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Regular update of the full version is out now!Mar 23, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, Thanks to the great feedback we received from you we are bringing a new update with fixes and new features requested by players. Improvements: Shopping with multiple player units Automatic healing is activated at 33% of unit health or is used as an extension to amount of health a unit has - thus it can withstand blows that would kill it before Optimisation and proper spawning of enemies in Mission 01 Optimisation and improved behavior of enemies in Mission 02 Improved overall gameplay and enemy behavior in Mission 05 Inter-level transferring limits for guns and ammo fixed and optimized Improved gun and properties of Assault vehicle Vehicles don`t slow down when damaged. Although reasonable, in fact, it harms gameplay Improved Anika`s paralyzation particle effects Highlighting control desks of city gates in Skirmish Mission 02 Rebaked lightmaps for Mission 04 Fixed bugs: Missing health bar of Mobile refinery Missing health-bars of city gates in Skirmish Mission 02 Incorrect navigations and collisions in Mission 03 and 04 Units with a mobile gun were missing "Enter the vehicle" button Unit dropping a mobile gun after reviving companion Shortcut Alt+F9 causing crash Removing mines issue in Mission 06 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Check our progress on Trello and give us your ideas about future improvements. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngRegular update of the full version is out now!Jan 31, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, Our top priority is to deliver a great gaming experience to our players. In this effort, we are bringing a major update with improvements and fixes based on the performance of the game among players after lunch. Many thanks for your feedback, you are helping us to perfect this game. Addressed issues: Bugs: Knocked-out enemies rarely fell into the surrounding geometry in such an unfortunate way, that they got invisible. Searching issue in "Petrol Quest" from mission 02 Units carrying a mobile-mounted gun would lose it under some rare conditions. Automatic healing now works differently. Before a unit had to survive an attack to apply a medkit afterwards. Now a medkit in personal inventory effectively extends the unit's health. The unit can take damage, that would be lethal otherwise. Silent eradication of stunned enemies is now really silent. Unwanted open fire after Knockout Infinitely looping Alarm Music Incorrect navigation and collisions in several missions Improvements: Improved gameplay of the first mission Extended Inventory tutorial Extended Weapons description "Sell all tradeable items" button Inventory slots description New obtained skill notification icon More noticeable visual information of the alert Units remember crouch/stealth command after leaving a cover. A synchronized transition between Run and Crouch https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Check our progress on Trello and give us your ideas about future improvements. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngGray Zone Leaves Early Access on Steam TodayDec 16, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, We are delighted to announce that Gray Zone, a story-driven tactical RTS with stealth and RPG elements, is leaving Early Access on Steam today. The full version of the game costs $19.99 USD. The story campaign contains 8 - 12 hours. The games provide both action and a stealthy mode of play. The gameplay is enriched with two skirmish missions. The original soundtrack for the game costs $2.99 USD. You can look forward to at least 15 hours of entertaining gameplay throughout 7 story missions and 2 challenging skirmish actions. Enjoy a deep story and dialog, eye-catching fauna and flora, and a custom vision & elevation system. Don't forget to share your feedback with us. Best Regards! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/4a6046bcd5b10ee7e73cb3a7893c4899effa0658.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngGrayZone full release announcement!Dec 6, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, We are thrilled to announce that GrayZone, a story-driven tactical RTS with stealth and RPG elements, will be leaving Early Access on Steam on December 16. Gray Zone is the adventurous journey of a slave in the hands of a corrupt government who turned against his masters. The game features memorable characters, fun dialogues, action, and lots of voice acting. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/612a80679a2d03076cee58c74ab144edc4e9a79c.png You can look forward to at least 15 hours of entertaining gameplay throughout 7 story missions and 2 challenging skirmish actions. Enjoy the atmosphere of the rough wasteland of planet Deleon and join the company of rebels to strengthen their difficult position. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/7c072ddede9ca9a35d13011c56268f35ff437ecc.