Greetings!

While playing the final mission, I was thinking, how about making ammo containers interactable with the C key?

When playing with the Vulcan cannon, I always seem to run out of ammo, and I think being able to carry the containers would expand the range of gameplay options.

there only 7 missions at current time?

Hey so i'm running into this error

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Please how can I fix this ?

U got a discord server?

Hello again! Today I decided to replay this game, and noticed weird shooting sounds that enemy mechs make, that sound like blasters from star wars. Is that a temporary SFX asset, or a stylistic choice?

soo i've been thinking about how the more "traditional looking" mechs would look like without ruining the alienees that comes from leaning to being vehicles in the game and i kinda came up with this. two forearms come from the elbow, one is to hold onto the weapons (even improvised ones) and the bottom one is to being able to continue to interact and manipulate their environment.there is no way in hell this would be implemented in the game aside from a lore text. the head wouldn't be an actual head but a sentry (two weapons put on each side of a camera system). (i didn't add the legs since they are so perfect, literally my favorite tetrapod designs ever)
i can continue to detail this design up if you'd be interested. and keep up the good work man!!

Just uploaded a Mission 2: Lazy Blade gameplay showcase after someone requested help beating it 😄 Turns out the strategy is basically standing around and slicing everything that gets close lol.

Loving the destructible environments and combat flow in this demo so far. Looking forward to future updates for Project Landsword!

Gameplay video: Mission 2 – Lazy Blade Gameplay 

this game is surprisingly replayable, considering months have passed after the last time i replied to this, so once again here are some ideas

- endless mode

simply put, you fight waves after waves of enemies, each wave harder than the last. however, while the arena is quite large, the terrain shifts between waves. maybe this could be added as a training room for crawler pilots? unrelated note, since we are speaking of terrain,

- actual terrain in missions

considering mars has quite a lot of craters, riverbeds, sand dunes and more, it makes some sense that there could be places where the terrain has multiple parts with different elevation. this could make for some good fortresses, especially with minotaurs and turrets in a crater holding an objective, though i dont exactly know if the game engine would allow it.

moving onto the crawlers themselves, it might just be me, but the crawlers do look like tank turrets on legs. maybe it makes sense lorewise that they have either a multi-crewed variant for co-op play, or one made for troop/item transport? after all, APCs and IFVs do exist, so maybe they can be enemies?

last but not least, a new secondary weapon could be fun.

- the air/orbital strike

by launching a marker, the air force or navy would be alerted to call in support either by conventional bombing or kinetic bombardment. for obvious reasons it wouldn't work underground, but above ground this could be very capable of damaging any static enemy. for balancing, the enemies could either move out of the way or attempt interception of the projectiles, possibly shooting down the jets outright as well.

anyways, i'm just gonna leave this wall of suggestions here, might go back to replaying the campaign again

edit: i reread the intel of the MBTs in game, and it appears that they are significantly larger modern MBTs. how big are they compared to modern tanks?

edit 2: regarding the co-op idea, i should probably clarify, the driver can operate the weapons normally in singleplayer, but more often than not the driver does get distracted by combat and can get stuck in terrain, resulting in hits that otherwise could be avoided. also, maybe add some reward for S-ranking a mission?

edit 3:out of sheer boredom, is there a chance you will add modding support in the future? i have some ideas for missions and weapons to test

Is there any plans to add controller support so the game can be played like a twin stick shooter?

ill give some funny feedback to make the game feel more "dynamic" in some way or another!

+v Buildings collapsing on enemies/players can damage them overtime until its completely destroyed (aka rubble) (excluding infrastructures that are weak in intergirty) cause adding live hazards that is caused by players are fun to look at i guess lol?

+v an Dash Mechanic for an new powerplant (or just called overdrive ingame)

> made up lore time! "a prototype powerplant designed to maximize mobility for crawlers alike, though with its dexterity comes with a price of its hefty size requiring the crawler to give up some of its armor plating to implement it"

> like mentioned ^ it would sacrifice armor for more mobility

> unlike some games interpretation of dash (being just tap shift to dash an certain distance) this one would be more of an hold down SHIFT to wind up the bar. the longer you hold down, the bar would slowly be depleted and thus longer dash disance, while also creating a projection of where you would be in the moment you release the bar!

