RIOT: Civil Unrest news & patch notes

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Hello everybody! Here we are again to tell you that 5 new levels are available in the Steam Workshop! They are all based in 1968. Obviously, we are talking about this: Protests of 1968 on Wikipedia https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/43bda3d580da957ffd27a35c17639aa73038e54d.png These levels were all produced by students of Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna (Art Academy of Bologna). So, thanks to:

• ELENA MAZZUCCATO (Tlatelolco massacre, Mexico)
• MI-CHIAMO-Z (Battle of Statale Milan, Italy)
• TOMMASO BONETTI (Sorbonne riots, France)
• ANDREA MALVEZZI (Columbia University riots, USA)
• MARCO SESSA (Valle Giulia in Rome, Italy)

and to Kyle Morena for editing these levels. Enjoy and RIOT ON! Ivanhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/7c8b60a5f49085853d0bf2e835d2b68fd822e3ca.jpg

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/1164444bff017e3b68219ade519b94b3f60eab1c.gif Following the full release of RIOT: Civil Unrest last month, the team has been busy working on tightening up the code even more. The latest build features the following changes / fixes / updates:

• Fixed police units getting stuck when arresting rioters
• Fix of "automatic optimization" sampling system
• Various minor bug fixes
• New Sci-Fi level released on the workshop

Please keep the feedback coming. For bug reports, post here. For suggestions, post here.

I've pressed the button and RIOT: Civil Unrest full release version 1.0 is out now. Download and play the new levels by grabbing them through the Steam Workshop. The developers have created new scenarios and are working on more. Try these to start with -

• Hamburg, Germany – G20 Rote Flora
• Mashhad, Iran – Shohahad Square protests
• Buenos Aires, Argentina – Financial reform protests
• Rhineland, Germany - Ende Gelände movement, mining protests
• Paris, France – Yellow Vests protest
• Fantasy – Orks vs Knights

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/7a96dd9145e76b8c655041235b78bfeeb18d91f4.gif Of course, you could dive straight in and create your own levels. The Steam Workshop Editor is feature rich and includes:

• Name your riot, create a description of the event and add many other details ( where, when, links etc. )
• Add your images to backgrounds
• Place and edit sprites from a library with more than 700 objects
• Add lights, vehicles, particles effects and filters
• Customise the characters skins, clothes and gears
• Set the Gameplay rules defining the rebels and police teams and the objective.
• Share it on Steam Workshop!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/2d53990aafcf3dc80850923700b365703b7b7f95.jpg The team have been working on a number of updates and fixes. Of course, they'll keep working on more. If you have any issues, please post your findings in this thread - reporting issues. We already know there are issues with the fire and the team are working on a hot fix right now (no pun intended).

• Added "automatic optimization" options in the main menu. It will adjust the quality settings and physics quality based on your fps.- NOTE: If you're experiencing poor performance drop your settings.
• Fixed frame rate drop that happened by changing teams repeatedly
• Optimized tear gas smoke fx, especially at low quality settings
• Optimized spry gas fx
• Optimized chorus fx
• Fixed some problems that could trigger or crash a level (at start or after the victory)
• Fixed video and images size in the wiki section
• Fixed the mouse wheel navigation in the wiki section
• Fixed various performance issue
• Added FPS cap in game menus
• Fixed some bugs with incorrectly initialized launchable objects, which could lead to some gameplay errors
• Fixed various bugs in the tutorial
• Fixed japanese translation
• Added back the missing firecracker sfx
• Fixed wrong font size after changing language in options menu
• Fixed the disappearance of the UI in some levels
• Fixed some in-game-popups that remained in play without disappearing

Languages update - RIOT: Civil Unrest now supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, simplified Chinese and Russian. RIOT ON!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/2373d0ccd29729f197e704ac57c69ad58bf6e135.gif RIOT: Civil Unrest will officially leave Early Access on Tuesday February 12th will see the full release of v1.0 of the game. We will be increasing the game’s price to $16.99 / €16.99 / £12.99 – thank you to everyone who supported us in Early Access. Last minute circumstances has meant we have had to push the day back by a week until 12th February 2019. Thank you for your patience. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/2c09b0655126c28b2cdd5ceb3205d3ff3e9f961d.gif Included in the release will be six new levels (with a Sci-Fi level to follow later). The six new challenges have been put together by the team at IVP using the game’s level editor. The locations have been taken from recent clashes as well as showing the versatility of the editor to completely change the look and feel of the game with the Fantasy and forthcoming Sci-Fi levels. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/fbff89b593f0c71d1da1746304243f5916131ea4.gif New Levels

