MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

Released: Apr 4, 2019
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 13:07 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

01 Apr 2023Developer post
4th Anniversary
Calling all commanders! Join us in celebrating the 4th anniversary of Marz: Tactical Base Defense! It's been four years since we launched our game, and we couldn't have done it without your support. Thank you for being part of our journey and for defending Mars against the zombie
30 Apr 2020Developer post
Free update - Survival Mode
Hi folks, Crazy, it's been a year since we released MarZ. A good occasion to let you hear from us again and to say THANK YOU! MarZ Anniversary How time flies. Our game has been available on Steam for over one year now. As you can imagine, the 4th of April 2019 was a super excitin
20 Sep 2019Developer post
Win MarZ & X-Morph game bundle
Hello Community! We've been at this years gamescom presenting MarZ at the amazing Indie Arena Booth. Thanks to those great guys we've had the opportunity to showcase our game on a very cool arcade booth. During gamescom we met a lot of cool people who played the game and chatted
Hello Community!
We've been at this years gamescom presenting MarZ at the amazing Indie Arena Booth. Thanks to those great guys we've had the opportunity to showcase our game on a very cool arcade booth.
During gamescom we met a lot of cool people who played the game and chatted with us at the booth. Four guys were even so amazed by MarZ they said it definitely was their personal highlight of the event - wow!
It was also very great to meet all the other devs presenting their own games. One of them was Exor Studios who presented their game The Riftbreaker, which is currently in development and looks very promising. We love the fact that Exor Studios also create tower defense / base defense games with a twist.
Their latest game X-Morph Defense is a unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense game. As the X-Morph fighter you can engage enemy units directly with a diverse arsenal of weapons. There are four distinct forms which specialize in dealing with different kinds of threats. Each form has a basic attack and a special charged attack mode. Your goal is to defend the X-Morph harvesters from waves of incoming human forces. One of the game's key features is the ability to build towers virtually anywhere on the map and to shape enemy paths by connecting towers with laser fences.
Oh and did we mention it has lots of explosions, huge enemies and destructible buildings? If you like action-packed tower defense games you should really check it out here:
(There's also a free demo available)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/408410/XMorph_Defense/
As we see some parallels in our games and Exor Studios were so generous to provide us with some Steam keys of X-Morph Defense, we decided to start a bundle giveaway for our community!
So this Saturday we will giveaway MarZ and X-Morph keys at our Discord server! - YAY! :)
How to participate:

Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/p5Bb5AK
Select a side by typing !humans or !zombies in the #pick-a-side channel
Now you have access to all hidden channels including the #giveaways channel.
The giveaway will start Saturday at 10am (CEST) and will last 24 hours. After that, winners will be announced automatically in the giveaways channel. All winners will then get contacted personally with the keys!
What can I win?
You can win a bundle including 1 MarZ and 1 X-Morph key!
Good luck everyone!
Over and out!
Miriam + Marc
Original post
21 Jun 2019Developer post
New Update - Overlapping energy hubs and no disappearing corpses!
We’re happy to announce a new MarZ update which adds two new features you guys have asked for. Introducing: Overlapping energy hubs and no disappearing corpses! \o/ Overlapping energy hubs When enabled you can place energy hubs overlapped, which lets you build more dense defense
We’re happy to announce a new MarZ update which adds two new features you guys have asked for. Introducing: Overlapping energy hubs and no disappearing corpses! \o/
Overlapping energy hubs
When enabled you can place energy hubs overlapped, which lets you build more dense defense fronts. It also helps in terms of that you won’t need to place them accurately anymore. We’re pretty sure for some of you this is a game changer!
No disappearing corpses
This is a bit of an experimental/fun option but we simply had to add it. It can get pretty messy on some maps! ;)
Both features can be activated in the options menu under gameplay options.
We hope you guys will like the new update.
Thank you for your support and enjoy MarZ!
Miriam + Marc
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Changelog:

