Eventually, we’ve got one of the best controls in the genre out there. At the same time, we wanted the controls system to be as friendly for newcomers as possible.ĭuring the development we studied what other PVP action games on mobile have to offer and verified our intermediate results using usability testing. We’ve designed controls to be flexible and adjustable-a user can change HUD layout, enable/disable some auxiliary functions (useful for experienced players-secondary fire button, look-around area), switch between right-hand and left-hand. Selecting zoom level manually on touch would have been painful. The smart-zoom system automatically determines zoom level depending on the distance to an enemy tank. The game has an auto-aiming system, which helps lead the target minimizing the number of swipes and fire on the move more effectively. We’ve done a few innovations that were supposed to “ease user’s pain” when controlling the tank on touch. It’s far more important to understand battle tactics-know the map with its lanes and choke points, coordinate with the team, take advantage of your vehicle’s strong sides, determine the weak spots of the enemy team, etc.īack to the controls. Player’s precision and reflexes are still important, but they are no longer a decisive factor. We intentionally tried to slow down the pace in game to make it comfortable to control the vehicle on a touch device. The fact that tanks in their essence are slow and sluggish vehicles did help us a lot. It’s always the case with mobile action games, especially in real time. Designing controls was the most difficult thing for us.

What was the most difficult element while developing World of Tanks Blitz? How is that different from World of Tanks PC? We recently spoke with Dmitry Yudo about what it took to bring World of Tanks Blitz to Android, and now we’re looking at how the team extracted the raw elements that makes World of Tanks such a hit and crafted them into a standalone game on a mobile and tablet platform.

Since its release in June of 2013, World of Tanks Blitz has been taking the mobile world by storm, and with its recent release on the Android platform complete with cross-platform play, we wanted to figure out what it was exactly that makes World of Tanks Blitz a unique mobile and tablet experience.

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