Development Status #22

[h2]Dear Tankers,[/h2]

Welcome to our 22nd Development Status. Check out our two weeks of work.

Milestone

Currently, a machine park in which players can repair tanks and battle levels are separated from each other. Our biggest task at this moment is to transfer damages that the player’s tank has taken from battle level to machine park and also transfer repaired tank state to the next battle level with its customization and settings. Once we will have that done we will continue to work on the next campaign missions. Right now we are working on two battle levels simultaneously and on the repair station level. All those levels are being tested on regular basis. We are very strict with testing to find out any bugs and to improve gameplay.

For us testing is based on few things:

Optimization - If the game runs smoothly on our computers.
Pacing - How much time it would take for a player to finish certain objectives.
Balance - How does difficulty escalate, game can’t be too difficult at the beginning and too easy at the end. Also, it can’t be too boring or too intense.
Gameplay - If the game is just fun.
UI - If it is easy to find what to do, how to interact with objects around if we guide intuitively player through the game.
Integrity - How does each gameplay part correlate with other aspects of the game.
Visual - Since the beginning of the production of the game we’ve been focusing mostly on functionality, features, and gameplay design. As we are more confident after all those gameplay tests that our game is fun, we begin to focus more on the visual aspect of the game.

Sounds
We’ve finished work on some sounds in the last 2 months.

Weapons:

- Soviet

SVT-40 Rifle
PPSh41 submachine gun
M1895 Pistol
Maxim MachineGun
DP28 MachineGun

- German

MP40 submachine gun
MauserC96 Pistol
Karabiner98k Rifle
Schmeisser Bergmann MP18 submachine gun
Luger P08 Pistol
PZB Panzerbüchse 39 anti-tank rifle

Explosives

M1A1 Bazooka
Panzerfaust
Hafthohlladung Panzerknacker
Tellermine 42
Springmine 35
TM-35 Mine

Vehicles

- T-34/76

Engine
Cannon shot
DT Machine Gun shots

Character Controller

Walking
Running
Jumping
Aiming
Getting in vehicles through hatches
Picking up objects
Placing objects on vehicles
Taking off objects from vehicles
Basic Inventory
Interaction with crane
Simple character customization
Basic sounds effects

Interactive Notebook
In repair station player will have a notebook to manage his tank, squad, resources, etc. It’s still a work in progress and the notebook’s content may vary in the game from what we’re presenting now. Its current content is:

- Tank Status
- To Do list
- Machine Park Info
- Equipment

Ammo
Fuel
Tools

- Customize Vehicle

Paint camouflage
Paint Emblem
Paint Numbers
Paint Text

- Next Mission Info
- Tank Squad

Vehicles
Infantry
Support
Recon

Gameplay Repair Tests

- Redesign a machine park

We are going to make it larger
More space, wider roads
Parking for at least 6 tanks
Fuel Station
Ammo Station
Repair Station
Headquarters
Make enough space for players
Train station
Trucks
Interactive NPC units
Tank parts
New Character: Feldgendarmerie

- Improvements in environment

New vegetation
New props
Fixed collisions
Optimized props
New NPCs with new animations

- Sounds

Footsteps
Crane
Ambient

- UI

Interactive Notebook
Colorful outlines for interactive objects
Ghost objects to show player where to place objects
Changes in key binding
Changes in 2D UI

Environment

Terrain
Terrain materials
Trees
Bushes
Optimization

In previous development statuses, we’ve been showing you trees, bushes, and optimization (LODs). This time we’ll focus on terrain materials such as grass, ground, mud, sand, etc. Those materials come from Substance Source Library and we are going to modify them to fit better our environments.

Wallpapers
Recently we’ve been asked by our community members to share our concept arts as wallpapers. You can download high quality Tank Squad wallpapers in our discord. Invitation link below! :)

Thank you and have a good weekend!
DeGenerals