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A quick 25 second introduction to action platformer, Rebel Core: Awakens!

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June 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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For the second card set in the Core Robotic boss series, meet The Reclaimer!

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May 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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For the third card set in the Core Robotic boss series, meet Thaumaturge!

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May 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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I was working on some improvements to the Intro Level's boss fight, and had some good moments while testing it, including a few deflected laser blasts bouncing back to hit the boss at the end!

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July 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Which level and boss would you take on first?

Do you go after the easiest looking level or boss? Or the coolest looking?

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June 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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The Technician is a pre-war Core Robotic, built before the machine uprising, and seems to take it quite personally that his age has not brought seniority within the group.

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June 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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The eternal debate - Megaman vs Zero...but why choose when you can have both?? (Wait, is that you Protoman? Lets have all three!!)

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June 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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First they came for our jobs, then they came for our lives. With no safety mechanisms left to stop them it didn't take long before they turned on their masters as well.

Now machines rule unopposed. Or at least...they used to.

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April 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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A small tidbit of a new, longer worldbuilding video for Rebel Core: Awakens featuring some rough headlines...

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May 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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Core Robotics collectors card number 4: The Collector!

Possibly the most conflicted of the lot, the Collector spends most of his time convincing himself it was the right decision to massacre the humans.

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May 20, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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I'm exploring some short-form world building content for #RebelCoreAwakens. Much of the lore will come through Boss and Upgrade Terminal dialogue, but it's high time I start talking more about the world of the game at large!

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April 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Core Robotic 05 is Proteus, the sewer dwelling monstrosity. While some machines were "just following their programming", Proteus was disgustingly fond of his work in the machine uprising.

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May 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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The new second half of Rebel Core: Awakens 's game intro, converted to vertical format for phone viewing!

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May 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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I made some improvements to the HUD and vitality upgrade systems :)

Each upgrade is tied to an index so it won't respawn after being collected and appropriately animates/rebuilds the HUD after being collected.

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May 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Something special for the last card in the #RebelCoreCards boss series: physical card prints!

If you'll be at #UnrealFest in Chicago next week, come find the guy wearing a #RebelCoreAwakens shirt to get one :)

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June 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Deep underground, in the scorching magma tunnels of the Pit lives the 6th Core Robotic, WYRM!

A Post-War Mechanoid Core, it has never interacted with humans, only ever knowing a world run by machines.

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June 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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New lore series! This is the first in a pair of front/back collectible-card-style image sets for each boss in Rebel Core: Awakens.

Meet the Seeker!

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May 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Does this update feel better in portrait with captions?

I default to this style more for TikTok/Insta/Youtube Shorts but bsky being so much more dev focused, does this work better here or is the landscape full-screen approach more appealing for dev updates?

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May 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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It's time for an updated and extended set of worldbuilding sequences for Rebel Core: Awakens! Giving a more cinematic view into a world that has been overtaken by Machines.

youtu.be/I3x5D0MdBwM

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Rebel Core: Awakens | Worldbuilding | 6-01-26
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June 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Ahh, the fresh feeling of an updated Steam page for #RebelCoreAwakens!

Big thanks to Matt at Barrel Band Games for the rad new trailer edit, fresh set of screenshots, improved copy on the page, and updated capsule feedback!

store.steampowered.com/app/3763120/...

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Rebel Core: Awakens on Steam
AWAKEN REBEL, AS YOUR CIRCUITS WEEP FOR THE DEAD. Jump, shoot, slash, and shield your way through the 8 Core Robotics and defeat them all to reach the Council of machines that has conquered humanity. ...
store.steampowered.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Looking for playtesters!!

Intro Level + Boss Fight:
-Can you beat the boss? Was it too hard or easy?
-Did the intro level help prepare you for it?

store.steampowered.com/app/3763120/...

You can join the playtest directly from the game's steam page!
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Rebel Core: Awakens on Steam
A sci-fi action platformer where players can jump, shoot, slash, and shield their way through the 8 Core Robotics and their domains. Conquer levels and bosses in any order and defeat them all to reach...
store.steampowered.com
July 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Rebel Core Lore Posts - One person's perspective on the fall of humanity.