• Hamburg, Germany – G20 Rote Flora
• Mashhad, Iran – Shohahad Square protests
• Buenos Aires, Argentina – Financial reform protests
• Rhineland, Germany - Ende Gelände movement, mining protests
• Paris, France – Yellow Vests protest
• Fantasy – Orks vs Knights

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/7a96dd9145e76b8c655041235b78bfeeb18d91f4.gif Thanks to everyone who has been testing the level editor out in its beta format. The team have been working hard to integrate your suggestions and fix any issues with the editor. The feature list looks like this:

• Name your riot, create a description of the event and add many other details ( where, when, links etc. )
• Add your images to backgrounds
• Place and edit sprites from a library with more than 700 objects
• Add lights, vehicles, particles effects and filters
• Customise the characters skins, clothes and gears
• Set the Gameplay rules defining the rebels and police teams and the objective.
• Share it on Steam Workshop!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/107883a2a9b6ad0c58ef480899c40dfe49b4afc1.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/62ac3d2856899e3c5b45f40bf7c5dc0f8b781050.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/3d5c2f0cd724b5511d67273acaa0f6b238d824ff.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/1d2b20c2b25cc0298055c11c46d8b065fc917541.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/13b5f95c3fccb6b701d48ad0c669ec701d686c01.jpg Finally, here’s a list of updates and fixes that will go into the release version of RIOT: Civil Unrest. The team are still working so expect even more when we launch on February 5th.

• Added "automatic optimization" options in the main menu. It will adjust the quality settings and physics quality based on your fps.
• Fixed frame rate drop that happened by changing teams repeatedly
• Optimized tear gas smoke fx, especially at low quality settings
• Optimized spry gas fx
• Optimized chorus fx
• Fixed some problems that could trigger or crash a level (at start or after the victory)
• Fixed video and images size in the wiki section
• Fixed the mouse wheel navigation in the wiki section
• Fixed various performance issue
• Added FPS cap in game menus
• Fixed some bugs with incorrectly initialized launchable objects, which could lead to some gameplay errors
• Fixed various bugs in the tutorial
• Fixed japanese translation
• Added back the missing firecracker sfx
• Fixed wrong font size after changing language in options menu
• Fixed the disappearance of the UI in some levels
• Fixed some in-game-popups that remained in play without disappearing

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/5e916b123dcb674de7aa489a5331852dd6862704.gif Join the revolution - Tuesday 12th February RIOT ON!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/c6946e19c447a9a3ba12344ce160282969af770d.gif Join the Revolution! But do it soon. Riot: Civil Unrest is set to come out of Early Access in February. Be sure to check in on Monday to find out what's planned. In the meantime be sure to take a look at the new trailer on the store page. Have a great weekend. RIOT ON! Don't forget you can join the RIOT: Civil Unrest channel on our Discord server. https://discordapp.com/invite/merge

The RIOT team have been busy working on updates and fixes to the core game. These include: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/15bd0b72765c4b8715615c4dff43ad67fb8d92ce.jpg OPTIMIZATIONS & STABILITY

• Several low-level changes should improve CPU, GPU and memory performances and gain stability.
• Several minor bug fixes

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/107883a2a9b6ad0c58ef480899c40dfe49b4afc1.jpg GAMEPLAY & BALANCING

• Changes in Battle of the Camel level balancing and collisions
• Tweaked global mode levels balancing for a better progression
• Solved several units navigation bugs
• Small changes to gamepad control system

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/f2717bab54ab324ae29b61507424959790114e04.jpg As promised the BETA version of the Level Editor is+ also available for you+ to experiment with. As it’s the first time we’ve let you lose on the editor there will undoubtedly be some issues you come across. Please be sure to reach out and tell us your findings and thoughts. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/6a55d62f5f62bf14a69f3ba2ef0977a39d38bedc.jpg LEVEL EDITOR & STEAMWORKSHOP SUPPORT

• Brand new level editor
• Level editor include also a character customization tool
• Full steam workshop implementation
• Upload and share your levels with the community

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/e9a626104f1d246866c02d8c17cd9acd11bddf28.jpg The team will continue to work on both the core game and editor over the next few weeks. We’ve got some exciting new content to share with you too. Keep an eye open for more announcements in January. In the meantime, the RIOT team and everyone at Merge Games would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and we’ll return in the new year.

