Hi Raifu Wars fans! We're back with a new character, Ishapore!

Stats

• +5 Ammo
• -2 Range
• -10% Accuracy
• +5 Attack (within 1 tile)

Availability

Enabled Free to Play.

Hi Raifu Wars fans! Update 1.13.1 is here to improve the game and help transition to free to play. We are still aiming to go F2P in early July. For now, this update grants all current players access to all DLC characters - thank you again for playing!

• Modable textures: all game graphics are loaded as PNGs and can be modified by users
• Skin colors are now available for all 12 characters.
• Various bug fixes
• Improved multiplayer servers and online stability
• Updated game engine and input library
• Grant access to all DLC for current profiles

Hi Raifu Wars Fans! We are excited to make some big announcements today; mainly that Raifu Wars will soon be available for free to everyone!

Free-to-Play

What if I already bought the game?

What about the mobile version?

Why are you doing this?

Game Updates

1.13.1

• Modable textures: all game graphics will be loaded as PNGs
• Skin Colors
• Bug fixes and optimizations

1.14

• New character!
• Matchmaking
• Multiplayer join codes
• Camera rotation
• Support for more languages

1.14+

Future Yotis Studios Games

Yotis Online

Schneewolf Labs

Hi Raifu Wars fans! Today we're rolling out v1.13 to Steam. Our goal is to bring long requested online features and improved stability to the game.

• 1v1 mode: control an entire team and go head to head with your opponent!
• Improved font rendering for most languages
• Updated UI to better utilize screen space
• Add US West server
• Hosts can now spectate games
• Hosts can now customize CPU players
• Fix conflicts between Steam Cloud and Yotis Online profile sync
• Fix online bugs causing sync issues and crashes
• Performance optimizations
• Switch to WebSocket online protocol
• Update to GameMaker 2023.8
• Update Steamworks extension

Map Repository

Other Changes

• Fix "Fear the North" and "Not so Fast" achievements
• Add confirmation dialog to leave map editor
• Add publish button for Steam Workshop in map editor options

Changes

• Fix crash when destroying pontoon bridge
• Updated Russian translation (thanks FewPounds!)

What's New

• New hats by Titanwolf
• Yotis Online cross-platform profile sync: combine xp, stats, hats, and coins across your devices
• Various bug and crash fixes

Yotis Online

What's Next?

• Budapest achievement works on all tiers
• Fix CPUs getting stuck on tiering

• Fix edge case crash bugs
• Improve character support for extended latin, greek, and others
• Fix map previews rendering without text
• Fix ingame settings menu bug
• Fix Meow achievement

We're back with another update! Read on for what's new:

Ice!

New Cards

Updated Editor

More Achievements

Misc

• Award coins on completion of online match
• Add new hats
• New tutorial map
• New card art for many existing cards
• Reworked AI for CPU players

Bug Fixes

• Prevent loading screen from missing a texture set
• Fix online turns hanging on KO from Lava or Mine
• Fix chat strings from being cut off
• Fix showing non-existent spectators
• Fix issues with CPU players causing game sync errors

What's Next

Priorities for future updates...

• UI/UX improvements (menu navigation, ingame stats and effects, combat)
• CPU AI improvements and difficulty levels
• New gamemodes and custom game lengths
• Support for 2-6 players, 1v1 mode
• Card caches

• Fix texture loading and network bugs
• Rebalance KOs in Normal game length to be 1>2>3>4

• Add new hats
• Fix buggy hat selection UI
• Add hat progress bar to casino
• Change prize payout
• Prevent network error from ending online match on chat message
• Improve texture loading and VRAM usage
• Update to GameMaker 2022.9.1

Raifu Wars is back with another update! Read on for what's new:

Hats!

Coins!

New Languages!

Discord Integration

What's Next

• Editor Update 2
• Cross-platform online services (profile sync, map repository, and more)
• More achievements

We're introducing a new demo version of Raifu Wars available for free on Steam. This demo will allow anyone to test out the game and learn the basics without paying a cent! The demo additionally allows you to play cross-platform with any Raifu Wars v1.10.3 client! Here are some important details:

• 4 characters available: Springfield, Mau, Enfield, and Arisaka!
• Learn the basics by playing the tutorial!
• Compete with other players online!
• Profile restricted to Level 3.
• Steam Workshop, Editor, and Local mode not available.

Hi all, this minor update fixes a major bug that has been keeping a lot of players from playing online. We would like to sincerely apologize for this issue and we thank you for your patience as we resolve issues with the game.

