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Patch Highlights

Edit 22/09/2021: We've become aware that a small number of users now have a different crash on startup in v2.0.8 please read this thread on how you can help and how to workaround the crash for now.

Engine Update & Major Crash Fix

Last year we began receiving reports that the game was instantly crashing upon launch on certain PCs. Upon investigation we found that this issue affected all users with Intel CPUs of 10th Generation or newer.

Once we acquired an affected PC we confirmed that this issue was a seeming incompatibility with the Unity Engine version WFTO was built upon as a blank project in that same version would yield the same crash.

Through the stellar work of our code team we've completed the tumultuous move to a newer version of the Unity Engine from 5.4.6 to 5.6.7. This addresses the crash and allows War for the Overworld to run as intended on these machines with no workarounds required.

Great care has been taken to ensure that the player experience should be unaffected by this move but engine updates, even ones as seemingly minor as this are often very involved and rarely done once a game is launched.

We would therefore ask you to remain aware of any changes in behaviour in the game and report any issues directly to us via Userecho.

We'd like to thank all the fans on our Discord server who helped test this new patch on the beta branch.

  • Unity Engine updated from version 5.4.6 to 5.6.7, addressing a serious crash on Intel CPUs.

Gameplay / Balance Changes

Units

New Unit - Unbound Ghoul
  • Special variant of the Ghoul that can be placed in the Map Editor
  • The Unbound Ghoul is a normal Ghoul except it is not treated as a "slave" unit i.e. it does not require a master
  • The Unbound Ghoul will not go feral without the guidance of a necromancer and instead can be placed freely as a hostile unit.

Shambler
  • Can now be affected by the Blood Money spell

Restless Spirit
  • Can now be affected by the Blood Money spell

Bug Fixes

Crashes & Gamebreakers
  • Fixed a serious Intel crash on launch due to incompatibility with Unity 5.4.6.
  • Fixed a few other unrelated crashes.

Units

  • Cynical Imp workers are now appropriately team coloured.

UI

  • Fixed an issue where the multiplayer chatbox would still be clickable even if it was hidden
  • Fixed an issue which prevented users from signing up to the newsletter in-game and receiving their
  • Several other minor UI fixes.

Cheers,

– Brightrock Games Team

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Darkest greetings Underlord,

Every year the Oni Ashigaru worker returns from his year-long wanderings. Waging honourable warfare, saving the denizens of the Underworld from roving imperial bandits. From where he has returned we don't rightly know but each year he comes bearing gifts in the form of discounts.

Get the free Oni Ashigaru Worker



Login any time before the end of April and you will immediately unlock the Oni Ashigaru worker for use in non-campaign modes. Once you've logged in you will receive an unlockable and should find the worker available for selection in Skirmish, Multiplayer, My Pet Dungeon, Crucible and Custom modes.



If he's missing do not fret, simply restart the game and then check again. You should find him waiting for you!

Mid April Sale - Up to 80% off!

With the worker's return you'll also find the game massively discounted until the 26th! If you've been waiting for an opportunity to complete your collection or have yet to delve into the depths of the Underworld then now is the perfect opportunity to do so!

Check out the on sale items over on the store page!

Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team[/b]

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Most Overdue Greetings Underlord,

It has been some time since we shared news from within the fortified walls of the Brightrock foundry but for good reason! Our Augres have been hard at work crafting the true form of Project: Aftercare and it is the thing you’d least expect…

That’s right Brightrock has long since left the software space and we’re now entering the hardware race. So with an exultant howl we present to you at last Project: Aftercare or more accurately THE POWER HAND OF EVIL!

Meet the POWER HAND™ OF EVIL

We know that many of our Underlords have longed for the day where they could reach into their dungeon and pluck their minions from its dark corridors and drop them elsewhere, or even deliver a hefty slap of your own.



