Tankenstein news & patch notes

New hotfix to help with getting stuck on terrain and rocks. Changelist:

• Small rocks and obstacles can now be destroyed by driving over them

• Small adjustments to how the tank handles to make it less likely for it to get stuck on terrain

• Added an "Unstick" button into the pause menu (Just in case)

Thank you all for your continued diligence in reporting these issues.

• Landship Games

A small hotfix to address some issues as reported by the community:

• Can no longer unequip tank parts by ctrl-clicking or ctrl dragging

• Invert reverse controls

• All garages moved to cities or compounds

• Continuing a trial begins in a compound

• Added a tick box in the loot menu to enable/disable autoloot on interact button

• Possible fix for AI tank velocity issue

• Fixed duplication bug

• Fixed "take all" button sometimes not working

• Removed default peripheral bindings to potentially prevent input issues from attached peripherals

As always, thank you all for reporting these issues, we will be posting hotfixes as we work on the bigger milestones.

- Landship Games

Hey all,

The first major update since we have entered early access is here, and it is a big one. There is some new content here and there but for the most part we wanted to make sure the gameplay was as smooth as we could get it first. Thank you all for providing feedback and suggestions on both Steam and Discord, we have seen and read all of it, and these suggestions played a large part in creating this quality of life centered update.

Without further ado, the changelist:

-- UI --

• Updated all UI with new visuals

• Right click an item to mark for "recycling"

• Items marked for "recycling" go straight to recycler (items will only be pulled until the lowest hp equipped item is fully repaired to avoid waste)

• Sort button in inventory added

• Mouse gestures such as "ctrl+left" click to move items can now be dragged to move multiple in a row

• Marking items for "recycling" can also be dragged to mark multiple in a row

• Double clicking an item will equip it in the correct slot (tracks always equip to right track, left has to be equipped manually)

• R.E.M. Screen improvements (no changes to costs or effects of any R.E.M. upgrades)

-- Gameplay --

• Added save system with the inclusion of Garages (explained below)

• New ability: Smoke screen

• New ability: Speed boost

• AI behaviour changes and fixes

• Added new compounds with garages

• Added light and heavy track part variants

• Recombinator now has upgrade limit

• Runs renamed to Trials

• Rebalanced a lot of tank parts

• Fixed a lot of issues

Save system and Garages:

Garages have been added to the game and can be found in the world. These will return the tank to the main menu and save current equipped parts, CPUs and inventory. Progress in the trial will also be saved, defeated bosses will not drop previously collected CPUs and the distance you travelled will be retained.

The trial can be resumed at any time from the main menu. The tank will be reconstructed in a new garage somewhere in the wastelands. The garage the tank emerges from will no longer be functional. After reconstructions the same rules apply as before; if the tank is destroyed the trial ends.

Garages may appear in compounds, cities or as derelict buildings out in the wastes. The will be visible on the radar, you should be easy to spot from far even without it.

That is it for this update. The next big update to look forward to is called Wasteland, and will focus on the environment and more content.

• Landship Games

For the next update (for which we still do not have a release date, but we're well on the way with) we will be introducing a new feature that I wanted to talk about a bit, just to let you all know it's coming. Due to requests for some kind of save system, we will be adding a checkpoint system to Tankenstein.

You will be able to save your current run by finding garages in the world. These will return you to the main menu and save your current parts, CPUs and inventory. Progress in the run will also be saved, defeated bosses will not drop previously collected CPUs and the distance you traveled will be retained.

You can resume your current run at your leisure. Your tank will be reconstructed in a new garage somewhere in the wasteland. The garage you emerge from will no longer be functional, and the distance you previously traveled will be the new minimum distance for the world, you will not be able to return to lower tier areas after reloading a run. Once you roll out of the garage the same rules apply as before; if your tank is destroyed the run will end.

Garages spawn roughly every 2000m. They may appear in compounds, cities or just as derelict buildings out in the wastes. They will be visible on the radar, but you can also spot them from further than that if you know what to look for.

Tankenstein was designed with permadeath in mind. The game rewards going up against the odds to earn as much scrap as you can and spending that scrap on permanent upgrades is only possible at the end of each run. However, we also recognise that sometimes you need to put the game down and it would be nice to be able to continue later. So, a checkpoint system gives an option to save and continue later, while retaining the design philosophy of the game.

The checkpoint system will be available in the "Survival" update. And we're hard at work to get that update to you as soon as possible.

• Landship Games

In preparation for winter festivities we bring you a small hotfix and a little update along with it including the following changes:

• Added a health % number on each part to give more accurate info at a glance

• Added toggle to turn health % numbers off

• Added option to invert X/Y controls

We also decided to update the demo to more accurately represent the current stage of the early access full game:

• Updated demo main menu screen

• Brought in many recent changes to gameplay from the main game

Thank you all for a great first month, and have a lovely winter break.

- Landship Games

Hey all!

