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! 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 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 return today with another of our foci, centered this time on the weapons and armament business between Western countries and China during the Warlord era. War was raging during the period depicted in RoWS and China soon became one if not the largest world market for guns! Ready? Go! Did […]
Dear readers, fellow gamers, We are coming back to the second part of our focus on opium, finally talking about the timeframe we are all interested in (thanks to RoWS): the 1920-1930s! We apologise for the small number of pictures. They are incredibly hard to find! Cultivating opium Where and how? Chinese peasants traditionally grow […]