Well with the POWER HAND OF EVIL™ you can do just that, simply don it’s moulded plastic form and you’ll be able to reach directly into your screen and enact your godly will directly. Note: This may be an exaggeration, we do not recommend actually reaching directly into your screen.

The POWER™ HAND OF EVIL features full finger tracking, and emotive motion sensing engines; it is fully compatible with all your favourite War for the Overworld actions and with the full power of your normal UI functions you’ll quickly find yourself throwing your keyboard and mouse out the window for this vastly superior control scheme.

You can probably even use it in other titles, though we’re not sure why you’d be playing anything other than War for the Overworld, the greatest game ever made.

Handy Features​

  • Grab, Drop, Slap and Flick for Victory - Your hand movements are perfectly translated directly into the game. Pinch your fingers to pick up, wave your hand to slap and even utilise new flick functionality to drive your minions forward over long distances!
  • Place, Cast, Rally - The power of your UI is at your fingertips! You can select rooms, place flags and cast spells using the handy, dandy keyboard embedded into the hand of evil.
  • Hot Swappable Keys - We realise that options are power in the hardware space and fundamentally there’s too many awesome things in WFTO to fit on one gauntlet. To that end you can purchase key packs which contain random keys for WFTO Aspects, pry your room keys off and replace them for instant access! Naturally you can also find “Shiny” RGB keys in the packs. Gotta get ‘em all!
  • Go Hand in Hand - Sometimes 18 keys isn’t enough. If you need more you can chain POWER HANDS OF™ EVIL together, ride them up your arm, glue them together, maybe even wear one on your other hand! The options are endless!
  • Track Ball, Track All! - We’ve included a swish trackball, well understood to be the best 3D object to use in navigating a 2D space. It’s so rad!
  • Radical Gauntlet Appearence - Speaking of Rad, the moulded plastic of the glove matches that of designs in WFTO itself, now you can truly feel like a cheap version of an Underlord.
  • VR Compatibility - The Power Hand is fully compatible with all VR Headsets, explore WFTO like you’ve never seen before and look awesome while doing it!
  • Mo’ Money, Mo’ Features - Of course for our whales we’ve got more features on the premium founders edition, complete with OLED buttons and actual tesla coils with which to zap your foes. More on that below!

Become Radical!​

No doubt you’re already reaching for your wallets and who can blame you? Not only will the POWER HAND OF EVIL™ will not only improve your gameplay, but also undeniably make you more attractive to those around you.



Obviously the current state you’ve seen is still an early prototype but we have opened up pre-orders of the super special founders edition! For a low markup of £2,500 you can get early access to the POW™ER HAND OF EVIL and any early hardware faults it develops! Bargain!

If you’re ready to take the plunge grab your founder’s edition version of the hand soon for the low-low price of £3,500.

Look forward to more announcements from us this year!

Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team


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Most Auspicious Greetings Underlord,

The Lunar New Year is upon us once more and in celebration, the ever lucky Dragon Worker has returned to bring you his blessings.

We’re also pleased to announce that the game is on sale with up to 80% off all War for the Overworld products until the end of the Steam Lunar Sale! Check out the store page!



To Unlock the Dragon Worker, Simply log-in to the game any time before the 20th of February to unlock this awesome, unique skin for your workers to use in any non-campaign game mode. But act fast, once he's gone he won't return for another year!



Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team


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Darkest greetings Underlords,

Through the darkest of tunnels we can see a light flickering at the end, not a mere torchlight but one of blazing radiance. With the last hours of the cursed year 2020 quickly fading we hope that our message reaches across the aether and finds you safe and well.

As we close out the year we have a few small announcements, firstly that of our final Community Spotlight for this year, which features some more excellent maps from the community and then news from our partners at Bandit Camp, developers of the tabletop RPG Wicked Ones!

Read on Underlords!

Quarter 4 Community Spotlight
This quarter's spotlight contains gems recently hewn from the rock which forms the strata of the Steam Workshop. Five new realms to assert your dominance across and a grand campaign produced by a partnership of skilled artisans that inhabit the workshop.

