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Hello, tankers!

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Welcome to the 40th episode
of our developer’s diary.

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Today, we’ll be summing up
the Halloween celebration.

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We’ll also be telling you
about the recent updates

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and the upcoming interface improvements.

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The Halloween celebration
ended last week, on November 1st.

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For five days in a row,
our valiant tankers were leveling up their tanks

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and setting new records.

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We had increased rates
during the celebration,

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that helped our tankers earn
more than 190 million experience

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and battle points.

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Good catch, huh?

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More than 5 thousand tankers
have used the Halloween themed spider mine

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and decorated maps with a pumpkin graffiti.

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Additionally,
for the entire duration of the celebration,

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our tankers were actively searching
for the Halloween tank.

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The lucky ones managed to get promo-codes

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with bonuses that included crystals,
containers, and more.

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Those who participated in the “Treat or
Screen”

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contest and won, got additional rewards.

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Despite the Halloween tank being tough,
our players have managed to defeat it 834 times.

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Realizing it couldn’t keep the struggle
against our brave tankers,

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it went back down to the underworld.

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We would like to ask you to share
your opinion about the Halloween festivities

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and the updates we released in October,

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in the survey that we regularly ask you
to take part in at the end of every month.

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You’ll find the link in the description

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Let’s get to development news.

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We’re planning on adding
new battle effects next week.

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These have the role
of providing visual feedback

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whenever your tank gets hit by an enemy

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and when your health bar
goes below the critical mark.

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Our intent is to help our players
focus more on their battles and skirmishes

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instead of having them pin their eyes
to their health bars every other 5 seconds.

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More effects like these are planned
to be implemented with future updates.

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As you know,
all newly registered players

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must play their first few matches
against bots.

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Last week, we improved these bots.

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They are now stronger
and have new weaponry.

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Talking about new players:

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Very soon, they will be able to purchase
the “Starter’s pack” at an affordable price.

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The pack contains

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a decent number of crystals
for a comfortable start and an exclusive paint.

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This offer will become available
to newly registered players after their third battle.

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The rest of the players
will be able to use this offer after their first battle,

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AFTER the release of the update.

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Stay alert and be quick -
the offer will only run for two days!

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Oh, and don’t worry about the squads
and general chat features,

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we’re still working on them.

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According to the feedback we got
after the release of the “Arms Race” update,

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many players
were unable to figure out

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or notice the changes
that had been made to the game.

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Therefore, we’ve started working
on improving the interface of the game,

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so that it would help players to easily navigate
through the intricacies of the gameplay.

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A new interface designer has recently
joined the Tanki X development team.

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He already made his appearance
during the Russian Halloween Livestream

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and shared some of his future plans and ideas.

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During the upcoming months,
I will be working on fixing a number of issues

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related to the interface.

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In addition,
I am planning on changing

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the visual style of the interface,
by adding a more futuristic feel to it,

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something that I think it currently lacks.

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Here are the three main principles
that we try to take into account

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when developing the interface:

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First.

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The interface has to be convenient,
understandable, and intuitive.

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Second.

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The interface has to make
the player’s experience immersive.

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A good interface will also tell a lot
about the game’s setting

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and will make players feel
like they’re part of that universe.

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Third.

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The interface has to be
visually pleasant and appealing.

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It must not stand out too much
to not distract players from their main goal.

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The interface elements
that will be released with the future update,

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are going to be designed
according to the new style.

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The current interface of the game will be
gradually improved and redesigned by Sergey.

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As a final note, we want to draw your attention
to the fact that we’ve released

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40 episodes of Developer’s Diary
within the past 18 months.

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Therefore, we want to know
if there is anything you’d like to hear more about

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and what type of news or information
you would like us to cover more in our  next episodes.

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Tell us in the comments section below.

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Thanks for watching.

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Until next time![]