Hey everyone, Here's a small update with some Christmas decorations and some small fixes Patchnotes Added Christmas decorations. Added a mesh cutter to the level editor. This can cut a volume out of geometry. The boost/dash now changes the movement direction better if you want to
Hey everyone,
Here's a small update with some Christmas decorations and some small fixes
Patchnotes
Added Christmas decorations.
Added a mesh cutter to the level editor. This can cut a volume out of geometry.
The boost/dash now changes the movement direction better if you want to go in an opposite direction of where you're going.
Made the fog less thick in Chambers 31 to 35.
Optimized the menu.
Fixed a bug which made you jump less high after wallrunning.
Hello everyone, I'm pleased to announce that the official soundtrack of The Rewind Factory is now available on Spotify. There are 2 albums: OST Vol.1: This volume contains all the gameplay songs. OST Vol.2: This volume contains various songs including ones about DB and the ending
Hello everyone,
I'm pleased to announce that the official soundtrack of The Rewind Factory is now available on Spotify. There are 2 albums: OST Vol.1: This volume contains all the gameplay songs. OST Vol.2: This volume contains various songs including ones about DB and the endings.
Patchnotes Fixed a bug that caused the tutorial for typing with controller to pop-up at the start of the level, instead of at the computer. The timer will now always be visible, instead of only being visible when you play a chamber for the second time. The option for always showi
Patchnotes
Fixed a bug that caused the tutorial for typing with controller to pop-up at the start of the level, instead of at the computer.
The timer will now always be visible, instead of only being visible when you play a chamber for the second time.
The option for always showing the timer has been removed
In chambers with a computer you no longer hear a beep sound at the start of a level.
Fixed a bug that caused the achievement Collector I to be immediately unlocked if you started up the game.
Fixed a bug where you couldn't restart in the Intro Chamber.
Fixed a bug that locked you in place when you typed the command Exit on a terminal
Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you enter new commands after you had executed the command Help in the Intro Chamber.
The timer in Chamber 24 can no longer go below 0 (negative)
Typing the wrong test subject code in the terminal in Chamber 24 no longer softlocks you.
Patchnotes Added a new difficulty: Hardcore. Hardcore uses the same difficulty settings as Insane, with the difference that your health doesn't rewind anymore and you only have 1 bullet. Hardcore is excluded from the automatic difficulty setting, which means the game doesn't auto
Patchnotes
Added a new difficulty: Hardcore. Hardcore uses the same difficulty settings as Insane, with the difference that your health doesn't rewind anymore and you only have 1 bullet.
Hardcore is excluded from the automatic difficulty setting, which means the game doesn't automatically go to Hardcore when you are doing really well on Insane for example.
The Extra ammo button will now be disabled when you select Hardcore.
The Refill ammo feature in Endless will no longer work when you select Hardcore.
Changed the way the timer adds randomness when rewinding. Before, it would always add a time when rewinding. Now you can rewind for 10 seconds without the timer adding anything. After those 10 seconds, the timer slowly starts adding extra time. The longer you rewind the more it adds.
To show when the timer starts adding extra time when rewinding, the timer will now start to glitch when you rewind longer than 10 seconds. After that the glitching effect gets stronger the longer you rewind.
Added a new command to the terminal/computer: exit. Executing this commands makes you exit the terminal/computer.
Camera smoothing is now off by default.
The flying robot in Chamber End now deals less damage.
Added some more laser enemies throughout chambers 27 to 35
When you complete an Endless run, you can now also choose to play again with a new random seed.
If publishing to the workshop fails, you will now see an error message stating what failed.
Fixed a bug that caused some enemies to be extremely inaccurate with their first shot.
Fixed a bug that caused the lasers from Laser Enemies to stop mid-air.
Fixed a bug that caused Endless mode to show up in the level select list
Time is now also slowed down in in the room of Log #8.
Fixed some collision issues with the stairs in Chamber 35
Fixed some small UI bugs when playing with an UI scale of 1.5
Fixed a bug that would sometimes let you rewind to the origin of the level.
Patchnotes When rewinding, the timer now has a bit of randomness to it. On average you lose about 500ms when rewinding 10s. Added a new voiceline to Chamber 2 explaining the above change about the timer. Added a help command to the terminal/computer. Fixed a bug that caused the s
Patchnotes
When rewinding, the timer now has a bit of randomness to it. On average you lose about 500ms when rewinding 10s.
