Developer posts and news about this game.
August Development Update It's been a while since the last update in March, and that's partially because other updates have been going to the Rebel Core Playtest page! For those who have already joined the playtest, you've likely noticed the news and update posts that have been s
March Development Update Development has been busy since the last update, though much of it focused on systems building and cleaning up some performance and operational construction so there hasn't been much on the visual side to post until now. A lot of the last month was focuse
Public Playtesting! You may have seen it already, a happy little banner that has appeared on the Rebel Core Steam page: Yes indeed, that means request-based playtest signups are now active for the game! As we continue to push forward to a 2-level demo release (Intro Level and Was
Wastelands Level Art Updates! Where has the time gone this year?? Grant, Michael, and I have been cranking away on Rebel Core and seem to have lost track of time. Since my last post, I've now got an end-to-end first pass on environment art done for the Wastelands Level - to see i
Boy does the time fly when you're having fun working like crazy to make progress on a game in your part-time hours. Michael, Grant, and myself have been quiet, but hard at work pushing forward on a playable demo for Rebel Core: Awakens and it seemed like high time I made an updat
The Core Robotics: Seeker Carrying on from the last news post where I talked a bit about our push for a pre-release, pre-alpha demo, I had called out the Wastelands as the location that has been chosen to be the full length level for the demo. As such, it felt like a good time to
Planning A Demo...Pre-Alpha? The year is 20XX (2025) and game development is a bit different these days than in decades past. If you had told me when I first entered the industry 18 years ago that I'd ever be planning out a demo for a game that is just barely crawling out of the
Ambient Machinewaves 02: The Grid Ambient Machinewaves #2 brings a new song clip and takes us to the rainy outskirts of The Grid , a massive electrical complex that has become wildly unstable after years of overtaxed use by the Machines. Masters and Their Domains Created by the m
AtomDan here with our first news post for Rebel Core: Awakens ! To get things started I wanted to show the first "Ambient Machinewaves" video clip I made as an ambient musicscape that gives a taste of the look and feel of our style for the game. As a life long musician and songwr