Beasts of Steel (tuxdb.com)

Hello everyone! It's been a while since our last official dev update, and some of you may have noticed the pause. Heres whats been going on: As you know, were a small teamjust my brother and medeveloping this game. Over the summer, we took a well-deserved break to spend time with family. When we returned in September, I needed to address some issues and make updates to our first game, Hex of Steel, which took about a month. While I was busy with Hex of Steel, my brother continued work on BoS. However, the updates he made didnt warrant a full changelog as they werent major changes. Right now, hes developing a brand-new map set in Normandy, designed with more open spaces to improve tank engagements and overall visibility. Hes also optimizing our vegetation assets for better performance. On my end, Ive finally started working on humanoid infantrya feature thats been long overdue. We needed to establish a solid foundation before making such a significant change (which was my priority). With the games current state stable enough, its now time to bring this feature to life!
Venturing into 3D character development is uncharted territory for us. For those of you who have been following our progress, you know this is the first time were dealing with 3D characters and animations. Its an exciting challenge, and while it may take some time to implement, Ill aim for quick, functional results so we can get back to testing as soon as possible. Additionally, the IS-2 tank will be included in the next update, and youll notice an upgrade in texture quality. Were shifting to a new texturing workflow using Substance (for those familiar with it), and the results are significantly more realistic and high-quality. We think youre going to love it!

I wanted to share this update to keep you all in the loop on our development progress. For more frequent updates and sneak peeks, be sure to join our dev channel on Discord. Wed love to see you there! Thank you for your attention!

[ 2024-10-09 11:35:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Beasts of Steel

Valentin Lievre Developer

Valentin Lievre Publisher

2024 Release

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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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