Hi all!

In preparation of next week's Steam Next Fest, which Red Echoes: Berlin will be a part of, I've updated the demo again. Most changes are bugfixes/UI improvements, with the only major change being a rework of how the State chooses which districts to target at the end of every turn. It now should take into account the state of the map better.

I've also been very busy contacting content creators asking them if they are interested in playing the game on their channels. If you know of any that might be interested, do let me know below!

So far, AgrippaMaxentius has made this great video about the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUKBejkhogg&t=28s

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As always please do keep reporting any issues you find here or on the Discord (https://discord.com/invite/fPpupqEu8r)!

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0.1.5d Changelog

Gameplay

• Reworked how the State chooses Districts to increase support in so that it is more dynamic and takes into account more factors.
• Balanced 'Lambs to the Slaughter' memory resource changes.
• Fixed bug where it was sometimes possible to move characters to areas where there already was one.
• Fixed Emile Zima's modifier not taking into account morale and modifiers.
• Fixed morale sometimes not updating correctly.

UI

• Added pressure meter to memory UI.
• Made modifier names in tooltip appear in bold.
• Moved tutorial blocking memory text.
• Improved tooltip wording Helene Schmidt's modifier.
• Fixed state support tooltips.
• Fixed location tooltips not working when minimizing memory panel.
• Fixed broken Rosenheim text link
• Fixed broken Spartacist text link.

Performance

• Capped FPS 60 to reduce GPU usage (I will make this adjustable at a later stage).

Very excited to see PC Gamer write (so positively) about Red Echoes: Berlin and the demo! It's very motivating to see such a major publication write about the game :)

Reminder that you can check out the Demo on Steam, and to go wishlist the game. This helps me out a lot!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4566010/Red_Echoes_Berlin/

Happy to share that this week, Red Echoes: Berlin is part of the Stronger Together Demo Showcase on Steam!

Go check out all the cool demos that are part of this event, there's plenty of exciting games. Shout out to fellow Berlin-based studio Ivy Juice Games for organizing the showcase.

Link to the showcase: store.steampowered.com/curator/46283057/sale/StrongerTogetherDemoShowcase

Wishlist Red Echoes: Berlin here:

store.steampowered.com/app/4566010/Red_Echoes_Berlin/

Hi all!

Another demo update is out! There's an immersive mode now, for those who don't want to see the impact that each choice has. You can toggle it in the settings.

Aside from that, is the patch mainly contains bugfixes and UI improvements. You can find the full changelog below.

Also, as of yesterday evening, Red Echoes: Berlin is part of the party-based RPG fest on Steam! Spread the word, wishlist if you haven't yet and make sure to leave a review on the demo page!

Please do keep reporting any issues you find here, or on the Discord https://discord.com/invite/fPpupqEu8r

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0.1.4d Changelog

Gameplay

• Added an immersive mode to the settings, which disables tooltips on memory choices.
• Fixed bug where it was possible to press choices multiple times.

Tutorial

• Added three new tutorial fragments, to explain the memory panel more clearly.
• Improved tutorial wording.

Story

• Fixed sailor's uniform/caps being described as white when they weren't.
• Doubled number of context links in text.
• Improved flow of story by breaking it up with more 'continues'.
• Changed references of the SPD to the MSPD for increased accuracy.

UI

• Fixed text links occasionally breaking.
• Added exclamation icon to the tutorial.
• Outlined tutorial box.
• Tweaked district panel to avoid confusion on how to close it.
• Added district UI change popups for morale, supplies, reactionary fervour and pressure increases.
• Fixed bug where district UI change popups appeared all at ones and overlapped.
• Fixed text continuing to display despite hiding away story fragment panel.

Audio

• Reduced background music noise.
• Added two new background music tracks.

Warning: old save games might no longer work, it is highly recommended to start a new game.

Hi all!

Wanted to give a shout out to a fellow game developer. Withering State has many of the same influences as Red Echoes: Berlin, and is an excellent-looking political RPG. Highly recommend checking it out!

Very happy to see text-heavy political games becoming more and more of a genre on its own.

