Raiders Rise – Sprint Update #3
[h3]🚦 Sprint Status[/h3]
[h3]🚨 Next Big Milestone: Tournament Showcase[/h3]
📅 June 10 – Private event with a Raiders Rise tournament
👉 Key goal: no crashes, no broken animations, no matchmaking bugs. Let’s go for the wow factor.
[h3]🧼 Polishing Initiative[/h3]
We’re officially dedicating up to 20% of the sprint (1–2 days per person) to improve:
🛠 This will be planned per person based on feedback gathered before each sprint.
[h3]🔁 New Feedback Workflow for VFX and Animation[/h3]
[h3]🧪 Playtesting and UX Improvements[/h3]
[h2]💥 New Content & Characters[/h2]
[h3]🗡 River is now playable[/h3]
[h3]🐦 Snowbird in development[/h3]
[h2]🧑🎨 Art & Characters[/h2]
[h3]✨ Key Character Progress[/h3]
[h2]🏙 Environments & Props[/h2]
[h3]🏢 Urban Elements Progress[/h3]
[h2]📆 Next Steps[/h2]
🎉 That’s all for now! Amazing work from everyone. Keep polishing, testing, and pushing forward.
🚀 Let’s raid the rise.
- ✅ Green: Objectives met
- ❌ Red: Delayed tasks — Not to point fingers, just to detect risks and prioritize next steps.
[h3]🚨 Next Big Milestone: Tournament Showcase[/h3]
📅 June 10 – Private event with a Raiders Rise tournament
- ~150 players including developers and investors
- Huge opportunity to secure long-term support (and possibly funding!)
- We must deliver a stable, polished, and impressive version
👉 Key goal: no crashes, no broken animations, no matchmaking bugs. Let’s go for the wow factor.
[h3]🧼 Polishing Initiative[/h3]
We’re officially dedicating up to 20% of the sprint (1–2 days per person) to improve:
- Art
- Code
- Design
- Gameplay feel
🛠 This will be planned per person based on feedback gathered before each sprint.
[h3]🔁 New Feedback Workflow for VFX and Animation[/h3]
- Pull Requests will now include early feedback from Elias and Damien
- Goal: detect changes or issues before merging
- Better alignment with style and quality from the start
[h3]🧪 Playtesting and UX Improvements[/h3]
- Improved feedback for connection errors
- Visible connection status and game version in the UI
- "Join match" button hidden if no match is active
- Ongoing internal testing and bug fixing (20% of sprint)
[h2]💥 New Content & Characters[/h2]
[h3]🗡 River is now playable[/h3]
- Assassin with piercing ranged attack
- Teleport dash: aim-based and wall-piercing
- Melee ultimate: high burst kill potential
[h3]🐦 Snowbird in development[/h3]
- Partially playable
- New VFX for:
- Gerard’s ultimate
- Maya’s stealth and ultimate
- Gerard’s ultimate
[h2]🧑🎨 Art & Characters[/h2]
[h3]✨ Key Character Progress[/h3]
- Final concept for the gorilla tank
- New concept: Nikki, a futuristic electricity wielder
- Updated versions of Corin, Jack, and Snowbird (done!)
- New animations in progress (e.g. River aging, Jack’s bomb)
[h2]🏙 Environments & Props[/h2]
[h3]🏢 Urban Elements Progress[/h3]
- New high-rise modular buildings
- Pushable doors updated for better integration
- Alien language signage and ads for immersion
- Garbage truck and other urban props added
[h2]📆 Next Steps[/h2]
- Short sprint ahead: ~1.5 weeks
- Watch out for regional holidays (April 17–21 varies by region)
- Flag any conflicts during Sprint Planning
- Upcoming milestones:
- May 16 – Incremental milestone (more info Monday)
- June 10 – HEFA tournament presentation
- May 16 – Incremental milestone (more info Monday)
🎉 That’s all for now! Amazing work from everyone. Keep polishing, testing, and pushing forward.
🚀 Let’s raid the rise.