CODENAME CURE II - Launches July 24th!
The day has finally come, Operators. After years of hard work and testing with our wonderful community, Launch Day is here; Codename CURE II will be launching July 24th! If you haven't already, make sure to Wishlist the game on Steam and join us on Discord ! In making Codename CU
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The day has finally come, Operators. After years of hard work and testing with our wonderful community, Launch Day is here; Codename CURE II will be launching July 24th! If you haven't already, make sure to Wishlist the game on Steam and join us on Discord!
In making Codename CURE II we wanted to recapture what made the original so fun, but modernise and improve upon pretty much everything. From dynamic gore systems to additional enemy types, cool but limited features present in the first game, such as maps having pre-set branching paths, evolved here into a full procedural generation system where no two mission runs are ever the same. Each class now has a full selection of weapon and attachment options, more competent/believable AI systems which even utilise the gear you have unlocked when filling roles. After many years of development, we're very excited to get this into the hands of gamers, both existing fans and new players alike.
CURE II features:
Complete Objectives on Procedurally Generated maps
Fight your way through diverse environments which are procedurally generated to create a unique experience each time. Fight through sprawling sewers, dense forests, military bunkers, city streets, and more, with more environments being added over time.
Fully customize your Operators, from their Guns to their Gear
Equip your squad with a wide variety of weapons, uniforms, masks, gloves, facewear, and more. Customize your guns with various types of attachments, with each class having their own unique arsenals, all unlocked through collecting scrap - acquired from completing missions or collecting it while exploring.
Play Online, with Friends, or with our highly advanced Bots
Play with other players online, join your friends in private lobbies, or play Singleplayer with our highly advanced Bots, who equip whatever gear that you give to them in your class loadouts, giving you a fully customizable and diverse crew to complete missions with.
Engage with a variety of infected, and 'Cure' them with our diverse Gore system
From common infected, to soldier zombies, to zombie dogs, to bosses like the Disciple, with more variations being added over time, the infection has many tools at it's disposal to try and stop you, and you'll be able to respond in kind, with our fully procedural Gore system, which runs extremely cheap, even when destroying a full horde!
The fact our small team of just two people were able to create this in-house has been incredible. CURE II is the game we always wanted CURE I to be and are very proud to finally be able to present it. We can't wait to play with you all and finally get the game into everyone's hands!
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CURE II features:
Complete Objectives on Procedurally Generated maps
Fight your way through diverse environments which are procedurally generated to create a unique experience each time. Fight through sprawling sewers, dense forests, military bunkers, city streets, and more, with more environments being added over time.
Fully customize your Operators, from their Guns to their Gear
Equip your squad with a wide variety of weapons, uniforms, masks, gloves, facewear, and more. Customize your guns with various types of attachments, with each class having their own unique arsenals, all unlocked through collecting scrap - acquired from completing missions or collecting it while exploring.
Play Online, with Friends, or with our highly advanced Bots
Play with other players online, join your friends in private lobbies, or play Singleplayer with our highly advanced Bots, who equip whatever gear that you give to them in your class loadouts, giving you a fully customizable and diverse crew to complete missions with.
Engage with a variety of infected, and 'Cure' them with our diverse Gore system
From common infected, to soldier zombies, to zombie dogs, to bosses like the Disciple, with more variations being added over time, the infection has many tools at it's disposal to try and stop you, and you'll be able to respond in kind, with our fully procedural Gore system, which runs extremely cheap, even when destroying a full horde!
The fact our small team of just two people were able to create this in-house has been incredible. CURE II is the game we always wanted CURE I to be and are very proud to finally be able to present it. We can't wait to play with you all and finally get the game into everyone's hands!
This first demo features approximately 20% of what the full game will have to offer; a vertical slice / taster of what the core gameplay loop will be. We're exceptionally proud of what we've made so far, and we're excited to get this demo in your hands. To play the demo, simply install it from the 
GLHF!
The remake of industrial is vast and complex. It features multiple fully detailed areas which open up over time, random encounters, traps, and all sorts of other goodies, including plenty of secrets for players to discover.
This new map will likely be the last major update to CURE I as we shift focus to CURE II. We just wanted to make sure CURE I players didn't get left behind as we move concentration over to the sequel.
While we likely won't be releasing new content, we will still continue to support CURE as best as we can. We've been very happy to have come along for the ride with you all.
We'll also be playing a Codename CURE session this Halloween to celebrate it's 7th (full release) birthday, so don't be afraid to stop by!
See you out on the field soldiers!
The new map has a few new features that make it quite different from other Survival maps; namely, the map dynamically grows every few rounds. Instead of a safe room becoming accessible, entire sections of the map dynamically have access opened to them, making the map significantly larger and more complex as the match progresses.
Another feature inspired by Kaleidescoop's innovative work, is that this is now the first and only official CURE map to have a neutral NPC that helps you during the match. The APC sports a mounted turret which helps you "thin the herd"; diligently "curing" zombies that are in it's path.
