Another week, another version! At least that is the pace under which our devs work! Hats down for that! Last weeks Alpha tests were a success and so we decided to release the new version!

So what can you expect? That is a good question! Well, we'll be locking up Vulture(now set as premium tank) but don't worry. We will be unlocking another premium tank - Cyclone! If you are rank 6 and above, you will be able to unlock Cyclone(premium tank) and play for 1 week on basic accounts :-)

As well as this, there are more bugs fixed! According to our backstage reporters, there is a new tank in the works and also a new Tunneler like map! Those of you who attended our Alpha tests might know what they're talking about! 

If you're interested in Changelogs then head over to our changelog topic and if you're interested in gameplay, then wait until 18:00 GMT (19:00 CET) and click on the big orange PLAY NOW button and update! :-)

With "dirty" thoughts,

The Tunnelers Team

Last night, we encountered an error, which caused that some passwords have been deleted. If you were affected and now you cannot login, please follow the "I forgot my password" link and you will be able to reset your password.

If that doesn't help, please drop us an email and we will be delighted to help you. Again, we are very sorry to cause you bother, however s*@t happens to us too! :-)

PS: Don't worry, none of the passwords leaked.

With regret in our souls

The Tunnelers Team

The first community challenge was fun and the winners are now enjoying their premium accounts, so we thought we'll roll out another community challenge! This time, we'll make it a bit harder to achieve!

To win this challenge: You must score the most points with the Box tank! How do I unlock a Box tank you may ask. Well, play 3 days in a row and it'll unlock! That simple! 

What's the prize? 3x Premium account! (1x lifetime, 1x 6-month and 1x 3-month)

Nonetheless, we had a great time trying out a new map and some new tanks! Let's have a look at what went on!

We started the Alpha test on a brand new (classic) map called Plains. You might recognise this map from the good old Tunneler, where you'll find a lot of dirt to dig with 2 bases and couple of teleports! That's it, everything else is up to you and up to your team! 

This was the place where I spotted a new and exciting thing! The new tank called Scorpio with it's really unique weapon. Have a look at how it works.

We've played on different maps and in differnent modes, however we ended up playing Capture the Flag for the majority of the time. Also, we found some rather interesting bugs, such as this one, where the tanks stack up when they spawn! Nice!

The last but certainly not least thing, was the appearance of an unknown tank. We have no idea what it might be, it was taken down as soon as we saw it, so this is the only picture of it as of yet. Do you recognise it? I don't and it bothers me! Is it something the dev. team uses to haunt us during the night? Well, I guess we'll have to wait.

So what do you guys think? Do you find Alpha tests entertaining? Or, would you like to join us next time we're on? :-) Don't forget to checkout our Event section every now and then to find out more info! :-) 

You can now try out a brand new tank with a brand new map! All you need to do is sign up for our upcoming Alpha test and you'll have the opportunity to lay your hands on the very new stuff!

Sign up in the Event section of our forum and follow the instructions while you're there! :-)

On Monday, we've made it available for everyone with level 4 and higher for 1 week! Don't lose the chance to try it out today to find out if you're missing on being premium :-) 

This promotion has been extended until the 3rd of May - 23:59.

Don't forget, we're giving away a premium tank Vulture for the first 7 days. You can try it out if you're level 4 and above.

Leave us a comment and if you're into checking changelogs, there will be one in the forums later on today.

With your feedback in mind,

The Tunnelers Team

This update is addressing sync issues as well as the lag issues, which you've reported. On top of that, we'll be adding a special surprise!

It is a brand new tank called Vulture made for Tunnelers premium player, however, we'll unlock it for everyone with level 4 and above for the first 7 days! :-)

There are other things in the works, so keep checking news, don't forget to try out our newest tank! :-)

There are some exciting competition coming very soon, so those, who are looking for some extra points, keep your eyes peeled :-)

With passion for community,

The Tunnelers Team

Do you want to have a look? Here is a teaser, but for a full gallery, head over to Tunnelers Facebook fanpage gallery! :-)

So, to sum it up then!

Beta - The most stable release at the moment - the one, which you can actually download and play

Alpha - Developmental version, which we use to test in cooperation with our alpha testers

Pre-alpha version - a version which the devs use to add more stuff and debug it.

Well, enough bragging about our terminology, we would like to invite you to another Alpha test, which will take place on20/4/2012 @ 18:00 CET (16:00GMT).

If you want to sign up, then as per usual, head over to our Events section and put your nickname down :-) We will then update the topic with relevant information, i.e. with a link to download the alpha version.

