Thumb Tanks (tuxdb.com)

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Prepare for thumb-fueled hilarity with Thumb Tanks, a splitscreen bash for two to four players! Dive into the mayhem where fun, chaos, and one-upping your buddies take center stage. Thanks to easy controls, everyone's invited—grab your gamepad, gather those coins, and let the thumb-battle festivities kick off!

Choose from eight tanks, each with a unique special skill.
Including an afterburner, EMP blast, shield, cloaking device, self-shooting sentry, burst fire, air support, and an attack drone.
Use your special skill wisely to outsmart your opponents.

Collect coins to buy power-ups in designated shops on the map.
Repair your tank and reload its systems.
Switch to offense with nukes, cluster bombs, and electronic torpedoes.
Combine special weapons for even greater mayhem!

Upgrade your tanks after each round. Enhance your attack, buff your health, make your tank faster and more options available.
Choose from a random selection out of 20+ upgrade with different strengths.
Lagging behind? No worries—those at the bottom of the standings pick first.

Get medals for showing your skills. Your sweat will be rewarded!
Get different amounts of points for bronze, silver and gold medals.
Medals do influence the scores. Kills are not everything!

Challenges are mini side tasks that you find on the map and must complete within a short time.
If you succeed, you will receive additional benefits to improve your tank between rounds.

Start with deathmatch and team-deathmatch.
You can unlock Sudden Death, Domination, Goliath, and even more game modes by completing achievements.

Embark on battles suited to your skill level with the simple rank system.
Experienced players can select a handicap, while newcomers can enjoy advantages.
Players of different skill level can play together!

Ready to conquer? Wishlist Thumb Tanks now and be the first to dive into the fun chaos when the game launches!

Skipping early access

Hey, just a quick update. I'm still working on the July update and fixing a few tricky bugs. I've decided not to release the game through Early Access, but as the real thing for two reasons:
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I want the game to be as bug-free as possible at launch, so players aren't buying a beta full of issues.

Early Access often means an incomplete game. Thumb Tanks is nearly complete, with about 90% of the final content ready. I want players to experience a mostly finished game, not an early version.
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That being said, Im still planing on fixing bugs that come to light after the release and add some new ideas from players feedback.

In summary, I want clearer expectations. At release, you'll get a stable game to enjoy with friends, not a buggy first version. I hope to release it in 2024, but it might push to 2025 to meet these goals.

Want to help? Join the discord for regular game test sessions. All testers get a free key on release day!

[ 2024-07-09 11:23:40 CET ] [Original Post]