Hi Everyone!
We just wanted to share the newest characters we’ve been working on: Faye and Brighthorn!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vy-2eyguuM
New Character: Faye
Ability: Pixie’s Prank
When Faye wins a round, one of her playful fairy friends will sweep across the screen, scattering magical fairy dust on all players. This dust causes chaotic, trippy visuals – distorting colors and scrambling non-protected bonus or player-specific words.
Players must decode and use these distorted words in their next writing round, or Faye gains +5 points for each word left unused (which is capped at 2 points per player). Meanwhile, other players who successfully unscramble and use their words will earn +5 bonus points per word.
This effect kicks in right after the score summary ends to keep the game flowing smoothly!
Gameplay Improvements and Fixes:
- Word Bonuses UI: Boxes are now wider, and words appear larger for better readability.
- Plot Point Selection Overhaul: Now, each player is assigned a unique plot point in the prequel round with a specific prequel word. Winning the round triggers your assigned plot point!
- Voting Bats Reduced: Lowered to improve performance and reduce lag.
- Round Timing Adjustments: Added +5 seconds to the first few rounds to improve pacing.
- 10-round Games: Rounds 1-4 now have 50 seconds, with time incrementing by 5 seconds each round after.
- 6-round Games: Rounds 1-3 have 50 seconds, with time incrementing by 5 seconds in later rounds.
- Better Story Visibility: The story text will never be blocked by sentence suggestions.
- Keyboard Voting: You can now vote by pressing keys 1-6 instead of clicking.
- Transition Improvements: Fixed bug where letters could be typed during transition away from the writing panel.
- Cursor Lock: Cursor will only lock when in exclusive fullscreen mode.
- Bot Voting Timing: Bots no longer go over time during voting.
- Start Sentence Fix: You can now enter a start sentence after lobby creation.
- Plot Point Adjustments: Improved processing of plot point sentences to avoid accidental retries on failed attempts.
- AI and Lobby Stability: Resolved issues with AI sentence processing and lobby player visibility when someone leaves.
Miscellaneous Updates:
- Ignus Character Update: Changed Ignus’s burn letters to less common ones, making it easier for players to switch their words.
- Kira Autocorrect Symbol Resized: Rescaled to match the new UI; more Kira updates are coming soon!
- Ability Information Streamlined: Now only one ability text explanation will appear per round to reduce screen clutter.
But that’s not all! We also have another character in the works: Brighthorn! Learn more about him here:
https://youtu.be/63bNj4obv5Q
New Changes
Here are the new changes in the latest update!
- Voting Bats are now less laggy.
- Sentence suggestions will now never cover the story.
- Cursor is now only locked to the game when on Exclusive Fullscreen.
- Tweaked AI Voting Prompt.
- Added more words/phrases to the bot retry list.
- Game UI should look much better on non-16:9 or 16:10 screens.
- Now only one ability text per round.
- Replaced Brighthorn's Base Portrait with the final version.
- Replaced Keystroke's icon sprite.
- Profanity filter used to check usernames is much smaller with more intense words.
- Names from Steam are no longer cut off, but now just shrink instead.
- Tweaked the scary background.
- Window resizing no longer available in windowed mode.
- Fixed – AI bots going over voting time.
- Fixed – Not being able to type the starting sentence after the lobby is created.
- Fixed – Lobby settings not being copied correctly when switching between 6 and 10 rounds.
- Fixed – Plot point sentences continuing to generate after the sentence gets put into the story.
- Fixed – AI sentence processing bug.
- Fixed – Players box in lobby being cleared out when someone leaves the lobby.
- Fixed – Keystroke bug where points would sometimes be double counted.
- Fixed – Voting portal sound being desynced from the animation.
- Fixed – Kira's autocorrect disable symbol being off scale with the regular one.
- Fixed – Curse of the Mummy's ankh laser firing at the wrong spot.
- Fixed – Selecting the lowest resolution when selecting highest resolution.
- Fixed – Name clipping in bar breakdown.
Character Art Timelapse
We also recently shared a timelapse of character art for an upcoming character, Dr. Alistair "Chronos" Caldwell – planned to join the game during the Noir story theme season. Did you know that all art included in Write Warz is hand-drawn? Our art team works hard to create striking and unique art for each character, so we wanted to share a look at their process:
https://youtu.be/OJ26b7vm29I
Background: A brilliant physicist and inventor, Dr. Alistair Caldwell dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of time travel. After years of tireless research, he finally achieved his goal, creating a device capable of traversing the timestream. Now known as "Chronos," Alistair has embarked on a series of temporal adventures, witnessing firsthand the great events of history and exploring the unknown reaches of the future.
Personality: Alistair is a curious and inquisitive soul, driven by a thirst for knowledge and a desire to unravel the mysteries of time itself. He possesses a keen intellect and a knack for thinking outside the box, allowing him to approach problems from unexpected angles. Despite his brilliance, Alistair is also a deeply private individual, often keeping his true motivations and goals hidden from even his closest friends.
Skills: As a time traveler, Alistair possesses an unrivaled understanding of the intricacies of temporal mechanics and the flow of history. His knowledge of future events and advanced technology make him a valuable asset in any situation, while his ability to move through time allows him to gather crucial information, prevent disasters, and even manipulate events to suit his own ends.
We hope you enjoy the new character and update! Let us know if you have any ideas for other characters you would like to see in upcoming seasons :)
– Boltz Entertainment