Added a new voiceline to Chamber 2 explaining the above change about the timer.
Added a help command to the terminal/computer.
Fixed a bug that caused the stamina bar to disappear even if you didn't have full stamina.
Fixed a bug that caused the moving chamber parts in Chamber 24 to stack up when you rewind.
The game now checks in the menu whether or not the in-game statistics match with those from Steam. If not then it tries to update the ones from Steam.
Changed the maximum amount that statistics in Steam can update at once to prevent bugs with achievements that rely on statistics (e.g. Swimming Champion).
Patchnotes The option Weapon Swing now correctly works. You now automatically stop rewinding when you cannot rewind any further. This also simultaneously fixes a bug where the timer would still rewind (if it wasn't already at zero) even if you couldn't rewind any further. You can
Patchnotes
The option Weapon Swing now correctly works.
You now automatically stop rewinding when you cannot rewind any further. This also simultaneously fixes a bug where the timer would still rewind (if it wasn't already at zero) even if you couldn't rewind any further.
You can no longer rewind after getting through a teleporter door into a computer area.
You can no longer rewind back into The Machine in Chamber 16 after you completed it.
The options menu will now correctly show the apply button when some options are changed.
The achievements A tablet? and The complete story now work again.
The achievement Faster than light now only requires a velocity of 6000 instead of 8000.
The game no longer uses you old save file from the demo (if you have played the demo and haven't played it game since).
You can no longer shoot the destructible wall in Chamber 16 to make it crumble earlier.
Stamina now also rewinds.
The timer in Chamber 24 can no longer go higher than 45 seconds if you rewind.
Fixed a bug that could cause 2 voicelines to play at the same time in Chamber 24.
Added some graffiti arrows in Chamber End to make it clearer where to go.
Potentially fixed some bugs that caused certain statistics not to update in Steam and therefore some achievements couldn't be unlocked.
Potentially fixed a bug that wouldn't allow you to press a button
Updated the link for the Steam Discussions button in the menu as the old one lead to the demo discussions, which is closed now.
Patchnotes It is no longer possible to get the achievement No bullets wasted! in the tutorial chamber The achievement Not so accurate now also works with minigun enemies The achievement Dodging at its best will no longer unlock after falling into water The teleporter door now ope
Patchnotes
It is no longer possible to get the achievement No bullets wasted! in the tutorial chamber
The achievement Not so accurate now also works with minigun enemies
The achievement Dodging at its best will no longer unlock after falling into water
The teleporter door now opens 30% faster
Fixed a bug that would let you look around while viewing a log by rewinding.
When you collect a new log, the pop-up UI stays longer on the screen and also gives information about where you can view all of the logs.
Added some small railings to Chamber 31 to indicate which direction you need to go.
Fixed some UI issues when playing on a screen that wasn't 16:9
Changed the default camera angle when customizing your weapon
You can now press F4 to toggle whether or not you can only move while RMB is pressed in the level editor.
A trigger now also delays an event when a delay is specified in the level editor.
The end teleporter now works in the level editor.
Left Ctrl and Spacebar are no longer keybinds for flying up and down in the level editor, as it caused some issues with existing keybinds. You can still use Q and E for flying up and down.
Fixed a bug that caused Undo and Redo to undo/redo everything on an object at once.
Patchnotes Added a start-up cinematic. You can now view the endless leaderboard from the menu. The leaderboard Time Practice now correctly loads in the menu. Fixed the lift LOD settings in Chamber END to prevent it from popping in and out. Fixed a bug that caused issues with "typ
Patchnotes
Added a start-up cinematic.
You can now view the endless leaderboard from the menu.
The leaderboard Time Practice now correctly loads in the menu.
Fixed the lift LOD settings in Chamber END to prevent it from popping in and out.
Fixed a bug that caused issues with "typing" in a terminal when playing on controller.
The player can temporarily no longer go outside of the test chamber in Chamber 7, due to a bug with collision.
Slightly lowered how strong the dash ability is.
Tweaked some movement values to make it harder to get insane amounts of speed.
Added a death barrier underneath the custom level editor map
Renamed the leaderboards for Chamber Tutorial and Chamber Practice on Steam as they were switched.
