Welcome to a new update! This sprint has been focused on polishing key systems such as rewards, tutorials, and enemies, as well as adding new features and content to improve the overall game experience. Here’s everything we’ve been working on.

🧩 Rewards, Battle Pass, and Gacha System

We continue polishing the rewards system:

• Players can now claim rewards directly from the Battle Pass

• Visual feedback and notifications have been improved

  

• We have also expanded the types of rewards:

  • Emotes (including random and rarity-based rewards)

  

  • New cosmetics

  

The full rewards flow is almost finished, with only final polish remaining.

🧠 Tutorial and Player Onboarding

Tutorial development is progressing well:

• Level 1 is fully completed and stable

• Work continues on Levels 2 and 3

  

We are focusing on improving player guidance, iterating based on feedback, and refining clarity and pacing during onboarding.

⚙️ Systems and Platform Features

💳 In-Game Purchases

The Steam in-game purchase system is now fully implemented:

• Ready to support real store items

• Integrated with the backend and game interface

  

🏆 Achievements

The achievements system has been added:

• First set of achievements already implemented and working

• Scalable system ready to support many more in the future

  

🎮 Gameplay and Technical Improvements

We have also worked on general polish and bug fixing in:

• Upgrade system

• Localization

• UI consistency

  

🧠 Characters, Enemies, and Animation

🎨 Skins and Concepts

We continue developing new skins, including:

• New skins for characters like Blizzcrack

  

We keep expanding the variety of available cosmetics.

👾 Enemy Development

This sprint had a strong focus on enemies:

• New enemies added:

  • Summoner enemy

    

  • Larva enemy

    

  • Shooter

    

• Existing enemies updated:

  • Visual and texture improvements

  • Unified art style across all enemies

    

    

🌍 Level Design and Environments

🗺 Level Progress

Work continues on Planet 3:

• Collider work

• Level structure improvements

Updates also continue on Planet 2 levels.

🏗 New Levels

Multiple mid and late game levels (levels 5–11) have been developed and iterated, including:

• New layouts

• Gameplay variations

• Unique mechanics (such as special levels)

  

🌄 Environment Design

New themes and environmental variations have been added:

• Improved visual identity between levels

• New props and layout concepts

We continue refining:

• Level flow

• Environmental visual clarity

  

  

  

  

  

🏁 Sprint Wrap-Up

This sprint has been key to consolidating important systems like rewards, tutorial, enemies, and platform features, while continuing to expand content and improve the overall experience.

➡️ Don’t forget to add Raiders Rise to your Steam wishlist
➡️ Join our Discord and take part in upcoming playtests

See you in the next update — and until then, keep raiding! 🚀

Welcome to a new update! This sprint has been focused on preparing the demo experience, improving progression systems, and adding new features both inside and outside the game. Here’s everything we’ve been working on.

We’ve been working for some time on getting the game ready for a demo before the next Steam Next Fest.

The upcoming demo will include: tutorial system, Raider unlock system, and Battle Pass progression. Player progress will also be saved and carried over in the future, so nothing you earn will be lost.

We continue making progress on the rewards and Gacha system:

Players will be able to earn rewards through the Battle Pass and different sequences. Rewards include skin fragments, currency, and cosmetics. We have also improved the reward opening sequences, making them more dynamic and satisfying.

The Gacha system is now integrated with the backend and fully working in-game!

The cosmetic system keeps growing and includes skins, chromas (color variants), and sprays.

The tutorial system keeps improving and now covers the full early player experience.

It includes analytics tools to understand how players interact with the game and detect possible improvement points.

We have also implemented a new progression flow: the game starts simple, and new mechanics are unlocked as you progress. This system is fully implemented and currently in testing and balancing.

The game is now fully playable with a controller: all menus and screens can be navigated using a gamepad.

We’ve added important social features: Steam profile integration (name and avatar synced), friends system, the ability to see what your friends are doing in-game, invitation system (invite friends directly, even if they are not playing), and a join system to access your friends’ matches directly from the interface.

Upgrade and progression menus have been redesigned to be clearer and more organized.

We have also improved the navigation structure and character upgrade systems.

We are working on new skins and chromas, including:

Desert-themed skins

A “pro player” style skin

Improvements to existing enemies

New variants integrated into gameplay

We’ve made important improvements to character presentation:

Animations in the selection screen

Preview and overview screens

We continue working on multiple planets, including improvements in:

Collision systems and enemy placement

Greater variety and atmosphere

This sprint has brought us much closer to a complete demo experience, with key systems already implemented and working: progression, rewards, tutorial, and social features.

➡️ Don’t forget to add Raiders Rise to your Steam wishlist ➡️ Join our Discord and take part in upcoming playtests

See you in the next update — and until then, keep raiding! 🚀