Hey everyone,
It is my pleasure to announce that as of today, July 20, 2022, Tanks: The Crusades has reached 100,000 lifetime total units! I would like to thank all of you - everyone who has played this game - for bringing the game to where it is right now.
Some stats:
- Development on Tanks began on March 23, 2018
- Released to the public (on PC and mobile) first December 29, 2020
- Released on Steam June 24, 2021
- 75,600+ lines of Java, split over about 500 classes (but this number keeps going up!)
- 416 Discord members (Join the Discord to chat with them!)
- 1 developer (me!) and 10 contributors on GitHub
- 191 daily active users (average for the last week)
- 15 minutes median time played
- 96 minutes average time played
Thank you once again for playing Tanks! It's been incredibly fun developing this game and hearing your feedback. But before I go, I'd like to leave a bit of information about the next update, Tanks v1.4.
Tanks v1.4 is scheduled to come out pretty soon, in the next few weeks. However, you can test out preview builds of 1.4 NOW! Check out the Tanks Archive to find preview builds, along with past versions of Tanks. You can run these builds with a Java JRE, or replace the Tanks.jar in the Steam local files with the respective JAR. Do note that preview versions are likely to contain bugs. If you need any help, you can join the Discord.
Finally, since the last update about 1.4, I've been working on some redesigns for the tank models to help distinguish the different tank types better (instead of only relying on colors, which some people may have trouble distinguishing between):
You'll be able to mix and match these parts in your custom tanks to make more interesting designs. Also, if you prefer the flat, simpler look of the tanks, you'll be able to revert these changes with an option.
See you soon!