Project Warlock: Lost Chapters News

[p]Ahoy, Warlocks![/p][p][/p][h3]The Project Warlock: Lost Chapters demo is now live on Steam! [/h3][p]Jump aboard a cursed pirate ship, swing your cutlass, blast enemies with a harpoon gun or cannon, and get a first taste of the insane chaos and brutal pixel-powered action coming in the full game. [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]This demo gives you a taste of the pirate-themed madness in Project Warlock: Lost Chapters - five weapons, relentless enemies, booming explosions, a mysterious altar, and a colossal leviathan lurking below. All set to a pirate synth soundtrack that keeps the action going.

This one level, roughly 1/27th of the full game, delivers a chaotic glimpse of what’s to come in Lost Chapters.[/p][p][/p][h3]Demo Features:[/h3]

• [p]One full pirate-themed level (~1/27th of the full game)[/p]
• [p]Five weapons to wield[/p]
• [p]Two spells to sling[/p]
• [p]Pirate synth soundtrack sets the chaotic vibe[/p]
• [p]A first hands-on look at the atmosphere, enemies, and gameplay of Lost Chapters[/p]

[p]Set sail into chaos today! Download the demo now on Steam to experience the first taste of the pirate-themed madness in Project Warlock: Lost Chapters. Be sure to wishlist the full game to stay updated on its release and future updates.

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[p]It's not long now. Not long until you have a chance to witness roughly 1/27th of Project Warlock: Lost Chapters. A stand alone game that's been cooking in the background with the efforts of new Buckshot team members, while the development of Project Warlock II was happening full steam. [/p][p][/p][p]The upcoming Project Warlock: Lost Chapters demo is a short preview of one of the brand new chapters of the game. This one playing to the tune of pirate synth tracks and sounds of thunderous grapeshots, and filled to the brim with the subtle smell of gunpowder laced grog, screeches of kamikaze parrots, and heavy hand held cannons firing at creatures dr Frankenstein would be fond of. [/p][p] [/p][p]Project Warlock: Lost Chapters is a stand alone Project Warlock adventure that evolved over time. It's featuring Warlock who journeys to conquer evils in three brand new, gloriously pixellated and comfortingly brutal chapters. Chapters featuring locales spanning from the rotting jungles of Vietnam, to space where a lot of things hear you scream to seas where shanties drown in the screams of abominations fused with their cannons in an unhloy marriage of flesh and steel. [/p][p]
The demo is coming in less than two weeks, [/p][p]
Full game? Much, much sooner than you think. [/p][p][/p][p] [/p]

This year will mark Project Warlock's seventh birthday meaning it can now write, do simple chores and can legally get to play Minecraft, Rayman Legends and Sackboy: The Big Adventure, but sadly not Stardew Valley, Hogwarts Legacy and Stray. Not to mention, Project Warlock cannot in good conscience be allowed to play Wolfenstein 3D (PEGI 12), Hexen (PEGI 12) and let's not even start on the 1993 Doom (17+). Guess those three will have to wait.

We're still due for a proper nostalgia trip further down the line, as December launch anniversary comes closer, but for now - a couple of important updates.

[h3]1. Project Warlock: Lost Chapters Development Update[/h3]

We've been keeping that one close to the chest, as Project Warlock II went on to occupy roughly 25 hours per day in the last few months, but we're now ready to show some of the designs you can expect to take your blunderbuss, anchor launcher and parrot to. Wait. Pa... What?



The game is in active development, with extra team members working on the art and level design making sure Lost Chapters strikes back in the heart of the nostalgia that the original Warlock did. We're planning to have the game out sooner rather than later, but more on that in the coming months. Stay tuned and in the meantime - wishlist and follow Project Warlock: Lost Chapters here.

[h3]2. Project Warlock: 90% Off Biggest Discount Yet + Upcoming Patch Info[/h3]

Project Warlock will soon receive an update to some of the most annoying issues brought over by the community. Most of these are either being implemented, furiously playtested or in the process of finalising the change, but you can expect a patch soon, and one that will touch upon the below outlined issues.

And this is coming hot on the trail of Project Warlock's biggest discount yet - you will be able to grab Project Warlock with a staggering 90% discount starting today and running for the next two weeks, This is to commemorate the launch of a new incarnate of the game that started it all - Doom: Dark Ages. Anyway - here's the list of issues that the patch will address.

Unity Engine Upgrade
Updating the game from version 5.6 to 2018.1.9f2 for overall better performance

Gameplay Improvements
Adding Weapon Wheel as an alternate weapon of weapon switching for both the mouse + keyboard and controller setups
Mouse Scroll Weapon Switching polished and improved



Difficulty Adjustment
Final Boss Balancing and adjusting the balance of the final fight



Bug Fixes
Resolving the hardest difficulty achievement unlock issue
Fixing an issue where dynamite would travel unpredictably when strafing around
Fixing Sonic Rocket Launcher projectile rendering issues
Fixing the elevator staggering and making sure you cannot falll through

[h3]3. Project Warlock II - Leaving Early Access May 28th[/h3]



After a long and tumultous development that went places we never intended it to go, Project Warlock II is leaving Early Access in two weeks - that's May 28th. So if you were withholding on playing the game while it was being constructed midflight you might want to stretch those arms, crack fingers and dust off that mousepad as this is when the game officially drops. We plan to keep expanding the game and deliver some more or less surprising features after the launch. Wishlist and follow now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640300/Project_Warlock_II/

[h3]Warlocks,[/h3]

This year's December 6th will mark the 5th Anniversary of Project Warlock launching on Steam. Five years of adventures where you took the titular Warlock for a spin and navigated the five episodes filled to the brim with devious enemies, fiendish secrets, powerful weapons, impactful spells and handy skills and perks.

All across both PC and consoles, physical editions - both console and PC, and literally hundreds of thousands of people enjoying what was the first step on the journey for the titular Warlock. In the meantime - as you are aware we embarked on another adventure to expand the roster of characters inhabiting the Warlock World before the inevitable explosive finale that will be Project Warlock III (when we announce it). Before we do that, though, we'd like to announce something a bit less expected.



Throughout the development of Project Warlock II the game went into an ambitious direction, taking a lot of the things that we felt made Project Warlock and created a bigger, more expansive, more detailed and more dynamic sequel. Nailing down the shape and scope of the game is something that is still on the way but the goal was always simple - to make sure the path to the sequel was not going to be the easiest one. A sort of Doom to Quake scenario.

We know a lot of you enjoy Project Warlock II, and a lot of the feedback we received after launching the game in Early Access last year helped impact the development and bring the vision closer to what you feel the game should be, while ate the same time allowing us to expand on everything that made the first game.

At the same time we do realise that many of you still enjoy the first game and wouldn't mind continuing the adventure that was set in motion half a decade ago. That's why, earlier this year work started on what is now unveiled before your very eyes. Project Warlock: Lost Chapters is a game that brings fans of original Project Warlock more of what they enjoyed, and allows us to keep working on Project Warlock II and expand on the premise of that game as well as per the team's vision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2K9DQncq10

Juggling two projects is no easy task, but that's why the past months we have been keeping quiet, to make sure we can be confident in the announcement of Lost Chapters, and make it work with the concurrent work on Chapter 2 of Project Warlock II.

https://youtu.be/2lhNaG9NQ4M

Project Warlock II Chapter 2 will be launching within the next couple of weeks, and in the meantime everyone can check out the demo that we release this week. Chapter 1 of Project Warlock II underwent fundamental visual overhaul that we will be showing and communicating soon, Chapter III design is already underway, and the final piece of the Warlock puzzle - Lost Chapters will launch later next year.

We have been waiting to share this news with you and are extremely grateful for your support and following. We wanted to make sure we can make this year worthy of the Warlock's 5th birthday.

The best way to celebrate this with us would be to wishlist Lost Chapters, play Project Warlock II Chapter 2 demo and wishlist or buy the game and provide feedback.

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