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Regain Earth: First Strike

 
Update: Improved Recoil and new Hit Marker SoundsMar 19, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings, Dear Regain Earth Early Access Pioneers and Community Members! New Regain Earth Update Now Available! I'm excited to announce that a new update for Regain Earth: First Strike is now live on Steam! Sorry for the long time waiting for the update! I want to express my gratitude to you all for your continued support and feedback, which helps me make the game even better. Here are the changes and improvements you can expect: Updates & bug fixes General: Hit markers now accompanied by satisfying hit sounds Weapon Balancing: Weapon recoil algorithm updated to reduce camera shake, providing a smoother shooting experience. Weapon Balancing: Bolt weapons and rocket launchers now fire faster projectiles, making it easier to hit moving targets. General: Bullet holes now visible from greater distances and quality settings affect their appearance, making the game world feel more dynamic. Balancing: Grenade drop rates have been increased to provide more strategic options in combat. Join Our Community Discord We have a small group of dedicated players and fans on our Discord server, where you can connect with like-minded individuals, share your thoughts and ideas, and even vote on new features. If you haven't already, you can also grab a demo or playtest key from our key-bot 24/7. Join us on Discord to get started! Thank you for your continued support and feedback. I can't wait to bring you even more exciting updates in the future. Stay tuned and stay healthy! Until next time, happy gaming! Sebastian (aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDude) Now with hitmarker! New weapon and helmet skins! Bugfixes!Aug 8, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes General: Now with hit marker (can be switched on and off) Weapons: 3 new weapon skins for Turtle, Red Rabbit and Green Hell Enemies: Updated helmet skins for Lizzy and Big Boy Fixed: No graphic errors when Particle or smoke with sky in background Fixed: No too early "few enemies left" message UI/Menu: FOV (field of view) settings have no effect on view in menu anymore UI/Menu: New default settings for arrow-key (keyboard) players Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDude Update: New graphic styleJun 10, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes General: Completely reworked graphic style! Balancing: You can no longer look extremely far ("sniping" was never the goal of the game). Balancing: When scanning for enemies the highlighting of the enemies increased. Enemies: Lizzy again optimized textures Enemies: Bigboy optimized textures UI/Menu: HUD life and scan display improved Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDude HUD optimized, helmet for Lizzy, key bindings improved, window modes improvedMay 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes UI/Menu: Optimized HUD, new designed scifi boxes. Fixed: You can now assign all keyboard buttons, including umlauts, mouse wheel and special keys. There are no more hardcoded keys (except ESC). You can now set all gamepad buttons separately from keyboard and configure 2 buttons for keyboard. Enemies: Lizzy now wears a helmet if he doesn't fall by single headshot anymore (wave 6 or difficulty Hardcore) Opponents: Lizzy improvement of hitboxes Balancing: Enemy scanner now recharges 10% faster Balancing: Enemies spawn now a bit faster one after the other UI/Menu: Hud made a bit more transparent. Fixed: Borderless Window Mode and Window Mode no longer jump back on map start and menu load. The display config is now loaded once when loading the menu and remains constant until you change the display settings. Fixed: Grenade selection is now also possible with keyboard and gamepad. Fixed: "Few enemies left" message no longer triggers at round start. Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDude Game size reduced from 6.5G to 1.2GB, character teleports, new robot advisorMay 6, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes Game Disk Space: Very large reduction of disk space used by the game down from 6.5 GB to 1.2 GB! Match start: opponents now teleport into the map, this can also be around the player. Player teleports into the map. Larger enemy spawn radius. Match start: Added robot advisor that gives info about enemy waves. Opponents: Lizzy got a second visual update (model, texture, thanks to Alex). Enemies: Bigboy now wears a helmet on high difficulty. (thanks to Alex) FX: Optimized effects and sounds when Scary teleports. FX: New sounds when dissolving objects and for plasma shotgun. Weapons: Increased range and speed for player rocket turret. UI/Menu: New Quality Settings to save performance, you can select that fallen opponents dissolve and do not remain in the map. UI/Menu: Fixed lobby and grenade loadout for certain resolutions. UI/Menu: Grenade loadout now adjustable with keyboard, gamepad. Fixed: Calculation of kills per weapon corrected. Fixed: Wrong particle effects when players shoot at each other. Fixed: Revive sign only appears if a player is alive and can revive another player. What's coming up in the next months? See description in last major update and announcements: The last major update Announcement on how REFS is doing in general. List of all updates Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDudeUpdate: Enemy texture and redesigned end-of-match screenApr 8, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes Enemy "Lizzy" got a visual update (model, texture, thanks 2 Alex). Match end leaderboard: Now it is visible for all players in the match, what rank and highscore they have before and after the finished match. A new highscore