It's a truly momentous experience playing through a campaign which several of our most dedicated community members worked on together, we certainly hope to see more such cooperation from our loyal Underlords!

As always each and every spotlighted author will receive a code for the Golden Imp, if they have not already. So be sure to check the private comments on your items for your code!



Deathmatch Levels
Core Shards Levels

Scenario Levels
Custom Campaigns

If you want to get your hands on these incredible levels we've included links to download them separately or you can download them as part of our community spotlight! You can also subscribe to the meta spotlight collection which collects together all our existing spotlights in a single click download.


Fanart by @InspektorPL

Wicked Ones Releases!

Back in June 2019 we were proud to put our support behind Wicked Ones, an innovative and ambitious tabletop RPG which neatly translates the dungeon building concept into a roleplaying experience.



With the help of our Underlords they managed to hit their Kickstarter goals and more, unlocking not just all their stretch goals but also goals which unlocked access to WFTO themed content for the game!

We are pleased to announce that our devilish friends at Bandit Camp have now released the core rules for the game, which have achieved great success over at Drive Thru RPG, hitting #2 on the best selling charts!



So what are you waiting for Underlord? Grab some of your fellow lords, a copy of the Wicked Ones rules and a virtual table top and explore this awesome game right now!



Buy Wicked Ones now at Drive Thru RPG!

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WICKED ONES is a Forged in the Dark tabletop RPG about a group of fantasy monsters building a dungeon, launching raids on the surface to gather a hoard, and pursuing your nefarious master plan. Along the way, there's pillaging, rituals, concoctions, contraptions, discoveries deep in the ground, dungeon rooms, traps, creatures, minions, and so much more! You build your dungeon over time throughout the campaign and no two dungeons will ever be alike.

You bask in choosing the greater of two evils as your group strives to accomplish its master plan and terrorize the region around your dungeon.

However, your vile deeds lure increasingly greedy and powerful adventurers into your dungeon. Can you stave off the inevitable onslaught of heroism that your notoriety brings?



As for the War for the Overworld content? Well rest assured that's still on the horizon, we are in talks with Bandit Camp for the next phase as development ramps up on the splatbook to bring your games of Wicked Ones into the setting of War for the Overworld!

You'll be able to build your dungeon as an Underlord, possess your very own minions and crush the goodly forces of the Empire as you race to establish your notoriety within Kairos!



We'll be sure to keep you informed as we approach release!

That's all for now Underlords, all that remains is to wish you and your families a safe and hopefully more stable 2021, we'll see you soon...

Until next year Underlords!

– Brightrock Games Team

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Darkest greetings Underlords,

As the world above battles with the seemingly cursed year that is 2020. The crash of steel on reverberates through the long-dormant halls of the Underworld. Hushed whispers on cultists lips carry words of great works undertaken by skilled artificers; and that something greater still is being forged in the furnaces of the deep.

It is time once more Underlord to delve into the untold depths to uncover the deeper dungeons and shimmering gems, crafted by your fellow underlords.

But before you do let us first regale you with what news returns from those pesky development imps, shuttered away as they are in the darkest levels of the dungeon.

Updates from the Studio Floor(s)

We know it's been some time since we provided you with updates on the state of affairs at Brightrock and we know many of you are curious and even worried about us at the studio, especially with the challenges that many are facing in the current climate.

We honestly appreciate the messages of concern we've received and we'd first like to assure everyone that we are all well and working hard on Project Aftercare. On the state of our studio here are the highlights:

  • Given ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, we're continuing to encourage our developers to work at home and expect this will continue for the foreseeable future.
  • Baring some initial challenges, adjusting to work from home has not greatly affected our productivity and we are still hard at work on Project Aftercare.
  • We are using this as a trial period to determine whether a permanent change could be ultimately beneficial for us as individuals and as a studio.

We are fortunate in many ways that we have lots of experience with working from homes and the transition was largely smooth. What impact there has been to production is slight.

