Strategic Mind: The Pacific
The Day World War II Ended
For most, World War II is staunchly associated with the fighting in Europe: the endless marching columns of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the bombed out moonscapes of the European cities, and the massive Soviet tank charges sweeping across the Russian steppes. It is all too easy to forget that this terrible war did not, in fact, end on May 8 - there were 4 months of bitter fighting left to be done after the Victory in Europe.
For Germany, the war was over, but for many Germans it was not. Minefields had to be cleared, repairs made, and crimes - punished. The long and arduous process of Denazification and reintegration had begun.
The Soviet Union had its hands full as well, with rebuilding its own territories and policing the occupied ones. In August, when it became clear the Japanese wouldn’t surrender without a fight, the USSR gave it to them, invading Manchuria and crushing the Kwantung Army.
For many American servicemen, the Victory in Europe was distant and ephemeral. Tens of thousands would die on the atolls of the Pacific until the US would deploy the final drastic measure - the nearly mythical Atomic Bomb.
As the last member of the Axis standing, the Empire of Japan held out until August, but now, its resolve was completely broken.
All the while, the small but brave nation of Finland, still formally at war with both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, was starting to rebuild. Its war against the Soviet Union, and the brief struggle against the Nazi Germany left swaths of the countryside destroyed by “scorched earth” tactics. There would be plenty of trials - show trials, most of them. But in the end, Finland had the distinction of being the only Soviet neighbour that fought most of the war as a German ally, but survived as a free democracy. It was a hard-won peace that still reigns today.
You will have a chance to see how it all started for Finland in our upcoming free Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty Prologue 1939 app featuring the first month of the Winter War. Make sure you do not miss it by Wishlisting and Following the project:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683420/Strategic_Mind_Spirit_of_Liberty__Prologue_1939/
Weekly Intelligence Report #40 | Gamescom, Devcom, Stove, and other news
Stove release on 31 August 2021
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom has just been released in the Korean Stove digital store run by Smilegate Inc. Our team hopes that it will allow more people to learn about the Strategic Mind series.
Check out the Strategic MInd: Fight for Freedom on Stove digital store
Strategic Mind on Gamescom and Devcom
Both Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty have participated in this year’s Gamescom event. The dedicated Steam page was full of cool games’ livestreams.
Additionally, the organizers of Devcom conference have invited us to join their livestream during the event. You can find more details here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1474770/announcements/detail/2957164041845088541
New Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg video on YouTube
NightPhoenix keeps his Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg campaign with the start of the German Invasion of the USSR - operation 11 Barbarossa:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FatWsIexsco
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lUC29jF8s0
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujam5oTkads
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUaQydc9SIc
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTKBZzHQRkM
32 Finnish tanks vs 6500 Russian tanks
Check out our first entry on Finnish units in the upcoming Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/2981933839781922309
Do not forget to wishlist our Free Prologue app for the Spirit of Liberty:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683420/Strategic_Mind_Spirit_of_Liberty__Prologue_1939/
With best regards
Starni Games Intelligence Service
Strategic Mind series on Gamescom
Last weekend both Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty participated in the Gamescom online with a dedicated event on Steam. Also, at the same time a Devcom event for game developers took place.
Gamescom 2021
Both games Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty featured numerous live streams throughout the event. For Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty we had new footage of the first and second operation. However, it is still a work in progress, so we will make a proper playthrough at a later stage, around the release of the free Prologue app.
Devcom 2021
During the Devcom event we were invited to join the livestream featuring various new projects. Our Lead game designer Oleksandr has joined the studio to discuss Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom. You can watch the VOD here on 05 h, 51 min: - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1130865618
We will keep you updated about the future events we participate in and about the new footage of Strategic Mind as it becomes available.
📸 Saturday screenshots from the community #13
This week was one of the largest events in the gaming industry Gamescom 2021. Did you check it out? What premiers caught your eye the most? We had a chance to showcase our games SM: Fight for Freedom & SM: Spirit of Liberty as part of the Gamescom 2021 show on Steam. We have also taken part in Devcom 2021 live stream where our Lead game designer Oleksandr presented SM: Fight for Freedom. We will tell you more about these events in a dedicated report next week, so stay tuned.
Today, we would like to share with you new community-made screenshots from the Strategic Mind series. We are really happy to see you playing our games and sharing your own artistic vision of the games with the other players!
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
🎖 Today's heroes 🎖
The Pacific
Storm Eagle
Fight for Freedom
Yi Atlas
Majkelozo
Have a nice weekend!