• Fix network error caused by certain characters in name or chat
• Update to GameMaker 2022.6
• Prepare for free demo version

• Updated Raifu Wars servers
• Fixed bugs

• Update GameMaker Steam extension
• Restore rich presence feature for "Join Game" in friends list

Hello Raifu Wars fans! This adorable new character has arrived from Hungary and brought a new update with her!

What's New

• Puska!
• CPU player improvements
• Performance optimizations
• Various bugfixes

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're bringing you another update featuring some fun new characters, expanded deck customization, and more!

What's New

• 2 new characters: Krag and Ross!
• Adjust cards' star cost, tier requirement, and deck weight
• Deck presets: save and load your custom decks!
• Add new objects and buildings to editor
• Music available to all regardless of DLC purchases, character theme music now plays on tier up
• Balanced 2v2 start order (1st player skipped)
• Team chat
• Simple profanity filter for chat (can be disabled in settings)
• UI Improvements
• Improve server region selection
• Various bugfixes

What's Next

• More characters!!
• Updated map format and editor
• New stock maps
• More cards
• Improved card history
• CPU improvements: cooperative AI, adjustable difficulty levels
• Gamemodes
• 1v1 and 3v3
• Complete Wiki
• More workshop content

Known Issues

• Steam rich-presence missing
• Linux build doesn't load workshop maps
• Game sync error caused by CPU players online

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're excited to bring you a new character: Lucznik! She is fragile with only 5 HP, but she has deadly double-damage close range attack.
Unlock her here at 40% off for a limited time! Cheers, Yotis Studios

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're back with a new update that adds uniform customization, voice acting, and more!

What's New

• Voices for each character
• Level 5+ can customize uniform color
• Users can set custom eye, hair, and uniform colors using RGB hex codes
• Fortify provides a small cover bonus
• Fix turn timer not working randomly
• Fix map deck overriding custom deck selection
• Sync errors no longer lockup game and will trigger a resync next turn
• UI errors will no longer cause fatal crash
• Fix card click misalignment when UI is scaled

What's Next

• New characters
• Improved deck selection (save/load presets, custom weights, cost, and tier requirements)
• Updated map format and editor improvements
• New buildings and objects
• Team chat
• Card and KO history
• CPU improvements

Known Issues

• Steam rich-presence missing
• Linux build doesn't load workshop maps
• Arisaka voice missing
• Game sync error caused by CPU players online

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're back with a small update focused on improving online performance and reliability.

What's New

• Game engine update
• Update multiplayer framework
• Increase max chat length
• Improve map download speed
• Chat log
• Show ammo and health for all players in top UI
• Improve error handling
• Bug fixes

Known Issues

• Steam rich-presence missing
• Linux build doesn't load workshop maps

Start: April 2nd

Sign Up Deadline: March 26th

For more details join us on Discord!

Raifu Wars is now available for Android and iOS! Now you can play Raifu Wars anywhere and battle online with cross-platform multiplayer!

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're very excited to bring you update v1.7 and exit Early Access. We'd like to thank you all for your patience, feedback, and enthusiasm; the future is bright for Raifu Wars!

What's New

• Auto and customizable UI scaling
• New settings menu and in-game settings menu
• New maps!
• Profile setup for first time players
• Host automatically switches if they disconnect
• Rejoining a game will return a player to their previous slot
• Attack Damage options: roll for damage, 3 damage, 6 damage, and instant KO
• Automatic crash reporting
• Improved controller support
• Improved map display and caching
• Various bug fixes

What's Next

• Improved CPU players with difficulty settings
• Multi-controller support for local mode
• Control remapping
• Map editor overhaul
• Additional characters with unique abilities
• New gamemodes (both cooperative and competitive)
• 1v1 (controlling multiple characters)
• Support for more than 4 players
• Story mode
• Voice acting
• More character customization
• Ability to rotate camera angle
• More cards, and more options for decks
• More objects, buildings, tiles, etc
• More achievements
• Mod support and API
• Multiplayer framework updates and open-sourcing

Known Issues

• No Steam features on macOS (we're working on it, sorry!)
• Menu blur renders incorrectly on some GPUs (this can be turned off in Settings under Graphics)
• Host disconnecting during CPU turn can hang CPU player
• KO from Lava tile can hang online match
• Erratic behavior joining games before a map is selected

Thank you to all of our map contest participants! We really enjoyed checking out your maps and deciding the finalists and runners up. Without further ado, the winners are:

Most Creative

Best Gameplay

Honorable Mentions

Best Card Deck

Overall

Runners Up

Calling all map creators! We're holding a contest to include your maps into the game! There will be 3 categories with a winning prize for each:

Most Creative

Best Gameplay

Best Card Deck

How to Enter

• Upload your map to the Steam Workshop
• Reply to this post with a link to your map by February 20th
• Send us an email at yotisstudios@gmail.com or join the Raifu Wars Discord (so we can send your prize if you win)

FAQ

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're back with our last major update of Early Access! Thank you for sticking with us for this long; we are so excited to exit Early Access and bring the game to new platforms in the next update!

