Alternativa Games is a small studio with a big heart. We have been developing games for more than 15 years. Our main project is Tanki Online. The game is over 14 years old, and it still wins the hearts of millions of players.
ALTERNATIVA 3D
In 2006 the developers that formed the «AlternativaPlatform» company created the «Alternativa3D» engine. On that foundation they made their first game - «Alternativa». For two years, the company continued to develop small browser games and applications.
In November 2008, the developers returned to the idea of developing a tank action game and create a demo application called «Tanki». The game was much more diverse than the previous «Tanki for Two» project, both in graphics and gameplay. It was a multiplayer action about tanks on Flash technology. The demo was developed using the «Alternativa3D 5» graphics engine.
«Tanki» became the prototype of the «Tanki Online» game, for which the closed beta testing began in May 2009. It is worth noting that at that time, the game received an award at the Game Developers’ Conference (KRI 2009) in the category “Best game without a publisher”. This shows that while only being at the testing stage, the game had already received positive feedback in the gaming industry.
A few months later, the game was released to the public. The game audience had just started to form. Everybody knew each other. Developers played together with the first users. That was the period when the most dedicated “veterans” joined the Tanki Online project. In those times, the prices of items were different, and new bugs and various glitches were constantly found. It was basically a chaotic start of development.
TANKI 2.0
The project had gained more achievements at the beginning of 2012. On January 4, the 7,000,000th player registered in the game. The popularity of the game increased rapidly, with the 10 millionth player registering just over 2 months later on March 25!
The launch of the official V-LOG of the game deserves special attention in the life of the project. In this V-LOG, community managers of «Tanki Online» talked about many different aspects of the Game: development news, tournaments, contests, and future updates. From here on, the VLOG became the primary channel of communication between the players and the developers.
Alongside the current “Tanki Online” project, Alternativa Games began the development of a new project called “Tanki Online 2.0”. It was supposed to be a brand new product with more realistic graphics, a more convenient UI, and a huge amount of convenient options and functions (social networks, mobile gaming, etc.). However, after one and a half years, it was decided to scrap that project and gradually transfer most new features from it into the existing version of “Tanki Online”.
KRI
«BEST GAME WITHOUT A PUBLISHER»
2009
KRI
«BEST TECHNOLOGY»
2009
Russian flash awards
«BEST GAME»
2009
Russian flash awards
«GRAND-PRIX»
2009
Russian flash awards
«TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT»
2009
KRI
«BEST TECHNOLOGY OF KRI»
2011
RUNET PRIZE
«POPULAR VOTE»
2013
Dev Gamm!
«BEST GAME»
2013
RUNET PRIZE
«POPULAR VOTE»
2014
Brasil Game Show
«BEST GAME»
2014
TANKI ON UNITY
At the end of 2015 the first stage of closed beta testing of the game «Tanki X» - a separate version of «Tanki Online» on Unity was held.
The pros of Unity are obvious. The active development of Unity itself provided good prospects for the implementation of new solutions in the future, as well as minimal labor and time spent on the implementation of existing ones. This also means that the graphics could be much better and more diverse, and the physics more realistic, making the gameplay itself more interesting.
The «Tanki X» project existed for 3 intense years and gave thousands of players many positive emotions.
Now the studio continues to develop its flagship project, «Tanki Online», which is available on PC, and also on mobile devices as of 2018.
TANKI ON HTML5
Over the years, many events have taken place in the game, and valuable experience has been accumulated. We have constantly added new game elements, modes, and mechanics, mastered the Flash technology platform, and after its closure - switched to HTML5
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