The Pangu Virus has been unleashed in San Francisco, turning thousands of innocent lives into mindless beasts that feel no pain and have no fear of death. With each passing hour, the Pangu Virus evolves, creating new and ever more horrific mutations with one goal in mind… Spread.
You are Captain Winter, a military officer fighting alongside the Center for Epidemic Research and Control(CERC). With a massive arsenal and the resources of the US Government behind it, you and CERC will stop at nothing to ensure the terror of the Pangu Virus does not escalate beyond containment, even if a whole city and millions of lives must be sacrificed.
- Cepheus Protocol is inspired by classic RTS games such as Company of Heroes and World in Conflict, alongside the book World War Z.
- Survive if you can against a relentless enemy that evolves and grows more powerful with each day.
- Build specialized units from a variety of bases that can be placed anywhere in the open-world map.
- Battle those infected by the Pangu Virus across four open-world islands, featuring unique and challenging environments.
- Choose from three combat tiers that play to your style. Each tier has specialized units, equipment, and weaponry.
- Engage a relentless horde of infected which numbers grow larger and stronger with each territory captured as you battle for control of San Francisco.
- Hunt Patient Zero, who races across the city seizing territory. Each capture zone increases her population as the virus spreads and possesses all organic matter.
- Form an alliance or side against the Anarchist and Police factions, which struggle to survive among the madness that has enveloped San Francisco.
Note: Steam Remote Play is for allowing your friends to try out the game if you already have purchased it. It's not for online co-op: that is is planned in the current roadmap, but is not complete yet
Last Time on CERC HQ...
Protective Formations, Pandemic Systems, and the Push for Playability
Episode Summary: This week\'s CERC HQ dives deep into the latest overhaul of the helicopter AI and the foundational work on the Pandemic game mode. The dev team details how helicopters now dynamically form protective bubbles around infantry, throttle to match formation speed, and navigate urban environments with improved object avoidanceall while still ironing out bugs like formation desync and jittering. Upcoming features include fast-roping, garrison animations, and weapon integration.
On the Pandemic front, Chelseys AI has been reworked with a centralized manager system that governs infection spread, pod creation, and zone control logic. The team walks through the replication of legacy systems with vast improvements, including the planned behaviors for workers, expansion routines, and combat resilience against early-game bullying. They also preview new strategic AI tools such as infected launching pods across bridges and early concepts for future subway systems.
Progress on the massive Bay Area open-world map continues with asset migration, navigation mesh verification, and improved collision systems, all aiming to replace the older, more limited maps in the future. Additional topics include implementing the save systems for Pandemic next week, unit seating for operators, and community Q&A touching on bridge-blocking strategies, infected countermeasures, and long-term gameplay goals.
If you want to know how formations are evolving, why Chelsey no longer a pushover, or what to expect from pandemic-scale RTS gameplay in the coming weeks, this episode is for you.
Key Highlights:
Helicopter AI forms protective formations, throttles to match infantry speed
[/*]Major Pandemic AI rework: centralized manager, smarter zone logic
[/*]Plans to counter bridge-blocking with infected pods, beach landings, and tunnels(potentially)
[/*]Bay Area map updates: real-world terrain integration and collision fixes
[/*]Future additions: unit seating for operators, save system revamp, doctrine tweaks in phase 3
[/*]Clear roadmap priorities with transparency on limitations and delays
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Recap for those late to the party
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Cepheus Protocol Anthology: Season 1 on YouTube
We wanted to do something special for the community during the rebuild and with the delays around legacy triage. To give you something to enjoy while we push closer to Pandemic Co-ops release, were bringing Cepheus Protocol Anthrology Season 1 to YouTube, completely free (with ads).
This motion comic originally launched on Steam in May 2022. It tells the story of the Pangu Virus outbreak in San Francisco through the eyes of multiple protagonists, with professional voice acting, comic bookstyle illustrations, and immersive sound design.
Release Plan
Six episodes are available right now on YouTube.
[/*]Starting on Thursday, well release two new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday until all 12 chapters are live.
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Thank you all for the continued support as we push through the rebuild and prepare for Pandemics next big milestone Co-op. In the meantime, enjoy the Anthology and catch up on the story that sets the stage for Cepheus Protocol.
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