NEW: Overlapping energy hubs – available in options menu
NEW: No disappearing corpses – available in options menu
Bugfix: added scrollable resolution field in options menu
Original post
15 May 2019Developer post
New Patch available
Hello dear community. We have pushed a new patch which fixes some smaller bugs. Please make sure to update the game via your Steam client. Following the full changelog since release day for those who didn't notice all other patches we've already pushed out. Thank you all for your
Hello dear community.
We have pushed a new patch which fixes some smaller bugs.
Please make sure to update the game via your Steam client.
Following the full changelog since release day for those who didn't notice all other patches we've already pushed out.
Thank you all for your constant support!
Enjoy MarZ!
Marc + Miriam
Changelog:
Patch 14052019 * NEW *

fixed bug when using direct sell hotkey on hub, hub occasionally gets stucked on mouse + lander gets wrong material
fixed null reference error on wave manager causing no waves starting
fixed bug when selecting and using nuke in slow mo and switching back to another superweapon nuke won't start.
fixed building an extractor is blocked when upgrading a hub and replacing it.
fixed hub connection issues where buildings got connected to wrong hub
fixed bug where a selected building could get stucked on the mouse cursor
changed: vsync is by default activated
Patch 02052019

Engine upgrade. Fixes several crash bugs (Citrix Workspace bug!) and graphical issues
fixed screenshot error when taking screenshot in main menu
fixed grid generation error on re-load skirmish game
changed crew behavior: Crew now only follows an enemy if attack order has been given
changed bug reporter to allow only reports from newest version.
Patch 15042019

fixed debug log spawning bug, possible fix for crash
fixed drones tower upgrade bug
fixed mines special upgrade bug
fixed UI freeze due to drones tower upgrade bug
fixed construction site stucked on upgrade when using hotkey
fixed upgrade and repair hotkey occasionally not responding
fixed snapping bug when switching from hub to an extractor by hotkeys
added back button to screenshot mode
Patch 12042019

fixed bug where in some rare cases two crew members could walk into one building
fixed screenshot hotkey bug, which spawned multiple error warnings.
fixed some smaller workshop UI bugs
fixed some smaller english typos.
bug reporter, description field must be filled out (added because of useless bug reports)
better error handling for older settings file.
Patch 09042019 (Tuesday April 9)

updated internal video player, possible fix for crash
changed achievement save system, possible fix for crash and resulting corrupted save files.
fixed quick support perk now works on all difficulty levels
fixed all mighty achievement
fixed screen edge panning in mission 17, 18, 19, 20
Patch 08042019 (Monday April 8)

fixed upgrading energy node stucked when upgrading a drones tower simultaneously
fixed quick support perk not working
fixed crew member pathfinding not finding a way. Bug occured in workshop maps.
fixed twitch mode mission 3, enemies spawned on blocked route
Patch 07042019 (Sunday April 7)

fixed mission 11 no end screen bug
fixed energy node does not free up energy slots when replacing it and using +1 energy boost perk
Hotfix 1 (Saturday April 6)

fixed mission 6 no end screen bug
fixed skirmish bug (only shows blurred image)
fixed selecting locked buildings with shortcuts possible.
fixed extractor no energy bug when upgrading hub and using protection perk
Original post
10 Apr 2019Developer post
Thank you!
Hello dear community, We're nearing the end of our launch week and we want to thank you all so much for your support and for playing our game. It's fabulous to see what a great start MarZ has made and what we've achieved as a wife and husband team.The release was very exciting an
Hello dear community,
We're nearing the end of our launch week and we want to thank you all so much for your support and for playing our game. It's fabulous to see what a great start MarZ has made and what we've achieved as a wife and husband team.The release was very exciting and exhausting at the same time, but we couldn't be happier now.
Thank! You! So! Much!
It's great to see that you are enjoying our game as much as we did making it.
It's awesome that the workshop is already growing very well and offers some very nice and creative maps to you to play.
As game development is quite complex and we gained hundreds of new players, some bugs appeared as well. Please bear with us that as a team of two it's nearly impossible to test every single aspect of a game. We worked really hard during this week to push several patches out which fixed the critical bugs. So please make sure to update the game via your Steam client.
We're really overwhelmed about all your support, comments, feedback and suggestions. Keep them coming! :)
Miriam + Marc
Patch notes:
Patch 09042019

