Heavy Duty Challenge Devlog #17: the HDC development update
Hi All and welcome to another Heavy Duty Challenge devlog. How have you been? Because we have been busy! Here’s the HDC development update:
1. New Levels – plural
Do you remember last time, when we promised a new level? Well, we decided to go a little further and build more of those. We are still using the environment of the Polish Jura region, but we have made two maps to play:
- “Jurassic Highland, Poland” is a truck trial level which will allow you to beat hardcore challenges in a sports competition. We use this terrain for the (separate) tutorial levels, too
Source: Nano Games, Jurassic level with a view of the castle. Work In Progress.
- “Disenchanted Forest” is an open level for cross-country play and exploration
Source: Nano Games, Five Gates. Work In Progress.
2. Five Gates mode
Why build an “open world” level in an obstacle-course-based truck trial game? To introduce a new game mode, of course, which we called Five Gates. It is a scavenger hunt of sorts – but in a truck! You go on a cross-country drive into a forest and search for gates to pass, for which you get points. But the forest hides many secrets and there is plenty of exciting, beautiful and funny locations to visit for bonus score.
Source: Nano Games. Work In Progress.
3. Life
Looking at the screenshots from the new levels, you will surely see a difference to previous iterations of the game – we’ve finally added foliage, bushes, grass and trees. Hopefully, you’re just as excited about this as we are – the feature was challenging to implement and keep the game optimized. But the team did great!
Source: Nano Games. Work In Progress.
4. Dirt
So far, all trucks looked awesome but very, very clean. Now they will get dirty as you play, to capture how real truck trials always end: with everything and everyone happy, but covered in dirt from top to bottom.
Source: Nano Games. Before and after. Work In Progress.
5. Localization
The game will be available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese & Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
6. Leaderboards
Getting leaderboards to work got us pretty competitive at Nano Games, and we’ll keep trying to beat each other in the trials until you, the Players, come along and put us to shame with your scores.
7. Platforms
As you remember from the last devlog, the game will be available on PC Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Porting is going well, thanks for asking.
Source: Nano Games. In the office;)
On top of all that, we’re bug-fixing, optimizing, and testing, to make the game fun and high-quality.
We hope you enjoyed this devlog, stay tuned for more. Add the game to your wishlist, and leave a comment or a question below. Join our Discord and Steam Forums, or find us on social media for more HDC news.
Best,
Nano Games Team
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165530/Heavy_Duty_Challenge/
1. New Levels – plural
Do you remember last time, when we promised a new level? Well, we decided to go a little further and build more of those. We are still using the environment of the Polish Jura region, but we have made two maps to play:
- “Jurassic Highland, Poland” is a truck trial level which will allow you to beat hardcore challenges in a sports competition. We use this terrain for the (separate) tutorial levels, too
Source: Nano Games, Jurassic level with a view of the castle. Work In Progress.- “Disenchanted Forest” is an open level for cross-country play and exploration
Source: Nano Games, Five Gates. Work In Progress.2. Five Gates mode
Why build an “open world” level in an obstacle-course-based truck trial game? To introduce a new game mode, of course, which we called Five Gates. It is a scavenger hunt of sorts – but in a truck! You go on a cross-country drive into a forest and search for gates to pass, for which you get points. But the forest hides many secrets and there is plenty of exciting, beautiful and funny locations to visit for bonus score.
Source: Nano Games. Work In Progress.3. Life
Looking at the screenshots from the new levels, you will surely see a difference to previous iterations of the game – we’ve finally added foliage, bushes, grass and trees. Hopefully, you’re just as excited about this as we are – the feature was challenging to implement and keep the game optimized. But the team did great!
Source: Nano Games. Work In Progress.4. Dirt
So far, all trucks looked awesome but very, very clean. Now they will get dirty as you play, to capture how real truck trials always end: with everything and everyone happy, but covered in dirt from top to bottom.
Source: Nano Games. Before and after. Work In Progress.5. Localization
The game will be available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese & Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
6. Leaderboards
Getting leaderboards to work got us pretty competitive at Nano Games, and we’ll keep trying to beat each other in the trials until you, the Players, come along and put us to shame with your scores.
7. Platforms
As you remember from the last devlog, the game will be available on PC Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Porting is going well, thanks for asking.
Source: Nano Games. In the office;)On top of all that, we’re bug-fixing, optimizing, and testing, to make the game fun and high-quality.
We hope you enjoyed this devlog, stay tuned for more. Add the game to your wishlist, and leave a comment or a question below. Join our Discord and Steam Forums, or find us on social media for more HDC news.
Best,
Nano Games Team
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165530/Heavy_Duty_Challenge/