Can you believe that Clustertruck is launching tomorrow? We sure can't. The guys at Landfall are hard at work making a final launch build, while the tinyBuild side will have to drive a truck around San Diego today.
Exciting launch features
I want to take a moment and talk about some of the exciting features we'll have on launch
Replays allow you to see ghosts of players who have beaten levels faster than you. I found myself playing levels over and over again chasing ghosts of other players. While the truck simulation is different between you and the ghost, it's still amazing to see what others have been able to pull off.
Workshop Level Editor allows you to create, share, and play user levels. We've seen some fantastic -- and unintentional uses -- of the editor, and are excited to see what you come up with. The weird part for me is that you can pay great parkour levels that don't require trucks.
A full-on Single Player Campaign with tons of replayability -- you've seen the levels, and there's a lot of them. Aside from the replays feature that puts ghosts in for you to compete against, there are a ton of modifiers and abilities at your disposal.
We've already talked about Twitch Integration in a previous post, and there's a reason we're doing it. Because everything ends up at TwitchCon!
TwitchCon Launch Event
If you're in San Diego, come by and take a picture of yourself next to a giant truck we're parking in the middle of the San Diego Convention Center.
There's a slight problem though.
We need to park it there tomorrow in the morning. You need to get transportation into the hall before everyone starts building up. In order to do that, the truck needs to have only 1/4 of its gas tank.
The problem is that when you pick up a rental truck, it always comes with a full tank of gas.
This means we need to pick up the truck in an hour from this post, and drive around until there's 1/4 of a gas tank left. We figured we'd use this opportunity to visit all the touristy places in San Diego and make pictures of.. a truck. We'll be livestreaming this on Facebook from my phone, join us at http://facebook.com/tinybuildgames if you want to see what it's like marketing indie games.
Last Chance to Save 20%
You have just over 24 hours from this post to save 20% on Clustertruck if you haven't done so already. The game unlocks tomorrow around 10am PST.
Can you believe that Clustertruck is launching tomorrow? We sure can't. The guys at Landfall are hard at work making a final launch build, while the tinyBuild side will have to drive a truck around San Diego today.
Exciting launch features
I want to take a moment and talk about some of the exciting features we'll have on launch
Replays allow you to see ghosts of players who have beaten levels faster than you. I found myself playing levels over and over again chasing ghosts of other players. While the truck simulation is different between you and the ghost, it's still amazing to see what others have been able to pull off.
Workshop Level Editor allows you to create, share, and play user levels. We've seen some fantastic -- and unintentional uses -- of the editor, and are excited to see what you come up with. The weird part for me is that you can pay great parkour levels that don't require trucks.
A full-on Single Player Campaign with tons of replayability -- you've seen the levels, and there's a lot of them. Aside from the replays feature that puts ghosts in for you to compete against, there are a ton of modifiers and abilities at your disposal.
We've already talked about Twitch Integration in a previous post, and there's a reason we're doing it. Because everything ends up at TwitchCon!
TwitchCon Launch Event
If you're in San Diego, come by and take a picture of yourself next to a giant truck we're parking in the middle of the San Diego Convention Center.
There's a slight problem though.
We need to park it there tomorrow in the morning. You need to get transportation into the hall before everyone starts building up. In order to do that, the truck needs to have only 1/4 of its gas tank.
The problem is that when you pick up a rental truck, it always comes with a full tank of gas.
This means we need to pick up the truck in an hour from this post, and drive around until there's 1/4 of a gas tank left. We figured we'd use this opportunity to visit all the touristy places in San Diego and make pictures of.. a truck. We'll be livestreaming this on Facebook from my phone, join us at http://facebook.com/tinybuildgames if you want to see what it's like marketing indie games.
Last Chance to Save 20%
You have just over 24 hours from this post to save 20% on Clustertruck if you haven't done so already. The game unlocks tomorrow around 10am PST.
Clustertruck will have Twitch Integration featuring plenty of ridiculously insane modifiers.
