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Deadly Rain
- Released
- Oct 6, 2023
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The Ice Cream Shop is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things. Wishlist now!
Original postThe Ice Cream Shop is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things.
Watch on YouTube Wishlist now!
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Update Notes for 03/23/2024
Fixed enemy attack after death Increased some guns FOV Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their issues! If you would like to give me feedback about the game or report issues, please contact me by email: [email protected] .
Original post- Fixed enemy attack after death
- Increased some guns FOV
Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their issues!
If you would like to give me feedback about the game or report issues, please contact me by email: [email protected].
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Nominate Deadly Rain!
Did you enjoy playing Deadly Rain? How about nominating it for a Steam award?
Original postDid you enjoy playing Deadly Rain? How about nominating it for a Steam award?
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Update Notes for 10/25/2023
Fixed enemy pathfinding Fixed level design Increased visibility of the environment Reduced the damage area of the "Fat" enemy Increased enemy speed Increased the range of the player's melee weapons Changed the breathing sound effect of the "Crazy" enemy (the one wearing a gas mas
Original post- Fixed enemy pathfinding
- Fixed level design
- Increased visibility of the environment
- Reduced the damage area of the "Fat" enemy
- Increased enemy speed
- Increased the range of the player's melee weapons
- Changed the breathing sound effect of the "Crazy" enemy (the one wearing a gas mask)
- Increased shotgun damage
- Increased Frag Grenade damage
- Fixed Frag Grenade physics
- Changed the mechanics of throwing weapons, they are no longer thrown automatically, and you can cook them :)
- Decreased the time to explode Frag Grenade
- New settings interface with controls remapping!
Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their issues!
I especially thank 00Mx, a Brazilian streamer who sent me excellent feedback via email.
If you would like to give me feedback about the game or report issues, please contact me by email: [email protected].
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Update Notes for 10/18/2023
Fixed Sniper gun fire rate Fixed Frag Grenade explosion damage Fixed items spawn Changed Interact input with controller (no longer need to hold the button) Fixed AI navigation mesh (NavMesh) Fixed UI Fixed footstep SFXs Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their is
Original post- Fixed Sniper gun fire rate
- Fixed Frag Grenade explosion damage
- Fixed items spawn
- Changed Interact input with controller (no longer need to hold the button)
- Fixed AI navigation mesh (NavMesh)
- Fixed UI
- Fixed footstep SFXs
Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their issues!
If you would like to give us feedback about the game or report issues, please contact us by email: [email protected].
Developer postThe Making of “Deadly Rain”
“Deadly Rain” is an indie wave-based survival horror game inspired by several great games such as: “Left 4 Dead”, “Call of Duty Zombies”, “Silent Hill” and “Resident Evil”. But what isn't disclosed is that it took me almost 2 years to develop it without funding and a team, and th
Original post“Deadly Rain” is an indie wave-based survival horror game inspired by several great games such as: “Left 4 Dead”, “Call of Duty Zombies”, “Silent Hill” and “Resident Evil”. But what isn't disclosed is that it took me almost 2 years to develop it without funding and a team, and that's the story I'm here to tell you about... (warning: contains spoilers)
About me
Before starting, I think it's good to tell you a little about myself so that you better understand the context of the story. My name is Gabriel Jacintho, I'm 20 years old, I've been a game developer for a few years, I've published games on Play Store and Steam (apart from “Deadly Rain”), I never went to college, I learned how to develop games online, and I’m passionate about horror and survival films and games, my favorite horror game is without a doubt “Outlast” (seriously, I must have finished 3 times this game haha).
Game Design
Now that you know me a little, let's get to the story... In January 2022, I founded FireRing Studio, a survival horror game studio for PC and consoles, and I started developing the game that is now called “Deadly Rain”, and is already published on Steam.
When I first thought of “Deadly Rain”, I hadn’t imagined it as a wave-based survival horror game set in an abandoned village, but rather as:
“A hardcore first-person survival horror game where a shipwreck leaves you alone in a toxic, abandoned archipelago filled with dark mysteries, dangerous beings, and toxic rain. Now to escape, you will need to learn how to kill, run and hide yourself.” - Story, Level Design and Enemies - Deadly Rain (Devlog #2)
The initial idea for the game also considered features such as: stealth gameplay and collectible documents that would tell the story of the game, inspired by “Outlast”. However, I discarded many ideas to reduce the scope of the project.
Image of the first map of the game “Deadly Rain”.
But one idea that has never changed since the beginning was: the audio needs to be amazing. You might disagree with me, but if there's one thing I've learned after many years of watching horror movies and playing horror games, it's that sound is one of the biggest sources of fear for people (if not the biggest), want proof of that? Try watching a horror movie or playing a horror game without sound, I highly doubt you'll be scared.
After a lot of brainstorming, testing and research, I managed to create a viable game concept that could be developed with the resources I have, giving rise to “Deadly Rain” that today we can find on Steam, with the following description:
“Deadly Rain is a survival horror FPS game that puts you in a terrifying fight for survival against hordes of scary mutants in a rainy, abandoned village. Find and manage resources to stay alive in the worst and most unexpected situations.” - Deadly Rain on Steam
Fun fact: The unlockable areas feature was an idea received from a member of our official Discord server, and was included in the final version of the game.
Development
Photo of me developing the game “Deadly Rain” with Unity.
Since my beginnings in the game development field, I have always made games with Unity. I am very grateful to have free access to this powerful and affordable game development tool. I recommend it to everyone who wants to develop games one day.
