Beasts of Steel (tuxdb.com)

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Hello everyone! Those of you who are on Discord will know about all of what's going to follow, as this post is meant for those just looking at the page of the game on Steam from time to time. First of all, welcome if you're new! I appreciate you're taking the time to read through this :) Now, I know it's been a while since any changelog were published, the reason is that I am still actively working on my first published game and it takes a huge amount of my time. Working on two projects at the same time is a daunting task, especially when you are the only programmer! My brother and associate however is focusing only on BoS, but modelling and texturing is a very slow process, he also recently had to learn a bunch of new tools and technics (to work on buildings) so this took time too. We are currently working on making a brand new map, with all of the new tools we have acquired in the last few months. So, yeah! That multiplayer upgrade is well under way now, we have played several playtests since then, finally with all vehicles unlocked! So, it's playable :) I have also started reworking the ballistics of all projectiles in the game to have a super-duper detailed ballistics system with as much control as one can have, example screenshot:
Since we have over 184 weapons currently, this will take a little while to complete... Remember, I'm the only programmer, and some weapons have up to 5 or more types of shells, so this is a really time consuming task. BUT, this is for the best, we will end up having a super nice ballistics system which goes really in depth. As part of this ballistics upgrade, I have actually finally started working on an actual 'dispersion' system for projectiles. Previously (currently) projectiles obviously have realistic physics, but the thing is they will have a perfect parabolic trajectory. No wind, no nothing. So I am working on that too, using some real life accuracy tables, which will be on a per shell type basis... All of this on top of still actively working on our first game while maintaining a social life is obviously hard and comes at a cost... of time! Hope you all guys can understand, it's not a 30 people team here, nor a 10, but a two people team (with external help from the community, we love you guys!) Will be publishing more news when stuff is actually over, take care in the meantime ;)

[ 2024-04-16 20:22:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beasts of Steel

Valentin Lievre Developer

Valentin Lievre Publisher

2024 Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA Tags

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🕹️ Partial 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 SETUPOS: 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
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: 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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