Tank Universal 2

Phil Jones · Dialogue Design

Released: Oct 13, 2016
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 02:53 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

21 May 2019Developer post
Tank Universal 2 - May sale!
Jump in your virtual tank and go head to head with the forces of Gorgon! 10% off until 30th May - now's the time to grab your copy.
23 Apr 2019Developer post
Stickers!
Cheap stickers!
18 Mar 2019Developer post
Update March 2019b: Reshade
A second update this month. The biggest change is that TU2 now uses ReShade. ReShade is an open source DX wrapper - similar to ENB - which allows for a selection of postprocess fx to be added to a game. In this case, TU2 now uses a selection that includes a superior bloom + colou
02 Mar 2019Developer post
Update March 2019: A patch, price drop and a bonus new unit
PATCH New patch for the game Tank Universal 2 today. This includes fixes for upgrades not being correctly retained between levels or when restarting a level after game exited and reloaded. Issue also fixed whereby player could lose upgrades if restarting game at a level where pla
14 Jan 2019Developer post
Tank Universal2 - holiday sale!
Take control of your virtual tank and confront the forces of Gorgon - now 20% OFF until 21 January!
11 Dec 2018Developer post
Tank Universal 2 out of early access
With this latest update Tank Universal 2 moved out of early access and is now officially released. As a lone indie dev, I have to pause and read that line again. It's been a long road to get to this point - many, many hours of work, listening to feedback and incorporating it into
With this latest update Tank Universal 2 moved out of early access and is now officially released. As a lone indie dev, I have to pause and read that line again. It's been a long road to get to this point - many, many hours of work, listening to feedback and incorporating it into code. Plus all the other bits and pieces that go into making a game. And no doubt there'll be a patch or two to come, but TU2 is officially released. Thanks to all those who've stuck with and supported the game over the years. I hope you all enjoy playing this release version and for fans of the first game, I hope it transports you back to that world you may have visited and enjoyed, perhaps ten years ago now. Madjack Notes for this update: Previously locked in upgrades can now be sold on the upgrades menu screen.

Click on the small dollar sign icon next to an upgrade's install bar to sell one install level.
Selling an upgrade will return two thirds of the initial price in upgrade points.
Useful for when you can't afford a sabotage run with your available upgrade points.
Heavy shell noise tweaked to better match TU1's heavy shell fx.

Heavy shells now sound more menacing as they travel.
AI tweaked for more aggresiveness during hub battles.

Friendly and enemy tanks should now be more agressive in moving to secure hardpoints, leading to more conflict in levels that include hardpoints and ground switches.
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30 Nov 2018Developer post
Update December 2018: Pomf edition
This version has since been updated to V1.00. For example, user Pomf recently reported that TU2 running at 4k would cause his 4k TV to switch to 30hz (note that this doesn't appear to be the case on 4k monitors). On further investigation it appears TU2 was creating a 4k window a
31 Oct 2018Developer post
Update November 2018: bughunt
Hi all. End of October, start of November? The year is rapidly dwindling and so it must be time for another TU2 update. At this point all content is in, so the focus is very much on balancing and bug fixing. This update won't fix all the bugs but there's been good progress on kil
01 Oct 2018Developer post
Update October 2018: behemoth build
It's October and the start of Spring down here in New Zealand, so obviously it's time for another TU2 build update. Some excellent additions this last month. Behemoth and (allied) Titans have been reworked. Behemoths can turn up during both offensive and defensive fortress battle
30 Aug 2018Developer post
Update September 2018: boss!
Hi all. It's not quite September but close enough for another update! Some good content included in this new build. First up, a console and basic cheat commands. Hit the tilde key and type help for a list of these commands. God mode, level warp, get extra upgrade points and energ
01 Aug 2018Developer post
Update August 2018: cutscene palooza
Hi all. It's August and I'm happy to announce a new build for the month. The bulk of last month's work has been on completing the artwork for all the cutscenes throughout the game. Although a review may see tweaks to that artwork, the story aspect of the game is now complete. Thi
08 Jun 2018Developer post
Update June 2018: the Winter Kiwi
Hi all. Happy summer to those northern hemisphere dwellers - it's winter down here in New Zealand and a bit chilly too. However time for a new build to be uploaded. Firstly, loading times (apart from the first load into the main menu) have been reduced. Seems that particle data d
02 May 2018Developer post
Update May 2018: closing the loop
Hi all. As promised, public build updated this month. The focus these two months past has been on getting all the levels in and being able to play from 'go to woah'. Well, it's almost there. The final level is under development now and a postscript to George's story comes after t
01 Mar 2018Developer post
Update March 2018: level 10 playtesting
February has come and gone and so it's time to update the public build. As with last month, it has been a mix of content creation + bugfixes + general improvements. Examples: Radar now shows enemy gun ranges as red shaded circles and gun directions as thin lines. This is very hel
01 Mar 2018Developer post
Update March 2018: level 10 playtesting
February has come and gone and so it's time to update the public build. As with last month, it has been a mix of content creation + bugfixes + general improvements. Examples: Radar now shows enemy gun ranges as red shaded circles and gun directions as thin lines. This is very hel
01 Feb 2018Developer post
Update February 2018: level 15 playtesting
Cripes - it's February already. Now that dev is fulltime, things are moving along. A big chunk of this last month has been spent filling in content for levels, particularly 15, 16 and 17. However additional time has gone into some essential bug fixes. LEVEL 15 PLAYTESTING REQUEST
Cripes - it's February already. Now that dev is fulltime, things are moving along. A big chunk of this last month has been spent filling in content for levels, particularly 15, 16 and 17. However additional time has gone into some essential bug fixes. LEVEL 15 PLAYTESTING REQUEST ################### Note that this level is pretty much a re-run of the transport evacuation level in the original Tank Universal - which was something of a crowd favourite. However, be warned, this level is intense. Before the combat starts, recommend visiting the upgrade screen.