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngDevelopers Diary #03Jan 27, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, After a few months of hard work, we’re heading towards the finalisation of our project - Gray Zone. It`s exciting that it will become the Gold/Final, completed version of the game, so you can look forward to a brand new story mission with all included game features. The game is scheduled for release at the end of February. There’s a lot of game-play testing ahead of us to eliminate any issues that may be found. Together with polishing of the environment we’re finishing the last story comics as well. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36429485/bff6a564595aa0e443c93599841dd77ac5e332fe.jpg Mission 7 – Camouflage The Union`s humanitarian convoy, sent to help the rebels turned out to be fake. Their intention is to secure the research centre surroundings and to seize the rare artefacts and information contained there. A scout team of rebels fall into the trap. Your goal is to cross over the river which is heavily guarded by Union troops, save the scouts from enemy fire and enter the scientific centre. Along the way you will come across a village of miners where you can replenish your supplies as well an opportunity to help the locals. There are number of optional quests available that will add at least 2 hours of additional game-play. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36429485/9c85ab64e567c45c0085ac45949e55491da155a6.jpg Ending the story As the first chapter of the game is reaching its conclusion, two full animated comics will finish telling the story. Valern is advancing with his mission to find out something more about his origins and find a way to liberate the enslaved people of the 7th tribe from the planet Korath. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36429485/28de6bde2ea597b0782bcd51a01a0a4f931a6dbc.jpg New items and guns Enjoy more looting of treasures and corpses. With new items you can pack the inventory even more, either using the items along the way or selling them for money. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36429485/3d500d27e6d4e5f4dbcccae7b7733350a4f9b915.jpg You will surely need all the money you can make because shops provide a wide range of new powerful rifles and machineguns. Other objects you come across can help you in different ways such as helping to heal your injuries. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36429485/af0e84cd4bfe20beb150ad66b91d0ca6af8d46a1.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0e...GRAYZONE PLAYTESTJul 14, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsGRAYZONE an RTS tactical game is holding a playtest on Steam. It is a good opportunity for players to decide whether the game is worth it for them. It should be noted that the beta version of GRAY ZONE does not include all of the game’s content. Players will only have access to a few missions, though all playable operators and mechanics are available. HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE GRAYZONE PLAYTEST The GRAYZONE playtest will run for a short period on Steam before starting on G Round on the 29th of July, 2021. To get a Steam Key, head over to the GRAYZONE steam store and request access. Rewards will be distributed in discord and randomly across social platforms. So try to follow on social media as well REWARDS GRAYZONE playtesters will be able to get rewards such s steam keys after providing a thorough review of the game. The rewards can be earned after playing the game and following our socials. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/2f240d3d27345a8b2da4709cd72a9564e7f8d3a5.gif https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngGRAY ZONE MAJOR UPDATEJul 9, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsEmbark on the great adventure of Valern, a slave in the hands of a corrupt government, and explore colonized planets as you command your heroes to complete story objectives. Gray Zone features 2D Artwork and comics that chronicle the story’s progress between missions. The game also contains its own electro-orchestral soundtrack. As the development of Gray Zone progresses, mission 7 and Skirmish will be integrated into the current chapter of the game. 3 additional chapters will be released as standalone, episodic game content. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d5c5056300e592fe5803a1c6748e5d5043d1a476.gif • New Update • Game size reduced by 3,5 GB (video subtitles) • Weapons can be stored in quick inventory • Units collect experience and are leveling up • Heroes can earn specific skills and enhance their effectiveness in battle • Automated looting • Item exchange between two units based on their locality • Small not interactive animals implementation/snake, fish, bugs, scorpions • Mission 6 - new playable mission with 1,5 - 2 hours of game-play • Mission 6 - full animated comics • Animation updates - upgraded animations with heavy weapons • Enhanced Stealth mode with visualization of angle of view for enemies --- very important, game changing feature, drastically enhanced game-play, better approachable for newcomers, more fun for hardcore players • Redesigned Enemies alertness