updated internal video player, possible fix for crash
changed achievement save system, possible fix for crash and resulting corrupted save files.
fixed quick support perk now works on all difficulty levels
fixed all mighty achievement
fixed screen edge panning in mission 17, 18, 19, 20
Patch 08042019

fixed upgrading energy node stucked when upgrading a drones tower simultaneously
fixed quick support perk not working
fixed crew member pathfinding not finding a way. Bug occured in workshop maps.
fixed twitch mode mission 3, enemies spawned on blocked route
Patch 07042019

fixed mission 11 no end screen bug
fixed energy node does not free up energy slots when replacing it and using +1 energy boost perk
Hotfix 1

fixed mission 6 no end screen bug
fixed skirmish bug (only shows blurred image)
fixed selecting locked buildings with shortcuts possible.
fixed extractor no energy bug when upgrading hub and using protection perk
Original post
06 Apr 2019Developer post
Hotfix 1 available
Hi guys, We've pushed a new update which fixes some bugs that came up recently. Most importantly the no end screen bug. Please make sure to update the game via Steam client. Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you so much for your patience! Miriam + Marc fixes: Fixed no end scr
Hi guys,
We've pushed a new update which fixes some bugs that came up recently.
Most importantly the no end screen bug. Please make sure to update the game via Steam client.
Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you so much for your patience!
Miriam + Marc
fixes:

Fixed no end screen bug
Fixed skirmish bug (only shows blurred image)
Fixed selecting buildings with shortcuts which aren't unlocked yet.
Fixed extractor no energy bug when upgrading hub and using protection perk
Original post
04 Apr 2019Developer post
OUT NOW!
The time has come! MarZ: Tactical Base Defense is out now. \o/ First of all, we just want to say a huge thank you to all of you who accompanied and supported us during the Early Access phase. Your feedback helped a lot in making MarZ what it is today! After 18 months of Early Acc
22 Mar 2019Developer post
MarZ - Demo Update
Hi all, Launch day is getting close. Only 2 weeks left until MarZ: Tactical Base Defense will leave Early Access! As you can imagine we are getting more and more excited every day. We are working as much as possible on the last details to make a smashing 1.0! So here’s one last s
07 Mar 2019Developer post
Release Announcement & Name Change
Big news today! We’re happy to announce our full release date which will be the *drumroll* 4th of April 2019 To celebreate this, we have also prepared a nice new release date announcement teaser for you: As you can imagine we’re VERY excited to release the full version with all n
Big news today! We’re happy to announce our full release date which will be the *drumroll*
4th of April 2019
To celebreate this, we have also prepared a nice new release date announcement teaser for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMyW7UfTVk
As you can imagine we’re VERY excited to release the full version with all new features and changes to you!
Here’s an excerpt of what’s coming with the full release:

