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Army Ops Early Access Content Survey
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Army Ops Development Log #01 - Black Gold (Pipeline Remake)
Join us as we take you behind the scenes and showcase the layout changes, including the addition of new connectors, elevated vantage points, and strategic improvements around Objective D. We'll also discuss how these changes enhance gameplay dynamics and spread combat importance across the entire map.
Your feedback is crucial in shaping the future of Army Ops, so be sure to share your thoughts on the layout changes and suggest additions you'd like to see on this iconic map. Don't forget to wishlist Army Ops on Steam to stay updated on its development progress and follow us on social media for exclusive content and community engagement.
Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for more exciting updates in the next episode of the Army Ops Dev Log series!
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An Exciting New Chapter for Army Ops: The Polygon Art Development Kit
we couldn't be more thrilled to share a momentous development in the world of Army Ops. Over the past three years, our dedicated team, despite being small but mighty, has been hard at work crafting something truly extraordinary: the Polygon Art Development Kit (PADK). This universal game development kit is our way of saying thank you for your unwavering support and patience.
The Journey Behind the Polygon Art Development Kit (PADK)
Army Ops has always held a special place in our hearts, and we knew it was time to take a bold step forward. But here's the kicker: we're not just making changes for the sake of it. We've painstakingly developed the PADK, and it's a game-changer.
What Can You Expect with the PADK?
We've poured our heart and soul into this kit, and here's what it brings to Army Ops:
Three Years in the Making: We want to give a huge shoutout to our amazing community for your patience. We know three years is a long time, but we promise it's been worth it.
Small Team, Big Dreams: We might be a small development team, but our dreams are anything but small. The PADK is a testament to what passion and dedication can achieve.
Almost There: We're excited to share that nearly all of Army Ops' features are now running on the PADK. We're on the cusp of porting over the entire game world.
Elevated Features Coming to Army Ops with the PADK
We're taking Army Ops to new heights with the PADK, and here's a sneak peek of the features you can look forward to:
Immersive Multiplayer: Get ready for intense PvP battles, engaging coop missions, and even more action-packed multiplayer experiences.
Enhanced Singleplayer: Solo players, you're in for a treat. Enjoy better visuals, more powerful weapons, and exciting new missions.
Varied Vehicles: Take control of tanks, planes, and boats in large scale multiplayer battles.
Realism Redefined: Experience a more authentic gaming world with advanced physics, full controller support, intense close quaters combat and more.
Cross-Platform Play: No matter your gaming platform, you can join forces with friends and rivals across different systems.
Capture the Moments: With our Photomode, you can capture and share epic moments from the game.
Craft Your World: Our Map Editor lets you design your custom battlefields, adding a personal touch to your gameplay.
Smarter Enemies: AI opponents are getting an upgrade, making them even more challenging and realistic.
Committed to Hardcore CQC Battles and America's Army Legacy
At the heart of Army Ops lies an unwavering commitment to delivering hardcore Close Quarters Combat (CQC) battles—a legacy inspired by the renowned America's Army games. We proudly embrace the essence of America's Army, preserving all the best elements while infusing fresh and innovative ideas, such as large-scale battles and the inclusion of vehicles, to propel Army Ops forward as a spiritual successor. Our goal remains clear: to provide you, our dedicated players, with an unforgettable gaming experience that honors the past and ushers in an exciting future.
The Unfolding Story of Army Ops
As we transition into this exciting new chapter, we're also diving deeper into the world of Army Ops. Get ready for revamped factions, each with its own gripping narrative and unique identity. The game world is evolving, and we can't wait for you to experience it.
What's Next?
Our Steam page, website, and all things Army Ops are getting a makeover to match the incredible changes happening within the game.
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We're grateful for your support, and we can't wait for you to experience the new and improved Army Ops. Thank you for being part of this journey with us.
Army Ops Monetization Survey
We value your dedication to Army Ops and are excited to share our progress with you. As we continue to improve, change, and test the game on a weekly basis, we want to keep you informed about our developments. For the latest updates and insights, join us on the Army Ops Discord.
We understand your anticipation for more information, including a release date. We assure you that a detailed look into the game will be shared once it reaches the desired level of polish for Steam. As we move closer to the release, we also need your help in evaluating the details of monetization. Please take the time to fill out this survey to aid us in making informed decisions.
We want to assure you that Army Ops will remain Free-to-Play, and we stand firm against introducing an in-game shop. Our priority is to maintain gameplay integrity and fairness, fostering an immersive experience for all players.
