Hello everyone!
March has been a particularly intense month for the team: the launch of our Kickstarter campaign, management of the public playtest, and the organization of a Gleam contest. Safe to say, we’ve been busy!
👉 Quick reminder: the Kickstarter campaign ends on April 9th at 12:00 CEST. Don’t miss out on the exclusive rewards, now’s your last chance to support the project!
And if we surpass 40 000€, we’ll reveal a brand-new feature coming to the game…
On the art side
Our artists made great progress this month!
Creation of a Provençal villa, designed to introduce peri-urban fires in future missions
Implementation of retention basins, offering a new way to refill water outside of tankers
And as you’ll see below: a new water bomber aircraft has also been modeled and implemented in-game
On the development side
Here are the main improvements and additions from this month:
Added a mission timer displayed at the end
Added a setting to adjust screen resolution
Added a vehicle in the fire station
Added a tutorial step explaining DFCI gates
Added new help messages (map, truck protection, ...)
New collision FX for the fire hose stream
Reworked intoxication effect: a more visible vignette + blur replaces the old smoke effect
Ongoing hose system rework
And of course… plenty of bug fixes
Playtest updates
Here’s a short video highlighting the main additions in the latest version ✨
Here’s what’s new:
New water bomber aircraft capable of dropping retardant
Retardant now prevents fires from reigniting (unlike water)
Fire trucks equipped with water cannons now feature yellow reflective stripes
Added a speedometer while driving
Work on different hose crosshairs depending on spray modes
New visual effect when using the water cannon
Ability to move the character’s head
👉 Reminder: you have until April 9th to try out these updates.
About the Gleam contest
The Gleam contest ended on March 31st, thank you all for participating!
We’re currently reviewing entries and will contact the winners by email very soon.
Make sure to check your inbox… and your spam folder.
We told you, a packed Dev Diary!
Thank you so much for your continued support. Don’t hesitate to share the project around you, it really helps Rescue Ops: Wildfire grow.
See you soon!
❤️ Rescue Ops: Wildfire team