Upgrade points have been provided and I would suggest upgrading your armour level, shield regen rate, gun reload rate and turbo time.
I would also recommend upgrading your drop turrets and rockets.
This is all to mimic the upgrades you might have earned by level 15 when playing each level sequentially in the full game.
After exiting the upgrade screen, pick up as many armour shards as needed(look for the cracked rocks).
The enemy will come from the north in waves and try to bombard the transports as they're waiting for lifter pickup on a plateau. They will also call in spotters and bombers. It's imperative to clear the spotters as they will call in powerful airstrikes from the circling bombers. One possible counter-strategy is to place dropturrets as you can afford them, in a defensive line along the northern edge of the plateau, but be wary of placing these just before air raids. They tend to get destroyed by dropped bombs easily. Another option is to jump into a heavy tank, max shields and armor and tough it out. Whatever your strategy, you'll need to pick up whatever shards you can, but may want to resist going too far north lest you find yourself swamped by the enemy and unable to get away. FIXES/IMPROVEMENTS ################### To see details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/523030/discussions/0/1699415798761122352/
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01 Feb 2018Developer post
Update February 2018: level 15 playtesting
Cripes - it's February already. Now that dev is fulltime, things are moving along. A big chunk of this last month has been spent filling in content for levels, particularly 15, 16 and 17. However additional time has gone into some essential bug fixes. LEVEL 15 PLAYTESTING REQUEST
Cripes - it's February already. Now that dev is fulltime, things are moving along. A big chunk of this last month has been spent filling in content for levels, particularly 15, 16 and 17. However additional time has gone into some essential bug fixes. LEVEL 15 PLAYTESTING REQUEST ################### Note that this level is pretty much a re-run of the transport evacuation level in the original Tank Universal - which was something of a crowd favourite. However, be warned, this level is intense. Before the combat starts, recommend visiting the upgrade screen.

Upgrade points have been provided and I would suggest upgrading your armour level, shield regen rate, gun reload rate and turbo time.
I would also recommend upgrading your drop turrets and rockets.
This is all to mimic the upgrades you might have earned by level 15 when playing each level sequentially in the full game.
After exiting the upgrade screen, pick up as many armour shards as needed(look for the cracked rocks).
The enemy will come from the north in waves and try to bombard the transports as they're waiting for lifter pickup on a plateau. They will also call in spotters and bombers. It's imperative to clear the spotters as they will call in powerful airstrikes from the circling bombers. One possible counter-strategy is to place dropturrets as you can afford them, in a defensive line along the northern edge of the plateau, but be wary of placing these just before air raids. They tend to get destroyed by dropped bombs easily. Another option is to jump into a heavy tank, max shields and armor and tough it out. Whatever your strategy, you'll need to pick up whatever shards you can, but may want to resist going too far north lest you find yourself swamped by the enemy and unable to get away. FIXES/IMPROVEMENTS ################### To see details: http://steamcommunity.com/app/523030/discussions/0/1699415798761122352/
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08 Jan 2018Developer post
Update January 2018: sabotage and messaging
Hi all. A new year is here and what better way to get into it than a TU2 update! This update includes: Better messaging on where to go and what to do, particularly during fortress attack levels. This includes radar directions + text. Linking between levels improved. Generally eac
Hi all. A new year is here and what better way to get into it than a TU2 update! This update includes:

