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Full Write Warz update
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Extracted changes
- Compatibility
- UI and audio
- Maps
- Gameplay
Write Warz 3.0 is here!
It’s our full release out of Early Access. As part of this launch, Write Warz is no longer free-to-play, and we’ve removed the marketplace: one purchase includes every theme and cosmetic, forever. The biggest new feature is Mobile (Beta): only one person needs to own the game on Steam to host, and everyone else can join from a mobile browser device at writewarz.tv to write and vote.
MOBILE: New way to play! Join a game for free on the mobile version of the game through any browser! This is a beta. For now you can write, use bonus words, and vote!
How does it work? Create a game of Write Warz the usual way through the game on steam. You'll need to either be in the same room or share your screen so that mobile players can see it. Once a game has been created, mobile players can go to writewarz.tv, choose their name, and enter in the join code!
Once everyone is in, start the game! You can mix steam players and mobile players (as well as twitch players), but at least one player will need to be on Steam (to host the game). Events/minigames are disabled by default when mobile players connect, but you can turn them back on (just note that mobile players won't be able to participate in minigames, as we are in beta).
Currently the themes that are compatible with mobile are: Apocalyptic, Sci Fi, Western, Horror, Elves vs Samurai
Let us know if you love playing like this so we can expand to be compatible with all the themes and all the ways to play!
ELVES VS SAMURAI A brand new theme! In this theme you'll be split into two teams: Elves and Samurai, locked in a generations-long war, each with unique UI and backgrounds.
After each round the highest voted elf and highest voted samurai will face off in one of three unique duels: A strategic rock/paper/scissors duel, a speed typing battle, and a word hot potato that the whole team gets to participate in! The winner of the duel gets their sentence in the story.
There's also a day/night cycle that affects the scenery, additionally the elves get an advantage during the night and the samurai get an advantage during the day: fire arrows will fire at the writing panel preventing the disadvantaged team from writing for a few precious moments during the writing round.
Finally, scoring good judgement, using bonus words, and winning duels will grant your team points towards the ancient orb at the heart of the war between the factions. The team that manages to sway the orb by the end of the game will earn a massive influx of points!
TWITCH WRITING INTEGRATION We've heard you've loved letting your Twitch chat vote on the best sentence, well we've added a new option for streamers to allow their viewers to submit sentences to be used in game!
How does it work? When making a game, simply choose how many of your bots will be controlled by Twitch chat. Then, during each writing round, anyone in Twitch chat can type "!write" and then their sentence (yes, it will be screened for profanity if you have the profanity filter on). Once writing is over, each Twitch bot will choose a random viewer's sentence and you'll see those in voting! When voting is done you'll even get to see which Twitch chatter submitted that sentence if you want
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