Hello everybody!!! Here is Ivan from IVP, working hard with Z4G0 and Triggy on the editor, with Kyle (our internal supertester) who tests the game and also captured this video for you! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/2e58d7891257d7251eb5edef5804c45e6e87d39c.png https://youtu.be/Kx_7nhSujw4 (sorry for the youtube link but Steam had problems with uploading the video... F****!!!!) You can see here the character customization, where you'll be able to define your own units, rebels or police. You can discover the system we use to create every single character on the screen: starting from the naked man, adding layer for dresses and equipment, till the result of having the complete character. For the end of next week you will put your hands on it! RIOT ON!

The team at IVP has been busily working on the RIOT: Civil Unrest level editor. They are currently testing it internally with a view to letting you get your hands on the editor next week (December 21st)! As you can see from the video, it’s a powerful tool. Every aspect of the game can be manipulated, allowing users to create their own custom riots. We want you use it as much as possible over the next few weeks – reporting all feedback to the team in this thread. The game’s producer, Ivan, will post regular updates letting you know about fixes and updates as they happen. The editor has been designed to work with Steam Workshop, so I’ll stop writing now and let you get creative. Can’t wait to see what you all come up with. Just one caveat, the community will be self-policing and we reserve the right to delete any content we deem to be offensive. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1589032268

Hello everyone!

We're working nose-to-the-grindstone to polish RIOT as much as we can. While we continue our efforts to bring you the best game possible, we've got some highly requested changes to share. First up, we've had the game professionally translated into our most commonly requested languages. If you're a Chinese, Japanese or Russian speaker, you can now enjoy the game in your native language! Also included in this update are a myriad of minor bug fixes and improvements to the game. This update will go live later today. Thanks to everyone for the feedback as we continue to develop and improve RIOT. Kind Regards.

Hey Everyone!

We've got a new update to bring you with some more improvements. Here's a list of the fixes and additions for this build:

• Added localisations for 'Global Mode'
• Fixed a bug that could unlock all of the 'Global Mode' contents when starting with a clean save
• Fixed some compatability issues that resulted in a fullscreen purple flash
• Fixed a graphical error when using the 'Choir' skill on older graphics cards
• Fixed some graphical issues on Mac
• Fixed a bug that could glitch the custom menu when removing all Police teams
• Fixed journalist photos memory handling
• Optimized several shaders for older DirectX versions
• Optimized memory for pool handling & for grabbable objects on the ground

Russian language and Simplified Chinese language options are currently being added to the game and will be coming soon! Thanks for playing and... RIOT ON! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9a366299b43cc8afd35ee4281c3dcd21135f46c1.png

Hey everyone!

Here's the latest update. All of the details for the update are listed below. GLOBAL MODE

• New cutscenes added in-game in all levels (work-in-progress for camera movement)
• Added interlude scenes between levels (how your actions impact the whole world)
• New end-level screen
• Some specific levels are now better balanced
• Prepared build for additional localisation - coming soon!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/0fe78ea50ee649b847ef6f933d09713cdaac0fcb.png GENERAL

• The crowd now groups around the leader only when the team is controlled by the player, to get a more realistic crowd behaviour instead of single, isolated groups
• Fixed bugs that blocked the start of some levels while using certain combinations of equipment / special characters
• Fixed some riot crowd phisycs bugs, in some moments it was creating a force too high compared to the previewed one
• Italian text review (still working)
• General bugfixing

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/246315acaaa9da6a14022f53562e72ee427be93f.png BATTLE OF THE CAMELS

• Level balance strongly modified, the previous one was totally on the rioters side
• Fixed camel men animations, who sometimes fell down instead of attacking

NOTE A lot of you guys asked us to be able to use the items you unlock in the global mode in the rest of the game. We are considering that and we'll try to do it in the next updates -but very cautiously to avoid breaking everyone's saved games! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9a366299b43cc8afd35ee4281c3dcd21135f46c1.png

Hello everyone!

Following the recent release of Global Mode, we've got an additional hot fix update. For more information on what's been changed, check out the list below:

• Fixed "NEXT" button broken when you finish the last global mode level
• Fixed military and political score sync when you unlock a new level
• Implemented difficulty progression:
  • LVLs 1-4 (4) TOO EASY
  • LVLs 5-12 (8) EASY
  • LVLs 13-23 (11) NORMAL
  • LVLs 24-30 (7) HARD
  • LVLs 31-33 (3) TOO HARD
• Fixed NOTAV_1 DATA xml (removing hand grenades and an unexpected Santa Claus xD)
• Fixed missing labels in in-game objectives tips

Don't forget to let us know what you think of the new Global Mode! Kind Regards

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Here we are! The new update is live!

