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3030 Deathwar Redux

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Crunchy Leaf Games (EU), Bird In Sky (US)
Release Date: Sept. 13, 2017

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'3030 Deathwar Redux' Update Adds Mod Support And More

by Rainier on March 16, 2018 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT

3030 Deathwar Redux is an intergalactic indie epic that fuses Elite-style space exploration with classic comedic adventuring.

3030 Deathwar Redux is an inventive open-world space adventure with frantic combat, a story filled with weird and wonderful characters, and a gigantic universe with 30 star systems to explore and an array of quests to complete! The Redux version is a completely reworked game, the result of several years of hard work, and adds an extended adventure - with more characters and content, graphical enhancements, balancing and gameplay changes, a smoother tutorial and tons of other improvements!

It's not been a good day for John Falcon. His crew has discovered a dead body, his brand new ship's been impounded by the cops, and a lot of people seem unhappy with him... probably something to do with a missing cargo of gold bars.

A fusion of Elite-style space exploration, frantic and fast-paced combat, and a healthy dose of Lucas Arts-style comedic adventuring, 3030 Deathwar Redux sets you free to roam the entire galaxy, after a mysterious War left planets uninhabitable and the remaining stations on quarantine lockdown. Help freewheeling space pilot John get back on his feet in a huge open world, and pilot your own course through the game's dizzying array of missions, stories and features.

Will you take on some local delivery jobs so you can afford a better ship. Downsize to a jetsuit and go shooting space-junk for quick money? Or focus on finding that missing gold shipment, before the local gangs and salvage teams get there first?

Meanwhile, there's that damn mechanic who sold you a stolen ship, and this mysterious 'Taoist' group who everyone keeps talking about. Before long, John finds himself inextricably caught up in a plot of intergalactic intrigue...


Dubbed 3030 Deathwar Redux: The Nanobot Conspiracy, this gigantic new update is FREE to all current and future 3030 players. Chiefly, the release opens all game files to be modded -- that includes scripting, missions, dialogue, characters and game locations. Players can easily add new ships, weapons and upgrades, translate the text files to another language, or even write personal side-quests and storylines for other players to explore. With a new Modding Manager and Mod Uploader tool for Steam Workshop, the possibilities are endless!

Beyond the modding features, veteran 3030 Deathwar Redux players will also notice a swath of additions and improvements to the game itself. Highlights include more dangerous enemies and danger in general depending on your choices, video-billboard ships and traffic lanes around stations, a weapons recharge indicator and displays for weapon stats -- as well as entirely too much other stuff to list here.

There's just too much stuff to name it all, so here is the full list for you:

Features / Gameplay

  • Made all game files easily read- and modifiable
  • Added Modding Manager to Main Menu to easily de/activate mods
  • Added Mod Uploader tool to upload mods to Steam Workshop
  • Added new billboard ships around stations
  • Added new parallax effects on stations
  • Added player casting shadow from stars and stations
  • Added new orbiting lanes for smaller ships around stations
  • Added traffic lanes for smaller ships between stations
  • Added display of weapon stats on upgrade screen
  • Added recharge indicator for weapon cooldown
  • Added new enemy type to derelicts
  • Added tractor beam being drawn during split
  • Added fuel display on HUD below hull strength
  • Lowered mid-tier missile cost and slightly adjusted damage
  • Made pirate ships aggro sooner based on your kill count
  • Added image for each missiles
  • Added background for circuit fixing mini-game
  • Removed pilot image for Cleaner ships
  • Made Gamepad options show name of connected controller
  • Added selection of active Gamepad if there is more than one
  • Made pressing A on Gamepad always also work as selector, even in space
  • Added better sound effect for refueling and negative sound if not possible
  • Added option for screenshake strength
  • Added new message for trying to talk to dead characters
  • Added slight forward motion when collecting fuel, and added sound effect
  • Added occasional special animation on Trade and Mission consoles
  • Added fitting music track during final battle
  • Added exploding shell from Ion Cannon
Fixes / Improvements
  • Fixed Proximity lights on stations when player aproaches
  • Improved spawn locations of small ships around stations
  • Tweaked some gun sounds, mostly quieter and added fade
  • Improved info from low fuel reminder upgrade
  • Lowered threshold for low fuel reminder to pop up
  • Fixed tech level for high-level afterburners
  • Reduced range of high-tech comms upgrade
  • Spelling fixes in dialogues and cutscenes
  • Fixed docking fee being deducted on planets
  • Fixed non-music files in music folder leading to rare game crash
  • Fixed Wingmen moving jerkily when player is outside system
  • In Act 8 renamed wrong equipment markers for clarity
  • Fixed player being able to engage split during conversation
  • Fixed docking or convos being canceled by clicking on targets
  • Fixed multiple shots sometimes causing multiple deaths of same ship
  • Made reloading savegame also load pirates waiting to attack you outside
  • Added an option for no speed particles
And before we forget, to celebrate the Modding Update, we're also going to have our biggest discount yet! The game is going to be discounted 34% for a full week from now on. So if you know anyone who would like to join Kent and his Crew for some Space Adventuring, now is the time to tell them!

Key Features

  • Open-world space adventure with frantic combat and 30 star systems to explore 
  • Board stations, visit the bars and talk to an array of space scum
  • Ghostly derelict ships to find on your Star-Map, spacewalk into, and salvage valuables
  • Large variety of fun jobs and missions, with amusing and exciting side-quests
  • Diverse array of ships to buy and upgrade for Performance, Defence and Combat
  • Get a fuel-scoop and refuel from the corona of a sun without frying yourself!
  • Find Pirate Stations and begin a life of crime, attack innocent traders, steal cargo from traffic
  • Invest in a large cargo ship and go asteroid mining for metals, or haul goods between systems 
  • Hidden wormhole shortcuts, comets, unique stations and other secrets to find
  • Get caught up in an irreverent, amusing and enthralling main story
  • A whole load more!

3030 Deathwar Redux is available as digital download via Steam.


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