Things are really starting to move project wise and we wanted to get a new progress update to our Itch fans even faster this time round! This progress update is devoted to our new environments and the character redesigns, while also going into detail about several new aspects on Cyber Rift. As we get closer to playable, we want to keep you guys informed on our progress but if you want even more up to date progress check our Patreon linked at the bottom of the page. 

(Design of new lander craft for planets)

Due to the sheer size of the brand new ship we realized it was a bit too large for conventional landings unless the location supported, so we made a bit of an inbetween spacecraft for landing on surfaces. The intro to the original Cyber Rift had the player being introduced and immediately going to Jukarya. We felt we liked elements of that, but it felt a bit too rushed and straight to the point so the story was reworked. You'll be seeing a wholly new intro to establish the universe and story, and you'll also be introduced to the brand new character Fae!

Fae is your science inclined spaceship companion and will be joining your journey as a longtime friend, rather than someone you find along the way. Not afraid to give you shit, she'll be one of your closest allies and help guide you on your journey as you progress through Cyber Rift. She has her own motives and on the ship you'll be discover her workspace and see what wild experiments she's been up to. A lot of care has been taken to make the characters feel more unique, and less just simple flirty characters. We wanted to give proper archetypes and differences in personalities, and with Fae you'll be seeing a whole new type of character introduced into Cyber Rift.

We also wanted to show off the WIP redesign of Junky. We really loved Junky as a character, but felt his original design didn't quite make sense for the universe we were trying to go for. So we took the parts of him we looked the best and tried to make a brand new design out of it. Out of these three we choose the one on the right, and you'll be seeing a lot more Junky this time around with the narrative properly involving him instead of it being a one note side character. We'll be showing off some of the newly designed Jukarya location, but we'll leave on a bit of a teaser for the planet.

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