Developer Chat: Veitikka (Armored Brigade)

In this second episode of our developer chat series, we sit down with members of Veitikka Studios, makers of Armored Brigade and the upcoming Armored Brigade II, to discuss tactical command simulation and game development in general. Wishlist Armored Brigade II on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934300/Armored_Brigade_II/ Buy Armored Brigade on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089840/Armored_Brigade/ 0:00 Introductions 1:38 What is Armored Brigade? 10:34 Balancing vs. realism 18:13 Pros and cons of simplified graphics spec and open files 27:20 What does the player base like about AB? 34:00 Information sharing system 43:13 Research, authenticity, and expectations 54:25 Thoughts on demos and feedback 1:00:29 High and low points, AI autonomy 1:13:02 Benefits of sandbox and game design at the same time 1:25:41 How AB2 iterates directly on AB 1:30:49 Final thoughts, map makers wanted