New hotfix is here and rolling out. Thankfully there was nothing too pressing so we decided to add a few VFX improvements along with it, but here is the full breakdown of the patch:

• Fixed bug with some buttons not working

• Fixed automatic guns instantly failing fast reload

• Fixed tanks being able to shoot through walls if the gun is poking through

• Some stationary compound turrets were not firing

• Tweaked the gunshot VFX to feel more explosive

• Added Bloom, motion blur and screenshake (As well as the options to turn them off)

• Fixed some errors and exceptions that were found

Thank you to everyone who has played the game, provided feedback, joined us on the discord or left a review. We have been seeing a lot of good suggestions and feedback from you and your comments have helped us prioritize our plans for early access. We will be adding many of the quality of life suggestions we have seen alongside the next big update.

- Landship games

Hey all,

Tankenstein has finally released into Early Access after 10 months of development. It is now in a state we are happy with for the first iteration, but be assured it is only the beginning of our journey. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone in our community again for all of your feedback and support, and we hope to see even more going forward as we craft a great game.

What is in the game:

- 10 tiers of tanks

- A wide variety of items to be found and looted

- 3 bosses

- 4 distinct biomes

- A full meta progression system with incorporated achievements

- Choose from 10 game altering abilities to unlock in each run

What's next:

We have big plans for early access which we will reveal in the coming weeks in way of a roadmap, we want to stay focused. The things we will be adding from here on will be increasing quality of life, bringing all aspects of the game to their best version, balancing and responding to feedback. There will be some more variety that will be added in early access in way of new biomes, but we will divulge more information in due time.

If you find any issues that are not listed, feel free to get in touch. We have a growing and dedicated discord community where you can reach us with any issues or feedback you have, or if you just wish to chat about Tankenstein in general. You can find a link directly from the main menu in game.

Hope you enjoy the game,

- Landship Games

Hey, First of all I'd like to thank you all who have played the game, especially if you filled out the survey or left feedback on discord. Following this feedback we decided to make another hotfix to the demo. We will be addressing a lot of the feedback in the long run but for now the 2 we wanted to focus on for this hotfix are the performance and the difficulty.

The game is meant to and going to be challenging, however the demo does not have any of the tools the player will have in the full version to combat this challenge. We have decided to emulate some of the meta progression as an optional game mode for those wishing to try the game with a better start. We will be keeping the original start for those that want to first run experience, so it is up to you which you play with. (Note: this can be chosen at the start of every playthrough, so it is not a permanent decision)

Other changes in this hotfix include:

• Took out tier 1 light guns

• Took out tier 1 & 2 machine guns

• Addressed issues where excessive particle effects would reduce the framerate significantly.

• Disabled some effects that gave little visual improvement for the performance cost.

We are aware of other performance issues, specifically when using the radar and during terrain generation. These are too large to address in a hotfix, but fixing them is on the task list for later releases.

- Landship Games Devs

After getting some very useful feedback we decided to do one more update to the demo before next fest. These are some of the more impactful changes:

• AI improvements, especially at long ranges.,

• Tank handling and projectile drop tweaks.,

• Various bug fixes

Thank you to all who played the demo and reported issues and gave feedback so far.

- Landship Games devs.

In anticipation for Steam's next fest and as Tankenstein's development ramps up towards Early Access we decided to update the demo with some of the latest features we have been working on. We said we wouldn't update the demo any further, but a lot has changed since the original release and we no longer feel the old demo fully reflects the game as it will be in Early access. Thanks to all the community feedback and support, we have been able to create a much more well rounded experience.

In this update to the demo we have changed/added a lot, but here is a list of the most notable changes:

• Added Lootable CPUs to bosses that can unlock powerful upgrades.

• Upgraded world generation with new compounds, tweaks to terrain, a further draw distance and more.

• Changed suspension model to improve tank handling.

• An improved heat system that adds a new resource to manage when building your tank.

• More and bigger explosions.

• Added weight categories (light & heavy) to make managing weight clearer and more impactful.

• Many balance changes to existing parts and stats.

• Minor CPU stats are now multiplicative instead of additive.

• Improved damage effects to more clearly show which parts have been damaged.

• AI changes to make them behave more fairly towards the player.

We have also slightly expanded the size of the demo, as we want it to reflect the final product as much as possible. The demo still ends at the first boss, but you should now have a little more breathing (and fighting) room.

Thank you for reading, we hope you have fun playing. Join our Discord if you want to share your experience with the game, or just chat with the devs.

- Landship Games devs

Hey all, following a successful launch weekend for our demo and store page we have been hard at work to fix some common issues you found and reported. Here is the full list of changes:

• Added vsync and framerate limiter options

• Toned down some of the more performance heavy effects

• Fixed a handful of minor errors

• Tweaked loot tables and max tier for tanks to remove rare possibility of gaining access to unfinished assets

• Fixed an issue where the UI could disappear

Thank you for all the feedback and support. To be transparent, we won't be updating the demo any further unless a huge problem is found, as we will be putting all of our focus and efforts towards making the early access version of the game.

The devs