Beasts of Steel (Closed Beta)

To test the game, just join the discord and ask for a Steam key. 

Itch.io cannot host the game's files as they are too big (5 GB) so we are doing the closed beta on Steam instead. I am giving away steam keys to playtest the game to anyone asking one :)

We are a team of two, it's just my brother and I. He is the artist, he does the level design, modelling, while I am the programmer. We will welcome any constructive feedback and act on it. Don't be afraid to get in touch with us! We are listening to the players (we know what it is, we are both players before being game devs).

Our vision for the realism of this game is somewhere in the middle. You will not have to empty an entire mag to kill an enemy. You will not be able to carry a machine gun as a main weapon and a rifle as a secondary weapon. We try to stick to realistic loadouts. You will play as a pretty average soldier.

You will die very quickly if exposed to enemy fire. You will be shell shocked if you stay near a gun while it fires (seriously, don't). 
Trees can be destroyed, either by shooting at them or driving them over with tanks (or crashing with planes).
Terrain can be deformed and there will be craters wherever a shell or a bomb hits the ground.
Tanks have plenty of shell types with realistic behaviours (AP, APC, APCBC, APHE, APCR, HE, HEAT...). Damage model for tanks takes into armour armour slope, armour thickness at impact point, angle of the impact and shell type. All vehicles have modules (Engine, Turret, Gun, Tracks...) that can all be damaged/destroyed. Crews can and will also be killed.
There are ricochets, and there is no limit on them, go crazy and kill with physics!

Now, what's really new about Beasts of Steel is its strategic level on top of the tactical level. On the very last screenshots you can see that there will be several campaigns consisting of maps made out of hexagons. It is turn based, but the battles can be resolved at a tactical level, as a traditional shooter.
You will have resources to manage (Steel, Oil, Rubber, Aluminium, Tungsten) in order to produce units, create armies, and capture victory points. It will play like our first game Hex of Steel, but with more resources, and battles in first person if you wish so.

• One map: Fields of Normandy (2km x 2km)
  
• 4 Countries: USA, UK, Germany, Soviet Union
  
• 71 planes
  
• 75 ground vehicles
  
• 179 weapons (Small arms and vehicle weapons included)
  
• 30 static weapons (AT/AA/MGs...)
  
• 5 gamemodes: Deathmatch, Hold the Flag(s), Paratroopers attack, Bombers attack, Survival 
  
• Online games: up to 64 players
  
• Offline games: up to 128 players

• More maps
• More vehicles
• Bug fixes
• Stability improvements
• Better localization
• UI/UX improvements
• Improved physics
• Higher player count multiplayer games
• Human looking infantry
• New factions (DLCs): Japan (Pacific), Finland (Winter War)

Communication with the players is very important to us. Those of you who know me from our first game already know that I (as the programmer) am super fast to release patches (we're talking within the hour) when something is not working as expected, or implementing players ideas. For those of you who don't know me, feel free to read some of the reviews under our first game (Hex of Steel).
All of that to say, we value communication, and constructive criticism. If there is something bothering you in the game, or if you have a brilliant idea, let us know! We have a discord you can join to chat with us in real time (almost any hour of the day or night), or a good ol' mail.

Discord link: https://discord.gg/Tn63mrwJyH
Support email: valentinstudio@icloud.com