What's New

• Ability to join games already in progress
• Editor top-down view
• Improved AI: can now rush, fortify, use grenades and dynamite
• Fix non-Latin character map names not displaying
• Texture mipmapping
• Steam Rich Presence (send invites and join games through Steam friends)
• New Hair Customization available at level 3
• New attack probability calculation: more likely to hit at closer distances
• New Profile screen
• Updated stock maps
• UI improvements
• Multiplayer bug fixes
• Update to latest game engine

What's Next

• More CPU player improvements
• UI scaling based on screen resolution
• New settings menu and options
• New map selection menu
• More editor improvements
• Full gamepad/controller support
• More maps (map contest details to be released soon)
• Intro and first-time profile setup for new players
• Updated Wiki featuring characters, tile objects, cards, and more

Known Issues

• Active card effects display improperly on Linux
• macOS build missing Steam features
• macOS build does not run on M1 hardware
• CPU players can hang multiplayer games in rare situation

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're back with another major update! This update adds 2 versus 2 team battles and many new game options including the ability to edit the card deck.

What's New

• 2v2 team matches
• Attack Damage option: choose to roll for attack damage or do 6 damage for each hit
• Multi-regional online game hosting, enjoy lower latency depending on your geographic location
• New formula for calculating levels: level up faster!
• Players above level 1 can customize eye color
• Custom card decks that can be set in the game lobby or saved into a map through the editor
• Support for 64 x 64 maps (previously 49x49)
• Assignable starting positions for players
• Swappable player positions
• Tier Options: play for knockouts or stars only
• Spectator mode
• Most card effects now stack
• Card effect indicators under all players
• New Attack mode shows range map and target player health
• New Fortify option gives plus 1 defense when ammo is full
• Improved camera and animations
• UI improvements
• Steam Leaderboards
• Performance optimizations, especially for menu
• Various bugfixes, including crashes

What's Next

• CPU player improvements and difficulty settings
• Ability to save games
• Ability to join games currently in progress
• UI scaling and improvements
• Full gamepad/controller support
• Improved stock maps with custom card decks
• Improved map compression for faster uploads and downloads
• Card and player balance improvements
• Update to latest game engine
• Updated Wiki featuring characters, tile objects, cards, and more

Known Issues

• Active card effects display improperly on Linux
• macOS build missing Steam features
• macOS build does not run on M1 hardware
• CPU players can hang multiplayer games in rare situation

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're finally back and pleased to bring you another major update! This update adds buildings, new tiles, an updated UI, new gameplay mechanics, and much more!

What's New

• Added new languages: French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese
• Fixes and revisions for existing translations
• New interactive tutorial available in all languages
• Static movement: Every turn each player can move within 4 tiles at least once
• Rushing: move twice per turn by opting not to attack or reload and rolling the dice!
• Updated UI with improved buttons and prompts
• Show active card effects for each player in UI
• Buildings! Large objects that can span multiple tiles and completely block bullets
• New tiles and tile objects such as fences
• Path tiles decrease play movement cost by x0.5
• Map updates and new stock map added (Farmhouse)
• Singleplayer is now Local Mode: play with your friends on 1 machine with Steam Remote Play Together or hotseat
• 2 new music tracks
• Performance optimizations
• Fix post-game online multiplayer crash
• Various bugfixes and small balance tweaks

What's Next

• CPU player improvements and difficulty settings
• Player appearance customizations
• Ability to save games
• Ability to join games currently in progress
• Multi-regional online game hosting
• Improved map previews
• More editor features
• Improve combat UI
• Custom card decks
• Card and player balance improvements
• Improved game options for starting positions and more
• 2v2 team matches
• Community improvements and more!

Known Issues

• Various tutorial bugs
• Map uploads sometimes getting stuck on macOS and Linux
• Active card effects display improperly on Linux

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're pleased to bring you another major update! This update focuses mainly on improving the multiplayer experience through new features, improvements, and fixes.