Completely overhauled balancing + a lot more zombies!
Energy Hub Upgrades (a single hub supplies from 3 up to 5 buildings with energy)
Open techtree without searching order
Enemy paths indicate wave strengths
New tower specializations, each tower gets another 2 expansion stages
Marsform Map Editor + Steam Workshop integration to create and share own maps
Overhauled Skirmish mode + new Outbreak mode
Localization in 9 different languages (English, English(US), German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Polish)
Tons of bug fixes and optimizations
Name and logo change
In order of the upcoming full release and as MarZ Rising is coming out of Early Access we have also slightly changed the name and Logo of the game to represent it’s genre better. Therefore as of today MarZ Rising will become:
MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
As you can see there’s alot incoming! Most of the changes and new features have been inspired or suggested by our awesome community! That’s why we really think the Early Access phase was the perfect fit for our game. And it really helped the development of it.
We will now dive back into work as there’s still plenty of things to do till full release. Stay tuned, any support is very much appreciated! If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Discord
MarZ Rising: Facebook
MarZ Rising: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
Original post
01 Mar 2019Developer post
Development News 29022019
Hey folks! We have some exciting news on the development front. As some of you already know we’ve been very busy preparing for full launch, with an array of new features, content and changes scheduled. There’s a lot to do, but it’s totally worth it! The changes we’ve made add so
15 Feb 2019Developer post
Development News 15022019
Hello dear community, we have news from the development front to share with you. Today we’d like to introduce you to a whole new game mode coming with the full release: OUTBREAK New game mode: Outbreak The outbreak mode is a completely new game mode within skirmish mode. In this
01 Feb 2019Developer post
Development News 01022019
Hello dear community! As promised we’re now starting the news series from the development front. As we’re heading towards the full release we plan to add plenty of new exciting features you can already look forward to. We are currently working full throttle rebalancing things due
18 Jan 2019Developer post
New update 18012019
Hope you guys have had a great start to 2019! We’re starting this new year with an update which adds new stuff and optimizations based on feedback we’ve had recently from you, our community. This update especially improves our crew behaviour, as well as the amount of clicking nee
Hope you guys have had a great start to 2019!
We’re starting this new year with an update which adds new stuff and optimizations based on feedback we’ve had recently from you, our community. This update especially improves our crew behaviour, as well as the amount of clicking needed in the game, some optimizations and small fixes here and there. Let’s have a closer look:
Crew optimizations
We’ve worked on some crew optimizations which includes:

Group selection and movement It is now possible to move a selected group.
Group selection shortcuts It is now possible to assign a selected group to a shortcut. By default this is set to LEFTSHIFT and numbers 5 to 9. You can of course configure this in the options by yourself.
Group selection healing When you have a group selected and you click on the lander, the crew member with the lowest health will be sent to the lander for healing first.
Crew risk The possibility of a crew being attacked by an enemy is higher.
Lander improvements Crew members won’t jump directly into the lander when they are sent next to it.
Tower enemy prioritisation
We’ve reworked the tower enemy prioritization and in this context we’ve also fixed some targeting bugs. Towers are constantly checking for enemy prioritization based on attacking/not attacking, strong/weak and max health/low health – this makes them more effective.
Rocket tower - "feel"
We’ve worked on the balancing and the overall “feel” when a rocket tower shoots. The rocket tower feels much more powerful now.
Shortcuts
In order to reduce the click amount in the game we’ve added additional shortcuts you can set to speed up your base building. It is now possible to select buildings directly by pressing a shortcut. All shortcuts for each building can be set in the options menu. We’ve also added direct ring menu shortcuts which can be pressed as soon as your mouse is over a building. If you wanted to upgrade a building before, you had to click on the building first and then select the upgrade button in the ring menu. Now it’s possible to simply hover over a building, press the direct upgrade command and the building gets upgraded. Please be aware that for compatibility reasons, those shortcuts needs to be set by yourself in the options menu as they are set to none by default.
What's next
So what’s next you might ask? As we’re working full steam on our full release, we plan to reduce the regular update amount to fully concentrate on the development of the new features. So pretty much like the calm before the storm 😉 We will of course keep you all updated on what we’re working on, and what you can expect for the full release. Let us know in the forum if you have any great suggestions and feedback for the game.
As always share the news, tell your friends – any support is very much appreciated!
If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels here:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
Discord: Discord
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Facebook
MarZ Rising: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
Changelog

