luminous grew up hearing numbers in the wind and constellations in static. While other children traced shapes…
Chapter 3 – Roots of Eternity
The forests remembered.Before the cities, before the machines, before even the first human dream, the roots beneath the soil had whispered to one another — slow, patient songs that shaped the balance of the wo…
Chapter 2
High Priestess Nyra, guardian of the ancient fire altars, heard the call of the celestial shard as it ignited sacred embers deep within the volcanic peaks. From the heart of the Ember Crown, she felt the shard…
High Priestess Nyra and Her 13 Allies
The Circle of Flame and Ink — From Friendship to Imagination When High Priestess Nyra first opened her eyes to the Elemental Flame, she did not walk her path alone. Around her gathered a constellation of spiri…
The Last 3 Faces of Inky
Whisper. Dream. Soul. The Completion of Nyra’s Journey Through Imagination The story of Inky has always been the story of imagination — how it grows, how it protects, how it transforms. From the first playful …
Nyra next 3 Allies
High Priestess Nyra’s Journey Through Reflection, Protection, and Storm When High Priestess Nyra first met Inky, she did not understand what he truly was. To her, he was a companion — a droplet of living imagi…
The First 3 Faces of Inky
Inky is not one being, but many — a living embodiment of imagination itself. To Nyra, he is both companion and reflection, a shapeshifting droplet of ink that becomes whatever her heart and mind create. But im…
Understanding Bleed, Trim, and Safe Zones in TCG Printing
When we first designed the Starfall Catastrophe cards, we focused on the artwork, the layout, and the balance of information. What we didn’t realize early on was how critical printing zones are for professiona…
Trials and Tribulations - Starfall Catastrophe
I know my TCG Starfall Catastrophe isn’t perfect. Far far from Perfection. The cards, the art, the balance — there are still things I look at and think, “This could be better.” For the longest time, I used tha…
We’re Funded! Thank You, Backers!
As of October 2, 2025, Starfall Catastrophe: Doctor Boon’s Founder Edition is officially funded on Kickstarter! ✨ 25 backers have come together to bring this cosmic vision to life. ✨ S$8,900 pledged — beyond…
Inky - Starfall Catastrophe
Not all of Nyra’s childhood companions were born from flame, leaf, water, or starlight. Some came from places deeper — from dreams, imagination, and the act of creation itself. Nyra first met Inky on a quiet e…
Doctor Boon Deck Official Hash
Proof of Authenticity – Doctor Boon Deck First Edition English To protect the authenticity of Starfall Catastrophe print files, we are using OpenTimestamps (OTS).This technology allows anyone to independently …
Why Solana for Starfall Catastrophe
Why We Might Use Solana Solana is one of the strongest existing blockchains for building a TCG ecosystem. Advantages Speed & ScaleWe can process thousands of trades, duels, and membership actions wit…
Starfall Catastrophe Trading Card Game TCG
When creating Starfall Catastrophe, one of our core motivations has always been to deliver powerful gameplay. A trading card game must feel deep, strategic, and rewarding — and as the game evolves, so too will…
Whisperleaf and Candleflame
Before Nyra became the High Priestess, before she was a name whispered in reverence and fear across the stars, she was just a child — a girl with wide eyes, wonder in her heart, and a small circle of magical c…
High Priestess Nyra – The Early Years
Childhood in the Shattered Vale Nyra was not born into a palace or temple, but into the ruins of a once-fertile valley. The Shattered Vale was a place where moonlight seemed to linger longer than day, and the …
High Priestess Nyra
Nyra is the second hero of our TCG. Nyra has walked the veil of fire longer than memory recalls. Her eyes burn with violet flame, seeing truths beyond mortal grasp. At the obsidian altar she commands the Phoen…
Doctor Boon Intro
Tomorrow, 2nd September, I launch Starfall Catastrophe on Kickstarter. Before we step into this cosmic journey, I want to share the story — and the playstyle — of the first hero I created: Doctor Boon. Doctor …
From Grinding Games to Creating My Own: The Journey to Starfall Catastrophe
I’ve always been the kind of player who pushes games as far as they can go. In Pokémon, I had to catch them all. In Magic: The Gathering, I was the one building and testing decks late into the night. In MapleS…
Just Start and Don't Care about the Success or Failure
There is a lot of detrimental news, more and more postal services stopped sending parcels to USA. I am not sure about the tariffs and where they are heading and how they will affect sending of card decks to US…
Kickstarter - To Start or not to Start
It always looks easy when I see others launching their Kickstarter projects. But when it comes to doing it myself, the reality feels very different. There are so many moving parts to think about. For example, …
Closer to Kickstarter
We are quite close to getting the official Kickstarter launch. The main issue that was solved for the past week was how to design the tucker box for the decks. Quite a challenge as the layout is not square, it…
Exploring NFT Integration in a Traditional TCG
I am exploring the idea of adding NFT tokens into my traditional trading card game. While the potential is exciting — giving players verifiable digital ownership, unique collectible versions, and seamless seco…
Starfall Catastrophe Gameplay
I’ve always envisioned Starfall Catastrophe as more than just another trading card game. Yes, our cards are beautiful, collectible, and worthy of any display shelf — but I want the world to know us for our gam…
Welcome to the Catastrophe – 1st August 2025
Today marks the beginning of something both terrifying and beautiful — Starfall Catastrophe. What began as a deep love for trading card games, collecting stories, and exploring the strange unknown has now take…