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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: CarloC on April 14, 2025, 07:24:57 AM

Title: Back to the Trenches – My Journey with Full Metal Sergeant 2
Post by: CarloC on April 14, 2025, 07:24:57 AM
Hey folks,

Apologize, it's been a long time since I last posted here — life, work, and a never-ending to-do list of bugs tend to get in the way. I've been working on Full Metal Sergeant 2 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3130170/Full_Metal_Sergeant_2/), the sequel to a small indie game I released a while back.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Y2PxZgXL/main.jpg)

The concept is still the same: you're the drill instructor running a military boot camp, turning civilians into soldiers, making hard calls, and eventually sending your squad into combat. But this time, everything's bigger—more mechanics, a Vietnam-era setting, and actual tactical missions on the field.

(https://i.postimg.cc/pr5KRG0h/combat.png)

I've also added a bunch more camp events and narrative encounters to keep things fresh between missions, and the skill tree is now way deeper—offering more meaningful choices when shaping your recruits.

(https://i.postimg.cc/mkhWDMMF/event.jpg)

Anyway, I'm still in the thick of development, polishing, balancing, rethinking things I was sure of six months ago. If anyone here has thoughts on mission pacing, downtime mechanics, or just wants to swap stories about designing military-themed games—I'm all ears.

Carlo
Title: Re: Back to the Trenches – My Journey with Full Metal Sergeant 2
Post by: Jarhead0331 on April 14, 2025, 08:28:04 AM
Excellent! Welcome back and good luck on the project.

Happy to lend my "technical" advice again, if you need it.
Title: Re: Back to the Trenches – My Journey with Full Metal Sergeant 2
Post by: CarloC on April 15, 2025, 12:47:07 AM
Jarhead0331! My friend.

You are still in the sequel, I've made a special character named like you, but deeper than the previous chapter. You are the camp officer who occasionally comes with requests. Depending on the answers you give, after a while you will be recruitable  :laugh:

Of course...MOS 0331 by default.