Your candid responses will guide us in determining the areas of utmost interest and establishing appropriate price expectations. Developing and maintaining Army Ops requires significant resources, and your honesty is vital to our future decisions.
Together, let's shape Army Ops into a true masterpiece, delivering an extraordinary gaming journey for all. We deeply appreciate your unwavering support!
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SURVEY
The year 2022 in review
the year 2022 is coming to an end and it's about time to review the year and Army Ops development. And what a ride this year was....
Lets get the negatives out first so we can focus on the but stuff and the future later on!
What went wrong
The year started off with a disaster in multiple ways. The unjustified russian war against ukraine had and has a massive impact on the world in different ways. We were hit by this agression in a way almost killing the company. Over night a large part of our outsourcing partners which where all located in ukraine where no longer available and in war. We lost a lot of highly skilled artists and developers supporting the development of various Polygon Art titles. We had to reshuffle, replan and scale down or alternate years worth of planning and development. This slowed down the development of Army Ops and all our other projects....
What worked well
We successfully updated to Unreal Engine 5.1, implemented Easy Anti Cheat and managed to get a fully working stats backend working.
What changed
We have reevaluated the development progress and made a critical change. We changed Army Ops levels into a seamless Open World!
And before you quite reading here is why and what this means!
The change to Open World has no impact on the gameplay! Missionwill still be played as before in a locked down smaller environment. The change to an open world will increase the immersion as the backdrop of one Mission are other real mission available within the game. It will also allow us to build larger Gamemodes which combines 2 existing mission locations next to each other into one big mission.
On overview of the current existing Gameworld. In this screenshots there is visible:
- Substation (SF Blizzard)
- Mountain Pass
- Bridge
- Bridge SE
- Outpost
- HQ Raid
- Impact
- Alley
All reimagined and updated or in the progress of getting there for the Army Ops gameplay.
Or imagine a Coop invasion mode where the entire gameworld is filled with AI and a squad of players can work on liberating the entire gameworld. What I want to say with this, with smarther planning and the use of an open world structure allows us to build more content in less time!
Walktrough of OP_Substation
The Pioneer class is available (tool just a placeholder) with the ability to construct and/or repair objects which can be destroyed by objectives or players.
OP_Substation and OP_Outbost, both currently in the testing phase available maps.
What is up ahead for 2023
We will finalize the stats backend in 2023 and with it intoduce player ranks and unlocks. Missions will be expanded and enhanced. The Weapon 2023 Setup will be made available (with more detailed animations and smother gunplay) and our first larger scale gamemode will be revealed and tested.
YOU CAN TEST THE GAME NOW!
You can test a new version of Army Ops now and play on OP_Substation and OP_Outbost!
Be aware we cut a lot of unfinished stuff from this version like the Medic, the new gunplay and backend integration. This is also the reason why it's no public playtest this time. Head over to the Army Ops Discord to get all informations on how to test this new version!
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Update 0.1.2 - Bot Support
the next Army Ops update is now available to test.
Changelog
- added basic bot support
- added server options to enable bots
Please be aware that bots are currently very early work in progress. They don't follow any greater tactics and do not work fully with the UI (Killfeed, Ping, Scoreboard). They will allow you to play alone on Dedicated or P2P Servers and will get improved in the future!
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Update 0.1.1 - Grenade cooking and Scope update
the next Army Ops update is now available to test.
Changelog
- added new grenade animations and the ability to cook grenades
- added basic sliding mechanic (crouch while sprinting, 2s cooldown)*
- added propper scope rendering for ACOG and Sniper Scope*
- added ACOG option to the S98 and temporarly removed Sniper Scope B10
- added jump landing sounds
- updated mouse by disabling mouse smoothing and adjusting base sensitivity**
- updated jump mechanic
- updated and added new jump animations
- updated walk, run and sprint animations
- fixed issue with dead players tag name tag still rendered
- fixed issue with sniper sensitivity settings are ignored
- fixed several minor issues
*This is an experimental feature with some rough values to make first tests and by no mean final.
**This will require for most players to update the ingame mouse sensitivity.
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Hotfix 0.1.0a
- fixed Master Volume sound issue
- updated Weapon Depot interior lights
- updated Sniper ADS sway
- updated M4A1 base accuracy
- updated AK12 base accuracy
Army Ops | Development Access Release + Playtest
it's finally time to play Army Ops! We give you the chance to now play Army Ops in a very early version to provide feedback and help to improve the game!
