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Retro Tank Party

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

Category
Commercial
Release status
Released
Code
Game Jam
MDW Game Jam 2019-09
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Devlog

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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!

Video Devlog
Wednesday, 2021-03-03 @ 1:31pm Read more
Title screen of Retro Tank Party with the WebRTC logo on it

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.

Devlog
Wednesday, 2019-10-23 @ 1:26pm Read more
Screenshot from a playtesting session

Lots of playtesting and minor improvements for "Battle Tanks"!

A diary from several days of playtesting "Battle Tanks" and the results.

Devlog
Thursday, 2019-10-03 @ 12:01pm Read more
Screenshot of 3 players in Battle Tanks

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.

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Tuesday, 2019-09-24 @ 9:31pm Read more