New: Crew group movement
New: Crew group assign to shortcuts
New: Select building shortcuts
New: Direct ring menu shortcuts -------------------------------
Optimized: Better crew move next to lander precision
Optimized: Group selection click on lander, send crew with lowest health first
Optimized: Better tower targeting
Optimized: Better rocket tower feel
Optimized Demo: Endscreen demo video – audio fade in -------------------------------
Bugfix: (hopefully fixed) Fixed a bug where sometimes the level got stucked at the end
Bugfix: Tower targeting bugs
Bugfix: Some smaller bugfixes
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07 Dec 2018Developer post
Demo now available
The European Santa came yesterday and brought a free demo for all of you. We’re happy to announce a new update which introduces a new German voice for captain Tobin, and a free demo available for download right now! New German voice Due to a lot of the feedback we got regarding t
The European Santa came yesterday and brought a free demo for all of you. We’re happy to announce a new update which introduces a new German voice for captain Tobin, and a free demo available for download right now!
New German voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCwU-M-f7pE
Due to a lot of the feedback we got regarding the German voice of captain Tobin, we have replaced it with a new one. May we present to you Matthias Weidenhöfer! He’s quite a well-known German TV actor and played in a German TV Show called Tatort.
Check out this awesome video of him recording some samples!
Demo now available
It’s happening! We have released a free demo so everyone can now enjoy the first 3 missions of our campaign. The demo doesn’t have any time restrictions and should give you a nice glimpse of what the game has to offer. But remember, only the full game includes all the awesomeness!
Official Discord server
We have finally created an official MarZ Rising Discord server. A bit late to the party, but better late then never, right? 🙂
Discord allows us to build up a community and is also a great hub for everything related to the game. Come by and say hi, we'd love to see you there!
https://discord.gg/p5Bb5AK
What's next?
We’re working full steam on the full release, working on the map editor, implementing Steam Workshop, balancing the outbreak mode for skirmish, preparing the localization files, adding more features aaand polishing.
As always share the news, tell your friends – any support is very much appreciated! 🙂
If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels here:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
Discord: https://discord.gg/p5Bb5AK
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Facebook
MarZ Rising: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
CHANGELOG

New: German voice for cpt. Tobin
New: Demo version
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Bugfix: Some smaller bugfixes
Original post
07 Nov 2018Developer post
Skirmish Update
Another big, fresh and free update for MarZ Rising is finally here. The long awaited skirmish mode brings a whole lot of re-playability, fun experiences and new challenges to MarZ Rising. To celebrate this new update, we’ve cooked up a nice trailer! Crank up the volume to 11 and
Another big, fresh and free update for MarZ Rising is finally here. The long awaited skirmish mode brings a whole lot of re-playability, fun experiences and new challenges to MarZ Rising. To celebrate this new update, we’ve cooked up a nice trailer! Crank up the volume to 11 and check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BQLjmVmmM
SKIRMISH MODE
In Skirmish mode, you can experience all campaign maps with new challenges. Customize the game and experiment with what you can stand. Each type of enemy can be set by a weight, which defines the spawn probability.
So if you want to play a game only against walkers, simply set the weight of the walker to 100 and every other enemy type to 0. If you feel lucky, you can generate the weights randomly according to three difficulties. The system behind the skirmish mode always makes sure that the spawn count of enemies is fair. That means that the spawn count of boss enemies won’t ever be as high as for weaker enemy types. Additionally you can set the Zombie masses, from tiny to huge, and the interval timings between waves. Long intervals means the game play session becomes longer and also a bit less frantic.
All the enemy wave settings are being generated by a random seed which can be set as well. Furthermore you can also set your start resources, difficulty level and – insert drum roll – game modes. We plan to add one additional game mode to skirmish upon our full release called outbreak. This game mode will spawn, unlike the wave mode, all enemies at once. You will have enough time to build up your defense base and you’ll have the possibility to build barricades as well. Outbreak will be a fast and fun game mode for sure!
TWITCH MODE
Along with the skirmish mode, we have implemented something very entertaining for Twitch streamers.
The Twitch mode is an additional mode where viewers have the possibility to vote for different actions which can sabotage or support a streamer’s current game. Twitch mode works in the campaign as well as in the skirmish mode.
Vote to build a wave
From time to time, viewers can vote for enemies to build up an extra challenging wave. The enemies will be tagged with the viewers names according to who voted for them.
Call for support
Streamers can call the community for help every now and then. Calling for help brings up an additional poll where viewers are able to vote for additional building materials, 3 extra crew members, one free nuke or just nothing… You know where this is going, right? 😉
Additional actions
Every time-based action in Twitch mode can be accelerated by special commands. For example, a research in the tech center can be accelerated by typing #research, or reinforcement can be accelerated by typing #reinforce in the chat.
BLOOD PARTICLE FX
We have improved some blood particle effects as well as the machinegun shoot particle effects. Firing on zombies feels so much more satisfying now!
PRICE INCREASE
This is something no one really likes to hear, right? Fear not, the current price won’t change in Early Access. But, based on all the new features we’ve added since September 2017 and the additional features which will come (map editor), we will raise the price upon full release to 24.99€. This is a heads up for all of you who are considering buying MarZ Rising but haven’t taken the plunge just yet. We will make an additional announcement regarding the price increase right before full release.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Our next steps will be to fully concentrate on our full release. This means, we will work on further polishing, bug fixing and additional features. The full release version will contain a very nice map editor where you can create your own maps. The map editor will allow you to sculpt your terrain, place enemy spawn points and more. All created maps can be played in the skirmish mode and shared via Steam workshop. Of course we’ll make sure that the editor will be nicely integrated into the game.
We also like to mention that we have fixed some additional bugs thanks to your (community) bug reports! Keep them coming! And please let us know your thoughts on the new skirmish mode too. Any feedback is very welcome and can be discussed with us in the Steam forums.
As always share the news, tell your friends – any support is very much appreciated! 🙂
If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels here:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Facebook
MarZ Rising: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
CHANGELOG