Better messaging on where to go and what to do, particularly during fortress attack levels. This includes radar directions + text.
Linking between levels improved. Generally each level will now end with the player being able to call a lifter in when they're ready. This does depend on the player having survived (note: lifters are still a bit buggy and often clip below the terrain. They also need to take the player north rather than south, as they currently do, so another pass needed here.)
Hidden caches are in and working. Once you've won a level, go searching for hidden caches in amongst nearby forests. Rewards include extra upgrade points, player spawns, a beam tank as a wingman or a free sabotage team(see below). Note that caches are not enabled for custom missions.
Upgrade screen now includes an option to sabotage the tower Gorgon is building back at Gorgonopolis. It will be necessary over the course of the game to divert upgrade points to keep the tower from being completed, else it's game over.
Note that a baseline of 150 free upgrade points has been included in this build so the user can try out the sabotage option in the upgrade screen. Final game, you'll need to earn them.
Pressing 'g' (the default eject key) while facing a friendly tank will put the player in that tank. Else touch the tank as per normal to take control.
Nasty bug where fortress defend levels wouldn't trigger as completed due to tanks not moving onto level as they should.
What's being worked on next? The type of each level has been set, now scripting for level specific events needs to be sorted. An example is lvl 10 which is adjacent to a logic gate. Once the player has removed the enemy, they'll need to jetpack to switches either side of the gate to open it. Other things to do: setup more end of level boss types + pylon missions. As always, feedback is welcomed. Madjack
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08 Jan 2018Developer post
Update January 2018: sabotage and messaging
Hi all. A new year is here and what better way to get into it than a TU2 update! This update includes: Better messaging on where to go and what to do, particularly during fortress attack levels. This includes radar directions + text. Linking between levels improved. Generally eac
Hi all. A new year is here and what better way to get into it than a TU2 update! This update includes:

Better messaging on where to go and what to do, particularly during fortress attack levels. This includes radar directions + text.
Linking between levels improved. Generally each level will now end with the player being able to call a lifter in when they're ready. This does depend on the player having survived (note: lifters are still a bit buggy and often clip below the terrain. They also need to take the player north rather than south, as they currently do, so another pass needed here.)
Hidden caches are in and working. Once you've won a level, go searching for hidden caches in amongst nearby forests. Rewards include extra upgrade points, player spawns, a beam tank as a wingman or a free sabotage team(see below). Note that caches are not enabled for custom missions.
Upgrade screen now includes an option to sabotage the tower Gorgon is building back at Gorgonopolis. It will be necessary over the course of the game to divert upgrade points to keep the tower from being completed, else it's game over.
Note that a baseline of 150 free upgrade points has been included in this build so the user can try out the sabotage option in the upgrade screen. Final game, you'll need to earn them.
Pressing 'g' (the default eject key) while facing a friendly tank will put the player in that tank. Else touch the tank as per normal to take control.
Nasty bug where fortress defend levels wouldn't trigger as completed due to tanks not moving onto level as they should.
What's being worked on next? The type of each level has been set, now scripting for level specific events needs to be sorted. An example is lvl 10 which is adjacent to a logic gate. Once the player has removed the enemy, they'll need to jetpack to switches either side of the gate to open it. Other things to do: setup more end of level boss types + pylon missions. As always, feedback is welcomed. Madjack
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03 Aug 2017Developer post
Update August 2017: bugfixes and bombers
Hi all End of the month and given a month was skipped update wise, definitely time to have one now. Not a massive update, but a number of very useful bug fixes and some tasty new content. BUG FIXES Turret blocking exit to level 1 was clipping below ground. Enemy harvesters will n
Hi all End of the month and given a month was skipped update wise, definitely time to have one now. Not a massive update, but a number of very useful bug fixes and some tasty new content. BUG FIXES

Turret blocking exit to level 1 was clipping below ground.
Enemy harvesters will not now be deployed in level 2.
Level 5 cut-scene crash fixed.
Further tweaks to resolve tank traffic jams.
Fixed turrets give upgrade points regardless if destroyed by direct hit or splash damage, when destroyed by player.
Intro scene being replayed on exiting to main menu no longer occcurs.
Tweaks to reduce occurrence of tanks driving over ground switches and change not being registered.
Harvester status in tactical info panel (bottom, mid-left) now updates correctly.
Fortress status in tactical info panel (bottom, mid-left) now updates correctly.
Artillery shell particle distance cutoff extended.
Heavy tank battle range reduced.
Extra on-screen notifications when fortress is breached or fully repaired.
Shard bonus given when hard point converted by player.
http://www.tankuniversal.com/images/04_08_2017.jpg The extra content comes in the return of two units- spotter and bomber. Spotter trawls about until an enemy comes into view - you'll hear him calling out reports - and then directs the circling bomber to come down low and drop a heavy bomb. However the spotter is very vulnerable sitting up there all by himself and if knocked off his perch, the bomber will break off the attack. Note that dropped bombs will do extra damage to fortress walls.
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