It works very similar to how Party Hard did it:
Authorize via Twitch OAUTH
An in-game UI appears and chatbot notifies of voting periods
Chat votes on #1, #2, #3
Once the odds are in, an event is chosen based on the provided odds. It means that a lower percentage event might win. The casting vote user will be highlighted in the game itself.
Possible Events
- Exploding Trucks Trucks explode all over the place. - Inverted Everyone loves inverted controls, right? - Laser Trucks The trucks have lasers. Yes, the same ones that insta-kil you. Good luck. - Earthquake The ground starts to shake, because the game is too easy. - Bouncy Trucks As a kid, I always wanted a bouncy castle. - MinMax You’re going to love this one. Won’t spoil it for you. - Low Gravity The gravity is low and you can jump higher. - Double Gravity Everyone is suddenly very heavy. - Thin Trucks The trucks lost some weight and fall on their sides. - Fat Trucks The trucks got some weight on them and are wider than usual.
We are sending out media keys today and look forward to watching streamers play this!
Clustertruck will have Twitch Integration featuring plenty of ridiculously insane modifiers.
It works very similar to how Party Hard did it:
Authorize via Twitch OAUTH
An in-game UI appears and chatbot notifies of voting periods
Chat votes on #1, #2, #3
Once the odds are in, an event is chosen based on the provided odds. It means that a lower percentage event might win. The casting vote user will be highlighted in the game itself.
Possible Events
- Exploding Trucks Trucks explode all over the place. - Inverted Everyone loves inverted controls, right? - Laser Trucks The trucks have lasers. Yes, the same ones that insta-kil you. Good luck. - Earthquake The ground starts to shake, because the game is too easy. - Bouncy Trucks As a kid, I always wanted a bouncy castle. - MinMax You’re going to love this one. Won’t spoil it for you. - Low Gravity The gravity is low and you can jump higher. - Double Gravity Everyone is suddenly very heavy. - Thin Trucks The trucks lost some weight and fall on their sides. - Fat Trucks The trucks got some weight on them and are wider than usual.
We are sending out media keys today and look forward to watching streamers play this!
Pre-Purchasing Clustertruck gets you the Pre-Alpha of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
The guys at Landfall Games have been working hard on Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to include the Pre-Alpha for it with Clustertruck.
By Pre-Purchasing Clustertruck you get access to the Pre-Alpha that'll be updated until its November Open Alpha launch. This Pre-Alpha doesn't get you the full TABS game.
This is a way to thank everyone for pre-purchasing Clustetruck, and a way for you to pass the time while you wait for the release on September 27th.
The main benefit the dev team gets is the ability to update the build for TABS remotely instead of sending everyone e-mails with updates -- surely issues will pop-up before the build can be freely shared.
So enjoy the TABS Pre-Alpha and see you all in Clustertruck on September 27th!
- If you already pre-purchased Clustertruck, check your Steam library for Totally Accurate Battle Sim. It's playable now.
Pre-Purchasing Clustertruck gets you the Pre-Alpha of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
The guys at Landfall Games have been working hard on Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and we thought it would be a good opportunity to include the Pre-Alpha for it with Clustertruck.
By Pre-Purchasing Clustertruck you get access to the Pre-Alpha that'll be updated until its November Open Alpha launch. This Pre-Alpha doesn't get you the full TABS game.
This is a way to thank everyone for pre-purchasing Clustetruck, and a way for you to pass the time while you wait for the release on September 27th.
The main benefit the dev team gets is the ability to update the build for TABS remotely instead of sending everyone e-mails with updates -- surely issues will pop-up before the build can be freely shared.
So enjoy the TABS Pre-Alpha and see you all in Clustertruck on September 27th!
- If you already pre-purchased Clustertruck, check your Steam library for Totally Accurate Battle Sim. It's playable now.
You can now pre-purchase the game at 20% off. There's a little surprise waiting for everyone who pre-purchases, we're announcing it next week. It's going to be amazing.
You can now pre-purchase the game at 20% off. There's a little surprise waiting for everyone who pre-purchases, we're announcing it next week. It's going to be amazing.
