First Update

Hello everyone! First off, a huge thank you to everyone for a really successful launch. We've had loads of great feedback and the team are hard at work on improvements already. GIVEAWAY
In celebration of the early access release of RIOT - Civil Unrest and in recognition of over 10k units sold in a single day we're offering our community members the opportunity to win an exclusive RIOT - Civil Unrest World Tour T shirt. We've got ten of these highly prized shirts up for grabs, all you've got to do is sign up to our Signature Edition mailing list here, Signature Edition Games. In case you don't know, Signature Edition is Merge Games' label that offers collector's edition versions of some of its favourite titles on PC and Console. To win, just add your details via the link and on Wednesday 13th December we'll pick ten lucky winners. Be sure to check the community hub on Wednesday to see if you've won!
UPDATE Today, we've got a patch fix for several community reported issues:

• Lightened the NoTav 3 scene. Many of you have reported that this was too dark.
• Police Morale has been corrected. Morale and fear now work correctly and we'll continue to balance this based on community feedback.
• Team selection is now more evident in the UI bar. Some of you have been reporting that this wasn't clear, please let us know how you find the changes

In addition to these quick fixes, the team are investigating a number of reported issues. If you've reported something in the pinned bug thread, the team have seen it and are already working on it! Thank you for your patience while we look into all issues. So that we can keep driving game progress forward, the developers are making a commitment to all players:

From this Monday, we will share a weekly buglist and roadmap

We've had complaints about communication and transparency prior to release and we want you all to know that those days are dead! Every week, you'll find out exactly where development is. If we know about it, so will you! In our next major update, we also hope to add at least one tutorial level! This is already being worked on and we should have news soon. Thanks again to everyone who's helped support the game! Kind Regards, Ben

[ 2017-12-07 17:19:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

As the world’s economical crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder.

RIOT – Civil Unrest is the highly anticipated real-time riot simulator that places the player right in the heart of some of the world’s most fractious clashes. Campaigns include: Indignados (Spain), Arab Spring (Egypt), Keratea (Greece) and NoTAV (Italy). Seventeen single level scenarios include Rome, Oakland, Paris, London and Ukraine.

RIOT – Civil Unrest’s creator, Leonard Menchiari, experienced rioting first-hand at the NoTAV protests in Italy. He created the game to tell the stories and express the feelings experienced during these clashes. What triggers the crowd to behave with such anger and aggression? Often outnumbered, what does a police officer feel like during the conflict? RIOT – Civil Unrest presents the player with the opportunity to experience both sides of the fight - a fight in which there really are no winners. Who is right and who is wrong? Experience RIOT – Civil Unrest and draw your own conclusions.



Play as the Police

• Employ numerous crowd-control tactics, both passive and aggressive.
  
• Command Assault, Tactical, and Ballistic squads.
  
• Call in police trucks, water cannon or even a tank!
  
• Choose whether to use smoke grenades, rubber and plastic bullets or even live ammunition.

Play as the Rioters

• Instruct Rioters (armed and passive) and Journalists.
  
• Incite rage and cause the masses to act aggressively or try to calm the situation with tactical crowd reformation and retreats.
  
• Attack authority with Molotov cocktails, fireworks, paper-bombs, rocks, street furniture and the power of the media.

Multiple Modes

• Sixteen campaign levels split over four scenarios; Keratea (Greece), NoTAV (Italy), Indignados (Spain) and Arab Spring (Egypt).
  
• See the story unfold from both sides - play all thirty-two levels as the Rioters or the Police.
  
• Single player mode - play against the computer AI.
  
• Versus mode – play with or against a friend or AI on the same computer.

Create your own Riots with the level editor (Coming During Early Access)

• Alter the look of the confrontation by importing your own background graphics.
  
• Position elements, vehicles and obstacles where you want them.
  
• Choose and position rioters and police starting points as well as their orders and level of aggression.