Heavy Duty Challenge Devlog #15: New Features and Content
Hi everybody! Welcome to HDC Devlog #15.
In the past months, we’ve been working hard at Nano Games to bring new features and content to Heavy Duty Challenge and push the development of the game closer to next year’s release. It’s time to share some info about the work.
If you have any feedback, suggestions, or simply don't want to miss out on HDC news, please join our Discord or follow the Steam Forums.
So what has changed in Heavy Duty Challenge?
- New level. Do you remember our post about the trip to Iceland? All the scans, photos and videos we took back then were used to build a brand-new level, Dimmuborgir, the Dark Castles. Completely new terrain, a distinct visual style, even more challenging obstacles. We hope you’ll enjoy it all.
Marek - our Environment Artist and Łukasz - our Lead Designer at work;)
Dimmuborgir
Dimmuborgir
- Quality enhancements. Of course, we’ve enhanced the looks of our French championship locations and the sound of trucks after a visit to Europa Truck Trials in Montalieu-Vercieu, another trip we talked about in a previous blog post.
- VFX. It was time to add some visual effects. We hope the gif gives you an idea – the particle system is fully operational, and now we’re just introducing more VFX. It all adds to our fun with the game, so hopefully, you’ll enjoy it, too.
- The damage system. Not only will the “hit points” of the truck change when you ram into obstacles or crash down a cliff. Now, it all affects the truck’s performance. Drive a damaged truck, and your engine will stall, your gears won’t work, suspension will sag too much, and wheels may start to slip.
- Upgrades. You can now upgrade your truck to match your play style. You can tweak engine power, suspension stiffness, steering angle, and more.
- Reinforcements. Do you enjoy reckless driving, but it causes massive damage to your truck? Don’t worry, you can now reinforce the vehicle and protect vital systems.
- Tire air pressure. The behaviour of the truck on different terrain changes depending on the amount of pressure in the tires. So, we now allow players to change that pressure.
- Save game. Your best scores, truck damage, level progress, and many more details are finally saved safely by the game.
- UI. All the above system changes and modifications required upgrades in the user interface. It has better UX, looks and performance.
- Bug fixes and optimization. Always.
Thanks for joining us for this update on Heavy Duty Challenge development. We’ll be posting more when we have a bunch of new features to talk about. Don’t forget to join Discord and Steam Forums and say hello.
All the best,
Nano Games
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165530/Heavy_Duty_Challenge/
In the past months, we’ve been working hard at Nano Games to bring new features and content to Heavy Duty Challenge and push the development of the game closer to next year’s release. It’s time to share some info about the work.
If you have any feedback, suggestions, or simply don't want to miss out on HDC news, please join our Discord or follow the Steam Forums.
So what has changed in Heavy Duty Challenge?
- New level. Do you remember our post about the trip to Iceland? All the scans, photos and videos we took back then were used to build a brand-new level, Dimmuborgir, the Dark Castles. Completely new terrain, a distinct visual style, even more challenging obstacles. We hope you’ll enjoy it all.
Marek - our Environment Artist and Łukasz - our Lead Designer at work;)
Dimmuborgir
Dimmuborgir- Quality enhancements. Of course, we’ve enhanced the looks of our French championship locations and the sound of trucks after a visit to Europa Truck Trials in Montalieu-Vercieu, another trip we talked about in a previous blog post.
- VFX. It was time to add some visual effects. We hope the gif gives you an idea – the particle system is fully operational, and now we’re just introducing more VFX. It all adds to our fun with the game, so hopefully, you’ll enjoy it, too.
- The damage system. Not only will the “hit points” of the truck change when you ram into obstacles or crash down a cliff. Now, it all affects the truck’s performance. Drive a damaged truck, and your engine will stall, your gears won’t work, suspension will sag too much, and wheels may start to slip.
- Upgrades. You can now upgrade your truck to match your play style. You can tweak engine power, suspension stiffness, steering angle, and more.
- Reinforcements. Do you enjoy reckless driving, but it causes massive damage to your truck? Don’t worry, you can now reinforce the vehicle and protect vital systems.
- Tire air pressure. The behaviour of the truck on different terrain changes depending on the amount of pressure in the tires. So, we now allow players to change that pressure.
- Save game. Your best scores, truck damage, level progress, and many more details are finally saved safely by the game.
- UI. All the above system changes and modifications required upgrades in the user interface. It has better UX, looks and performance.
- Bug fixes and optimization. Always.
Thanks for joining us for this update on Heavy Duty Challenge development. We’ll be posting more when we have a bunch of new features to talk about. Don’t forget to join Discord and Steam Forums and say hello.
All the best,
Nano Games
[hr][/hr]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165530/Heavy_Duty_Challenge/