I hadn’t planned to share this quite so soon, but you guys are observant. Today was my final day at @FcpnchStds working on @playrust. Nearly thirteen years ago, I discovered a game called Rust. Nearly eleven years ago, I was given the incredible opportunity to work on it by @garrynewman and @Helkus I joined Facepunch from the community and worked my way up to COO and Executive Producer on Rust, originally from QA. Today, I’m stepping away and returning to where I started: as part of the community. Rust and Facepunch have consumed a huge part of my life. I’ve loved it, fought for it and given it everything I had. Leaving has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made, but I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved. I've live my 10 year old dream. Rust has one of the best development teams in the industry. For more than a decade, they’ve delivered monthly updates without fail, constantly improving, experimenting and pushing the game forwards. I’m proud of the culture we built and the legacy I leave behind. Rust is currently reaching some of the highest numbers in its 13 year history across multiple platforms. Rust Mobile is also well underway, and I’m incredibly proud to have worked so closely with that team and helped bring Rust to an entirely new audience. It's not always easy running a game of this scale, but I fucking loved it. Rust has made gaming history. None of this would exist without the community. A game is nothing without the people who play it, support it, create content around it, run servers, make mods, report issues and continue play. You’ve challenged us, frustrated us, inspired us and helped shape Rust into what it is today. I’ll always be grateful for that. Looking at you /r/playrust - you're a confusing bunch. I don’t have another job or some big new adventure lined up, but I can't wait to see what next sparks my passion. The years I dedicated to Rust inevitably took time away from other parts of my life. Now it’s time to give some of that time back into the areas I sacrificed. Thank you to everyone at Facepunch, our partners, the creators, server owners, admins, modders, mappers, [you] and the tens millions of players who made this journey possible. I’ll still be around. Just back in the community where it all began. 🫡 It's being a wild ride. 🩷🩷🩷

It would mean a lot to us if you vote for Rust ✅ in the steam awards! store.steampowered.com/steam…

For the first time, in forever, Rust, is not getting a monthly update. Details: rust.facepunch.com/news/gett…

Some notes: - Safe zone recycling will be touched for the upcoming wipe. - More T1 and T2 guns, on the roadmap by years end. - Safezone vendors, we're going add an inflationary mechanic which will limit the viability.

Some broader Rust updates below, but firstly, there is lots of awesome stuff coming up in the next Rust update! The team is working incredibly hard, monthly patch cycles are challenging. This month: - Cargoship Event rework - Harbor Monument updates - More challenging Lunch site APC - More ways to counter oilrig - Electricity reworks - First tool Cupboard skin - Minigun - Attack helicopter AI tweaks - Boatload of QOL, fixes and performance changes We're slowly chipping away at the goals we set out in the New Year update. Addressing some key community complaints takes time to enact. Over the past 18 months, the Rust development team has nearly doubled in size, and the QA and Support teams have been doubled to tripled in size. We're still hiring more developers: facepunch.com/careers#open-p… A lot of work is being done behind the scenes on anticheat, over the past and coming months we've slowly been closing infomation leaks such as networking health, items, stashes, auth lists and more. We've fixed several long-standing cheat features. Expanding the support team sizes has allowed us to get more staff support focusing on anticheat, which includes going in-game and dealing with and disrupting cheaters directly based on player reports. Some staff will soon be dedicated to anti-cheat measures full-time. Lots more going on behind the scenes in all areas.