Hello Raiders
Unbelievably, it's been a year since the launch of the Resurgence update, and what a year it's been! We wanted to look back at the past year and do an introspection, see what was accomplished, and what still needs doing.
The Past
Our goal starting with the Resurgence update has been to get the game to a state where people would actually want to play it along and invite their friends, and it seems that piece by piece the game as a whole has gotten to a much better state.
Since last August, there have been a total of 3 major and 10 minor updates. While it might not seem all that much, there have been thousands of hours of work put into them, not to mention the unfathomable amount of cleanup done to the codebase. Here are the most noteworthy update notes:
Brand new Raid with Full Stop
Daily Bounties feature
Randomized Blitz operations
Demolition warcry overhaul
Tricky Treats Halloween event (And challenge card)
UI Improvements
AI Improvements and overhauls
More achievements, many were named by the community
The Crash Handler
Proficiency Profiles
Two new weapons
Lead bar throwable (and gold bar skin)
Parabellum P08 with 2 skins (and a shiny 3rd one coming soon!)
The present
Of course, the game still hasn't been shined to a perfect sheen, numerous problems still remain, a number of much needed features are still missing, and the player counts are still on the low side. It hasn't been a smooth ride for us either, trying to wrangle a game (and it's mistreated engine) into shape with our collective free time and grand budget of 1 banana is a very exhausting endeavor.
The expectations for a game like this to receive constant updates and content additions is almost impossible to meet, and as much as we try to bring new stuff, burnouts and all manner of random unforeseeable complications put a damper on us achieving the output we hope for.
We know everyone wants to see new weapons and levels, and so do we! New weapons, animations, sounds and great set pieces all require a budget, which is an issue we are trying to find a solution for, but something that's not entirely within our control. As for new missions, we kept running into technical and creative issues, and therefore are currently trying to revise our systems and methods to be able to make brand new missions at a steadier pace with less mistakes or tedious work.
Still, we hope we've put in a good effort, and that you all are enjoying what RAID has become. Thanks to all the community members engaging with us on Discord and the Steam forums, to the beta tester group for taking time out of their days to help us test updates and find issues, to the community translators who've been working tirelessly localizing all the new additions, and to the content creators supporting us and spreading awareness about the game and its continued development.
TL;DR - No money, Time is limited, Game development is hard, We're still working on the game, and thank you for sticking with us!
Also RAID is on a 67% off sale until the 10th of August!
The future
Despite all the difficulties and roadblocks, the game is still chugging along, more stuff is in active development, with the hope that we'll be able to provide more content in the near future.
Tomorrow, we will be hosting another developer stream where we'll showcase some of the things we've been working on, along with briefly going over what to expect in the next update.
You can catch us HERE LIVE on the 2nd of August at 19:00 CEST! And if you can't make it, here's a rundown on what we're planning to talk about:
Radio Tuning Minigame: to replace the lockpick interaction on radios.
Berlin missions rework: completely replacing the Berlin stages with more involved missions.
Camp rework concept: cosmetic upgrades and unlocks for the camp!
Card crafting: scrap your unwanted cards and turn them into wanted cards.
Options menu rework: a much needed redesign.
Note: All of these features are in various levels of development, and their current state will likely not resemble what will be added to the game.
Thanks again, and here's to another year!
- M.U.G Team