of the player is now better visualized. Lobby: The chat history is now also shown to players who join the lobby later. So you can also leave messages for players joining later if you are away for a short time. Menu: Improved navigation with keyboard and gamepad in the menu. Character rotation in the skin menu also with gamepad. Bugfix: The metal target in Map Hangar makes strange movements. What's coming up in the next months? See description in last major update and announcements: The last major update Announcement on how REFS is doing in general. List of all updates Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDudeUpdate: Explosive and destructible infrastructureFeb 12, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Early Access pioneers & community, a new update for Regain Earth is live! Updates & bug fixes Containers marked as explosive can now be blown up with missiles (player & AI). Missiles can also destroy trees. Hangar and Factory maps have been slightly reworked, also to make boss fights more exciting. Reworked Mech AI pathfinding, better positioning. Bugfix: Shooting AI sometimes reacts very late. Unreal Engine Update. What's coming up in the next months. See description in last major update and announcements: The last major update Announcement on how REFS is doing in general. List of all updates Community Discord including feature voting If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can easily get a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/7 from key-bot. Go to our Discord here. Stay tuned for the next updates and feel free to keep giving feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you very much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDudeNew team score display, Ai reacts to explosions, bugfixesFeb 5, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsDar Regain Earth players, testers, fans, community & Early Access pioneers, today a small REFS update: - AI improvement: AI now reacts to explosions (rockets, grenades, gas cylinder). - Score improvement: Each player now sees the same team score, which is also entered in the leaderboard at the end of the match. - Bugfix: Game host does not see client dancing at end of round. - Bugfix: Player is not shown full health in HUD at round start. What is coming up in the next months? See list in last major update description: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1408710/view/3113673007338751356 Don't forget to vote for your next most appreciated features in Discord in #📥vote-next-features. If you want to be a part of our small community of players and fans, visit us in Discord. If you don't own the game yet, you can just grab a demo/playtest key in Discord 24/4 from key-bot. Discord: https://discord.gg/z2dXQXN Thanks a lot! And stay healthy! Best regards Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDudeSpanish translation update and BugfixesDec 20, 2021 - Community Announcements- Spanish translation updated - Bugfix Hangar Map: Barrels are sinking in hangar floors - Bugfix match end dance: Player-host does not see player-client dancing animations - Bugfix Match start UI: Player HUD does not directly show selected grenadeUpdate: New HUD, character skin customizing, grenade loadoutDec 4, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Players, Testers, Fans, Community & Early Access Pioneers, a new big update for Regain Earth is live! As I said before in the Steam-News, Updates for REFS need more time at the moment. If you want to know why, and keep up to date about the next planned REFS updates, feel free to check out last Steam-News. Thank you! As always and first of all, I want to say a big thank you to our awesome testers & Discord community & TikTok community for giving me feedback on REFS and great new ideas. This is what drives the development of the game! Thanks a lot!!! Major changes New HUD with new features like showing grenade effects, turret health and much more. Unlockable Character Skins Unlockable Grenade Loadout Hints in Loading-Screen to teach you some new knowledge about the game mechanics. Small changes Double-team Shockwave Ability Steam Achievements reworked and implemented Achievements which were not game ready before More Steam Stats and more Achievements. And now with viewable steam achievements progress in Steam Achievements Overlay Character Skins are customizable now, you can switch skins for character parts like armor and also switch on/off parts like grenade belt Higher grenade drop chance Higher rocket range Translation Updates (Polish ready, Spanish will follow soon) What's in next months? In 2022, I would like to implement the following features: two more monsters for wave 4 and 5 infinity waves game mode, maybe even a custom game mode a third map grenade/skill to pull monsters to your side (perhaps control mechs) turret variations optional: round start and, round end without text, better use of more animation/sequences optional: small Easter Eggs Don't forget to vote your next most appreciated features in Discord in #📥vote-next-features If you want to be a part of our small players and fans community, visit us in discord. If you don't own the game already, you can simply grab a Demo/Playtest-key in Discord 24/4 from key-bot. Discord: https://discord.gg/z2dXQXN Stay tuned for next updates and keep giving us feedback, bug reports and your wishes and ideas. Thank you so much! And stay healthy! Greetings, Sebastian aka. TheFlow aka. GameDevDude News and more Regain Earth updatesOct 15, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear Regain Earth players & fans, 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. TheFlowSpanish TranslationJun 28, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear fans & EA pioneers! 