However, even using Unity and drastically reducing the scope of the project, developing the game was still a difficult and complex job. During development, I had many technical challenges, and the first version of the game was unplayable due to realistic graphics that caused a very low frame per rate (FPS). Watch the first gameplay of the game during its early stages of development below:
Watch on YouTube Level Design
From the moment the previous video was recorded until today, I worked hard to improve the game experience, and among the features that I changed the most throughout the game's development, the level design was without a doubt the one I changed the most, I redid it 4 times until I reached the final result that is in the game today. See below the images of one of the discarded maps:
Yes, I do level design on paper.
Discarded map from “Deadly Rain”.
History
Soon after finishing the level design, I rewrote the game's story taking inspiration from the Soviet regime, with the aim of simply contextualizing the game and leaving room for the players' imagination, which could be deepened in future games and comics from the same universe.
First Person Shooter (FPS)
I consider the FPS mechanics of “Deadly Rain” (with more than 13 different weapons) one of the strong points of the game. I'm proud of how well it was done, because I dedicated many weeks developing it, and it will certainly be reused in future games from the studio.
To develop it I was inspired by “Call of Duty”, I had to play the game several times during development to feel how it should be done.
Enemies and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) of enemies in development.
Initially the enemies should see or hear the player to detect him and start chasing him, but I realized that this could hinder the fun of the game if the player hid too well, so I programmed the enemies' AI to just chase and attack the player, regardless of where he was (spoiler).
All enemies from “Deadly Rain”.
And I made sure to create a good variety of enemies for the game, but you won't see all 6 enemies if you don't survive for at least 12 rounds, because they appear as the game's difficulty increases :)
Audio
As you already know, I consider the audio in one very important horror game, so during the development process of “Deadly Rain” I made a point of studying audio for games in depth, and implemented the audio in the game using FMOD, a powerful audio middleware. I'm so grateful to have learned about game audio from Thiago Adamo, a great professional in this field.
I was also very lucky to sign a contract with Lincoln Davis, an excellent composer who composed the entire soundtrack for “Deadly Rain”, which is now available on Spotify and other music streaming services.
Assets
If you have ever explored the Unity Asset Store, you may have already recognized the assets I used in “Deadly Rain”, yes, I bought them ready-made, but I assure you that the game is not an asset flip, but rather a unique wave-based survival horror experience.
But you might wonder… “Why did you buy ready-made assets?”, and my answer is: Have you seen how much it costs to hire a good realistic 3D artist? Sorry, but I don't have that much money hahaha.
End?
“Deadly Rain” was released on Steam October 6, 2023, but I didn't develop it to be the first and last game of the FireRing Studio, but to be a fundamental piece for the development of the studio's future games and partnerships.
Credits
- Gabriel Jacintho, Game Developer and founder of FireRing Studio
- Lincoln Davis, Composer
- Widya, Graphic Designer
- Shakib, Graphic Designer
- Shirleyici, Simplified Chinese Translator
- Anastasia, Russian Translator
- Emerson Garcia, Spanish Translator
I thank everyone who collaborated with the development and dissemination of the project!
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Contact: [email protected]
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Update Notes for 10/12/2023
Fixed item generation Fixed head bobbing Distance between enemies increased Fixed guns FOV Fixed player fall damage Fixed player detection by enemy "Bombman" Fixed explosion damage behind walls and floor Fixed objects disappearing with low quality setting Thanks to everyone who t
Original post- Fixed item generation
- Fixed head bobbing
- Distance between enemies increased
- Fixed guns FOV
- Fixed player fall damage
- Fixed player detection by enemy "Bombman"
- Fixed explosion damage behind walls and floor
- Fixed objects disappearing with low quality setting
Thanks to everyone who tested the game and reported their issues!
If you would like to give us feedback about the game or report issues, please contact us by email: [email protected].
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Deadly Rain is now available!
Deadly Rain is a survival horror FPS game that puts you in a terrifying fight for survival against hordes of scary mutants in a rainy, abandoned village. Find and manage resources to stay alive in the worst and most unexpected situations. Alone in an abandoned village, you no lon
Original postWatch on YouTube Deadly Rain is a survival horror FPS game that puts you in a terrifying fight for survival against hordes of scary mutants in a rainy, abandoned village. Find and manage resources to stay alive in the worst and most unexpected situations.
Alone in an abandoned village, you no longer know what's real, only that your ammo is running out and terrible mutants are approaching from all directions, your only alternative is: kill, run or die.
SYNOPSIS
The year was 1954, the Soviet totalitarian regime needed a weapon capable of distorting reality and spreading fear and panic to non-state supporters, it was then that the Fear project began. Years later, nuclear power plants were built to infect the skies and spread the hallucinogenic material through the rain, now all that's left is for you to try to survive hell...
GAMEPLAY FEATURES
- Wave-Based Combat: Face growing hordes of mutants that become increasingly stronger.
- Resource Management: Find and manage syringes and ammo to stay alive.
- Unlockable Areas: Unlock new areas by finding hidden keys scattered across the map.
- Weapon Variety: Use over 13 different weapons, including melee options, to combat the mutant threat.
- High Replayability: Play as long as your sanity holds up.
Buy now on Steam!
Take advantage of the launch discount until October 12th.
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Deadly Rain release date revealed!
Get ready for a terrifying experience in the abandoned village of Deadly Rain, a wave-based survival horror game. Will you survive? Coming soon to Steam on October 6, 2023. WISHLIST NOW!
Original postWatch on YouTube Get ready for a terrifying experience in the abandoned village of Deadly Rain, a wave-based survival horror game. Will you survive?
Coming soon to Steam on October 6, 2023.
WISHLIST NOW!