This Means Warp News

It has been 2 weeks since This Means Warp launched into Early Access, and what a 2 weeks it has been! We wanted to say a huge thankyou to the thousands of people who have played the game, offered suggestions, or left a review for This Means Warp!

We have been watching a lot of gameplay and listening to all of your feedback. It is incredibly gratifying to see so many people enjoying the game, and there’s one comment that comes up again and again - you want MORE!



The good news is we have lots of plans for additional content during Early Access! You can check out the roadmap on the Steam page for details on the longer term, but in the short term we’re delighted to announce that UPDATE 1 WILL LAUNCH ON MAY 2ND 2022!

We’re currently finalizing exactly what we can squeeze into the update, but here’s a quick peek into the list so far:

• New “Scenario” game modes
  
• New “Custom” game mode
  
• New crew levelling system
  
• 2x New missions
  
• 2x New ship modifiers
  
• 4x New enemy ships
  
• New “Nightmare” difficulty
  
• Lots of bug fixes
  

In the meantime, we’ve also been tweaking balancing based on your experiences with the game:

• 4.01 (18th March): Increased difficulty ramp for 3-4 player groups, increased health and charge speed of final boss, buffed enemy bot move speed.
  
• 4.02 (28th March): Increased difficulty of easy mode, buffed late game enemy weapons, increased frequency of unique mechanics on Boss 2 and Boss 3.
  

Exciting times! If you want to chat about future updates and help shape the game, join us on the Outlier Discord. See you there!

Some small tweaks to balancing as a result of player feedback.

Easy Difficulty:
Bot Movement modifier increased from 0.8 to 0.85
Progression Modifier increased from 0.8 to 0.85
Enemy Ammo Respawn duration decreased from 1.4 to 1.3

Multi-gun rarity modifiers:
4 guns: 0.5 -> 0.7
5 guns: 0.4 -> 0.6

Boss 2:
Offensive window has been reduced by 5s
Health curve has been flattened reducing HP by roughly 10%

Boss 3:
Timer for the primary mechanic has been reduced from 45s to 38s
Overall health range increased from 50-200 to 75-270

Hi everyone,

Today we have not one, but TWO big announcements for This Means Warp!

1) Firstly, we’re incredibly excited to announce that we’re partnering with Jagex to publish the game. Jagex is famous for their $1bn+ RuneScape franchise, and bring a wealth of experience, resources, and passion to help make This Means Warp the best it possibly can be. This also provides the support required for all of our post-launch plans, so you can expect lots of new content coming down the line!

2) Secondly, set your stopwatch - we can (finally!) reveal that the game is set to be released on PC via Steam Early Access on March 17th 2022! It will cost $19.99 USD (or local equivalent), and will be available in 5 languages.

If you’d like to read more about the announcement you can check out the full press release here.

THANK YOU for your patience and support! One of the core foundations of our partnership with Jagex was our shared passion for developing games based on community feedback. We literally could not have done this without you!

We're delighted to announce that This Means Warp picked up the award for 'Best Upcoming Game' at the Imirt Irish Game Awards on 3rd December 2021!



This Means Warp joins other winners including Empire of Sin from Romero Games and If Found from Dreamfeel.



For more Irish games you can find a list of top Irish games (and games available to play in Irish) here.

If you're in the London area be sure to check out the UK's largest gaming convention, including This Means Warp's booth! Come and play This Means Warp, chat to the developers, and experience the return of in-person gaming conventions when EGX opens at The Excel in London, October 7-10th.



Full details and tickets are available on the EGX website.

Hope to see you there!