Rapture Rejects
Planned downtime Nov. 30 10pm to 11pm PST
Hello Rejects!
We're bringing the servers down briefly on Nov. 30 from 10pm to 11pm 9pm to 10pm PST (-8 UTC) so that we can apply a game update.
Keep your grapes peeled for the patch notes because they're a direct result of community feedback we've been seeing. Keep it coming! Your feedback helps us make Rapture Rejects even more awesome.
Minor Update (0.5.3)
Version 0.5.3-Early Access
- Fixed an issue where you could not search for friends by name.
- Fixed an issue where the game was still shown as "running" in Steam after closing the game client.
Welcome to Rapture Rejects! Free Weekend starts now
Hello and welcome to Rapture Rejects!
We are now live in Early Access, and this weekend only the game is free for everyone to try!
Launch Trailer
To celebrate, we have a brand new trailer created by Cyanide & Happiness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmXP66UStcI
Free Weekend
Free weekend runs until Monday 10am PST! Try the game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/686600/Rapture_Rejects/
Changelog
Version 0.5.0 - EARLY ACCESS!
"Blessed are they who come Early; for they shall be clothed with fine garments and drink of the finest vineyards of God." - Book of Rapture 7:23
Hello, Rejects, and welcome to the Early Access phase of Rapture Rejects! We're kicking things off with our biggest patch to date, including new clothing, items, matchmaking, map, and numerous optimizations!
• Sinners & Winners! Earn tickets during matches to unlock outfits in God's favorite game show, starring God himself!
• New Utility! Disco of Righteous Healing Heal yourself and everyone around you with this angelic disco party.
• New Utility! Wall of Metal Strum up the choirs of Satan to block your enemies.
• New Utility! Liquid Nitro Bomb Drop an icy trap that explodes on proximity, frosting foes who get too close.
• Friends List! You can now add friends and invite them to a party. Your Steam friends should automatically be added.
• Party System! You can invite friends to play alongside you in duos.
• New matchmaking system!
• Localization! We've begun localizing the game to Spanish, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Portugeuse. You can set your language in the options menu.
• New Map! It's bigger and with new areas to explore and murder people in!
• Significant client optimizations. You should see big framerate improvements.
• Removed the Launcher. You can now launch directly into the game from Steam.
• New Server Regions: North America, South America, Asia, and Europe.
BALANCE
• Reduced drug usage time.
• Player movement slows while shooting.
OUTFITS
• Added new Cave Person outfit for all the alpha backers.
• Added new Delberry Dismemberer outfit. Log in before Nov. 3 to receive one!
• Granting all alpha players a bundle of items.
UX & UI
• Added toggle to accept public invites. You can block invites from people not on your friends list.
• New End Screen UI. Now 100% fancier.
• Improvements to Knocked UX in teams. New health bars and screen effects to help tell when your teammates are down.
• Utilities are now shown on players' belts.
• Consolidated Stats and Leaderboard screens.
SOUND
• Added new sounds for Sinners & Winners.
• Reduced F Bomb effect volume.
BUG FIXES
• Fixed bug with ground ping appearances.
• Fixed bug with pings not leaving map.
• Spectators now leave game on match end.
Last chance to Pre-Purchase and get the Early Man Outfit
In just over 3 hours we're going to launch into Early Access! This is your last chance to Pre-Purchase Rapture Rejects to get the Early Man outfit.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/686600/Rapture_Rejects/
Don't forget to join/follow us:
- https://facebook.com/rapturerejects
- https://twitter.com/rapturerejects
- https://discord.gg/rapturerejects
Launching next Thursday, Nov 29th
Surprise! Rapture Rejects will be launching into Early Access next week, November 29th! The GIF above gives you a glimpse into the upcoming Launch Trailer.
Meanwhile you can Pre-Purchase the game right here on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/686600/Rapture_Rejects/
Let's stay in touch and build up the hype!
Join our discord - https://discord.gg/rapturerejects
Follow on twitter - https://twitter.com/rapturerejects
Follow on facebook - https://facebook.com/rapturerejects
See you next week!
Servers Are Live For the Weekend!
Patch Notes
Version 0.3.9-Alpha
"And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves." - Revelation 11:9
*Players now drop **gravestones** when they die.
*Completely **rebalanced drop rates** of ingame loot.
*New **Health Indication UI** shows when players are at high, medium, and low health.
*Improved the ping messaging system.
*The starting resolution box is now hidden by default.
*Added splash screens.
TOAST FULL OF KNIVES
*Rate of fire reduced.
*Added strong kickback to shots.
*Secondary ability no longer consumes ammo.
GUMBALLER
*Rate of fire reduced.
*Increased spread of Gum Shot.
*Shortened range of Gum Shot.
BUG FIXES
*Pings no longer remove ark notfications.
*Pings no longer get stuck to players.
*Fixed a bug where teammate pings were overwriting each others.
*Added a space between names on the knocked message.
Severs are LIVE for the weekend!
Starting today we're moving into pre-order alpha. You can pre-order the game through this very launcher by using the Buy button! The pre-order alpha for the time being will continue to be weekends-only from 12pm PST Friday til 10am PST Monday while we grow the community and continue adding content.
Every day this weekend, if you log in you'll get a new cosmetic item to deck out your character.
For any of you who will be at PAX West, stop by the tinyBuild booth to say hi and get a keycode for a special outfit.
PAXWest Trailer and exclusive swag!
Rapture Rejects is showing at PAXWest this weekend in Seattle, and we have some exclusive swag!
If you're not around, you can still pretend you're there by checking out this PAXWest Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQXV78C6Vk
Remember to join our discord: https://discord.gg/rapturerejects
Pre-Purchase Rapture Rejects and Get The Alpha!
Rapture Rejects is officially up for Pre-Order with a very special Alpha added into the mix.
When you Pre-Order the game, your library gets a new "Rapture Rejects Alpha" item. This allows you to play the alpha on WEEKENDS.
We will be running alphas every weekend between Friday 12pm PST and Monday 10am PST.
Join the fun:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/686600/Rapture_Rejects/
Open Alpha Weekend
Hello Rejects!
This weekend we're running a free open alpha.
Here's a preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4--LAIThPKo&feature=youtu.be
To join, simply head over to our discord server - https://discord.gg/rapturerejects