Global is the brand new game mode. We’ve designed it to meet many of your suggestions regarding the game’s length and to negate the confusion that some of you occasionally experienced with the current campaign mode. We absolutely expect the game to still need some tweaks (bug-fixing and balance) but we wanted to give roll out the Global mode as soon as possible so we can get your opinions, criticism and suggestions. As you can guess, balancing the game is not an easy task. Now it takes us almost a full day to play the whole of Global mode with both rioters and police – and we know how to win! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/cdf8b982098626f55594df1d42930687d8703796.jpg What is the GLOBAL MODE Global mode is a single player game mode where every level is connected. If you use violence with no purpose, you’ll pay the consequences in later the levels. Global mode often challenges you to try different strategies within levels in order to discover a way to progress. What’s new? - Global mode has its own save system, unlockable items and customization of all teams - New items (coloured eggs, taser, pepperspray and a lot more. FYI they’re currently overpowered, so enjoy them at maximum effect, while you can – for the definitive release we will balance them and probably reduce their power) - New weapons and easter egg weapons (flamethrower, railgun, knight armour, swords, holy bomb) - New loadout menu which allows you to quickly choose objects, equipment and special characters to use - A new system for public opinion. The total public opinion will be the difference between your own political score and the adversary’s. Using violence against a pacifist adversary will have a huge negative result; while using violence to defend your units or groups from a violent adversary attack should give you a bonus. - You will be able to replay every already played level with new equipment unlocked, to improve the global political score. What is missing (what we’re working on)? - New victory screens, different to the current screens in the other game modes - New cutscenes - Interlude events which will tell you what’s happening in the world thanks to your actions - New special characters for the police - A new exclusive game ending for Global mode - Peace and love all over the world - 19373258909280337 (almost) small finishing touches So, play it and let us know! And, as ever,

RIOT ON!

Hi everybody! We already told about it: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/f13a772f7d76cb6a0d7d0649d679c2bb44725e25.jpg This is a little taste: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/be66ee2fee5d08a4180ae34f7f3888e1dbb7db8d.gif *** ADVICE: DON'T DO IT AT HOME *** As riots often remember us the middleage clashes, we thought that it would be interesting to have something like this: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/8b80499858f7858b536fbd56accf470b44826cf3.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/31f43bd3cd9d36163f3f9e6e430bf976c9db2558.jpg Swords and armours! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/5cfcd9b9b36c26f664aa15a545ba517f8ef04608.gif And there is much more: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/e6f4f1a870bc9430076b40f2f6bd087263fca36e.jpg ...and many other tasteful things. QUESTION: when this supercool update will be online? ANSWER: NEXT WEEK! We're spending some day more to test it hardly, to give you a (at least almost!) solid one! RIOT ON!!!

A lot of work, guys! We're near! Enjoy all this stuff that Triggy is cooking for you! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4967fbf468263773886ae04d2ca63f382667364e.pnghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/242db51f04cc78e8a12c9e79796920c6d5aaab74.pnghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4df7024d2d99f72b814156b628aa25e47586e6b1.pnghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/218b04b22d155434ef9babeede64e8cf3ddc23eb.pnghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/389ede43dcb42d058b7d998c57505ab906882928.pnghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/560b9ed2858e7918ed0ad8367604fa1b85a7143f.png RIOT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

We're working hard on completing the global mode mechanics and testing them. You'll have the chance to change world history, and sometimes you will unlock very special items... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/250c91c37379e9c811faea12a0784193a18e955a.png RIOT ON!

