Dear community,
we have some bad news and some good news.
Let's start with the bad. Solstice Chronicles: Survivors is no more. We killed it, cut it to pieces and fed it to a pit of angry zombies we keep just for such occasions. But there are good news also, bear with us for a bit longer.
When we started working on the Solstice Chronicles: Survivors it was because the community asked for a multiplayer mode in the Solstice Chronicles: MIA and we were unable to provide that with the original game. It was supposed to be a standalone multiplayer game built upon the expanded MIA framework featuring more open gameplay similar to the survival mode.
Guided by our previous experience with the Unreal Engine and some great new talent we were lucky enough to acquire, we started peeling back layers of old code, improving old assets, playing with new gameplay elements, and the more we worked, the more we liked what we saw and more ambitious we got. But the more we worked, more often we got “wow, this is so The Red Solstice” moments.
The turning point happened when we started experimenting with the controlls as we felt the pure twin stick scheme just did not feel right in a big open map. It felt somehow static and tiring and someone half jokingly suggested we try the The Red Solstice like RTS type controls. We actually tried it, and after a few days of intense discussions and multiple further rounds of testing we decided it was actually much better. It was then we finally said, “This is The Red Solstice 2!”.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/768520/The_Red_Solstice_2_Survivors/
So it is our great pleasure to officially announce that we are now working on a full fledged sequel called The Red Solstice 2: Survivors. It is a tactics oriented shooter game made for multiplayer squad tactics but fully playable in solo mode. Basically all that The Red Solstice offered, but improved by years of experience our team has gained, combined with the perks of a modern Unreal 4 engine.
Game
The game will feature well known but improved mechanics such as skills, energy management, combat suit management, weapons with different modes of fire, explosives, tactical squad control, randomly generated missions…. But will also include some new elements such as the biomass, a terrain based manifestation of the virus infection that slowly spreads throughout the map impeading the players progress in a number of ways, making the enemies stronger and more aggressive and if not contained making the successful completion of the primary mission all but impossible.
Some of the old enemies will be making a come back, some new ones will be added, but all of them will be much improved from the way they were in either of our previous games. They will now jump over the barricades, climb through the windows, hunt you in packs, use the sense of smell, hearing and sight while patrolling the map…
Strategy Layer
There will also be a strategic metalayer where players will be able to upgrade their equipment, choose their missions and advance their personal campaign, defending the colonies of Mars. It is also planned for other players to be able to join others games in progress (yep, you’ll be able to drop into your friends game as reinforcement and save his backside).
Development and release
Although the core systems are already in, there is much still to be done, so due to the upredictable nature of our work, we are still unable to talk about the release date with any kind of certainty, so it has to remain in the “when it’s done” realm for now. We will keep you informed with more and more information as we get closer to completion and are looking forward to working with you to make The Red Solstice 2 into the best game possible.
For now, enjoy these images, spread the word and as always...Stay frosty!
