Regain Earth: First Strike
News and more Regain Earth updates
there have not been many updates in the last months. I would like to explain this a bit:
I had the luxury to leave my old job temporarily and work full time on Regain Earth (incl. TikTok, Discord). It was a great time, I was able to launch REFS Early-Access, produce many updates for you and had a lot of fun with our small community in Discord.
Unfortunately, reality hit me: Since the income from REFS is not enough, I had to go back to my old job. While in my best time I invested 70-80 hours per week in REFS Development & Community, now it's only a few hours per week. Accordingly, you can hardly find me active in our Discord anymore.
Now, the most important thing: What's next?
I am still determined to bring REFS from EA to final release. However, it will take longer now.
From November on 2021, I will again take a little step back in my old job and try to spend more time with you and the REFS development.
There should be a new update in December 2021:
- New HUD, grenade loadout, some unlockable character skins.
In 2022, I would like to implement the following features:
1. two more monsters for wave 4 and 5
2. infinity waves game mode, maybe even a custom game mode
3. a third map
4. grenade/skill to pull monsters to your side (perhaps control mechs)
5. turret variations
6. optional: round start, round end without text, more animation/sequences
7. optional: small Easter Eggs
With these updates, your Top-15-Votes from the 💡suggestions Channel (in our Discord) would also be (at least partially) implemented.
In 2022/2023 REFS will be released with the above-mentioned features as final release. Perhaps I'll try my hand at a new game project after that. Should a surprising REFS boom come and REFS will be played very much, I would of course continue to work on REFS updates. 😉
Thank you very much to everyone who enjoys REFS and supports me and my game! And please don't take the delay and inactivity too hard on me.
Kind regards
Sebastian aka. TheFlow
Spanish Translation
A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version).
- Spanish translation added
- Update anti-missile turret sounds
- Minor collision bugfixes
Have fun with the new updates!
Sebastian aka. TheFlow
New Air defense turret with
A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version).
- New player air defense turret with homing missiles, which also intercept rockets from opponents. Can be found as a grenade.
- Some improvements in hit evaluation of AI enemies
Have fun with the new updates!
Sebastian aka. TheFlow
New Boss, New Grenades and more
A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version).
- New boss fight, a different kind of mech. Faster and with different weapon, but no missiles.
- Now two grenade slots instead of one
- New shield grenades. Now a total of 3 shield grenade types and new visualization.
- Melee weapon (sci-fi baton) new design and with animation when equipping.
- New grenade visualizations for grenade icons as well as ingame grenade pickups, for better distinction
- Player turret now with shooting animation
- Player turret now more durable
- Some bugfixes
- Translation improvements
Have fun with the new updates!
Sebastian aka. TheFlow