Dear readers, fellow gamers, A very quick post here to let you know, in case you do not already know, that Rise of the White is coming out in Early Acess next Monday (26 September 2022)! We are super excited to see the game leaving the testing phase and hope you will enjoy it as […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well and safe. A quick post to let you know we have been steadily progressing with the game. Since February 2022, you can download demo up on Steam! Make sure you give it a try as the game has known quite an extension from the Shanghai […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well and safe. Who does not love a good gangster story? With subtle threats, seedy trafficking, political corruption and open violence? These ingredients, mixed together, are the bread and butter of many more or less historical successful fictions – the Godfather, Scarface, Peaky Blinders, etc. China […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well and safe! This DD will take us more into gamplay as we explore the Shanghai Insurrection as we are modelling it in RoWS. As usual, pictures, map, icons and texts are all work in progress and may change over the course of development. Apologies as […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well. Steady progress since the last time we published here. This progress has lead us to slightly reconsider our plans regarding the way we design and release the game. But worry not! You will actually benefit from these changes. This DD will thus be a slightly […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, Today will be the day where we (finally) close this series of articles on Chinese soldiers in the 1920s. We have explored wars, recruitment, life in the army and the battlefield. However, no one serves forever (though the case may have happened)! Today, we talk about leaving the army in 1920s […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We hope you are all well and rested. The time has come to talk once more about soldiers. Last time, we touched the issue of recruitment; from sources of men to the type of relations established between officers and their men. Let us resume our journey with Chinese soldiers and explore […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We return today with the second part of our focus dedicated to the Chinese soldier in the 1920s. Today, we will delve into the complexities of recruitment in a warlord army. Sources of recruits In the early 20th century, the immense majority of China was still rural and poor. There were […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We today initiate the return of our focuses with a key topic for Rise of the White Sun: armies, and more specifically soldiers that comprise them. What would a warlord be without armed men to do his bidding? Nothing. The whole era would not have existed without the huge number of […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We are back with the second part on the DD focussed on Factions of the early 1920s Guomindang, sorry for having kept you waiting! What sets us apart We introduced the 1920 factions to you in the previous DD. These GMD factions are notably gameplay-wise differentiated by their views on a […]
