A soldier that fights alone, dies alone! With that in mind, there are a number of ways you can help to keep your team alive in the heat of battle. Two of the most important pieces of equipment in Rogue Point are Medkits and Team Revive Kits.

Medkits do exactly what you'd expected - they heal any damage that has pierced through your armor - but they can also be used on an injured comrade to help get them back into the fight. Using Medkits on a teammate is also faster than using them on yourself, so try not to be selfish! A Team Revive Kit can sometimes be the difference between a successful mission and a failed one. The kit allows you to revive a downed teammate, but you can't use them on yourself, so plan accordingly. Both Medkits and Team Revive Kits can sometimes be found around mission levels, although you'll have to fight back any MERX presence to claim them.

Team Play goes further than individual moments of Rogue Point's gameplay though! We'll be exploring mission level design a lot further in a future Dev Briefing, but for now we can say that we've been exploring how co-operative elements and different obstacles can push players to work as a team to progress through a mission. From remotely operated doors to the extract system that prioritises team play over squads of lone wolves, we hope to encourage teamplay in a natural way.


At the beginning of every level in Rogue Point, your team will be presented with the mission briefing screen. Here you can see a map of the level ahead and work together to plan your approach. There are multiple entry points across each level, so deciding how you want to use them is key. Will you all tackle the same entry or split up to hit MERX from different angles?

There are a number of tools to help you with this. Glass Cutters give you the ability to open up pathways through windows without alerting enemies to the sound of glass shattering. Similarly, few doors can withstand a good Battering Ram, opening up entry points that would have otherwise been blocked to your team. Ladders are another really useful tool that gives your team the ability to climb to higher levels and approach the enemy from above.


You'll have the opportunity to pick your loadout before each mission. Work alongside your teammates to make sure all bases are covered. Bringing a close-range shotgun? Ask a friend to support you with something long-range like an assault rifle. Flexing with a grenade launcher? Your team will definitely need to compensate with some conventional weapons too. As you tackle different mission types and locations, you'll learn to adapt as a unit and plan accordingly.

Alongside weapon choices, each player will also have a range of equipment to choose from. An Optiwand is a specialist camera tool that will allow you to scout under doorways, giving your team vital information about enemy positions and objectives. Similarly, a Door Chock will allow you to block closed doors around you, controlling the flow of enemies and giving your team the upper hand. In Rogue Point, we wanted to reward teams who work together to use their equipment efficiently and tactically.

One feature that aids this is the backpack system. Every player has a backpack that they can stock-up with extra medkits, throwables, team revive kits, ammo, etc. before going into a mission. Teammates can that access these extra goodies during a mission by interacting with your backpack.



With great stopping power, the CVM is the choice for any Rogue who really, really wants to make sure their enemy isn't going to get back up again. It isn't as accurate as some of its western counterparts, but who needs pinpoint accuracy when you can switch to full auto and quickly unload a 30 round magazine downrange?

Found on battlefields all over the world, the CVM must be doing something right.

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One of the first choices you make in a tactical shooter – especially in Rogue Point – is deciding which gun to bring on your raid. Are you having fun and experimenting? Or are you trying to fill a specific role within your team to maximize your effectiveness?

We wanted this choice to truly matter, so here is a quick overview of our weapon economy, Dead Drop system, and goals for weapon design.


With Rogue Point's economy, we referenced games like Counter-Strike, where you start with a small amount of money each game and must perform actions during a raid to earn more resources and improve your operator’s build.

We've also included ways for players to earn specific skills and buffs, but that's for a different dev diary…

In the beginning, players can spend a small amount of money to improve their chances of having a successful raid, OR they can save their money for the next round to purchase higher-tier items.

Our goal is to make it a challenge to acquire higher-tier weapons, and to make it impossible to buy every gun you might want to try in a single campaign. Players must work together and also decide whether to be a balanced team OR a balanced operator.

For example, you may choose a longer-range pistol right out of the gate. This will help you and your team engage targets at longer distances on the easier raids. You'll then have to decide if you want to spend money to make your loadout more balanced, such as by buying a shotgun, OR if you want to stick to your long-range role and buy a rifle as your next big purchase.

You can also take the opposite approach by buying an inexpensive shotgun at the start, then following up with a long-range pistol.

Making decisions that affect your whole run can be tough…and expensive. We designed the Dead Drop system to help players get into the action, and help change up the economy.


As mentioned above, buying and experimenting with all the guns should be difficult and expensive. The higher end weapons bring a ton of versatility and firepower to your team, so they demand a high price (both in universe and in our game design).

However, we also don’t want players to feel like they can’t try new things or to fall into the same comfortable patterns during every campaign.

To address this, we developed the Dead Drop system. This feature allows players to experiment with different weapons while introducing a risk/reward element to the loadout phase of the game.

Essentially, the system functions as a figurative slot machine for weapons. Players can spend a modest amount of in-game currency for a chance to obtain useful items for their next raid. This gamble could yield a high-end gun, heavy armor, grenades or perhaps even all of the above.

Players can also discover Dead Drops tucked away within the levels. Extracting these hidden packages grants them a free spin for their next loadout/store phase.

In short, we want to have our cake and eat it too. We want players to manage limited resources by carefully planning and selecting gear to fulfill specific roles. At the same time, we want to surprise them with fresh gear from Dead Drops, encouraging them to adapt to new roles based on what they’ve just acquired.



You’ve seen this gun before. It is a certified classic, but what makes it special? What aspects of its design can be used for gameplay? The Trooper - 9mm is well known for its handling, and its 9mm ammo has basically peaked in terms of stopping power. So, what drawbacks can we add based on our gameplay potential and real-world attributes?

Well, it’s slightly older design means it does not have a bolt release like many newer SMGs. This makes reloading take longer, which is a considerable drawback in the heat of battle.

It also lacks a standardized rail system seen on modern firearms. Despite its remarkable foundation, this limitation imposes a ceiling on how far the weapon can be customized or enhanced.

Even with these structural limitations, it is still an amazing house to live in (OK, that is as far as I will use that metaphor).


To wrap up, how can we incorporate the real-world design of guns into our game? How can we spice up the system to ensure players aren’t always choosing the “meta” guns or the guns they are most comfortable with? How can we make sure guns and loadouts fit into specific roles for players to adopt? And how can we make guns viable while including clear drawbacks that encourage teamwork?

These are the questions we have to answer, and we’re excited to work with our players to answer those questions in the best way we can through Early Access and beyond!

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