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Time Rifters

Christmas Event! Available Till Dec 31



Daily Challenge enemies have been gift wrapped and filled with confetti fire crackers.

The Christmas Event is available from December 1 - 31!

Looking for even more Christmas fun, Time Clickers has been turned into a winter wonderland with snow & floating presents that drop bonuses.

Have Fun!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/270010/

Time Clickers



Enjoy the look, upgrades & progression in Time Rifters? Then check out Time Clickers, our new addictive & fun web game that will leave you wanting just one more upgrade.

Equip your Click Pistol and hire a team of elite sharp-shooters to help you defeat the enemy in this free idle game inspired by the Time Rifters universe.

Check it out on Kongregate or the Time Clickers website .

Demo Now Available!



Our new demo lets you play 4 lives, destroy as many enemies as possible, collect gold & upgrade your weapons, as you play through one of our full game arenas.

To celebrate, Time Rifters will be 50% off until Monday February 16.

Based on player feedback, we’ve also adjusted the Scatter Pistol to make it more balanced. Give it a try & let us know what you think.

Over 500 Workshop Items!



Between Let's Replays & user created rooms, we have over 500 items in our Steam Workshop!

Top Games of 2014 Mentions

Trading Cards Now Available!



We're happy to announce that Steam trading cards are now available!

Play Time Rifters to start collecting the 6 trading cards, 6 badges, 5 emoticons, and 5 backgrounds that we’ve created.

You can turn your newly acquired items into gems for the Steam Holiday auction, which we're participating in:
http://steamcommunity.com/auction/item/1703-Time-Rifters

Just a reminder, all the enemies in our Daily Challenge mode are gift wrapped until December 31.

Christmas Update - Only Available Until December 31!



All enemies in the Daily Challenge have been gift wrapped and contain confetti fire crackers.

The Christmas Update is available from December 1 - 31.

Have fun!

Time Rifters Won Best VR Game Award!

We just won the award for Best VR Game at the very first Virtual Reality Awards! :)

The finalists for Best VR Game were:
Alien Isolation
Elite Dangerous
Vanguard V
Time Rifters

http://youtu.be/vgXZND5Sf7k

http://thevirtualrealityawards.com/

Challenge Update is now live!



The Challenge Update is now live! Compete for a highscore in the Daily Challenge, or if you're feeling more creative, design, build & share your own rooms & arenas.

This is a free update for all Time Rifters owners.

Check out our new Time Rifters: Challenge Update trailer for a preview of the new features, or just exit & restart Steam to check them out yourself.

Join us on our Steam forums and let us know what you think.



Release Notes:

Gameplay Changes:

  • New 'Daily Challenge'. Team up with yourself in randomly created arenas of user created rooms.
  • New 'Custom Arenas'. Play arenas created by other players via Steam Workshop.
  • New 'Room Editor'. Create enemy configurations, platforms, buildings, forcefields, jump pads, triggers & wires. Your room may appear in a Daily Challenge.
  • New 'Arena Editor'. Point and click to create a configuration of rooms, then share that arena on the Steam Workshop.
  • Added 6 new Steam Achievements (Room Creator, Arena Creator, Arena Player, Daily Challenge x3)
  • Added 'Show/Hide Body' toggle.


Virtual Reality Changes:

  • Updated Oculus SDK to 0.4.3.1 Beta
  • Added ability to toggle Vignette


Performance Changes:

  • Reduced overdraw on explosions
  • Gold now uses simpler physics
  • Each enemy is 1 draw call instead of 2
  • All red/white/yellow blocks draw call batch together now
  • Better batching of bullet holes and weapon effects
  • Occlusion culling for Daily Challenge
  • Optimized performance of blocks on acid

Challenge Update is now live!

The Challenge Update is now live! Compete for a highscore in the Daily Challenge, or if you're feeling more creative, design, build & share your own rooms & arenas.

This is a free update for all Time Rifters owners.

Check out our new Time Rifters: Challenge Update trailer for a preview of the new features, or just exit & restart Steam to check them out yourself.

Join us on our Steam forums and let us know what you think.



Release Notes:

Gameplay Changes:

  • New 'Daily Challenge'. Team up with yourself in randomly created arenas of user created rooms.
  • New 'Custom Arenas'. Play arenas created by other players via Steam Workshop.
  • New 'Room Editor'. Create enemy configurations, platforms, buildings, forcefields, jump pads, triggers & wires. Your room may appear in a Daily Challenge.
  • New 'Arena Editor'. Point and click to create a configuration of rooms, then share that arena on the Steam Workshop.
  • Added 6 new Steam Achievements (Room Creator, Arena Creator, Arena Player, Daily Challenge x3)
  • Added 'Show/Hide Body' toggle.


Virtual Reality Changes:

  • Updated Oculus SDK to 0.4.3.1 Beta
  • Added ability to toggle Vignette


Performance Changes:

  • Reduced overdraw on explosions
  • Gold now uses simpler physics
  • Each enemy is 1 draw call instead of 2
  • All red/white/yellow blocks draw call batch together now
  • Better batching of bullet holes and weapon effects
  • Occlusion culling for Daily Challenge
  • Optimized performance of blocks on acid