Hello everyone, After 3 years of developing this game, I am pleased to announce that The Rewind Factory is released! Fight your way trough testchambers in this fast-paced movement-based first person shooter. Rewind, dash, slide and wall run to get the fastest time The Rewind Fact
Hello everyone,
After 3 years of developing this game, I am pleased to announce that The Rewind Factory is released! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959840/The_Rewind_Factory/
Fight your way trough testchambers in this fast-paced movement-based first person shooter. Rewind, dash, slide and wall run to get the fastest time
The Rewind Factory is a fast-paced first person shooter. You try to fix a software problem for a company, everything goes wrong and you end up in one of their test chambers. Only way out: complete the test chambers. Luckily you've got some new abilities to your use, including a rewind ability, wall running, dashing and sliding. Things get worse in the facility, so you must complete the test chambers as fast as possible to finally fix the software problem (or not...)
Hello, Because the game is releasing really soon, on August 25, I've decided to de-activate the demo. That's everything, just a small heads-up In the mean time you can check out the latest devlog:
Hello,
Because the game is releasing really soon, on August 25, I've decided to de-activate the demo. That's everything, just a small heads-up
In the mean time you can check out the latest devlog: https://youtu.be/S7scxTZTcQ4
Hello everyone, This update aims to polish the game up a bit. Patchnotes Added a "platinum" medal. You can get this medal by beating the time of the developer The user before and after you will now be displayed at the end of the level in the leaderboard section (only if you're no
Hello everyone,
This update aims to polish the game up a bit.
Patchnotes
Added a "platinum" medal. You can get this medal by beating the time of the developer
The user before and after you will now be displayed at the end of the level in the leaderboard section (only if you're not in the top 3)
Added a new music
Whenever you fall into the water, you'll now become wet. When you are wet, you'll take a small amount of damage over time (even when you are out of the water).
The timer will now rewind if you rewind, instead of just ticking on.
Updated all test chambers to have more consistent reflections on for example water
Changed the death message when dying to water, since you can now also die to water when you are outside of the water.
Added support for medals in the level editor. You can now customize the time for each medal.
The enemies are a bit stronger now
Updated the game icon
Fixed a bug where the leaderboards for the chambers Tutorial and Practice were displaying numeric values instead of time formats
Fixed a potential bug where the Subtitles enabled setting wouldn't save.
Fixed a bug where during dashing you would sometimes get teleported back to the start location of your dash when the dash ended.
Fixed a bug where if you would slowly walk out of the teleporter, you would sometimes get boosted up into the air.
Fixed a bug that caused textures on walls to glitch/have weird artifacts when moving closer or further away from them.
Bug Reporting
You can now report bugs directly from within the game itself. You can also give feedback in the same way. You can press F7 to bring up the report menu. There you can choose between feedback and a bug report. You can then provide a small message with whatever you want to say (for example, a description of the bug)
As always, you can also watch the devlog about this update:
Hi everyone, With the previous update and this update, I am trying to make the game a bit more enjoyable to play by polishing it! This update brings medals to the game, to give you a clear goal and indication of how good you are doing in a certain test chamber. Patch notes The ti
Hi everyone,
With the previous update and this update, I am trying to make the game a bit more enjoyable to play by polishing it! This update brings medals to the game, to give you a clear goal and indication of how good you are doing in a certain test chamber.
Patch notes
The timer will now count up, instead of down and it doesn't have a limit anymore.
Added medals. There are currently 3 medals, each with their own color. You can get medals based on the time it took you to complete the test chamber.
The end screen has been redesigned to make place for the medals.
Medals will now also display in the Time Per Level window in the menu.
With speedrun mode enabled you can now see how much time you have left to still get the best possible medal.
The time will be invisible when you play a test chamber for the first time. The time will be visible once you've completed the test chamber at least once. You can also choose to enable an option to always show the time. This option can be found in the Options menu under Accessibility.
Water has been reworked. It currently kills you within a few seconds, instead of instantly. This gives you the opportunity to rewind out of the water.
Health will now also rewind. This means when you get hit and lose health and then rewind, your health will be restored to the previous value.
The health bar will now smoothly update, instead of snapping to your current health value.
When you have low health, a red border will appear around the edges of the screen. The HUD will also have some glitch effects depending on how low your health is.
You will now fall of a wall when you are wall running and press the key opposite to the wall's direction. For example: you are wall running on the left side of a wall and you press D to go right. With this change you will now fall off the wall (only works when Advanced Wall running is turned off).
