Hi everyone, we have another exciting Dev Blog today!

It’s been a pleasure working on Wargroove these past few years – thanks in no small part to our amazingly passionate community who’ve been encouraging throughout development and beyond. As a thank you for all your love and support we’re proud to bring you ‘Wargroove: Double Trouble’, a free (yes, free!) DLC coming to all supported platforms (PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One). Let’s get into it!



Wargroove: Double Trouble is designed with co-op play in mind, adding a new story campaign that introduces 3 new Outlaw Commanders; the mighty Wulfar, troublemaker twins Errol and Orla, as well as the maleficent Vesper (seen below – more info about Vesper soon). After an unexpected kidnapping and some severe ransom demands, your group of rogues have no choice but to perform the biggest heist that Aurania has ever seen…

Wargroove: Double Trouble has a load of new content available, including:

• A brand new Co-Op Story Campaign (can be played couch co-op, online co-op or even solo)
  
• 3 New Roguish Commanders
  
• 2 New Units – Thieves & Riflemen!
  
• New Arcade missions
  
• Competitive online Quick Play maps, including some of the community’s most competitive maps as voted for by the Groove of War team
  
• Public and Private Multiplayer Lobbies – you can now also play custom campaigns online!
  
• New Volcano map theme and more updates to the custom Editor tools
  
• Outlaw music tracks, composed by Phonetic Hero
  
• And more!

Wargroove: Double Trouble will give you more control than ever over your custom maps, campaigns and cutscenes:

• Unit Modifiers – We’re enabling players to modify the damage that any unit/structure receives as a percentage, including making them invulnerable. We’re also looking into a teleport unit action for the editor.
  
• Metalocations -We’re adding support for ‘metalocations’ which indicate where things last happened on the map, for example the last attacker, last defender, last recruit, last unit used, last movement path, last death etc. There will also be new actions for locations, such as copying a location area, moving location by (x,y), and boolean operations between locations.
  
• Gizmos – New place-able entities with an on and off state such as levers and chests. Using gizmos you can override terrain (e.g. draw bridges) and will also be able to enter new actions to set and toggle the gizmo state, as well as new conditions to check it.
  
• Counters – We’re adding new actions to perform arithmetic between counters as well as setting the counter to random value, and load/storing counter values to some other variables (HP, Groove etc.). There’s also a new condition to compare counters.
  
• Actions can now play sounds
  
• Map upload slots will also be increased so players can upload more maps at once.
  
• Volcano biomes now available in the map builder for all your lava needs.

Last but not least, this update also includes balance adjustments to a number of units and Commanders:

• Spearmen – Cost increased 150 => 250 gold
  
• Dogs – Cost decreased 200 => 150 gold
  
• Amphibians – Damage vs structures reduced, crit damage now 45-55 => 35-45
  
• Amphibians – Cost increased 250 => 350 gold
  
• Trebuchets = Cost increased 900 => 1000
  
• Balloons – Cost decreased 500 => 450
  
• Balloons – Can now only carry the same units as wagons
  
• Harpies – Minimum base damage vs structures 45% => 50%
  
• Koji – Drones now take 50% damage from all units instead of 800% damage
  
• Sedge – Sadistic rush charge speed, very slow => slow
  
• Tenri – Tornado charge speed, medium => slow
  
• “M” (secret Commander) – Groove charge speed, slow => medium
  
• Ryota – Blade dash charge speed, medium => fast
  
• Ryota – Blade dash now starts at 50% commander damage
  
• Ryota – Blade dash now increases in damage by 5% commander damage per “jump” on blade dash route.
  
• Ryota – Can now dash through neutral structures
  
• Commander – Minimum base damage vs soldiers 95% => 115%
  
• Commander – Minimum base damage vs spearmen 65% => 75%
  
• Critical hits no longer increase RNG damage range. All damage is max +/- 5%, even after crit
  
• Killing non unit summons (vines, crystals, etc) will no longer build groove

Phew, there you have it! TL;DR Wargroove: Double Trouble is the name of our upcoming free DLC introducing a brand new co-op enabled campaign, new Commanders, public & private multiplayer lobbies, a whole suite of editor tool updates, balance changes + much more.. Wargroove: Double Trouble is currently in the final testing phase, so once it’s passed submissions we’ll be revealing a release date and an exciting new trailer!