This brings us to the state of the project itself. We realise that we have been radio silent for a long time beyond some initial teases. There are many reasons for this, primarily that we want to focus all our energy into making the game, and we are fortunately in a position to do so. Here’s what you need to know:

  • Work continues apace on Project: Aftercare and the game is shaping up well.
  • We cannot announce anything specific right now but we hope to be sharing more news with you in the coming year.
  • We're continuing to expand the team with additional talent and working with new contractors to shape up various areas of the game.

We know that news on the game has been a long time coming and we thank you for your patience, we're working hard to ensure that when we can finally share more details it'll have been worth the wait!

Quarter 3 Community Spotlight

Your cultists have retrieved an incredible wealth of impressive works from across the vast archives of the underworld. This Quarter's spotlight is packed to the brim with some truly impressive accomplishments which are sure to be excellent additions to your domain.

Congratulations to all our spotlighted creators who have all earned the fabulous golden worker skin this month. Remember if you have any fan creations at all related to War for the Overworld we'd love to see them. Simply drop us a line on our Discord, Forums, Twitter or elsewhere and we'll try to include them in the spotlight!



The coveted Golden Worker could be yours!

This quarter we have just under a dozen maps for you and an incredibly awesome campaign for you to try out, making this spotlight one of the largest we've ever put together.

Moreover, as you'll see from the list below some of the maps included are ingenious feats that truly demonstrate how far Mightyscript can be pushed and needless to say it's beyond our wildest expectations!



Deathmatch Levels


Core Shards Levels


King of the Underhill Levels


Scenario Levels


Custom Campaigns


If you want to get your hands on these incredible levels we've included links to download them separately or you can download them as part of our community spotlight! You can also subscribe to the meta spotlight collection which collects together all our existing spotlights in a single click download.

Until next time Underlords!


– Brightrock Games Team

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Darkest Greetings Underlords,

We hope you enjoyed our April Fool’s yesterday! It’s always a pleasure to work on something totally out there for a few days. Today we’re coming to you with different news entirely and a whole lot more genuine!

As some of you may know, War for the Overworld launched from early access on April 2nd, 2015. That means that today is officially War for the Overworld’s fifth birthday! Incredible isn’t it? Five years ago we launched a game that was already three years in the making (or well over a decade, depending on who you ask!). But what that basically means is that WFTO has been around one helluva long time!

That journey has been a transformative one for us here at Brightrock. So much of our lives have been defined by War for the Overworld for so long that many of us forgot what the surface world actually looked like.

Here’s what we’re doing to mark the occasion!

Fifth Birthday Sale!
In celebration of War for the Overworld hitting its first major milestone, we’re working with Steam to put the game and DLC on its biggest sale yet, and for a whole week!

That’s right! We’re bringing the game down deeper than even any Underlord’s home realm, to numbers never before seen! If you’ve still not completed your collection, or you know someone that would make a great Underlord, then now is the time to check it out via the links above.

Here are the all-important numbers:

  • War for the Overworld - 85% off
  • Underlord Edition - 85% off
  • Ultimate Edition - 73% off
  • Heart of Gold Expansion - 75% off
  • My Pet Dungeon Expansion - 50% off
  • The Under Games Expansion - 25% off
  • Seasonal Worker Skins - 50% off

We probably won’t see numbers like this again for a while so be sure to grab them while they’re lava-hot!

Spring Community Spotlight

Every quarter we bring together our favourite maps from across the War for the Overworld community, and we thought that tying this into the anniversary would only make things more convenient for you.



This quarter’s spotlight contains a cavalcade of content ready for your twisted exploration:

Deathmatch Levels

Core Shards Levels

King of the Underhill Levels

Scenario Levels

As always you can download the content by subscribing to our community spotlights, either individually or collectively!

Finally, as a reminder if you would like to see your art or map featured in a future spotlight, be sure to send it across to us via our forums, Twitter or Facebook! If we feature your creation we'll send you a code for the elusive Golden Worker Skin!

Oni Ashigaru Worker Returns!

As the sakura petals bloom marking the arrival of Hanami to Japan, the Oni Ashigaru worker has returned from his ronin adventures. He now stands ready to carve a path through the earth and anyone that stands in the way of his new master - if you can secure his fealty.



Remaining from now until the end of April, this exclusive time-limited worker skin will be available to all players for free if you launch the game during this time. Once you have him, he will remain with you in perpetuity, such is his sworn loyalty.

Act fast however, because if you miss the arrival of this wandering warrior, then come the end of April he will be gone for another year!



That concludes all of the festivities! Thank you all for your support over the last five years, and from even before then as well! Please look out for further announcements from Brightrock in 2020!

And to all of you, please stay safe throughout the Covid-19 outbreak. Team Brightrock have returned to our roots and gone fully remote for the time being, so we can all work from home. Be sure to follow the recommended advice from your government, and we’ll see you all on the other side!

Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team


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Auspicious Greetings Underlord,

The long wait is finally over! The time has come and your patience is to be justly rewarded. Indeed we are ready to pull back the curtain and reveal the totally true identity of Project: Aftercare!

But first we must address the elemental in the treasure room. It’s been made clear to us that those among our learned comrades of the PC Gaming Elite, as most of our fans are, have no need for console editions of existing games. The fog now serenely lifted from our folly by your cold, hard feedback, we have taken the right course and cancelled the upcoming Sony PlayStation release of War for the Overworld.



Who even owns a PlayStation anyway?

With that much needed course correction now well and truly behind us, we needed to consider once more what it is that our most valued fans truly want... No... What is it they [/u]need? There can be only one answer! Introducing ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo!

Deadly Dungeon Combat Confirmed!

ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo (USFFTOHX2A+DOT for short) is the premier 2D fighting game from the team here at Brightrock. Looking at our core cast of characters we knew that the next big thing our fans would truly need is to see these devilishly diverse characters beat each other senseless.



You’ll duke it out in richly-detailed environments straight from WFTO!

You and up to one additional friend will pick from 20 wickedly awesome dungeon dwelling characters, all drawn from War for the Overworld’s pool of both Underlord and Empire units! Not only that, but each one will be realised in a jaw-dropping retro pixel-art style! Each character also features a full move set to call their own, from the blood-wielding cultist Brian to the ever charming and deeply disarming Lord of the Land, Lord O’Theland. There are even 3 hidden characters to unlock!

 

Here comes a new challenger!

But what makes USFFTOHX2A+DOT truly unique and special in this highly competitive genre? Well we’re glad you asked gentle beat ‘em up aficionado! In addition to choosing your character you’ll also pick a master for them, an Underlord if you will (or otherwise!) to command them in the arena and provide even more unique powers!

For example, choosing Underlord Kasita as your master will grant your chosen warrior the “Blood Money” trait. This means that for every point of damage they do to the enemy you gain gold. This gold can then be spent between rounds or even mid-match for special boons such as:
  • Healing Potion - Buy a potion mid-match and chug it to immediately heal to full health.
  • Sentinel - Construct a Sentinel mid-match which will assist you for 10 seconds.
  • Bodyguard - Purchase another character from the character select screen to fight alongside you for the duration of the next round.
  • Match Rigging - You slip your opponent some cash to throw the match convincingly - their damage is reduced by 95% and instant kills are disabled.
  • Hitman - Your opponent is assassinated between rounds and you immediately win the match.

Kasita isn’t the only master who you’ll be able to pick though: all of your favourite Underlords are available, except for Korvek - he’s too popular to be included in the base game. But rest assured we have the perfect solution for those who can’t do without!

 
Expand Your Experience!

USFFTOHX2A+DOT is what we like to call a living, breathing, fleecing game. By that we mean that it will continue to evolve in new ways to make us money and to offer you, our valued player, valuable but overpriced downloadable content. 