Thanks for helping make Tunnelers an all time favourite!

With hearts full of tunneling,

The Tunnelers Team

It's been a great week for all of us (I hope) and the celebration of the launch has come to an end! However, this does not mean that we're finished with competitions and give aways! 

Here are the winners for the latest give away (Community Challenge)! Let me congratulate the winners, they really deserve the prize and we hope you'll like it! :-)

We're planning out more competitions for accounts and unlock points, so stay tuned!

The Winners

1. Kryber

2. Gomez

3. montly

So what can you expect from an alpha test? Well, you'll have a look at what's currently in the works and that means that you'll get to play with features such as new tanks, improved game play, new maps and so on.

The next Alpha Test is scheduled for today @ 19:00 CET / 17:00 GMT.

If you're interested, please sign up in this Alpha Test topic.

With passion for diggin'

The Tunnelers Team

Let us know whether everything works as it should, especially the instant action. 

BTW: How are the lags for you? Do you experience them?

We would like to wish you nice and peaceful easter break and we hope that you'll find some time to play Tunnelers! Don't forget, you can still sign up for our Community Challenge and win one of 3 premium accounts!

With plenty of eggs in the basket,

The Tunnelers Team

On another note, we are greatful for each and every player and so we decided to organise a community challenge! So what is it?

How does it work? Top 3 players with most hours played in 1 week will win a prize?

How long does it go on for? 7 days.

What's the prize? 1st prize: Lifetime account, 2nd prize: 6 month account, 3rd prize: 3 month account.

When does it start? It starts on Monday (9/4/2012) at 9:00am. It will run untul the 16th of April - 9:00am.

>But hey, I've got millions of hours played already!  Don't worry, when you sign up, we'll record the number of hours you've already played and we'll deduct the number from the amount of hours played by the end of the week.

Mahalo,

The Tunnelers Team

So, just to sum it up, 1258 people tried Tunnelers! That's the all time maximum, thanks guys!  You drilled over 600km of Earth and you destroyed more than 12,000 tanks. That's what I call a madness! 

We hope you're enjoying Tunnelers, leave us a comment about what you like and what you don't! :)

Tunnelers Team out

We are aware of the fact that the game will become laggy when playing. At the moment, we're doing our best to get rid of this issue. We will have a few Alpha tests, one tomorrow and one next week, where we'll try to resolve the issue. 

If you're interested, let us know here and you'll help Tunnelers achieve it's maximum! :-) 

Thanks for reporting this issue.

Thanks for playing Tunnelers

The Tunnelers Team

Tunnelers has been over the internet! Numerous media around the world wrote articles about our underground madness. 643 players played Tunnelers yesterday. The majority of them liked it! Woooo!

It is great to see that you enjoy Tunnelers. Please, keep us informed about what you'd like in our forums and we'll do our best to make sure we implement it :-)

All in all, what a wonderful day!

Thanks for playing Tunnelers

The Tunnelers Team

From today, people from all over the world will gather underground and fight with everyone in their sight. If you're here, you're one of them. Show us your strenghts, level up and become the best gasoline cowboy.

Don't forget to say hi in our community forums, where the players share their experience, tip&tricks and discuss suggestions and everything else. 

Tunnelers is still in BETA, therefore, from time to time, you may experience some bugs. Let us know and we'll do our best to get rid of them.

Dear Tunnelers!

We are getting ever so close to the release and all of us are really excited about what's coming your way!

I would like to show you what's going on behind the scenes though. We are very active and are continuously developing new content. From what I've been told, a reinforcement is heading our way and should be with us very shortly. One of our press staff managed to capture them side by side about to give themselves a beating.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you like them? Let us know! :-)

With love and care,

The Tunnelers Team

We will test every second day starting on Tuesday. The Alpha tests for next week are:

• Tuesday - 14/02/2012 @ 19:00 CET
  
• Thursday - 16/02/2012 @ 19:00 CET
  
• Saturday - 18/02/2012 @ 19:00 CET
  

We will try to balance the performance of the tanks in the battlefield, so get ready for some hardcore battles. We will also test the new *mysterious* feature! :-)

I've created a new sign-up topic as per usual, so let me know if you're coming!

 

When we ask you to participate in our Alpha tests, it is very exciting indeed. And the reason is simple. We spend hours and hours fiddling with the figures such as speed, power, damage, energy, you get the point.

To show you how it looks like when we check whether everything looks as it should I've snapped a some screens :)

The issues that we'll be testing on the 7th of Feb. are:

- De-sync
- Score reset after de-sync
- Tank balance
- ...and more!