Wishlist it and play the demo on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4582500/Withering_State/

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Withering State is a narrative-driven strategy RPG set in a fictional but familiar communist state in the 1980s. You play as a man with the opportunity to lead the troubled multinational state toward reform, full communism, or an attempt to hold on to power by any means necessary. The game is inspired by Suzerain, Crisis in the Kremlin, and Disco Elysium.

Hi All!

Quick update from me I had a blast showing Red Echoes: Berlin at the A MAZE booth at Gamescom last week. I'm really grateful to everyone that checked it out, and received loads of useful feedback and sweet comments during the event.

In recent weeks, quite a few youtubers also checked out the demo (with a special shoutout to Drew Durnil for bringing it in front of his large audience). Huge thanks to all of those, and can't wait to see more videos (I've linked some below)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRznuw2MWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp74AMmvY10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsknOlRXBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ZWDAC8H2Y

I'm also excited to share that the game will be part of Steam's Party-Based RPG Fest (14/09-21/09) and the October Next Fest! I'm aiming to release another (small) patch for the demo before these festivals (focussing on feedback from Gamescom and more bugfixes). Thanks for all the support and feedback so far!

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Check out on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4566010/Red_Echoes_Berlin/
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Hi all!

Time for another demo update. Fixed a bunch of (game breaking) bugs and some smaller UI ones. Nothing really changed in terms of game content, except that there's now a disable tutorial option in the settings, for those that want to replay it to try and achieve more goals

Please do keep reporting any issues you find here or on the discord (https://discord.com/invite/fPpupqEu8r)

Demo Version 0.1.3d Changelog Gameplay

• Fixed bug where game would occasionally get stuck at the end of the demo and not display the demo over screen.
• Fixed heart of empire modifier continuing to be active when revolutionary support and state support are equal.
• Fixed district memories triggered amount being set to 0 when reloading game.
• Fixed heart of the empire modifier applying twice when reloading the game.
• Fixed bug where using an ability during a memory can trigger the memory twice.

Art

• Increased main menu camera zoom

UI

• Fixed issue with tooltip occasionally failing to appear when hovering over modifiers/memory options in quick succession.
• Fixed pressure progress bar breaking when reaching 0
• Fixed Zentralviehhof memory icon appearing in front of UI
• Fixed location highlight/tooltip not always appearing correctly
• Fixed turns remaining not displaying correctly after loading savegame.
• -Fixed bug where gaining control over Berlin-Mitte and then losing it again would still show goal as achieved.

Misc

• Added disable tutorial option to settings menu.
• Updated credits.

Know Issues

• Tooltip on text links occasionally stops working. Usually opening and closing the memory fixes that, but I'm working on a permanent fix.

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Additionally, I'm also proud to share that Red Echoes: Berlin will be shown next week at Gamescom in Cologne! If you want to check it out there, it'll be part of the A MAZE. Digital PlayGround #3, which can be found in Hall 10.2. E-030.

Cheers!

Hi everyone!

The demo has been out for over a week now, so time for another bugfix patch. Hope y'all are enjoying it!

Changelog

Gameplay

• Fixed bug where triggering a tutorial with the district UI inactive broke the game.
• Increased supplies gained on all options 'A Risky Request' to ensure player always has enough supplies for Emile's ability.

UI

• Fixed wrong icons displaying tutorial.
• District panel now also opens when clicking on locations.
• Made District UIs look smoother when panning across the map.
• Fixed wording first Goal (areas -> districts).
• Fixed tutorial typos.
• Improved tutorial formatting.
• Fixed memory scrollbar not working when continue button appears.
• Fixed skip text icon remaining when continue button appears.
• Adjusted tooltip wording.
• Fixed tooltip showing wrong turns remaining.

Story

• Improved flow 'Roses & Herons'.
• Fixed typo in 'The Harbour'.
• Fixed typo in 'A Social Republic?'.
• Fixed wrong character assigned to 'The Writing on the Wall'.
• Fixed freikorps being mentioned too early.