information • Item exchange between two units based on their locality with the possibility to buy for money • New items in looting/trade/exchange • Use stone to distract enemies • Ability to level up heroes and to buy new Skills for experience points • New tutorials • Players can shop for items or sell them for money in several markets in each mission • Existing levels have been visuals improved and updated with new situations and story elements Features • Mixture of some old school and fresh new mechanics. • Full real-time battles with a 'tactical pause' at your service. • Utilize your team, equipment and environment to get advantage over your enemies. • Expect diversity in units, weapons, vehicles and more. • Unique enemies and boss encounters • Partially destructible environments • Eye-catching fauna and flora • Custom vision & elevation system • Stealth and cover-ups • Vehicles & machines {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/2f240d3d27345a8b2da4709cd72a9564e7f8d3a5.gif https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngGRAY ZONE DISCOUNT 40%Jul 9, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDISCOUNT 40% {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/0409806d8a6dd22df238e303869fccb1d920b0f5.jpg There will be a 40% discount from Jul 9, 2021, 10:00 am PST - Jul 16, 2021 10:00 am PST {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d5c5056300e592fe5803a1c6748e5d5043d1a476.gif Embark on the great adventure of Valern, a slave in the hands of a corrupt government, and explore colonized planets as you command your heroes to complete story objectives. Gray Zone features 2D Artwork and comics that chronicle the story’s progress between missions. The game also contains its own electro-orchestral soundtrack. As the development of Gray Zone progresses, mission 7 and Skirmish will be integrated into the current chapter of the game. 3 additional chapters will be released as standalone, episodic game content. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.png Developers updateMay 13, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello there once again! As we mentioned once, we stopped updating the image with what we’re planning on doing for each month. We found it too static and it didn’t engage our community as much as we would like so we made a decision. We came up with another way of how to inform our players about what’s going on in our game development kitchen. We’re sure many of you heard about Trello, which will be, from now on, a place for you, our players, to see what’s really going on. You will find new ideas that we have, small things we’re working on and others there. As always, we love your feedback, which is why you can easily write your ideas, complaints or show us some love through Discord. If you want to access our Trello Roadmap click here or you want to be part of our Discord community click here. We’re also about to show you a bit of what we’ve been working on these days. New items Working on new items is never a bad idea. That's why we’re working on new items which the player will be able to find while looting or by searching for them in missions. They’re being implemented to each mission step by step nevertheless it will take more time to make it just fine. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/46ae1b629f4cbff8a4df286e7d2d9aa7f16fe89d.jpg Enemy’s reaction to the raised alarm. Last bigger challenge, which we’re testing, is the enemy’s reaction in different situations during the battle or crawling. We’re tuning the battle to be amusing but also challenging for the player. Lastly, we save the best thing for the end. As we mentioned earlier, we’re planning on testing the newest version with the help of a new Steam tool. It’ll be a new experience not for us, but also for our players. This testing will of course need feedback from the players which will be rewarded with a full version of our game for free. All the details will be published on our Discord server. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/288c39a71a3d30b3cebb6b38483ed5d96041a805.pngDevelopers Diary #02Apr 30, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello to you all! It’s been a month since we last updated you on what we’re working on. To sum it up, we devoted a lot of time to the behavior of the enemy while the alarm is going down. We’re successfully working on the 7th mission of the first chapter and there are many small changes that were implemented. There is a big testing and bug fixing period ahead of us for May. We also believe that there will be a new major update available on steam next month. To jump right in, this is what we’ve been working on! Catching the eye of your enemy by simple stone throw. If the player prefers sneaking, there is a slight chance that in some moments the enemy will need to be distracted in order to look the other way. That’s the most secure way for players to sneak unseen. But pay attention to this warning, we do not recommend throwing more stones one after another, this will cause the enemy to spot the player. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/7eb68fe34f291c41c29186891260e5ab732e5c6e.gif Unsuccessful stone throw is now impossible. You guessed it right! In the current version, there was a slight bug. When the player threw the stone, it sometimes did not word properly but in the new one the problem doesn’t exist! Unit calculates the throw and each one becomes successful. Amazing, isn’t it? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/2f8f5afa94d06849f58e3838c042dd62110492c4.gif New items which can be claimed by looting or found in treasures. We’re adding new tokens which give looting better sense. They can be used by players as equipment of troops or can be sold in shops. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b181031f6129c1028d71f0eb460f41b56f5cfd69.jpg New graphics of items and icons. The old graphics of items were not so pleasing, at least for us. We devoted some time and now they look even better. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/a92ca031598588679b2fc1b548214c190494a3b3.jpg Skills menu. In the new update, there will be Skills for Valern. New menu will contain unique skills. We have 5 occupations for heroes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/30ba9bf9eba7c2cb597757c03a48da091821ba34.jpg Ingame GUI improvements. There is much work on GUI in our game in general but even in this case we made some improvements and we added some brand new commands and functions to Order but even in the Info Panel. For example, in the Info Panel the player can find info about Skill Points and Experience Levels. We added new functions like Stealthing to the Order panel. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/e2b069cd64caf3b547d5799eb5208b07be20d3e9.jpg Community testing. We’re planning community testing in May through the Seam Playtest feature. We’re gonna inform you on our social media about the possibility to test our newest update. We are happy to hear your opinion/feedback. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429...Developers Diary #01Mar 26, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings our fellow Rebels and followers! First of all, we would like to say big thank you to our fans for their long-lasting support and endurance while waiting for a new update. We’re working on a major game update which is taking much longer than we were expecting. When we say major, we mean that we’re on our way to advance GrayZone’s gaming experience. What’s more, we are starting to write Developer Diaries, which will be an follow up on Roadmap or any other updates to summarize, what we’ve done and what you will see in next updates. Present mission content was based primarily on action but the update we’re about to give you will not only offer the action but also “stealthing” experience. This will bring a new gaming experience along with collecting rewards in “XP” form. For this, we needed to imply bigger changes on missions such as adding bushes for hiding, adding objects, stones and old trees with the advantages for the player in hiding. These are the changes we made in “stealth“ mode: Stealth zones throughout each mission Game itself assists and hints the player on how to pass the mission and therefore earn reward in XP, if he doesn’t trigger an alarm while getting the treasure or accomplishing other tasks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/a9f9232afd3349c15f62bcb7c221d6c74a5c0b69.jpg As we mentioned, the first major asset is collecting XP for each disarmed enemy. Getting more XP is possible if the player doesn’t trigger an alarm while accomplishing the task. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/27155c4d9de789ae757aa759d34f190df4551f44.gif Ability to see where our enemy is looking To make attack from hiding even easier we included an “enemy’s sight radius” which is switched on automatically or by clicking on the particular enemy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d30a3b14e1a098c44bca13e89af1bc3f3fe77057.gif Sound visualisation While sneaking around, it is very important to remain as silent as you can. If a player doesn’t care about crawling and runs around, this action has a harmful effect for visibility of his forces. If it runs, the sounds are louder which draws the attention of the enemy. This feature is still work in progress. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/c0fab3704a73de42e472ebdf76711c76eff93926.gif Automatic looting in close proximity Making looting easier is a necessity which is why we added a feature of looting everything in close proximity. What the player needs to do is to point on the object of interest. Really useful thing. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/00c4117127bcbadbcb276df1ecc725995e5ed11c.gif Some other improvements: Optimization of frame rate and dimensions We managed to boost the framerate in each mission. The game is steadier even on older computers. Reducing build size by 3GB made it possible to take up less space on disc. Small non-playable animals in the game. There was an idea presented to us in one of the feedbacks and we accepted the challenge. In the next build, there will be a handful of small “decorative” animals such as birds, fish,...Dev Update - New mission coming soon & 30% OFFDec 23, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings our fellow Rebels and followers, We've been working hard on some new stuff and we're excited to share it with you. So let's dive right into it, shall we? Bad news - a lot of time wasted Most of you might not have been aware of it, but in the last 7 months we've put a lot of time, energy and effort negotiating with various investors / publishers about financing our first game. We've attended many events and discussions that costed us a big chunk of time we could have put elsewhere - into the development of course. Due to this matter, a lot of content we've wanted to release this year was either delayed or cut out completely. Unfortunately, we haven't signed contract with any of the related parties as their terms & conditions were unfair and unfavorable. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/e57dd3685464732a298ab3a6d41b9e80b92e10d4.gif Good news - development status However, we have good news for you as well. We dedicated whole December into the production - meaning we've been working on last two missions of the first Gray Zone chapter. We take all your valuable feedback to the heart and we are doing our best to implement accordingly. Our pace is slow, nonetheless, as our team currently consists of only 3 full-time members and one part-time externist. So it's quite difficult. On the flip side, we obtain resources for the development from outsourcing projects and contracts. This provides us with complete independence, although, we can't afford to enlarge our development teams from such profits. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d7fc2e127cdb9720e4073ffe5d8af9a31c65429f.gif Tutorial mission Bringing a tutorial / prologue mission is still part of the plan. As a matter of fact, we've already designed some core gameplay. A goal of the tutorial mission is to guide player through the game's mechanics which will allow the player to adapt and master them on a deeper level. Achievements Implementation After-mission statistics are part of a bigger plan and it directly connects to achievements. Some basic ones have already been added. Do you have ideas for some cool achievements? Let us know. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/3532c2c015bdacef26a3075ee1c369bf836343c3.png Finish line In any case, we will definitely finish Chapter 1 in our section and we will be looking for alternatives that will allow us further continuation on the project. Don't forget to give us feedback on Discord or Steam so we can constantly improve the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/7232b22df01ecddd8baebab65ca0f996c0090820.gif 30% sale until January 5th As part of the Steam Winter Sale, Gray Zone is on sale which will last until January 5th 2021. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa...Vote for us on Steam Awards 2020 - Outstanding visual styleNov 25, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAttention Rebels, Steam Awards 2020 are behind the corner and we invite you to give us a vote for an outstanding visual style. Many talented graphics artists had worked on this project to bring this high quality and we believe Gray Zone offers unique visuals. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/a905afb8b7076a781e22a93ac197ed5623952482.jpg Our graphical pipeline We want to give you some insights on how we've created the graphics for Gray Zone. Technology used We used the latest software available in computer graphics such as Autodesk 3ds Max, Substance Painter, Blender, Adobe Photoshop & Pixologic ZBrush. Models for most 3D objects were made in 3ds Max but some were made in Blender. ZBrush allowed us to create high-poly models and sculpt them with greater details using specialized masks. Textures were made in Substance Painter and Photoshop. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/5eaf83f7704687105834e48f982985d5552a8445.jpg PBR textures Every 3d object in Gray Zone contains a texture which represents it's color and behavior in various light conditions. The texture is composed of multiple components or layers and they allow objects to define their reflection, diffusion, metallicity and so on. For this, we use a standard approach called PBR - Physically based rendering. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/fa73ba8bf3f19b6a121dde2f8c86a1d1066b9462.jpg Lighting Number one most important factor when talking about computer graphics is definitely lighting. Quality of light and shadow plays a big role when trying to achieve realistic visuals. Lights & shadows can be processed in either real-time or pre-baked. In case of Gray Zone, calculating all lights and shadow casts in real-time is too exhaustive and unnecessary. This is why we've chosen the second approach - baked lighting. Baked lighting essentially means that all information about lights and shadows is calculated and saved beforehand, in the Unity engine. It has a huge impact in a form of a performance boost since lights & shadows of most objects don't need to be re-calculated in-game. There is one additional upside to the baked lighting - indirect lighting. Since we use PBR, some objects can reflect light in different angles and produce additional indirect lighting on other objects in proximity. This adds another level of realism into the scene. Specifically, Baked Global Illumination is the technical term. Such high physically-based quality is not achievable in the real-time process unless you use Ray Tracing. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/a450c3ee052255afc72cea3985762406b5566d42.jpg Post-processing The last key element to our pipeline we'd like to mention is custom post-processing tool which allows us to further tweak and calibrate aspects such as color palette, intensity of shadows, ambient occlusion etc. Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b...More hero customization & strange forces fix UpdateNov 6, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHello again rebels! After a long and sometimes neverending battles in gamedev, we would love to share with you a small victory in form of new update! Let's dive in! Hero customization We've been working so hard to bring you better hero customization. Every hero has now his own personal inventory and you can preview him, how he'll looks like when he has items equipped. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6caf60270becc85fb55f6820884a59d21193e16c.gif Bugfixing Lots of strange forces were with us, so we have decided to fight them. We have fixed navigation problems and load and save problem. You can now only loot bodies, when you are next to them. We've fixed weapon stand strange behaviour. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/c982b587bf86e477e4a2cf49ac7d5ba0fe96d85f.gif Special thanks to SetherusDPS for this bug report. Have you found more bugs? Feel free to contact us anytime. New features: New exchange / shop / inventory GUI Added model preview Personal inventory of a hero Bugfixes: Fixed Navigation problems Fixed load and save bugs Srange forces are not with us anymore Fixed pose and animation of a user of a weapon stand Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d07565e8876eeca7a27961245bb29325a02a89b6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/acc5f72ee74cc88a124670a0dc52f4456ac19f67.png Thanks for reading & see you next time!Change of plans: Release update, G.Round program & 30% discountOct 27, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsDear rebels, We, the Gray Zone Team, as well as you - our brave protectors of freedom and peace, have fought hard battles. And for the right cause, no doubt. After all, we are in this together, aren't we? With this short announcement, we'd like to inform you about some important changes concerning the date of a full release. What has changed Brand new tutorial mission: Play as The Union! We've decided to create a completely new 'Tutorial/Intro' mission where you play as our antagonist - wait for it - The Union. What we are talking about is a 'bigger' mission where the most basic and advanced mechanics of the game will be explained in detail. Why tutorial mission? Entire available feedback and player experience that we have at our disposal has been considered. Clearly, most players are not aware of all the capabilities that the Gray Zone offers. There are situations, where the player knows about a certain feature but doesn't know how to properly utilize it, which is a problem. In another scenario the player is not aware of the feature at all which is even worse. The Gray Zone offers quite complex system and AI. The 'Tutorial' mission will allow us to properly introduce and explain everything necessary. This will also allow us to remove the tiny bits of tutorial from the story mode, which will increase the dynamics of the game flow. Of course, Covid situation and scarce resources impact the development process and the release date delay as well. We've been negotiating with investors for the last few months and it is on the right track. Czech & Slovak Games Week: 30% discount As taking part in the Czech & Slovak Games Week event, we've put a 30% discount on the early access version of Gray Zone. Don't hesitate and check the full list of awesome games made by our fellow brothers & sisters. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/2db36c51a6e66d716db6cb032d182d964c7c1c8f.jpg G.Round program Gray Zone has recently joined the G.Round program. It is a game testing platform driven by the community. You can register on the platform for free and get access to the exclusive extended demo version of Gray Zone which also includes the first skirmish mission in a style of a sandbox. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/f4dc41fd207bce678dc95d872016b8d678be725b.jpg If you've made it this far, thanks, you're awesome! And do you want to see something else that's awesome? Look below - one step closer to the finished character window - now with live 3d model. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/c975aef3a1775cd44f75aaa9e8dec7962cfd85df.gif Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be527...Rab under attack! Update 1.4: Hire mercenaries, trade loot and more!Sep 29, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsRebels, unite! Your sanctuary, the Rab, is under attack. Do you have what it takes to defend it from waves of enemy forces? Thank you! First of all, we'd like to thank anyone who have tried our demo in the last couple of weeks. With the new update, the demo has been also updated and a new shop is now available in the first story mission. You can find it in the camp where Breg takes you. Skirmish #2 Task in hand, commander. Your job in this situation is crystal clear. Defend the Rab at all cost and protect its civilians. Six heavy machine guns are at your disposal. Hire additional soldiers in the heart of Rab if you need to. You can also exchange your credits for ammunition, medical equipment and even weapons! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/80597a7b74068176603295090c11d705fe809ac3.jpg An enemy attack may come from any direction. Each subsequent wave is stronger than the previous one. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/7536acbcf0fc448defc1c40264d05958434ddf2c.gif City gates - there is a control terminal for each gate, interact with it to open / close the gate, you may want to scavenge bodies for additional ammunition and supplies. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b7a5114c3ed17d3d5dffb9f9b09f0923dcd8004b.gif New features: Inventory - you can now trade items in a shop and move items between your units and a quick inventory, be aware that any unit can carry a maximum of 2 weapons at once {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/352d26771eb56aebbd5c6836c1c81d164d098bdb.png - press the 'I' key or use a button located in the bottom-left corner of the GUI in order to open / close the Inventory {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/5c08b1b42513e3b39d3b9cb095029b3aff044d1c.gif Trading - pick the required amount of an item by left (increase) / right (decrease) clicking and then drag the selected amount to a designated area to buy / sell {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/03950b813471949039d4e472278abf86e2e6d258.gif Hire mercenaries - when you approach a neutral unit in a new Skirmish level with a popup 'Hire mercenary' a dialog box will open and if you have enough money you can hire him to join your team, you can even equip him with a better weapon if you buy it in a shop Shop has been added to the mission 1 in a Rebel camp and to missions 2 & 5 at the Rab city We need your feedback! Thousands of players have played the demo. Sadly, there is a very little feedback to work with. We encourage you, backers and the ones who have played the demo to give us your honest opinion and thoughts of the Gray Zone. We have many plans for the further improvement of the game ourselves, but we'd also like to hear your insights. Bug Fixes: ground attack will now be cancelled by any other command or a STOP command properly various patches to newly added features gate to the Union fort in Mission 2 now properly opens and Tirell joins the player's team if an optional quest is accomplished Misc: all items are now taken to the next level minimap position fixed visual update of minimap in some levels AI further enhanced and p...Let's Play with the devs: Join the developer's stream!Sep 18, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsDeveloper's stream We are streaming a campaign from the Gray Zone today. Night Rab and Underground Tridium mines are featured according to the plan. We may continue even further if there is an interest from your part. You will find the stream directly on our Steam page. 35% OFF until September 22nd We are also putting Gray Zone on a sale during the Digital Dragons event and the special deal will last until September 22nd. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d07565e8876eeca7a27961245bb29325a02a89b6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/acc5f72ee74cc88a124670a0dc52f4456ac19f67.png Stay sharp and frosty!Gray Zone FREE DEMO available now + 35 % OFFSep 16, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsAttention attention, the wait is finally over and the FREE DEMO is now available to public. The sale with a 35% off for the full game is also live and going to last until September 22nd. FREE DEMO Our initial decision to release a free demo has originated from the Digital Dragons 2020 ONLINE which Gray Zone has qualified for. Definitely check out the event. There are many interesting games, speakers and developers from around the world. However, the demo will not be available only during this event which is from 15th to 18th of September. The demo will be accessible indefinitely. If you like the feeling of the Gray Zone & you're a fan of an RTS & tactics, definitely try it out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/ed01e3845e7a926960ce844305baa90dafcdbe9c.gif 35% OFF until September 22nd We are also putting Gray Zone on a sale during the Digital Dragons event and the special deal will last until September 22nd. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207320/ Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d07565e8876eeca7a27961245bb29325a02a89b6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/acc5f72ee74cc88a124670a0dc52f4456ac19f67.png Cheers.Gray Zone joins Digital Dragons: Free demo & new contentSep 2, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, you haven't heard from us for quite some time but no worries, we were working on some exciting new stuff. Digital Dragons 2020 ONLINE We are pleased to announce that Gray Zone will be joining Digital Dragons 2020 ONLINE in a time frame of September 15-18 2020. Digital Dragons is the leading game industry event in Europe. From over 200 submitted games, only 66 qualified and Gray Zone is one of them. Chosen games have also been automatically nominated for The Best Indie Game Award. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/48c35e9cfc63281c83e5727930a58a79000d21a8.png Free demo Concurrently with Digital Dragons, we will be releasing a free demo on September 15, 2020 on Steam. The demo will include one full story mission from the first chapter. The first mission introduces some core game mechanics to the player step-by-step via interactive tutorials so it shouldn't be too hard even for casual players. Next major update Version 1.4 is coming soon. We can't talk about details yet, but following things are confirmed to arrive: • new Skirmish level • in-game economy prototype - shop & trading • a new feature that allows the player to recruit mercenaries This is how the trading user interface looks like in its current state. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/1efe7e41488080c61804bc386888fb1c81b82812.gif Following is the finished prototype graphics of Inventory and Character windows. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/5a5cc5899999dc21bd8f820eb76ff2766788ef38.png Roadmap Update #03 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/97a711026f138ac846b3c05df71cab7de4733f54.jpg Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. Follow us on social media {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/b413a981c0c4f1e8f6ea73e61f29601f4aaae3f3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/6a0c9d41e6caecaf4dfa9fa2efd3e93bf8f1a78b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d9b92a8301fb46dc13ce8dc331ed741340037f7c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/40c05619a0ea1541573576be52765ea0d0f775ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d07565e8876eeca7a27961245bb29325a02a89b6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/acc5f72ee74cc88a124670a0dc52f4456ac19f67.png Stay sharp!Scalable GUI, enhanced AI behavior & Roadmap UpdateJul 23, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings rebels, We come with yet another patch, 1.3.2 that comes with new features, AI enhancements, few tweaks and bug fixes. IMPORTANT: Bear in mind that we are going for a two-weeks holiday and we won't release a new update sooner than in the middle of August 2020. Until then, stay sharp and enjoy summer! New features: Missile launcher / RPG now estimates future positions of the target NPCs controlling a weapon in a stand react to disturbance behind their back. they leave the stand, sort out the situation and get back to the weapon, if they survive (until now, units in this situation were desperate and unable to react to enemies behind their back) Scalable GUI - you can now set the size of GUI elements to fit your own preference, no matter the resolution you play with {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/d0c58dbf9d196edef77e71ae19bd356025a515bc.gif Added + & - buttons to adjust minimap size within the GUI and a button to reset the rotation (added in patch 1.3.1) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/28898c526f9d138ee529c2f1497e48ab6e52e87c.gif Bug Fixes: Additional level lighting fixes Hero snaps to the ground when knocked out above ground, such as in hovercraft and doesn't stay hanging in the air Resolved a particular situation, in which units were unable to shoot from cover points Some other minor bug fixes Misc: Vehicle AI enhanced a bit, feels more consistent, much less likely to get confused by a tricky maneuvers of an opponent Minor tweaks in the first skirmish level Roadmap Update #02 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/c5ec8d59232729de811b4f0f1316cd42ca325353.jpg Mission 6 sneak peek In terms of gameplay, mission is finished for the most part but there is still some work on the environment so consider it a work-in-progress. Vision system insight - Height map Our vision system utilizes the height map ( in a form of a 3D plane ) to determine, whether units see each other or not. Most objects generate height map, so try to keep this in mind when moving through a terrain. You can get from point A to point B unnoticed. Beware, though, as it works both ways. Sometimes there is an enemy standing just behind the corner. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36429485/5269177f48eb869697b36b1df708c455b662b30f.gif Community Follow our Steam page and stay tuned for upcoming updates. Report any bugs & share your ideas with us. Subscribe to the newsletter on our official web page. 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