ROOK & BOLTKESTREL PROTOCOL

DEVELOPMENT / OPEN FIELD NOTES

A BEACHHEAD.
A BIGGER PICTURE.

Here’s where the game stands, what’s getting our attention and what we hope to build next. Your playtests help decide the way forward.

LAST CONTENT UPDATE / 12 September 2026

These are development stages, not deadlines. Priorities and scope may change as we learn from playtesting.

PLAYABLE NOW

OPERATION BREAKWATER.

A complete first-mission route from the beach landing through 16 combat sectors, the Breakwater Goliath and extraction. The Windows playtest supports solo and local two-player co-op.

  • Checkpoint recovery and saved Requisition.
  • Weapons, throwables, field upgrades and Armory challenges.
  • Player drones with live camera feeds and manual flight.
  • A drivable Technical, gunner seat and support strikes.
  • Local co-op revive, shared camera and ping.
  • Remapping, options and accessibility settings.

Playable systems are still being refined. First-mission corrections and physical hardware checks remain active work.

IN PROGRESS

MAKE THE NEXT RUN BETTER.

Our focus is the first mission: controls that feel right, clearer threats and a more consistent solo and co-op experience.

  • Operator death, respawn and shared-life behavior.
  • Joining a second player and controller ownership.
  • Gate collision, encounter flow and Goliath readability.
  • Drone flight, audio and return behavior.
  • Mission briefing, menus and animation polish.
  • Physical controllers, lower-end performance and longer play sessions.
PLANNED NEXT

BEYOND THE SHORELINE.

Expand the Jungle campaign with River Crossing, Occupied Village and the Hydra river-fortress mission. Then develop Patrol into a polished mode built around waves, risk and the decision to extract.

These missions and Patrol are not part of the current playable campaign. Hydra’s title-screen appearance is a preview.

Explore the visual direction for future levels. These illustrations include imagined gameplay interfaces; they are concept art, not screenshots of playable missions. Select an image to view the full artwork.

Jungle campaign

Concept art: A bridge and river crossing with a technical vehicle, drone and prisoner-rescue routes. View full artwork
River CrossingConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A jungle village rescue, with Bolt freeing prisoners while Rook covers the lane. View full artwork
Occupied VillageConcept art · Future content
Concept art: An attack helicopter and gunboat defend the Hydra river fortress. View full artwork
Hydra River FortressConcept art · Future content

Patrol mode

Concept art: A fortified jungle arena with enemy waves and extraction routes. View full artwork
Jungle ArenaConcept art · Future content
LATER CAMPAIGN PLANS

THE NEXT FRONT LINES.

Desert convoy roads, refineries and airfields. Urban suburbs, downtown checkpoints and a metro exit. New environments bring new encounter ideas and larger threats, including the Mothership and Sentinel bosses.

Desert campaign

Concept art: Freight trucks block a desert canyon road with flanking routes. View full artwork
Convoy RoadConcept art · Future content
Concept art: Industrial pipes, catwalks and combat lanes in a desert refinery. View full artwork
Refinery Processing YardConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A runway assault among hangars, transport aircraft and service vehicles. View full artwork
AirfieldConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A tracked drone carrier exposes its EMP core beside an escort tank. View full artwork
Mothership Refinery BossConcept art · Future content

Urban campaign

Concept art: A residential street blockade with a courtyard flanking route. View full artwork
SuburbsConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A rain-soaked city checkpoint with a tram stop, APC and jammer drone. View full artwork
Downtown CheckpointConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A cutaway metro station with train cover and a route toward the exit. View full artwork
Metro ExitConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A bipedal walker fights in a wet city intersection. View full artwork
Sentinel Downtown BossConcept art · Future content
UNDER CONSIDERATION / STRETCH SCOPE

A LITTLE FURTHER OUT.

The Arctic campaign and Directorate HQ are stretch scope. Online co-op, Daily Ops and leaderboards are ideas to evaluate after the core game is in better shape. None is a promised part of the current beta.

Arctic campaign Stretch scope

Concept art: A mountain supply route crosses a frozen inlet toward the radar station. View full artwork
Ice RoadConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A snowy radar outpost with an operations building and generator cover. View full artwork
Radar StationConcept art · Future content
Concept art: Open silo doors, service roads and a bunker entrance in an Arctic base. View full artwork
Silo ComplexConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A fortified Arctic railgun defended by four SAM objectives. View full artwork
Railgun & SAM FortressConcept art · Future content

Directorate HQ Stretch scope

Concept art: The Kestrel command VTOL attacks above the Directorate headquarters. View full artwork
Kestrel Command VTOLConcept art · Future content
Concept art: A commandeered Warden Tank breaks through the headquarters security gate. View full artwork
Tank EscapeConcept art · Future content
RELEASE PLATFORMS

STEAM FIRST.

Rook & Bolt is coming to Windows, Linux and macOS on Steam first. Mobile, PlayStation 5 and Xbox are planned to follow. Release date to be announced.

  • SteamFirst release · Windows, Linux & macOS
  • PlayStation 5Planned to follow
  • XboxPlanned to follow
  • Google PlayAndroid · Planned to follow
  • App StoreiOS · Planned to follow

The current beta is a standalone Windows playtest. Linux and macOS beta builds are not available yet. Store pages and platform-specific details will appear when they’re ready.

Recommended minimum hardware ↗