Don’t forget that the Wargroove Deluxe Edition physical is coming to stores later this month on October 29th for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, so make sure you get pre-order soon! The Deluxe Edition includes a physical cart/disc copy of the game, a downloadable version of the Wargroove soundtrack by Phonetic Hero and Boss Battle Records, a Commander sprite sticker sheet, a poster map of Aurania (Outlaw version!), a mini Strategy Manual with stats and tips on all units (available in English, French, Italian, German & Spanish) as well as a reversible coversheet!

We will be streaming a first look at Double Trouble tomorrow via the ChucklefishLive Twitch channel, so make sure to follow us there for a notification when we go live. If you’re in the UK come visit us at EGX London this week where we’ll be giving visitors a chance to get hands-on with the new content over at the Chucklefish stand in the Rezzed area. You can also follow updates about Wargroove: Double Trouble and Wargroove in general on Twitter, our forums, the Wargroove subreddit, and the wiki!

Bye for now!

Author: krakauer, Chucklefish Programmer

Hello everyone! Today we’re doing a public beta of a long awaited PC feature, modding! We’ve been testing it ourselves, but as you are all much more creative than us, we’d really like your help to break it as much as possible while creating cool mods!


Good question! First of all – back up your save files!

Next, you’ll find the beta is available on Steam by using a beta branch. In your Steam library, right-click on the Wargroove entry and select “Properties”. In the “Betas” tab, you should see a drop down and a textbox. In the textbox, enter the password ‘caesarisagoodboy’ and click “Check Code”.



If the code has worked, you should be able to select the ‘public-beta’ option from the drop down box. Once you’ve done that, Steam should install the beta and you’re ready to go!


I have written a document to help you get started, which you can find on the Wargroove wiki! (Is this document just a thinly veiled attempt to get my dog more Instagram followers? Answer: yes). In addition, we’ve created a few little examples that you can find by following the file path C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Wargroove\modpacker_bin


Once you’ve created your mod, it should have put itself in your Wargroove appdata folder. You can probably find this at %appdata%/Chucklefish/Wargroove/mods. Copy the folder with your mod name on it and send it to a friend! They just put the folder in the same spot in their appdata folder.


Custom Maps
If you want to create a modded map, go into a custom map and open the main menu. Hit the branch new “Mods” button, and you should see a list of your installed mods.



Just flip the switch for the ones you want to use and change the ordering if you need to. Hit “Save and Reload Map”. This should reload your map with the mods on. The “Add to Mod” button is for packaging maps within a mod, and you can read about it in the document linked in the “How do I make a mod?” section.

Local Multiplayer
If you want to use a mod in a map that already exists, go to local multiplayer and select the map. In the “Match Settings” window, hit the “Mods” button, and you should see a list of your installed mods. Flip the switches for the mods you want to use and change the ordering if you need to.



Hit close when you’re done and you should be using your mods!




The only modded maps that can be used in online multiplayer are maps that have been packaged within a mod. All players must have the same version of the mod installed. If you do, when you go to host a game you should see the modded map available. Anyone with the same version of the mod installed can join the game like normal.


Unfortunately not – this is a platform restriction we don’t have control over, so modding tools are a PC only feature. Console players will not be able to access any custom content or join any online matches which use PC mods, and instead will see an error message.


I’ll be on the Wargroove discord today to answer questions, and I’ll be available as long as I’m near my computer!


First of all, thank you! We’ve set up a forum post to collect feedback HERE. You can also post on discord, but please post on the forum as well so that it doesn’t get lost!

Happy modding!

안녕!

