Warparty enters Early Access Early October 2018
We started sending the Beta keys for our game back in May. What started as sending e-mails to those who were interested quickly transformed into a Discord server that passionate RTS players could join to request a key and start playing.
Over the past few months we received a constant stream of feedback which we constantly discussed and tried to apply with weekly patches whenever possible. At the same time, we still planned and implemented new features of our own to further enhance the game, such as a complete User Interface overhault to offer more control for players and properly support some of the requested features.
It is our absolute pleasure to announce that the Warparty Early Access will be available in early October 2018! The Early Access version will be cheaper than the price at full release, and allows players to send continuous feedback to the Developers as we continue working on the game!
The steps we’ve taken…
Throughout the Beta and even before, we’ve set ourselves a good amount of goals we wanted to reach. So far we’ve completed the following, but there’s much more to come.
- And old-school RTS with a few modern twists and Quality of Life features, set in a magical Stone Age era.
- Capture Shrines and hold them to receive power and unleash a variety of magical spells!
- 2 Unique factions led by a Chieftain. Upgrade your Settlement, acquire new talents to improve your troops and lead your War Party to victory!
- AI Skirmish: Practice your skills against an AI or test new strategies!
- Online Multiplayer through Steam. Play against each other or co-op against an AI opponent on a variety of maps. Team settings are unrestricted, allowing both balanced competitive games as well as hard challenges.
- Hotkey Customization. We want to offer nearly full control over every action you can take, and our extensive hotkey customization will allow just that.
- In-Game wiki that updates every time we rebalance.
- Windows and Mac OSX support!
The road ahead…
Early Access allows us to improve the game through the feedback and support of its players. This support will go directly towards implementing new features that we believe players will expect of an RTS upon full release.
A Third Faction
We have designs in the work for a brand new faction, with new units, talents, powers and mechanics!
Dedicated Servers and Online Matchmaking
For the Multiplayer scene of Warparty, we wish to offer dedicated servers and match players according to a score based system. No fear of disconnecting hosts or cheaters in a competitive scene.
Ladder System
The RTS crowd is a varied, but passionate one. This feature is for the competitive ones. With proper matchmaking and dedicated servers, we want to offer a Leaderboard that can be climbed by the dedicated players who aim for the top!
The Ladder system will also serve as means to access a variety of tournaments hosted by the Developers as an incentive to fight for those top spots.
Campaign
For those who prefer rocking it solo, we intend to have a full campaign available for play at release. These campaign missions will offer more variety, mechanics and Challenges than your standard Skirmish vs. AI.
Our goal is to offer enough hours of playtime for experienced players, while simultaneously teaching new players the ropes so at the very end, they understand the game well enough to jump into the Multiplayer.
Observer Mode
This feature has been requested multiple times and we want to make sure it is there on full release. Spectate your friends’ games as they do battle, either to learn new tactics or simply for entertainment.
Save and Load
Some games can take longer than expected, and against an AI, we want to offer the option to finish what you started at any point in time.
Optimal Support
Throughout development we will occasionally review various aspects of the game and optimize wherever we can so you’re never hindered by performance. This also includes bugfixes and netcode optimization., as well as balancing based on player feedback.
Music and SFX
We still have a lot of room for improving the audio so it supplements the gameplay perfectly through new audio effects and music.
New Maps and Game Modes
We still have plenty ideas left for both serious and fun game modes on new Maps playable both against other players and the AI.
More Upgrades
Part of the feedback we’ve received involved a desire for more upgrades. While the basic type upgrades have already been implemented, people requested upgrades that changed the way units played. We’ve decided to listen to this request and fulfil that desire.
As always, a big thank you from the Warcave Team for your continuous support!
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