Units In Spirit of Liberty #1
The Finns even had to rearm the British Vickers 6-tons with a Finnish made (licensed production in Finland) 37 mm Bofors AT-guns. Only 13 of these tanks managed to get to the front in time to participate in the battles. Vickers 6-ton tanks were also licenced to the USSR becoming T-26 Soviet tanks, and were the basis for the Polish 7TP tanks.
On 26 February 1940, the Finns employed their Vickers 6-ton tanks for the first – and only – time against Soviet armour. Out of thirteen Finnish Vickers 6-ton tanks available only six were in fighting condition and able to participate in the first assault on the Soviet lines – to make matters worse, one of the tanks was forced to stop, unable to cross a wide trench. The remaining five continued onwards a few hundred meters but ran into dozens of Soviet tanks in the village of Honkaniemi. The Finnish tanks managed to knock out three Soviet tanks but were soon themselves knocked-out.
This story clearly shows that tank battles were clearly not the Finnish army’s forte. If we look at the number of tanks both sides had in the Winter War the difference is unbelievably stark:
- Finland - 32 tanks
- Soviet Union - 6 541 tanks
It is truly a miracle (and a bit of rough terrain, ill suited for tank battles) that the Finnish troops managed to hold out against such odds. Only the heroic struggle of the Finnish Infantry troops made it possible.
In the game
In the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty we will have other tanks under the Finnish flag, mostly captured Soviet tanks and some German-supplied Pz IV ones.
Stay tuned for more updates on the Finnish units in the upcoming Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty and wishlist our free app Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty Prologue 1939 to be the first one to try out the mighty Vickers tanks.
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📸 Saturday screenshots from the community #12
Here are some new stunning screenshots, created by the community. It feels like finding an Easter Egg every time when we see new screenshots from you, guys. Thank you so much for playing Strategic Mind and sharing your own artistic view of the game with the other players. It is one thing to see the dev screenshots carefully selected by the marketing team, and another thing entirely to see screenshots from all the different players, with their unique perceptions of the game.
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
🎖 Today's heroes 🎖
The Pacific
Storm Eagle
Fight for Freedom
Yi Atlas
Majkelozo
Weekly Intelligence Report 39
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom has passed an age review (rated 12+) in Korea and will soon become available in the Korean Stove digital store run by Smilegate Inc. Our team looks forward to it and hopes that it will allow more people to learn about the Strategic Mind series.
Saturday screenshots from the community #11
Last Saturday we got lots of cool new screenshots from the community. Make sure to check them out:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/5214592093903659421
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
The NightPhoenix continues his Blitzkrieg!
NightPhoenix is back to his Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg full playthrough with an alternate history operation 11 Herkules - the capture of Malta:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPY5sw0EBds
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp6sOrAEbBM
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXFe-EschxM
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZTpyawVDv0
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnXn-Quo4k
With best regards,
Starni Games Intelligence Service
📸 Saturday screenshots from the community #11
It's Saturday! It means — a screenshot day from you! Thank you all for helping us and sharing the content you create while playing our games.
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
🎖 Today's heroes 🎖
The Pacific
Storm Eagle
Blitzkrieg
Majkelozo
STALKER24081995
Weekly Intelligence Report 38
The work on Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty continues. The cinematics scripts are already finalized and the operation dialogues are at 70% completion. Some operations are already implemented. Yet, this week we had a bad luck streak with Daniil Lapshin - one of our 3D artists falling ill with Covid-19. We hope he gets better soon and wish Daniil a quick recovery.
Stunning ocean views from the community
Last Saturday we got lots of cool new screenshots from the community. Make sure to check them out:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/2995442645659280383
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
New Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom meme on YouTube
This time Edmon shared his British perspective on the epic battle of Monty vs Patton:
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Do you think Edmon guessed Monty’s perception of Patton right? Let us know in the comments. Also, we would be happy to hear your thoughts on the Monty vs Patton storyline in general. Did you like the way these personalities are presented in Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom?
With best regards
Starni Games Intelligence Service
📸 Saturday screenshots from the community #10
It's Saturday! It means — a screenshot day from you! Thank you all for helping us and sharing the content you create while playing our games.
For this post, our players' community has prepared some screenshots with stunning ocean views and endless deserts. Looking at these screenshots one cannot help but think about a vacation on some tropical islands. Strategic Mind: The Pacific is one hell of a resort, and we are happy that WW2 has become a story long ago, and nowadays people can enjoy peaceful coasts in the Pacific ocean.
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.
🎖 Today's heroes 🎖
The Pacific
Storm Eagle
STALKER24081995
Fight for Freedom
Yi Atlas
Blitzkrieg
Miku
asura-223
STALKER24081995
Spectre of Communism
Majkelozo
