War for the Overworld News

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™!


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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.

[h2]Handy Features​[/h2]

• 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!
  

[h2]Become Radical!​[/h2]

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.

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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!

[h2]Quarter 4 Community Spotlight[/h2]
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

• Dark Underdepths by Girlycat9001
• Blood Money by Phonix
• Battle Bugs by Vodka

Core Shards Levels

Scenario Levels

• Ren of Life v2.0 by Green.Sliche

Custom Campaigns

• Korvek's Return - Community Collaboration Campaign by Korvek, Biervampir, Cr4nk, Vodka, Padelboot, Green.Sliche, Roysten712 & burnster321

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

[h2]Wicked Ones Releases![/h2]

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!

Originally posted by Ones

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.



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!



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

• Scavenge by Sageboba
  
• Undead Lands by Vodka
  
• Domination by Tai Yagami
  
• SharpD1 by SharpDog
  

Core Shards Levels

• All Hallows by Kasrkin84
  

King of the Underhill Levels

• King of the Arcane Fortress by Kasrkng84
  
• Cooldown by Cr4nK
  

Scenario Levels

• Map Randomiser by Korvek
  
• Map Randomiser 2 by Korvek
  
• Cathedral of the Damned by Green.Sliche
  

Custom Campaigns

• The Mirror Campaign - Reversed Base Campaign by Korvek & Kasrkin84
  

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!


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!



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

• Mandala by Korvek
  
• Mandala 4 by Korvek
  
• Finders Keepers by Sageboba
  

Core Shards Levels

• Mandala 2 (Core Shards) by Korvek
  
• Spread Thin by 100thfail
  

King of the Underhill Levels

• Mandala 3 (KOTU) by Korvek
  

Scenario Levels

• Curse the Empire (Possession Level) by Ivysaur
  
• The Frozen Shores by Green.Sliche
  
• Crimson Depths by Memnus
  

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!



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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