Flashing Lights

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Publisher: Excalibur Publishing
Developer: Nils Jakrins
Release Date: June 7, 2018

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'Flashing Lights' Q1 2020 Early Access Roadmap

by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2020 @ 7:40 a.m. PST

Flashing Lights is an online multiplayer-focused emergency services simulator where you choose to enlist as either a police officer, firefighter or a medic and ensure that the city is in safe hands.

Flashing Lights is a single player and multiplayer emergency services simulator focusing on police, firefighters and emergency medical services. Enrolling with one of three departments, players will take on unique missions and rewards in an open world.

Enrol with the police, emergency medical services or fire department and take on missions unique to each service in an open world. Engage in desperate car chases, diagnose life-threatening injuries, and put out lethal fires! Each department has its own vehicles and equipment for you to operate while on duty. Play in single player, or work together with friends in online multiplayer to tackle incidents across a shared world.

Players will team up with friends online and divide their team between the three emergency services at will. They'll race around the open world in various vehicles, to where they are needed, working together to help civilians in accidents or catch a fleeing criminal.

Details on the February and March updates have been announced. Based upon community feedback, a driveable tow truck, brand new police, firefighter and EMS missions and more are all coming in the first quarter of 2020.

2020 will be a big year for Flashing Lights, with developer Nils Jakrins focusing development on some major background work to improve upon the game’s visuals and performance – this work will come to fruition later on in 2020.

While this major background work is ongoing, we continue to be committed to delivering ongoing new content for our passionate player-base, which is why we asked the game’s 11,000 strong Discord server to vote on which additional content they’d like to see prioritised.

Final Q1 2020 Roadmap

January:

  • Planning month

February:

  • Drivable tow truck for police
  • Tow truck callsout for police
  • New police callout: arsonist (fire department players assist in multiplayer)

March:

  • Unmarked “charger” car for police
  • Flashlights, flares for all departments
  • Portable lights for fire department
  • Extra vehicle lights
  • Additional fire callouts
  • Extra EMS callouts

Usually the first to respond to a criminal incident, the police are equipped with the fastest cars and use a variety of equipment. Their roles vary from handing out parking tickets to engaging with dangerous suspects. They will do everything they can to prevent criminal activity and put a stop to any crimes in progress. Ranging from traffic cones, to spike strips, to speed cameras, you'll need to kit yourself out:

  • Spike strips
  • A variety of Weapons
  • Traffic Cones and Police Tape

As a medical specialist, your job lies in keeping members of the public alive, treating patients for severe wounds, diagnosing injuries and more. Further to this, Ambulance Operators can also heal other players in multiplayer, which is vital in particularly dangerous jobs. Life-saving work requires life-saving tools and equipment:

  • Medical bag
  • Stretcher
  • Ambulance

The role of the fire department extends far beyond putting out flames, as they work closely with medical services on the scene, prying open crashed cars so that medical staff can get to the injured is vital, for example. The fire department won’t engage in the pursuit of suspects, but will handle the aftermath of an incident, including, of course, putting out fires. Battling flames and freeing trapped civilians is going to involve some heavy duty gear:

  • Jaws of Life
  • Axe
  • Hosepipe
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Firetruck

Team up with fellow players online and divide your team between the three emergency services at will. Race around the open world to where you are needed. Work together to help civilians in accidents or clean up the trail left behind from a high-speed car chase.

You'll receive emergency calls to action, and successfully completing missions will earn you experience points within your department. As you prove yourself to the Emergency Services Division, you'll be assigned more dangerous and important jobs. But if you start to slip up, don't be surprised to see yourself falling back down the ranks.

Flashing Lights features a thriving open world that will see emergencies break out through day and night. From bustling city streets to rural countryside mansions, this is an exciting and varied open world. Environmental physics make police car chases all the more engaging, with both you and the suspect leaving your mark on the world.

Watch the city and its citizens' behavior change as you move from day to night. Types of emergency incidents change as the traffic dissipates and the bars open, making drunk drivers and fist fights more common.


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