NEW: Skirmish mode
NEW: Twitch mode
NEW: Blood particle effects
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Bugfix: Smaller bugfixes
Original post
01 Nov 2018Developer post
Skirmish Update - Available on November 7
We have great news for you: New & free SKIRMISH UPDATE will be available on the 7th of November! That means from next week you can freely customize the game and experiment with what you can stand. Choose from one of the campaign maps, set your preferred enemy types, adjust th
05 Oct 2018Developer post
October Update
A new update from Mars is here! This update brings you shiny (Steam) achievements, a new profile page and more. It also comes up with some internal changes which makes everything ready for our next major update – skirmish mode! Profile page The new profile page can be viewed in t
A new update from Mars is here! This update brings you shiny (Steam) achievements, a new profile page and more. It also comes up with some internal changes which makes everything ready for our next major update – skirmish mode!
Profile page
The new profile page can be viewed in the mission menu and gives you a great overview about your current progress. It shows up your mission stats, collected perks and earned achievements.
Achievements
The hunt for achievements has begun! We’ve implemented a broad range of achievements. Some are quite easy to get while others are not. Let’s see if you’ll manage to get all of them.
Screenshot mode
It is now possible to completely hide the in game UI by pressing the F2 key. This allows you to create some nice looking screenshots! And of course: We’d love to see them in the shared screenshot section at our Steam Community Hub! <3
New voice over
We’ve replaced our english Captain Tobin voice with a new one! Our new voice actor Stephen Shivers, did a really great job. The fact that he’s a native english speaker really pushes the overall quality of the game. For all our german users out there, don’t worry, there’s also a new german voice over in the making and coming with the next update.
21:9 Support
Upon requests we’ve added 21:9 resolution support. This one is kind of difficult for us to test, so should there be any issues please let us know.
Engine upgrade
We’ve finally managed to upgrade our project to a new engine version. this should fix some minor graphical bugs and improves overall stability.
Besides of all those new stuff and changes we’ve made some smaller bug fixes as well and did some polishing work here and there. We’re also preparing and working full steam on the skirmish mode which will be our next big update! This will be really exciting for us and of course for you as well!
As always share the news, tell your friends. Any support is very appreciated! 🙂
If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels here:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Facebook
doorfortyfour: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
CHANGELOG