>Bar mechanics:
- every kill you get will instantly refill one bar (with each bar on default requiring 4~7 seconds to refill natrually (will also play a sound when one bar is filled* (MIGHT NEED BALLANCING!!!!!!!!!!!)
>Keybind Mechanics:
-holding down shift will use the amount of dash it consumed, by releasing SHIFT on the end of each bar, the user will get EXTRA distance boost for doing a "Perfect Dash"
-Bars that isnt fully depleted (while winding up) will be instantly empty upon releasing (so user requires to conserve them in some way)

>okay now onto the extras!
-dashing into something (like building or enemies) will "Bash" them 
-buildings will collapse towards your direction while also sending giant chunks of debris into the direction (aka free shotgun pump) 
-enemies will be "Staggered", flung away from you and gets damaged by buildings that they collided into (including other enemies! think of like, 8 ball pool but with giant buildings and robots)

It's a really good game, and I even tried emulating it in WinLator, and it worked perfectly. Without needing to configure the container, I give it 10/10. It's compact, a great game/demo.

Hi, I just remembered that irl hovercraft don't set off landmines, unless they're super sensitive landmines, which are apparently very dangerous to set up. It's not all that immersion breaking, but you could add that small bit of realism if you feel like it. I'm just a random person on the internet, you don't need to take my advice ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

hey man, i know it isn't right to ask for when the dates of the updates and i don't want to bother you with that. however i think we would be really pleased if you shared around some ideas (story or gameplay). honestly the art style and the world that you are constructing is more precious to me and i'd love to learn more about it if you are comfortable with sharing. :D

WIP,i only used vectors to draw this in microsopht paint,and concept,only attack H2H,

but like it's name,launch 3 warhead-style projectiles that contains one mid-sized mechs each projectile,mid HP or slightly low,

used by the "Global Federation" and some clandestine orgs.

But the Centurion itself has a very high HP(35 layers average),moves slowly,mainly used to make bridge for mechs,that's why it has a powerful arm that can be meaningful to carry injured mechs(small-mid sized)

and also to attack with it's  6,5 meters knife,very powerful(could remove 3 layer to the player,or enemy if used by player),ofc it has a cooldown effect,and so attack slowly WIP

You can solve directX　problem to download d3dcompiler_43 or d3dcompiler_47 into game folder

salut mon ptit chou ^^,si le jeu sortirait sur steam,il sera gratuit ou payant ?Et attends mon ptit chouchou^^,tu sais  je suis suffisamment aisé à créer des perso fictifs(surtout du camp ennemis dans le jeu,et qu'ils seront majoritairement des bosses[concepts])et faire des dessins sur eux,donc stv jpeux les partager ici

how long do you think will take till the next update?

Just found this game again after a year and got sucked in right away, hahaha, It`s nice to see it wasn't abandoned. This game is also an inspiration for a novel i'm currently planning to write and i would like to learn a thing or two about the lore and further plans. Is there a way to contact you or maybe there is lore and info about the setting posted somewhere? Thank you, dude.

is there going to be a sandbox mode to play around with in the future?

Finally got S in all my mission , i am ussally a railgunner , i am ussually a fast paced maneuvering type fella so the issue i am been facing is sometimes the mech goes right instead of left and and this happend atleast twice my keybord seems fine so idk and as railgun has pretty low ammo missing shots is annoying

and also about the name of regions of your version of Mars,Martian bases's names,and also the main characters,i can suggest you are a French guy,like me,but Catholic too.(lol jk)And the more important thing i want to add: will the game have new bosses and bots,but also Bio-weapon like hornets loaded with M249 like gun or some ideas like this,like if there will be level on Mars's Cave or Mars's Moons

If I may ask will there be a multiplayer mode and endless modes ? this seem like the perfect game for it.