Today we're launching patch v1.3.0 which will primarily introduce Korean as a playable language. Thanks to our friends at Shloc for working on the Korean localisation!



This patch also contains a few new features and lays the foundation for PC mod support. Also included are some bugfixes, which you can find details of in the Version History section of the wiki - warning, version history includes some spoilers.

Here's the full breakdown of the new features added in the latest patch:

• Add 'delete progress' option to the campaign menu for downloaded Campaigns
  
• Add hotkey to change Players in Map Editor; users can now use Spacebar to toggle between players when placing units.
  
• Add ‘Duplicate’ to Triggers, Flags, Counters, Conditions and Actions in Event Editor
  
• Removed Weather from Quick Play
  
• Added Korean support

You may also be excited to hear that we're planning to start the PC mod beta next week. We'll let you know more information and how you can gain access the beta once we have a specific date set, so keep those eyes peeled!

Lastly, don't forget to submit your map designs via the Wargroove subreddit for the chance to claim the next Community Choice Award winner! If mapmaking isn't your thing, you can also show your support to fellow community members by voting for your favourite by upvoting their post on the thread.

감사드리며 재미있게 즐기시길 바랍니다! Chucklefish 개발진 올림.

Hi everyone!

The Wargroove Discord members among you may have seen that last week Chucklefish CEO Tiy divulged some information on what the development team are currently working on, and details on what you can expect in upcoming minor and major patches across all versions. Today we wanted to go into a little more detail!

An official caveat though, the below isn’t a finalised list of content, nor can we 100% confirm that all of these features will make it into the upcoming updates, as some are still in development / testing stages, so keep that in mind! Updates also still need to go through various approval processes, so we can’t estimate exact release dates just yet.


While we’ve been keeping our heads-down in development since the last major QoL patch, we’re constantly reading and listening to feedback from all around the player-base – be that from the online competitive scene, map-making fans as well as casual players who are keen to see more content to get stuck into. As such we have 3 updates in the works:

v1.3.0 ‘Minor’ Patch

• Korean Language will be added! 이제 워그루브를 한국어로 만나보실 수 있습니다!
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Some technical stuff laying the foundation for PC Mod support

PC Mod Support Patch

• Adds mod support via Steam Workshop – check out this Commander mod preview where we recruited one of our office dogs!
  
• This patch will follow closely behind v1.3.0 and will be in open beta to get player feedback

v2.0 ‘Major’ Update

• BIG brand new content – full details to be revealed at a later date…
  
• Lobby listings, so that players can find publicly hosted games
  
• Unit balance adjustments to a number of units and Commanders
  
• Quickplay map rotation – New maps will be chosen and weather will also be turned off in Quickplay mode.

This update will also include new Map Editor options – there’s quite a lot of ideas we’re testing at the moment, so here we go…

• Gizmos – New place-able entities with an on and off state such as levers and chests. Using gizmos you can override terrain (e.g. draw bridges) and will also be able to enter new actions to set and toggle the gizmo state, as well as new conditions to check it.
  
• Counters – We’re adding new actions to perform arithmetic between counters as well as setting the counter to random value, and load/storing counter values to some other variables (HP, Groove etc.). There’s also a new condition to compare counters.
  
• Actions can now play sounds
  
• Metalocations – We’re adding support for ‘metalocations’ which indicate where things last happened on the map, for example the last attacker, last defender, last recruit, last unit used, last movement path, last death etc. There will also be new actions for locations, such as copying a location area, moving location by (x,y) and boolean operations between locations.
  
• Unit Modifiers – We’re also enabling players to modify the damage that any unit/structure receives as a percentage, including making them invulnerable. We’re also looking into a teleport unit action for the editor.
  
• Map upload slots will also be increased so users can upload more maps at once.

As we mentioned earlier, we want to keep you updated on what we’re working on, but be aware that not all of the above may make it into the final update list as we continue implementing and testing new features, so do wait for the final patch notes which will be revealed when each patch is ready to deploy!