Whats the development status?
You can now access Army Ops 0.1.0, as the version number suggests ist far from beeing completed. Features are missing or incomplete but the entire game is playable and halfway stable. With this version we want to gather more feedback, so please leave your toughts and ideas here in the communty hub or on Discord . Just don't expect a finished and polished game!
What's the content of this version?
- 3 Maps (Weapon Depot, Dam, Mesa)
- 4 Weapons (M4A1, AK12, S98, Glock19)
- 5 Attachements (RedDot, Aimpoint, ACOG, Sniper Scope, Sniper Scope B10)
- 2 Gadgets (Frag Grenade, Smoke Grenade)
This version does not produce ranking data or does unlock anything. Everything is currently available to everyone with no restrictions. This will change with further development!
How can I play?
There are currently 3 ways to play Army Ops.
- You get a Steam key for Army Ops via Discord and can play without limitations
- You join the limited Playtest, get instant access which is time limited
- You download the standalone version from army-operations.com or from IndieDB (requires Epic Games Account to play).
Right now 2 official servers are online (1x EU, 1x USA), more are in preperation. Dedicated Windows Server files are included as well as an option to host P2P sessions from within the game.
Attention: Army Ops is using Easy Anti Cheat which needs to be installed to start the game!
Do you have more questions? Feel free to ask them!
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Army Ops | Sitrep #001 - Road to Release
it's been a while since the last news. It's finally time to break the silence and share whats happend, what will happend and most important - the release date!
Army Ops is around for quite a while and has undergone some major changes over the years. The long lasting silence is an outcome of those. We where not happy with the quality of the game, the code has gotten to bloated and the game was lacking and identitly and clear direction.
We fixed those issues and set out a clear path!
Army Ops will be a spirtitual successor to all America's Army games with it's own ideas mixed into!
We will take the best from America's Army 2, 3 and Proving Grounds and combine them with new and fresh ideas. We won't carry over every design aspect of every America's Army game and will make cuts and changes which my please the one and angers the other. But we think those changes will pay out!
We need to do our own thing while paying heavily tribute to America's Army. We will present all changes to the community and communicate all changes with all of you. If the majority (and not only the loud part) disagrees, we will alter the design!
TACTICAL TEAMPLAY
Army Ops is a grounded PvP shooter, blending between Close quarter combat experience and open terrain combat. The game focuses on teamplay and will prioritize team and mission oriented actions before kills, even more then any America's Army game before. This will be due to the ...
UNIQUE CLASSES
Each Team is setup of unique classes which are crucial to it's teams success. The game will feature the classes Rifleman, Sniper, Medic, Pioneer and later also Support. Right now Rifleman and Sniper are implemented with the rest to follow. All classes are designed to work together even tighter then before.
Our game changer is the Pioneer.
Maps will be more dynamic then before. The pioneer can lock down doors and close up a path for all players. Only another friendly or OpFor Pioneer will be able to unlock the path. If your team kills all OpFor Pioneers while at least one of yours is alove, you can deadlock certain paths. Or the pioneer blows up a wall and permanently opens a new route for the rest of the round.
PROGRESSION
A unique and rewarding progression system is the backbone of Army Ops! Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Honor and your gameplay stats will be tracked and will define your overall Rank! Friendly fire, civilian casualties or working against the team and it's mission objective' will have strong negative impacts on your rank. Higher ranks will grand you access to additional equiement which is balanced for specific roles and actions.
Army Ops will not feature a battle or season pass, your Rank is persistent. There will be no traditional maximum rank, it will naturally grow and keept the playerbase closer together in terms of unlocks and progression.
Here is an example with made up values: Army Ops is releasing and the maximum Rank is 30. Content Update 1 is added to the game and will increase the maximum Rank to 40 while adding a new Weapon or Tool to unlock at Rank 35.
GAMEMODES
Army Ops will support:
- Operation (12v12) - either as Exfiltration or VIP variant
- Team Deathmatch (6v6)
Not all modes may be available at launch and more will be added over the lifetime of the game.
MAPS
Army Ops will feature a variety of new and old maps. While we know you would like to see all classic America's Army maps brought over to Army Ops, this is not entirly possible. We can carry over maps but we will need to make changes to it's setting and layout (copyright) and buildings maps takes a lot of time. Army Ops can't have 20+ maps at launch but eventually get there over time!