Hey MezzSoft, got a few questions and suggestions after playing for a while:

1. Sometimes missiles and rockets just slam into the ground instead of reaching distant targets, which makes long-range attacks kinda unreliable. Is this intended, or could this be improved?
2. Aircraft seem able to detect and attack units hiding inside smoke. Is that a deliberate design choice, or is smoke supposed to fully block targeting?
3. Any plans to buff the Mark-7 autocannon and the GAU-678 rotary cannon?
   Right now the Mark-7 feels worse than the XM-4 Smartgun in almost every way except fire rate, and the GAU-8’s damage feels a bit underwhelming.
4. I noticed the mech turrets have something mounted on both sides that looks like smoke launchers or maybe an APS. What exactly are those, and are there any plans to expand their functionality?
5. A lot of players feel that mines aren’t very useful at the moment. Maybe you could take some inspiration from real-life systems like mine deployment vehicles?

Extremely fun game, very satisfying explosions and weapon choices. I have been unable to figure out how to spend money or upgrade my hull, I believe these aren't possible yet. I beat every level on S difficulty, given the range of the weapons it wasn't the most crazy challenge but it gave some replayability. I'd love to have more levels to play with, more maps, more enemies, more hulls. Very excited to see where the game goes, and I wish I had the graphics talent you do, the style is impeccable

This is an excellent game and I'm really enjoying it. I'd like to propose a small improvement: currently, mechs retain the same appearance regardless of the weapons they are mounted with. It would greatly enhance the gameplay experience if mechs displayed distinct visual changes when different weapons are equipped. Thank you for your consideration!

Will the placeholder map for mission 2 be replaced in the coming update?

Thank you very much for your effort. I replayed every level of the demo many times and tried my best to achieve the highest possible S rank on each one (I still have not completed the S rank for the final). This is the best top-down mech shooter I have played since Brigador. I sincerely hope your development goes smoothly, that you are able to complete everything you have planned, and that the game will eventually be released on Steam.

Speaking of Brigador, do you have any plans to include significantly smaller and larger human enemy units/vehicles in the game, in addition to the more common standard-sized mechs and tanks (such as the player’s current Crawler and the vast majority of enemies encountered so far)? I noticed that in the comments you mentioned the possibility of larger enemy tanks/vehicles and even large bosses, which I am very excited about.

At the same time, you also mentioned that infantry units would be too small to display properly at the game’s current visual scale—possibly reduced to only a few indistinguishable pixels, so you do not plan to include standard infantry, which I completely understand. However, I would like to offer a more practical suggestion: powered armor / exosuit units. These could be clearly smaller on screen than the smallest mech or Crawler, but not so small that their silhouettes become impossible to recognize like ordinary human soldiers would be (something similar to the 3–4 meter-tall armored suits in Armored Trooper VOTOMS). Equipped with autocannons and rocket launchers, these powered armor units could perhaps serve as the smallest and most numerous human enemy type in the game, usually deployed in groups and posing a threat that the player cannot ignore.

Of course, this is only my personal suggestion for the game’s development. If it does not fit your plans for the future, please feel free to ignore it. Finally, thank you again for your work. I am really looking forward to the next development log and the next demo update.

solid old skool anime fun!

very solid, the only thing i missed was an accuracy counter.

I have a weapon idea that's probably not very good, but here it is anyways; a mortar. This would be a main weapon that's like the grenades, except more explosive, and you can charge it to make it go further.

will the game have more verticality?

I know this upload is a bit late, but I wanted to share my gameplay of Mission 7: Laser Tunnelling. I previously uploaded some of my gameplay on YouTube and I hope you all enjoy watching it.

In this gameplay showcase, I navigate through the high-intensity challenges and precision mechanics of the mission. I also got to experience the latest update with smoother controls, enhanced visuals, and improved enemy AI.

Great work on the game!

You can watch the gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfTEX_NMrKg

ok,its been 1 month and several days that i play this game and i've discovered recently that there were an easter egg in the pad,in the interface when you click in the F1 button.you can play a game named "serpent.exe" .So after this discovery,i was asking if there were other easter egg,like hidden level or mech,so developper,is there other easter eggs?If yes could u tell me pls if its a mech or a level!And also about the game,is that a group or a single developper making the game? 

i also forgot to show the full  walkthrough of the game's levels

will there be a boss in the upcoming update?

add FRAUD THIRD: DISINTEGRATION LOOP jumskare lol :3

One more thing, if you're far enough away, enemy mechs won't notice you shooting at them. At least that's the case with the railgun.