Hello everyone,

During the Steam FPS Fest Retchid has a 20% discount.

For the uninitiated, Retchid is a gory, atmospheric first person shooter that challenges you throughout without holding your hand.

The first episode currently available in early access contains 7 hand built non-linear levels with some light puzzling, shortcuts, collectibles, and secrets.

Use the PDA to read about what was happening at the TEC complex, track your objectives, statistics, weapon/suit information, and read about the collectibles you find.

Fight against various life forms ranging from humans to creatures from the abyss using various weapons like the ARC-Tool, SMG, Shotgun, TEC-Nade Launcher, and the Mining Laser, which discoverable upgrades scattered throughout the levels (not 100% fully implemented yet).

Join our discord where you can also talk to the developers about Retchid
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Since release we've provided a few patches that fixed various bugs, visual improvements, optimisations, and improved the gameplay experience:

Improved Hit Feedback when shooting enemies:

Player Shadows:

Flashlight:

Improved gibbing, if enemies gib with a close enough ceiling it rains down blood:

Environmental Hazards that can also affect enemies and objects in the levels:


The Team has been hard at work on Episode 2 and 3:

E2M1 - Garbage Disposal
E2M2 - Sub Station
E2M3 - Toxic Sludge Refinery
E2M6 - Lazarus Labs
E3M3 - Blood Pits
You can also read about the game's updates in the monthly developer posts:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/3674428777067484416
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/3734104009477399099
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/3790402175216265256
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/3863588210482822637
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/3896241210446608958
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/4119175734259752456
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1419060/announcements/detail/4184480460962813552

Thanks for all the continued support.

-FBS Team

Hello everyone,

March's update includes a look at the final art work for E2M6 - Lazarus Labs and a small look in to Episode 3's world.


The remaining work on E2M6 included the central elevator area, which seems to be blocked by a large mass of growth that the player needs to figure out how to remove, and the highly restricted Aamon Labs(optional secret area), where the TEC kept a lot of specimens from the excavation site(E2M7).


Episode 3 takes place in a completely different part of the universe in another galaxy on a planet called Morsgoroth, an ancient primitive race who don't hold humans in very high regard.

When designing Episode 3 it was important to maintain the design philosophies from the previous episodes while changing things up to feel familiar but different. For example PDA Backup machines don't exist, instead you save inside of Shrine Rooms, there are no medic stations, instead there are rejuvenation pools, and the layouts aren't governed by human needs, such as repair bays, offices, etc so layouts and design are a bit more abstract, but the over all design philosophies still exist for level layouts and connectivity.

The levels themselves are themed in 3 major themes: Fire, Blood, and Earth, and in each of these themes players will encounter various hazards, enemies and art styles.

As you explore the environments you'll come across paintings of various types that tell minor stories. You can use your PDA to translate and learn about their history and how they have a connection to the Abyssals.

Fire: E3M1(block out phase)
Blood: E3M3 - Blood Pits(almost art complete)
Earth: E3M6(block out phase)
In March Episode 3 props were the focus, and all the existing prop and world textures were also updated to make them pop a bit more.

Various props belonging to different rooms, such as bathing rooms, food prep rooms (Morsgorothians are mainly meat eaters), storage and teleporters.
A Brutoroth taking it easy in the bathing room after a hard day of stomping humans.
Thanks for reading.

-FBS Team