SXSW Gaming is tomorrow! We have travelled all the way from Australia to attend SXSW in Austin and we are so excited to exhibit Pico Tanks in the Indie Corner (Booth 2016)
Pico Tanks won a SXSW Gaming Gamer's Voice Award! We are incredibly grateful to everyone visiting the booth at SXSW Gaming this weekend and it's an honor to be voted your favorite indie mobile game at SXSW. Thank you! If you missed the livestream, here it is: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/396670857?t=01h21m32s
Pico Tanks Beta Version 8.0 Update is out! - Info button on tank items to see stats & fun descriptions - So many balancing changes (so many) - You can now stare into sparkly abyss of the updated Galaxy Skin - The Orange Metal Skin is now more orange! View the complete changelog here: https://www.pandaarcade.com/picotanks/changelog/ You can join the beta here: https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
Here is a brief breakdown of the map making process for Pico Tanks. Our 3D artist, James, has a dedicated dev blog on the Pico Tanks Discord. So if you want some sneak previews of development, please join our community: https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd First, our 3D artist models the cliffs. Adds the floor terrain. Then the vertex painted rivers are added. The floor is painted and all the props are placed.
SXSW Gaming was a success! This was our first expo since we reached beta so it gave us a good understanding of our audience and allowed us to get instant feedback from players. Lots of tweaks to be made - new version will be out soon! We have a photo album of our trip on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/picotanks/photos/?tab=album&album_id=652918415152943
Pico Tanks Beta Version 9.0 Update is out! - Team command emotes to coordinate your team (ATTACK, GROUP UP and HEAL ME) - 16 new skins inc. a MOVING Lava Lamp Multicolour View the complete changelog here: https://www.pandaarcade.com/picotanks/changelog/ You can join the beta here: https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
The Spud Launcher: Made from parts found in your garage and fridge. Give your enemies their daily dose of vegetables!
The strongest team prevails! Abilities like the Cannon Turret and Attack Drone really put that extra stress on your enemies. Play the Pico Tanks beta this long weekend! https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
New level themes are in the works... To get more frequent development updates or to join the Pico Tanks beta, please join us on our Discord! https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
For a bit of fun we made an AR lens for Snapchat. Right is AR Pico Tank, left is 3D-printed Pico Tank. If we made more Pico Tanks merch in future, what would you like to see? To get the lens, scan the code or follow the link to open in Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/unlock/?type=SNAPCODE&uuid=3d03a48f3ca042f4ba899f0b06ee33be&metadata=1
The Throwable Repair Pack ability deploys a small repair pack into battle that can be picked up by anyone. How nice of you! This new ability will be in Pico Tanks Beta Version 10.0 which will be out very soon. You can sign up at https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
Pico Tanks Beta Version 10.0 is out! Changelog: https://www.pandaarcade.com/picotanks/changelog/ - New matchmaking system auto-finds players in nearby regions for you - Spawn invulnerability - Throwable repair pack ability +19 more changes! Beta signups: https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
The blue bar around the tank charges up with energy which can be spent on abilities. Some things cost more than others and you definitely need a strategy in place to ensure you use the right abilities at the right time! What are your favourite abilities? Do you save up for those Airstrikes and Repair Zones or do you prefer to just go crazy with cheaper abilities like the Throwable Repair Pack and Smoke Grenade?
I like air strikes, you can corner the enemy when they’re on low health and push them from one side and call the air strike on the other
That sounds like a really good strategy. It's really satisfying when you get someone with an airstrike. Energy well spent!
Yep, it’s rare to actually hit people with the air strike but ,like you said, when you do but it’s so satisfying
While you're waiting for your friends to finish customizing their tanks for a 3v3 Battle, refine your skills in a 1v1 Showdown match! You can join the iOS and Android beta here: https://discord.gg/rBHzEMd
We don't have a date decided just yet. We hope to soft launch in June, so I would say we would aim to launch globally on iOS and Android maybe two months or so after that. It can be a bit hard to pin down a date, so we will keep you updated on our progress as best we can
We've uploaded the repo of this simple UI rays shader made in Amplify Shader Editor for anyone to use! Hope someone appreciates the share Have fun! In this example, we've used this shader for the rays behind some UI in Pico Tanks: Multiplayer Mayhem, and we wanted to share this resource with our community. This project was built using Unity 2019.1.0f2. The shader is created with Amplify Shader Editor (ASE v1.6.6 rev 00) plugin but you don't need it to run the project, edit or use the shader. ASE will make understanding and editing the shader much easier. http://amplify.pt/unity/amplify-shader-editor/ What is in the project? A shader that generates customizable rays from a single point based on a low resolution image. Here's the repo: https://github.com/PandaArcade/UIRays