Hi everybody! Now let's move to US. To the North Dakota Indian Reservation known as Standin Rock. Backwater Bridge. Here a mockup (real background levels - crowd and police drawn as mockup - new vehicles just drawn for this level but put it by hand): https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/6131f195ea98f2f178dfeecbb8a4c65ffde36ad7.png Police, as you can see, is taken from another level. As it is a mockup, you see it without lighting effects and so on. Water is the graphic base, without any shader yet. These are pictures from the protest: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/7e2622c8f74611dba83f21860f744fa0af9716a3.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9e322680e96f834e6627687219809e6733a47903.jpg From Wikipedia: "Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Part of Indigenous rights Color image of Lakota man locked down to construction equipment at direct action against Dakota Access Pipeline A Lakota man locks himself to construction equipment in protest Date April 2016 – February 2017 Location United States, especially North Dakota, the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, the Missouri River, the Mississippi River, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois Caused by Protection of water, land, and religious/spiritual sites sacred to indigenous peoples of the Americas Casualties: Injuries 300; Arrested 487+ Part of a series on Indigenous rights Indalo symbol Rights Ancestral domain Intellectual property Land rights Language Traditional knowledge Treaty rights https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/0b945bf81a085f427fee2e01aff9502018a3dc14.jpg The Dakota Access Pipeline protests, also known by the hashtag #NODAPL, are grassroots movements that began in early 2016 in reaction to the approved construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States. The pipeline was projected to run from the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota to southern Illinois, crossing beneath the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, as well as under part of Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Many in the Standing Rock tribe considered the pipeline and its intended crossing of the Missouri River to constitute a threat to the region's clean water and to ancient burial grounds. In April 2016, Standing Rock Sioux elder LaDonna Brave Bull Allard established a camp as a center for cultural preservation and spiritual resistance to the pipeline; over the summer the camp grew to thousands of people. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/28efc2088aa7ae6238297be78120a63179a1c4aa.jpg The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had conducted a limited review of the route and found no significant impact, but in March and April 2016 the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Interior, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation asked the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a formal Environmental Impact Assessment and issue an Environmental Impact Statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed suit against the Corps of Engineers in July, but the motion was denied. In December, under President Barack Obama's administration the Corps of Engineers denied an easement for construction of the pipeline under the Missouri River. An environmental impact assessment was to be conducted by the Army Corps, but many protesters continued camping on the site, not considering the matter closed. On January 24, 2017, newly elected President Donald Trump signed an executive order that reversed the Obama legislation and advanced the construction of the pipeline under "terms and conditions to be negotiated, " expediting the environmental review that Trump described as an "incredibly cumbersome, long, horrible permitting process." On February 7, 2017, Trump authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed, ending the environmental impact assessment and the associated public comment period. The pipeline was completed by April and its first oil was delivered on May 14, 2017. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/69a8fc9051b5eed7f119a93e44fed85d97f57adf.jpg The protests have drawn international attention and have been said to be "reshaping the national conversation for any environmental project that would cross the Native American land." In September 2016 construction workers bulldozed a section of land the tribe had identified as sacred ground and when protesters entered the area security workers used attack dogs which bit at least six of the protesters and one horse. The incident was filmed and viewed by several million people on YouTube and other social media. In October, armed soldiers and police with riot gear and military equipment cleared an encampment that was directly in the proposed pipeline's path. In November many new participants joined the protest; fluctuating numbers of protesters remained in the thousands. Police use of water cannons on protesters in freezing weather drew significant media attention. Following Donald Trump's approval for the completion of the pipeline the number of protesters gradually decreased and on February 23, 2017 the National Guard and law enforcement officers evicted those that remained." https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9e322680e96f834e6627687219809e6733a47903.jpghttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/1c85967ff86cd412e156e8df329003adaa7b1a68.jpg Here you can find a video of the action we are trying to simulate: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/standing-rock-protest-hundreds-clash-with-police-over-dakota-access-pipeline This is the base layer: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/49cb4fac8dd09a990a1a21fbb409df4ff8519e59.png I spent a lot of time collecting all these stuff (more than drawing it!) - it was not clear where the action precisely were. But in the end I found the exact point. RIOT ON! Ivan ps: days... then we'll have the update with Global Mode!

Hi everybody! Soon we'll release an update with various fixes and: > Global Mode (here a glance of it, work-in-progress) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9974b8928b591006beb0a58f8a543dda3708f1b4.png > New GUI when using joypads, to make it more understandable (icons are now arranged as the corresponding buttons) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/5684d99d877dc839950992c42cc5d1e153503017.png I'll be back to you soon with new levels stuff! RIOT ON! Ivan

Hi everybody! Soon we'll release an update with various fixes and: > Global Mode (here a glance of it, work-in-progress) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/9974b8928b591006beb0a58f8a543dda3708f1b4.png > New GUI when using joypads, to make it more understandable (icons are now arranged as the corresponding buttons) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/5684d99d877dc839950992c42cc5d1e153503017.png I'll be back to you soon with new levels stuff! RIOT ON! Ivan