New: Achievements
New: Profile page
New: 21:9 Support
New: English voice for cpt. Tobin
New: Setcard FX
New: Smooth Camera
New: Screenshot mode
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Changed: Unity Engine version
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Bugfix: Extractor truck behaviour
Bugfix: Voice outro stop bug
Bugfix: In some situation, energy hubs did not free up slot when selling buildings.
Several smaller bugfixes and code optimizations
Original post
20 Jul 2018Developer post
The Rising - Update
Our new and long awaited update – THE RISING – is finally here! We’ve reached a big milestone in the production of MarZ Rising. Since September 2017 we’ve added plenty of new features, worked on the story campaign, added new levels, fixed a whole lot of bugs, did plenty of optimi
Our new and long awaited update – THE RISING – is finally here! We’ve reached a big milestone in the production of MarZ Rising. Since September 2017 we’ve added plenty of new features, worked on the story campaign, added new levels, fixed a whole lot of bugs, did plenty of optimizations, changed balancing…. It’s just crazy to see how the game progressed during this time! And you have contributed a big part to this progress. So, THANK YOU! Now finally, we’re proud to say that the story campaign including 20 missions is finished. Woah!
NEW Mission 19 - Terminal Velocity
You’re one step closer to the truth! Don’t let you fool you by the fact that there’s only one path. You definitely have to prove your skills!
NEW Mission 20 - The Rising
The final level of the campaign! It definitely holds some surprises for you. The last mission of the campaign uncovers the mystery behind the zombie epidemic. We don’t want to spoil too much, but one’s for sure, you’ll be amazed! Technically and artistically it was a challenge, but we’ve managed it.
NEW Outro Cutscene
Of course there’s no campaign without a nice outro cutscene right? We’ve got you covered! Maybe you’ve already discovered a hint in the announcement gif. We’d love to show you everything but that would just spoil too much. See it for yourself.
NEW Difficulty Levels
Good news everyone! MarZ Rising now includes three different difficulty levels. The difficulty level can be selected before starting a new mission. The current difficulty level is now the “challenging” level. So there’s one easier and one harder level – for anyone who really seeks the challenge!
NEW Configurable Shortcuts
We’ve recently received a lot of requests for adding the possibility of changing shortcuts. Well, we’ve added that as well to the update. Go to the options menu and click on configure shortcuts.
NEW Monolith Scanning
The monolith also got some love and received a new scanning device. Additionally it is now possible to select your crew during a scanning process. The research time has been divided into three parts, so when moving a crew away from the monolith the time will be set back to it’s last reached time checkpoint.
NEW Perk - Duck And Cover
A new perk unlocks after completing mission 19. This is more of a “negative” perk. It adds a new challenge to the game by spawning a meteorite shower randomly. The meteorite shower damages everything that’s in the way… even enemies. 😉
NEW Perk - Hell Yeah!
We wanted to make something very special for the last perk which unlocks after you have completed the campaign. Kind of a reward for everyone who made it. We had this idea before but it never made it beyond the conceptual stage. Until now! So what this perk does is, it allows you to take place inside of a machinegun tower and control it in first person view! Quite awesome huh? Hell yeah!
What's Next?
So you might ask what’s next? MarZ Rising still stays in Early Access because we’re not done yet! We’re already working on two exciting new features effecting a lot of replayability. First we’ll add a skirmish mode to the game allowing you to play every map (except mission 20) with different game settings and randomly generated enemy waves. We’ll make sure that you can edit most of those settings. You want to play only against crawlers, or only against crashers, try it out! Additionally we plan to implement a level editor allowing you to create your own maps for the skirmish mode. On top of that we plan to add steam workshop integration, additional localization, achievements, profile page etc. So as you can see, we still have plenty to do, but we’re getting there.
Alright, so what are you waiting for? Tell your friends, and grab the latest update! 🙂
If you want to stay updated about further development of the game you can also follow us on our social media channels here:
Marc: Twitter
Miriam: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Twitter
MarZ Rising: Facebook
doorfortyfour: Instagram
Thank you and have fun playing!
Miriam & Marc
Over and out!
CHANGELOG