We selected a few maps which will be reimagined and set up a roster of new maps as well. Here are they:
WEAPON DEPOT
Reimagining of the classic AA2 map Weapons Cache.
Status: playable
BRIDGE
Reimagining of the classic AA2 map Bridge.
Status: playable
HEIST
A new CQB focused mission inside a bank.
Status: playable
UPCOMING MAPS
BIO LAB (Hospital reimagination)
DERAILED (new Map)
SUBSTATION (new Map)
CASTLE (new Map)
BLACK GOLD (Pipeline reimagination)
And many more ...
MISSION EDITOR
Army Ops will provide an detailed ingame mission editor which allows easy but flexible creation of custom missions. Host your creations in a P2P lobby or on a dedicated server and share it with the community. When you join a server with custom maps, you won't need to download any new files to your system and wait in long download queues - it's instantly available!
The Mission editor won't be available at Early Access start and will be added in a future update.
SERVER & SECURITY
Play on Dedicated Servers or host your own Peer-2-Peer Match!
Army Ops is partnering with 4NetPlayers to provide powerfull Gameservers to all Army Ops players. Rent your own Server, host it on your own machine with the Windows Server Files or just start a Peer-2-Peer Match right out of the game!
Army Ops will use a multi layer Anti Cheat System. Easy Anti Cheat will be used in combination with a robust reporting system and the ability for server admins to fully maintain their server with a local ban list.
PLATFORMS
Army Ops will be for now PC exclusive with console ports following later. The game does already run on Switch and Xbox. Crossplay will be fully supported but can be modified on server level and filtered out via Serverbrowser.
We value the community and a heatly server status extremely high. For this reason Army Ops will never feature any form of Matchmaking! Host your own server, it's listed in the Serverbrowser and build your own server wide community with your rules and your own map rotation with user made maps!
Army Ops will release in several stages!
Stage 1
March/Early April - Playstest 2
Play Army Ops via Steam Playtest for another weekend.
Stage 2
5th May - Earliest Access
From this day on you can play Army Ops whenever you want. Those who already have access to the full game on Steam can play via Steam, everyone else can use a standalone Non steam download to play (requires Epic Games Account)!
Stage 3
2nd half 2022 - Steam Early Access
Army Ops will now be fully available via Steam.
Stage 4
When it's ready - Final release
Army Ops will be free!
It's just free! No micro transactions, no ingame store, no paid DLCs! You will be able to enjoy Army Ops without paying any money for a long time. We will offer the option to support the game via Donation DLC's and will with each major update release a extremly limited boxed version of the game (only available via Polygon Art and no other online Store).
At some point in development, we will reach Army Ops 2.0 and this is the time console version will release and the game will transistion from entirly free to a one time purchase (~15$). But until then, it's fully free!
Army Ops will evolve and grow with the Content Packs system. As Army Ops does not have a Battle Pass or any Seasons, we won't release in fixed intervals and rather when an update is ready.
Content Packs will contain, as the name suggest, new content. This content can be Weapons, equipment and or Maps. Those Content Packs will have a name and theme, for example 'Special Forces' and will add content around this theme.
We plan on having at least 3 of those Content updates before we reach Army Ops 2.0. In between those Content Updates will be regular patches improving the game.
A full roadmap will be listed once it's suitable to share it. For the sort therm, we plan to replace the old M4 and AKM model in the game with those new and high quality models:
They should be ready for the next Playtest.
Q: Will there be trainings like in America's Army 2?
A: No! We had them in but replaced them with a more in depth progression system we will share details on soon!
Q: Will there be a Honor level?
A: Yes, but it's just called Ranks in Army Ops with is calculated by your Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Honor and other gameplay stats.
Q: Are statistics beeing tracked?
A: Yes, with the Steam Early Access start Stats and Ranks will be recorded after a completed match. An external website with soldier profiles might come at a later date.
Q: Will there be ROE?
A: Yes! You will get heavily punished for friendly fire and playing against the mission objective and can loose ranks.
Q: Will there be Unlocks?
A: Yes you will unlock new weapons. Those are alternate variants with specific strengths and weaknesses. Attachements do not need to be unlocked.
Q: will there be VOIP?
A: Later, yes! Right now VOIP is just not high enough on the priority list but ingame VOIP will be added!
Q: VWhat about Mod tools?
A: We won't release a full mod SDK for now. However the ingame map editor will allow you to create detailes new missions.
Do you have more questions? Feel free to ask them!
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