Hi everybody! Here is the new level. This time, finally, in Middle East. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/54ff4d7661c6b7418ad91a70c7163212f4d5cda3.png http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/bfca5e5c26504f6eaaea9e39783fdd85cb106a7e.jpg In the end of 2017 in Masshad, one of the main cities of Iran (and one of the holiest) people arose against the government, shouting anti-government slogans in protest against high prices and corruption. More than 100 protesters arrested. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/ee8a011b174164bab123ebc7612491ea2e257ec4.jpg Video (starting from 0'55''): https://youtu.be/ekcCojx-hB8?t=56 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/0cfde5d29a5cce9d23a9b2b49b9af85ab07d9013.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4cf3121b9a5211510f65b684250e2f2f5696a1a4.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/698f2f7988c7d83dc73626e80a9381d544be7db6.png This is the "source" scenario: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/f0ea6e6004314d84a81d40234291c9fcf18eaa53.png This level was particularly hard because photos and videos are very few. And not easy to understand exactly the successions of events. In case anyone of our beloved player had info, pictures, videos, anything to share with us, welcome :) Please use this post to insert additional info as comments. As for G20 Rote Flora, the artist is me (Ivan). Hope you'll like it! ...And apologize for my not perfect english. I invite you to go deep, digging info by yourselves. Middle East is a lot more than what media and politicians are telling us. RIOT ON! Ivan

Hi everybody! Here is the new level. This time, finally, in Middle East. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/54ff4d7661c6b7418ad91a70c7163212f4d5cda3.png http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/bfca5e5c26504f6eaaea9e39783fdd85cb106a7e.jpg In the end of 2017 in Masshad, one of the main cities of Iran (and one of the holiest) people arose against the government, shouting anti-government slogans in protest against high prices and corruption. More than 100 protesters arrested. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/ee8a011b174164bab123ebc7612491ea2e257ec4.jpg Video (starting from 0'55''): https://youtu.be/ekcCojx-hB8?t=56 http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/0cfde5d29a5cce9d23a9b2b49b9af85ab07d9013.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4cf3121b9a5211510f65b684250e2f2f5696a1a4.jpghttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/698f2f7988c7d83dc73626e80a9381d544be7db6.png This is the "source" scenario: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/f0ea6e6004314d84a81d40234291c9fcf18eaa53.png This level was particularly hard because photos and videos are very few. And not easy to understand exactly the successions of events. In case anyone of our beloved player had info, pictures, videos, anything to share with us, welcome :) Please use this post to insert additional info as comments. As for G20 Rote Flora, the artist is me (Ivan). Hope you'll like it! ...And apologize for my not perfect english. I invite you to go deep, digging info by yourselves. Middle East is a lot more than what media and politicians are telling us. RIOT ON! Ivan

Hi everybody! Finally we're here with info about new levels! These new levels will be available as preset for the editor when we'll release it, so now we'll keep you updated but these level won't be playable till the editor will be released. So, here it is! G20 protests, Hamburg, Germany, 6/7th of july 2017. This is a mockup done using the elements created for this level: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/819cf5f77b981188d8e0924aab1513125d9cf435.png News! I did it, I'm the 2D artist who will work the new levels! Here, another screen to give a taste of the way it will appear in the game. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/cacdb731337aa7c78465e1ccff5ae8f3585920ac.png - - - The night (00:30-01:00) between 6th and 7th of July there were protests in Hamburg, Germany, against the G20 meeting. One of the main ones was in front of the Rote Flora. "The Rote Flora is a former theatre in the Sternschanze quarter in Hamburg. It has been squatted since November 1989 in response to a decision to turn it into a musical theatre." (Wikipedia) http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/d27cfc72faac0f23d53b9d0ab7327859a9731cb9.jpg We worked it out using the direct info of E., a friend of us working in TPO (Bologna, Italy), who was on the scene that night, together with other friends. So we had direct info to elaborate this level. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/90302b93c9253a5edac646444fee89124bab5487.jpg There were two fires and mainly the protesters (about 4/500 people) stayed between them. Police on the right (about 40/50 in the beginning, then more). http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/930249f12adf8947ee6ab38cdaa45d691a4755e1.jpg On the rioters side there were mainly: rocks, empty bottles, firecrackers, some DIY rockets. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/b42594e89f8f3b8995b1836c9df5ba15dda1a596.jpg Police were extremely disciplined and used a watercannon to extinguish the fire, and tonfa, telescopic baton and pepper spray. There were some different kind of police as they come from different Länder. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/a309240bd48c92ffb3f4fb79794d14aadb3a6254.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4d1eb51a984f4cb03f740c6efa4085030d79dd0f.jpg For our german RIOT friends: if you have to add/comment something, please write in this post as comment! I'll do my best to collect all info and prepare the best level as possible. RIOT ON! ps: apologize for my rough english!