If you're available and would like to help us de-bug and make Tunnelers better. We need every single person we can get :-) To participate, head over to our sign up topic and reply to the thread, so we know you're coming!

Here is how to do a barrel roll in Tunnelers, it is half a feature, half a bug, so don't be cruel on us :)

Hey all,

We're sorry to announce that the Alpha test, which was planned for today has been postponed indefinitely. We have found a bug, which causes the game to get de-synced.

We are working very hard on fixing this issue and we will keep you updated. We're sorry for any inconveniences caused.

I have attached a nice picture of Tunneler to bring back good memories.

The next session will take place on Tuesday, the 10th of January 2012 @ 20:00 CET (GMT+1). You don't have to be a newbie to come and help us, we welcome everyone :)

To sign up, please head over to the sign up topic.

Menschik & gejmerqoo

We want to see all of our new and shiny features in action outside the laboratory and we need your help. If you are interested, then head over to the sign up topic and reply with your nickname and we will send you the alpha version tomorrow, few hours before the test. :)

We're looking forward to testing with you guys!

on the brink of the 2011, we would like to thank you for the support you have been giving us so far. It was interesting year for us. We launched Tunnelers in local beta and have got so much of feedback that we would have to multiply our dev team 30 times to be able to process it all ;) I´m really excited of what is going to happen once we launch it in Europe with our partners :)

Anyway, we hope it was great year for you too and that the next one will be at least that good! And careful with your fingers tomorrow :)

Wish you the best!
The Tunnelers Team

You can find the full changelog in this topic.

We are still in the need of your support, so if you can, please check
out our YouTube channel, Twitter account and our Facebook
fanpage and spread the word!

We hope you'll like the all-improved Tunnelers and see you on the
battlefield!

At the moment, the weather and life on the surface of our planet is nice and warm. But none of this is true for the tough, scary and freezing world of Tunnelers under your feet. Are you strong enough to survive or will you be one of the first ones to get defeated?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

We are bringing you the latest info about the catastrophe that occured under the Earth's surface. Fortunately, no one was injured and the area is now safe thanks to our rescue convoy of Tunnelers military operations. What are your thoughts on this? What could have caused such misfortune?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

A lot of gamers complain about the whole 'Kobold thing'. But guess what. They are using them too! And moreover, the Tunnelers staff is enjoying the benefits of EMP power and robust shield as well. I'm not lying and as a proof, I give you 2 pics capturing the 'Kobold gang' in action.

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Last time I've played Tunnelers, everything looked fine. But since then, things went out of control. Michalman and Baltier have come across a really strange phenomenon, which was never seen before. The upgrades just exploded and filled the whole arena. Have you experienced something similar before? Do you have some cool photos to share with us?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Have you seen this before? No? Well, we didn't either. From the information that is available to us, a new territory has been discovered by our team of explorers. They have sent us this remarkable photo of what appears to be a sculpture of an angel. What are your thoughts on this?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Ever wondered why gejmerqoo is sometimes better than you and kills you quicker? Well, he told me a secret today and sent me a proof to go with it. What you see on this picture is 5 damage boosts. What do you think? Have you any similar experiences with 'overpoweredness'?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Ahojte, dnes vecer o 19:30 Bratislavskeho casu budeme hrat s gejmerqoom a ostatnymi chalanmi na serveri. Budeme aj na TeamSpeaku 2, ktory ma IP 88.212.10.149 a budeme v kanali 'Tunnelers' s heslom 'Tunnelers'.
Budeme velmi radi ak si s nami zahrate. :)

Menschik & gejmerqoo

We are very happy that we have you guys with us. You give us the motivation to work harder and to improve our precious game! Do you still remember the last fan art in one of our pics of the week? Well, recently, we received another sketch from mortty. We don't know the name of this tank yet, nor it's functions. Can you, perhaps, come up with a name for this mighty beast?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Vieme, že medzi nami je najviac hráčov z Česka a zo Slovenska, preto sme sa rozhodli sem pridať aj článok s  Hracou Príručkou. Nájdete ju na našich fórach alebo priamo v tomto článku Táto príručka bola preložená Mikinou.

So, do you remember how I mentioned that I will travel to Bratislava to meet the guys responsible for our precious game on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage? Well, I made a photo or two of them to show you the brains and souls behind it. The first photo is from our brainstorming lunch session with gejmerqoo on the left and egor on the right. The second photo shows the Tunnelers HQ with the guys coding away the new Tunnelers cadet. In other words, where the 'magic' happens. :-P

Another week, another pic! That's how it is with Tunnelers. :-) This week is special and it is special because we proudly present to you a picture of a tank, which has been designed by amnart, one of our fans! It is thought to be a part of an upcoming green fraction. What do you think? Would you like to see it in Tunnelers?