You should now lose less momentum when rewinding, especially vertical momentum.
Bullets now have a sound when flying. This means you should be able to hear them going past you.
Removed the extra time feature, as there is currently no time limit anymore, so it was useless.
The top 3 players in a leaderboard will now have a small UI effect applied around their position number.
Fixed a bug where you could not view the leaderboards from the tutorial and practice chamber
That's everything in this update. If you'd like to see the devlog about this update, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlruJ0xevIQ
Hi everyone, It's been a while since I've posted anything here, but I've been working hard on adding content. Some of it already made its way into the demo, but I've never made patch notes for them, so those changes will be included as well. The major thing in this update is the
Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've posted anything here, but I've been working hard on adding content. Some of it already made its way into the demo, but I've never made patch notes for them, so those changes will be included as well. The major thing in this update is the upgrade from UE4 to UE5. This allows for some new features like exploding objects and have physics-based debris.
Patch notes
Updated the engine to a newer version
The body of a robot will now crumble into debris when you kill it. The debris will lay on the ground forever
Added a new endscreen when you complete a chamber. Your time is more prominently shown and there's a small section with leaderboards, so you can directly see your new position.
Added animations to the weapons and arms. They now move based on what you are doing.
Added a new enemy. This new enemy has a laser weapon and will shoot laser beams. It has also been added to the level editor.
The barriers have been remodeled and retextured.
Remade the textures of the weapon. Now they're more consistent across different weapon parts.
Changed the text displayed on the next level button to Complete Demo when you've completed the last playable level.
Zones where you can't wallrun have red walls now, to make it clear you can't wallrun there.
Added 2 new stats: Chambers Entered & Chambers Completed. Some stats will now also display the average per chamber when hovering over it.
You can now enable fog in the level editor and also change some parameters. You can also choose to enable volumetric fog, but keep in mind: it still depends on your graphics settings whether or not you can see it (enabled with Shadows on high or epic).
Added blue lights to the teleporter, so it looks like the blue parts are actually emitting light.
Added new sounds for the air vents.
You can now view some extra information in the Time per level screen, like if you have completed all the chambers and how long it took you to complete all chambers.
Added a new light source to the level editor. It includes some different meshes and parameters you can change.
The fire sounds for the minigun enemy have been changed.
Tweaked the movement code to allow quicker turns while in the air.
Renamed the "General" tab from the options menu to "Accessibility".
You can now change your FOV in the options menu.
Made some adjustments to the menu scene.
The lighting has been updated in all chambers.
Normal enemies will now drop a high quality version of their weapon, instead of a low quality version.
Pressing 5 will no longer open the pause menu.
Added some glitch effects for when you rewind.
When your controller disconnects, the game will now pause.
Added a lot of things related to the story.
The water shader had been remade.
The blue tutorial/info box on the right side of the screen now fades away entirely of the screen when the user presses J instead of remaining on the screen, but smaller.
These are not all the changes I've made. Some changes are not relevant to demo and thus are left out.
If you'd like to see some of these changes in video format, I've made a new devlog in which I show the process of making it. https://youtu.be/B97n9h6IQks
Hello everyone! Thanks for playing the demo during the Steam Next Fest. There's also a small new patch available: Lowered the crosshair a bit to make it more aligned with the bullet. Changed the bullet drop slightly. Enemies will now wait with shooting until they have seen you at
Hello everyone!
Thanks for playing the demo during the Steam Next Fest. There's also a small new patch available:
Lowered the crosshair a bit to make it more aligned with the bullet.
Changed the bullet drop slightly.
Enemies will now wait with shooting until they have seen you at least once
Lowered the water deathbox so you won't be instantly dead if your feet just ever so slightly touch the water without you noticing.
Fixed a bug where the slide or dash pop-up tutorial wouldn't complete.
Fixed some lightning issues.
That's all for now. I'll keep the demo up for at least another week. If you have already played the demo, you can always open up de level editor and create some levels of your own. If you want to share your creation, you can upload your the save file (found in %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/TheRewindFactory/Saved/SaveGames). I might even put your chamber (or a variant of it) in the full game. I know the sharing process is not very user friendly and I'm working on it.
If you have any questions, you can post them in the community hub or in the discord. Thanks,