Hi everybody! Finally we're here with info about new levels! These new levels will be available as preset for the editor when we'll release it, so now we'll keep you updated but these level won't be playable till the editor will be released. So, here it is! G20 protests, Hamburg, Germany, 6/7th of july 2017. This is a mockup done using the elements created for this level: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/819cf5f77b981188d8e0924aab1513125d9cf435.png News! I did it, I'm the 2D artist who will work the new levels! Here, another screen to give a taste of the way it will appear in the game. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/cacdb731337aa7c78465e1ccff5ae8f3585920ac.png - - - The night (00:30-01:00) between 6th and 7th of July there were protests in Hamburg, Germany, against the G20 meeting. One of the main ones was in front of the Rote Flora. "The Rote Flora is a former theatre in the Sternschanze quarter in Hamburg. It has been squatted since November 1989 in response to a decision to turn it into a musical theatre." (Wikipedia) http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/d27cfc72faac0f23d53b9d0ab7327859a9731cb9.jpg We worked it out using the direct info of E., a friend of us working in TPO (Bologna, Italy), who was on the scene that night, together with other friends. So we had direct info to elaborate this level. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/90302b93c9253a5edac646444fee89124bab5487.jpg There were two fires and mainly the protesters (about 4/500 people) stayed between them. Police on the right (about 40/50 in the beginning, then more). http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/930249f12adf8947ee6ab38cdaa45d691a4755e1.jpg On the rioters side there were mainly: rocks, empty bottles, firecrackers, some DIY rockets. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/b42594e89f8f3b8995b1836c9df5ba15dda1a596.jpg Police were extremely disciplined and used a watercannon to extinguish the fire, and tonfa, telescopic baton and pepper spray. There were some different kind of police as they come from different Länder. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/a309240bd48c92ffb3f4fb79794d14aadb3a6254.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/4d1eb51a984f4cb03f740c6efa4085030d79dd0f.jpg For our german RIOT friends: if you have to add/comment something, please write in this post as comment! I'll do my best to collect all info and prepare the best level as possible. RIOT ON! ps: apologize for my rough english!

Hi everybody! We are there. We can now say that the game is almost solid, (nearly) bugfree and pretty well balanced. Even do, there is still a long way to go with the project. Now, however, it’s time for us to make changes! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/cf79b7d2af9f45af2c46e9ed1aaf16b0982fa812.png (pixelselfie: Marco, Zago, Ivan) Our plan is to 1 - re-design the menu 2 - create a more complete loadout menu for the rioters. Similar to the police menu, offering the opportunity to add and subtract groups. 3 - push strongly toward a more immediate style of gameplay, removing all the delays between the command and the action. It will be a bit less realistic, but the rocket will launched when you want! No more waiting for the guy to arrive, load it, light it then finally fire - Just CLICK and SHOOT! So you will find an option to switch between the “realistic” gameplay (like now) and the new one (more immediate) “action” gameplay. 4 - remove redundant submenus. 5 - add the GLOBAL MODE, where you will be able (in single or multiplayer modes) to play ALL the levels, starting from the beginning right through to the last one. Progressing only by completing each level in order to progress to the next one. We will include a well-balanced learning curve for each of the difficulty levels. New items will also be unlocked and usable at every level. 6 - major changes to the UI. We want the UI to be more visible, more immediate. This will also make it easier to play the the game with a joypad. 7 - add skills and items to let the rebel groups be able to charge and fight toe-to-toe. We’ll be addin the likes of crowbars, ironbars etc. for this. 8 - unify the unit parameters. No longer will you find a wounded unit still reacting positively. Likewise you won’t see healthy units reacting negitivly and fleeing the scene. All units and groups will begin a fight at the same level of morale, what happens next will be down to your actions. In order to make these major alterations and addtions we plan to halt the weekly updates for now. We need to rewrite some parts of the code from scratch. We believe we’ll need several weeks to achieve our goal. BUT In the meanwhile, we’re working on content. I’ll post again to give you a taste of what to expect but in the meantime, here’s a clue… it is related to the editor. So… RIOT ON! Ivan Post Scriptum! For the record: The team spent 3 years in development, not 5! 5 years ago Leonard did the crowdfunding on Indiegogo then tried to create the game with three different indie teams, without results. IV PRODUCTIONS and MERGE GAMES, we began the game completely from scratch 3 years ago. Less than one year ago we changed the gameplay and game design (the original design was too hard and confusional - and boring!) The two years before we were not involved -and we had no money from the crowdfunding! We know that three years is still a long time, but it’s certainly shorter than five years!