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Menschik & gejmerqoo

The Tunnelers Team

We have had reports of unsuccessful installations in the first minutes after the launch of the new version. Most of the issues included an error during the installation process.
The error is attached in the image below, please read the instructions fully. We know that the error is not intuitive and our dev. team is dedicated to work on it.
Solution: When the error appears, please close the internet browser(s) and hit 'Try Again'. The installation should continue after that. If you cliked on 'Cancel', you have to download the update again.

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Have you ever wondered who is so skilled to repair your tank in such a short period of time and over and over again? Well, search no further, as you are about to find out. It is of course Sway, our chief mechanic. Surprised? So were we, when she applied for the job

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Hey everyone,

So, while we are all waiting for the new update to arrive, there is a lot going on inside our forums. Big cheers for that guys, you make us proud :) Some of you composed some brilliant pieces of pure art and therefore we have decided to publish them here :) The athors of these paintings are Larry, Necross and Mikina. Please,  leave a comment to support their talent! :P

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Tunnelers has gone a long way since it's development started. We have tried different ideas and different concepts. To show you how much different it looked in the beginning , we have reached into our archive for these two screenshots. As you can see, this is a 2D version of our Tunnelers and a completely different layout to what you can find in a version from this year. Quite a change, don't you think?

PS: Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel :)

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Menschik & gejmerqoo

Dear Fans!

The moment has come and we decided that you waited long enough.

Everyone in the Tunnelers team worked really hard on this game and it is thanks to them that we are able to open the public BETA. Yes, you heard it, Tunnelers is now officially in open BETA! Big cheers to our dev team who did an excellent job in debugging the game. :) You can now start playing by registering on our brand new BETA website, where you will find your profile, statistics and much more.

At the moment, there is only one server running the game. This will change in two to three weeks time. We will be adding more servers in more countries so Tunnelers is really a global game. We all want you to have a great time, but with only one server, things can get pretty rough. In the unfortunate circumstances of any problems, please 'ping' our server (188.122.68.70) to see your latency to make sure that your gameplay is not affected by your internet connection.

We are launching the open BETA for Czech/Slovak gamers, so we can really fine-tune the game before going globally and add more servers to our list. Please bear in mind, that even though Tunnelers has been released for the public, it is still a BETA version :) We know about some bugs, but will be happy if you let us know on our forum , if you find some more.

We need your support, so if you enjoyed the game and had a great time, please spread the word and let your friends know, so we can become a big, strong and happy community :)

We are all looking forward to seeing you on the battlefield.

We bring you another pic of the week today :) In the screenshot, you can see our team of alpha testers recharging after a really exhausting bug-reporting session. Everyone seems to be hanging around gejmerqo (who is by the way 'Test9' in this pic - maybe he wants to stay undercover) with no interest in me whatsovever in the upper right corner of the base. Oh well, it seems that gejmerqo is the celebrity that the masses love!

We are now closer to the open BETA than ever before and therefore we feel that is is the time to uncover the identities of the guys responsible for this special game!

So here they are, all six of them, all looking nice and happy about the Tunnelers project.
By the way, can you guess which one of them is the Big Boss egor?

PS: They have the best T-Shirts in the whole world

And welcome to our weekly Pic Of The Week session. Today, we went to a photo shoot and took a group photo of all of our tanks. As you can see, the photographer did a good job and captured the tanks at their best.
There are 3 different fractions on this photo, of which the green fraction will only be unlocked to our premium members as a premium content. We have more than this ready to roll out for the premium members, including new maps and other improvements.

We are looking forward to seeing you on the battlefield, as the D-Day is closer than you might think :)

Our Tunnelers project is getting pretty close to the open BETA release stage and as a part of the process, we had an Alpha test yesterday. The Dev Team scored again and brought us the best version yet with some pretty nifty and mind blowing features. Gejmerqo took the camera and captured some pretty cool pictures.
You may have noticed that we have thrown in 5 free places to join with our Alpha Team yesterday on our Facebook Fanpage, so make sure you check it out :)
All in all, it has been a great session and we are looking forward to seeing you all on the battlefield very soon!

PS: Gejmerqo told me that he was 'owning' everyone in there, so be prepared for some rather serious competition.