This includes new characters, masters, skins, hair colour changes, music, UI interfaces, cheat codes, story skips, and mutators! Needless to say, if we can think of it we’ll put a price on it! We’ve already planned out our first fifty DLCs for the 2020 Season Pass; here’s some of the highlights:
  • Chunder Reinforcement Pack - £15.99 - Introduces 23 Chunder variants into the pool of characters, replacing characters randomly each time you enter the character select screen.
  • Korvek Master Pack - £29.99 - He’s destroyed far greater parts of himself than you.
  • Uber Characters & Masters - £15.99 - Adds Uber character versions e.g. Uber Lucius. Also adds the Uber masters Mendechaus and Kira.
  • Pay2WinPack - £99.99 - Unlocks several pay to win mechanics such as invisible skins, invulnerability in multiplayer, one button KO and more!
  • Swimsuit Skins - £9.99 - Adds swimsuit skins for: 
    • Beastmaster (Board Shorts)
    • Necromancer (Speedos) 
    • Bard (Skinny-Dipper)
    • Lord O’Theland (G-String)
    • Succubus (Victorian Bathing Suit)
    • Chunder (Mankini)
    • Skarg (Flip-Flops)
    • Thunderling (Thong)


Cover up and protect yourself from those harmful rays and gazes!

If you don’t feel like paying extra for your post-release characters don’t worry - we’ll be releasing ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo - Revision Reload (USFFTOHX2A+DOT - RR) within the next two years! This edition will include all DLCs and space for plenty more to be added later!

Finally, all that remains to be said is that USFFTOHX[/u]2A+DOT will be coming soon to PC and also to the cutting edge Super Nintendo Entertainment System.


Sega owners... dream on.

RRP £59.99 - PC Digital Download

£69.99 - SNES Cartridge

See you in the arena, Underlord!

– Brightrock Games Team

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You can now subscribe to all spotlights via our combined collection!

Darkest Greetings Underlord,

We have returned once more to deliver unto you another community spotlight, packed to the brim with the most excellent maps from across the community! This week we've brought forth three deathmatch levels, three scenarios and a king of the underhill level. Read on Underlords!

Community Spotlight
 

As always we’d like to remind you we're eager to include anything WFTO related in our spotlights. Anything creative such as levels made with our editor, campaigns, art, videos, sound, cosplay you name it we want to share it!

If you have something that you think might fit the bill then get in touch via Discord, Twitter or our Steam,GOG or Official Forums! You might just be chosen to receive the coveted Golden Worker skin!



Now let us jump right in with our selection of glimmering maps from across the community this quarter! Remember you can download all these maps individually or as part of our Steam Collection!



You can download all of our spotlighted content from the Steam Collection.

Deathmatch Levels
King of the Underhill
 Scenario
 
Congratulations to all the creators who have had their work featured today! We’ll be delivering your Golden Worker codes (provided you’ve not had one already!) next week! Keep checking the private forum attached to your featured work for your code. If you have any questions please get in touch with us directly!

The Dragon Worker Remains!

For the Lunar New Year the exclusive Dragon Worker skin has been made available once more. If you missed the sales and the announcement , fear not as you can still login until the 20th of February and get your hands on this awesome skin!



Don't miss your opportunity to grab this excellent skin as if you do he will not return until next Lunar New Year!

Until next time Underlords!

– Brightrock Games Team

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Most Auspicious Greetings Underlord,

The Lunar New Year is upon us once more and in celebration, the ever lucky Dragon Worker has returned to bring you his blessings.

We’re also pleased to announce that the game is on sale with up to 75% off all War for the Overworld products until the end of the Steam Lunar Sale!



To Unlock the Dragon Worker, Simply log-in to the game any time before the 20th of February to unlock this awesome, unique skin for your workers to use in any non-campaign game mode. But act fast, once he's gone he won't return for another year!



Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team


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