New: Final campaign!
New: mission 19 – Terminal velocity
New: mission 20 – The rising
New: Outro
New: Difficulty levels
New: Configurable shortcuts
New: Perk – Duck and cover
New: Perk – Hell yeah!
New: UI mission select: Added intro and outro
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Changed: Added monolith scanning device
Changed: Crew which analyzes monolith can now be selected
Changed: Monolith analyzing time is divided into three parts
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Bugfix: Extractor truck won’t get stuck anymore
Bugfix: Fixed a bug where paths randomly got deactivated
Bugfix: No more enemies running in circles
Bugfix: Fixed bug where Borderzone dismantle task did not close properly
Bugfix: Armory techtree UI updates faster
Bugfix: Crew who analyzes monolith is not selectable anymore
Bugfix: Fixed bug in mission 15 where paths didn’t get rebuilded
Bugfix: Fixed coffee time perk
Bugfix: Fixed turbo perk, selecting in-game wont enable it
Bugfix: Fixed bug where shocker secondary attack won’t get freezed by freezeray
Bugfix: Fixed bug where mutated could not attack monolith
Bugfix: Fixed reflection probe bake bug after returning from options menu
Bugfix: Fixed bug where the wrong story dialog would be loaded in some levels
Several smaller bugfixes and code optimizations
Original post
27 Jun 2018Developer post
Development news
This is just a short heads-up to let you guys know that we're very active working on MarZ Rising, although it was a bit quiet the last few weeks. We're back from vacation, our energy bars has been refilled and we're now working full steam on the next update. So here's a sneak pee

Updates & announcements

Calling all commanders!

MarZ Anniversary

Survival Mode

How to participate:

What can I win?

Overlapping energy hubs

No disappearing corpses

Changelog:

Patch notes:

MarZ: Tactical Base Defense is out now. \o/

20 MISSION STORY CAMPAIGN with two endings

SKIRMISH MODE

OUTBREAK MODE

MARSFORM MAP EDITOR

TWITCH MODE

& BRAND NEW FEATURES!

DEMO

DEMO UPDATE

GAMEPLAY VIDEO

LAUNCH DISCOUNT

4th of April 2019

Name and logo change

NEW PRICE COMING SOON

MARSFORM

PROCEDURAL GENERATION

SCULPTING TOOLS

MATERIALS AND LIGHT

SPAWNERS

FOG OF WAR

PUBLISH & PLAY

New game mode: Outbreak

Barricades

Upcoming price increase

Tower Specializations

Minigun

Mortar

Prism

Teleport

Mines

Repair-Drone

Uplink

Localisation

Crew optimizations

Tower enemy prioritisation

Rocket tower - "feel"

Shortcuts

What's next

Changelog

New German voice

Demo now available

Official Discord server

What's next?

CHANGELOG

SKIRMISH MODE

TWITCH MODE

BLOOD PARTICLE FX

PRICE INCREASE

WHAT'S NEXT?

CHANGELOG

Profile page

Achievements

Screenshot mode

New voice over

21:9 Support

Engine upgrade

CHANGELOG

NEW Mission 19 - Terminal Velocity

NEW Mission 20 - The Rising

NEW Outro Cutscene

NEW Difficulty Levels

NEW Configurable Shortcuts

NEW Monolith Scanning

NEW Perk - Duck And Cover

NEW Perk - Hell Yeah!

What's Next?

CHANGELOG

Final campaign:

Custom key-bindings:

Difficulty levels: