The game's visual style has been changed.
Level optimizations have been added.
The overall pace of the game has been made more relaxed.
Textures have been improved.
Patch Notes – Update: Tutorial System Added
We’ve introduced a brand-new interactive tutorial to help new players understand the basics of production and survival.
When you start a new game, there’s now a note on the table in front of you. Reading it will begin a step-by-step tutorial, guiding you through a complete production cycle — from gathering materials to finishing the process.
Each time you perform an action, a new instruction appears at the top of the screen, helping you progress smoothly and understand the game’s core mechanics without breaking immersion.
This update makes your first night clearer, smoother, and more immersive, while still keeping the tension and danger you love.
We’ve also fixed and improved the curtain-peeking mechanic for smoother movement and better visibility when checking outside.
Spooky season is upon us, and with it come our fearsomely handsome Knights and Legionnaires to keep you company for this year's grueling season of terror! You can get our games below, and all their DLC on deep discounts from the 27th of October up until the 3rd of November!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157390/King_Arthur_Knights_Tale/"
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739830/King_Arthur_Legion_IX/
Into something more gothic maybe? Jump right into the world of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing! All versions of the game are off 90%, including Deathtrap, a tower defense game set in the same universe!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/400170/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Final_Cut/
Spooky season is upon us, and with it come our fearsomely handsome Knights and Legionnaires to keep you company for this year's grueling season of terror! You can get our games below, and all their DLC on deep discounts from the 27th of October up until the 3rd of November!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739830/King_Arthur_Legion_IX/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157390/King_Arthur_Knights_Tale/
Into something more gothic maybe? Jump right into the world of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing! All versions of the game are off 90%, including Deathtrap, a tower defense game set in the same universe!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/400170/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Final_Cut/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/Deathtrap/
Spooky season is upon us, and with it come our fearsomely handsome heroes and monsters to keep you company for this year's grueling season of terror! You can get our following games, and all their DLC on deep discounts from the 27th of October up until the 3rd of November!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/400170/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Final_Cut/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/Deathtrap/
Into something more medieval and Arthurian? Jump right into the world of King Arthur! Both King Arthur: Knight's Tale and King Arthur: Legion IX are off 70%!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157390/King_Arthur_Knights_Tale/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739830/King_Arthur_Legion_IX/
Spooky season is upon us, and with it come our fearsomely handsome heroes and monsters to keep you company for this year's grueling season of terror! You can get our following games, and all their DLC on deep discounts from the 27th of October up until the 3rd of November!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/Deathtrap/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/400170/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing_Final_Cut/
Into something more medieval and Arthurian? Jump right into the world of King Arthur! Both King Arthur: Knight's Tale and King Arthur: Legion IX are off 70%!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157390/King_Arthur_Knights_Tale/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739830/King_Arthur_Legion_IX/
NOTE: Game saves are NOT backward compatible with v2.0.4a, so if you switch back to that versions, new saves will be hidden until this patch is officially released.
See instructions at bottom of this page for opting into the public beta.
IMPORTANT! Multiplayer games are no longer backward-compatible with 2.0.4a -- or with earlier beta builds of 2.0.4b. All players must be on 2.0.4b beta 11 or newer to play together.
* Multiplayer: In certain situations, pups are uncompliant.
* Improved display of some fonts at very small game display resolutions.
* Multiplayer: NPC packmates are too reluctant to engage in a hunt.
* Tweaked appearance of Lamar and Yellowstone Rivers in Amethyst and Hellroaring maps.
* Improved support for some non-English but still Roman language glyphs.
* Placeholder nametags and damage readouts sometimes are stuck onscreen.
* Achievement: Explore panel layout has some overlapping text.
* Refined wolf nametag and damage readout displays.
* Refined player-wolf and mate name displays in Pack Info to fit tabs.
* Wolf jumping is glitched (regression from IK refactor, fixed now, but jumping still needs some work in general).
* My Account: Packs: Placeholder entry displayed but not clickable.
* Text display glitches in Bug Reporter.
* Improved FPS readout font display.
* Sometimes packmates eat right next to a competitor at a carcass.
* Gameplay Settings: HUD pulldown doesn't include Minimal HUD option.
* Multiplayer: Cant see other player's wolf bios.
* Multiplayer: Text chat panel doesn't scroll.
* Tall grass patches, and some boulders, missing from Hellroaring Mountain during summer season.
* Multiplayer: Error interferes with voting during the Name Pups scene.
* New object of interest at Eduweb tent in Slough Creek.
* Refactored wolf eating AI, to improve code quality and refine some eating behaviors. Packmates should now be smarter about eating carcasses when bison and other dangerous prey or competitors are nearby.
* Refactored wolf hunting AI, to improve code quality and revise some hunting behaviors. When attacking mother-calf pairs, packmates will ignore mother until she is within 15 meters. When hunting elk herds, packmates will be less eager to start biting elk before herd begins to flee.
* Refactored IK to improve code quality.
* Revised layout of Gameplay Settings panel to be more logical.
* New keyboard layout image in Game Settings: Controls (in preparation for localized keyboard layouts once we add other languages).
* Occasionally a pup survives an instant-kill predator attack with 1% of health remaining.
* Douglas-fir tree branch texture visual glitch.
* In Lost River-Classic, Halloween coffins are missing the box mesh.
1) In the Steam app, go to your Library, then right-click on the WolfQuest: AE name in the left column and choose Properties. 2) Then go to the Betas tab and select the WQ current Beta option in the pulldown. No password is necessary. Steam should then start downloading it. Later you can switch back to the public version in that Betas tab, by selecting NONE in that pulldown.
Hello fellow rats!
I know I have been pretty quiet around here lately, besides a couple posts and replies in the Discussions section. But I am back with some news! And yes quite a few things to tell you all indeed.
So, firstly, I took two weeks off from work for paternity leave. Our second daughter was born on the 19th of September. Naturally, that delayed work on the game.
Besides that, I had been working on implementing multiplayer, but it proved too much for me and my noob coding abilities. I am just one person working on the game. Please forgive me. I really did try my best. I encourage you to read my full post about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/3167260/discussions/0/601918052458825371/
Anyway, this doesn't mean I will never ever ever add multiplayer, it just means it will not be in the 1.0 launch version like I had planned. As my game dev journey progresses (hopefully, if this game does well enough to allow me to continue) and I gain new skills, I may very well come back and add it in a later patch. For free of course. I was able to do a successful LAN test, so if that is something that would interest you please let me know and I will work on adding it in in the near future. I just couldn't get it to work over Steam.
But for now, I am focusing on making WAR RATS the best single player experience it can be. And please know that I really tried to add multiplayer. Ultimately it was getting to the point where I started to dislike working on the game, and so I had to stop. Cause I love working on this game so much, I wasn't gonna let that ruin it for me. And I mean really the game was always single player focused anyway.
And so on to the big news: 1.0 launch date!
20th November 2025
That is when I will be launching 1.0. So, if you're not adding multiplayer anymore, what is 1.0 gonna be then eh? EH?! I hear you squeak. Or maybe it's just the rats in my walls screeching at me. Or the rats in my head. Are they in the walls or just in my head? The age old question. Anyway, 1.0 is gonna be mostly polish, QoL and bug fixes. Is that underwhelming? Maybe. Is it still ratty? Yes! I mean the game has had 6 major content updates, plus many small patches, since the beginning of Early Access, and is now pretty much how I envisioned it to be when I started this thing. So I will be happy to call it 1.0.
There will be some new content of course. I am filling out the Nest Decorations and fleshing out Horde mode with new reward mechanics and maps. Including 2 new exclusive Horde mode reward weapons which are pretty cool if I do say so myself. And more skins! Good ol skins. The skins of the ratoose shall drape upon your rodentian frame.
And as long as people are playing I will be patching the game and adding content in the future. I will have full patch notes when 1.0 launches. They will be many many words to read. So make sure you can.
But yeah that's all for now really. Thank you so much for being on this journey with me. The response has been absolutely amazing. You guys are the best seriously and I hope to keep making games for you to enjoy! I have some big plans for the world of WAR RATS :) If you like what I do, please spread the word, leave a positive Steam review and make sure to play on 1.0 launch day. And if you don't like what I do, what the squeak are you even doing here?
Squeaky squeaks mlem.
Regards,
Brian
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Booyah Adventurers,
Trick-or-treat? Here’s to hoping your treats for the week will be as abundant as it can get. Enjoy your night of fright, adventurers!
Events from last week will continue, so make sure that you’re utilizing the benefits of the Halloween Magmelia Candy Shop while it’s here! I hope you’re no longer spooked out by the side effects their buff provides.
Anyway, events taking place in the Demon Realm will continue; and while this happens, we’ve managed to update Lithia’s wardrobe once again. Wanna see what it looks like?
To the Item Mall we go!
Every outfit tells a story. Fit three fits that fit different timelines with Lithia’s new Item Mall Costumes that will be available in the Item Mall for a limited time.
Additionally, a new custom sit motion will also be added to the Item Mall for Lithia. Check out the Place of Unfulfilled Promises/Radiant Memories!
That’s all for now,
Happy Halloween and see ya in-game!