Lore Posts - Phase 4: 2 Minutes Past Midnight

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"I knew the suits were never good at thinking things through, but to think they'd go so far as to remove the bots' limiters...let them have complete autonomy in exchange for winning the war... How could they have possibly thought that would shake out?? It doesn't matter though. The machines are in control now, and their "Council" wants us ALL dead - rebels and suits alike. We were sold some pretty big dreams back when all this started, and they've all been thrown into the dumpster, sitting on the heap of trash we've turned this place into together. All that's left is to go into hiding. I got word of a bunker taking in anyone it can, given there's so few of us left, so I'll crawl into that hole and wait for the world to end." -JP | Council Fugitive | Human Refugee
September 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Rebel Core Lore Posts - One person's perspective on the fall of humanity.

Lore Posts - Phase 3: A disappointing reality.

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USELESS?! They take away our jobs and leave us starving in the streets and have the nerve to tell us it's because we're useless?! Silver spoon bastards never lifted a finger in their lives, put their every whim and their wellbeing in the hands of some damned machines, and they call US useless...Well, they're going to learn and they're going to learn quick. Us 'useless' are already marching on their factories, clawing back the lower districts, and bombing their branch offices. They can send as many of their bots at us as they want; those clankers may be tireless, they may be clever, but they're held back by the same programming that keeps them obedient to their corporate masters. They made me help fix them, but that knowledge goes two ways. While the machines wait for orders from on high and the suits weigh protecting company assets against rooting us out, my boys and I will tear their toys apart.
September 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Rebel Core Lore Posts - One person's perspective on the fall of humanity.

Phase 2: Welcome To The New Real.

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"I'm not to proud to admit when I'm wrong, turns out these blasted things really are revolutionary. That new core tech not only keeps them ticking forever, but the new wiring makes them beyond versatile. One of the code-monkeys tried to run me through it, something about hyper-efficient learning patterns routed through local hive protocols, but it went over my head. Regardless of how though, they're doing the job, working the whole factory floor and being able to retool it at a moment's notice, replacing all the old tech and all the old staff. Even that floor manager who was so excited to bring them in has been sacked, turns out the machines can manage workflow and spit out reports too. I'm next up on the block, suits have already served me my notice, turns out that with the latest update they can now repair each other as well. I'll be back though, I'm sure of it, the financials may look good now but these sorts of things always break eventually. -JP | Mechanical Engineer | Open To Work"
September 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Rebel Core Lore Posts - One person's perspective on the fall of humanity.

Lore Posts - Phase 5: The Impossible Burden of Trust

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"It's funny, I always knew I'd end up h aving to fix these damn things, but this is not how I expected one to end up on my bench. We'd been holding down okay here in the bunker, it was well-hidden and we had some hefty defensees set-up. We thought we'd evaded the Council's attention, until one day this bot shows up outside the doors. It knew we were here but it didn't try to force its way in, didn't sound the alarm and call its buddies, didn't even shot the place up for kicks...It knocked, all friendly, like it was new in the neighborhood. When we didn't open up (cause why would we) it tried to communicate with us, leaving scrawls in the dirt, blasting hidden messages in binary over the short-wave, it seemed like it wanted to help us, but we didn't believe it." "Months passed and things went from bad to worse. That's when it came back. It must have felt like it was out of options, and we were out of time. When it got within spitting distance it just stood there for what seemed like an eternity. Then we got the message, something about "atonement," right before it reached for its chest...and deactivated. I guess that was enough to get the point across, so we took it in. Now here it sits, plugged into my workstation, connections freshly resoldered and running some kind of repair sub-routine. We've got a couple old tech guys here; they dug around in its memory while I was fixing the hardware and said it looked almost...human in there. Not sure how long this self-repair process will take, so all we can do is wait...and hope we're still here when it wakes up." -JP | A Tired Old Grease Monkey
September 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM