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Dev Update (20/08/2025)

Hi!

Here's another dev update.

The new Village map is now ready and it turned out so much better than the previous demo one. I will share you some screenshots either tonight or tomorrow...

Q3 Progression Update 1

Hi, here's a new progression update.

Like most of you probably know, I'm currently building the necessary early access maps and at the same focusing on the next milestone which is the Steam ...

Dev Update (14/08/2025)

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Here's a quick dev update.

In terms of map building, I'm almost done with the Village map and I think the layout for that is really improved from the demo and it's working like I wa...

New weapons: M4A1 & HK416

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Here's the last two weapons (voted by Vostok tier supporters) that will be added to the early access weapon arsenal: M4A1 and HK416.

I had these weapons in old Unity build, but the...

Mini Dev Build - Magazine System

IMPORTANT (Read before downloading):
The following dev build was made by extracting multiple features from the commercial branch and combining it to some legacy demo branch elem...

Village (WIP)

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Sorry for a bit delayed showcase related to this but I had to focus on few early access trailer stuff (like custom music) which need to be started quite early.

Here's work-in-progre...

Technology Crates

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Here's one new looting and lore related topic called Technology Crates.

In the Early Access, you will find these crates in a certain Vostok maps and these can contain loot that is q...

New Item: Narva (+ Loot Challenge Update)

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Here's one new lootable item for the game that I recovered from old Unity files.

This item is a retro military flashlight from the East-Germany era that are quite a common sight sti...

Viewmodel Shaders (Weapon FOV)

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Here's one new shader feature that I would like share few things and ask your opinion.

This shader feature allows to separate world FOV and viewmodel (weapon) FOV, where there's two...

Magazine System (Update)

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All the magazine system related animations, ammo checks, icons and bullet visualizations are now done.

This was one of the most time consuming change for the early access (compared...

Upcoming Dev Build

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Related to last dev update, I'm around half point of implementing all the necessary magazine animations to make every weapon in the game fully supported by this new system.

When I c...

New Item: PV7

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Here's the first in-game NVG item called PV7.

With these items, the "auto-NVG" button is now obviously removed (like with the flashlights), so in order to use the NVG, you will batt...

Dev Update (29/07/2025)

Hi!

Here's a quick dev update.

I'm currently implementing all those magazine animations for all weapons which is one task that has been lurking around the corner for a while now.

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Dev Update (25/7/2025)

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Here's a quick dev update.

I completed the School map "final AI test" few days ago and also tweaked the terrain a bit. Now the School map is fully game-ready and I'm quite happy how...

Dev Update (21/07/2025)

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The school building is now finally completed, here's a quick screenshot from one of the classroom hallways.

Next I will do some final AI testing with this map and then it's time to ...

Dev Update (20/07/2025)

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Here's another dev update.

I had few minor unexpected obstacles with finishing the school building which were mostly related outsourced assets and props.

These issues are b...

School Gymnasium

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Here's a quick screenshots of the School Gymnasium which will also have a dual purpose in the early access as a tutorial area.

I'm also quite tempted to make this an extra shelter s...

Dev Update (18/7/2025)

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Here's a quick dev update.

I'm almost done with the last POI in the school map which is the actual school building.

I also needed to spend some extra design work for futureproo...

Additional Storefronts Poll

Hi! One quick poll.

Have you used Fanatical or something similar for purchasing keys / bundles for games that you play?

I'm considering some additional retailers / collaborations for...

School (WIP 4)

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Here's another School map update.

The Finnish military canteen located at the School map is now done and all that is left for this specific map is the actual school building interio...

Magazine Animations (Update)

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One of the most daunting task for the early access has been these unique magazine animations for each weapon to support the new magazine system.

At first this topic seemed so overw...

New Item: Batteries

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Here's one really important item for the early access.

These batteries can be loaded into flashlights, NVG's and certain other electronics using the nested item feature with the UI ...

School (WIP 3)

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I have now placed most of the secondary details related to this map and completed most of the POI's.

Here's for example some screenshots of the Finnish baseball stadium near the s...

Equipment Stats

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Here's something new related to early access and player equipment.

Now below the equipment slots there's this "Equipment Stats" panel which showcases few things (left to right):
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School (WIP 2)

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Here's an update related to the second early access map School.

From the last update, I have now polished the layout a bit, added multiple small paths, swapped the blockout shapes w...

M78 (Preview)

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Here's a small clip of the M78 with audio.

The early access has now 21 fully animated weapons and there's probably 2 more coming, so the total amount of EA weapons will most likel...

Dev Update (21/06/2025)

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On top of the early access progression update that I shared today, here's some more additional updates.

In the update post, I talked about the those finished EA feature sets but the...

Q2 Progression Update 2

Road to Early Access

Hi, here's a second part of this Q2 update.

Since the last update post, a lot of things has happen and my development focus has totally shifted fro...

M78 Animations (Preview)

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Here's another new weapon and a first LMG weapon type for RtV.

This M78 is a .308 Finnish LMG with 20 round mag and quite a rare thing in video games.

Here's a good video expl...

School (Blockout)

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Here's some initial blockout versions of the School map.

This map will have quite a nice variation going on since the map takes place in IRL town area which is filled with these old...