There’s still even more announcements on the way for Wargroove, so plenty still to look forward to in 2019! For now, come join us on the Wargroove Discord where we’ll be chatting about some of the changes we’re making, and don’t forget to submit your maps ahead of the next Community Maps Spotlight this Friday. You can also vote for your favourite map to receive the Community Choice Award in the Wargroove subreddit.

Bye for now!

Hi all,

Shortly after launch we announced that we were working on a quality of life patch, combining some community feedback we received and adjustments we wanted to make. Well good news –Wargroove Patch 1.2.0 is available now!

A quick PSA, you may also find yourself needing to update to the latest version in order to access the game’s online features after the patch, so do make sure you’re up to date if you have any issues.

If you do by chance find any bugs please do report them to the support section in the Wargroove Forums. If you’d like to chat to the developers and share your thoughts, you can also find us lurking in the Wargroove Discord server!


Checkpoint system:

• While playing in campaign mode, you can set a checkpoint in a mission
  
• If you are defeated, you can retry from the checkpoint
  
• You can set a checkpoint whenever you want, but you can only have one active at a time (the previous gets overwritten)

Difficulty system overhaul:

• Five difficulty presets, Story, Easy, Medium, Hard (Default) and Custom
  
• Hard difficulty is the default, and is the standard rules of the game. It’s the only mode where you can obtain S-ranks
  
• Medium difficulty is a bit easier and still lets you obtain up to 3 stars
  
• Easy limits you at 2 stars
  
• Story limits you at 1 star, and is VERY easy

Multiplayer:

• You can now add CPU players to online games
  
• There’s now a message clarifying that you must join a match if you don’t have any in progress
  
• A number of fixes to Quick Play timers
  
• You can no longer suspend Quick Play matches and play other games in the meanwhile, since they’re supposed to be realtime
  
• 9 maps designed specifically for co-op have been added
  
• Fix issue where user’s couldn’t get into Online multiplayer
  
• Fix issue were main menu could not be invoked during opponent’s/AI turn

General Quality of Life

• The effectiveness chart on unit info and recruit screens has been reworked to be far more readable and informative
  
• Skipping battles, captures and cutscenes is now much faster
  
• Display the S rank requirements on the overview screen for a mission
  
• “Exit” has been renamed to “Suspend” to avoid confusion
  
• You can now see teams on the Overview screen
  
• Fix international text input on Switch
  
• Display the Controller Select Applet on Switch less often
  
• Add Korean font
  
• Resigning will now destroy all units simultaneously instead of one at a time

New options:

• Add “Movement Speed” option that allow you to set all units to move faster
  
• Add “Confirm End Turn” option to avoid accidental end of turn
  
• Add “Damage Range” option to display minimum and maximum damage on previews, instead of average damage

Fog of War:

• Allies now share vision
  
• Eliminated players can still see their team vision; eliminated teams become spectators
  
• Spectators can view the current team’s vision
  
• Hide enemy income and funds
  
• Don’t spawn effects or show building colours inside fog of war
  
• Don’t show battle and capture animations unless at least one of the units is visible to the current player
  
• Fog of War now updates faster
  
• Fix “sonar” bug that allowed you to obtain extra information within fog of war
  
• Fix allies being able to move units into each other and becoming stuck

Fixes and tweaks:

• Fix Tenri’s groove charge rate to the intended value
  
• Change Ryota’s groove to allow him to dash through his own units
  
• Fix team options; all teams should display correctly in 2v2 matches
  
• Fixes for Vines and Crystals acting as Units
  
• Fix for 7-2; commanders no longer change team after suspending
  
• Fix sound effects in Cutscene editor causing crash
  
• Fix Cutscene Attack animations causing crash
  
• Fix Empty dialogue event boxes causing crash
  
• Layering of actors and props in Cutscene editor should now work as expected
  
• Fix crash when entering non-numeric text into Counter events
  
• Fix issue with Tutorial 1.3 where user could get stuck when asked to select a barrack
  
• Misc language fixes
  
• Misc minor fixes