Rescue Ops: Wildfire - Dev Diary #8 | March & Updates

March has been a particularly intense month for the team: the launch of our Kickstarter campaign, management of the public playtest, and the organization of a Gleam contest. Safe to say, we’ve been busy!

👉 Quick reminder: the Kickstarter campaign ends on April 9th at 12:00 CEST. Don’t miss out on the exclusive rewards, now’s your last chance to support the project!

And if we surpass 40 000€, we’ll reveal a brand-new feature coming to the game…

On the art side

Our artists made great progress this month!

• Creation of a Provençal villa, designed to introduce peri-urban fires in future missions

• Implementation of retention basins, offering a new way to refill water outside of tankers

And as you’ll see below: a new water bomber aircraft has also been modeled and implemented in-game

On the development side

Here are the main improvements and additions from this month:

• Added a mission timer displayed at the end

• Added a setting to adjust screen resolution

• Added a vehicle in the fire station

• Added a tutorial step explaining DFCI gates

• Added new help messages (map, truck protection, ...)

• New collision FX for the fire hose stream

• Reworked intoxication effect: a more visible vignette + blur replaces the old smoke effect

• Ongoing hose system rework

• And of course… plenty of bug fixes

Playtest updates

Here’s a short video highlighting the main additions in the latest version ✨

Here’s what’s new:

• New water bomber aircraft capable of dropping retardant

• Retardant now prevents fires from reigniting (unlike water)

• Fire trucks equipped with water cannons now feature yellow reflective stripes

• Added a speedometer while driving

• Work on different hose crosshairs depending on spray modes

• New visual effect when using the water cannon

• Ability to move the character’s head

👉 Reminder: you have until April 9th to try out these updates.

About the Gleam contest

The Gleam contest ended on March 31st, thank you all for participating!

We’re currently reviewing entries and will contact the winners by email very soon. Make sure to check your inbox… and your spam folder.

We told you, a packed Dev Diary!

Thank you so much for your continued support. Don’t hesitate to share the project around you, it really helps Rescue Ops: Wildfire grow.

See you soon!

❤️ Rescue Ops: Wildfire team