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Dev Update: Rosegate Port & New Island Progress
Hey everyone, It’s been three weeks since our last update. First, we’d like to thank you for the incredible amount of positive feedback and comments. We truly weren't expecting that level of support. Right now, the team…
An Honest Update on Volcanoids
Hey everyone, We owe you a real explanation. Since our last update in December 2024, you have been waiting for the new island. Over the last few months, you’ve mostly heard silence from our end. We know that the combina…
Development Progress #3
Hey everyone, here's another recap of the stuff the team has done in the past few weeks! As always, thank you for your trust and patience and without further a do, let's dive in: Quest system rework The new map lends it…
How Each Location Is Made
Thought it would be interesting for y'all to see what goes into creating each location from start to finish for the new island. So here it goes! LORE AND REFERENCES First the lore is created with a bunch of references t…
Development Progress #2
Hi guys, as most of you mentioned, you want to keep seeing the development updates no matter how work in progress they are. So here's another batch for ya! This is not everything we've been working on, just a few snippe…
Development Update
Don't have one cool thing to show this time, so this post will be a mix and match of everything that's been going on for the past few weeks! STEAMROLLER TURRET UPGRADE You've seen the turret in a lot of the steamroller…
Wrenchlow
Appreciate all the support on the previous location preview! Got another one this week for y'all and I think it might be my favorite one yet. Check it out: Before the catastrophe, Wrenchlow was a humble working-class to…
Darksaddle + Steamroller Feedback
Got a look at another location for you this week. But first off, thank you for all the love on the Steamroller post, really glad you like it! As far as some of the suggested features go: Upgrades are already in process.…
Steamroller Improvements
First off, thank you all so much for all the kind words under the last post, means the world! Second, the Steamroller got a bunch of cool updates so let's take a look: Motion Blurrrrrr Gave the speed boost a bit more oo…
Ravensdale Mansion + QnA
Ravensdale Mansion Once a remote cliffside retreat for Doc. Victor Ravensdale—founder of Ironwealth Industries and overseer of operations on Adranos Island—Ravensdale Mansion served both as a residence and a secure hub…
Rosegate Port
Coming at you this week with another port location! Which is (was) the home port of the one and only Imperial Rose Enjoy! ROSEGATE PORT Origin The home harbor of The Imperial Rose was Ironwealth’s crown jewel—a thriving…
Smogmere
Back to our regularly scheduled program of landmark sneak peeks. I present to you... SMOGMERE Lore Origin The sulfur mine is one of the island’s oldest sites, evolving from a basic tunnel system into a high-tech operati…
The (Steam)roller that keeps on rolling
Been posting a few sneak peeks here and there on our socials about the Steamroller. And it seems only right to create a little compilation for you folks here too! Because aside from working hard on the new island, the t…
Orchard Port Flythrough
Since you guys seemed to really like the Orchard Port screenshots last time. We decided to shoot a quick flythrough. With some more progress on the other buildings around the port area. Enjoy and watch out for the next…
The Orchard Port
The port location is once again going to be the starting point on the new island. And even though most of it is still placeholder... I wanted to show you a few comparisons. So you can clearly see the level of detail and…
Stormwatch Bastion: Now Operational
Saw a bunch of these comments under the last Steam post: And since actions speak louder than words, check out this cannon action (sound on)! Basically, as you guys suggested, once you clear the area from enemies, you wi…
The Stormwatch Bastion
Hey everyone! Hope 2025 has been treating you well so far! Since y'all seemed to enjoy the last location sneak peek at The Imperial Rose Here's another one! The Stormwatch Bastion Lore The Stormwatch Bastion was a cruci…
Machine Hunt: COLDFIX 2
Changes improved Steam Deck support set default render settings and hud scale added Steam Deck input glyphs Fixes fixed issues with on-screen keyboard fixed controller issue when travelling underground fixed colliders o…
ROLLING into 2025
Hey everyone! Will keep it short and sweet this time. Thank you all so much for all your support and patience in 2024. See you in 2025, the year of the new island hopefully! And as a small gift to y'all. I brought a gam…
Machine Hunt Update: Coldfix
Improvements minor performance improvements reduced VRAM usage a little Balance changes increased respawn time for Tanks and Spiders in Area 3 by 30s reduced threat growth by 30% in Area 3 Fixes fixed crash on game exit…