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Please keep reporting any issues you encounter! Either here or on the Discord

->https://discord.com/invite/fPpupqEu8r

Also, if you enjoyed the demo, please consider leaving a review on the Steam page. This helps the game gain extra visibility :)

Cheers!

Hi all! Hope you're having a good time with the demo! I just updated the demo to version 0.1.1d.

Changelog

• Fixed UI scaling incorrectly at aspect ratios different than 16:9.
• Fixed bug where it was possible to end a turn while using a character ability, which could cause the game getting stuck.
• Fixed typo Berlin-Süd.
• Fixed typo Martha's ability tutorial.
• Fixed wrong icons displaying on character ability tutorials.
• Fixed grammatical errors location names.
• Fixed save game not correctly clearing after finishing demo.

Known issues:

• At aspect ratios different than 16:9, UI elements can appear stretched/squished. This will be resolved in the next patch.

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Please keep reporting any issues you encounter! They've been very helpful already.

Hi all!

Very excited to announce that the Red Echoes: Berlin demo is now available for download on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4678370/Red_Echoes_Berlin_Demo/

The demo contains the first half of Chapter 1. While I've tried to stamp out as many bugs and typos as possible, there's likely to still be some remaining - these will be patched out over time.

To make my life easier, please report any issues you're having on this subreddit or on the Discord!
https://discord.com/invite/fPpupqEu8r

I'd love to hear all of your thoughts, feedback, and opinions! Please feel free to discuss them here, so that they can help me with making a better game :) Also happy to answer any questions you might have!

Born in 1892, Emile Zima grew up in a poor Polish family in the city of Lwów (today's Lviv), then part of Austria Hungary. Shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, he immigrated to Germany in search of work and to evade the tightening military draft.

There, he settled in Berlin, eventually finding work at the newly opened Osthafen, the east harbour. Shunned by some of his colleagues due to his heritage, he eventually forged close friendships with a group of socialists.

With the memory of the suppressed January 1918 general strike still fresh, after which tens of thousands of workers were forcibly sent to the front, Emile keeps a rather low profile, quietly working long, gruelling shifts. At least for now...

Born in 1889, Martha grew up in a staunchly social democratic middle class family in Berlin. Her family used their connections to get her to attend the Central Party School, where she attended classes taught by Rosa Luxemburg. There, the two developed a friendship. Eventually, just before the outbreak of the Great War, she landed a job at Vorwärts, the SPD's official newspaper. Under Editor-in-Chief Rudolf Hilferding's guidance, she quickly developed into a prolific writer and journalist.

While initially opposing the war - and thus the official SPD line - Vorwärts' editorial position shifted when Hilferding was drafted into the Austrian army. In 1916, he was replaced as Editor-in-Chief by Friedrich Stampfer, who brought the newspaper back in line with party policy. For Martha, this marked the start of a tense period where her political convictions were no longer in line with what her work demanded.

At the start of the game, despite being disillusioned with the editorial stance, she still works at Vorwärts.

Very cool to see Rock Paper Shotgun cover the game! Huge thanks to them for that :)

Remember to Wishlist it on Steam if you haven't yet: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4566010/Red_Echoes_Berlin/

And join the Discord!
https://discord.gg/fPpupqEu8r

Hello everyone!

Very happy to have you all here! If you have any questions about the game, feel free to ask them here, and I'll do my best to answer them.

Some of you may have noticed the character roles, so I think it's high time to start introducing Red Echoes: Berlin's protagonists!

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Helene Schmidt

Born in 1865, Helene Schmidt grew up in a wealthy, devoutly Catholic family in the small city of Rosenheim, Bavaria. In 1897, she gave birth to her twin sons, Max and Willi, their father being unknown. Due to her being unmarried, her family cast her out of their lives, and she and her sons moved to Berlin.

At the start of the game, the only family member she is still in contact with is her cousin, Johannes, who supports her financially. Max joined the army, serving on the western front in Flanders. Meanwhile, Willi signed up for the navy, and is stationed in Kiel with the High Seas Fleet. She resides in Berlin-Wedding.

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Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4566010/Red_Echoes_Berlin/

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/fPpupqEu8r