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. TheFlowUpdate: Player Turrets! Homing Missile! Shield and Speed Grenade! New Mech Boss!Jun 25, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear Regain Earth Players, Testers, Community & Early Access Pioneers, Over the past few weeks I've released a lot of minor updates to Regain Earth: First Strike, and here I'd like to give an overview of all those changes. Thank you! As always and first of all, I want to say a big thank you to our awesome testers & Discord community & TikTok community for giving me feedback on REFS and great new ideas. This is what drives the development of the game! Thanks a lot!!! Updates! New player air defense turret with homing missiles, which also intercept rockets from opponents. Can be found as a grenade. New boss fight, a different kind of mech (Mech "Runner"). 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. Translations Germand and Polish New grenade that turns into a laser firing turret that supports the player. Unlimited in time, the turret remains at your side until it is destroyed. Turret, like the player, is recognized as an enemy by AI and attacked. Higher overall grenade drop rate Effects of frost and speed grenade extended Visual HUD Weapon Slots and grenade Slots New Leaderboard switch in the main menu. Now you can switch through all leaderboards in terms of map, difficulty and team size. Major change in player ragdoll to make sure the player can't get stuck in walls, holes or elsewhere. Implemented a much more natural shooting behavior for both robots, with a delay when the player is first spotted for the first time or when not seen for a long time. So, Rocksy can not come around the corner and blow you up directly. Also better aim in the direction of the player. And prevent the bug that shooting robots can come to the player position without shooting at him. New Extreme difficulty. Unlock it by surviving 6 rounds on Hardcore. Up to 8 waves are awaiting you on Extreme! You can now change the shoulder side of the camera. Just hold down "Holster Weapon" (Q). Mutants are now called "MuTecs". This was a result of the TikTok poll and is meant to combine mutants and robots (technology) in one word. New effect for "speed boost" grenade Renaming of the difficulty levels. Now Hardcore difficulty (previously "Hard") is only available once you have completed Advanced (previously "Normal"). New melee animations New speed boost grenade, higher player speed without negative effect on the bullet spread Player switch in the spectator camera, also possible to change back to your downed player Many small improvements and bugfixes! What's in next weeks/months? Close Combat Features Normal enemy for waves greater 4 Third Boss Third Map Don't forget to vote your next most appreciated features in Discord in #📥vote-next-features If you want to be a part of our closed beta testing community, visit us in discord. If you don't own the game already, you can simply grab a ...New Air defense turret withJun 25, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear fans & EA pioneers! 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. TheFlowNew Boss, New Grenades and moreJun 18, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDear fans & EA pioneers! 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. TheFlowTranslations and HotfixJun 6, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello fans & EA pioneers! A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version). - Fixes in German and Polish Translations - Hotfix Fences blocks shots and Ai vision Have fun with the new updates! Sebastian aka. TheFlowShield Grenade and Polish translationJun 4, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello fans & EA pioneers! A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version). - Now with **polish **translation. - **Shield Grenade**, 60 seconds an energy shield that absorbs damage. Have fun with the new updates! Sebastian aka. TheFlowNew: Build defense with supporting turretsJun 1, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello fans & EA pioneers! A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version). - New grenade that turns into a turret that supports the player. Unlimited in time, the turret remains at your side until it is destroyed. Turret, like the player, is recognized as an enemy by AI and attacked. - Higher overall grenade drop rate - Number of grenades per drop set higher. - Effects of frost and speed grenade extended - Revision of the "Status" framework to avoid bugs when Scary's Slowdown, Frost Grenade Effect, Speed Grenade Effect have interactions. Speed Grenade ends all slowdown effects. - Weapon Slot Icon Improvements Have fun with the new updates! Sebastian aka. TheFlowLeaderboard switch and player character ragdollMay 25, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello fans & EA pioneers! A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version). - New Leaderboard switch in the main menu. Now you can switch through all leaderboards in terms of map, difficulty and team size. - Major change in player ragdoll to make sure the player can't get stuck in walls, holes or elsewhere. Have fun with the new updates! Sebastian aka. TheFlowGame Engine UpdateMay 23, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello fans & EA pioneers! A new update is live for all versions (demo/playtest, full version). - This time it's a technical update. No new features, just some minor bug fixes and a major update of game Engine (New Unreal Engine Version). Of course this could lead to new bugs, I played a lot and found some bugs and fixed it. Please let me know, if you find any new problems. Have fun with the new updates! Sebastian aka. TheFlow

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