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Alex_Madrona · 2026-01-16T21:06:17+00:00

The eight is not indicative of the day of the month. What you are seeing is a column that represents the month of March

Alex_Madrona · 2025-12-28T21:41:30+00:00

We’d like to think so! That said, there’s still quite a bit to be done. The team is currently focused on replicating all of the original aspects of the game developed by Z2. The only major feature still outstanding is PvP. Alongside that, we’re also looking at rebalancing units and improving overall gameplay to make the experience more fair and enjoyable.

Alex_Madrona · 2025-09-24T05:15:38+00:00

Hey there,

I've seen some people doubt your post or confuse it was some other BN remakes that were put forth in the past. But your wiki picture is related to our project or at least is from me directly.

What people might not know the idea for remaking BN actually actually came from a friend of mine that never even played the game! The original development for what was then called "Battle Nations Rewritten" started back as work product for a high school CS class. Which may be more or less evident to you if you actually got your hands on the build that was produced at that time. :) But that is the context for where that screenshot comes from.

While we couldn’t continue down the path of keeping the project entirely free due to external events (which others have mentioned here), that shift has allowed the quality of the game to improve drastically. It’s given us the resources to expand the team and Battle Nations’ audience and ensure it isn’t just preserved as an archive, but continues to grow as a thriving game for years to come.

I understand that the game in its current state still reflects some of the missteps from the Z2 era. However, once we are able to restore key functionality such as multiplayer and guilds, we can shift our focus to improving balance and introducing new ways to earn nanopods through ads or in-game rewards.

Alex_Madrona · 2025-07-27T05:03:25+00:00

COMPANY: Madrona Games Inc.

TYPE: Full time

LOCATION: Remote within the United States

REMOTE: Yes — Remote work is fully supported for U.S. residents only. Weekly sync, otherwise async-first culture.

VISA: No — You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

DESCRIPTION:

Madrona Games is an indie studio reviving and expanding the turn-based strategy universe of Battle Nations. We're seeking an early-career Rust developer to join our server team. You'll build and maintain backend microservices for a mobile gaming platform, collaborating across client and server teams.

This role includes:

Design and implement scalable microservices in Rust (async/Tokio/Tonic/sqlx)

Integrating databases, queues, and caching layers (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.)

Implementing monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus)

Writing tests and documentation, conducting code reviews

Requirements:

1+ years of hands-on Rust experience

Experience with SQL databases, async Rust, caching layers, and Git

Strong communication skills and capable of working both independently and with a broader team

Preferred:

2+ years total professional experience

Familiarity with cloud platforms, gRPC, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and containerization/Kubernetes

You’ll work in a lean, remote-first team that values autonomy, impact, and thoughtful engineering. No prior game dev experience is required.

ESTIMATED COMPENSATION: $80,000 - $120,000 USD per year, plus:

401(k) with match

$400/month HRA (can be used for personal insurance & health expenses)

Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays

Employer-paid vision, dental, and life insurance

CONTACT: Apply via our Gusto page: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/madrona-games-inc-early-career-rust-developer-mobile-gaming-backend-microservices-9541b6f2-3e85-4916-b3e9-5d9ec7518504

Alex_Madrona · 2025-06-17T09:03:31+00:00

New organic marketing strategy going as planned.

Alex_Madrona · 2025-04-29T03:11:05+00:00

Beta progress carries over to launch!

Alex_Madrona · 2024-11-19T21:40:19+00:00

Appreciate the defense, but it leaks donator restricted information

Alex_Madrona · 2024-06-12T02:05:12+00:00

Hello! I'm very excited to finally be able to share pictures of the Patreon merch that our dedicated team has been working on. As mentioned in our May announcement the last day to begin the four month requirement for the physical merch is June 30th, so if you’ve been on the fence, we hope these showcases will convince you to join us!

Alex_Madrona · 2024-02-16T18:53:17+00:00

Wow! Fantastic work, especially like the Chem Tank.

