Hello everyone!
We have a big announcement for you today, as we’re coming up close to the 1-year mark of the last public demo release. We have rebranded our game from PROJECT QUARANTINE, which has always been only a project title, to Incursion Red River. With that, we have changed our setting from Northern America to modern Vietnam. It’s been a real journey from then and we wouldn’t be here without you all directly supporting us.
First, let's look at the road behind us:
Some of you here may remember when the game looked like this. Our first feature-packed build and concept of what could be a great game. Elements of the UI lasted till this day and – well to be honest, everything else was either scrapped or rebuilt from the ground up.
Fun fact for those that may not have been around during the game’s infancy, the build was downloadable through Google Drive!
Flash Forward:
We then published the updated build on Steam in March of 2023 (this screenshot is from September) and got incredible feedback over the last year on behalf of the entire community. The public demo was then worked on for a few weeks.
After initial feedback and public testing, we realized some early systems required a complete do-over in order for the game to be successful long term. Had these systems been ignored, we all would have been left with a potentially fun game, only to be ruined by year-old bugs. Particularly co-op, inventory, and AI. This is not what we wanted, and it's no secret that these reworks caused a slowdown in actual content additions, and required financial support to keep the project alive.
Why Incursion Red River?
After the last update in March 2023 we internally decided to move away from the demo, take all the great feedback, and basically build a new game from the ground up based in Vietnam. Vietnam itself is a great setting for video games, with it’s dense jungle environment paired with urban environments. As we still wanted our game to take place in the modern era, we additionally wrote a complete new lore for our game, which we will unfold through the game and upcoming trailers. Now you may ask, but why Red River? The Red River Delta is an existent region in Vietnam, that offers a lot of different environments for us to explore. Here is a first glimpse of what you can expect:
Steam Next Fest
Additionally we have some great news for you guys, we will participate in the Steam Next Fest from 5th-12th of February. So make sure to check the demo out! We await your feedback here and on our discord server!
Best,
Incursion Red River Team!