Hi everybody! We are there. We can now say that the game is almost solid, (nearly) bugfree and pretty well balanced. Even do, there is still a long way to go with the project. Now, however, it’s time for us to make changes! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8557065/cf79b7d2af9f45af2c46e9ed1aaf16b0982fa812.png (pixelselfie: Marco, Zago, Ivan) Our plan is to 1 - re-design the menu 2 - create a more complete loadout menu for the rioters. Similar to the police menu, offering the opportunity to add and subtract groups. 3 - push strongly toward a more immediate style of gameplay, removing all the delays between the command and the action. It will be a bit less realistic, but the rocket will launched when you want! No more waiting for the guy to arrive, load it, light it then finally fire - Just CLICK and SHOOT! So you will find an option to switch between the “realistic” gameplay (like now) and the new one (more immediate) “action” gameplay. 4 - remove redundant submenus. 5 - add the GLOBAL MODE, where you will be able (in single or multiplayer modes) to play ALL the levels, starting from the beginning right through to the last one. Progressing only by completing each level in order to progress to the next one. We will include a well-balanced learning curve for each of the difficulty levels. New items will also be unlocked and usable at every level. 6 - major changes to the UI. We want the UI to be more visible, more immediate. This will also make it easier to play the the game with a joypad. 7 - add skills and items to let the rebel groups be able to charge and fight toe-to-toe. We’ll be addin the likes of crowbars, ironbars etc. for this. 8 - unify the unit parameters. No longer will you find a wounded unit still reacting positively. Likewise you won’t see healthy units reacting negitivly and fleeing the scene. All units and groups will begin a fight at the same level of morale, what happens next will be down to your actions. In order to make these major alterations and addtions we plan to halt the weekly updates for now. We need to rewrite some parts of the code from scratch. We believe we’ll need several weeks to achieve our goal. BUT In the meanwhile, we’re working on content. I’ll post again to give you a taste of what to expect but in the meantime, here’s a clue… it is related to the editor. So… RIOT ON! Ivan Post Scriptum! For the record: The team spent 3 years in development, not 5! 5 years ago Leonard did the crowdfunding on Indiegogo then tried to create the game with three different indie teams, without results. IV PRODUCTIONS and MERGE GAMES, we began the game completely from scratch 3 years ago. Less than one year ago we changed the gameplay and game design (the original design was too hard and confusional - and boring!) The two years before we were not involved -and we had no money from the crowdfunding! We know that three years is still a long time, but it’s certainly shorter than five years!

Hello everyone, We've got another content update to share today. Apologies for the delay, as we ran into some unavoidable RL issues. Included below is a list of this weeks changes:

• Added a new weapon for rebels to counterbalance the violent M16. Rioters can now use the Handbomb SRMC35.
• To unlock it you have to......
• Fixed how M16 unlocks for police
• Fixed the vsync issue with fantastic settings
• Various other minor bugfixes...too many to list

Keep an eye out for news later this week. We've got some massive plans in the works and hope to have details soon. Kind Regards

Hello everyone, We've got another content update to share today. Apologies for the delay, as we ran into some unavoidable RL issues. Included below is a list of this weeks changes:

• Added a new weapon for rebels to counterbalance the violent M16. Rioters can now use the Handbomb SRMC35.
• To unlock it you have to......
• Fixed how M16 unlocks for police
• Fixed the vsync issue with fantastic settings
• Various other minor bugfixes...too many to list

Keep an eye out for news later this week. We've got some massive plans in the works and hope to have details soon. Kind Regards

Hello freedom fighters, law o biding citizens, rebels and looters!

We've got another update for you with loads of nice updates to the game. For details please check out the list below: VEHICLES

• The "morale" bar of vehicles now represents the vehicle's resistance and decreases when it is damaged.
• The hydrant jet no longer raises violence to 10 instantly
• Improved collisions of the water cannon
• The power of the backward thrust on the hydrant has been lowered
• The hydrant now works correctly when using the keyboard shortcut

GENERAL

• Removed unnecessary text, "Future Balance" from the versus section

CUSTOM POLICE MENU / LOADOUT POLICE:

• Corrected changes to 'score that changes the first time you click "edit"
• Corrected ballistic weapons changing the first time you click "edit"
• Corrected item that disappears the first time you click "edit"
• Removed all references to "default" when creating a new team
• Corrected point calculation when adding a new team
• Corrected the addition of a new type team, not already present in the selected map

These updates might not seem like massive changes, but hopefully the're all working together to make a difference. We've got bigger things going on behind the scenes which we hope to talk about in the coming weeks. Please keep an eye out for more posts! Kind Regards