The Riftbreaker Summer Update

Hello Riftbreakers!

The Riftbreaker is a very open-ended game. There is no right or wrong way to play. As long as you can sustain the economy of your base and withstand the enemy attacks, you can do whatever you like. You are free to use any of the available power sources, protect the base with a variety of defensive towers, and run any side projects you might come up with, like cultivating plants. There are also plenty of cosmetic elements, allowing you to decorate your base and make it truly yours. However, we felt that we could do better in the decorations area - so this is what today’s update is all about.

The Riftbreaker Summer update brings you five distinct sets of decorative items (that's 124 individual new items!) you will be able to unlock by progressing through the game’s Story Campaign and Survival Modes. In this article, we will go over these sets one by one and explain what you need to do to unlock the new items. As usual - these are permanent unlocks that will stay with your player account forever. If you have already completed the unlock requirements for any of them, we will grant the awards to you retroactively. We also have a small competition for you - details further in the news.

SCI-FI STRUCTURES SET

The first World Expansion for the Riftbreaker introduced Alien Structures. It was a set of buildings inspired by the X-Morph technology. It could be used as a reminder of Ashley’s visit to the Metallic Valley biome and her first encounter with extraterrestrial civilization. You told us that you liked those structures, so we decided to do a little follow-up. Sci-fi Structures are a set of buildings of various shapes and sizes. Their modular nature allows you to arrange them in any way you like. You can either fill an empty space in your HQ with just a couple of these buildings or create a megastructure to serve as the very center of your base. Sci-Fi structure sets come available in three colors. Once you unlock a set in a given color, you get access to all of its elements - there is no need to pick up all the individual elements one by one. You can unlock these decorations by completing all the Outpost missions in the Main Campaign. The Acidic Plains outpost will get you the green set, the Volcanic Area outposts will grant you the white set, and the Radioactive Desert - orange.

CRYSTAL STRUCTURES SET

Cultivating and harvesting resources is one of the favorite pastimes of Riftbreakers, in breaks between saving the world and trying to survive the alien onslaught. Crystals can be cultivated as well, and since we already have potted plants, why can’t we have crystals as well? Well, now we do. Crystal Structures gives you access to a bunch of crystalline structures in various shapes and sizes. They are conveniently packed into square boxes, making them easy to arrange. The set is available in five colors, each unlocking after completing a Survival Mode run on any difficulty level. The Metallic Valley Biome will give you the blue set, the Tropical Zone - green, the Radioactive Desert - red, the Volcanic Area - purple, and finally, the Acidic Plains will give you yellow crystals.

CRYSTAL LAMPS SET

We decided to give you these lamps as a reward for completing the Survival Mode in the Crystal Caverns Biome. Yes - you get the entire set, all at once, with all the colors available from the start. They look incredibly cool, in our opinion. At night, when the lamps activate, the light-emitting crystal starts levitating over the base of the lamp. When active, the crystals slowly rotate, breathing a little bit more life into your base. Please, keep in mind that these structures have to be connected to power in order to work.

CRYSTAL FLOORS SET

Taking advantage of the fact that crystal structures look great when they have a chance to reflect some light, we decided also to make a set of floors in various colors! The surface of these floors is slightly uneven, allowing the light reflections to play as you move around. In conjunction with the lamps you’ve seen above, they are guaranteed to make your base look outstanding. The Yellow and Green sets of these floors are available in the common, white Bioanomalies scattered across all Galatean Biomes. You will find the Blue, Purple, and Red sets in Bioanomalies that match their color.

FUTURE CITY SET

This is by far the most outlandish set of decorations we have come up with. Make Ashley feel at home on Galatea 37 with these buildings, featuring the latest urban architecture trends from Earth! Gaining access to this set will give you lamp posts, billboards, fences, and other elements that can turn your base into a proper city. Since most of these buildings light up at night, they must be connected to a power source, but the effect you can get is well worth it! We think that these go really well together with Crystal Floors, as well as Sci-Fi Structures. This set is unlocked by completing the main storyline.

COMPETITION

We can’t wait to see what you can do with these new decorative elements, so let’s have a little competition!

To enter:

• Update your copy of The Riftbreaker to the latest version.
• Get access to some of the new decorations from this update. Follow the tips from the article to get them more easily.
• Give your base a makeover using the new structures and props.
• Make a screenshot or a video, upload it anywhere you like and post it in this thread for everyone to see: https://steamcommunity.com/app/780310/discussions/0/6960928795821616200/

The three best and most creative screenshots we receive will receive an EXOR Studios care package filled with EXOR Studios goodies and a Mr. Riggs plushie!

Don't ask how long it took us to get all of those Jurvines in their pen...

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That’s not all - this update also contains more fixes and optimizations (as always), so here’s the full changelog:

The Riftbreaker Summer Update Changelog:

• Added a new set of decorations: Sci-Fi Structures. They come in three sets with different colors. You can unlock each color set individually by completing Desert, Acid and Magma branches of the Story Campaign.
• Added a new set of decorations: Crystal Structures. They come in five sets of different colors. You are awarded one color set after completing Survival Runs - one after each biome, except Crystal Caverns.
• Added a new set of decorations: Crystal Floors. They are available in 5 different colors. Each color is unlocked individually through Bioanomaly drops.
• Added a set of new decorations: Crystal Lamps. They are available in various colors. The entire set is unlocked after completing Crystal Caverns Survival.
• Added a set of new decorations: Future City. This set includes street lamps, vending machines, arcades, fences, billboards and advertising boards. The entire set is unlocked after completing the main branch of the Story Campaign.
• Added Crystal and Laser Gates of all levels to match their corresponding wall sets.
• Fixed an issue that could potentially block player's progress in Metal Terror DLC Story Missions.
• Changed the sound effects for discovering new species and completing research to differentiate those events from objectives appearing on the HUD.
• Fixed an issue that caused some Floating Mine launchers to place mines of the wrong type.
• Fixed an issue that caused Wall ruins to appear too tall and could be mistaken for being intact.
• Fixed teleport exploits on the Anoryx Worm boss arenas
• Fixed the lighting on some Boss level tiles
• Tweaked the Dust Storm and Fog weather events to work better with volumetric fog.
• Tweaked the lighting effects on some props to work better with the volumetric fog.
• Minor fixes and optimizations.

We are also working on the third World Expansion for The Riftbreaker. As the programmers take care of everything on the co-op front, the graphics and design teams are working on new content for you to enjoy. We don’t have a lot of information available at the time, but you can see what features you can expect from the World Expansion III on the Steam Page we have set up. It would mean the world to us if you added it to your wishlist. Click here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506610/The_Riftbreaker_World_Expansion_III/?beta=0

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