Operation Citadel (tuxdb.com)

Leaving EA on the 31 st of August. Get them game now before I change its price to 14.99usd !
Join us on Discord -> https://discord.gg/tavRA6W
Hi I'm Valentin, young French developer of 21 years old. I started this game in December 2019 from scratch after playing my first wargame for a couple of hours.
Working alone on it with my brother who's responsible for the art.
This game features :

Over 700 units
Customizable units (Rockets, bombs, drop tank, torpedo, trucks, half tracks, horses etc)
A rank and experience system for the units, and the player
Any country you want to play
A unit editor (Create or modify any unit you want)
A tile editor (create or modify any tile you want)
A country editor (Create any country you want)
A map editor allowing you to recreate any battle of your choice (up to 300 x 300 hexes and above if your PC can handle it)
A fully functional steam workshop to upload your work to, and download other's
An entire Europe map
An entire Pacific map
An entire Eastern front map
A campaign for major countries, with a core-unit system (Keeping units between scenarios)
A supply line mechanics (Optional)
Blowing up or repairing bridges mechanics
Diving / going to surface, and spotting mechanics with submarines
Retreat, surrender, capture mechanics
A morale mechanics (Optional)
A season mechanics + weather mechanics (Optional)
No time limit to complete scenarios if you don't want to
Daily, or almost updates
A complete guide on Steam + official tutorials on youtube
A cool developper :))

Operation Citadel isn't just about the eastern front, and even less just about one battle. To be honest, all good names were taken and I could not think of one.
If you have a better idea, I would be happy to hear it, send me an email or drop by our discord !
The game should run just fine on pretty much anything. If not, you'll get a refund, but let me know so I actualize the requirements !
If you have any suggestion, critic to make, send an email or leave a message on the discord, or open a topic in the forum. You will ALWAYS be answered to.
And last but not least, if you like the game and want to support me, leave a positive / constructive review here on Steam, share the game with your friends, knock yourself out !

6.7.2

Hello everyone :)

I just came home, and I am already pushing out an update!

Here's the changelog:

ADDED

Europe 44 scenario.
Light inf. 43 for Australia.
Light inf. 43 for New Zealand.
M3 Grant for Great Britain.
Type 3 ka chi for Japan (Amphibious).
Italian commander Giovanni Messe.

CHANGES

You can now deploy units while all units are hidden. No need to keep toggling ON and OFF.
Turkish light infantry graphics.
Improved Overlord 44 balance / realism.
Improved Europe 41 balance.
Improved Europe 42 balance.
Improved Europe 43 balance.
Mods loading code improvements.
[strike]Mods can now support any resolution for units / tiles. They will be upscaled automatically to the games standards. For example, base game units are 1024x1024, they roughly are 300kb, a 256x256 weighs about 70kb, which is more than 3 times less. This allows you to make lighter mods that should also increase loading speed. Visual difference is minimal. [/strike] CANCELLED. Converting graphics triggered an auto generation of mipmaps (What are mipmaps? ) and as a result all units or tiles or flags from mods looked blurry. Sorry. I have no workaround, I cannot delete them or not generate them, its some low level shit from the engine API.
Encirclement modifier now is a % instead of a fixed value. It used to be -5 to final damage from 2 units and above (per unit). It is now changed to -15% damage per unit from 2 units and above.
Finnish winter damage bonus also gets changed from +5 to +15%.
Hills do not add a fixed +5 to the damage, but a +15% damage.
Recon attack bonus is no longer a fixed 5 damage but a +15% damage.
Landing penalty is no longer a fixed -5 but a -15% damage.
Generals/Commanders do not give fixed damage buff anymore but a percentage. So, the value of their stats is now a percentage instead of a hard value. If a commander has 15 in soft damage, this translates as all units within range of this commander will receive a +15% damage bonus to soft damage. Using percentages is better for balance and for modding. adding a flat +15 to soft damage would completely break the balance and overpower artillery for example.
Many changes and improvements to the damage calculation system.
Updated the manual.

FIXES

Multiplayer not working when joining (PBEM or Real Time).
Random scenarios generation black screen.
Damage breakdown inconsistencies (total not adding up to final damage).
AI not properly buying ships.
AI not properly buying planes.
AI was landing on mountain tiles.
Flags mipmaps were too harsh and I decided to remove them entirely. Flags should now always be crispy even from a distance.
Mod's thumbnails will keep their aspect ratio when seen in game.
Doctrines/Policies panel not resizing automatically (could not pick lower ones).
Air commanders/generals were not buffing air units.

[ 2023-07-20 19:39:28 CET ] [Original Post]