We've also released the Soundtrack for both CURE and Gemini on Steam, which include some cut/unused/scrapped music to add a hint of development lore, as well as some additional ‘bangers’ for the buck. If you wish to support the development of our projects going forward, I'd highly recommend checking those out. They can be purchased below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3052720/Codename_CURE__Soundtrack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3043360/Gemini_Binary_Conflict__Soundtrack/
We've got more to show in the coming months; we just request your indulgence a little while longer. All we can say for now, though, is that more CURE content is coming soon, and look forward to seeing you all out on the field again.
Keep curing those zombies everyone!
More is planned in the future; namely, more maps for CURE, a pretty big announcement that will be coming soon, and various adjustments to our other projects. The future is looking bright!
Check the patchnotes below for a full detailed list:
- New cbe map Frostbite!
* including two new achievements for completing it on average / insane respectively
- bomb escape changes:
* vehicle leave time now displays as 0 seconds (to help players better understand how much time they actually have to escape)
* added a check to see if a map is using vehicle leave outputs (to preserve expected timer on custom maps that don’t have an escape sequence)
* slight tweaks to certain existing official maps to improve qol / escape times
- survival changes:
* introduced a wave 12 win mechanism with adjusted difficulty curve (to help make survival rounds more qualitative than quantitative)
* plank rooms now activate at waves 3/6/9 instead of 5/10/15
* changed wave 15 achievements to now be wave 12
* allow use of both primary weapon and sidearm
* resource drops slightly less scarce
* round end fail safe now kills remaining zombies + kicks in 10 seconds sooner
* chest will not give a player the same weapon twice in a row
* wave hud element shows only remaining enemies
* reduced next wave start time to 5 seconds if / when all players have used the chest
* distance based wave timer to next crate (based on distance to furthest player)
* reduced the 3 fail map reset for survival to 1 by default
- soldier zombies are now 26% less tanky
- corpse / ragdoll fade improvement (so zombies don’t occasionally instantly disappear on death)
- new steam input profile based on default controls for better gamepad / steam deck playability (including right stick operating mouse cursor in menus)
- new time based rudimentary server auto restart / update system so servers (that opt to use it) can stay up to date more easily, new server setup guide available here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3128717090
On top of this, we've made a substantial amount of changes to how Survival Crates work between waves. A few very significant changes are coming, namely:
1. Supply Crates no longer give you the same weapon twice in a row. It will always pick another weapon on the next roll.
2. Supply Crates no longer take away your primary or secondary. Players will always have a side-arm and a primary at all times, allowing you to have a full loadout. Gone are the days of replacing your automatic shotgun with a pew pew pistol; now you can have both!
3. When all players in the match have grabbed from the Supply Crate, the timer instantly goes down to 5 seconds if it's not already there, that way you aren't just sitting around waiting for the next wave to start.
These changes make the weapon side of things much more enjoyable and exciting!
On top of that, we've made various balancing adjustments. We've increased the drop rate of loot from zombies, reduced how tanky soldier zombies are, and more, making Survival a much more exciting and engaging game mode; one that also can be completed. These changes will carry over to all custom survival maps as well!
We've also made some very important QoL improvements to Bomb Escape, so far. The biggest one is the countdown timer will now count down to 0 at the point the vehicle leaves, instead of it being based on how much time is left until the bomb explodes. This means that there's not gonna be any more situations of the timer still having 15 seconds left on it, and you're right at the escape, but the vehicle leaves. It will be much more obvious now, when the vehicle actually leaves.
This change carries over to custom maps, too. However, if no outputs are being made when the vehicle escape event is called, this change doesn't carry over, working like it used to, ensuring that this only applies when it is needed. We've also increased how much time you have on multiple maps that really needed that extra boost.
And that's not including all the minor adjustments we've made, like adjusting how ragdoll spawning works so that Zombies are no longer phasing out of existence the instant that they are killed, and more. This health update is going to make the game significantly funner and we are very eager and excited to get it out.
Now, as one final send-off, some more previews of the newest CBE map coming very soon.
See you guys next week.
A severe disturbance was detected at an industrial mining town up north. Lots of snow, and lots of cold. The infected seem completely unaffected by the freezing temperatures, but, that's okay; it's nothing your team can't handle.
More changes to your operations will be coming soon, too. Various improvements that'll make your missions easier, better, and, dare I say, "funner", with various updates and improvements not just to entire gamemodes, but to individual missions across the board.
The C.U.R.E. team's needed once more.
Coming soon.
With up to 16 player PvP, 5 player Coop or even just offline play with full AI bot support (plus a smattering of the five player class DNA that made CURE so fun), there's something for everyone when it comes to a battle arena shooter. Come and support our projects (both current and future) and join the action of an interplanetary war!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293660/Gemini_Binary_Conflict/
Valve's introduction of the steam game festival (which goes live on the 16th of June, and runs to the 22nd) has given us an opportunity to share a free demo with you during this period, in the hopes of garnering some interest and support from the community in the run up to a full early access release. The demo aims to provide a flavour of the player vs player (PvP) aspect of the game, containing three PvP modes across five unique maps, along with full access to two sidegrades of class weaponry, equipment and customisation. The full release of the game will additionally feature a co-operative mode, and class based xp/leveling/unlock system, with more features, maps, modes, weapons, armour sets and other improvements to come throughout the games time in early access.
We hope to see you in-game, and look forward to your thoughts and feedback for this inaugural public version of our latest project. GLHF ;)