Battle your friends online in a Retro Tank Party!
It's a wild 2-4 player, top-down tank shooter to keep you trash talking your buddies into the wee hours of the night.
Starting on April 20th, 2021, the game is available on both on Itch.io and Steam. (If you buy on Itch.io, you'll also receive a Steam key.)
Necessary equipment
- A broadband internet connection. This is online only, baby!
- Friends to play with online. There is matchmaking, but this is a tiny indie game - don't expect to find randos to battle. It's super cheap - buy a couple copies for your friends!
Controls
Mouse & keyboard:
- WSAD or arrow keys = drive your tank
- Mouse = aim
- Left click = shoot
- Right click = use ability
Gamepad:
- Left stick or D-pad = drive your tank
- Right stick = aim
- Right trigger = shoot
- Left trigger = use ability
Source code
This is an Open Source game! The code available under the MIT license over on GitLab.
You should still totally buy it, because (1) that'd be nice thing to do, and (2) we're running the server so you don't have to. :-)
In the wild
- Top Steam Games To Tryout in April 2021
- Gameplay video by itFredda
- Free Apps For Me: Retro Tank Party Review
- Apps Like These: Retro Tank Party Review
Devlog
Retro Tank FIESTA v1.4: Translations!
Added translations to Spanish, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Chinese (simplified) and Chinese (traditional)!
Retro Tank Party v1.3: New Art Styles!
Three new art styles, along with bug fixes and updates to physics and the rollback netcode.
Retro Tank Party v1.2: Rollback Netcode!
This is the biggest change to the game EVAR! All the netcode and physics have been completely rewritten to support rollback and prediction.
Retro Tank Party v1.1: Team mode, new powerups, control scheme and more!
The first major update patch is here! Check out the video and/or the GIFs to see what all the fuss is about.
Devlog #6: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in 6 weeks (6th week and postmortem)
The game is released! We look back at the project and do a postmortem: What went well? What went badly? And what's the coming in the future?
Retro Tank Party v1.0 is released on Steam! (Join the launch day stream at 10am CDT)
Finally, the 1.0 version is released and on Steam. Join me on live stream at 10am CDT to celebrate! oh, and it's by birthday too. :-)
Devlog #5: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in 6 weeks (4th and 5th week)
Loads of bug fixes... Nakama server upgraded... Password reset added... We're down to the last week before release!
Devlog #4: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in 6 weeks (3rd week)
Sound and music added, and the visual appearance of all of the UI has been redone. The game is way less embarrassing to show. :-)
Devlog #3: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in 6 weeks (2nd week)
Steam approved the build, we have a signed and notarized MacOS version, and there is now the ability to make additional match modes.
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Devlog #2: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in 6 weeks (1st week)
It's been a busy first week: got the Steam page up, implemented Steam login, did two live dev live streams, and much more!
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Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam in only 6 weeks!
To celebrate my birthday and learn the Steam platform, I've decided to try and launch RTP on Steam in ~6 weeks!
Switched to WebRTC for networking (and changed name to "Retro Tank Party")
The story behind the rename, plus the how and why of switching the networking to use WebRTC.
Lots of playtesting and minor improvements for "Battle Tanks"!
A diary from several days of playtesting "Battle Tanks" and the results.
Creating "Battle Tanks" for the MDW gamejam 2019-09
I streamed most of my time creating "Battle Tanks" for a gamejam and discuss my experience.