Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront Development update #119

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Development update #119
Version Date
July 30, 2022
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Development update #119



Community members! We’ve successfully worked our way through the heatwave, sweating it out while development has to continue regardless.
As you will have noticed by now, we have updated the game, and there’s more to tell & show. Here we go.

Update


As we do with every update, we published a complete change log separately. In this update we’ll just skim the surface; the highlights are:
  • Several new mechanics introduced like AT grenade vehicle-throw intercepting, or conquest not ending instantly which allows for a lot of post-battle looting to happen.
  • Added 4 more skirmishes to the Talvisota DLC.
  • A lot of community feedback was processed to improve existing skirmishes & more
  • Some cool new additions to prepare for the arrival of late-war Finland
  • Many bugs were squashed
The bug fixes, however, are always part of our process, regardless of what else is under development.

You’ll also see that we’ve added more voice lines. These were all done by native Finnish speakers, because we truly believe that’s the way it ought to be done.
One of the sets of soldier voice lines was done by Christoffer Weiss. We feel very lucky to have been able to cast him; after all, if there is one voice actor who is not only a true actor, but who is also steeped in Finnish ww2 history, it's him. He starred in the 2004 movie “Beyond the Front Line” (Framom främsta linjen) which is set right in the middle of the Talvisota DLC theme. No wonder his voice lines turned out brilliantly. Have you heard them yet?

Development


We’re progressing very well into the next milestones. Dozens of new 3D models and assets are already out of the pipeline and there’s a lot more to come. We’re also contemplating some surprises in the future, but we can’t tell you yet - for obvious reasons. We are working on more than just the next nation - several new projects are being developed.
What we can show you is some more maps we’re working on, the use of which is under discussion internally, but we’ll let you know what we will use these for at some point in the future.
Have a look - and remember this is work in progress:


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Did you know?

  • We just published chapter 3 of our video tutorial series
  • The tutorials are bundled in a separate YouTube playlist
  • We came close to being banned from a Hollywood job site because we were looking for “male voice actors only” for our Finnish soldier voice lines
  • The London Underground is NOT a political movement
That’s it for this short blog, see you on the battlefield!