Where the game is going

Version 2.30.0

Out now, on PC

• The Online world: an account, a base on the server, every paid battle checked by replaying it.
• The war map with other commanders' bases, stars and dollars to win; revenge attacks.
• The siege without end, with records; the base's own defense; the Dominion's surprise attacks.
• Live defense when your base is attacked, with the general attack, and duels between friends.
• Eleven troops trained in one barracks, with levels to 15 and a stance for each troop; ten commander cards; artillery in three modes, the flak gun.
• The tech tree at the headquarters: fifteen technologies in Economy, Army and Defense.
• Dollars, Intel and gold: the research center's Intel every hour, gold for looks and Intel.
• The commander's road to level 50, eleven ranks and the captain's promotions to Veteran; missions, medals, leagues and seasons.
• Day and night by the real clock, the sun moving with it, storms with real thunder, and four kinds of weather that change a battle's numbers.
• Looks: four seasons for the base and the Ghost Legion, worn from the wardrobe.
• The name Troopstorm, its icon and its opening.
• Deleting the account from Settings → Account, and the licenses of everything the game uses.
• Troop voices and callouts; English and Romanian.

Showing the game

• This site, a short video and screenshots.
• A Discord server for feedback, bugs and testers, and the first posts on Reddit and itch.io.
• The first wave of players: friends first, then whoever wants to try it.

Running well everywhere

• The three quality levels tuned with the figures from players' machines (the F8 panel in the game).
• Fewer draw calls and less memory on low, so old laptops hold a steady frame rate.
• Freezes caught as they happen, with what caused them, so they can be found and fixed.

Oil and tanks

• Oil, a fourth resource, from an oil rig; Drilling in the tech tree prepares it.
• A tank factory, tanks and armored cars.

The doctrines

• At headquarters 25, at the end of each branch of the tech tree: Logistics (a heavy convoy, reserves), Assault (quicker respawns, the truck's guard, smoke, the captain's reach) and Fortification (one more bunker, artillery more often).

Android, as a closed test

• The same game in an app: the same account, the same bases, the same battles against PC players.
• Menus made for a finger, a graphics level for phones, and a performance budget on a mid-range phone.
• A closed test on Google Play, then the store.

The story

• The story of Varkan, the Free Legion and the Iron Dominion, told in the game.

iOS

• TestFlight with a public link, then the App Store.

The alarm on your phone

• A push notification when your base is attacked, and the live defense joined straight from it.

Steam

• A store page with a wishlist and a Playtest, if the game finds its players.

Being weighed

• The medic's healing gun, and defense medals in the Online world.
• The Crows: mercenaries without a flag, for special events.
• Support tickets answered from inside the game.