Closed Beta: Update #33
KV-2 with full physics and new armour system. New 'auto zoom when camera gets closer' setting in the TANKS category of settings. Useful for console users or for lazy people, basically the camera will zoom automatically when you get closer to the camera's target (meaning your vehicle). New UI visual cue to let the player know if a weapon can be used or not (red background means weapon is unavailable)
Damage UI feedback readability increased. Moving the camera closer or further away from the tank when playing a tank is now different. You can no longer manually change the height, the height will automatically be set as you move closer/further away from the tank. This has two effects: 1) Preventing any potential cheating by placing the camera super high to see above the vegetation (I was the first to use it so I don't blame you). 2) Easing controls when playing with a controller. Panther D ammo loadout. American AT infantry (Bazooka) loadout now has an M1 Garand as secondary weapon. Increased max zoom when zooming in with tanks. Changes to the Fields of Normandy map, prototype of trenches added. Various texture changes.
Getting out of a plane while landed on the ground could make you spawn half inside the terrain. Auto fill for missing progress data. Could not repair tank tracks. Broken LODs on some tanks. You could use external MGs on tanks from another seat while peeking out than the seat having access to the external MG. Example: Gunner could use commander external MG while peeking out. Moving turrets / guns now has proper 'controlled' smoothing of movement. It was a bit random code-wise before, now it is entirely under control and has actual logic to control it. Aim dot would be shown when using static weapons and you would be looking behind it.
[ 2023-12-06 22:31:08 CET ] [ Original post ]
ADDED:
KV-2 with full physics and new armour system. New 'auto zoom when camera gets closer' setting in the TANKS category of settings. Useful for console users or for lazy people, basically the camera will zoom automatically when you get closer to the camera's target (meaning your vehicle). New UI visual cue to let the player know if a weapon can be used or not (red background means weapon is unavailable)
CHANGED:
Damage UI feedback readability increased. Moving the camera closer or further away from the tank when playing a tank is now different. You can no longer manually change the height, the height will automatically be set as you move closer/further away from the tank. This has two effects: 1) Preventing any potential cheating by placing the camera super high to see above the vegetation (I was the first to use it so I don't blame you). 2) Easing controls when playing with a controller. Panther D ammo loadout. American AT infantry (Bazooka) loadout now has an M1 Garand as secondary weapon. Increased max zoom when zooming in with tanks. Changes to the Fields of Normandy map, prototype of trenches added. Various texture changes.
FIXED:
Getting out of a plane while landed on the ground could make you spawn half inside the terrain. Auto fill for missing progress data. Could not repair tank tracks. Broken LODs on some tanks. You could use external MGs on tanks from another seat while peeking out than the seat having access to the external MG. Example: Gunner could use commander external MG while peeking out. Moving turrets / guns now has proper 'controlled' smoothing of movement. It was a bit random code-wise before, now it is entirely under control and has actual logic to control it. Aim dot would be shown when using static weapons and you would be looking behind it.
Beasts of Steel
Valentin Lievre
Valentin Lievre
2024
Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
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We are a team of two, it's just my brother and I. He is the artist, he does the level design, modelling, while I am the programmer. We will welcome any constructive feedback and act on it. Don't be afraid to get in touch with us! We are listening to the players (we know what it is, we are both players before being game devs).
Our vision for the realism of this game is somewhere in the middle. You will not have to empty an entire mag to kill an enemy. You will not be able to carry a machine gun as a main weapon and a rifle as a secondary weapon. We try to stick to realistic loadouts. You will play as a pretty average soldier.
You will die very quickly if exposed to enemy fire. You will be shell shocked if you stay near a gun while it fires (seriously, don't).
Trees can be destroyed, either by shooting at them or driving them over with tanks (or crashing with planes).
Terrain can be deformed and there will be craters wherever a shell or a bomb hits the ground.
Tanks have plenty of shell types with realistic behaviours (AP, APC, APCBC, APHE, APCR, HE, HEAT...). Damage model for tanks takes into armour armour slope, armour thickness at impact point, angle of the impact and shell type. All vehicles have modules (Engine, Turret, Gun, Tracks...) that can all be damaged/destroyed. Crews can and will also be killed.
There are ricochets, and there is no limit on them, go crazy and kill with physics!
Now, what's really new about Beasts of Steel is its strategic level on top of the tactical level. On the very last screenshots you can see that there will be several campaigns consisting of maps made out of hexagons. It is turn based, but the battles can be resolved at a tactical level, as a traditional shooter.
You will have resources to manage (Steel, Oil, Rubber, Aluminium, Tungsten) in order to produce units, create armies, and capture victory points. It will play like our first game Hex of Steel, but with more resources, and battles in first person if you wish so.
- One map: Fields of Normandy (2km x 2km)
- 4 Countries: USA, UK, Germany, Soviet Union
- 71 planes
- 75 ground vehicles
- 179 weapons (Small arms and vehicle weapons included)
- 30 static weapons (AT/AA/MGs...)
- 3 gamemodes: Deathmatch, Hold the Flag(s), Paratroopers attack
- Online games: up to 32 players
- Offline games: up to 128 players
- More maps
- More vehicles
- Bug fixes
- Stability improvements
- Better localization
- UI/UX improvements
- Improved physics
- Higher player count multiplayer games
- Human looking infantry
- New factions (DLCs): Japan (Pacific), Finland (Winter War)
Communication with the players is very important to us. Those of you who know me from our first game already know that I (as the programmer) am super fast to release patches (we're talking within the hour) when something is not working as expected, or implementing players ideas. For those of you who don't know me, feel free to read some of the reviews under our first game (Hex of Steel).
All of that to say, we value communication, and constructive criticism. If there is something bothering you in the game, or if you have a brilliant idea, let us know! We have a discord you can join to chat with us in real time (almost any hour of the day or night), or a good ol' mail.
Discord link: https://discord.gg/Tn63mrwJyH
Support email: valentinstudio@icloud.com
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 18 or higher or equivalent
- Processor: Intel i5 or equivalentMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1070 or equivalent
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu 18 or higher or equivalent
- Processor: Intel i7 or equivalentMemory: 16 GB RAM
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: RTX 3060 or equivalentNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 8 GB available space
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