What's New

Multiplayer

• Fix issues with map downloads and uploads when starting or joining games
• Fix dropped packet issue for high latency connections
• Add chat feature
• Add password protected lobbies
• Host can kick players from lobby
• Max turn length (timer): 30, 60, 120, or none (defaults to 120 seconds per turn)
• Improved online lobby list details

Gameplay and Balance

• Automatic tiering: just move to your base when you meet the tier conditions (base will now glow) and you will automatically be prompted for your next tier choice
• Passable obstacles: bushes can be landed on or passed through at +1 movement cost, marsh tiles add +3 movement cost, and reeds add +1 movement cost
• Stone walls completely block the chance of shots hitting
• Default shooting range increased to 18 tiles
• Probability of shot hitting drops off more aggressively at long distances
• Bushido card can now be played at any tier

Editor

• Fix undo and redo buttons not updating drawn tiles
• New tiles and objects: Marsh (with reeds), and Statue

What's Next

• New interactive and in-depth tutorial
• New tiles
• Fences and paths
• Buildings and other multi-tile objects
• Editor Improvements
• Character customization
• UI/UX improvements

Hello Raifu Wars fans! We're pleased to finally bring you another major update! This update focuses mainly on improving the Map Editor by bringing in new tiles, obstacles, and tools. Additionally you can now share your maps on the Steam Workshop - we're excited to see what you create!

What's New

Editor

• Improved UI: fewer words more icons!
• New tiles: brick, lilypads, patchy grass, wood
• New obstacles: rocks, bushes, bamboo, stone wall, cornfield, hay, scarecrow
• Rocks now spawn in random tiles (can be disabled in editor options)
• Bushes now spawn with trees in random tiles
• Support custom sizes and tree sparsity
• New tools: paintbrush, area paint, and flood fill
• Undo and redo support (1 tile at a time only)
• Ability to publish saved maps to Steam Workshop
• Editor bugfixes
• Editor performance optimizations

Graphics

• All cards have artwork
• Add additional sprites for trees and cacti
• Transparent trees setting now affects all obstacles

Maps

• Update Castles and Mississippi maps
• Remove Canals and Forbidden Point

Settings

• Volume control for music and effects

CPU AI

• CPU players will play some cards now

Language

• Simplified Chinese is now available
• Improvements to Korean and Japanese translations

Misc.

• Various bugfixes
• UI scaling improvements
• New player colors (yellow, brown)
• Steam screenshot support

Known Issues

• Some missing translations
• Erratic CPU behavior
• Games sometimes don't show in the lobby list until the map has been changed

What's Next?

• In-game chat
• Password protected lobbies
• Ability for host to kick players
• Max turn length options
• and more!

Thank you everyone for your patience as we launched the game over the last couple weeks. We are pleased to deliver the first major early access update, Early Access 1.1!

What's New

New Features



• Cross-platform Steam Cloud syncing for your Raifu Wars profile and settings
• Support for new UI languages: German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean
• Game Speeds: FASTER!! reduce animation speed and make games go faster
• Symbols: customize your profile with one of 50+ symbols

  Movement

  
  
• Limit movement by number of tiles traveled
• Diagonals now cost 2

  Combat

  
  
• New algorithm for finding obstacles in bullet path (Bresenham's) that is more consistent and accurate
• Obstacle Bullet Path Penalties: Tree -15%, Barricade -30%
• Obstacles adjacent to players being attacked raise bullet path penalty 1.5x (take cover behind trees and barricades!)
• For attackers: adjacent obstacles do not contribute to bullet path penalty (shoot from behind cover!)

  Cards

  
  
• Card Art: lots of new card art has been added
• Rebalance deck: draw Blessings, Blitzkrieg, Retreat more to move games along faster

  Misc.

  
  
• Various bug fixes including fix broken Fortifications achievement
• UI Improvements

Known Issues

• Tutorial is only available in English
• Some languages are missing a few translations
• UI alignment issues for some languages
• A handful of cards still have no art
• Sometimes all tiles in editor draw as water tiles

What's Next?

• Improved AI (use of cards, more strategy)
• Map Editor fixes and improvements

Welcome to Raifu Wars! We're very excited to finally be launching Raifu Wars on Steam Early Access. It has been a long and exciting journey the past year or so forming an indie studio and building a brand new game from the ground up to offer to the gaming community. We strive to build a game that's fun, well balanced, and has a great community - that's where you come in! Please join us in continuing our adventure in developing Raifu Wars by engaging with us at:

• Raifu Wars Steam Discussions
• Raifu Wars Twitter (@RaifuWars)