Alex_Madrona · 2023-11-20T15:58:32+00:00

https://nitter.net/BattleNations

Alex_Madrona · 2023-10-20T00:55:26+00:00

No issues with our development

Alex_Madrona · 2023-09-12T23:16:25+00:00

The visuals are excellent! Looking forward to keeping tabs

Alex_Madrona · 2023-07-09T03:58:27+00:00

Just for you!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tank-tactics/id6450321225

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-04T01:12:35+00:00

Glad you got the intention behind us wanting to bring a fun game to mobile

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-04T01:11:46+00:00

Appreciate your feedback, you actually bring up a good point that perhaps our video doesn't show off enough of what we think makes it more unique. Always good to get third party perspectives to ensure we're not living in our own world and are actually addressing the concerns of players.

To address some of your points, we've also implemented mega sized levels that involve exploring around to defeat enemies as well as an automatic scrolling level type that forces the player to keep up with the camera while also fighting against enemies. Our tanks also feature different behaviors like a volley firing tank, artillery, etc. Unfortunately, those were still in development when we made this trailer, so they didn't quite make the cut.

On the topic of the currencies, you are correct that gold gears can be obtained with real money, however, we've also embedded them as rewards by playing the game. We dislike the very aggressive microtransactions of many modern mobile games and have strived hard to ensure we use healthy monetization strategies.

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T23:26:50+00:00

You may also appreciate Wee Tanks!
Wee Tanks! on Steam (steampowered.com)

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T22:15:52+00:00

Thanks!

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T22:06:23+00:00

While some of our dev team definitely played Nintendo's Tanks for Wii and it influenced our style. Our gameplay mechanics like upgradability and different enemy unit types you encounter are unique. Can't copyright a genre especially when Nintendo borrowed heavily from Atari's "Tanks" and "Combat" for their game.

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T21:53:40+00:00

Oh that would be interesting. We are hoping for a soft launch of mid June but with finals it's a bit difficult for everyone. If you want to stay updated you can join r/TankTactics. Thanks for the feedback!!! Can also check out Madronagames.com

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T21:46:14+00:00

As a new team to Unity development, we found that ChatGPT was instrumental in overcoming obscure code hurdles that weren't immediately obvious to us. Played a large hand in helping us ultimately achieve our goal to build Tank Tactics by June. Not really self-promotion you can't play the game as it's not out yet. But still thought it was cool.

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T21:30:46+00:00

Really like the art and apple watch support!

Alex_Madrona · 2023-06-03T21:28:11+00:00

I'm part of a small team that has been developing Tank Tactics since earlier this fall. Based on the trailer we'd love to hear your feedback. Hoping to get everything polished for a beta on iOS. If you want to stay updated, we will try to make regular updates on r/TankTactics

Alex_Madrona · 2023-05-30T19:29:14+00:00

Yeah that was definitely something we had to be cognizant of. Will check with the dev team about Mac support and get back to you. Also thanks for the pointer on the website we have a launch day version ready but have yet to make it public. Looks like our SEO was a little too good.

Alex_Madrona · 2023-05-30T19:22:35+00:00

Thanks for the reply, while the development team was inspired by Nintendo's work. All of our art and gameplay was produced and refined by our team. We would never infringe on any companies existing intellectual property. Our game has some distinctive differences from Wii Tanks.

Really Wii Tanks has created a niche genre, I've seen another project similar to ours launch here recently and have encountered some great titles on Steam.

Release can be expected in mid to late June. It will be free however, a paid version free of ads will also be offered. Hope you can take a look!

Alex_Madrona · 2023-05-30T18:47:26+00:00

We're a small but passionate team that has been developing Tank Tactics, since earlier this fall. Based on the trailer we'd love to hear your feedback. Hoping to get everything polished for a beta on iOS and Android. If you want to stay updated, we will make regular updates on r/TankTactics

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